Projects
Performance of Advanced Oxidation and Enhanced Coagulation Pretreatment Combined with Low Pressure-Driven Membrane Process KU Leuven
Ultrafiltration (UF) has extensive application prospects in water treatment, but the problems of membrane fouling during long-term operation and poor removal of dissolved pollutants are still restricting its further popularization and application. UF membrane fouling not only increases the energy consumption of process operation, but also reduces the life span of the ultrafiltration membrane. Therefore, identifying ultrafiltration foulants, ...
Production of immunogenic tumor lysate loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles as anti-cancer vaccine KU Leuven
With cancer being a leading cause of mortality, immunotherapy is emerging as an innovative procedure to control the disease. It is a fast evolving complex field aiming to stimulate components of the immune system against tumor cells. One of these approaches is active specific immunotherapy based on the injection of autologous mature dendritic cells loaded with autologous tumor lysate. Proof-of-principle studies have shown that these vaccines ...
Multi-parameter analysis of single nanoparticles for biomedical applications Ghent University
In a number of biomedical applications it is important to detect the amount of entities such as biomolecules or gold NPs that are bound to “core” nanoparticles (liposomes, exosomes or solid nanoparticles). However, the present measurement techniques are unable to accurately determine this number as well as the particle-to-particle variation. In this project, sensitive measurements of the size, intensity and zeta-potential of single ...
Micro-algen eiwitingrediënten voor het voedsel en voeder van de toekomst Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Climate change, hunger, restricted access to protein sufficient diets and the scarcity of natural resources pose a major challenge for the food industry. We will have to switch to alternative environmentally-friendly, plant-based protein sources, Within the context of the great ‘protein transition’, in the future microalgae proteins are expected to contribute to a sufficient, nutritious, safe and affordable ...
Exploring D-modules and Riemann-Hilbert correspondence from relative and logarithmic perspectives and applications KU Leuven
The theory of D-modules plays a central rule in various fields of contemporary mathematics. It provides tools to solve Hilbert's 21st problem and leads to the development of the theory of Riemann-Hilbert correspondence. The primary purpose of the research project is to explore Riemann-Hilbert correspondence from relative and logarithmic perspectives and to apply relative and logarithmic D-modules and the correspondence in the study of ...
Single nanoparticle characterization platform for biomedical and nanotechnological applications. Ghent University
The field of nanoparticle applications and studies has gained large interest in the past decades both from the industrial and academic world. While the first biomedical, environmental and electro-optic applications based on nanoparticles are under development such as: biosensors, drug delivery, heavy metal sensors, quantum dots for displays etc., it still remains challenging to accurately predict and determine the nanoparticle properties on ...
Development of novel ion exchange membranes for fouling resistant electrodialysis in biobased application Ghent University
In the near future, there will be an increase of interest in the production of chemicals from plant biomass. This production process however, is not optimized yet. After pre-treating the plant mass, some compounds have to be removed before it can be further processed. In the end of the production process, the different valuable compounds have to be separated. Electrodialysis, a membrane separation process in which charged compounds are ...
Boron doped diamond nanoprobes for subnanometre-resolution tomography of nanoelectronic devices KU Leuven
The major goal of this PhD topic is to establish scientific insights enabling the growth of optimised doped nanodiamonds and diamond thin films, and their application in integrated device structures.
For establishing diamond thin films with controlled and reproducible properties at the diamond to substrate interface, this project is investigating the complete sequence of steps from growing doped diamond material (high quality, efficient ...