SENNET Researchers presented their work at the E-MRS Conference in Strasbourg – Symposium on Nanomaterials for Healthcare and Biomedical Engineering
On Monday, 25 May 2026, the SENNET Researchers presented their outstanding work during the Nanoporous Materials for Gas Sensing session within the Symposium on Nanomaterials for Healthcare and Biomedical Engineering
Aleksandra Hernik successfully defends her Joint-PhD on “Diffractive Optical Sensors for Selective Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds”
Aleksandra Hernik successfully defends her thesis “Diffractive Optical Sensors for Selective Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds” – a Joint-PhD from TU Dublin and KU Leuven,SPIE Photonics West 2026
Aleksandra Hernik participated in SPIE Photonics West 2026, presenting “Porous nanoparticle-based optical sensor array for detection of volatile organic compounds”
Conference paper: Holographic VOC Sensors Enabled by MOF Nanoparticles Functionalization
Authors: Aleksandra Hernik, Masaya Sugihara, Ajay Padunnappattu, Liam Tubridy, Norbert Stock, Rob Ameloot, Izabela Naydenova Frontiers in Optics 2025, Denver, Colorado United States, 26–30 October 2025, https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2025.FTh3B.3
Journal article: Nanoimprinted Holographic MOF Diffraction Gratings─Advancing Selective Volatile Organic Compound Detection at Low Concentrations
Authors: Aleksandra Hernik, Masaya Sugihara, Ajay Padunnappattu, Norbert Stock, Rob Ameloot, Izabela Naydenova ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2025, 17, 42, 58512–58519, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c10794
Journal article: Optical Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds: A Review of Methods and Functionalized Sensing Materials
Authors: Aleksandra Hernik, Jorid Smets, Zhe Wang, Yuliya Semenova, Jin‐Chong Tan, Rob Ameloot, Izabela Naydenova Adv. Optical Mater.13, no. 27 (2025): e00369. https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202500369
SENNET gathers for its fifth Network-Wide Training Event: Adsorption School in Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
The SENNET consortium gathered in Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, from 1 to 5 September 2025 for its fifth Network-Wide Training Event, hosted by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. The event combined consortium meetings with participation
Aleksandra’s secondment at Philips
SENNET Doctoral Candidate 11 Aleksandrra Hernik carried out her industrial secondment at Philips from 12/05/2025 to 13/07/2025SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics 2025
Aleksandra Hernik participated in SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics 2025, presenting “Nanopatterned diffraction gratings for selective detection of toxic volatiles”