Publications associées à Electrokinetic phenomena

Quasi-operando Transmission Electron Microscopy Diagnostics for Electrocatalytic Processes in Liquids

It is of great interest to the energy community to understand how the mechano-physico-chemical phenomena that eventually lead to device degradation are related to the startup, operation, and shutdown phases. For electrocatalytic systems operating in liquid ...

Swiss Chemical Soc2024

Molecular insights into the electrical double layer of colloidal oxide particles obtained through second harmonic scattering

Marie Bischoff

Photocatalytic applications play an essential role in the search for alternative energy sources and environmental decontamination techniques. It is of fundamental interest to understand on a molecular level the aqueous solid/liquid interface, where photoca ...

EPFL2022

Photoemission from non-polar aromatic molecules in the gas and liquid phase

Majed Chergui, Frank van Mourik, Christopher Alexander Arrell, Lars-Hendrik Mewes, José Javier Pancracio Ojeda Andara, Jakob Grilj, Luca Longetti

The photoelectron spectra of both liquid and gas phase aromatic molecules are reported. The spectra were obtained using a 34.1 eV source produced by high harmonic generation and analysed with the help of high-level ab initio simulations using the reflectio ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2020

Surface Potential and Interfacial Water Order at the Amorphous TiO2 Nanoparticle/Aqueous Interface

Sylvie Roke, Arianna Marchioro, Marie Bischoff

Colloidal nanoparticles exhibit unique size-dependent properties differing from their bulk counterpart, which can be particularly relevant for catalytic applications. To optimize surface-mediated chemical reactions, the understanding of the microscopic str ...

2020

On‐chip technology for single‐cell arraying, electrorotation‐based analysis and selective release

Carlotta Guiducci, Samuel Kilchenmann, Kevin Keim, Paul Karoly Otto Ery, Mohamed Zakarya Alsaid Ali Rashed

This paper reports a method for label-free single-cell biophysical analysis of multiple cells trapped in suspension by electrokinetic forces. Tri-dimensional pillar electrodes arranged along the width of a microfluidic chamber define actuators for single c ...

2019

Dynamic wetting in pressure-infiltration of ceramic particle preforms by molten metal

Gionata Schneider

This thesis investigates the interaction between mechanically induced flow of a liquid metal into a porous solid, and kinetic effects at the triple line. The approach is experimental and focuses on metal-ceramic systems for which the literature gives value ...

EPFL2019

Assessment of capillary phenomena in liquid composite molding

Véronique Michaud, Baris Çaglar, Feyza Karasu Kiliç, Cem Tekin

The interplay between capillary and viscous forces plays a significant role for optimal part quality in fiber-reinforced composites manufactured by Liquid Composite Molding (LCM); these are however difficult to analyze during flow. Two approaches are propo ...

2019

How the formation of interfacial charge causes hysteresis in perovskite solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Wolfgang Richard Tress, Ulf Anders Hagfeldt, Silver Hamill Turren Cruz

In this study, we discuss the underlying mechanism of the current-voltage hysteresis in a hybrid lead-halide perovskite solar cell. We have developed a method based on Kelvin probe force microscopy that enables mapping charge redistribution in an operating ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2018

Degradation of modular hip joint implants : a corrosion and tribocorrosion approach

Angela Bermudez Castañeda

Total hip joint arthroplasty is a medical procedure to replace a natural failed joint by an artificial joint to improve the quality of life of the patient. In spite of its broad success, there is a concern about the relation between the presence of modular ...

EPFL2018

An Ohmic model for electrokinetic flows of binary asymmetric electrolytes

Alexandre Louis André Persat

The transport of electrolytes in electric fields is a ubiquitous phenomenon commonly harnessed in microfluidics. A classic leaky dielectric model for flow generated by electric fields accurately predicts electrohydrodynamic transport phenomenon but is vali ...

Elsevier Science London2016

Water-induced correlation between single ions imaged at the solid-liquid interface

Kislon Voitchovsky, Peter Spijker, Maria Ricci

When immersed into water, most solids develop a surface charge, which is neutralized by an accumulation of dissolved counterions at the interface. Although the density distribution of counterions perpendicular to the interface obeys well-established theori ...

Nature Publishing Group2014

Stern Layer Formation Induced by Hydrophobic Interactions: A Molecular Level Study

Sylvie Roke, Yixing Chen, Rüdiger Scheu

The molecular ionic surface structure and charge of the electric double layer around a nanodroplet and its structural change induced by hydrophobic effects are measured using vibrational coherent surface scattering spectroscopy, second harmonic scattering, ...

Amer Chemical Soc2013

A multiresolution method for the simulation of sedimentation in inclined channels

Ricardo Esteban Ruiz Baier

An adaptive multiresolution scheme is proposed for the numerical solution of a spatially two-dimensional model of sedimentation of suspensions of small solid particles dispersed in a viscous fluid. This model consists in a version of the Stokes equations f ...

2012

Microfabricated All-Around-Electrode AC Electro-osmotic Micropump

Luca Ribetto

This thesis presents the fabrication and characterisation of AC electro-osmotic micropumps with a simple design and velocity generation enhanced by about four times with respect to devices with simpler designs. Electro-osmosis is a convenient and effective ...

EPFL2012

Atomistic simulation in powder technology : from growth control and dispersion stabilization to segregation at doped interfaces

Ulrich Aschauer

Despite many years of intensive research there still remain many unresolved questions in powder and ceramic technology. A majority of these issues are linked to interfacial phenomena of atomic scale origin, which makes their experimental investigation very ...

EPFL2008

Transport phenomena in nanofluidics

Philippe Renaud, Reto Bruno Schoch

Transport of fluid in and around nanometer-sized objects with at least one characteristic dimension below 100 nm renders possible phenomena that are not accessible at bigger length scales. This research field is termed nanofluidics and received its name on ...

2008

Capillary phenomena in liquid composite moulding

Véronique Michaud

In liquid composite moulding, capillary phenomena take place as the fibre/air interface is progressively replaced by the fibre/resin interface. These effects are often neglected when computing the flow front progression into the fibre preform, because the ...

2007

A simple mechanism for reliable particle sorting in a microdevice with combined electroosmotic and pressure-driven flow

Philippe Renaud

Selective transport and sorting of particles in microfluidic devices by electroosmosis is complicated due to superposition of uncontrolled hydrodynamic pressure contributions on the electroosmotic force. In this paper, we present a microfluidic concept for ...

2004

Bubble-free electrokinetic pumping

Philippe Renaud

Bubble-free electroosmotic flow (fr-EOF) of aqueous electrolytes in microfluidic channels with integrated electrodes is demonstrated. Undesirable electrolytic bubble formation is avoided by applying a periodic, zero net charge current to generate a nonzero ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2002