“Plasma catalysis : integration of a photocatalytic coating in a corona discharge unit”. Van Wesenbeeck K, Hauchecorne B, Lenaerts S, (2013)
Keywords: P3 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
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“Plasmacatalysis : a sustainable and efficient indoor air treatment”. Van Wesenbeeck K, Hauchecorne B, Lenaerts S, (2015)
Keywords: P3 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
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“Pyrolysis kinetics of bamboo material”. Potters G, Schoeters G, Tytgat T, Horvath G, Ludecke C, Cool P, Lenaerts S, Appels L, Dewil R, (2010)
Keywords: P3 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Laboratory of adsorption and catalysis (LADCA); Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
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Hauchecorne B, Tytgat T, Terrens D, Vanpachtenbeke F, Lenaerts S (2011) Reaction chamber for studying a solid-gas interaction : PCT/EP2011/051075
Keywords: Patent; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
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Verbruggen S (2014) TiO2 gas phase photocatalysis from morphological design to plasmonic enhancement. 173 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Engineering sciences. Technology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL)
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“Enhanced landfill mining at the REMO site : assessing stakeholders' perspectives for implementation”. Einhäupl P, Krook J, Svensson N, Van Acker K, Van Passel S, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Enhanced Landfill Mining, February 5-6, 2018, Mechelen, Belgium / Jones, Peter Tom [edit.], Machiels, Lieven [edit.] (2018)
Keywords: P3 Proceeding; Engineering sciences. Technology; Engineering Management (ENM)
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Yao X (2019) An advanced TEM study on quantification of Ni4Ti3 precipitates in low temperature aged Ni-Ti shape memory alloy. 149 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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Callaert C (2020) Characterization of defects, modulations and surface layers in topological insulators and structurally related compounds. 180 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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Trenchev G (2019) Computational modelling of atmospheric DC discharges for CO2 conversion. 206 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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Van der Paal J (2019) Generation, transport and molecular interactions of reactive species in plasma medicine. 237 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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Vets C (2020) Growth properties of carbon nanomaterials : towards tuning for electronic applications. 130 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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Pourbabak S (2020) Influence of nano and microstructural features and defects in finegrained NiTi on the thermal and mechanical reversibility of the martensitic transformation. 166 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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Lumbeeck G (2019) Mechanisms of nano-plasticity in as-deposited and hydrided nanocrystalline Pd and Ni thin films. 130 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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Anđ,elković, M (2019) O(N) numerical methods for investigating graphene heterostructures and moiré patterns. 207 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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Chuon S (2019) Simulation numérique multi-échelles du procédé de dépôt par pulvérisation cathodique magnétron. 137 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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“Electroactivity of superoxide anion in aqueous phosphate buffers analyzed with platinized microelectrodes”. Lefrancois P, Girard-Sahun F, Badets V, Clement F, Arbault S, Electroanalysis (2020). http://doi.org/10.1002/ELAN.202060456
Abstract: The reactivity of platinized ultramicroelectrodes (Pt-black UMEs) towards superoxide anion O-2(.-), an unstable Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS), and its relatives, H2O2 and O-2, was studied. Voltammetric studies in PBS demonstrate that Pt-black UMEs provide: i) a well-resolved reversible redox signature for O-2(.-) detected in both alkaline and physiological buffers (pH 12 and 7.4); ii) irreversible oxidation and reduction waves for H2O2 at pH 7.4. The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) at Pt-black surfaces solely yields H2O2 (2 electrons/2 H+) at physiological pH. Consequently, Pt-black UMEs allow to sense different ROS including superoxide anion for future biomedical or physico-chemical investigations.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
Impact Factor: 3
DOI: 10.1002/ELAN.202060456
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Vermeiren V (2020) Chemical kinetics modeling of non-equilibrium and thermal effects in vibrationally active CO2 plasmas. 207 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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Nematollahi P (2020) Density functional theory calculations for understanding gas conversion reactions on single metal atom embedded carbon-based nanocatalysts. 173 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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“Gold-sputtered microelectrodes with built-in gold reference and counter electrodes for electrochemical DNA detection”. Thiruvottriyur Shanmugam S, Trashin S, De Wael K, Analyst (2020). http://doi.org/10.1039/D0AN01387K
