ERC Starting Grant for Ruud van Ommen (ChemE/PPE)
16 August 2011 by M&CDr Ruud van Ommen (ChemE/PPE) and Dr Andrea Neto (EWI) have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council. An ERC Starting Grant is awarded for a period of five years to scientists who lead an independent team or programme and have the potential to become world class researchers. The Grant is 1.5 million euros. Neto is involved in Terahertz radiation and Van Ommen in nanoparticle coating.
Nanoparticles
Dr Ruud van Ommen is involved in the use of ultra-thin coatings on nanoparticles. Coated nanoparticles offer future benefits in such fields as catalysis and energy storage and for medical uses. At a fundamental level however, very little is known about how these nanoparticles can be produced under controlled conditions and on a larger scale. Van Ommen aims to change that. The nanoparticles are coated by means of atomic layer deposition (ALD): gas-phase technology from the semiconductor industry used to deposit countless different materials.
Further information
Read the full article at the homepage of Delft University of Technology or take a look at the personal website of Ruud van Ommen. You can also contact them as follows:
Dr Andrea Neto; A.Neto@tudelft.nl; tel: +31 (0)15-2788330
Dr Ruud van Ommen; J.R.vanOmmen@tudelft.nl; tel: +31 (0)15-2782133
You can find more information about the ERC Starting Grants on the website of ERC.
