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Procaccini, Giulia (author), Prieto, Alejandro (author), Knaack, U. (author), Monticelli, Carol (author), Konstantinou, T. (author)
The European building stock demands urgent renovation due to the age of the buildings, their expected lifetime, and their excessive energy consumption, which accounts for more than a third of the EU’s total emissions. However, the complexities involved, such as time, costs, and structural modifications, often discourage clients, tenants, and...
journal article 2024
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de Jong, S.I. (author), Sorokin, Dimitry Y. (author), van Loosdrecht, Mark C.M. (author), Pabst, Martin (author), McMillan, D.G.G. (author)
Proteomics has greatly advanced the understanding of the cellular biochemistry of microorganisms. The thermoalkaliphile Caldalkalibacillus thermarum TA2.A1 is an organism of interest for studies into how alkaliphiles adapt to their extreme lifestyles, as it can grow from pH 7.5 to pH 11. Within most classes of microbes, the membrane-bound...
journal article 2023
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Kok, Reinier (author)
In the case of the 2017 Grenfell Tower, the fire affected those who were already socio-economically underprivileged. Many residents of the Grenfell tower did not just become homeless or lost personal belongings, approximately two-thirds suffer from post-traumatic stress. Such layered and systemic disparities in the built environment as well as...
master thesis 2022
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Blankespoor, Maarten (author)
The processes that take place within cells are complex. Single-cell analysis is a method that is employed to gain further understanding of the working mechanisms on a single-cellular level. The controlled transport of substances through the cell membrane is important for studying the behaviour and responses of single living cells. Femtopipettes...
master thesis 2022
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Linne, C. (author)
To bind two entities together, an attractive interaction is needed. In biological systems, such interactions are often between ligands and receptors. But this interaction constantly breaks and forms because it is (too) weak. To ensure a lasting bond, the system can form multiple weak bonds that form an overall strong bond – similar to velcro. An...
doctoral thesis 2022
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Anupam, K. (author), Liu, X. (author), Scarpas, Athanasios (author), Apostolidis, P. (author), Erkens, S. (author), van Aggelen, M. (author)
Membranes of sufficient bonding characteristics could improve the integrity of the multi-layer structures on orthotropic steel deck bridges (OSBDs), enhancing thus the structural response of these systems and, ultimately, their service life. In this research, full-scale experiments were performed at the LINTRACK accelerated pavement testing...
journal article 2022
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Pezone, R. (author), Baglioni, G. (author), Sarro, Pasqualina M (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author)
During the past decades micro-electromechanical microphones have largely taken over the market for portable devices, being produced in volumes of billions yearly. Because performance of current devices is near the physical limits, further miniaturization and improvement of microphones for mobile devices poses a major challenge that requires...
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Wang, Xuerui (author), Zhou, Tao (author), Zhang, Ping (author), Yan, Wenfu (author), Li, Yongguo (author), Peng, Li (author), Veerman, Dylan (author), Shi, Mengyang (author), Gu, Xuehong (author), Kapteijn, F. (author)
Capture and storage of the long-lived <sup>85</sup>Kr is an efficient approach to mitigate the emission of volatile radionuclides from the spent nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities. However, it is challenging to separate krypton (Kr) from xenon (Xe) because of the chemical inertness and similar physical properties. Herein we prepared high...
journal article 2021
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Berendsen, Joost (author)
Gas-to-gas membrane humidifiers are the preferred option for humidification in automotive fuel cell systems, because they are compact, induce low parasitic losses and require no moving parts or control mechanisms. Understanding the performance of the humidifier as a function of its operating conditions is crucial for the efficiency of the fuel...
master thesis 2020
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Liu, X. (author), Kasbergen, C. (author), Li, J (author), Scarpas, Athanasios (author)
The adhesive bonding strength of the membrane layers between the asphalt concrete surface layers and the decks of steel bridges has a strong influence on the fatigue life of orthotropic steel deck bridges (OSDBs). The most important requirement for the application of membrane materials to orthotropic steel deck bridges is that the membrane...