Abstract: Gold-sputtered microelectrodes with built-in gold reference and counter electrodes represent a promising platform for the development of disposable DNA sensors. Pretreating gold electrode surfaces and immobilization of DNA thereon is commonly employed in biosensing applications. However, with no scientific or practical guidelines to prepare a DNA sensor using these miniature gold-sputtered microelectrodes, cleaning and immobilization steps need to be systematically optimized and updated. In this work, we present efficient cleaning and modification of miniaturized gold-sputtered microelectrodes with thiolated DNA probes for DNA detection. Additional discussions on subtleties and nuances involved at each stage of pretreating and modifying gold-sputtered microelectrodes are included to present a robust, well-founded protocol. It was evident that the insights on cleaning polycrystalline gold disk electrodes with a benchmark electrode surface for DNA sensors, cannot be transferred to clean these miniature gold-sputtered microelectrodes. Therefore, a comparison between five different cleaning protocols was made to find the optimal one for gold-sputtered microelectrodes. Additionally, two principally different immobilization techniques for gold-sputtered microelectrode modification with thiolated ssDNA were compared i.e., immobilization through passive chemisorption and potential perturbation were compared in terms of thiol-specific attachment and thiol-unspecific adsorption through nitrogenous bases. The hybridization performance of these prepared electrodes was characterized by their sensitive complementary DNA capturing ability, detected by a standard alkaline phosphatase assay. Immobilization through passive chemisorption proved to be efficient in capturing the complementary target DNA with a detection limit of 0.14 nM and sensitivity of 9.38 A M−1 cm2. In general, this work presents a comprehensive understanding of cleaning, modification and performance of gold-sputtered microelectrodes with built-in gold reference and counter electrodes for both fundamental investigations and practical DNA sensing applications.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Engineering sciences. Technology; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
Impact Factor: 4.2
DOI: 10.1039/D0AN01387K
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De Jong M (2020) A highly accurate portable electrochemical sensor for cocaine : from methodology to testing in the field. 263 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
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“Ik drink (geen) afval! Een exploratieve studie naar socio-demografische verschillen in publieke steun voor het hergebruik van afvalwater in Vlaanderen”. Geerts R, Vandermoere F, Halet D, Van Winckel T, Joos P, Van Den Steen K, Van Meenen E, Blust R, Vlaeminck SE, Vlaams tijdschrift voor overheidsmanagement , 51 (2020)
Abstract: In een context van stijgende waterschaarste verkennen wij, naar ons weten voor het eerst in Vlaanderen, publieke steun voor de behandeling en het hergebruik van afvalwater als drinkwater. Vlaanderen is vandaag een van de weinige regio’s waar afvalwater reeds gerecycleerd wordt voor drinkwaterdoeleinden. Dit gebeurt op kleinschalig niveau en de uitbreiding hiervan is vandaag een van de Vlaamse beleidsdoelstellingen. Internationale voorbeelden toonden echter dat een gebrek aan publieke steun een aanzienlijk obstakel kan zijn. Vaak worden gezondheids- en veiligheidsbezorgdheden aangehaald als oorzaak voor het beperkte draagvlak. Minder is geweten over de socio-demografische distributie van dit draagvlak. Daarbovenop blijft er onduidelijkheid over de samenhang tussen socio-demografische kenmerken en gezondheids- en veiligheidsbezorgdheden. Met behulp van een enquête uitgevoerd in Vlaanderen (N=2309), bestudeerden wij ten eerste deze socio-demografische verschillen op basis van bivariate associaties (gender, opleidingsniveau, leeftijd en woonplaats). Ten tweede construeerden we een padmodel om te onderzoeken of deze verschillen verklaard kunnen worden aan de hand van gezondheids- en veiligheidsbezorgdheden. Onze resultaten toonden dat publieke steun voor afvalwaterhergebruik voor drinkwaterdoeleinden in Vlaanderen beperkt is. Het draagvlak was het laagst bij oudere mensen, vrouwen, lager geschoolde groepen en mensen die niet in de Provincie Antwerpen wonen. Voor een groot deel konden socio-demografische verschillen verklaard worden door hogere gezondheids- en veiligheidsbezorgdheden bij vrouwen, lager geschoolden en mensen uit West- en Oost-Vlaanderen. Dit suggereert een gebrek aan vertrouwen in waterexperts en -technologie bij bepaalde socio-demografische groepen, wat zich vertaalt in een verminderde publieke steun voor afvalwaterhergebruik. Op basis van deze bevindingen bespreken we een aantal potentiële actiestrategieën om publieke oppositie te anticiperen en proactief publieke steun te verwerven via doelgerichte (risico)communicatie.
Keywords: A1 Journal article; Sociology; Sustainable Energy, Air and Water Technology (DuEL); Centre for Research on Environmental and Social Change
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Bafekry A (2020) Investigation of the effects of defects and impurities on nanostructures consisting of Group IV and V elements using First-principles calculations. 126 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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Conti S (2020) Multi-band superfluidity and BEC-BCS crossover in novel ultrathin materials. 123 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Sociology; History; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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Zhang H (2020) Optical diagnostics of spatiotemporal evolution characteristics of nanosecond laser-induced plasma in gases. 117 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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Heijkers S (2020) Plasma chemistry modelling for CO2 and CH4 conversion in various plasma types. 316 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Plasma Lab for Applications in Sustainability and Medicine – Antwerp (PLASMANT)
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Eliaerts J (2020) Qualitative and quantitative determination of cocaine using mid-infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics. 184 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Law; AXES (Antwerp X-ray Analysis, Electrochemistry and Speciation)
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Vanherck J (2020) Spontaneous and induced magnetisation in two-dimensional and bulk Heisenberg ferromagnets : a quantum mechanical treatment. 160 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT)
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Hendrickx M (2020) Study of the effect of cation substitution on the local structure and the properties of perovskites and Li-ion battery cathode materials. 208 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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Milagres de Oliveira T (2020) Three-dimensional characterisation of nanomaterials : from model-like systems to real nanostructures. 230 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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Vanrompay H (2020) Toward fast and dose efficient electron tomography. 207 p
Keywords: Doctoral thesis; Electron microscopy for materials research (EMAT)
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