Projects
PolySpec - Nanostructured POLYmer phototvoltaic devices for efficient solar SPECtrum harvesting. University of Antwerp
Nanostructured POLYmer photovoltaic devices for efficient solar SPECtrum harvesting (PolySpec) Ghent University
Aim: Increasing the energy conversion effciency of organic nanostructured bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices, improving the stability of their nanomorphology. Methods: organic multijunction approaches, introduction of metallic nanopartikels or nanoshells for light-scattering and plasmonic effects. The tasks of UGent is modelling: guidelines for nanoparticle size, geometry, coverage, passivation and functionalization device modelling of ...
Curing and nanostructure development in epoxy/block copolymer blends KU Leuven
Throughout the last decades, material research has increasingly been exploring the potential of ordered nanostructures to enhance mechanical, electrical, optical or other properties. Nanostructuring most elegantly happens through processes of self-assembly, being the spontaneous association of molecules, through non covalent bonds.
When amphiphilic molecules, such as surfactants or block copolymers are introduced in a liquid matrix with ...
Electrochemical synthesis of metal nanostructures Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Investigation of supramolecular nanostructures in liquid state using diffusion ordered (DOSY) NMR Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Investigation of supramolecular nanostructures in liquid state using diffusion ordered (DOSY) NMR. KU Leuven
X-ray scattering to study nanostructures of solids and food Ghent University
Everything that surround us is made out of building blocks. Their configuration and the manner in which they connect to each other determines the characteristics of a system (material or food). For instance, it determines their color, hardness, melting point, performance and stability. The length scale of these building blocks is in the nanoscale and can be studied by X-ray scattering. Scattering techniques are non-invasive; therefore, the ...
Biomimetic optical nanostructures Ghent University
Arrangements of material at the nanometer scale produce a dazzling array of colors, ranging from
ultra violet to red, without pigments. These so-called structural colors are particularly distinctive in
birds, which can produce non-iridescent colors (such as the blues of blue tits) using matrices of
keratin and air, or iridescent colors (such as the flashy colors of hummingbirds) using arrays of
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