Publications de Martina Lihter

Monitoring Electrochemical Dynamics through Single-Molecule Imaging of hBN Surface Emitters in Organic Solvents

Aleksandra Radenovic, Martina Lihter, Nathan Cyprien Arsène Ronceray, Tzu-Heng Chen, Eveline Simone Mayner

Electrochemical techniques conventionally lack spatial resolution and average local information over an entire electrode. While advancements in spatial resolution have been made through scanning probe methods, monitoring dynamics over large areas is still ...

2024

Liquid-activated quantum emission from native hBN defects for nanofluidic sensing

Aleksandra Radenovic, Martina Lihter, Evgenii Glushkov, Nathan Cyprien Arsène Ronceray, Benjamin Rehl, Tzu-Heng Chen

Liquids confined down to the atomic scale can show radically new properties. However, only indirect and ensemble measurements operate in such extreme confinement, calling for novel optical approaches that enable direct imaging at the molecular level. Here ...

2023

Dataset for the paper High durability and stability of 2D nanofluidic devices for long-term single-molecule sensing

Andras Kis, Aleksandra Radenovic, Martina Lihter, Yanfei Zhao, Michal Daniel Macha, Mukeshchand Thakur, Andrey Chernev, Mukesh Kumar Tripathi, Nianduo Cai, Miao Zhang, Yunfei Teng

Information regarding the Dataset, corresponding to the paper: “Thakur, M., Cai, N., Zhang, M. et al. High durability and stability of 2D nanofluidic devices for long-term single-molecule sensing. npj 2D Mater Appl 7, 11 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41 ...

Zenodo2023

Minimum dataset for "Liquid-activated quantum emission from pristine hexagonal boron nitride for nanofluidic sensing"

Aleksandra Radenovic, Sylvie Roke, Jean Camille Benjamin Comtet, Martina Lihter, Evgenii Glushkov, Nathan Cyprien Arsène Ronceray, Benjamin Rehl, Tzu-Heng Chen

Frames and (linked) localization table used to produce Fig. 2 of the manuscript https://www.nature.com/articles/s41563-023-01658-2. Details are given in 'README.txt'. The rest of the data is provided with the paper at the publisher website. ...

Zenodo2023

High durability and stability of 2D nanofluidic devices for long-term single-molecule sensing

Andras Kis, Aleksandra Radenovic, Martina Lihter, Yanfei Zhao, Michal Daniel Macha, Mukeshchand Thakur, Andrey Chernev, Mukesh Kumar Tripathi, Nianduo Cai, Miao Zhang, Yunfei Teng

Nanopores in two-dimensional (2D) membranes hold immense potential in single-molecule sensing, osmotic power generation, and information storage. Recent advances in 2D nanopores, especially on single-layer MoS2, focus on the scalable growth and manufacturi ...

2023

High-Throughput Nanopore Fabrication and Classification Using Xe-Ion Irradiation and Automated Pore-Edge Analysis

Andras Kis, Aleksandra Radenovic, Martina Lihter, Michal Daniel Macha, Sanjin Marion, Mukeshchand Thakur, Mukesh Kumar Tripathi

Large-area nanopore drilling is a major bottleneck in state-of-the-art nanoporous 2D membrane fabrication protocols. In addition, high-quality structural and statistical descriptions of as-fabricated porous membranes are key to predicting the corresponding ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Spin-Control in Electrocatalysis for Clean Energy

Magalí Alejandra Lingenfelder, Martina Lihter, Yunchang Liang

A sustainable future demands a successful transition from a carbon energy-dependent economy towards renewable energy schemes, many of which ultimately rely on the development of efficient electrocatalysis that either converts chemical energy into electrici ...

2022

Electrochemical Functionalization of Selectively Addressed MoS2 Nanoribbons for Sensor Device Fabrication

Aleksandra Radenovic, Michael Graf, Martina Lihter, Yanfei Zhao, Vasiliki Tileli, Michal Daniel Macha, Tzu-Hsien Shen, Miao Zhang

Tailoring the surface properties of 2D materials, such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), at the nanoscale is becoming essential in the fabrication of various 2D material-based nanoelectronic devices. Due to the chemical inertness of their basal ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Direct Growth of Hexagonal Boron Nitride on Photonic Chips for High-Throughput Characterization

Aleksandra Radenovic, Reza Zamani, Jean Camille Benjamin Comtet, Martina Lihter, Evgenii Glushkov, Vytautas Navikas, Andrey Chernev

Adapting optical microscopy methods for nanoscale characterization of defects in two-dimensional (2D) materials is a vital step for photonic on-chip devices. To increase the analysis throughput, waveguide-based on-chip imaging platforms have been recently ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Super-resolved Optical Mapping of Reactive Sulfur-Vacancies in Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Andras Kis, Aleksandra Radenovic, Magalí Alejandra Lingenfelder, Jean Camille Benjamin Comtet, Martina Lihter, Yanfei Zhao, Michal Daniel Macha, Karla Banjac, Jing Zhang, Zhenyu Wang, Miao Zhang, Tzu-Heng Chen

