Projects
Catalysts and Polymer Chemistry for Carbon Circularity: Innovative chemistry forupgrading plastic waste (C3). KU Leuven
Physical chemistry of complex polymer materials KU Leuven
The aim of this research program is investigating the structure-properties relationship in complex polymer-based materials via a combination of multiscale characterization (mainlyscattering techniques) and theoretical modelling. Systems of interests include spinodal and other out-ofequilibrium materials as well as stimuli-responsive composite polymer-colloid materials formed via self-assembly strategies.
Smart integration of membrane technology and polymer chemistry as scalable access to novel groundbreaking macromolecular materials KU Leuven
The proposal aims at creating a new generic technology to obtain sequence-defined macromolecules by combining advantages of liquid phase synthesis (i.e. fast kinetics, improved yields and selectivities, improved heat and mass transfer, easier upscaling) with advantages of solid-phase synthesis (i.e. fast purification) to produce high-purity oligomers at multi-gram scale without the need for tedious and yield/scope-reducing chemical ...
Polymer Chemistry and Technology Ghent University
Oriented covalent coupling of site-specific modified nanobodies onto functionalized conjugated polymers using 'click chemistry' Hasselt University
Exploitation of TAD-based chemistry for renewable polymers Ghent University
An efficient, newly developed chemical reaction based on triazolinediones will be studied in detail for the production and/or functionalization of renewable polymers from plant oils, terpenes en terpenoids via chemical pathways that are robust, non-toxic, atom-efficient and orthogonal.
Poly-Valve: Polymeric prosthetic heart valve for life, creative chemistry for a sustainable future Hasselt University
Study of polymer properties and polymer dynamics by means of 'single-molecule' fluorescence techniques. KU Leuven
Toward better biodegradable plastics via innovative mono- and dilactone chemistry KU Leuven
The unsustainable nature of a large part of the current commercial plastics has triggered worldwide public concern in the latest years. As a result, governments, academia, and industry have been increasing their efforts to drive the transition to a more ‘circular plastics economy’. To increase the reuse of resources and to eliminate the production of waste, a combination of several solutions has been proposed and is slowly being implemented. ...