Nanotechnology crossing borders 2026

15 October 2026
08:45 - 18:00
Hasselt University, Campus Diepenbeek

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The Nanotechnology crossing borders symposia is an event where science meets industry.

It is organized by Hasselt University, TNO, Brightlands Materials Center, IUMAT-colleagues An Hardy and Paulius Podebinskas and Zuyd University of Applied Sciences. 

Program

8:45-9:30 Welcome with coffee and tea

9:30-9:45 Welcome and opening by Marlies K. Van Bael (UHasselt, Director IUMAT)

 

Session 1: Carbon nanomaterials

9:45-10:30 Plenary lecture: Magda Titirici (Imperial College London) “Carbon for sustainable energy applications”

10:30-11:00 Break and poster session

11:00-11:30 Invited lecture: Jeroen Prooth (UHasselt, imec, IUMAT) “Synthesis of nanodiamonds”

11:30-12:00 Invited lecture: Anna Ermakova (UHasselt, IUMAT) “Diamond-based quantum sensors”

12:00-12:30 Invited lecture: Dries Vandamme (UHasselt, IUMAT) “Carbon for application in batteries”

12:30-14:00 Lunch break, poster session (including complimentary presentation of demonstrators and visit to demonstrator locations)

 

Session 2: Nanomaterials for photo(electro)chemical processes 

14:00-14:45 Plenary lecture: Hermenegildo García Gómez (Universitat Politecnica de Valencia) “Plasmonic nanomaterials for photothermal catalysis”

14:45-15:15 Invited lecture: Verena Streibel (TU Munich) “Novel photoelectrode materials for artificial photosynthesis”

15:15-15:45 Break and poster session

15:45-16:15 Invited lecture: Jessi van der Hoeven (Utrecht University) “Studying the behavior of plasmonic catalysts in situ”

16:15-16:45 Invited lecture: Natalia Mazur (TNO) “Plasmonic catalysts for sunlight-powered methanol production”

16:45-16:55 Best poster award presented by Marlies Van Bael (UHasselt, Director IUMAT)

16:55-17:00 Closing

17:00 – 18:00 Snacks and drinks

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