Projects
Electrophoretic processing of nanomaterials and nanocomposites. KU Leuven
Making Nanomaterials Work Ghent University
Nanotechnology can bring solutions to the most diverse technological problems society faces. Here, we make nanomaterials work in lighting and imaging by bringing together quantum dots as printable semiconductors and ALD as a method par excellence for surface functionalization and encapsulation. This will result in a new generation of opto-electronic appliances, combining high performance, energy efficiency and low cost.
Novel plant-based nanomaterials for advanced biocompatible coatings with antibacterial properties. Ghent University
New polymer- and plant- functionalized coatings will be fabricated. Porous inorganic nanoparticles will be also added to this polymer matrix to obtain coatings antibacterial coatings with dual functionality – natural plant and remote temperature activation. With developed knowledge, these coatings should be feasible to fabricate even in a low-tech environment, yet, they are self-cleaning antibacterial coatings, tissue engineering, and ...
The use of optical imaging tools to study nanomaterials and their therapeutic impact on cancer cells KU Leuven
Over the past decades, the medical exploitation of nanotechnology has been largely increasing and finding its way into translational research and clinical applications. While most clinically approved formulations consist of organic nanomaterials (NMs) (lipid or polymer-based), much effort is put into the further development of inorganic NMs. This mainly stems from the higher control over physicochemical properties and the ability to ...
Vortex dynamics and confinement phenomena in superconducting nanomaterials. KU Leuven
Bridging the gap between density functional theory and quantum tensor networks to accurately model strongly correlated nanostructured materials Ghent University
One of the biggest challenges in computational materials science is the accurate property prediction of nanomaterials exhibiting strong electron correlations, where the behavior is dominated by strong interactions. By merging quantum tensor network concepts with commonly used density functional theory (DFT) methods, we will develop a new tensor/DFT framework, which will be applied on a series of technological relevant nanomaterials.
Functional Nano-scale imaging consortium (FUNCI-Nano) KU Leuven
The ability to observe and direct materials at the nanometer scale has opened an entirely new field of science and technology, and yielded breakthrough innovations such semiconductor industry or heterogeneous catalysts. Despite significant market potential, progress is often limited by acces to the highly specialized knowledge and instrumentation needed for for the development of improved functional nano−materials. The FUNCI−Nano consortium ...