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Origin of interface stress enhancement and compressive-to-tensile stress transition in immiscible nanomultilayers

Experiments on the intrinsic stress in immiscible Cu/W nanomultilayers (NMLs) show two unusual features: a compressive-to-tensile transition as a function of NML deposition conditions and extremely high interface stresses under both high- and low-pressure ...

2025

Template-Assisted Growth of CsxFA1-xPbI3 with Pulsed Laser Deposition for Single Junction Perovskite Solar Cells

Christian Michael Wolff, Kerem Artuk

Cesium-formamidinium lead iodide (CsxFA1-xPbI3) perovskites are a promising methylammonium-free alternative for efficient single-junction solar cells. However, they have not been fully explored by vapor-phase deposition techniques. Herein, a template-assis ...

2025

Plasma-irradiated hafnia ferroelectrics for high-performance flexible thin film transistors

Arindam Bala

Integrating unconventional HfO2-based ferroelectrics in thin film transistors (TFTs) has proven effective in enhancing performance by stabilizing negative capacitance (NC). This is achieved by incorporating the ferroelectric in series with a high-permittiv ...

2025

Molecular dynamics simulations of the evaporation of hydrated ions from aqueous solution

Philip Robin Loche

Although important for atmospheric processes and gas-phase catalysis, very little is known about the hydration state of ions in the vapor phase. Here we study the evaporation energetics and kinetics of a chloride ion from liquid water by molecular dynamics ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2022

ECOSURF SA-9: A Biodegradable Alternative to Triton X-100 for Tissue Phantoms

Anja Skrivervik, Sujith Raman, Adrián Fernández Carnicero

Tissue phantoms are materials designed to mimic the dielectric properties of biological tissues. This work proposes eco-friendly tissue phantoms of cartilage, cerebrospinal fluid and stomach in the frequency range between 0.4 and 6 GHz. For reaching this p ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2025

Stabilizing Unusual Oxidation States of Lanthanides in Molecular Complexes: Synthesis, Properties, and Reactivity

Aurélien René Willauer

The chemistry of divalent lanthanides has generated increasing interest in the past years due to their redox properties and unique reaction pathways. Notably, molecular complexes of low-valent lanthanides have been shown to be suitable one-electron reducta ...

EPFL2022

Direct laser writing of electronically conductive microstructures within soft hydrogel substrates

Veronica Navello, Stéphanie Lacour, Esther Amstad, Outman Akouissi, Lorenzo Lucherini

Hydrogels have emerged as promising materials for bioelectronic interfaces due to their tissue-like properties and high-water content. However, conventional hydrogels often suffer from poor electrical conductivity and mechanical stability, limiting their p ...

2025

Azide-Containing Hypervalent Iodine Reagents for Biomolecules Functionalization

Raphaël Michel Henri Simonet-Davin

The goal of my PhD was the development of a new method for unselective surface labeling, not substrate-specific, that would give access to direct visualization of any surface interactions. In order to achieve this challenging goal, we wanted to develop a g ...

EPFL2022

On-Surface Synthesis of 1D and 2D Porphyrin Metal-Organic Networks on Ag(100) Tuned by Substrate Temperature

Nataly Zaribeth Herrera Reinoza

The production of single-layer polymer ribbons and sheets composed of fused porphyrin rings, named porphene, an analog to graphene, has been aimed over the years as a promising material for applications. Several attempts to polymerize porphyrin rings have ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2025

Microfluidic study in a meter-long reactive path reveals how the medium’s structural heterogeneity shapes MICP-induced biocementation

Lyesse Laloui, Dimitrios Terzis, Ariadni Elmaloglou

Microbially induced calcium carbonate (CaCO3) precipitation (MICP) is one of the major sustainable alternatives to the artificial cementation of granular media. MICP consists of injecting the soil with bacterial- and calcium-rich solutions sequentially to ...

