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An Hardy

Name: An Hardy Position: Associate Professor Department: Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Group Institute for Materials Research IMO/imomec Institution: Hasselt University, Belgium E-mail: an.hardy@uhasselt.be

Fields of interest:

• Understanding solution based synthesis mechanisms:
  • Sol-gel
  • Aqueous solution-gel
  • (co-)precipitation
  • Hydro/solvothermal
  • (Auto)combustion synthesis
  • Thermal decomposition synthesis
• Inorganic nanomaterials (metal oxides, metals, phosphates) and composites
• (Nano)particles including nanospheres, -rods, -wires, and core-shell particles
• Film deposition using spin-coating, dip-coating, spray-coating, tape-casting, inkjet, screenprinting
• Thermal analysis, infrared and Raman spectrometry of inorganic materials
• Secondary battery materials, transparent conductive oxides, semiconductors for application in PV, insulators, ferroelectrics, multiferroics, high-k oxides, transparent conductive materials based on metals, ...
• (Doped) ZnO, (doped) TiO₂, LiMn₂O₄, Li(Ni,Mn)₂O₄, Li(Fe,Mn)PO₄, Li₄Ti₅O₁₂,
  Li_3xLa_(2/3)-x□_(1/3)-2xTiO₃, BaTiO₃, PbTiO₃, Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃, CoFe₂O₄, Ag, Cu, and many more.