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Promising eco-friendly biomaterials for future biomedicine: Cleaner production and applications of Nanocellulose

Cellulose nanomaterials are developing nowadays as a promising environmental friendlier biomaterial that can be extracted from native plant sources. These materials, because of their excellent physico-chemical and biological properties, urged much interest ...

ELSEVIER2021

Next generation UHPFRC for sustainable structural applications

Emmanuel Denarié, Amir Hajiesmaeili

Over the last few decades, ever-increasing demands of society to the built environment have continually increased consumption of energy and materials for the construction and maintenance of structures. Meanwhile, Strain Hardening Ultra High-Performance Fib ...

2018

Preparation and commissioning of LHCb for the Run II of LHC

The LHCb experiment has performed very well during the Run I of the LHC, producing a large number of relevant physics results on a wide range of topics. The preparation and commissioning of the LHCb experiment for Run II is discussed here, with special emp ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

Trajectory-Based Nonadiabatic Dynamics with Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory

Ursula Röthlisberger, Ivano Tavernelli, Basile Curchod

Understanding the fate of an electronically excited molecule constitutes an important task for theoretical chemistry, and practical implications range from the interpretation of atto- and femtosecond spectroscopy to the development of light-driven molecula ...

Wiley-Blackwell2013

Ruthenium-catalyzed Atom Transfer Radical Addition Reactions

Kay Severin

Certain ruthenium complexes are potent catalysts for atom transfer radical addition (ATRA) and cyclization (ATRC) reactions, in particular if they are used in conjunction with reducing agents such as magnesium. This short overview summarizes recent develop ...

2012

Baryogenesis

Mikhail Chapochnikov

Iop Publishing Ltd, Dirac House, Temple Back, Bristol Bs1 6Be, England2009

Triboelectrochemical techniques and interpretation methods in tribocorrosion: A comparative evaluation

Stefano Mischler

Tribocorrosion is a material deterioration or transformation resulting from simultaneous action of wear and corrosion. Tribocorrosion is found in many engineering applications but the involved mechanisms are still little understood. The investigation of tr ...

2008

Inkjet Printing of SU-8; A Case Study for Microlenses

Jürgen Brugger, Edoardo Charbon, Alcherio Martinoli, Dmitri Boiko, Vahid Fakhfouri, Grégory Mermoud, Joo Yeon Kim, Nicolas Cantale

This paper describes a novel method to fabricate polymer MEMS based on the inkjet printing of SU-8, with a special emphasis on integrated micro-optical lens arrays. Inkjet control parameters are optimized in order to enable a stable and reproducible ejecti ...

2008

Inkjet printing of SU-8 for polymer-based MEMS a case study for microlenses

Jürgen Brugger, Vahid Fakhfouri, Edoardo Charbon, Joo Yeon Kim, Grégory Mermoud

This paper describes a novel method to fabricate polymer MEMS based on the inkjet printing of SU-8, with a special emphasis on integrated micro-optical lens arrays. Inkjet control parameters are optimized in order to enable a stable and reproducible ejecti ...

IEEE2008

Editorial: Special issue on Water in Pavements

Lyesse Laloui

This special issue contains a selection of invited, full-length, peer-reviewed manuscripts from participants of the international workshop “Water in Pavements WIP’05”, held in Madrid, Spain on 27th October 2005. The presented papers give a complete picture ...

2007

Synchrotron light in semiconductor research: Three decades of revolution

Giorgio Margaritondo

Since the late 1960s, synchrotron-based experimental techniques have been playing a key role in semiconductor research. Major milestones include the observation of intrinsic and extrinsic surface and interface states, the study of interface formation proce ...

2006

Face detection and verification using local binary patterns

Yann Rodriguez

This thesis proposes a robust Automatic Face Verification (AFV) system using Local Binary Patterns (LBP). AFV is mainly composed of two modules: Face Detection (FD) and Face Verification (FV). The purpose of FD is to determine whether there are any face in ...

EPFL2006

Real-Time Treatment Planning Optimisation for Brachytherapy

Jean-Philippe Thiran, Rakesh Chawla

In this paper, we present an integrated system for real-time dose distribution calculation and treatment planning optimisation for brachytherapy of prostate cancer, with a special emphasis on the visual integration of the dosimetry and target images obtain ...

2005

Effect of cyclic loading and conductor layout on contact resistance of full-size ITER PFCI conductors

Pierluigi Bruzzone, Boris Stepanov

An evolution of the contact resistances (R-c) of two full-size ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) cable-in-conduit conductors (CICC) aimed for the Poloidal Field Conductor Insert (PFCI) was studied in the Twente Cryogenic Press. The co ...

IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2005

Solar blind detectors based on AlGaN grown on sapphire

Nicolas Grandjean, Mauro Mosca

Solar blind detectors have been fabricated based on AlGaN heterostructures grown on sapphire by molecular beam epitaxy or chemical vapour deposition. MSM and Schottky detectors were investigated. High performance devices have been obtained thanks to an opt ...

VCH Publishers2005