- document
-
Belloni, C. (author)This thesis focuses on recycling resources while preserving water quality and availability. This concept is at the basis of a healthy and sustainable society yet works needs to be done. Water scarcity will be a growing challenge that humanity will have to face in the coming years, due to poor resource management and the climate change crisis....doctoral thesis 2023
- document
-
Spekreijse, Andrew (author)With climate change is an undeniable reality, hydrogen based energy solutions will become increasingly important for specific aspects of economies. To meet emission targets, Solid Oxide Electrolysers (SOECs) and Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) will become an increasingly useful part of global energy infrastructure. Identifying the economically...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Venugopal, A. (author)Climate change, due to the continued emissions of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere and subsequent warming of the planet, is an existential crisis facing humanity. The rising temperature is are resulting in the melting of our ice caps and glaciers, influencing the weather patterns, are making many parts of the world unliveable and are driving...doctoral thesis 2023
- document
-
Dicke, Linge (author)Background:<br/>Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Targeted radionuclide therapy has become a important treatment, this is when a carrier molecule is attached to a radionuclide to deliver cytotoxic radiation levels to diseased cells. β<br/>− emitters are frequently used in RNT because they have a long penetration depth, such...bachelor thesis 2023
- document
-
Hirs Alvarez, Aldo (author)Currently, the energy transition is a topic for discussion and many organizations are taking measures to reduce the effects of climate change. Armed forces are exempt of these new regulations on the grounds of national security, but some have already started taking steps to reduce the amount of harmful emissions. Due to the high efficiency and...master thesis 2023
- document
-
Adwani, Dheeraj (author), Sreeram, Anand (author), Pipintakos, Georgios (author), Mirwald, Johannes (author), Wang, Yudi (author), Hajj, Ramez (author), Jing, R. (author), Bhasin, Amit (author)The design and use of antioxidant additives to reduce or slow down the aging of asphalt binders can bring about tremendous benefits to the asphalt industry. Despite many isolated and scattered research efforts showing mixed results, the application of this science to engineering-based solutions has been limited due to variability in results and...journal article 2023
- document
-
Gutierrez, Claudia Torero (author), Loizides, Charis (author), Hafez, Iosif (author), Brostrøm, Anders (author), Wolff, Henrik (author), Szarek, Józef (author), Berthing, Trine (author), Roursgaard, Martin (author), Biskos, G. (author)Background: Acute phase response (APR) is characterized by a change in concentration of different proteins, including C-reactive protein and serum amyloid A (SAA) that can be linked to both exposure to metal oxide nanomaterials and risk of cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we intratracheally exposed mice to ZnO, CuO, Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub...journal article 2023
- document
-
Li, Wenhuai (author), Li, Mengran (author), Guo, Y. (author), Hu, Zhiwei (author), Zhou, Chuan (author), Brand, Helen E.A. (author), Peterson, Vanessa K. (author), Pao, Chih Wen (author), Chen, Chien Te (author)Oxygen-ion conducting perovskite oxides are important functional materials for solid oxide fuel cells and oxygen-permeable membranes operating at high temperatures (>500 °C). Co-doped perovskites have recently shown their potential to boost oxygen-related kinetics, but challenges remain in understanding the underlying mechanisms. This...journal article 2023
- document
-
Sheldon, R.A. (author), Bode, Moira L. (author), Mathebula, Nompumelelo (author)The discovery that enzymes could function efficiently in organic solvents revolutionized their use in industry but represented a change from the natural “green” solvent, water, to a host of environmentally undesirable solvents. Considerable effort is being devoted to making such processes greener again. Bio-based solvents, derived from waste...review 2023
- document
-
Ding, Z. (author), Brouwer, J.C. (author), Kwakernaak, C. (author), Zhu, Jia-Ning (author), Popovich, V. (author), Hermans, M.J.M. (author), Sloof, W.G. (author)To prevent premature triggering of the healing reaction in Mo-Si containing self-healing thermal barrier coating system, an oxygen impenetrable shell (α-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>) around the sacrificial healing particles (MoSi<sub>2</sub>) is desired. Here an encapsulation method is presented through selective oxidation of Al in Mo(Al<sub>x...journal article 2023
- document
-
Ding, Z. (author), Brouwer, J.C. (author), Kwakernaak, C. (author), Hermans, M.J.M. (author), Popovich, V. (author), Quadakkers, Willem J. (author), Sloof, W.G. (author)Mo(Al<sub>x</sub>Si<sub>1-x</sub>)<sub>2</sub> alloy with x in the range of 0.35–0.65 were prepared by a one-step spark plasma sintering. To study the exclusive formation of an α-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> scale, oxidation experiments were conducted in low and high oxygen partial pressure ambient at 1373 K; viz.: 10<sup>−14</sup> and 0.21...journal article 2023
