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Microstructure - Electrochemical Surface Reactivity Relationship of Electrochemically Grown Manganese Oxides Films

This Thesis provides a comprehensive and correlative investigation of the microstructure, chemical state, and electrochemical reactivity of manganese oxide (MnOx) films, aiming to gain a deeper understanding of the deposition and dissolution mechanism of M ...

EPFL2024

Electrode Impact on the Electrical Breakdown of Dielectric Elastomer Thin Films

Herbert Shea, Fabio Beco Albuquerque

Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (DEAs) enable the realization of energy-efficient and compact actuator systems. DEAs operate at the kilovolt range with typically microampere-level currents and hence minimize thermal losses in comparison to low voltage/high ...

MDPI2023

Transparent Porous Conductive Substrates for Gas-Phase Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Production

Kevin Sivula, Jun Ho Yum, Marina Caroline Michèle Caretti, Benjamin Goldman, Rebekah Anne Wells, Simon Nussbaum, Emeline Cécile Rideau, Loï Charles Carbone, Elizaveta Potapova Mensi, Linda Lazouni, Hannah Elizabeth Johnson

Gas diffusion electrodes are essential components of common fuel and electrolysis cells but are typically made from graphitic carbon or metallic materials, which do not allow light transmittance and thus limit the development of gas-phase based photoelectr ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2023

Tribological behaviour of galvanic gold coatings reinforced with silica nanoparticles

Stefano Mischler, Anna Neus Igual Muñoz

Electroplated composite Au/SiO2 coatings on a nickel substrate have been produced by dispersing an emulsion of silica nanoparticles (20 nm in diameter) in an industrial hard-gold bath. The tribological behaviour of the Au/SiO2 coatings with different SiO2 ...

2020

Fretting-corrosion behavior of electroless Ni-P/Ni-P-TiO2 coatings obtained on AZ91D magnesium alloy by a chromium-free process

Stefano Mischler, Angela Bermudez Castañeda

Ni-P electroless coatings are widely applied for protection of magnesium alloys and other materials due to the low energy consumption of the process and high resistance to corrosion and wear, properties that can be improved with the incorporation of partic ...

ELSEVIER2020

Tribological properties of gold matrix composite coatings with carbon nanocapsules containing ionic liquid lubricants

Stefano Mischler, Anna Neus Igual Muñoz

Self-lubricating, gold matrix composite coatings were produced by electrochemical codeposition of carbon nanocapsules filled with ionic liquid (IL) from a colloidal galvanic bath on a nickel electrode. The tribological response of the composite coatings wa ...

ELSEVIER2020

Reproducibility warning: The curious case of polyethylene glycol 6000 and spheroid cell culture

Francesco Stellacci, Quy Ong Khac, Ahmet Bekdemir, Zhi Luo

Reproducibility of results is essential for a well-designed and conducted experiment. Several reasons may originate failure in reproducing data, such as selective reporting, low statistical power, or poor analysis. In this study, we used PEG6000 samples fr ...

2020

Sodium plating and stripping from Na-β"-alumina ceramics beyond 1000 mA/cm2

Sophia Haussener, Corsin Battaglia, Daniel Alexander Landmann

Dendrite formation limits the cycle life of lithium and sodium metal anodes and remainsa major challenge for their integration into next-generation batteries, even whenreplacing the liquid electrolyte by a solid electrolyte. Voids forming in solid metal an ...

2020

Tribological response of multilayered gold nickel coating deposited on fine turned surfaces

Stefano Mischler, Valentine Agnès Madeleine Magnin

Gold coating are widely used in industry due to their corrosion resistance, electrical conductivity and low contact resistance. However, friction and wear can limit their functionality and lifetime. This study addresses the degradation of a commercial fine ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA2019

'Green' Cr(iii)-glycine electrolyte for the production of FeCrNi coatings: electrodeposition mechanisms and role of by-products in terms of coating composition and microstructure

Stefano Mischler, Johann Michler, Enrico Bertero

The electrodeposition of stainless steel-like FeCrNi alloys for miniaturised devices is appealing as it would allow combining excellent material properties (e.g. corrosion resistance, hardness, biocompatibility) at low-cost. However, conventional baths oft ...

