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Division of Bio & Soft Matter (BSMA) - Institute of Condensed Matter and

Nanosciences (IMCN)

Université catholique de Louvain

Prof. Alain M. Jonas Full professor

Lab’Insight « Surface treatments & Solar energy » - Brussels, Nov. 21, 2013

Brussels – 21st November 2013

Watching the Lab’s video

Fields of expertise • Treatments of surfaces, or deposition of organic coatings,

to provide functional properties to surfaces • Advanced characterization of surfaces & films :

microscopy, spectroscopy, reflectometry,… • Patterning

Industrial applications fields • Examples of interacting companies :

AGC, Baxter, Corning, EADS, IMEC, Ineos, L’Oréal, Solvay, Sonaca,…

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Fields of expertise and industrial targets

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One example among many applied research projects

Self-cleaning anti-reflection coatings

made by a water-based process

Tailor micro- and nano-

roughness

Modify surface chemistry

(hydrophobic)

Super-hydrophobicity

One example among many applied research projects

Self-cleaning anti-reflection coatings

made by a water-based process

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Fluorinated layer :

Tune chemistry

Glass beads :

Tune roughness

Adhesion

layer

Glass or

metal

One example among many applied research projects

Self-cleaning anti-reflection coatings

made by a water-based process

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Dipping in

aqueous bathes

Spraying

aqueous solutions

One example among many applied research projects

Self-cleaning anti-reflection coatings

made by a water-based process

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One example among many applied research projects

Self-cleaning anti-reflection coatings

made by a water-based process

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No coating Coated

Characterization of surfaces → X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Secondary ion mass spectrometry → X-ray reflectometry, Spectroscopic ellipsometry, Contact angle,… → Electron microscopy, Atomic force microscopy (many modes)

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Special equipments

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Special equipments

Modification of surfaces → Self-assembled (grafted or adsorbed) monolayers

→ Layer-by-layer assembly & multilayers

→ Polymer brushes

→ Dipping, spraying, spin-coating,…

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Examples → Analysis of surfaces and interfaces of samples → Short-term projects (less than 3 months) → Long-term projects (in-depth investigation of a problem; development

of a solution;…) → Internships in lab for acquiring a specific expertise (on-demand) → Links to CerTech, a more service oriented research center which is

part of a mixed research unit with BSMA.

Services provided to companies

Brussels – 21st November 2013

Materials Environment Process Intensification

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CONTACTS

Prof. Alain Jonas Full Professor, past chair

Alain.jonas@uclouvain.be - Phone : +32 10 47 3765

Université catholique de Louvain / Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences (UCL/IMCN) Bio & Soft Matter (BSMA) Croix du Sud 1 L7.04.02; Louvain-la-Neuve 1348 http://www.uclouvain.be/bsma

Brussels – 21st November 2013

Prof. Bernard Nysten Full Professor, elected chair

Bernard.nysten@uclouvain.be - Phone : +32 10 47 3104