Introduction
The Benelux EPR Society came to existence when researchers from Flanders in 1993 joined the Dutch EPR Discussion Group in Nijmegen. The year after, a meeting was organized at Ghent University. Since then, yearly one-day meetings have been organized, alternatingly in Belgium and in The Netherlands. The meeting is open to all researchers from or with close relations to the Benelux (Belgium – The Netherlands – Luxembourg) applying and/or developing EPR spectroscopy in their research. At present, groups at 8 universities in Belgium and The Netherlands are active in this society, which also has good connections with the European Federation of EPR Groups (EFEPR) and the International EPR Society (IES).
EPR or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance refers to the resonance absorption of microwaves by molecules or defects/impurities in materials with unpaired electrons (further referred to as paramagnetic centers) in the presence of an external magnetic field. It allows to quantify such paramagnetic centers and provides fine details of their molecular geometric and electronic structure.
The main aim of the Benelux EPR Society is to exchange scientific knowledge and expertise and to promote collaboration between EPR research groups and groups occasionally using EPR in their research in the Benelux. This is accomplished by one-day meetings organized each year. This website also aims to serve academic or other research groups and industry with research questions that might be solved with EPR spectroscopy. For this we refer to the specific websites of the groups active in the Benelux EPR Society.
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Yearly Benelux EPR Society Meetings
Next meeting
For the 2025 meeting, we go to Antwerpen. Further news will be announced on this page and via our mailing list.
News...
In the 2023 meeting in Leiden a sew type of session was launched. Participants were given the opportunity to ask a question regarding EPR spectroscopy they are struggling with at this moment to the audience. The meeting gathers scientists with diverse backgrounds, complementary expertise and vast experience in EPR spectrometer development, spectrum acquisition, simulation and modeling, and in theoretical interpretation. Problems encountered by one may already have been solved by another, even if the solution was not (or for some reason could not be) published.
In the first session of this type two questions were raised: the first concerning simulation of broad EPR spectra for large effective spin sytems, the second about calibration standards for quantifying spin numbers or concentrations for solid state systems.
A brief report of this first session can be found here. This document should be considered as dynamic: it will be amended based on your reactions. Please send your reactions to the chairman an secretary of the Society.
We hope to make this session recurrent in the coming Benelux EPR meetings, and already challenge you to think about questions for the 2024 meeting. The aim would be to already announce the question(s) in the meeting programme (like titles of oral and poster presentations), so that participants can think about them in advance.
Any question, suggestion or remark you may have regarding this session format is welcome: please send it by e-mail to Henk Vrielinck and Martina Huber.
Past meetings
- 1993 : 1st meeting, June 18th, Nijmegen, The Netherlands [download size: 43kB]
- 1994 : 2nd meeting, April 8th, Ghent, Belgium [download size: 46kB]
- 1995 : 3rd meeting, April 20th, Wageningen, The Netherlands [download size: 51kB]
- 1996 : 4th meeting, May 24th, Leuven, Belgium [download size: 553kB]
- 1997 : 5th meeting, March 20th, Eindhoven, The Netherlands [download size: 641kB]
- 1998 : 6th meeting, April 24th, Antwerp, Belgium [download size: 975kB]
- 1999 : 7th meeting, April 27th, Leiden, The Netherlands [download size: 423kB]
- 2000 : 8th meeting, May 29th, Ghent, Belgium [download size: 962kB]
- 2001 : 9th meeting, May 16th, Delft, The Netherlands [download size: 515kB]
- 2002 : 10th meeting, May 15th, Brussels, Belgium [download size: 985kB]
- 2003 : 11th meeting, April 16th, Nijmegen, The Netherlands [download size: 460kB]
- 2004 : 12th meeting, April 23rd, Antwerp, Belgium [download size: 922kB]
- 2005 : 13th meeting, April 29th, Leiden, The Netherlands [download size: 391kB]
- 2006 : 14th meeting, May 19th, Leuven, Belgium [download size: 1099kB]
- 2007 : 15th meeting, April 20th, Utrecht, TheNetherlands [download size: 1253kB]
- 2008 : 16th meeting, May 16th, Ghent, Belgium [download size: 2993kB]
- 2009 : 17th meeting, May 15th, Leiden, The Netherlands [download size: 3795kB]
- 2010 : 18th meeting, June 1st, Brussels, Belgium [download size: 1294kB]
- 2011 : 19th meeting, May 19th, Antwerp, Belgium [download size: 361kB]
- 2012 : 20th meeting, May 24th, Leiden, The Netherlands [download size: 5873kB]
- 2013 : 21st meeting, May 23rd, Leuven, Belgium [download size: 1288kB]
- 2014 : 22nd meeting, May 22nd, Maastricht, Netherlands [download size: 964kB]
- 2015 : 23rd meeting, May 22nd, Ghent, Belgium [download size: 1158kB]
- 2016 : 24th meeting, May 20th, Liège, Belgium [download size: 1655kB]
- 2017 : 25th meeting, June 1st, Leiden, The Netherlands [download size: 6389kB]
- 2018 : 26th meeting, June 6th, Antwerp, Belgium [download size: 6262kB]
- 2019 : 27th meeting, May 24th, Delft, The Netherlands [download size: 6907kB]
- 2020 : Bruxelles – postponed due to corona pandemic
- 2021 : 28th meeting, June 9th, Online – Ghent and Leiden [download size: 178kB] photo
- 2022 : 29th meeting, May 25th, Bruxelles, Belgium [download size: 2744kB]
- 2023 : 30th meeting, June 9th, Leiden, The Netherlands photo
- 2024 : 31st meeting, June 6th, Gent, Belgium [download size: 501kB] photo
Involved EPR research groups
In Belgium
University of Antwerp
Nanostructured and Organic Optical and Electronic Materials (NANOrOPT)
Contact: Sofie Cambré
Biophysics and Biomedical Physics (BIMEF)
Contact: Sabine Van Doorslaer
Ghent University
Defects in Semiconductors group (DiSC)
Contact: Henk Vrielinck
Catholic University of Leuven
Laboratory for Semiconductor Physics (https://fys.kuleuven.be/hf/research-groups/esr)
Contact: André Stesmans
University of Liège
Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM)
Center for Oxygen, Research and Development (CORD)
Catholic University of Louvain – Brussels
Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Research Group (REMA)
Nuclear and Electron Spin Technologies platform (NEST)
Contact: Bernard Gallez
In The Netherlands
Technical University of Delft
Department of Biotechnology – Section Biocatalysis
Peter-Leon Hagedoorn: website
Fred Hagen: website
Leiden University
LION – Biological & Soft Matter – Martina Huber Lab
Contact: Martina Huber
Maastricht University
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences – Toxicogenomics
Contact: Jacco Briedé J.J. website
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