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Advances in catalytic/photocatalytic bacterial inactivation by nano Ag and Cu coated surfaces and medical devices

Juan Kiwi, Sami Rtimi

The design, synthesis, fundamentals and evaluation of 2D/3D antimicrobial surfaces are addressed in detail in the current review. Recent advances in the antimicrobial mechanism, kinetics and properties of Ag, Cu and Ag-Cu surfaces in the dark and under lig ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV2019

From Experiment to Kinetic and Thermodynamic Modelling of Precipitation: Examples of Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C-S-H) and Gold Nanoparticles

Mohammad Reza Andalibi

Precipitation is a process wherein a solid phase forms from a solution. Precipitation is at the heart of many industries producing pharmaceuticals, catalysts, ceramics, and nanoparticles. In addition to being a material synthesis route, precipitation has i ...

EPFL2019

Electrochemical potential window of battery electrolytes: the HOMO-LUMO misconception

Hubert Girault, Pekka Eero Peljo

A widespread misconception in the lithium ion battery literature is the equality of the energy difference of HOMO and LUMO of the solvent with the electrochemical stability window. HOMO and LUMO are concepts derived from approximated electronic structure t ...

2018

Potential-sensing electrochemical atomic force microscopy for in operando analysis of water-splitting catalysts and interfaces

Kevin Sivula

Heterogeneous electrochemical phenomena, such as (photo)electrochemical water splitting to generate hydrogen using semiconductors and/or electrocatalysts, are driven by the accumulated charge carriers and thus the interfacial electrochemical potential grad ...

2018

Corrosion mechanisms and durability models for historical tinplate food cans

Fabio Cova Caiazzo

Since the early of the 19th century, canning is one the most efficient ways to preserve foods. Tinplated steel has been used since the beginning for this purpose and it is still one of the most used materials for cans production because it combines the goo ...

EPFL2018

Metal-Organic and Oxide Nanostructures for Electrocatalyzing the Oxygen Half-Cell Reaction

Diana Hötger

Energy Storage in the chemical bonds of water, a process accessible through electrochemical conversion, is a simple approach to compensate supply fluctuation common to sustainable energy production such as wind and solar. However, the water cycle is limite ...

EPFL2018

Development and Characterisation of Silicon Photomultiplier Multichannel Arrays for the Readout of a Large Scale Scintillating Fibre Tracker

Axel Kuonen

The current LHCb detector will continue collecting data until the long shutdown 2 (2019/2020). It will be upgraded in order to operate at higher luminosity. To achieve this, two major changes are required. First the Level-0 hardware trigger limited to 1,M ...

EPFL2018

Pumps running as turbines for energy recovery in water supply systems

João Nuno Gomes Borga Delgado

Pressurised water supply systems are infrastructures that offer a potential for energy recovery in locations where these systems operate with an excessive pressure. The integration of micro hydropower plants for energy recovery is a challenge, as these sys ...

EPFL2018

Process integration as a tool for the improvement of cruise ships energy efficiency

François Maréchal, Francesco Baldi

The growing trend of the cruise ship industry, together with increasing concerns over its impact on the environment, makes these ships a much relevant target for efforts toward increasing ship energy efficiency, thus ultimately reducing fuel consumption an ...

2018

Electronic and structural characterization of barrier-type amorphous aluminium oxide

Alfredo Pasquarello, Francesco Ambrosio, Claudia Cancellieri

The structural, electronic, and dielectric properties of barrier -type anodic Al oxides prepared with various thicknesses have been investigated. The planar and cross morphologies as well as the surface charge distribution were investigated as a function o ...

Elsevier2017