🌟 First In-Person Leadership Meeting of the Common Interest Group - Materials for Battery Technology 🌟 Yesterday, we held a productive kick-off meeting of our Common Interest Group (CIG) on Materials for Battery Technology with our newly elected Chair, Dr.Fanny Barde, Co-Founder and CTO of SOLiTHOR, and Co-Chair, Prof. Annick Hubin from the Free University of Brussels. It was truly inspiring to discuss our goals for the next year! We sought their insights on the current state of our roadmap and collaboratively explored plans for future CIG meetings, as well as the progress of the 10.2024 research call. The enthusiasm and commitment of our Chairs are truly motivating, and we are confident that under their leadership, we are set to make significant strides. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who participated and shared their valuable insights! #Leadership #Collaboration #Innovation #ResearchCommunity #BatteryTechnology #Solidstate #BatteryPerformance #BatteryIntelligence #CriticalRawMaterials #ResourceEfficiency VLAIO - Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship Departement Economie, Wetenschap en Innovatie (EWI) VITO Johan Vangrunderbeek Luc Van Ginneken José Spinnewyn
Physical Chemistry and Polymer Science
Research Services
Brussel, België 1,229 followers
FYSC excels in the study, design and understanding of the structure-processing-property relations of advanced materials.
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The Physical Chemistry and Polymer Science (FYSC) research group is part of the Materials and Chemistry (MACH) department of the Faculty of Engineering of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and conducts both fundamental and applied research in the field of materials sciences. FYSC’s polymer research activities are focused on gaining insight in the molecular and supramolecular structure-processing-property relations in synthetic, bio-based, and natural polymers for developing sustainable materials with improved performance. A comprehensive collection of physicochemical analytical techniques and characterization procedures is available for this purpose, centred around advanced thermal analysis instrumentation. FYSC is at the forefront of the development of new thermal analysis methods to study polymer-based materials, often using prototype or in-house developed instrumentation. Through its characterization expertise, FYSC is involved in the design of novel macromolecular materials, either combined with in-house polymer synthesis or in collaboration with academic and industrial partners, for applications in advanced polymeric systems, coatings, composites, pharmaceuticals, automotive, offshore… The FYSC group uniquely excels in studying and understanding the relation between the structure formation and the resulting properties of the studied materials, and the effect of processing of these materials on the formed structure and properties. The FYSC research activities can be divided into three main pillars: - Thermophysical and chemical characterization of polymers - Renewable energy materials - Non-traditional cements
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We are proud of Hannelore Geeraert, who is one of our most active and reputed #science outreachers. She is an example to our #FYSC colleagues and many peers, as she shares an accessible insight into her research into #PHA #biopolymers via this 'Science Figured Out' video. The video was recorded as part of the VUB Doctoral Derby, where she won first place! SciMingo VUB Research VUB Faculty of Engineering #FWO Research Foundation Flanders - FWO
Image our modern world, but without #plastics. Difficult right? 🤔 That's because plastic really is everywhere. Think of the plastic #packaging that keeps our #food safe and fresh 🥦 But unfortunately, there are also the #microplastics that pollute our #seas and #oceans 🌊 "We cannot avoid plastics, which is why we have to improve them," argues Hannelore Geeraert (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) 👩🔬 To this end, she is researching biodegradable #bioplastics, which she develops with the help of #bacteria 🦠 The ultimate goal? To produce plastics that do not lead to #pollution, but to #progress. Research funded by Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen (FWO)
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Postdoctoral researcher Jessica Mangialetto developed a mechanistic model that describes the effect of vitrification on the dynamic reactivity of Diels-Alder-based thermoreversible polymer networks under the supervision of Niko Van den Brande, supported by (former) #FYSC colleagues Robrecht Verhelle and Guy Van Assche. The mechanistic model and related reaction kinetic parameters were used to simulate time–temperature-transformation (TTT) and continuous-heating-transformation (CHT) diagrams that are versatile tools for the prediction of the effect of diffusion limitations or the planning of time–temperature cure programs for curing and property optimization, especially in view of the design and processing of these self-healing and reprocessable materials. More detials via https://lnkd.in/eS-G6Ptj. #FWO Research Foundation Flanders - FWO TA Instruments VUB Faculty of Engineering #VUB
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October 8, 2024, all graduate's of the past academic year, both our engineers and our fresh doctors, were celebrated at the City Hall of Brussels, on the magnificent Grand Place, on the occasion of the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Engineering of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Congratulations to all our graduates.
