LSC-PM: A Biomimetic Approach to Increase Solar Harvesting for Synthetic Chemistry

Wednesday, 6 June 2018 at 17:00

Add to Calendar ▼2018-06-06 17:00:002018-06-06 18:00:00Europe/LondonLSC-PM: A Biomimetic Approach to Increase Solar Harvesting for Synthetic ChemistryLab-on-a-Chip and Microfluidics Europe 2018 in Rotterdam, The NetherlandsRotterdam, The NetherlandsSELECTBIOenquiries@selectbiosciences.com

In this lecture, we will discuss a novel device integrating the luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) concept with photomicroreactors (LSC-PM), allowing the direct use of solar light in photochemistry without the need for any intermediate energy conversion. This device is capable of capturing direct and diffuse sunlight, converting it into a narrow wavelength and delivering it to the embedded microchannels.

Timothy Noël, Professor, University of Amsterdam

Timothy Noël

Timothy Noël received in 2004 his MSc degree (Industrial Chemical Engineering) from the KaHo Sint-Lieven in Ghent. He then moved to Ghent University to obtain a PhD at the Laboratory for Organic and Bioorganic Synthesis (2005-2009). Next, he moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow with Professor Stephen L. Buchwald. At MIT, he worked at the MIT-Novartis Center for Continuous Manufacturing. He currently holds a position as Professor at University of Amsterdam. His research interests are flow chemistry, homogeneous catalysis and organic synthesis.