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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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Profiles
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Nourhan Abdelrahman
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Materials and Chemistry - Doctoral scholarschip
- Faculty of Engineering
- Electrochemical and Surface Engineering
Person: Researcher, PhD, Doctoral student
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Kitty Baert
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Materials and Chemistry - Technical Expert
- Electrochemical and Surface Engineering
Person: Administrative/technical staff
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Lieven Bekaert
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Materials and Chemistry - Undefined
- Electrochemical and Surface Engineering
- Faculty of Engineering
- General Chemistry
Person: Researcher, PhD, Doctoral student
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Leonardo Bertolucci Coelho
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Materials and Chemistry - Undefined
- Electrochemical and Surface Engineering
Person: Researcher
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FWOSB166: Predictive machine learning of the long-term atmospheric corrosion damage
Vangrunderbeek, V. & Terryn, H.
1/11/23 → 31/10/27
Project: Fundamental
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OZRIFTM18: Corrosion study of WAAM printed and repaired stainless steel parts for aerospace applications - Meron Desalegn Tuemay
15/10/23 → 14/10/27
Project: Fundamental
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FWOSBO54: Lignin based dynamic and circular thermosets (LigDYN)
Van den Brande, N., Van Assche, G., Hauffman, T. & De Graeve, I.
1/10/23 → 30/09/27
Project: Applied
Research output
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3D infrared temperature maps measurements of ablative materials during plasma wind tunnel experiments
Fagnani, A., Helber, B., Hubin, A. & Chazot, O., Jul 2023, In: Measurement Science and Technology. 34, 7, 13 p., 075401.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A new exploration of quality testing technique for the wafer-scale graphene film based on the terahertz vector network analysis technology
Cheng, C., Pourkazemi, A., zhao, W., Van den Brande, N., Hauffman, T., Zhang, Z. & Stiens, J., 15 Apr 2023, In: Applied Surface Science. 616, 2023, 13 p., 156498.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An Interdisciplinary Tutorial: A Self-Healing Soft Finger with Embedded Sensor
Roels, E., Terryn, S., Ferrentino, P., Brancart, J., Van Assche, G. & Vanderborght, B., 10 Jan 2023, In: Sensors. 23, 2, 811.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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An ORP-EIS approach to distinguish the contribution of the buried interface to the electrochemical behaviour of coated aluminium
Madelat, N., Wouters, B., Jiryaeisharahi, Z., Hubin, A., Terryn, H. & Hauffman, T., 1 Jul 2023, In: Electrochimica Acta. 455, 15 p., 142400.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Novel Physical Human Robot Interface with Pressure Distribution Measurement Based on Electrical Impedance Tomography
Chen, H., Langlois, K., Brancart, J., Roels, E., Verstraten, T. & Vanderborght, B., 11 Aug 2023, In: IEEE Sensors Journal. 23, 18, p. 21914-21923 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
File8 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Self-healing Soft Robotics Using Reprocessable Polymer Networks
Guy Van Assche (Invited speaker)
31 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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International Symposium on smart materials
Francesca Furia (Participant)
14 Jun 2023 → 15 Jun 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Additive Manifacturing of Self-Healing Polymers
Francesca Furia (Speaker)
11 Sep 2023 → 13 Sep 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Talk or presentation at a conference
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The 6th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft 2023)
Francesca Furia (Participant)
3 Apr 2023 → 7 Apr 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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SMART International Conference and Business Event
Francesca Furia (Participant)
11 Sep 2023 → 13 Sep 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Equipment
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SIET (Scanning Ionselective Electrode Technique)
Materials and ChemistryFacility/equipment: Equipment
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Surface Analysis Lab Total Equipment Surface Analysis
Materials and ChemistryFacility/equipment: Equipment
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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
Dataset
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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
Dataset
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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
Dataset
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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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