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Overview

Rino Morent is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has a significant research footprint in materials science and engineering. Their work spans multiple subfields, including materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, biomedical engineering, and surfaces, coatings and films.

Morent's research topics cover a broad spectrum of applications and techniques such as plasma applications and diagnostics, catalytic processes in materials science, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, advanced photocatalysis techniques, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and covalent organic framework applications.

Recent publications by Morent include:

  • Engineering a Highly Defective Stable UiO-66 with Tunable Lewis-Brønsted Acidity: The Role of the Hemilabile Linker, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Degradation of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) by water falling film DBD Plasma/Persulfate: Reactive species identification and their role in SMX degradation, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Plasma-controlled surface wettability: recent advances and future applications, 2022, International Materials Reviews
  • A critical review on plasma-catalytic removal of VOCs: Catalyst development, process parameters and synergetic reaction mechanism, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Fabrication and Plasma Modification of Nanofibrous Tissue Engineering Scaffolds, 2020, Nanomaterials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Morent include Nathalie De Geyter, Anton Nikiforov, Pascal Van Der Voort, Rouba Ghobeira, and Karen Leus.

Morent frequently publishes in several venues prominent in materials and surface sciences, with multiple works appearing in:

  • Applied Surface Science
  • Surface and Coatings Technology
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Their contributions focus on interdisciplinary intersections of materials science and engineering, integrating plasma technology with catalytic, surface, and biomedical applications. This includes developments in plasma diagnostics, surface wettability control, and electrospun nanofibers for tissue engineering.

Best Publications

  • Non-thermal plasmas for non-catalytic and catalytic VOC abatement.

    Arne M. Vandenbroucke;Rino Morent;Nathalie De Geyter;Christophe Leys

  • Nonthermal Plasma Technology as a Versatile Strategy for Polymeric Biomaterials Surface Modification: A Review

    Tim Desmet;Rino Morent;Nathalie De Geyter;Christophe Leys

  • Non-thermal plasma treatment of textiles

    R. Morent;N. De Geyter;J. Verschuren;K. De Clerck

  • Plasma Surface Modification of Biodegradable Polymers: A Review

    Rino Morent;Nathalie De Geyter;Tim Desmet;Peter Dubruel

  • Comparison between XPS- and FTIR-analysis of plasma-treated polypropylene film surfaces

    R. Morent;N. De Geyter;C. Leys;L. Gengembre

  • Treatment of polymer films with a dielectric barrier discharge in air, helium and argon at medium pressure

    N. De Geyter;R. Morent;C. Leys;L. Gengembre

  • Future antiviral polymers by plasma processing.

    Chuanlong Ma;Anton Nikiforov;Nathalie De Geyter;Xiaofeng Dai;Xiaofeng Dai

  • Plasma Surface Modification of Biomedical Polymers: Influence on Cell-Material Interaction

    Tinneke Jacobs;Rino Morent;Nathalie De Geyter;Peter Dubruel

  • Influence of the preparation method on the activity of copper-manganese oxides for toluene total oxidation

    Z. Ye;Z. Ye;J.-M. Giraudon;N. Nuns;P. Simon

  • Engineering a Highly Defective Stable UiO-66 with Tunable Lewis- Brønsted Acidity: The Role of the Hemilabile Linker.

    Xiao Feng;Julianna Hajek;Himanshu Sekhar Jena;Guangbo Wang;Guangbo Wang

  • Study of the ageing behaviour of polymer films treated with a dielectric barrier discharge in air, helium and argon at medium pressure

    R. Morent;N. De Geyter;C. Leys;L. Gengembre

  • Degradation of sulfamethoxazole (SMX) by water falling film DBD Plasma/Persulfate: Reactive species identification and their role in SMX degradation

    Kefeng Shang;Rino Morent;Ning Wang;Yongxin Wang

  • A critical review on plasma-catalytic removal of VOCs: Catalyst development, process parameters and synergetic reaction mechanism.

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  • Applications of Plasma-Liquid Systems: A Review.

    Fatemeh Rezaei;Patrick Vanraes;Anton Nikiforov;Rino Morent

  • Surface characterization of plasma‐modified polyethylene by contact angle experiments and ATR‐FTIR spectroscopy

    N. De Geyter;R. Morent;C. Leys

  • Hybrid electric discharge plasma technologies for water decontamination: a short review

    Kefeng Shang (商克峰);Jie Li (李杰);Rino Morent

  • Surface modification of a polyester non-woven with a dielectric barrier discharge in air at medium pressure

    N. De Geyter;R. Morent;C. Leys

  • Abatement of VOCs with Alternate Adsorption and Plasma-Assisted Regeneration: A Review

    Sharmin Sultana;Arne M. Vandenbroucke;Christophe Leys;Nathalie De Geyter

  • Plasma modification of polylactic acid in a medium pressure DBD

    N. De Geyter;R. Morent;T. Desmet;M. Trentesaux

  • Organic–inorganic behaviour of HMDSO films plasma-polymerized at atmospheric pressure

    Rino Morent;Nathalie De Geyter;Sandra Van Vlierberghe;Peter Dubruel

  • The Use of Zeolites for VOCs Abatement by Combining Non-Thermal Plasma, Adsorption, and/or Catalysis: A Review

    Savita Kaliya Perumal Veerapandian;Nathalie De Geyter;Jean-Marc Giraudon;Jean-François Lamonier

  • Adhesion enhancement by a dielectric barrier discharge of PDMS used for flexible and stretchable electronics

    R Morent;N De Geyter;F Axisa;N De Smet

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathalie De Geyter
Nathalie De Geyter Ghent University
Peter Dubruel
Peter Dubruel Ghent University
Jean-Marc Giraudon
Jean-Marc Giraudon University of Lille
Jean-François Lamonier
Jean-François Lamonier University of Lille
Edmond Payen
Edmond Payen University of Lille
Léon Gengembre
Léon Gengembre Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Pascal Van Der Voort
Pascal Van Der Voort Ghent University
Etienne Schacht
Etienne Schacht Ghent University
Tom Coenye
Tom Coenye Ghent University
Richard Hoogenboom
Richard Hoogenboom Ghent University

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