What are challenges and enablers in Fluidization Technology? In our latest paper in AIChE J, Jia Wei Chew and I try to answer this.
DOI.org/10.1002/aic.70397

What is needed to go from empirical design toward reliable, multi-scale, data-driven fluidization platforms?
#ParticleTechnology
#ScaleUp
#AI

From egg-shell to uniform distribution of platinum by atomic layer deposition on mesoporous alumina spheres: experiments and modeling Uniform material distribution by atomic layer deposition (ALD) inside porous materials is needed in multiple applications, including batteries and catalysis. Attaining this uniformity is not trivial, diffusion within the porous network being one of the main limiting factors. This work used a fluidized bed atmospher

New paper out! Platinum #ALDep egg-shell and uniform distribution coatings through millimeter-sized mesoporous alumina particles. Gonsalves et al., collaboration of @aalto.fi with @jrvo.bsky.social group of TU Delft and others. Great to see this out! doi.org/10.1039/D5LF...

Van harte gefeliciteerd!! 🥳

Atomic Layer Deposition on Particulate Materials from 1988 through 2023: A Quantitative Review of Technologies, Materials, and Applications Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is widely studied for numerous applications and is commercially employed in the semiconductor industry, where planar substrates are the norm. However, the inherent ALD feature of coating virtually any surface geometry with atomistic thickness control is equally attractive for coating particulate materials (supports). In this review, we provide a comprehensive overview of the developments in this decades-old field of ALD on particulate materials, drawing on a bottom-up and quantitative analysis of 799 articles from this field. The obtained dataset is the basis for abstractions regarding reactor types (specifically for particles), coating materials, reactants, supports and processing conditions. Furthermore, the dataset enables direct access to specific processing conditions (for a given material, surface functionality, application etc.) and increases accessibility of the respective literature. We also review fundamental concepts of ALD on particles and discuss the most common applications, i.e., catalysis (thermo-, electro-, photo-), batteries, luminescent phosphors and healthcare. Finally, we identify historical trends and provide an outlook on prospective developments.

Interested in #ALDep on particles? Read our paper in Chem. Mater. 2026, 38, 1, 20–86. Open access, so everyone can read it!

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

The full dataset is reposited on Zenodo (zenodo.org/records/1796...) & analysis scripts can be forked on GitHub (github.com/P4Science/AL...).

Week-gemiddelde aandeel hernieuwbare stroom.
Batterijen kunnen korte variaties overbruggen en wellicht dag-nacht.
Voor variaties per week en zeker per maand is iets anders nodig, mede omdat buurlanden hetzelfde weerpatroon hebben.
Voorlopig zijn dat gas & kolen.
#grafiekvandedag

Leve de Ivoren Toren!

Well, you can eat cake at the same time 😉

Overdue reading material? Secretely outlining new research proposal with pen and paper?

Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the Cure, dies aged 65 Starting as a roadie and guitar tech, Bamonte joined the band in 1990 after its breakthrough album Disintegration Perry Archangelo Bamonte, longtime guitarist and keyboardist for the influential goth band the Cure, has died. He was 65. The band made the announcement on their official website on Friday. Continue reading...

Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist for the Cure, dies aged 65

Artikel dat glyfosaat veilig verklaarde is teruggetrokken De bekende glyfosaat-review uit 2000 van Gary Williams, Robert Kroes en Ian Munro onder de titel Safety Evaluation and Risk Assessment of the Herbicide…

😯 Artikel dat glyfosaat veilig verklaarde is teruggetrokken.
Vijfentwintig jaar lang functioneerde het als een anker voor de stelling dat glyfosaat en Roundup bij regulier gebruik veilig zijn voor de mens.
De auteurs bleken echter te zijn ondersteund door Monsanto. www.foodlog.nl/artikel/arti...

This is not Florida 😁

Op welke van de twee vragen antwoord je "yes"?

The EU wants to develop a network of fast train connections; it should be ready by 2040.

Message in Dutch:
nos.nl/artikel/2589...

The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom

A Classic Graphic Reveals Nature’s Most Efficient Traveler. Spoiler: human on bicycle.

(I guess @nataliabarbour.bsky.social will like this)

www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

The successes and challenges of US–Soviet scientific communication Research exchanges between US and Soviet scientists during the second half of the 20th century may be instructive for navigating today’s debates on scientific c

The successes and challenges of US–Soviet scientific communication.

Research exchanges between US and Soviet scientists during the second half of the 20th century may be instructive for navigating today’s debates on scientific collaboration.

pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

A Nobel medal

BREAKING: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal-organic frameworks”

Stay tuned for more.
#NobelPrize

Putting the Dutch offshore wind train back on the tracks Putting the Dutch offshore wind train back on the tracks

The Dutch offshore wind programme is in trouble. While 4.5 GW is in operation and another 1.5 GW under construction, the plan was to rapidly build out capacity to 21 GW by 2032. That is now out of reach.
My thoughts on how this happened, and what to do about it!
www.commonfutures.com/en/insights/...

This week, we had a great #PARTEC2025 symposium on particle techn.
Contributions from our team:
Hardlife Rambwawasvika on coating particles with #ALDep for controlled release pharma.
Rens Kamphorst on modeling agglomeration of nanoparticles.
Gabrie Meesters on stickiness.
Me on X-ray tomography.

Heel mooi, van harte Cees!

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To do for Linkedin users.

What Will China’s Green-Tech Ambitions Cost the World?

“China’s clean-tech exports in 2024 alone will represent a 1 percent reduction in global emissions outside China.”

Bouw megatunnel tussen Duitsland en Denemarken opnieuw vertraagd KOPENHAGE - De bouw van de tunnel tussen het Duitse eiland Fehmarn en het Deense eiland Lolland loopt opnieuw vertraging op, meldt de projectontwikkelaar. Het miljarden euro's kostende project moest i...

More delays in construction of 18 km long tunnel Germany - Denmark. The opening of the rail&road tunnel, now planned for 2029, will be delayed further.

www.transport-online.nl/99954/bouw-m...

Die moet ik even gorgelen, sorry. Maar: veel plezier / succes.

‘Article broker’ in China trying to hook journal editors with fishy publishing deals Earlier this year, China’s supreme court said companies selling fake or low-quality research papers should be punished. But shady middlemen there continue to offer questionable deals to journal edi…

“It was clear to me that the ‘fast-track fee’ was a euphemism for ‘bribe,’” she told us, adding that fast-tracking is “unheard of” in mathematics.

Opening of the academic year at Delft University of Technology. Theme: can you hear the music?

Enjoy! And pls visit the poster of Kalani & Doga!

Map showing where capacity information is available (for supply and demand)

Daring project by my former colleague @maartensta.bsky.social, in his spare time: compiling a European grid capacity (scarcity) map! www.gridcapacitymaps.eu
Still a challenge to access the detailed information, due to language and other barriers, but a very useful project indeed.

Thanks! Will keep it in mind for our next Sweden trip!