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Resistive Switching Element and Use Thereof

Giovanni De Micheli, Yusuf Leblebici, Pierre-Emmanuel Julien Marc Gaillardon, Davide Sacchetto, Shashi Kanth Bobba, Tugba Demirci

A bipolar resistive switching device including an electrically conductive bottom electrode, a stack of transition metal oxides layers, a number of transition metal oxide layers being equal or greater than 2, the stack including: at least one MOx layer, at ...

2016

Metal-organic framework with optimally selective xenon adsorption and separation

Berend Smit

Nuclear energy is among the most viable alternatives to our current fossil fuel-based energy economy. The mass deployment of nuclear energy as a low-emissions source requires the reprocessing of used nuclear fuel to recover fissile materials and mitigate r ...

Nature Publishing Group2016

Numerical study on the suitability of centrifuge testing for capturing the thermal-induced mechanical behavior of energy piles

Lyesse Laloui, Alessandro Francesco Rotta Loria, Alice Di Donna

Currently, the suitability of centrifuge testing for capturing the thermal-induced mechanical behavior of full-scale energy piles has not been established, yet, despite their increasing worldwide development. Looking at this challenge, this paper investiga ...

American Society of Civil Engineers2015

Behaviour of a group of energy piles

Lyesse Laloui, Thomas Mimouni

A full-scale experimental site with four energy test piles was built on the campus of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland. This site was used to investigate interaction effects within a group of energy piles. First, the groun ...

Canadian Science Publishing, Nrc Research Press2015

Hydro-chemo-mechanical characterisation of sand/bentonite mixtures : with a focus on the water and gas transport properties

Donatella Manca

According to Swiss regulations, low and intermediate level wastes (L/ILW) should be stored in deep geological repositories excavated about 300 to 400 meters below the ground surface, in suitable rock formations. The materials used for the construction of t ...

EPFL2015

Methane Production from Microalgae via Continuous Catalytic Supercritical Water Gasification: Development of Catalysts and Sulfur Removal Techniques

Gaël Peng

This doctoral thesis aims at demonstrating the technical feasibility of methane production from microalgae via continuous catalytic supercritical water gasification (CSCWG). This work focuses on three different research approaches: (i) assessment and impro ...

EPFL2015

Effect of groundwater flow on the THM behavior of an energy pile

Lyesse Laloui, Fabrice Dupray, Mélanie Baehler

Bridges are one of the road structures that are most exposed to icing, a problem that is widely dealt with through salting, a technique that reduce the lifespan of the bridge. Seasonal storage of solar heat energy captured directly through the asphalt laye ...

Taylor & Francis Group2013

Geotechnical analysis of heat exchanger piles

Lyesse Laloui, Hervé Péron

There is currently a lack of established calculation method for the geotechnical design of heat exchanger piles, although the technology is experiencing a fast expansion. Instead of quantifying the effects of temperature changes on the static behavior of h ...

American Society of Civil Engineers2011

In-situ testing of a heat exchanger pile

Lyesse Laloui

The behavior of a pile subjected to thermo-mechanical loadings was studied in situ with the aim of quantifying the thermal influence on the bearing capacity of heat exchanger piles. A pile situated in a building under construction was equipped with a chann ...

ASCE2011