Staff

Field of research:

• Material processing:
  • Solid state synthesis of functional ceramics
  • Hydrothermal synthesis of nanomaterials
• Advanced TEM characterization and method developments:
  • Structural and chemical characterization of materials and correlation to properties at high spatial resolution
  • Quantitative atomic-scale studies of crystal structure, chemistry and bonding of interfaces and nanostructures
  • Quantitative atomic resolution HRTEM and HAADF/ABF/BF STEM image analysis
  • Quantitative EELS analysis
• In situ transmission electron microscopy:
  • In situ heating and cooling TEM experiments
  • In situ studies of structural phase transitions

Field of research:

• Photocatalysis
• Photoelectrocatalysis
• Photocatalytic reactors
• Supported photocatalysts
• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Field of research:

• High-temperature reactions
• Phase equilibria
• Microstructure development,
• Zinc Oxide ceramics
• Varistors
• Oxide thermoelectrics
• Scanning electron microscopy – SEM
• Electron microprobe analysis-WDS
• Qualitative, quantitative analysis
• Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanostructures and nanopowders

Field of research:

• Functional ceramics with perovskite structure, thermoelectrics
• 1-D oxide nanostructures
• Solar cells
• Photocatalytic (micro)reactors
• Electron microscopy (SEM, EPMA, STEM/TEM, AEM, HR HAADF-STEM)

Personal page

Field of research:

• Theranostic formulations
• Photothermal therapy
• Biomimetic nanostructures

Field of research:

• Non-crystalline alloys and compounds: metallic glasses, intermetallics and complex metallic alloys, quasicrystals.
• Crystal structure and local order; formation and stability of complex compounds; properties of complex metallic compounds and quasicrystals: electronic structure, heat transport, solid-solid adhesion,
  wetting, friction; applications of quasicrystals & complex intermetallics.

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Field of interests:

• Projects & Finances

Field of research:

• Additive manufacturing of metals and ceramics
• Materials for fusion applications
• Silicon carbide ceramics
• SiCf/SiC composites
• W-based materials

Field of research:

• Hard Magnetic Materials
• Solid-state synthesis
• Nanomaterials
• Composite materials (MMCs)
• Additive manufacturing (SLM)
• Biomaterials
• X-ray analysis methods (XRD, XPS, XRF)
• Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Field of research:

• Hard magnetic materials
• Intermetallic alloys – thin films and nanostructures
• Magnetocaloric materials
• Effect of processing on microstructure and physical properties
• Applications of high-energy permanent magnets in ecology
• The influence of magnetic field on crystallisation
• Complex metallic alloys

Field of research:

• Ab-initio electronic structure calculations, based on the density functional theory, focused on magnetic properties of solids, namely hyperfine parameters, nonlinear magnetoelastic effects, X-ray magnetic dichroism (XMCD) spectra…

Field of research:

• Electrochemical study and deposition of magnetic thin films, nanowires and nanotubes based on Fe-Pd and Co-Pt system
• Multifunctional nanomaterials based on magnetic (FePt, Fe3O4) and optically active components (Au) for bioapplications such as magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic hyperthermia, photo-thermal and sensing
• Formation of »smart nanocarriers« made of SiO2, biopolymers (chitosan, gelatine, etc.) and thermo-responsive liposomes

Master of pharmacy

Field of interests:

• Biomaterials
• Drug delivery and tissue engineering
• Bioglass and bioceramic materials
• Aseptic technique

Field of research:

• Photo (electro) catalytic degradation of organic pollutants in (waste) water

Field of research:

• Material Synthesis
• Nd-Fe-B magnets
• Processing of magnets

 

 

Field of research:

• Processing of ceramic materials
• Additive manufacturing

Field of research:

• Hard magnetic materials
• Magnetocaloric materials
• Magnetic measurements
• Sample preparation
• Materials characterisation

Field of research:

• Hard Magnetic Materials
• Melt-spun materials
• Spark plasma sintering (SPS)

Field of research:

• Density functional theory calculations, focused on solving local structures of doped metal-oxide materials
• Microscopic and theoretical investigations of interfaces, planar and point defects at the atomic scale

 

 

Field of research:

• A specialist for scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and electron-probe microanalysis (EDXS, WDXS)

Field of research:

• Advanced electron microscopy techniques: TEM, HRTEM, HAADF/ABF STEM image analysis, EDS and EELS analysis
• In-situ TEM: heating and electrochemical liquid state TEM
• Studying the chemistry-structure-property relationship in materials
• Electrochemical systems and lithium ion batteries
• Cement and cementitious materials

Field of research:

• Magnetic skyrmions
• Helimagnetism in non-centrosymmetric alloys
• (S)TEM imaging of magnetization textures

Field of research:

• Electrochemical sensors for chemical species in food and enviroment based on metallic nanowires, nanotubes and nanoparticles

Field of research:

• Design of additive-manufactured magnets in the frame of classical electrodynamics by applying finite-elements method
• Magnetic harvester

Field of research:

• Ceramic processing
• Additive manufacturing
• Heterogeneous Catalysis

 

Field of research:

• Electroplating, magnetic nanowires, nanotubes and thin  films
• Co-Pt hard magnetic materials
• Fe-Pd hard magentic and magnetic shape memory materials
• Atomic force microscopy/magnetic force microscopy