COFLIGHT: Mastering the Light-Matter Interactions driving Photocatalysis in Covalent Organic Frameworks through Precision Synthesis and Def

DEFMOD: DEFect-engineering and machine learning MODeling of UiO-66 and its catalytic properties.

Covalent Triazine Frameworks: Metal-free heterogeneous (photo)catalysts

Defect Engineering in Metal-Organic Frameworks for advanced heterogeneous catalysis

Design, synthesis and characterization Covalent Organic Frameworks for catalytic CO2 conversions

design, synthesis and characterization porous MOFs with potential for highly efficient visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of VOCs

Development of Dye based COFs for photocatalytic CO2 activation

Development of Porous Catalysts for Enzymatic Catalysis

Doctoral project Bram Seynnaeve

Doctoral project Chidharth Krishnaraj

Doctoral project Els De Canck

Doctoral project Guangbo Wang

Doctoral project Hannes Depauw

Doctoral project Ilke Muylaert

Doctoral project Isabelle Ascoop

Doctoral project Jeroen De Decker

Doctoral project Judith Ouwehand

Doctoral project Karen Leus

Doctoral project Kevin Hendrickx

Doctoral project Matthias Ide

Doctoral project Muluken Eshetu Tefera

Doctoral project Murad Redzheb

Doctoral project Norini Binti Tahir

Doctoral project Sander Clerick

Doctoral project Wannes Libbrecht

Doctoral project Xiao Feng

Engineering Photoresponsive Covalent Organic Frameworks as Photocatalysts for Chemical Transformations

Luminescent Detection and Removal of Low-Concentration Heavy Metals in Water by Novel Framework Materials

Metal- and Covalent Organic Frameworks for Advanced Applications: Heterogeneous Catalysis and Sensing

Metal-Organic Frameworks as photocatalysts for fine chemical synthesis.

Photocatalytic COFs for CO2 valorization

Polyoxometalate@Metal-Organic Frameworks Hybrids and Covalent Organic Frameworks for Heterogenous (Photo)Catalysis.

Pore size Engineering in MOFs and COF - effects on gas sorption capacity and affinity

Porous Materials for Advanced Energy Applications: A Story of Fire and Ice

Sacrificial Reagent-Free Green-photocatalytic Splitting of Water for Hydrogen Production over MOF-catalyst

Scalable Synthesis of Covalent Organic Frameworks for Capture and Conversion of Carbon Dioxide

The creation of photocatalytic Z-scheme heterojunctions consisting of Covalent Organic Frameworks and Perovskites for deep redox reactions

The development of Novel Covalent Organic Frameworks for Sustainable Catalysis

Advancements in Luminescent Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas for Ion Sensing and Thermometry

Designing Supported Metal Oxides for Plasma-Driven Conversion of Greenhouse Gases and for Wastewater Treatment

Doctoral project Irena Nevjestic

Doctoral project Koen Vandaele

Doctoral project Laurens Bourda

Doctoral project Mieke Meire

Doctoral project Thomas Bogaerts

High-Throughput Screening of Covalent Organic Frameworks for Clean Energy Applications

Towards the sensing applications of luminescent lanthanide Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas

Ultrafast Charge Carrier Dynamics and Transport in Ordered Inorganic and Organic Nanoscale Materials.

ARCLATH: Artificial clathrates for hydrogen storage

ARCLATH II - Moonshot: Artificial clathrates for safe storage, transport and delivery of hydrogen II

A stable catalytic nanoreactor: ordered mesoporous materials, consisting of zeolitic walles and internal microporous nanocapsules

BIOCAPPS: Biogenic catalysts applciations

BIOVERTOL 2: Towards the sustainable synthesis of branched-chain higher alcohols from bio based feedstock using catalytic processes

BIOVERTOL: Towards a sustainable synthesis of branched-chain higher alcohols from bio-based raw materials DMW catalytic processes.

Cofunding core facility - NMR Expertise Centre

Covalent Organic Framework based Z-scheme Photoelectrochemical cell for total water splitting.

