The Theory and Spectroscopy of Molecules and Materials (TSM²) group is investigating the following topics:
Prof. dr. Sabine Van Doorslaer
Development of new multi-frequency electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) methodologies for the study of paramagnetic biomolecules
Combined resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy, multi-frequency EPR and density functional theory (DFT) study of heme-containing proteins to determine structure-function relations, including globins, peroxidases, chlorite dismutases and cytochromes.
EPR and DFT study of metal – biomolecule interactions, with a special focus on high-valent chromium
EPR and DFT analysis of materials for environmental-friendly chemistry, with a focus on transition-metal-containing catalysts
EPR and DFT analysis of organic solar cell materials for renewable energy
Towards biosensors and biocatalysis: research on how proteins behave in synthetic matrices
- Endohedral filling of carbon nanotubes
- Chiral sorting of single-walled carbon nanotubes
- (chir)optical properties of carbon nanotube enantiomers
- 1D Van der Waals heterostructures (e.g. CNT@BNNT, carbyne@CNT, graphene nanoribbon@CNT, etc)
- Optically-detected magnetic resonance of triplet excitons in (functionalized) carbon nanotubes
- Electrically detected magnetic resonance of defects in semiconductor devices (SiC)
- Optical or electrical readout of molecular qubits and their hybrids with carbon nanotubes
- Quantum sensing with carbon nanotubes through ODMR