Nature Research2022

Investigating the effects of plasma-activated water on E. coli with the novel application of single-cell impedance flow cytometry

Ivo Furno, Fabio Avino, Rita Agus, Brayden Graham Myers

Single-cell impedance flow cytometry (IFC) is a rapid, label-free diagnostic capable of resolving the dielectric properties of individual cells. Here, single-cell IFC is employed to investigate the effects of plasma-activated water (PAW) on E. coli. This d ...

Springer Science and Business Media LLC2025

Flowing Gas Experiments Reveal Mechanistic Details of Interfacial Reactions on a Molecular Level at Knudsen Flow Conditions

Christian Ludwig, Michel Rossi, Riccardo Iannarelli

Knudsen flow experiments and its interpretation in terms of adsorption/desorption kinetics as well as quantitative uptake on substrates of interest is presented together with the description of critical design parameters of the Knudsen Flow Reactor (KFR). ...

2022

Gate Driver Power Supply With Low-Capacitance-Coupling and Constant Output Voltage for Medium-Voltage SiC MOSFETs

Rui Wang

With the development of wide band-gap devices, Silicon Carbide (SiC) semiconductor devices in 10 kV–15 kV voltage class offer potentials in medium-voltage (MV) systems. To ensure reliable operation of these MV SiC devices, gate driver power supplies must m ...

2025

Studies of cold chemistry in crossed and merged neutral beams

Silvia Tanteri

In this thesis we present the design of two setups to study low-energy collisions between neutral species: an electron velocity map imaging for chemi-ionisation reactions and a merged electrostatic guide for polar molecules scattering. In the past few yea ...

EPFL2021

Efficient Polycrystalline Single-Cation Perovskite Light-Emitting Diodes by Simultaneous Intracrystal and Interfacial Defect Passivation

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin, Emad Oveisi

Polycrystalline perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs) have shown great promise with high efficiency and easy processability. However, PeLEDs using single-cation polycrystalline perovskite emitters have demonstrated low efficiency due to defects within ...

2025

Similarities and Differences among Protein Dynamics Studied by Variable Temperature Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxation

David Lyndon Emsley, Jayasubba Reddy Yarava, Andrea Bertarello, Baptiste Busi

Understanding and describing the dynamics of proteins is one of the major challenges in biology. Here, we use multifield variable-temperature NMR longitudinal relaxation (R-1) measurements to determine the hierarchical activation energies of motions of fou ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Systematic investigations of uranium carbide composites oxidation from micro- to nano-scale: Application to waste disposal

Nhât-Tân Vuong

The production of radioisotope beams at the ISOLDE (Isotope Separator OnLine DEvice) facility at CERN is achieved by irradiating target materials (e.g. uranium carbides and metal foils) with protons. The materials are usually operated at temperatures above ...

EPFL2021

Reduction of PdO/Al2O3 in Liquid Cyclohexane Followed In Situ by ATR-IR, High-Energy XRD, and XAS

Oliver Kröcher, Davide Ferri, Thibault Xavier Florian Fovanna

Supported Pd-based catalysts used in heterogeneously catalyzed liquid phase processes often undergo an activation step through reduction of the oxide phase or of the oxidic passivation layer prior to reaction. An oxidized Pd/Al2O3 catalyst was reduced by u ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Vapor deposition of metal halide perovskite thin films: Process control strategies to shape layer properties

Christophe Ballif, Quentin Thomas Jeangros, Florent Sahli, Quentin Jean-Marie Armand Guesnay

Vapor-based processes are particularly promising to deposit the perovskite thin film absorber of solar cells. These deposition methods are up-scalable, involve a controlled solvent-free environment, have the ability to conformally coat rough substrates, in ...

2021

Recording physiological history of cells with chemical labeling

Kai Johnsson, Julien Hiblot

Recordings of the physiological history of cells provide insights into biological processes, yet obtaining such recordings is a challenge. To address this, we introduce a method to record transient cellular events for later analysis. We designed proteins t ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science2024