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Fluorescent Biosensors Based on Silicon Nanowires
2021
Nanostructures are arising as novel biosensing platforms promising to surpass current performance in terms of sensitivity, selectivity, and affordability of standard approaches. However, for several nanosensors, the material and synthesis used make the industrial transfer of such technologies complex. Silicon nanowires (NWs) are compatible with Si-based flat architecture fabrication and arise as a hopeful solution to couple their interesting physical properties and surface-to-volume ratio to an easy commercial transfer. Among all the transduction methods, fluorescent probes and sensors emerge as some of the most used approaches thanks to their easy data interpretation, measure affordability…
State of the art and prospects for halide perovskite nanocrystals
2021
Financiado para publicación en acceso aberto: Universidade de Vigo/CISUG Metal-halide perovskites have rapidly emerged as one of the most promising materials of the 21st century, with many exciting properties and great potential for a broad range of applications, from photovoltaics to optoelectronics and photocatalysis. The ease with which metal-halide perovskites can be synthesized in the form of brightly luminescent colloidal nanocrystals, as well as their tunable and intriguing optical and electronic properties, has attracted researchers from different disciplines of science and technology. In the last few years, there has been a significant progress in the shape-controlled synthesis of …
Review: Electrostatically actuated nanobeam-based nanoelectromechanical switches – materials solutions and operational conditions
2018
This review summarizes relevant research in the field of electrostatically actuated nanobeam-based nanoelectromechanical (NEM) switches. The main switch architectures and structural elements are briefly described and compared. Investigation methods that allow for exploring coupled electromechanical interactions as well as studies of mechanically or electrically induced effects are covered. An examination of the complex nanocontact behaviour during various stages of the switching cycle is provided. The choice of the switching element and the electrode is addressed from the materials perspective, detailing the benefits and drawbacks for each. An overview of experimentally demonstrated NEM swi…
Pb-PbOHCl Composite Nanowires Synthesized by Galvanic Deposition in Template
2019
In this paper, we report a detailed study on the synthesis of composite nanowires of Pb-PbOHCl via galvanic deposition into the pores of a membrane acting as a template. PbOHCl deposition quantitatively occurs as the solution pH exceeds the value of about 4.12. Simultaneously, owing to the galvanic coupling, electro-deposition of lead occurs, so composite nanowires were formed. The role of different parameters controlling the kinetic evolution of the process, such as oxygen bubbling, solution pH, surface area and type of sacrificial anode were investigated one at a time. The results suggest that every modification accelerating the alkalization of the solution inside the template pores favor…
Nanowire ordered Arrays for electrochemical sensing of H2O2
2016
In this work, we present the performance of nanostructured array of Cu for electrochemical sensors of hydrogen peroxide. Nanostructured sensors are obtained by template synthesis in commercial polycarbonate membranes. Arrays of Cu nanowires were fabricated through a displacement deposition reaction that permits to obtain nanostructures directly and without the use of an external power supply. To test the performance of nanostructured sensors, electrochemical experiments were carried out in an aqueous solution with different amounts of hydrogen peroxide. In order to obtain sensors with stable performance, we found that it is essential to increase wettability of the nanostructures through add…
Copper and Palladium NWs for Hydrogen Peroxide detection
2018
H2O2 is a wide used chemical in different field, like in paper and textile industries and pharmaceutical applications. Furthermore, H2O2 concentration in human body is related to glucose concentration because the reaction between glucose and glucosidase produce hydrogen peroxide [1] . Moreover, is used as a biomarker of oxidative stress, being an oxidative specie [2] . For all these reasons, researcher all over the world are working to develop new and novel strategies for in situ, non-invasive and fast detection of this chemical. One of these fields concern the electrochemical sensors, that are sensors with an electrical (current, potential, impedance) output. The surface area the electrode…
Characterisation of single semiconductor nanowires by non-destructive spectroscopies
2015
Los nanohilos semiconductores (NWs, de su nombre inglés, nanowires) tienen una amplia gama de aplicaciones en el campo de la optoelectrónica (emisores de luz y diodos láser), nano-electrónica (circuitos lógicos y transistores de efecto de campo), y detección y producción de energía (células solares). En términos generales, los NWs pueden ser descritos como nanoestructuras de forma alargada con diámetros que van típicamente de decenas a cientos de nanómetros, y con longitudes que oscilan desde pocas hasta las decenas de micras. Dicha morfología ofrece dos ventajas principales en comparación con las capas: su alta relación superficie-volumen y su mayor calidad cristalina, ambas beneficiosas p…
Intrinsic spin-orbit interaction in diffusive normal wire Josephson weak links: Supercurrent and density of states
2016
We study the effect of the intrinsic (Rashba or Dresselhaus) spin-orbit interaction in superconductor–nanowire–superconductor (SNS) weak links in the presence of a spin-splitting field that can result either from an intrinsic exchange field or the Zeeman effect of an applied field. We solve the full nonlinear Usadel equations numerically [The code used for calculating the results in this paper is available in https://github.com/wompo/Usadel-for-nanowires] and analyze the resulting supercurrent through the weak link and the behavior of the density of states in the center of the wire. We point out how the presence of the spin-orbit interaction gives rise to a long-range spin triplet supercurr…
Optical Properties of III-V Nanowires and Their Application for Charge Transport and Single-Photon Emission
2012
This work covers the optical characterization of III-V semiconductor nanowires and their application for charge transport and for single-photon emission. InAs nanowires have been investigated by Raman scattering and PL spectroscopy. The possibility to grow nanowires with a crystal structure different from its bulk counterpart has aroused a lot of interest in their optical and electronic properties. Here, the optical phonon modes of wurtzite InAs nanowires have been studied by polarized Raman scattering. For the first time, Raman measurements on a single InAs nanowire have revealed the A1(TO) and E2h optical phonon modes of the wurtzite structure. Additional resonant Raman scattering experim…
PEDOT saturošu nanošķiedru iegūšana, izmantojot elektrovērpšanas metodi, un to elektrisko īpašību raksturošana
2020
Šajā darbā ir veikti pētījumi ar PEDOT:PSS polimēra nanodiegiem un plānajām kārtiņām. Nanodiegi tika iegūti izmantojot elektrovērpšanas metodi. Tika pētītas iegūto paraugu īpašības – elektriskā vadītspēja un Zēbeka koeficients, kā arī nanodiegu dimensionālie lielumi. Šī pētījuma mērķis ir iegūt nanodiegus ar pēc iespējas augstāku elektrisko vadītspēju. Tas tiek panākts palielinot PEDOT:PSS polimēra koncentrāciju šķīdumos, pārbaudot arī šķīdumu, kurā nav pievienots PEDOT:PSS polimērs. Ir izmērītas īpatnējās elektriskās vadītspējas un Zēbeka koeficienti nanodiegu un plāno kārtiņu paraugiem. Iegūtās vadītspējas un Zēbeka koeficienti ir salīdzināti savā starpā, lai saprastu elektrovērpšanas pro…