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Confined spin waves in magnetochiral nanotubes with axial and circumferential magnetization

Dirk Grundler, Mohammad Hamdi, Andrea Mucchietto, Maria Carmen Giordano

We report experimental studies of spin-wave excitations in individual 22-nm-thick Ni80Fe20 nanotubes with diameters of about 150 nm. We apply Brillouin light-scattering spectroscopy under microwave irradiation, and we resolve sets of discrete resonances in ...

2023

Mechanistic study on the evolution of vacancies in graphene by oxidation by scanning tunneling microscopy

Shaoxian Li

Nanostructured graphitic materials, including graphene hosting Å to nanometer-sized pores, have attracted attention for various applications such as separations, sensors, and energy storage. Graphene with Å-scale pores is a promising next-generation materi ...

EPFL2023

Cost Effective Synthesis of Graphene Nanomaterials for Non-Enzymatic Electrochemical Sensors for Glucose: A Comprehensive Review

Theodoros Damartzis

The high conductivity of graphene material (or its derivatives) and its very large surface area enhance the direct electron transfer, improving non-enzymatic electrochemical sensors sensitivity and its other characteristics. The offered large pores facilit ...

MDPI2022

Optical gap and fundamental gap of oligoynes and carbyne

Anne-Clémence Corminboeuf, Holger Frauenrath, Jan Cornelius Brauer, Stephen Schrettl, Laurent Alexis Clément Vannay, Eric Albert Georges Bremond, Emmanuel Romaric Contal

The optoelectronic properties of various carbon allotropes and nanomaterials have been well established, while the purely sp-hybridized carbyne remains synthetically inaccessible. Its properties have therefore frequently been extrapolated from those of def ...

Nature Research2020

Radiative cooling of carbon cluster anions C-2n+1(-) (n=3-5)

Eduardo Carrascosa Casado

Radiative cooling of carbon cluster anions C(2n+1)(-)C2n+1- (n = 3-5) is investigated using the cryogenic electrostatic ion storage ring DESIREE. Two different strategies are applied to infer infrared emission on slow (milliseconds to seconds) and ultraslo ...

SPRINGER2020

Molecular motor crossing the frontier of classical to quantum tunneling motion

Harald Brune, Roland Widmer, Jan Prinz, Samuel Thomas Stolz

The reliability by which molecular motor proteins convert undirected energy input into directed motion or transport has inspired the design of innumerable artificial molecular motors. We have realized and investigated an artificial molecular motor applying ...

National Academy of Sciences2020

Manufacture and characterization of graphene membranes with suspended silicon proof masses for MEMS and NEMS applications

Luis Guillermo Villanueva Torrijo, Sayedeh Shirin Afyouni Akbari, Stefan Wagner

Graphene's unparalleled strength, chemical stability, ultimate surface-to-volume ratio and excellent electronic properties make it an ideal candidate as a material for membranes in micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS and NEMS). However, the inte ...

2020

Electrostatically gated nanofluidic membranes: Technological developments and use of electrochemically polarizable materials

Stefano Silvio Giovanni Varricchio

Solid-state nanoporous membranes able to control ionic flows at the molecular level could have important applications in fields of research such as water filtration, nanomedicine, energy production, drug delivery, and bio-chemical analysis. The ability to ...

EPFL2018

Fermi surface map of large-scale single-orientation graphene on SiO2

Huanyao Cun

Large scale tetraoctylammonium-assisted electrochemical transfer of graphene grown on single-crystalline Ir(1 1 1) films by chemical vapour deposition is reported. The transferred samples are characterized in air with optical microscopy, Raman spectroscopy ...

2017

Density functional perturbation theory for gated two-dimensional heterostructures: Theoretical developments and application to flexural phonons in graphene

Thibault Daniel Pierre Sohier

The ability to perform first-principles calculations of electronic and vibrational properties of two-dimensional heterostructures in a field-effect setup is crucial for the understanding and design of next-generation devices. We present here an implementat ...

Amer Physical Soc2017

Continuously operated falling film microreactor for selective hydrogenation of carbon-carbon triple bonds

Lioubov Kiwi, Charline Berguerand

Despite significant advances in the fabrication and applications of microreactors for production of chemicals, their use for catalytic reactions remains a challenge, especially in fine chemical synthesis where the selectivity towards the desired product is ...

Elsevier2016

Theory, design and measurement of near-optimal graphene reconfigurable and non-reciprocal devices at terahertz frequencies

Michele Tamagnone

This thesis explores the applications of graphene for terahertz and far infrared optical components and antennas, with particular emphasis on tunable and non-reciprocal devices. Both terahertz technologies and graphene are emerging fields which hold many p ...

EPFL2016

Electrically conductive self-healing polymer composite coatings

Véronique Michaud, Yves Leterrier, Brennan Margaret Bailey

The goal of the research described herein is the fabrication and assessment of electrically conductive partially-cured epoxy coatings which, upon cracking, autonomously restore barrier, mechanical and electrical properties via a microcapsule based healing ...

2015

Optimization of Gold Nanoparticle Photoluminescence by Alkanethiolation

Giorgio Margaritondo, Ying Chen

Surface thiolation was recently found to affect two important properties of gold nanoparticles: their size and the presence of visible luminescence under UV stimulation. We explored these phenomena by systematically analysing alkanethiolate coatings with d ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2015

Structural Modification of Ni/gamma-Al2O3 with Boron for Enhanced Carbon Resistance during CO Methanation

Davide Ferri

Carbon deposition during CO methanation from biomass-derived gas is a significant challenge in terms of catalyst lifetime. It results from the severe reaction conditions imposed by the presence of unsaturated hydrocarbons in the gasified feedstock. This wo ...

Wiley-VCH Verlag2015

Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures from Oligoyne Carboxylates

Stephen Schrettl

Functional nanostructured carbon materials, including two-dimensionally extended nanosheets, offer intriguing perspectives for applications in emerging technologies such as hydrogen storage, lithium storage, transition metal free catalysis, or solar abso ...

EPFL2014

Defects in bilayer silica and graphene: common trends in diverse hexagonal two-dimensional systems

Oleg Yazyev

By combining first-principles and classical force field calculations with aberration-corrected high-resolution transmission electron microscopy experiments, we study the morphology and energetics of point and extended defects in hexagonal bilayer silica an ...

Nature Publishing Group2013

Dispersant Stabilization of Inorganic Non-metallic Particles

Esther Amstad

A dispersant for stabilizing nanoparticles, in particular inorganic non-metallic nanoparticles is described. Said dispersant comprises at least one anchor group A, and at least one spacing group R covalently linked to said anchor group, said anchor grou ...

2011

How Strained are Carbomeric-Cycloalkanes?

Matthew Wodrich, Anne-Clémence Corminboeuf, Jérôme Florian Gonthier

The ring strain energies of carbomeric-cycloalkanes (molecules with one or more acetylene spacer units placed into carbon single bonds) are assessed using a series of isodesmic, homodesmotic, and hyperhomodesmotic chemical equations. Isodesmic bond separat ...

American Chemical Society2010

Marker-free on-the-fly fabrication of graphene devices based on fluorescence quenching

Klaus Kern, Kannan Balasubramanian, Adarsh Singh Sagar

Graphene has been dominating the electronic research community recently, with a brisk surge in proposals for its use in novel devices. The aspirations of 2D-carbon-based electronics largely rely on the availability of a mass-production technique to obtain ...

2010