Diamond technology and electrochemistry: Bright solutions for sustainable energy, water treatment, and sensing
Diamond is the ultimate engineering material due to its superior physical and chemical properties. In my group, we focus on the growth, patterning and functionalization of synthetic diamond (thin films and nanoparticles) for emerging applications in the fields of micro-device fabrication, (bio)sensing, tribology, catalysis and electrochemistry.
In addition, we create novel composite materials using diamond nanoparticles for micro engineering purposes and we work on the development of functional surfaces and nanostructured materials by using electrochemical manufacturing methods.
Research activities:
- Micro-fabrication and functionalization of synthetic diamond.
- Diamond-based sensors and electrodes.
- Boron-doped diamond (BDD).
- Electrochemistry, sensing, water treatment, tribology.
- Growth of thin-film diamond by chemical vapor deposition (CVD).
- Substrate seeding, (patterned) nucleation and film growth.
- Surface engineering of materials, e.g. anodic aluminum oxide and metal (oxide) nanostructures.
Research leader: Ivan Buijnsters, Associate Professor MNE
Inkjet-printing manufactured nanocrystalline diamond micro-disk resonator.
All-diamond miniaturized electrodes fabricated by using inkjet printing of diamond nanoparticles.
The use of boron-doped diamond anodes in the electrochemical degradation of PFAS.
In-house developed hot-filament CVD reactor for diamond synthesis.
Journal cover: Diamond nanopillar arrays synthesized by using porous AAO membranes.