SENNET Project Visit: Hosting Kavosh Karami and Iago Maye at Hiden Isochema
We were delighted to recently welcome Kavosh Karami and Iago Maye to Hiden Isochema’s headquarters in Warrington and to help support their research and training within the Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network, SENNET (Porous Networks for Gas Sensing).
Kavosh and Iago are PhD students in the groups of Professor Joeri Denayer at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, and Professor Matthias Thommes at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität (FAU) Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. They are both working on the characterization of the adsorption properties of porous materials being considered for use in volatile organic compound (VOC) sensors, the main topic being tackled in the SENNET project. As an Associated Partner in the network, Hiden Isochema is contributing specialist expertise in adsorption science and providing project partners with access to high quality measurement capabilities.
More specifically, Kavosh is developing dynamic methods for measuring multicomponent adsorption equilibria at ultra-low concentrations, a critical step for understanding how VOC mixtures interact with porous materials intended for sensing applications. Iago’s research, meanwhile, focuses on characterizing MOFs and zeolites using static and dynamic adsorption techniques, correlating their structural properties with their suitability as VOC sensing materials.
During their visit, Kavosh and Iago have carried out adsorption measurements on our instruments, supported by Dr Mark Roper, who has provided training, technical guidance and advice on measurement strategy on our IGAsorp and ECOsorp DVS (dynamic vapor sorption) analyzers, alongside engineers Harvey Manley and Maximilian Malkin. They also took part in sessions led by Dr Darren Broom, covering various aspects of gas and vapor adsorption including the fundamentals of vapor sorption measurements using both volumetric and gravimetric techniques, and multicomponent adsorption.
Following a month here in Warrington, Iago travelled to France, to the laboratory of Dr Svetlana Mintova at the Université de Caen Normandie, for his next SENNET placement, while Kavosh continued his measurements here in Warrington for another couple of weeks and had further discussions with our team on various aspects of adsorption science.
Kavosh and Iago’s visit has provided valuable opportunities for knowledge exchange and hands-on measurement training, and we look forward to continuing our contribution to SENNET as the project advances toward the development of innovative VOC sensing solutions. As a supplier of advanced gas and vapor sorption instrumentation to the research community, Hiden Isochema is keen to contribute to collaborative projects in which our expertise and measurement capabilities would be beneficial. To discuss future collaborative opportunities, please do get in touch via our contact form.
About the SENNET Project
SENNET brings together leading European universities, research organisations, and industry partners to address a major challenge in indoor-air monitoring: accurately detecting and differentiating between VOCs present at extremely low concentration levels and often in complex mixtures.
The project integrates expertise across materials synthesis, adsorption characterisation, computational modelling, and sensor engineering. Through this interdisciplinary approach, SENNET aims to deliver next-generation sensor arrays based on MOF and zeolite materials, designed for high sensitivity and selectivity.
As part of the SENNET network, Hiden Isochema works alongside major partners and beneficiaries including FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, the University of Oslo, Université de Caen Normandie, Airsense Analytics, and ProfMOF.