journal article 2020
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Liu, X. (author), Kasbergen, C. (author), Li, J (author), Scarpas, Athanasios (author), Tzimiris, G. (author)
The adhesive bonding strength of the membrane layers between the asphalt concrete surface layers and the decks of steel bridges has a strong influence on the fatigue life of orthotropic steel deck bridges (OSDBs). The interfacial properties between the membrane and the layers bonded to it have not been extensively studied in the current...
journal article 2020
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ten Bruggencate, Thijs (author)
For this Master thesis the possibility was explored to use a monolayer of graphene as conductive layer, instead of sputtered titanium nitride (TiN), on 25 nm thick aluminium oxide and magnesium oxide membranes. These membranes will be used in a new and faster variant of a vacuum electron multiplier (e.g. the Photo Multiplier Tube (PMT)). These...
master thesis 2019
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Zhang, Chuqian (author)
Cell behavior in vitro can be regulated by mechanical stimulation. Cytostretch is an Organ-on-Chip (OOC) platform that allows cyclic stretching tissue in culture. Its pneumatic actuation can hinder it from microfluidic systems integration. A dielectric elastomer actuator (DEA) was developed and fabricated in this thesis for Cytostretch as an...
master thesis 2019
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Divić, Antea (author)
This project is an attempt to bring back play, from the mere simulation it is now, to a creative force that it once was. It questions whether the entertainment park is still relevant in contemporary society and whether it can be reimagined and transformed from a scripted to a more unscripted arena of action. The aim of this project is to create...
master thesis 2019
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Wang, X. (author), Shan, M. (author), Liu, X. (author), Wang, M. (author), Doherty, Cara M. (author), Osadchii, D. (author), Kapteijn, F. (author)
Increasing helium use in research and production processes necessitates separation techniques to secure sufficient supply of this noble gas. Energy-efficient helium production from natural gas is still a big challenge. Membrane gas separation technology could play an important role. Herein, a novel poly(p-phenylene benzobisimidazole) (PBDI)...
journal article 2019
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Lee, M. (author), Davidovikj, D. (author), Sajadi, B. (author), Siskins, M. (author), Alijani, F. (author), van der Zant, H.S.J. (author), Steeneken, P.G. (author)
Despite theoretical predictions that graphene should be impermeable to all gases, practical experiments on sealed graphene nanodrums show small leak rates. Thus far, the exact mechanism for this permeation has remained unclear, because different potential leakage pathways have not been studied separately. Here, we demonstrate a sealing method...
journal article 2019
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Liu, X. (author), Li, J (author), Tzimiris, G. (author), Scarpas, Athanasios (author)
The orthotropic steel deck bridges (OSDBs) in the Netherlands consists mostly of multilayer system: top porous asphalt layer, guss asphalt layer, steel deck and two membrane layers. The five-point bending (5PB) beam test is the standard device in France for characterization of fatigue response of asphalt concrete surfacings used on...
journal article 2019
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Gaio, N. (author), Silvestri, C. (author), van Meer, B.J. (author), Vollebregt, S. (author), Mummery, CL (author), Dekker, R. (author)
Microelectrode arrays (MEAs) are widely used in biological application to locally stimulate and record the electrical activity of living cells. Here, a novel fabrication process for a carbon nanotube (CNT)-based MEA integrated on the backside of a free standing stretchable membrane is reported. The new<br/>process flow overcomes the manually...
journal article 2016
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Li, J. (author)
Orthotropic steel decks are widely utilized in long span bridges, movable bridges and shorter span road and rail bridges due to their favourable properties. These properties are low deadweight, large plastic reserves in case of overload and aesthetic advantages. Nowadays, more than 1000 orthotropic steel deck bridges (OSDBs) have been built in...
doctoral thesis 2015
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Thedens, P. (author)
Membrane structures have a wide field of application in modern engineering due to their low weight-to-area ratio, which is especially exploited in kite design. The internal pressure of ram-air kites has to be well distributed over all cells in order to maintain the aerodynamic shape. By cutting holes in each rib the stagnated air can provide the...
master thesis 2015
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