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Fabrication and Characterization of Double- and Single-Clamped CuO Nanowire Based Nanoelectromechanical Switches
2021
Electrostatically actuated nanoelectromechanical (NEM) switches hold promise for operation with sharply defined ON/OFF states, high ON/OFF current ratio, low OFF state power consumption, and a compact design. The present challenge for the development of nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) technology is fabrication of single nanowire based NEM switches. In this work, we demonstrate the first application of CuO nanowires as NEM switch active elements. We develop bottom-up and top-down approaches for NEM switch fabrication, such as CuO nanowire synthesis, lithography, etching, dielectrophoretic alignment of nanowires on electrodes, and nanomanipulations for building devices that are suitable f…
Solution-processible electrode materials for a heat-sensitive piezoelectric thin-film sensor
2012
Abstract Piezoelectric sensors are needed in a wide range of applications from physiological measurement applications to industrial monitoring systems. Custom-designed, highly integratable and cost-effective sensor elements can be manufactured by using flexible materials in combination with high-throughput printing for fabrication. This would also enable the embedding of ubiquitous sensors in our living environment to improve the common welfare. Here, we have fabricated flexible piezoelectric sensor elements using printing methods. We demonstrated that alternative, printable electrode materials are compatible with temperature-sensitive functional substrates. Low-temperature curable electrod…
Bottom-up realization and electrical characterization of a graphene-based device.
2016
We propose a bottom-up procedure to fabricate an easy-to-engineer graphene-based device, consisting of a microstrip-like circuit where few-layer graphene nanoplatelets are used to contact two copper electrodes. The graphene nanoplatelets are obtained by the microwave irradiation of intercalated graphite, i.e., an environmentally friendly, fast and low-cost procedure. The contact is created by a bottom-up process, driven by the application of a DC electrical field in the gap between the electrodes, yielding the formation of a graphene carpet. The electrical resistance of the device has been measured as a function of the gap length and device temperature. The possible use of this device as a …
Oil-in-Water fL Droplets by Interfacial Spontaneous Fragmentation and Their Electrical Characterization
2019
Inkjet printing is here employed for the first time as a method to produce femtoliter-scale oil droplets dispersed in water. In particular, picoliter-scale fluorinated oil (FC40) droplets are printed in the presence of perfluoro-1-octanol surfactant at a velocity higher than 5 m/s. Femtoliter-scale oil droplets in water are spontaneously formed through a fragmentation process at the water/air interface using minute amounts of nonionic surfactant (down to 0.003% v/v of Tween 80). This fragmentation occurs by a Plateau-Rayleigh mechanism at a moderately high Weber number (10(1)). A microfluidic chip with integrated microelectrodes allows droplets characterization in terms of number and diamet…
Fabrication of carbon nanotube-based field-effect transistors for studies of their memory effects
2007
Carbon nanotube‐based field‐effect transistors (CNTFETs) have been fabricated using nanometer thin dielectric material as the gate insulator film. The demonstrated fabrication technique is highly suitable for preparing devices with low contact resistances between the electrodes and the carbon nanotube, down to 14 kΩ. Electronic transport measurements of the fabricated devices have been conducted on more than 70 FETs. Hysteretic behavior in the transfer characteristics of some CNTFETs was observed.
Fabrication and Characterisation of Perovskite Thin Films for Photovoltaic Application
2018
This paper presents an alternative way to obtain perovskite thin films for photovoltaic application. This technique results more competitive, scalable, low-cost, reproducible and is different from other most common methods of fabrication.
Flexible high efficiency perovskite solar cells
2014
Flexible perovskite based solar cells with power conversion efficiencies of 7% have been prepared on PET based conductive substrates. Extended bending of the devices does not deteriorate their performance demonstrating their suitability for roll to roll processing.
The Magnetic Properties of Electrical Pulses Delivered by Deep-Brain Stimulation Systems
2020
The aim of this article is to analyze the magnetic field properties for both the monopolar and bipolar electrode configurations of deep-brain stimulation electrodes using 3-D magnetic field measurements and to investigate if the magnetic measurements enable a localization of the electrode as a proof of concept. Therefore, a simplified head phantom with an integrated deep-brain stimulation electrode was created to measure the magnetic flux densities in all the three dimensions with a fluxgate magnetometer over a sensor trajectory of measuring points inside the magnetically shielded chamber. The magnitude of the magnetic flux density for monopolar stimulation and bipolar stimulation is in the…
Ferroelectric plasma source as an exciting source for rare earth elements
2003
The plasma sources basing on electrical discharges near the surfaces of ferroelectric materials have been described. It was shown that the ferroelectric plasma sources are especially useful for investigations in the field of optical spectroscopy. They have been found to be especially useful for exciting the atoms and ions or rare earth elements.
Electrochemical conversion of CO2 to formic acid using a Sn based electrode: A critical review on the state-of-the-art technologies and their potenti…
2021
Abstract The electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide is considered one of the most promising strategies to convert waste-CO2 into value-added chemicals. This review focuses on the synthesis of formic acid/formate in aqueous electrolyte using Sn-based cathodes; this material is considered relatively cheap and shows promising results in terms of faradaic efficiency. In order to be suitable at an industrial scale, the process should present simultaneously high current densities, faradaic efficiencies close to 100%, high concentrations of formic acid and long-term stability. Analysing the main results reported in the literature, it was observed that to date further studies are necessary to…