Center for Sustainable Catalysis and Engineering KU Leuven
Research activities encompass the design of heterogeneous catalysts for the future challenges in industrial organic and environmental catalysis.
Research activities encompass the design of heterogeneous catalysts for the future challenges in industrial organic and environmental catalysis.
In recent years Quantum Chemistry (i.e. the application of quantum mechanics to chemical problems such as structure, stability and properties of molecules and their behaviour during reactions) has made enormous progress via the so called Density Functional Theory (DFT). In this approach the electron density in each point is considered as the basic property of an atomic or molecular system from which all properties are derived. The main ...
The research in the Department of Chemical Engineering aims at developing creative solutions to challenging problems in the field of separation technology and catalysis by exploiting the new possibilities in materials engineering and nanotechnology. Key to this development process is a thorough understanding of the fundamental events, from the molecular scale to the real life application level. In our group, advanced experimental techniques ...
Research topics from this unit are :
Sustainable and Clean Chemistry
Renewable Raw Materials for the Production of Chemicals and Energy
Supercritical Solvents
Catalysis: Heterogeneous
Immobilization of homogeneous catalysis and biocatalysis
Synthesis of catalysts (Layered Double Hydroxides, Zeolites, Mixed Oxides, Carbon Nanotubes)
Surface Analayse: Spectroscopy and Microscopy
Real Time Characterization ...
Research activities encompass the design of heterogeneous catalysts for the future challenges in industrial organic and environmental catalysis.
The Process Engineering for Sustainable Systems (ProcESS) section is dedicated to contribute to sustainable chemical processing by
Process intensification and integration are key to the overall approach of our research as we aim at the design of new unit processes as well as their ...
Academic education and research in chemistry at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel is provided by the Department of Chemistry (DSCH), which is part of the Faculty of Science and Bioengineering. Our department consists of three research groups: the General Chemistry (ALGC), the Organic Chemistry (ORGC) and the Analytical, Environmental and Geochemistry (AMGC). This structure allows us to offer unique undergraduate and two graduate courses in ...