Researcher Info
Christ Glorieux
KU Leuven
http://fys.kuleuven.be/atf/
Research Expertise
- Thermophysical properties of soft and heterogeneous matter – glass transition and phase transition
- Experimental determination of thermal and elastic properties of very thin layers, multilayers and functional gradient materials
- Study of thermo-elastic phenomena with very high temperature resolution (materials undergoing phase transitions) and till very high frequencies and short time scales (supercooled liquids) by means of photoacoustic and photothermal methods
- Experimental research and theoretical modeling of the interaction between ultrasonic waves and heterogeneities and defects in materials by non-contact interferometric scanning and full-field imaging techniques
- Experimental method development for non-destructive testing of materials and structures
- Depth profiling of various physical parameters of functional gradient materials and solving inverse problems by neural network recognition (photothermal, photoacoustic, ellipsometric, eddy current, x-ray (diff) spectra, binaural sound source localization)
Equipment you can share
- Dielectric spectroscopy/electrical conductivity Novocontrol (only at KU Leuven)
- High accuracy (1% enthalpy and heat capacity, mK temperature resolution) adiabatic scanning calorimeter (-50oC200oC) (rental price to be agreed)
- Photopyroelectric characterization of thermal properties (only at KU Leuven)
- Elastic characterization in MHz-GHz range by photoacoustic setup (only at KU Leuven)
Looking for
- IL samples with systematically varying molecular parameter (e.g. anion, alkyl chain length,…)
- Partners who can systematically measure viscosity versus temperature, for cross-validation of electrical conductivity measurements
