Projects
Simulation of a next-generation phased array based Ultrasonic Polar Scan system for the characterisation of visco-elastic materials KU Leuven
Recently, there has been a strong drift towards the use of composite materials, such as the Carbon Fibre Reinforced Polymers (CFRP). Indeed, these mixtures of a lightweight polymer matrix and embedded carbon fibres lead to a high strength-to-weight ratio which is beneficial in applications where high performance is required. Evidently, in order to efficiently incorporate these composite materials in specific components, some key mechanical ...
Envisioning enabling environments for young women with perinatal infections of HIV in Africa: A participatory creative new-materialist approach. KU Leuven
Background: Targeted due to gender and age in South Africa, young women often must negotiate health and safety in their homes and communities – this is even more challenging for young women living with perinatal infections of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (YWLPHIV). Young people living with perinatal infections face a chronic disease, with treatment including adherence to lifelong ART. We set out to learn more about young ...
Cogeneration of electricity and valuable chemicals in PEM fuel cells. KU Leuven
A lot of economically valuable chemicals are obtained in industry through oxidation and reduction reactions. While many of these processes are highly exothermic, liberating energy as heat, they generally do not reach high energy efficiencies because most of this liberated energy cannot be recovered efficiently. Fuel cells offer the possibility to produce these chemicals through electrochemical reactions while converting the released energy ...
Anatomy of on-surface synthesized two-dimensional polymers: towards chemically stable covalent frameworks KU Leuven
Polymers have permeated almost every sphere of modern life, from packaging to drug delivery, from 3D printing to airplanes. So, after being around for more than a century, what is the next big thing for polymers? The answer lies in the arrival of two-dimensional (2D) materials which have dominated headlines in recent years. Graphene, a single atom thick sheet of carbon isolated at the beginning of the century has several interesting ...
On-surface two-dimensional polymers reaching the next level of complexity KU Leuven
Polymers have permeated almost every sphere of modern life, from packaging to drug delivery, from 3D printing to airplanes. So, after being around for more than a century, what is the next big thing for polymers? The answer lies in the arrival of two-dimensional (2D) materials which have dominated headlines in recent years. The field of 2D materials is getting crowded though and synthetic 2D polymers made by stitching small organic molecules ...
In situ investigation of surface-supported dynamic covalent twodimensional polymers KU Leuven
Few consumer goods can rival (one-dimensional) polymers in terms of societal and industrial relevance (around 300 megatons are produced every year). Two-dimensional (2D) polymers, and among them single-layer covalent organic frameworks, are one-molecule thick sheets of a crystalline and robust material endowed of a periodic array of nanopores. By tuning the building-blocks, a wide set of potential applications, ranging from superthin ...
Atomic assessment of paramagnetic defects in 2-dimensional semiconductor layers: MoS2 KU Leuven
For decades, the semiconductor industry has pursued the extensive miniaturization of the transistor. Conventional Si-based devices are however reaching their scaling limits since undesired ‘physics’ effects arise when Si-based transistors are ultra-scaled. A possible solution to overcome these electrostatic control issues and lithography challenges is to incorporate novel 2D materials in future nanoelectronic devices. In this regard, TMDs, ...
NORM.AI: Natural Objects Rendering for Economic AI Models Hasselt University
Enabling Large-scale Graphene Heterostructure: Growth, Transfer, Passivation, and Stacking KU Leuven
Two-dimensional materials have been put forward as a promising component for future electronic, photonic, energy, sensing, and even other applications. Since the discovery of graphene, new 2D materials (e.g. transition metal dichalcogenides - TMDs) have emerged and are actively investigated. The 2D nature of these TMDs offers ultimate thickness scaling and has the potential to be used as an active material in future low-power electronic ...