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Lahem D Author

Driss.Lahem@MATERIANOVA.BE

Subjects of specialization
Fashion, Materials, Protective clothing

Affiliation
Materia Nova Materials R&D Centre, 3 Avenue Nicolas Copernic, 7000 Mons, Belgium

Biography

Driss Lahem received the Ph.D. degree in the field of organic chemistry from the University of Mons-Hainaut, Mons, Belgium, in 1999. Since 2000, he has been with Materia Nova, Mons, a Research Center in the field of materials. He is the Scientific Leader for the research activities in the field of active coatings. He is also the co-founder of the spin-off company B-Sens (http://www.b-sens.be) developing and manufacturing sensors based on optical fiber. He has authored or co-authored over 50 scientific papers and two patents.

Publications

Research Article Open Access

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Treatment by a Functionalized Textile

Author(s):

Gidik H, Almuhamed S, Dupont D, Derue L, Thielemans W, Kignelman G and Lahem D

The past couple of years, buildings with low energy consumption and a higher thermal comfort have become more and more common but this has a negative impact on Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) [1,2]. The majority of pollutants present in the indoor air are Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) that originate from sources insidethese buildings. The ultimate aim of this study is to functionalize a textile substrate with a hybrid photo catalytic material based on titanium dioxide (TiO2) and cellulose nano crystals (CNC) in order to photo degrade VOCs under visible light.

DOI: 10.4172/2329-9568.S5-002

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