Covalent Organic Frameworks: Electrodes for Photoelectrocatalytic Conversion of Carbon Dioxide and VOCs into Ecofriendly Fuels

Covalent Organic Frameworks for photocatalysis

Crystalline 3D organic framework membranes for electric field assisted double selective metal separation

Design of Large Pore Bimetallic Metal Organic Frameworks as Selective Oxidation Catalysts

Development of covalent triazine frameworks: a new class of metal-free catalysts for the electrochemical conversion of CO2.

Development of highly selective and stable absorbents for removal and recycling of rare earths

Development of highly stable gas diffusion layers for electrochemical CO2 reduction

Development of ordered mesoporous packing materials for chromatographic applications

Development of silica-based green heterogeneous acids

Electrocatalytic Organic Synthesis Using Covalent Organic Framework Electrodes

Encapsulation of multiple enzymes in hollow Metal-Organic Framework for heterogeneous cascade biocatalysis.

FTIR-PLUS: A multipurpose Infrared Spectrometer for analysis of materials, including 'operando' spectroscopy and luminescence analysis

Functionalized Metal-Organic Frameworks: tuning of flexible frameworks for for efficient gas separation

Functionalized Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas: Creating new active catalytic sites for Heterogenous Catalysis – Superacids and Nanoparticles-.

Fundamental research on the mechanical stability of ultra low-k PMO films and pore sealing of low-k films by deposition of organic bridged silsequioxane barriers

High-throughput powder X-Ray Diffractometer for fast sample screening

In situ synthesis and anchoring of gold and titania nanoparticles on metal organic frameworks

MIRASTAR2.0: Miniature Raman Spectrometer for Antibiotics Monitoring

MIRASTAR: MIniature RAman Sensor Targeting Antibiotic monitoRing

Model based synthesis of a new generation metal organic frameworks (MOFs) for catalytic applications

Model based synthesis of Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) for heterogeneous catalysis in flow.

MODU-MOF: Modulated Metal-Organic Frameworks as multifunctional heterogeneous catalysts

MULTISORP – A flexible (pressure, temperature, gas) adsorption/desorption unit

N-heterocyclic Covalent Organic Frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts for selective oxidation of alcohols and electrocatalytic reduction of CO2

N-heterocyclic Covalent Organic Frameworks as heterogeneous catalysts for selective oxidation of alcohols and electrocatalytic reduction of CO2

N-heterocyclic Metal-Organic Framework and Covalent Organic Frameworks as supports for transition metal complexes: single-site heterogeneous catalysts for selective oxidation and photocatalytic reactions. 

Novel family of tunable woven-COFs from dynamic assembly of mixed tetrahedral metal–organic cages

Periodic Mesoporous Organosilicas (PMO) as bifunctional acid/base catalysts.

POM@MOF: versatile bifunctional catalysts for cascade reactions

Porous Anionic Metal-Organic Frameworks: Exhibiting Luminescence and Photocatalytic Activity by Encapsulating Metal Complexes via Post-Synthetic Ionic Exchange 

Recyclable Metal-free Photocatalysts for Synthetic Chemistry based on Covalent Organic Frameworks

Small and wide angle x-ray diffraction, equipped with a sample holder for powders and thin films (grazing angle) and a high temperature chamber.

The development of metal-organic frameworks for the enantioselective recognition and separation of chiral drugs and for C- H functionalization

Towards a next generation of catalytic supports with nanoscale ordering: functionalized mesoporous polymers and organosilicates

3D-ASPIRe: 3D Advanced Structural Platform for Integrated Research

3D Structural Platform for Chemical Excellence.

Ag2S@Ln-COFs/CTFs Nanoplatforms for Simultaneous Temperature and Oxygen Sensing

High-throughput identification and synthesis of stable and crystalline covalent organic frameworks for carbon capture

L-SCAN: Linking surfaces, coatings, and nanostructures.

Luminescent lanthanide MOFs

Magnetic resonance equipment for advanced materials research: molecular characterization of solid, soft, homogeneous and heterogeneous matter in the development of advanced functional materials and chemical catalysis

Mesoporous titania architectures with incorporated noble metal nanoparticles: A highly active photocatalyst.

Model based synthesis of a new generation metal organic frameworks (MOFs) for catalytic applications

Study of structural transformations in metal organic frameworks using electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy