Prof. dr. Wouter MAES
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Prof. dr. Wouter MAES
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Prof. dr. Wouter MAES
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Research
Discipline codes: Organic chemical synthesis (01040504), Chemical characterisation of materials (01040301), Optical properties of materials (01040303), Synthesis of materials (01040307), Macromolecular and materials chemistry not elsewhere classified (01040399), Molecular and organic electronics (02020703)
Supervised PhDs
From Molecular Engineering to Biological Evaluation of Heavy-Atom-Free Near-Infrared BODIPY Photosensitizers
Nele Theysmans for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Ionic interactions for high performance electrochemical transistors
Arwin Goossens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Innovative all-organic chiral emitters for circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes
Louis Jackers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Impact of Resonance Energy Alignment and Interlayer Distance tuning on Charge Carrier Mobility in quasi 2D Hybrid Perovskites as Active Materials in Perovskite Solar Cells.
Robin Erkens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Organic semiconductor heterojunction nanoparticles for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution
Adrian Lathouwers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Single-component organic solar cells: Unprecedented control over the structural properties of donor-acceptor block copolymers
Daan Coenen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
All colors of the 'rainbow' - Tuning the gap of push-pull conjugated polymers to enhance organic solar cell performance
Laura Leten for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Polymeric semiconductors for amplified circularly polarized electroluminescence
Ebbe Loos for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Organic opto-electronic devices for the generation and detection of circularly polarized light
Gijs Verschaeve for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Copromotor
Tailoring the Properties of Semiconducting Self-Healing Hydrogels through Dynamic Crosslinking
Sara Luiza Gusso for the title Doctor of Sciences: Materiomics (doctorate in progress)
Supervised as Promotor
Molecular Engineering of Peptide–Nanomaterial Hybrids for Biocatalytic and Therapeutic Applications.
Atin Chatterjee for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2026
Supervised as Copromotor
Advancing Polymeric Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors: From Homocoupling-Free Synthesis to Scalable Fabrication for High-Performance Organic Electrochemical Transistors
Lize Bynens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2025
Supervised as Promotor
Synergistic design strategies for the improvement of thermally activated delayed fluorescence properties in near-infrared emissive molecules
Sonny Brebels for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2025
Supervised as Promotor
Traversing the Experimental and Computational Landscapes: Wielding, Refining, and Forging the Toolkit for Rational Design of Partially Fluorescent Near-Infrared BODIPY Photosensitizers for Image-Guided Photodynamic Therapy
Mathias Fraiponts for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2025
Supervised as Promotor
Widening the Gap - Optimizing Donor and Acceptor Materials for Organic Photovoltaics
Dries Theunissen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2025
Supervised as Promotor
Stimuli-responsive dextran nanocarriers for biomedical applications
Sourav Nayak for the title Doctor of Sciences in 2025
Supervised as Copromotor
Tuning the gap - Optimizing donor and acceptor materials for organic photovoltaics and photodetectors
Kaat Valkeneers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2024
Supervised as Promotor
Structurally pure and reproducible polymer materials for high-performance organic photovoltaics
Sander Smeets for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2023
Supervised as Promotor
Quantifying and removing structural defects in conjugated polymer semiconductors: influence on material and device properties
Jochen Vanderspikken for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2023
Supervised as Promotor
Investigation of the Complex Interplay between Excited States and the Resulting Emission Mechanisms in Organic Donor-Acceptor Chromophores
Simon Paredis for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2023
Supervised as Promotor
Organic (cavity) photodiodes for near-infrared light detection
Tom Vandermeeren for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2022
Supervised as Promotor
Increasing the applicability of push-pull conjugated polymers for organic electronics: continuous flow chemistry and the effect of structural imperfections.
Omar Beckers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2021
Supervised as Promotor
Dual-Functioning Organic Photosensitizers for Image-Guided Photodynamic Therapy
Jasper Deckers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2021
Supervised as Promotor
Near-infrared organic photodetectors: from molecules to imagers
Sam Gielen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2021
Supervised as Promotor
Diverging from the beaten track - rational design of thermally activated delayed fluorescence emitters inspired by different fields of organic electronics
Tom Cardeynaels for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2020
Supervised as Promotor
Development of high-performance ultra-low bandgap copolymers for near-infrared photodetectors
Frederik Verstraeten for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2020
Supervised as Promotor
Solution Processed Organic Solar Cells Based on Fullerene and Non-Fullerene Acceptors
Asfaw Negash Assegde for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2020
Supervised as Copromotor
Diamond Surface Functionalization: From Gemstone to Photoelectrochemical Applications
Jorne Raymakers for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2019
Supervised as Promotor
Influencing the photovoltaic properties and aggregation of diketopyrrolopyrrole based polymers via structural modification
Gaël Heintges for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2019
Supervised as Promotor
Insights in Molecular Interactions in Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells by Synthesis of Novel Electron Donor Materials
Dries Devisscher for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2019
Supervised as Promotor
Development of Novel Donor and Acceptor Materials for Fullerene-Free Organic Photovoltaics
Ruben Lenaerts for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2019
Supervised as Promotor
Synthesis of organic ammonium salts and their self-assembly in low-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites
Roald Herckens for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2019
Supervised as Copromotor
Strategies toward an enhanced efficiency and sustainability of organic photovoltaics - increasing the dielectric constant of low bandgap polymer materials.
Jeroen Brebels for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2017
Supervised as Promotor
Novel generation poly(p-phenylene ethynylene)s for bio-imaging applications.
Yasmine Braeken for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2017
Supervised as Promotor
Nano-morphology and macro-performance of organic and perovskite solar cells: from terrestrial to space applications.
Ilaria Cardinaletti for the title Doctor of Sciences: Physics in 2017
Supervised as Copromotor
Synthesis and characterization of ionic copolythiophenes and all-conjugated polymers with advanced architectures for organic electronics
Sanne Govaerts for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2017
Supervised as Promotor
Increasing the applicability of conjugated polymers for organic photovoltaics: continuous flow synthesis and elucidation of the importance of structural defects.
Geert Pirotte for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2017
Supervised as Promotor
Conjugated polymer nanoparticles for photovoltaic and bio-imaging applications
Lien D'Olieslaeger for the title Doctor of Sciences in 2016
Supervised as Copromotor
On the role of molecular weight and homocoupling defects in organic solar cells
Tim Vangerven for the title Doctor of Sciences in 2016
Supervised as Copromotor
Synthesis and characterization of novel donor-acceptor isoindigo-based conjugated polymers and small molecules and their integration in organic photovoltaics
Mirco Tomassetti for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
Thiazolo [5.4-d]thiazole-based semiconducting materials for organic photovoltaics
Julija Kudrjasova for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
Pathways toward increased efficiency and lifetime of organic photovoltaics
Jurgen Kesters for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
Design and synthesis of novel materials for optimization of the active layer morphology and stability of bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics
Pieter Verstappen for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2015
Supervised as Promotor
Functionalization of Boron-Doped Diamond Surfaces for (Bio)Molecular Electronics
Weng Siang Yeap for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2015
Supervised as Copromotor
Synthesis and characterization of imidazolium-substituted ionic (co)polythiophenes for applications in organic photovoltaics
Toon Ghoos for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2013
Supervised as Promotor
Optimized Rieke zinc synthetic protocols toward polythiophene copolymers for organic photovoltaic applications
Süleyman Kudret for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2013
Supervised as Promotor
4H-Cyclopenta(2,1-b:3,4-b')-dithiophene donors and quinoxaline acceptors with broadened absorption patterns toward light harvesting materials for organic photovoltaics
Lidia Marin for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2012
Supervised as Promotor
Synthetic approaches towar 4H-cyclopenta-{2,1-b:3,4-b'}dithiophene and 2,5-dithienylthiazolo{5,4-d}thiazole building blocks and their integration in low bandgap copolymers for organic photovoltaics
Sarah Van Mierloo for the title Doctor of Sciences: Chemistry in 2012
Supervised as Promotor
Projects
83 research projects have been found
Understanding Electronic – Ionic Interactions for High-Performance and Stable Organic Electrochemical Transistors (Research)
01/01/2022 - 31/12/2025
Challenging the limits of near-infrared emission by all-organic fluorophores (Research)
01/01/2021 - 31/12/2024
MALDI-ToF (Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization - Time of Flight) Mass Spectrometer for Advanced Polymer Analysis (Research)
01/05/2020 - 30/04/2024
Solution-processed bulk heterojunction organic cavities for near-infrared photodetection - rational combinations of novel donor and acceptor materials and dedicated solution processing for high performance devices (Research)
01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021
Unraveling and stretching the fundamental limits of near-infrared photodetection based on organic semiconductors (Research)
01/01/2018 - 31/12/2021
Organic and perovskite multilayers for efficient photon energy up-conversion (Research)
01/01/2026 - 31/12/2029
Polymeric semiconductors for amplified circularly polarized electroluminescence (Research)
01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029
Polymeric semiconductors for amplified circularly polarized electroluminescence (Research)
01/11/2025 - 31/10/2029
Innovative all-organic chiral emitters for circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes (Research)
01/11/2024 - 31/10/2029
High-Performance Circularly Polarized Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Incorporating Innovative All-Organic Chiral Emitters. (Research)
01/10/2025 - 30/09/2029
Organic opto-electronic devices for the generation and detection of circularly polarized light (Research)
01/10/2025 - 30/09/2029
From defect to opportunity: in-depth analysis of structural defects in conjugated polymers and their impact on (flexible) organic electronics (Research)
01/11/2025 - 31/10/2028
Impact of Resonance Energy Alignment and Interlayer Distance tuning on Charge Carrier Mobility in quasi 2D Hybrid Perovskites as Active Materials in Perovskite Solar Cells. Verwijder (Research)
01/11/2024 - 31/10/2028
All colors of the 'rainbow' – Tuning the gap of push-pull conjugated polymers to enhance organic solar cell performance (Research)
01/11/2024 - 31/10/2028
All colors of the 'rainbow' – Tuning the gap of push-pull conjugated polymers to enhance organic solar cell performance (Research)
01/11/2024 - 31/10/2028
Impact of Resonance Energy Alignment and Interlayer Distance tuning on Charge Carrier Mobility in quasi 2D Hybrid Perovskites as Active Materials in Perovskite Solar Cells. (Research)
01/11/2024 - 31/10/2028
Innovative all-organic chiral emitters for circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes (Research)
01/11/2024 - 31/10/2028
Platform for liquid and solid state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy (Research)
01/05/2024 - 30/04/2028
Single-component organic solar cells: improved control over the polymer sequence toward enhanced device efficiency and lifetime (Research)
01/11/2023 - 31/10/2027
Innovative all-organic chiral emitters for circularly polarized organic light-emitting diodes (Research)
01/11/2023 - 31/10/2027
Organic semiconductor heterojunction nanoparticles for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution (Research)
01/10/2023 - 30/09/2027
Rational design, synthesis, and photophysics of heavy-atom-free, dual-functioning, near-infrared BODIPY photosensitizers (Research)
01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026
Towards the design and synthesis of quasi-2D Sn-containing perovskites with an enhanced stability for the development of efficient all-perovskite tandem solar cells (Research)
01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026
Towards the design and synthesis of quasi-2D Sn-containing perovskites with an enhanced stability for the development of efficient all-perovskite tandem solar cells (Research)
01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026
Rational design, synthesis, and photophysics of heavy-atom-free, dual-functioning, near-infrared BODIPY photosensitizers (Research)
01/11/2022 - 31/10/2026
In-depth analysis of the structural perfectness of conjugated polymers and its impact on organic electronics (Research)
01/11/2024 - 31/10/2025
Next-generation polymeric mixed ionic-electronic semiconductors for organic electrochemical transistors (Research)
01/11/2023 - 31/10/2025
Next-generation polymeric mixed ionic-electronic semiconductors for organic electrochemical transistors (Research)
01/11/2021 - 31/10/2025
Triplet excited states in organic semiconducting materials — the role of molecular motives, spin-orbit coupling, and vibrational effects (Research)
01/10/2022 - 31/08/2025
On the chemical origin of intrinsic performance limits of organic electronics. (Research)
01/10/2022 - 31/08/2025
Design, synthesis, and evaluation of n-type organic thermoelectric materials for low-temperature applications (Research)
01/10/2024 - 15/06/2025
Donor-acceptor chromophores for fluorescent near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes (Research)
01/11/2022 - 31/10/2024
Donor-acceptor chromophores for fluorescent near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes (Research)
01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024
Controlling intersystem crossing and emission in donor-acceptor type organic chromophores toward image-guided photodynamic therapy (Research)
