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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
This research unit has two main fields of activities:
- The chemical analysis of all samples found on Belgian territory which possibly contain energetic materials (explosives), in assistance of the Belgian Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) group, Police and the Department of Justice.
- The synthesis of (new) energetic materials and the determination of their physicochemical properties. This allows the laboratory to be up to date for current and future threats involving home-made explosives.
The laboratory infrastructure consists of the typical equipment for analysis and detection: thermogravimetric, calorimetric, spectroscopic and (liquid and gaseous) chromatographic instruments.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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THREATSENS: Sensitive on-site threat detection towards Defence security
Simoens, B. (Promotor)
1/12/23 → 28/02/28
Project: Research
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MinDec-VIR: Land-Mine Detection using Visible and Infrared Imaging
Hosteaux, S. (Promotor) & Simoens, B. (Promotor)
1/10/25 → 30/09/29
Project: Research
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FAO-Ukraine: Technical Support the Health Assessment of soils affected by the war and organization of a training programme on fundamental principles of soil and groundwater pollution
Simoens, B. (Researcher)
1/09/24 → 31/03/25
Project: Transfer › Scientific services
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Improving first responder forensic capabilities: On-site detection and quantification of explosive precursors using portable near-infrared spectroscopy and machine learning
Prior, A. F., Rochat, A., Chevalley, J., Coppey, F., Esseiva, P., Simoens, B. & Delémont, O., Mar 2025, In: Forensic Science International. 368, 112378.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chemoresistive Gas Sensors Based on Electrospun 1D Nanostructures: Synergizing Morphology and Performance Optimization
Imash, A., Smagulova, G., Kaidar, B., Keneshbekova, A., Kazhdanbekov, R., Velasco, L. F. & Mansurov, Z., Nov 2024, In: Sensors (Switzerland). 24, 21, 6797.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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In Focus: Materials and the Environment Symposium (XXXI IMRC México)
Honorato, E. L., Gonzalez, R. L., Velasco, L. & Palacio, C., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. 99, 12, p. 2487 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
Activities
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A synergy of light and water: unveiling the self-breakdown of organophosphonic acid grafted titanium dioxide
Gys, N. (Speaker), Pawlak, B. (Co-author), Marcoen, K. (Co-author), Reekmans, G. (Co-author), Fernandez Velasco, L. (Co-author), An, R. (Co-author), Wyns, K. (Co-author), Baert, K. (Co-author), Zhang, K. (Co-author), Lufungula, L. L. (Co-author), Piras, A. (Co-author), Siemons, L. (Co-author), Michielsen, B. (Co-author), Van Doorslaer, S. (Co-author), Blockhuys, F. (Co-author), Hauffman, T. (Co-author), Adriaensens, P. (Co-author), Mullens, S. (Co-author) & Meynen, V. (Co-author)
11 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral scientific presentation
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Organic vapor residual removal capacity of activated carbon respirator filters firstly exposed to an inorganic gas and vice-versa
Fernandez Velasco, L. (Co-author), Tombeur, J. L. (Co-author), Lodewyckx, P. (Co-author) & Wullens, H. (Speaker)
31 Mar 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Scientific poster presentation
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10th Symposium on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Fernandez Velasco, L. (Member of programme committee)
15 Mar 2023 → 23 Mar 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event (conference, measurement campaign, ...) › Organising a conference, workshop, ... (at RMA)
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Student theses
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New Energetic Materials Based On Nanoporous Carbon Filled With an Oxidizing Agent
Van Riet, R. (Author), Lodewyckx, P. (Supervisor) & Ovin Ania M., C. (Supervisor), 9 Dec 2021Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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