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Strain-driven oxygen deficiency in multiferroic SrMnO3 thin films

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Recently, there has been significant interest in using dielectric nanocavities for the controlled scattering of light, owing to the diverse electromagnetic modes that they support. For plasmonic systems, electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) is now an e ...

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Photo- and thermally-induced electronic and structural dynamics in perovskites and transition metal oxides

Oliviero Cannelli

In this thesis, we exploited optical and X-ray pump-probe methods in a synergistic approach to study the interplay of the electronic, spin and structural degrees of freedom in two class of complex systems relevant for solar energy conversion applications: ...

EPFL2021

Near-Atomic-Scale Mapping of Electronic Phases in Rare Earth Nickelate Superlattices

Jean-Marc Triscone, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Bernat Mundet

Nanoscale mapping of the distinct electronic phases characterizing the metal-insulator transition displayed by most of the rare-earth nickelate compounds is fundamental for discovering the true nature of this transition and the possible couplings that are ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Advantages and Limitations of Surface Analysis Techniques on Plasma-Treated Arabidopsis thaliana Seeds

Alan Howling, Ivo Furno, Alexandra Waskow

Surface characterization of plasma-treated seeds has made significant progress over the last decade. Most papers in the literature use scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and contact angle goniometry to investigate surface modifications. However, very few p ...

2021

Challenges and Applications to Operando and In Situ TEM Imaging and Spectroscopic Capabilities in a Cryogenic Temperature Range

Martial Duchamp, Vasiliki Tileli, Reinis Ignatans

In this Account, we describe the challenges and promising applications of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) imaging and spectroscopy at cryogenic temperatures. Our work focuses on two areas of application: the delay of electron-beam-induced degradatio ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Two-dimensional correlation analysis for x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Andre Al Haddad, Thomas Roland Barillot, Christoph Bostedt

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measures the binding energy of core-level electrons, which are well-localised to specific atomic sites in a molecular system, providing valuable information on the local chemical environment. The technique relies on m ...

IOP Publishing2021

Waveguide modes spatially resolved by low-loss STEM-EELS

Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander

In an era of new developments in nanomaterials analysis enabled by the unprecedented spatial and energy resolutions of electron energy-loss spectroscopy in the scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM-EELS), it remains that the vast majority of work ...

2021

Oligothiophene Phosphonic Acids for Self-Assembled Monolayer Field-Effect Transistors

Thomas Schmaltz

Semiconducting self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) represent highly relevant components for the fabrication of organic thin-film electronics because they enable the precise formation of active it-conjugates in terms of orientation and layer thickness. In this ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

In situ nanoscale studies of copper-based catalysts for carbon dioxide electroreduction

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The urgency of climate change demands the simultaneous removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and the transition to renewable energy sources. This aim is realizable through electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2RR), which is a promising ro ...

EPFL2021

Valorization of biomass derivatives through the conversion of phenol over silica-supported Mo-Re oxide catalysts

Ricardo Javier Serpell Carriquiry

Liquid-phase hydrodeoxygenation of phenol over silica-supported MoOx-ReOx catalysts was investigated at 300 degrees C and 5 MPa of H-2. Mixed-oxides catalysts with similar surface metal density (2.3 atoms of metal per nm(2) of SiO2) but different relative ...

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From synchrotrons for XFELs: the soft x-ray near-edge spectrum of the ESCA molecule

Christoph Bostedt

A predictive understanding of soft x-ray near-edge absorption spectra of small molecules is an enduring theoretical challenge and of current interest for x-ray probes of molecular dynamics. We report the experimental absorption spectrum for the electron sp ...

IOP Publishing2020

Ultrafast X-ray Spectroscopy of Heme Proteins

Dominik Kinschel

With the advent of X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) time-resolved X-ray spectroscopic techniques have advanced to the femtosecond regime. These are element selective techniques which offer unique insight into the electronic and chemical environment and d ...

EPFL2020