Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Department 'Materials and Chemistry' (MACH) of the Faculty of Engineering of the VUB, combines the research units 'Physical Chemistry and Polymer Science' (FYSC), the 'High Resolution NMR Centre' (HNMR) and 'Electrochemical and Surface Engineering' (SURF). FYSC research activities are focused on '(molecular and supramolecular) structure - processing - property' relations in polymers for developing multi-functional materials with improved performance. FYSC has an extended infrastructure of state-of-the-art thermal analysis equipment in combination with complementary techniques for the physical-chemical characterization of polymers. SURF (Electrochemical and surface engineering; website: wwwir.vub.ac.be/meta) is a recently merged research group of former META (Group of Metallurgy, Electrochemistry and Materials Science) and former CEG (Computational Electrochemistry Group of ETEC). In the group research revolves around 5 cross-linked areas of expertise in electrochemistry, nano-surfaces and their combination. The interfaculty research group 'High Resolution NMR Centre' HNMR focuses on the development and application of advanced NMR methods and their use in the structural analysis of organic, inorganic, and hybrid mùaterials.
Keywords
- material science
- thermal analysis
- chemistry
- surface analysis
- NMR
- polymer science
- engineering
- electrochemistry
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Nourhan Abdelrahman
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Sustainable Materials Engineering - Doctoral scholarschip
- Materials and Chemistry - Doctoral scholarschip
- Faculty of Engineering
Person: Researcher, PhD
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Kitty Baert
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Sustainable Materials Engineering - Technical Expert
- Materials and Chemistry - Technical Expert
Person: Researcher, Administrative/technical staff
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EUOA2: Open Corrosion Data for Additively Manufactured Alloys
De Graeve, I. & Revilla Castillo, R. I.
15/12/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Fundamental
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NSIS3: DESTINY: DEcarbonisation Solutions and Technology for a New Tomorrow: Societal Impact Network of the Flanders Institute for Decarbonisation Technologies (FIDT)
Messagie, M., Coosemans, T., De Cauwer, C., Stiens, J., Munteanu, A., Deligiannis, N., da Silva Gomes, B. T., De Cruz, L., Braeken, A., Touhafi, A., Rahier, H., Hauffman, T., Hubin, A., Bellemans, A., Bram, S., De Troyer, T., Runacres, M., Denayer, J., Van Assche, T., Van Mierlo, J., Vanhaverbeke, L., Jacobs, V. A., Rombaut, E., El Baghdadi, M., Hegazy, O. & Berecibar, M.
1/11/24 → 31/10/29
Project: Fundamental
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FWOTM1234: Investigating metafluids to improve the comfort of physical human-robotic-interfaces
Roels, E., Vanderborght, B. & Brancart, J.
1/10/24 → 30/09/27
Project: Fundamental
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FWOTM1230: EMSOR: Embodied Multi-Modal Sensing in Self-Healing Soft Robots
Terryn, S., Vanderborght, B. & Van Assche, G.
1/10/24 → 30/09/27
Project: Fundamental
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FWOSBO62: SBO project with the primary economic finality aimed at the transfer to existing companies: Fatigue and roughness Optimisation to tRigger susTainable advanced Additive Manufacturing applications
De Baere, D. J., Nowe, A., De Graeve, I., Van Hemelrijck, D., Pyl, L. & Hinderdael, M.
