Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidic Devices : Realization of Magnetic Micropumps, Fuel Cells and Protein Preconcentrators

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Rapid Prototyping of Microfluidic Devices : Realization of Magnetic Micropumps, Fuel Cells and Protein Preconcentrators

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Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis at 10 A ⋅ cm−2 Over 800 Hours

Membrane electrode assembly simulation of anion exchange membrane water electrolysis

Reversible photo-electrochemical device for solar hydrogen and power generation

Electrochemical devices and computer science: water/thermal management of proton exchange membrane fuel cells and electrolyzers in different scales

Quantifying mass transport limitations in a microfluidic CO2 electrolyzer with a gas diffusion cathode

Green hydrogen production using Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 bioanode and cuprous oxide-based photocathode

Improved microfluidic transcriptome based screening methods

Multiscale Porosity Microfluidics to Study Bacterial Transport in Heterogeneous Chemical Landscapes

Microfluidic systems for infectious disease diagnostics

Modified capillary number to standardize droplet generation in suction-driven microfluidics

Spinel Protective Coatings for Solid Oxide Cell (SOC) Interconnects (ICs)

Educational Soft Underwater Robot with an Electromagnetic Actuation

In Situ Synthesis of CuxO/N Doped Graphdiyne with Pyridine N Configuration for Ammonia Production via Nitrate Reduction

Stability and degradation of (oxy)nitride photocatalysts for solar water splitting

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Polydopamine-coated photoautotrophic bacteria for improving extracellular electron transfer in living photovoltaics

Advancing Cell-Free Synthetic Biology: From sustained PURE protein synthesis to an isothermal one-pot DNA replication system

Densification and shaping of pure Cu-BTC powders using a solid-state chemical transformation

High-throughput parallel testing of ten photoelectrochemical cells for water splitting: case study on the effects of temperature in hematite photoanodes

Expansion Work Recovery of Hydrogen for a FC-Truck-Tentative Design of an Expansion Machine