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) represent a class of semiconducting two-dimensional (2D) materials with exciting properties. In particular, defects in 2D-TMDs and their molecular interactions with the environment can crucially affect their physical ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2021

Wafer-Scale Fabrication of Nanopore Devices for Single-Molecule DNA Biosensing using MoS2

Andras Kis, Aleksandra Radenovic, Michael Graf, Martina Lihter, Jochem Deen, Michal Daniel Macha, Mukeshchand Thakur, Andrey Chernev, Mukesh Kumar Tripathi

Atomically thin (2D) nanoporous membranes are an excellent platform for a broad scope of academic research. Their thickness and intrinsic ion selectivity (demonstrated for example in molybdenum disulfide-MoS2) make them particularly attractive for single-m ...

2020

Deposition of Thin Alumina Films Containing 3D Ordered Network of Nanopores on Porous Substrates

Martina Lihter

Self-supporting thin films containing nanopores are very promising materials for use for multiple applications, especially in nanofiltration. Here, we present a method for the production of nanomembranes containing a 3D ordered network of nanopores in an a ...

2020

Electrochemical and morphological engineering of 2D materials for nanopore sensing

Martina Lihter

Nanopores are nanometer-sized holes that were initially proposed for DNA sequencing. Several years ago sequencing was made possible with biological nanopores. However, solid-state nanopores have plenty of advantages to offer compared to their biological co ...

EPFL2020

Light-Enhanced Blue Energy Generation Using MoS2 Nanopores

Andras Kis, Aleksandra Radenovic, Michael Graf, Martina Lihter, Dmitrii Unuchek, Aditya Sarathy

Blue energy relies on the chemical potential difference between solutions of high and low ionic concentrations, potentially providing an independent energy source at estuaries around the world. The energy conversion relies on reverse electrodialysis via io ...

2019

Fabrication and practical applications of molybdenum disulfide nanopores

Aleksandra Radenovic, Michael Graf, Jiandong Feng, Ke Liu, Martina Lihter, Mukeshchand Thakur

Among the different developed solid-state nanopores, nanopores constructed in a monolayer of molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) stand out as powerful devices for single-molecule analysis or osmotic power generation. Because the ionic current through a nanopore is ...

2019

Nanoscale Selective Passivation of Electrodes Contacting a 2D Semiconductor

Aleksandra Radenovic, Michael Graf, Martina Lihter

2D semiconducting materials have become the central component of various nanoelectronic devices and sensors. For sensors operating in liquid, it is crucial to efficiently block the electron transfer that occurs between the electrodes contacting the 2D mate ...

2019

Waveguide-Based Platform for Large-FOV Imaging of Optically Active Defects in 2D Materials

Aleksandra Radenovic, Suliana Manley, Jean Camille Benjamin Comtet, Martina Lihter, Anna Archetti, Juan Francisco Gonzalez Marin, Evgenii Glushkov, Anton Stroganov, Vytautas Navikas, Mukeshchand Thakur

Single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) is a powerful tool that is routinely used for nanoscale optical imaging of biological samples. Recently, this approach has been applied to study optically active defects in two-dimensional (2D) materials. Such ...

AMER CHEMICAL SOC2019

Transverse Detection of DNA Using a MoS2 Nanopore

Aleksandra Radenovic, Michael Graf, Martina Lihter, Sanjin Marion

Classical nanopore sensing relies on the measurement of the ion current passing through a nanopore. Whenever a molecule electrophoretically translocates through the narrow constriction, it modulates the ion current. Although this approach allows one to mea ...

2019

Geometrical Effect in 2D Nanopores

Andras Kis, Aleksandra Radenovic, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Davide Deiana, Ke Liu, Dumitru Dumcenco, Martina Lihter, Vasiliki Tileli, Aditya Sarathy

A long-standing problem in the application of solid-state nanopores is the lack of the precise control over the geometry of artificially formed pores compared to the well-defined geometry in their biological counterpart, that is, protein nanopores. To date ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2017

Electrochemical Reaction in Single Layer MoS2: nanopores opened atom by atom

Andras Kis, Aleksandra Radenovic, Michael Graf, Duncan Thomas Lindsay Alexander, Daria Krasnozhon, Roman Bulushev, Jiandong Feng, Ke Liu, Dumitru Dumcenco, Martina Lihter

Ultrathin nanopore membranes based on 2D materials have demonstrated ultimate resolution toward DNA sequencing. Among them, molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) shows long-term stability as well as superior sensitivity enabling high throughput performance. The trad ...

American Chemical Society (ACS)2015