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Explore how we optimize nanoporous materials to enhance the performance of miniaturized chemiresistors and microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based metal oxide semiconductors (MOS) gas sensors. As part of this initiative, we are honored to have Dr. Anton Köck, the head of the Sensor Solution Group at Materials Center Leoben (MCL), and Dr. Leandro Sacco, Application Specialist at VSPARTICLE, as our guest speakers. Explore how autonomous labs drive rapid change in energy material discovery and how they reshape the research landscape by enabling faster breakthroughs in sustainable solutions. We are honored to have on board two distinguished guest speakers: Dr. Stuart Miller, Executive Director at Materials Discovery Research Institute (MDRI), and Aaike van Vugt, co-founder and CEO at VSPARTICLE. Dive deep into the world of high-throughput synthesis of nanoporous thin films and its profound impact on expediting new materials in the energy sector, featuring Dr. John Gregoire, Research Professor at Caltech, and Aaike van Vugt, Co-founder and CEO of VSPARTICLE. Discover how spark ablation and supersonic impaction printing overcome current material composition and morphology control constraints. We are happy to have Prof. Vilko Mandić, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, and Dr. Leandro Nicolás Sacco, Application Scientist at VSPARTICLE, as our esteemed guest speakers for this webinar. In this webinar we will present the technology behind catalysts coated membranes and the challenges of its development and production, and detail how new ways of generating nano particles and depositing those particles via printing contributes to tackle those challenges for a simplified, scalable and clean production of CCM's. Using the prototype of the VSP-P1 NanoPrinter, Joost van Ginkel developed a method to direct-write conducting gold tracks on the top and sides of dies. It can thus provide an alternative method for creating interconnects or vias on soft materials, temperature sensitive materials, irregularly shaped materials, or curved surfaces. Our digital talk with prof. dr. G. (Giuseppe) Portale. He presents a novel strategy to embed the preparation of clean, ligand-free SnOx nanoparticles (SnOx-NPs) inside PEDOT:PSS polymeric thin films by using spark discharge. The webinar is a combination of a classical webinar presentation and an in-depth experiment performed during the virtual demonstration part. The webinar deals with spark ablation as a source of nanoparticulate building blocks smaller than 20 nm in diameter. The principle of spark ablation will be explained and examples of applications of this research instrument and scalable method will be given. Together with Avantium, VSPARTICLE, prepared and screened 64 different Ni-Fe electrocatalysts in high throughput using the VSP-P1 Nanostructured Material Printer(VSP-P1). These electrocatalysts were employed in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) using a high-throughput electrochemical cell. VSPARTICLE has developed a nanoparticle printing technology to produce nanostructured noble metal layers by depositing nanoparticles produced by spark-discharge. The sensing capabilities of the printed nanoparticles and the nano-porous morphology of the printed layers have proven to be very effective for developing SERS substrates that can be used as a standard tool for chemical analysis. This has led to the development of ENHANSERS, a nanotechnology company solely focussed on the production and distribution of nanostructured SERS substrates on a commercial scale. The webinar 'A paradigm shift in electrocatalyst synthesis', presented by our Application Specialist dr.ir. Wilbert Vrijburg will showcase the flexibility of our technology and how its adoption can simplify the preparation of model electrocatalysts and accelerate the discovery novel electrocatalyst compositions. Accelerating the development of new nanostructured materials is key in solving some of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. By introducing a fully automated and reproducible production process of new nanostructured materials, VSPARTICLE is helping researchers to accelerate their exploration of the material world and explore unique quantum properties.