01/11/2020 - 31/10/2024
Narrowing the gap – Optimizing donor and acceptor materials for truly transparent organic photovoltaics (Research)
01/11/2021 - 30/09/2024
Next-generation polymeric mixed ionic-electronic semiconductors for organic electrochemical transistors (Research)
01/11/2021 - 31/10/2023
Resolving structural defects in push-pull type conjugated polymers as a leverage for commercialization of organic electronics (Research)
01/11/2021 - 31/10/2023
Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for near-infrared photodetection with bulk heterojunction organic cavity devices (Research)
01/11/2021 - 31/10/2023
Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for near-infrared photodetection with bulk heterojunction organic cavity devices (Research)
01/11/2019 - 31/10/2023
Narrowing the gap – Optimizing donor and acceptor materials for truly transparent organic photovoltaics (Research)
01/11/2019 - 31/10/2023
Resolving structural defects in push-pull type conjugated polymers as a leverage for commercialization of organic electronics (Research)
01/11/2019 - 31/10/2023
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) - from rational design to OLED applications. (Research)
01/01/2021 - 31/05/2023
Donor-acceptor chromophores for fluorescent near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes (Research)
01/11/2020 - 31/10/2022
Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for nearinfrared photodetection with bulk heterojunction organic cavity devices (Research)
01/10/2018 - 30/09/2022
Design and synthesis of organic semiconductors for near-infrared photodetection with bulk heterojunction organic cavity devices (Research)
01/11/2019 - 31/10/2021
Narrowing the gap – Optimizing donor and acceptor materials for truly transparent organic photovoltaics (Research)
01/11/2019 - 31/10/2021
Resolving structural defects in push-pull type conjugated polymers as a leverage for commercialization of organic electronics (Research)
01/11/2019 - 31/10/2021
Development of a nanoparticle platform for simultaneous tumor imaging and therapy (Research)
01/10/2017 - 30/09/2021
Fullerene-free bulk heterojunction blends for organic electronics (Research)
01/10/2017 - 30/09/2021
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) - from rational design to OLED applications. (Research)
01/01/2019 - 31/12/2020
Donor-acceptor chromophores for fluorescent near-infrared organic light-emitting diodes (Research)
16/11/2020 - 16/11/2020
Development of high-performance ultra-low bandgap copolymers for near-infrared photodetectors. (Research)
01/10/2018 - 30/09/2020
Development of near-infrared organic photodetectors based on innovative donor and acceptor materials (Research)
01/10/2017 - 30/09/2020
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF). Rational design of fluorophores using a joined synthetic and computational chemistry approach (Research)
01/10/2017 - 30/09/2020
Functionalization of boron-doped diamond surfaces for (bio)molecular electronics (Research)
01/01/2016 - 30/11/2019
Molecular mixing in bulk heterojunction organic solar cells - nanomorphology vs performance (Research)
01/01/2013 - 30/09/2019
Porphyrinoid-based molecular semiconductors for organic photovoltaics and photodetectors (Research)
01/05/2019 - 31/07/2019
BOF NI project: Fullerene-free solution-processed bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics (Research)
01/01/2015 - 31/12/2018
FWO research project: Fullerene-free solution-processed bulk heterojunction organic photovoltaics (Research)
01/01/2015 - 31/12/2018
High-E conjugated polymers for next generation organic photovoltaics (Research)
01/10/2016 - 04/10/2018
Development of high-performance ultra-low bandgap copolymers for near-infrared photodetectors (Research)
01/10/2016 - 30/09/2018
Low bandgap materials with an increased dielectric constant for use in organic solar cells (Research)
01/01/2014 - 31/12/2017
Novel generation conjugated polymers for (bio)sensing applications (Research)
01/01/2014 - 31/12/2017
Novel conjugated material architectures for organic photovoltaics (Research)
01/01/2014 - 31/12/2017
Porphyrinoid materials for organic photovoltaics and near-infrared photodetectors (Research)
01/10/2016 - 30/09/2017
Synthetic strategies toward all-conjugated polymers with non-standard macromolecular architectures (Research)
01/10/2013 - 30/09/2017
Travel Credit for a long stay abroad at the Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta USA (Research)
01/08/2016 - 31/10/2016
Exploration of polar conjugated polymers for next generation organic photovoltaics (Research)
01/09/2015 - 31/08/2016
Functionalization of boron-doped diamond surfaces for (bio)molecular electronics (Research)
01/10/2015 - 31/12/2015
Molecular wires probing and understanding their electronic and mechanical properties (Research)
01/01/2010 - 31/12/2015
FWO travel grant for a short stay at the Université Blaise Pascal (Research)
03/05/2015 - 30/05/2015
FWO travel grant for a short stay at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Research)
03/05/2015 - 24/05/2015
Spectral impedance measurements to elucidate the working mechanism of cathode interlayer materials for organic photovoltaics (Research)
01/04/2015 - 30/04/2015
Education
Involved in the following courses
Academic year 2026 - 2027
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Academic year 2025 - 2026
Academic year 2025 - 2026
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