Projects
Demonstration of Sonication and Microwave Processing of Essential Chemicals KU Leuven
SIMPLI-DEMO, the Demonstration of Sonication and Microwave Processing of essential chemicals project, aims at strengthening the chemical process industry ? and in particular the specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals industries ? in its capacity to produce materials and chemicals in a sustainable and competitive way by moving from batch to continuous and modular production with flexibility being ensured by the application of alternative ...
European Training Network for Continuous Sonication and Microwave Reactors KU Leuven
The European chemical industry faces some very serious challenges if it is to retain its competitive position in the global economy. The new industries setting up in Asia and the Near East are based on novel process-intensification concepts, leaving Europe desperately searching for a competitive edge. The transition from batch to continuous micro- and milliflow processing is essential to ensure a future for the European fine-chemicals and ...
Microwave Heating for Microfluidics KU Leuven
This PhD project aims at developing integrated microwave or millimeter wave based heating systems for total analysis systems (μTAS), whichare miniaturised microfluidic lab-on-a-chip devices that perform several laboratory functions on a single device.
In total analysis systems (μTAS) accurate and fast temperature cycling is an important issue. Temperature control in μTAS typically employs Peltier elementsor resistive heaters, which ...
Microwave Sensing in Microfluidics for Cell and Extracellular Vesicles Character KU Leuven
Microwave concepts are increasingly being used in microfluidic devices to advance detection, monitoring and actuation of liquid mixtures in lab-on-a-chip applications thanks to the work that demonstrated capabilities of microwave sensing and heating. This exploratory work has demystified microwave techniques to the life science community, convinced the optical-based community into advantages of microwaves, and identified limitations of ...
Valorization of Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Bottom Ash by Microwave Irradiation and Alkali Activation KU Leuven
Municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash (BA) is a waste that results from the incineration of municipal solid waste, for which valorization has proved to be challenging. In the current research, BA was subjected to a purification technique through microwave vitrification, in order to be used as a precursor for alkali activated materials. Prior to realising a microwave process, the ability of the material to absorb microwave energy was ...
Versatile usage of liquid metals in emerging microwave technologies KU Leuven
Self-healing flexible biosensors for microwave dielectric spectroscopy KU Leuven
Microwave microfluidic sensors are emerging as an inexpensive and portable diagnosis tool compared to the conventional and bulky optical techniques. The feasibility of microwave dielectric spectroscopy has been shown already but the reported biosensors were implemented on rigid microwave substrates, limiting the types of samples that can be measured. To enhance characterizations in bio-incubators and/or well plates, it is essential to ...
Complex waveforms and microwave systems for characterization and actuation at the single-cell level in life sciences KU Leuven
Microwave concepts are increasingly being used in microfluidic devices to advance detection, monitoring and actuation of liquid mixtures in lab-on-a-chip applications thanks to earlier research that demonstrated capabilities of microwave sensing and heating. A promising way to fight cancer in the early stages, among other diseases, is through information carried by single cells and extracellular vesicles (EVs). However, extracting this ...