Projects
Experimental and theoretical study of novel (semi)conductive polymer nanocomposites based on co-continuous block copolymer matrices combined with carbon nanotubes and metal-based nanowires Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The path to to chemically recyclable polymers: catalytic synthesis of 1,3-dioxacycloalkanes and their controlled polymerization to high MW polymers KU Leuven
The transition from a linear economy to a fully circular, closed loop economy goes along two tracks. First, for existing materials, improved recycling techniques are desired; but most current polymer types are hard to recycle to identical chemical building blocks. The alternative is to develop materials that are designed to be easily chemically recycled to their original monomers (‘CRM’). In this PhD, the focus is on such a class of polymers, ...
Study of polymer properties and polymer dynamics by means of 'single-molecule' fluorescence techniques. KU Leuven
Multi-scale process intensification and functionality control for reactive extrusion towards sustainable polymer synthesis and recycling. Ghent University
Extruders are the working horse in the polymer processing industry to manufacture final polymeric materials. More recently the interest to employ them as chemical reactors has grown. Reactive extrusion (REX) is already successfully applied for bulk polymerization, and polymer modification such as radical grafting, crosslinking and controlled degradation. The main advantages are (i) the ability to cover highly viscous reaction media both for ...
Next-Generation Photomediated Polymer Production With Innovative Flow Reactor Technology (Nex-Gen-Photo-Flow) Hasselt University
Silica templating approach for in-column radical polymerisation of low domain size polymer monoliths. Ghent University
This project intends to use HPLC columns packed with porous silica material as templates for incolumn
polymerization. Preliminary work showed that it is possible to polymerize styrene and
divinylbenzene in the pores of C18 material packed in an HPLC column. When using ODS material
with broader 1000Ä pores inter-connections between the particles appear. The goal of this project is
to work out these ...
Silica templating approach for in-column radical polymerisation of low domain size polymer monoliths. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Molecular-scale driven morphology design for sustainable polymer applications Ghent University
Polymeric materials play a crucial role in our society. A key challenge is the design of multi-functional materials for which dedicated morphologies are needed. Interesting are multi-phase polymerizations aiming at well-defined morphologies for applications such as batteries and composites with increased longevity. Within the polymer reaction engineering field these polymerizations are although less studied with often molecular phenomena ...