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Alternative chemistries for self-healing materials
At the Physical Chemistry and Polymer Science (FYSC) research group we have years of experience using the reversible Diels-Alder cycloaddition reaction between furan and maleimide functional groups to create polymer network systems that could be formed in a dynamically reversible fashion.
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Bio/inorganic interfaces at the molecular level; The special case of amino acids and amorphous oxides
Despite the intensive experimental work performed on peptide bond formation using silica, clays, alumina and other materials as catalysts, there is still no detailed molecular picture available for these processes.
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Biomineralization - Comparison between Theory and Experiment
One of the research topics of our group is the study of biomineralisation i.e. the formation of minerals produced by living organisms. In this frame, in vivo CaOx crystallization leads to the formation of kidney and urinary stones, constituting a serious health problem to mankind.
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Characterization of Bio-organic Self Assembled Monolayer on Metal Surfaces
The formation of nanostructured bio-organic interfaces has attracted a lot of attention recently in surface science worldwide because of its promise in fields in need of biocompatible materials, such as biosensors and biomaterials, but also in molecular electronics devices.
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Dark Matter at the LHC
The nature of Dark Matter is one of the big open questions in physics. One of the approaches to unveiling the mysteries behind is to attempt to produce and discover dark matter in the laboratory.
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Disruptive cross-fertilization of metaoptics and freeform optics for next-generation optical design
The 21st century is sometimes termed the Century of the Photon. The general trend in optics and photonics is about better performances, compactness and multifunctionality in the same volume.
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Efficient algorithms for combinatorial search
Research towards efficient algorithms for combinatorial search, in domains such as answer set programming, Boolean satisfiability, Quantified Boolean Formulas, Constraint Programming, Pseudo-Boolean solving and Mixed Integer Programming is greatly valued in my lab.
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Engineering of synthetic genetic circuits for dynamic pathway regulation in thermophiles
Industrial-scale microbial production of biochemicals and -fuels offers a sustainable alternative to the current petrochemical processes.
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Explainable constraint solving and optimization
As artificial intelligence (AI) tools employ more advanced reasoning mechanisms and computation, it becomes increasingly difficult to understand why certain decisions are made.
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Exploring the High-Energy Neutrino Universe
With the discovery of cosmic high-energy neutrinos IceCube has opened a new research field, dubbed neutrino astronomy, which was announced as the “breakthrough of 2013”.
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