Ameloot Group
Manipulating Porous Matter
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We are a materials chemistry group that thrives on crossing traditional subject boundaries.
As part of the KU Leuven Centre for Membrane Separations, Adsorption, Catalysis, and Spectroscopy and the Department of Microbial and Molecular Systems, we study different flavors of porous matter. Our research is focused on enabling applications based on these materials through a fundamental understanding of their formation processes and properties. In doing so, we aim to build bridges between the established use of porous materials, as adsorbents and catalysts, and the worlds of microelectronics, diagnostics, and additive manufacturing.
The Ameloot Group is one of the founding members of the Leuven Institute for Micro- and Nanoscale Integration (LIMNI). The focus points of LIMNI are (nano)material characterization, bio-nanosystems, nanoelectronics, and physical micro- and nanosystems.
Our labs are located in the state-of-the-art Leuven Chem&Tech and NanoCenter facilities, completed in 2015. Have a look at our campus via the KU Leuven virtual tour.
Manipulating porous matter
We have upgraded MOF thin film deposition as a standard cleanroom unit operation
We are a diverse, strong 20-(wo)man team from 10 nationalities!
Leuven Chem&Tech
Porous crystals from the vapor phase
Integrating MOFs and microfabrication
Integrating Metal Organic Frameworks with electronic devices and chemical sensors
Latest News
Announcements
Víctor receives best oral presentation award @EUROCVD/ BALTIC ALD!
Congratulations to Víctor Rubio-Giménez for receiving the best senior oral…
Rob receives the Laureate of the Academy Award from the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts!
Rob is honored to receive the Laureate of the Academy Award from the Royal…
ERC Consolidator Grant KISSIES awarded!
With great excitement, we may announce that Prof. Ameloot has received an E…
Ameloot Group receives ERC Proof of Concept grant!
We are delighted to announce that we received a European Research Council P…
Rob receives Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award!
Rob is honored and humbled to receive the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research…
Group News
Hanne successfully defends her Ph.D.!
Congratulations Dr. Vanduffel! After successfully completing the public def…
Leen joins the group as doctoral candidate!
After writing her Master's thesis at the Ameloot group working on integrati…
Masaya joins the group!
Welcome Masaya!
Paul joins the group!
A warm welcome to Paul!
João joins the group!
After obtaining his Master's degree in physics engineering, João worked as…
Papers
Vapor-assisted synthesis of the MOF-74 family @Dalton Trans.!
In this work, we investigate the vapor-assisted synthesis of the metal-orga…
Digital halftoning for printer-independent SLA of functionally graded materials @Cell Rep. Phys. Sci.!
Grayscale masks have been applied in high-end stereolithography (SLA) 3D pr…
Thin film capacitor geometries for VOC detection @ ACS Sensors!
Their chemical diversity, uniform pore sizes, and large internal surface ar…
SLA 3D printing of graded porous materials @Cell Reports Physical Science!
Graded porous materials (GPMs) with fine pore sizes (
Ceramic foams through 3D-printed templates @Adv. Eng. Mater.!
In this paper, powder-based three-dimensional (3D) printing was combined wi…