Projecten
CO2-FIX: CO2 als een 'Sustainable' Bouwsteen in Fotoredox-katalyse KU Leuven
Ondanks het veranderende gezicht van de chemie, is de noodzaak om moleculen op een gecontroleerde manier te produceren niet afgenomen. De steeds complexere synthetische problemen die de natuur, medicijnen en materialen met zich meebrengen, vereisen echter nieuwe reactiviteitsconcepten en -strategieën om deze uitdagingen aan te gaan. Daarom is de ontwikkeling van nieuwe en goedaardige methodologieën die de atoom-economische constructie van ...
Ondernemen van dynamische zelfgeorganiseerde interfaces in fotokatalyse: een multidisciplinair trainingsnetwerk dat licht omzet in producten. KU Leuven
The global need to move current human technologies into a sustainable future will have a great impact for the world of chemistry and related industries. In close concert with other disciplines, chemistry will be increasingly solicited to identify solutions that are practical, affordable and ultimately sustainable. To meet these objectives, not only research, but also chemical education will need profound reforms that have to be contextualized ...
Identificatie en eliminatie van knelpunten voor de biologische afbraak van microverontreinigingen: naar een duurzame menselijke watercyclus (BioSustain) KU Leuven
Meeting the demand for freshwater is an ongoing grand challenge. Pollution of ground and surface waters by organic micropollutants (OMPs) increasingly exacerbates water scarcity. Many OMPs are recalcitrant throughout the human water cycle. Specific – but often not fully explored – (eco)toxicological impacts on humans and the environment prompted European legislation to introduce stringent threshold limits. To meet these limits, water ...
Duurzame vliegtuigbrandstoffen uit CO2 door micro-algencelfabrieken in een Zero Waste-aanpak KU Leuven
ALFAFUELS proposes a novel Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) production technology that can play a major role in the decarbonisation of the aviation sector by replacing conventional fossil fuels in mid and long-term. ALFAFUELS contributes to climate change mitigation, energy transition, and on the establishment of a circular bio-based economy by providing a direct capture and utilisation of CO2, by developing cost-effective and sustainable ...
Verbetering van de chemie dankzij scheiding door membraanprocessen KU Leuven
Two of the major hurdles for the chemical industry transition toward the “chemical factory of the future” are the ability to design (i) efficient and selective catalytic transformations of renewables and (ii) eco-efficient separation processes to retrieve and purify the product(s) and catalyst(s). Future generations of researchers (academic &industry) will need to be trained and equipped with these expertise that constitute the main goal ...
Het slechten van barrières om nieuwe op cyclodextrine gebaseerde toepassingen voor de gezondheidszorg te bevorderen door duurzame ontwerpprincipes te implementeren KU Leuven
Cyclodextrins (CD) have already gained several market applications as excipients in drug and vaccine formulations. They are very appealing platforms for the development of therapeutic applications and new CD-based systems are continuously proposed. In this frame easily prepared CD polymers frequently outstand the performance of the corresponding CD monomers. Nevertheless, application of new CDs as drug or delivery system in the clinics does ...
Elektro- en fotochemische microreactoren versterkt door akoestiek KU Leuven
Small-scale flow reactors for electro- and photochemistry support the shift in chemical manufacture towards green and sustainable processes based on renewable energy sources. However, the industrial application of these small-scale flow reactors is significantly limited by their currently achieved throughput and productivity.
The MICRODISCO project aims to overcome these productivity limitations by exploiting the synergistic effect of ...
Water gedwongen in hydrofobe nano-insluiting: instelbaar oplosmiddelsysteem KU Leuven
Water is the sustainable solvent of excellence but its high polarity limits the solubility of non-polar compounds. Confinement of water in hydrophobic pores alters its hydrogen bonding structure and related properties such as dielectric constant and solvation power. Whether this special state of confined water can be rendered useful in chemical processes is hitherto underexplored. The original idea of this project is to modulate water solvent ...