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Late Project Offerings
Aerogels are porous lightweight materials consisting over 90% of air. They
are produced by forming a gel in water, followed by solvent exchange with
ethanol and drying in supercritical CO2 to prevent pore collapse during
drying. Chitin is a semicrystalline polymer found in the exoskeleton of
crustaceans (e.g. shrimp) and is one of the most abundantly available
natural polymers. We are able to prepare single-crystal nanoparticles from
chitin. In this project, rodlike chitin nanoparticles (also called
nanowhiskers) will be assembled in water into gels and formed into
aerogels by drying. These materials will be interesting for gas storage,
catalyst support, insulation, etc.
Project number: 23
1. Title: Cellulose nanowhisker cell immobilisation membranes
2. Staff: Dr Wim Thielemans
Project number: 24
1. Title: Resolution of scientific controversies
2. Staff: Dr Sean Rigby
(1-3 students)
Project number: 25
1. Title: Analysis of time series
2. Staff: Dr Sean Rigby
Theoretical/Computational