2019

Chromate Resistance Mechanisms in Leucobacter chromiiresistens

Rizlan Bernier-Latmani, Elena Suvorova Buffat

Chromate is one of the major anthropogenic contaminants on Earth. Leucobacter chromiiresistens is a highly chromate-resistant strain, tolerating chromate concentrations in LB medium of up to 400 mM. In response to chromate stress, L. chromiiresistens forms ...

AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY2018

Forced Electrocodeposition of Silica Particles into Nickel Matrix by Horizontal Impinging Jet Cell

Hubert Girault, Véronique Amstutz, Desire Martial Koutouan Abro

The improvement of silica particle codeposition into a nickel electrodeposited composite coating (ECC) by a double face horizontal impinging jet cell (IJC) has been studied. The microstructure of coatings was examined by means of scanning electron microsco ...

2017

Micromechanics of Amorphous Metal/Polymer Hybrid Structures with 3D Cellular Architectures: Size Effects, Buckling Behavior, and Energy Absorption Capability

Stefano Mischler, Johann Michler, Cédric Frantz

By designing advantageous cellular geometries and combining the material size effects at the nanometer scale, lightweight hybrid microarchitectured materials with tailored structural properties are achieved. Prior studies reported the mechanical properties ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2017

Microchannel contacting of crystalline silicon solar cells

Monica Morales Masis, Stephanie Essig

There is tremendous interest in reducing losses caused by the metal contacts in silicon photovoltaics, particularly the optical and resistive losses of the front metal grid. One commonly sought-after goal is the creation of high aspect-ratio metal fingers ...

Nature Research2017

Failure of mounting bolt of helicopter main gearbox support strut

Predrag Andric

The mounting bolt of helicopter main gearbox support strut was fractured into two pieces during the flight mission. The fracture occurred at the root of the first engaged thread of the bolt-nut assembly. Visual inspection of the fracture zone revealed crac ...

Elsevier2016

W-Band Waveguide Filters Fabricated by Laser Micromachining and 3-D Printing

Emile Jacques de Rijk, Mathieu Billod, Cheng Guo

This paper presents two W-band waveguide bandpass filters, one fabricated using laser micromachining and the other 3-D printing. Both filters are based on coupled resonators and are designed to have a Chebyshev response. The first filter is for laser micro ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2016

Flexible, low-temperature, solution processed ZnO-based perovskite solid state solar cells

Michael Graetzel, Nripan Mathews

A ZnO compact layer formed by electrodeposition and ZnO nanorods grown by chemical bath deposition (CBD) allow the processing of low-temperature, solution based and flexible solid state perovskite CH3NH3PbI3 solar cells. Conversion efficiencies of 8.90% we ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2013

Interaction between liquid aluminium and solid iron Al-rich intermetallics formation

Guillaume Pasche

Intermetallic phases formation is one of the phenomena, which when coupled to thermal and mechanical strains leads to the premature wear of aluminium die casting tools made out of steel. This work focuses on two aspects of this wear problem. The first and ...

EPFL2013

Synthesis and electronic properties of a pentafluoroethyl-derivatized nickel pincer complex

Xile Hu, Oleg Vechorkin, Peng Ren

The synthesis of a bis(amino)amide nickel pincer complex bearing a perfluoroethyl ligand was effected by reaction of the corresponding nickel chloride complex with cesium fluoride and trimethyl(pentafluoroethyl)silane. Electrochemical experiments revealed ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2012

Device comprising electrical contacts and its production process

Christophe Ballif

The invention relates to a device comprising a conductive surface (12) and electrical contacts (14) by which an electric current is able to be passed. Said electrical contacts (14) comprise conductive seeds (16) deposited on the conductive surface (12), an ...

2011