1/10/24 → 30/09/28
Project: Applied
Research output
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A Variable Sensing Range Electrical Impedance Tomography Sensor for Robot Electric Skins
Wang, Z., Chen, H., Wang, K., Vanderborght, B. & Terryn, S., 29 Jan 2025, In: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 10, 3, p. 2726-2733 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Breaking Down the Building Blocks: Quantum Chemical Analysis of Diels–Alder Reactions for Future Self-Healing and Recyclable Polymer Networks
Vermeersch, L., Verhelle, R., Brande, N. V. D. & Vleeschouwer, F. D., 14 Jan 2025, In: Macromolecules. 58, 1, p. 32-44 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigation of the Sensitivity of Acoustic Emission to the Differentiation Between Mode I, II, and III Fracture in Bulk Polymer Materials
Shivaie Kojouri, A., Angelis, D., Karami, J., Sharma, A., Van Paepegem, W., Van Hemelrijck, D. & Kalteremidou, K-A., 6 Jan 2025, In: Polymers (Basel). 17, 1, p. 1-21 21 p., 125.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Temperature and rate dependent shear characterization and modeling of spread-tow woven Flax/PP composite laminates
Hossein Abadi, R., Kalteremidou, K-A., Karami, J. & Van Hemelrijck, D., 15 Jan 2025, In: Composites Part B: Engineering. 289, p. 1-14 14 p., 111930.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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3D-Printed Shape Memory Poly(alkylene terephthalate) Scaffolds as Cardiovascular Stents Revealing Enhanced Endothelialization
Van Daele, L., Chausse, V., Parmentier, L., Brancart, J., Pegueroles, M., Van Vlierberghe, S. & Dubruel, P., 8 Feb 2024, In: Advanced Healthcare Materials. 13, 13, 16 p., 2303498.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Self-healing polymers for coatings, encapsulants and additive manufacturing
Joost Brancart (Speaker)
8 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a workshop/seminar
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9th International Conference on Self-Healing Materials: ICSHM2024
Valentina Lozano Betancur (Speaker)
24 Jun 2024 → 26 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Modeling of Diels-Alder reversible network formation under diffusion-controlled conditions for the construction of cure diagrams
Jessica Mangialetto (Speaker), Robrecht René Verhelle (Contributor), Guy Van Assche (Contributor) & Niko Van den Brande (Contributor)
15 Apr 2024 → 18 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Evolving glass transition of curing networks based on Diels-Alder reversible bonds studied by dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
Jessica Mangialetto (Speaker), Niko Van den Brande (Contributor) & Michael Wübbenhorst (Contributor)
2 Sep 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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DFT Adsorption Studies of P molecules on NU-1000
Roberth Mateo Narváez Adams (Speaker)
15 Apr 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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Equipment
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SECM (Scanning Electrochemical Microscope)
Materials and ChemistryFacility/equipment: Equipment › no e-resource/single sited
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SIET (Scanning Ionselective Electrode Technique)
Materials and ChemistryFacility/equipment: Equipment › no e-resource/single sited
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Surface Analysis Lab Total Equipment Surface Analysis
Materials and ChemistryFacility/equipment: Equipment
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SVET (Scanning Vibrating Electrode Technique)
Materials and ChemistryFacility/equipment: Equipment › no e-resource/single sited
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Thermal activity monitoring microcalorimetry: from fundamental thermodynamic principles towards a wide array of practical applications.
Niko Van den Brande (Scientific coordinator)
Materials CharacterisationFacility/equipment: Equipment › no e-resource/single sited
Datasets
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Documentation and instruction for the tutorial: Finite Element Analysis-based soft robotic modeling: Simulating a soft-actuator in SOFA
Ferrentino, P. (Creator), Roels, E. (Creator), Brancart, J. (Creator), Terryn, S. (Creator), Van Assche, G. (Creator) & Vanderborght, B. (Creator), Zenodo, 24 Mar 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7838026, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7838026
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Supramolecular Self-Healing Sensor Fiber Composites for Damage Detection in Piezoresistive Electronic Skin for Soft Robots
Georgopoulou Papadonikolaki, A. (Creator), Bosman, A. (Creator), Brancart, J. (Creator), Vanderborght, B. (Creator) & Clemens, F. (Creator), Zenodo, 2 Sep 2021
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Documentation and instructions for the tutorial: building your own self-healing soft finger with embedded sensor
Roels, E. (Creator), Terryn, S. (Creator), Ferrentino, P. (Creator), Brancart, J. (Creator), Van Assche, G. (Creator) & Vanderborght, B. (Creator), Zenodo, 22 May 2022
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Datasets and images of publication: Additive manufacturing for self-healing soft robots
Roels, E. (Creator), Terryn, S. (Creator), Brancart, J. (Creator), Verhelle, R. R. (Creator), Van Assche, G. (Creator) & Vanderborght, B. (Creator), Zenodo, 20 Apr 2020
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Datasets and images of publication: Self-healing and high interfacial strength in multi-material soft pneumatic robots via reversible Diels-Alder bonds
Terryn, S. (Creator), Roels, E. (Creator), Brancart, J. (Creator), Van Assche, G. (Creator) & Vanderborght, B. (Creator), Zenodo, 30 Apr 2020
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