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Little over a week ago, #FYSC #BruBotics and #SURF colleagues shared their research on #selfhealing #polymers, stretchable #sensors and flexible #electronics at the Functional Materials Engineering conference by Wim Deferme from imo-imomec (Hasselt University and imec). Congratulations to Valentina Lozano Betancur for winning the oral presentation award during your first year as a PhD student! You make your promoter Joost Brancart very proud and Seppe Terryn who was there to accept the honours was visually very happy for you as well. European Commission #SHINTO_EIC BruBotics - Vrije Universiteit Brussel VUB Faculty of Engineering Research group Electrochemical and Surface Engineering #VUB #FWO Research Foundation Flanders - FWO #SUBLIME
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Last night, Aleix Costa Cornellà successfully defended his doctoral thesis focused on improving the #sustainability of the #selfhealing #polymers previously developed at #FYSC from a holistic point of view, under the proud supervision of Guy Van Assche and Joost Brancart. He validated his patented materials in various applications with #BruBotics colleagues, VKC-Centexbel and University of Cambridge and continued maturing his technology. European Commission #SMART_ITN #SHINTO_EIC VUB Faculty of Engineering #VUB
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This summer, Kivanc Kacmaz joined the #FYSC laboratory of the #SUME research group as a doctoral researcher on the SIM ICON project #Photo-AUP in collaboration with allnex, Ghent University, FERTIKAL and Tenco DDM. The project explores novel photocurable resins in view of attaining biodegradable photopolymers for #additivemanufacturing, #coatings and many more. VLAIO - Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship #VLAIO VUB Research #VUB #WeAreVUB
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Prof. Joost Brancart will provide a lecture on the recent developments at #FYSC regarding #selfhealing #polymers for #additivemanufacturing and #coatings Belgian Polymer Group ATIPIC.BE #FWO Research Foundation Flanders - FWO European Commission #SMART_ITN #SHINTO_EIC BruBotics - Vrije Universiteit Brussel #VUB
ATIPIC.BE and BPG workshop on 8th of October, last chance to register on: https://lnkd.in/eF364ptg Don't miss the opportunity to listen to talk on: 1. Fluoropolymers, from Alexander Van den Eynde from The Chemours Company. 2. Plasma deposited coatings, from Navid Mostofi Sarkari from KULeuven. 3. Supramolecular network and vitrimers, from Prof. Evelyne van Ruymbeke from UCLouvain - Université catholique de Louvain 4. Self-healing polymers for coatings, from Prof. Joost Brancart
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The #FYSC lab finds itself at a landmark with the publication of the most recent (patented) PhD work of Aleix Costa Cornellà and Francesca Furia in the Advanced Materials journal. They combined two dynamic covalent chemistries in a single polymer network and exploited the very wide tunability of its relexation behaviour for #3Dprinting #shapememorypolymers and for overcoming the tradeoff between fast healing and structural and mechanical stability, proudly supervised by Guy Van Assche and Joost Brancart. Read more via https://lnkd.in/e24KZxAr European Commission #SMART_ITN #SHINTO_EIC VUB Research VUB Faculty of Engineering #VUB #WeAreVUB #FWO Research Foundation Flanders - FWO
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Congratulations, Francesca Furia for obtaining your PhD in Applied Sciences and Engineering for your work developing new dynamic covalent #polymer networks and adjusting their rheological behaviour for improved #3Dprinting of #flexiblesensors and #softrobotics, under the supervision of Joost Brancart and Guy Van Assche. European Commission #SMART_ITN BruBotics - Vrije Universiteit Brussel #VUB
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