Projecten
Het ontrafelen van fijnstofchemie in Dronning Maud Land: van atmosfeer tot sneeuwoppervlak Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Chromatografische micro-kolom ontwikkeling voor farmaceutische toepassingen in zebravis KU Leuven
ADME (Absorption, Distribution, Metabolism and Excretion) studies focus on the examination and prediction of drug behavior in the human body. Zebrafish present a good in vivo model for this purpose since they comply with the 3R principle of humane animal research (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement). The research group of Prof. Deirdre Cabooter recently developed a novel sample preparation and analytical method to accurately measure the ...
Bandgap engineering van grafeen door moleculaire zelf-assemblage. KU Leuven
BENGRAS is a Marie Curie IIF project that focuses on multidisciplinary transfer of knowledge from a promising Australian early career researcher to KU Leuven towards the design and synthesis of novel functional nano-materials and the development of advanced analytical techniques for material analysis. The project will study bandgap engineering in graphene induced by physi- and chemi- sorption of self-assembled molecular monolayers, which is ...
Enantioselectiviteit aan oppervlakken: covalente enting als nieuw hulpmiddel voor chirale oppervlaktemodificaties. KU Leuven
Chiral surfaces have received considerable attention in the recent past since they play an important role as substrates for chiral separations and enantioselective heterogeneous catalysis. One of the most frequently used approaches to design and fabricate chiral surfaces is the adsorption and self-assembly of chiral or prochiral molecules on surfaces, which can be studied with sub-molecular resolution by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). ...
Chiraal geïnduceerd spin-selectiviteitseffect KU Leuven
Chirality is often considered as a structural properties of molecules, but the concept also applies to elementary particles having a non-zero spin, i.e. electrons at rest are achiral but they acquire a helicity (chirality) in the direction of motion. Consequently, electrons are filtered according to their spin when crossing chiral materials. This newly uncovered chiral-induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect is surprisingly large. Spin ...
PhD The influence of microscopic life (phytoplankton, bacteria, viruses) on the formation and stability of sea foam and sea spray aerosols Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee
Sea spray aerosols are microscopic droplets of seawater that are formed by bubble bursting at the ocean surface. They play a major role in cloud formation, climate, and are suspected to affect human health after inhalation. Until now, research at VLIZ and Ghent University has focused on the presence and human health effects of biogenic chemicals inside sea spray aerosols. We found that the enrichment of marine biogenic chemicals inside sea ...
De rol van lineaire azol(in)e-bevattende peptiden in de levensstijl van menselijke pathogenen KU Leuven
Lineaire azol(in)e-bevattende peptiden (LAP's) zijn een snel groeiende en grotendeels onderbelichte klasse van bacteriële ribosomaal gesynthetiseerde en posttranslationeel gemodificeerde peptiden, waarvan er vele een sterke antimicrobiële activiteit vertonen. Ondanks hun structurele gelijkenis vertonen het werkingsmechanisme en het activiteitsspectrum van LAP's een opmerkelijke diversiteit waarvan de structurele basis en functionele betekenis ...
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 ...
Studie van geneesmiddelen in afval-en oppervlaktewater met behulp van geavanceerde vloeistofchromatografische technieken KU Leuven
In deze thesis werd de afbraak van de geneesmiddelen iopromide (IOP), sulfamethoxazole (SMX), 17α-ethinylestradiol (EE2) en diclofenac (DCF) bestudeerd. Deze componenten werden gespiked in gesimuleerd afvalwater (SWW) en reëel ziekenhuis afvalwater (RWW) en vervolgens onderworpen aan elektrochemische oxidatie door middel van een met boor gedoteerde diamant electrode (BDD). Om de afbraak te optimaliseren, werd de invloed van de stroomsterkte, ...