Projects
A Novel Anisotropic Composite Foam Concept for Improved Head Protection in Oblique Impacts KU Leuven
Oblique impact is the most common accident situation that occupants in traffic accidents or athletes in professional sports experience. During oblique impact, the human head is subjected to a combination of linear and rotational (angular) accelerations. Rotational (angular) acceleration and also velocity of the head are known to be responsible for traumatic brain injuries and must be minimised.
Cyclists are amongst the most vulnerable ...
Ab initio methodology for the investigation of dynamical magnetic properties of strongly anisotropic magnetic materials. KU Leuven
Anisotropic calcium carbonate particles for biosensing and intracellular delivery Ghent University
NExt generation of drug delivery carriers necessitate precise control of morphology, porosity, size and loading capacity. Biocompatible calcium carbonate particles represent and ideal system for building an elaborate drug delivery system. Understanding fundamental mechanisms which drive the formation of calcium carbonate particles is a growing area of research. The particles are relatively simple to make, inexpensive, and biocompatible making ...
Quantitative use of the Ultrasonic Polar Scan: Characterization of anisotropic visco-elasticity and damage in solids. KU Leuven
Advances in material science and engineering have always been a key factor in any kind of progress made at the industrial scene. The drive towards novel, lighter and stronger materials, for instance, empowered companies to construct the highly efficient airplanes and automobiles as we know them today. One of the main protagonist in this development is the initiation and subsequent investigation of composite (and multilayered) materials, such ...
Quantum chemistry methodology for the investigation of anisotropic exchange interaction in metal clusters KU Leuven
The aim of this project is to propose a methodology for the calculation and analysis of anisotropic exchange interaction in arbitrary polynuclear complexes involving lanthanide, actinide and transition metal ions. All developments will be based on the state-of-the-art quantum chemistry methods which are able to treat nowadays metal complexes of experimental relevance. First, the broken-symmetry (BS) density functional theory (DFT), which ...
Towards in situ mechanosensing in artificial anisotropic extracellular matrices KU Leuven
In living tissues, cells are supported by a 3D extracellular matrix (ECM), the most optimized structure in nature for triggering and supporting cell functions (i.e. adhesion, differentiation, migration, polarization, etc.). Cells dynamically interact and remodel the ECM architecture. Growing or moving cells respond to and exert forces onto their environment and therefore the ECM mechanical properties are essential for tissue development. ...
Plasma-assisted deposition of anisotropic multifunctional coatings on 3D porous scaffolds Ghent University
This project has the challenging goal to investigate the deposition of gradient multifunctional coatings throughout the interior of 3D scaffolds for interface tissue engineering applications such as the regeneration of damages at the bone-cartilage interface. Gradient coatings have been developed in the past via wet chemical approaches, but often suffer from severe stability issues.
To tackle this fundamental problem, an alternative ...