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Design, testing and characterization of innovative TiN–TiO2 surfaces inactivating bacteria under low intensity visible light

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Adsorption of HPDX and CaHPOx (x=1, ...,4) molecules on anatase TiO2 (001) surfaces

perform DFT calculations within the COSMO framework to study the adsorption properties of the CaHPOx (x = 1,...,4) phosphate family, and of the related HPOx acids, on a paradigmatic anatase (001) surface. Of particular interest is CaHPO4, a precursor of hy ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV2019

Airborne Hyperspectral Imaging of Lakes

Kevin Sylvain Barbieux

In a time of rising concern about climate change and pollution, the water quality of large lakes acts as an indicator of the health of the environment. To study the water quality at a large scale - up to several hundreds of kilometres - hyperspectral remot ...

EPFL2018

Near-Infrared Fusion for Photorealistic Image Dehazing

Sabine Süsstrunk, Frederike Dümbgen, Natalija Gucevska, Majed El Helou

Scattering of light due to the presence of aerosol particles along the path of radiation causes atmospheric haze in images. This scattering is significantly less severe in longer wavelength bands than in shorter ones, thus the importance of near-infrared ( ...

2018

III-Nitride Semiconductor Photonic Nanocavities on Silicon

Ian Michael Rousseau

Optical nanocavities enhance light-matter interaction due to their high quality factors (Q) and small modal volumes (V). The control of light-matter interaction lies at the heart of potential applications for integrated optical circuits, including optical ...

EPFL2018

Structural and functional brain imaging using extended-focus optical coherence tomography and microscopy

Paul James Marchand

Neuroimaging techniques aim at revealing the anatomy and functional organisation of cerebral structures. Over the past decades, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has revolutionized our understanding of human cerebral physiology through its abili ...

EPFL2018

Self-Similar Multiresonant Nanoantenna Arrays for Sensing from Near- to Mid-Infrared

Hatice Altug, Odeta Limaj, Daniel Rodrigo Lopez, Andreas Tittl, Aurélian Michel John-Herpin

Tailoring nanoscale light concentration and electromagnetic near-field enhancement over a broad spectral range is crucial for many photonics applications such as infrared spectroscopy, photodetection, and light harvesting. So far, broadband light enhanceme ...

2018

Sampling the Multiple Facets of Light

Gilles Baechler

The theme of this thesis revolves around three important manifestations of light, namely its corpuscular, wave and electromagnetic nature. Our goal is to exploit these principles to analyze, design and build imaging modalities by developing new signal proc ...

EPFL2018

Indoor Light Enhanced Photocatalytic Ultra-Thin Films on Flexible Non-Heat Resistant Substrates Reducing Bacterial Infection Risks

Sami Rtimi

Photocatalytic antibacterial sol-gel coated substrates have been reported to kill bacteria under light or in the dark. These coatings showed non-uniform distribution, poor adhesion to the substrate and short effective lifetime as antibacterial surfaces. Th ...

Mdpi Ag2017

Bactericide effects of transparent polyethylene photocatalytic films coated by oxides under visible light

Juan Kiwi, Sami Rtimi

This review addresses catalytic/photocatalytic films under visible light inducing fast bacterial inactivation. These films present uniform, stable and adhesive surfaces able to inactivate bacteria within minutes. Uniform sputtered polyethylene-TiO2 (PE-TiO ...

Elsevier2017

Ultrafast dynamics of the photo-excited hemes b and c(n) in the cytochrome b(6)f complex

Rachna Agarwal, Adrien Alexis Paul Chauvet

The dynamics of hemes b and c(n) within the cytochrome b(6)f complex are investigated by means of ultrafast broad-band transient absorption spectroscopy. On the one hand, the data reveal that, subsequent to visible light excitation, part of the b hemes und ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2017

Photocatalytic performance of TiO2 impregnated polyester for the degradation of Reactive Green 12: Implications of the surface pretreatment and the microstructure

Sami Rtimi

In the present work, we investigate the degradation of recalcitrant industrial textile dye (Reactive green 12) in aqueous solution by TiO2 impregnated polyester at room temperature. The TiO2 loading on polyester was optimized using different polyester pret ...

Elsevier2017

Non-invasive continuous monitoring of pro-oxidant effects of engineered nanoparticles on aquatic microorganisms

Paul Bowen, Christian Santschi, Olivier Martin, Volodymyr Koman, Nadia Rachel Von Moos

Engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) are key drivers for the development of highly sophisticated new technologies. As all new attainments, the rapidly increasing used of ENMs raise concerns about their safety for the environment and humans. There is growing evi ...

2017