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Luc Van Meervelt

Luc Van Meervelt

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

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Chemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
13729
World Ranking
6683
National Ranking
86

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Luc Van Meervelt is primarily affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has an extensive research portfolio concentrated in the domains of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their scholarly output comprises detailed investigations and contributions across several subfields, notably Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Inorganic Chemistry, and Oncology.

The scientist's work addresses a variety of research topics, including:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Metal complexes synthesis and properties
  • Catalytic C-H Functionalization Methods
  • Synthesis and biological activity
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection

Among the recent scientific papers authored or co-authored by Luc Van Meervelt are:

  • BOPAHY: a doubly chelated highly fluorescent pyrrole-acyl hydrazone -BF2 chromophore, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • Mechanistic Investigations of Green mEos4b Reveal a Dynamic Long-Lived Dark State, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Ruthenium-catalyzed cascade C-H activation/annulation of N-alkoxybenzamides: reaction development and mechanistic insight, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Palladium-Catalyzed Arylative Dearomatization and Subsequent Aromatization/Dearomatization/Aza-Michael Addition: Access to Zephycarinatine and Zephygranditine Skeletons, 2021, Organic Letters
  • Visible-Light-Driven Palladium-Catalyzed Radical Tandem Dearomatization of Indoles with Unactivated Alkenes, 2022, Organic Letters

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Luc Van Meervelt include:

  • Wim Dehaen
  • Lê Thị Hồng Hải
  • Mark Van der Auweraer
  • Erik V. Van der Eycken
  • Jianjun Huang

The scientist has published extensively in a range of venues, with the most frequent publication platforms being:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications
  • Organic Letters
  • Journal of Molecular Structure
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Luc Van Meervelt's research demonstrates comprehensive engagement with crystallographic methods, focusing particularly on X-ray diffraction techniques and crystallization studies within materials chemistry. Their work also encompasses organic synthesis approaches, including catalytic C-H functionalization and the development of fluorescent and luminescent materials applicable to sensing technologies.

Best Publications

  • Task-specific ionic liquid for solubilizing metal oxides

    Peter Nockemann;Ben Thijs;Stijn Pittois;Jan Thoen

  • The PP1 binding code: a molecular-lego strategy that governs specificity.

    Ewald Heroes;Bart Lesage;Janina Görnemann;Monique Beullens

  • Rare-Earth-Containing Magnetic Liquid Crystals

    Koen Binnemans;Yury G. Galyametdinov;Rik Van Deun;Duncan W. Bruce

  • Carboxyl-functionalized task-specific ionic liquids for solubilizing metal oxides.

    Peter Nockemann;Ben Thijs;Tatjana N. Parac-Vogt;Kristof Van Hecke

  • Choline saccharinate and choline acesulfamate: ionic liquids with low toxicities

    Peter Nockemann;Ben Thijs;Kris Driesen;Colin R. Janssen

  • Anionic rare-earth thiocyanate complexes as building blocks for low-melting metal-containing ionic liquids.

    Peter Nockemann;Ben Thijs;Niels Postelmans;Kristof Van Hecke

  • Photostability of a highly luminescent europium beta-diketonate complex in imidazolium ionic liquids.

    Peter Nockemann;Eva Beurer;Kris Driesen;Rik Van Deun

  • Molecular dynamics simulations and thermodynamics analysis of DNA-drug complexes. Minor groove binding between 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole and DNA duplexes in solution.

    Nad'a Špačková;Thomas E. Cheatham;Filip Ryjáček;Filip Lankaš

  • A Diversity-Oriented Approach to Spiroindolines: Post-Ugi Gold-Catalyzed Diastereoselective Domino Cyclization

    Sachin G. Modha;Amit Kumar;Amit Kumar;Dipak D. Vachhani;Jeroen Jacobs

  • Synthesis, Biological Evaluation, and Structure Analysis of a Series of New 1,5-Anhydrohexitol Nucleosides

    Ilse Verheggen;Arthur Van Aerschot;Luc Van Meervelt;Jef Rozenski

  • Imidazolium ionic liquid crystals with pendant mesogenic groups

    Karel Goossens;Peter Nockemann;Kris Driesen;Bart Goderis

  • Hydrophobic ionic liquids with strongly coordinating anions

    Hasan Mehdi;Koen Binnemans;Kristof Van Hecke;Luc Van Meervelt

  • Visible and near-infrared emission by samarium(III)-containing ionic liquid mixtures.

    Kyra Lunstroot;Peter Nockemann;Kristof Van Hecke;Luc Van Meervelt

  • 1,2,4-Triazolium perfluorobutanesulfonate as an archetypal pure protic organic ionic plastic crystal electrolyte for all-solid-state fuel cells

    Jiangshui Luo;Annemette Hindhede Jensen;Neil R. Brooks;Jeroen Sniekers

  • Rare-earth quinolinates: infrared-emitting molecular materials with a rich structural chemistry.

    Rik Van Deun;Pascal Fias;Peter Nockemann;An Schepers

  • Speciation of copper(II) complexes in an ionic liquid based on choline chloride and in choline chloride/water mixtures.

    Peter De Vreese;Neil R. Brooks;Kristof Van Hecke;Kristof Van Hecke;Luc Van Meervelt

  • Diterpenes from the leaves of Croton zambesicus

    Sebastien Block;Chiara Baccelli;Bernard Tinant;Luc Van Meervelt

  • Lanthanide-doped luminescent ionogels

    Kyra Lunstroot;Kris Driesen;Peter Nockemann;Kristof Van Hecke

  • DNA-drug interactions. The crystal structures of d(TGTACA) and d(TGATCA) complexed with daunomycin.

    Christine M. Nunn;Luc Van Meervelt;Shude Zhang;Madeleine H. Moore

  • Pyrrolidinium ionic liquid crystals.

    Karel Goossens;Kathleen Lava;Peter Nockemann;Kristof Van Hecke

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristof Van Hecke
Kristof Van Hecke Ghent University
Wim Dehaen
Wim Dehaen KU Leuven
Peter Nockemann
Peter Nockemann Queen's University Belfast
Wouter Maes
Wouter Maes Hasselt University
Rik Van Deun
Rik Van Deun Ghent University
Jan Fransaer
Jan Fransaer KU Leuven

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