Projects
Supramolecular Polymeric Solutions in Shear and Extensional Flows KU Leuven
The behaviour of transient polymer networks in strong flows is poorly understood.
Those transient polymer networks are candidates for, e.g. self-healing and recyclable materials, easily tunable viscosity modifiers, and stimuli-responsive materials with applications in foodstuff, coatings, cost-efficient processes or biomedical areas.
To explore their potential and define strategies for designing novel materials amenable to ...
Incorporation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in polymeric membranes for gas separation applications KU Leuven
The concept of mixed-matrix membranes (MMM) has been highly attractive for gas separation research since the 1970s, when it was discovered that the addition of zeolite 5A in a polymer results in an increase in the gas diffusion time-lag compared to the neat polymer. MMMs are, in essence, composite materials consisting of filler particles homogeneously dispersed in a polymeric matrix. They are designed for the purpose of exploiting the ...
Design, synthesis and molecular read-out of information-containing sequence-encoded macromolecules derived from a hexadecimal library of end-group functionalized acrylate dimers. Hasselt University
Development of MOF-filled polymeric membranes for gas separation. KU Leuven
State of the art: Currently, membranes with gas separation properties are of fundamental importance to accelerate progress toward an energy-efficient economy and reduce greenhouse gas emission. Polymeric membranes with easy fabrication and low cost have been explored for gas separation. Many efforts to improve the performance of polymeric membranes to broaden the different membrane applications have been reported, including polymer ...
Development and application of photo-induced copper-catalyzed controlled polymerization Hasselt University
Bioactive thiol-ene-based polyester 3D-constructs for hard tissue engineering Ghent University
Bioresorbable synthetic polymers hold great potential in personalized and regenerative medicine. Within the rapidly innovating 3D printing and medical device industry, there is an unmet need for materials that combine the ideal properties for applications in hard tissue engineering and patient-specific implants: tunable degradation, cell interactivity, excellent CAD/CAM mimicry using light-based 3D printing techniques and the right mechanical ...
Phase-Separated Morphology and Resulting Electrical Properties of PαMSAN/PMMA Blends without and with Carbon Nanotubes: Compatibilization as a Tool KU Leuven
The demand for flexible conductive polymeric materials is on the rise in applications such as EMI shielding and supercapacitors. In this perspective, immiscible blends containing conductive nanoparticles offer tremendous possibilities to tune electrical properties by tailoring their biphasic morphology combined with selective particle localization. The research aims at unraveling the relations between the microstructure of polymer blends and ...
Monomer sequence control in Polymers : Toward next-generation precision materials Ghent University
The aim of the project EURO-SEQUENCES is to establish a multidisciplinary training network on the emerging topic of sequence controlled polymers (i.e. macromolecules containing ordered sequences of monomers). It has been shown during the last five years that such polymers open up unprecedented options for the future of manmade materials. Indeed, similarly to biopolymers such as nucleic acids and proteins, synthetic sequence-controlled ...
Reprocessable thermosets and composites based on vanillin building blocks Ghent University
From the early 20th century, when synthetic polymers were first discovered, to the cutting-edge research that is being carried out today, the field of polymer chemistry has expanded exponentially. A consequence of this huge success is the environmental impact of such large quantities of man-made materials being synthesised, which includes the depletion of finite resources and generating substantial amounts of plastic waste. On the other hand, ...