- document
-
Ali, A.Z. (author), Wu, Y. (author), Doekhi-Bennani, Y. (author), van der Hoek, J.P. (author)The presence of organic micro-pollutants (OMPs) in wastewater treatment effluents is becoming a major threat to the water safety for aquatic and human health. Photo-electrocatalytic based advanced oxidation process (AOP) is one of the emerging and effective techniques to degrade OMPs through oxidative mechanism. This study investigated the...journal article 2023
- document
-
Yang, X. (author), Guo, Fucheng (author), Liu, Tao (author), He, Qiang (author), Vymazal, Jan (author), Chen, Yi (author)Ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms (AOMs, archaea (AOA) and bacteria (AOB)) are primarily responsible for the ammoxidation in constructed wetlands (CWs). However, little is known about evaluating the response of AOA and AOB to engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) and quantifying the shift of their contribution to ammoxidation. Herein, we operated a...journal article 2023
- document
-
Shooshtari, M. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author), Vaseghi, Yas (author), Rajati, Mahshid (author), Pahlavan, Saeideh (author)Detection of hazardous toxic gases for air pollution monitoring and medical diagnosis has attracted the attention of researchers in order to realize sufficiently sensitive gas sensors. In this paper, we fabricated and characterized a Titanium dioxide (TiO2)-based gas sensor enhanced using the gold nanoparticles. Thermal oxidation and sputter...journal article 2023
- document
-
Gomez de Santos, Patricia (author), González-Benjumea, Alejandro (author), Fernandez-Garcia, Angela (author), Aranda, Carmen (author), Wu, Y. (author), But, A. (author), Molina-Espeja, Patricia (author), Zhang, W. (author), Hollmann, F. (author)The hydroxylation of fatty acids is an appealing reaction in synthetic chemistry, although the lack of selective catalysts hampers its industrial implementation. In this study, we have engineered a highly regioselective fungal peroxygenase for the ω-1 hydroxylation of fatty acids with quenched stepwise over-oxidation. One single mutation near...journal article 2023
- document
-
Templated Synthesis of Diamond Nanopillar Arrays Using Porous Anodic Aluminium Oxide (AAO) MembranesZhang, C. (author), Liu, Z. (author), Li, Chun (author), Buijnsters, J.G. (author)Diamond nanostructures are mostly produced from bulk diamond (single- or polycrystalline) by using time-consuming and/or costly subtractive manufacturing methods. In this study, we report the bottom-up synthesis of ordered diamond nanopillar arrays by using porous anodic aluminium oxide (AAO). Commercial ultrathin AAO membranes were adopted as...journal article 2023
- document
-
Corbera Rubio, F. (author), Laureni, M. (author), Koudijs, N. (author), Müller, S. (author), van Alen, Theo (author), Schoonenberg, Frank (author), Lücker, Sebastian (author), Pabst, Martin (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), van Halem, D. (author)Rapid sand filters (RSF) are an established and widely applied technology for groundwater treatment. Yet, the underlying interwoven biological and physical-chemical reactions controlling the sequential removal of iron, ammonia and manganese remain poorly understood. To resolve the contribution and interactions between the individual reactions...journal article 2023
- document
-
Han, Heejoo (author), Kim, Daehyun D. (author), Song, Min Joon (author), Yun, Taeho (author), Yoon, Hyun (author), Lee, Hong Woon (author), Kim, Young Mo (author), Laureni, M. (author), Yoon, S.Y. (author)Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are a major source of N<sub>2</sub>O, a potent greenhouse gas with 300 times higher global warming potential than CO<sub>2</sub>. Several approaches have been proposed for mitigation of N<sub>2</sub>O emissions from WWTPs and have shown promising yet only site-specific results. Here, self-sustaining...journal article 2023
- document
-
van Veldhuizen, B.N. (author), van Biert, L. (author), Amladi, A. (author), Woudstra, T. (author), Visser, K. (author), Aravind, P.V. (author)An increasing demand in the marine industry to reduce emissions led to investigations into more efficient power conversion using fuels with sustainable production pathways. Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) are under consideration for long-range shipping, because of its high efficiency, low pollutant emissions, and fuel flexibility. SOFC systems...journal article 2023
- document
-
Inamdar, A.S. (author), van Soestbergen, Michiel (author), Mavinkurve, Amar (author), van Driel, W.D. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Moulding compounds used for encapsulating electronics typically occupy a large portion of package volume and are most exposed to the external environment. Under harsh conditions such as high temperature, humidity, and mechanical vibrations, constituent materials of electronic components degrade, resulting in a change in their thermal, mechanical...conference paper 2023