Projects
Development and validation of an on-the-fly hybrid QM/MM approach to quantitatively address the influence of solvent molecules on the predicted IR and VCD spectra of chiral solutes in polar and apolar solvents. University of Antwerp
Safe and efficient dehydration of organic solvents for synthesis purposes by means of a ‘Solvent Purification System’ Ghent University
The use of anhydrous solvents is a daily reality in laboratories for organic synthesis, and a system for ‘drying’ organic solvents is thus to be considered as basic research equipment for such a lab. This project aims at replacing the old and extremely dangerous distillation equipment (distillation over metallic sodium) in the SynBioC group by an efficient and safe system based on purification columns, as is the case in all leading synthesis ...
Solvents in membrane synthesis and their effect on NF/RO performance: from conventional organic solvents to ionic liquids KU Leuven
Membrane technology has grown significantly over the last decades and is used in a broad range of applications nowadays. Nanofiltration (NF) and reverse osmosis (RO) are applied for the separation of low molecular weight components (< 1000 Da) and salts from the feed stream. The main part of the commercial NF and RO membranes are either integrally skinned asymmetric (ISA) or interfacially polymerized thin film composite (TFC) membranes. ...
N-heterocyclic carbent ligands for catalysis in ionic solvents Ghent University
Ionic liquids as solvents for polyaramids KU Leuven
Polyaramids are a class of high-performance polymers that are renowned for
their chemical/thermal stability, non-flammability and exceptional mechanical
strength. The three most commonly produced polyaramids are: (1)
the para-aramid poly-p-phenylene terephthalamide (PPTA), (2) the metaaramid
poly-m-phenylene isophthalamide (PMIA) and (3) the copolymercopoly(p-phenylene/3,4-diphenylether terephthalamide) (ODA/PPTA). ...
Enhanced oil recovery by deep eutectic solvents KU Leuven
Chemical flooding process has shown great potential in Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). Unfortunately, chemicals used have some disadvantages such as high cost, high toxicity and high adsorption tendency. In place of traditional chemicals used in conventional EOR, the use of ionic liquid (ILs) for chemical EOR operational processes has increased steadily over the past few years. However, some researchers have brought up some issues with ILs ...
Unravelling membrane processes in organic solvents by data-driven modelling. Hasselt University
Ionic liquids as solvents for the synthesis and processing of PPTA. KU Leuven
Aramids (aromatic polyamides) are polymers known for their high tensile strength and high thermal stability. Their high tensile strength is a result of the rigidity of the aromatic rings and the hydrogen bonding between amide bonds of different chains. This makes them also difficult to dissolve in common solvents. For instance, for the production of the para-aramid poly-p-phenyleneterephthalamide (PPTA) a co-solvent of N-methylpyrrolidone ...