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Van Breukelen, D.H.J. (author), De Vries, M.J. (author), Schure, F.A. (author)This paper presents a mixed methods study in which 77 students and 3 teachers took part, that investigated the practice of Learning by Design (LBD). The study is part of a series of studies, funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, that aims to improve student learning, teaching skills and teacher training. LBD uses the...journal article 2016
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Aulin, Y.V. (author)The Sun is the main source of renewable energy on Earth. Our planet receives about 174 PW of solar power. At the same time, global energy consumption from all energy sources is orders of magnitude lower and is equal to approximately 16 TW. Clearly, solar energy has a tremendous potential, as well as numerous advantages over conventional sources...doctoral thesis 2016
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Nasalevich, M.A. (author)The research strategy followed in this work was inspired by natural photosynthesis that, for simplicity, can be divided into three principal steps: (i) efficient light absorption at wavelengths abundant in the solar light; (ii) long-lived charge separation achieved by funnelling of the photogenerated electrons away from the light-absorbing...doctoral thesis 2016
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Roy, S. (author)Scattering is the process in which some form of radiation is deviated from its trajectory by a localized non-uniformity it encounters. These non-uniformities, called objects, can be of different material and geometry which determines among many things, mainly, the amount and direction of the scattered radiation. Scatterometry is the branch of...doctoral thesis 2016
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Dubey, R.K. (author), Inan, D. (author), Sengupta, S. (author), Sudhölter, E.J.R. (author), Grozema, F.C. (author), Jager, W.F. (author)We report the synthesis and excited-state dynamics of a series of five bichromophoric light-harvesting antenna systems, which are capable of efficient harvesting of solar energy in the spectral range of 350–580 nm. These antenna systems have been synthesized in a modular fashion by the covalent attachment of blue light absorbing naphthalene...journal article 2016
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Ghaemi Nia, M.M. (author), De Vries, M.J. (author)Although ‘models’ play a significant role in engineering activities, not much has yet been developed to enhance the technological literacy of students in this regard. This contribution intends to help fill this gap and deliver a comprehensive account as to the nature and various properties of these engineering tools. It begins by inspecting two...journal article 2016
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Jafari-Salim, A. (author), Eftekharian, A. (author), Majedi, A.H. (author), Ansari, M.H. (author)We study the rate of quantum phase slips in an ultranarrow superconducting nanowire exposed to weak electromagnetic radiations. The superconductor is in the dirty limit close to the superconducting-insulating transition, where fluxoids move in strong dissipation. We use a semiclassical approach and show that external radiation stimulates a...journal article 2016
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Van Oene, M.M. (author)This thesis describes developments in the characterization of torque-spectroscopy techniques, in particular magnetic and optical tweezers, with the goal of employing these techniques in studies on the bacterial flagellar motor of Escherichia coli.doctoral thesis 2016
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Ros, C.H. (author)Electrocatalytic reduction of CO2 is one possibility to solve the electrical energy storage problem and decrease the amount of CO2. Copper is the only metal that has been reported to produce hydrocarbons in the electrochemical CO2 reduction at ambient pressure and temperature. External parameters (potential, temperature and electrolyte), copper...doctoral thesis 2016
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Vuik, A. (author), Eeltink, D. (author), Akhmerov, A.R. (author), Wimmer, M.T. (author)One of the promising platforms for creating Majorana bound states is a hybrid nanostructure consisting of a semiconducting nanowire covered by a superconductor.Weanalyze the previously disregarded role of electrostatic interaction in these devices. Our main result is that Coulomb interaction causes the chemical potential to respond to an applied...journal article 2016
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Hamidi, A. (author)Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate vaccine is a safe and effective vaccine that can prevent meningitis and pneumonia caused by Hib disease. Hib vaccine is recommended for all children under 5 years. Despite the availability of safe and effective Hib vaccines since early 1987, Gambia was the only low-income country that had introduced...doctoral thesis 2016
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Rassaei, L. (author)The invention provides asensor device comprising a substrate, especially a needle with a needle tip, wherein the substrate, especially the needle, even more especially the needle tip, comprises a sensor unit, wherein the sensor unit includes a stacked layer structure including an electrode layer, wherein the stacked layer structure further...patent 2016
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Schäfer, P. (author), Van der Veen, M.A. (author), Domke, K.F. (author)To employ the full potential of electrochemical (ec) synthesis to grow metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) in more complex organizations at the mesoscale, it is vital to understand the underlying crystallization reaction pathway. For the MOF most typically grown electrochemically, CuBTC, we systematically investigated the role of oxygen species in...journal article 2016
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Szymańska, K. (author), Odrozek, K. (author), Zniszczoł, A. (author), Torrelo, G. (author), Resch, V. (author), Hanefeld, U. (author), Jarzębskia, A.B. (author)Acyltransferase from Mycobacterium smegmatis (MsAcT) immobilised in continuous-flow microchannel (30-50 ?m dia.) reactors with hierarchical pore structure (4 cm3/g total pore volume) enabled quantitative, full and rapid transesterification of neopentylglycol with ethyl acetate in a biphasic 50/50 % system in less than one minute. MsAcT was...journal article 2016
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Zuo, K. (author), Mourik, V. (author)Majorana fermions are exotic elementary particles predicted in 1937 by Ettore Majorana. Although heavily searched for, they have never been found in nature up to date. In the past decades, with the progress in theory, theoretical physicists predicted that Majorana fermions might emerge in certain exotic classes of condensed matter systems, where...doctoral thesis 2016
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Van der Meulen, S.A.J. (author)This thesis revolves around exploiting the specificity of DNA interactions to guide the assembly of micro-colloids into higher order structures. The concept of DNA mediated interactions between micro-colloids is a field of study that has ramified from the field on DNA guided self-assembly of nano-colloids. Despite the great potential that the...doctoral thesis 2016
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Beukman, A.J.A. (author)This thesis includes two research directions both aim to discover a building block for topological quantum computing. First, in Chapter 3, a novel setup is designed, built, and tested, that can electrostatically gate a material without endangering the materials pristine quality. The setup was designed with the goal to reveal non-Abelian...doctoral thesis 2016
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Bhardwaj, R. (author)Provision of clean drinking water to poor can prevent a large number of deaths and illnesses amongst children around the world. In 2010, about 0.75 million child deaths were caused due to diarrhea, and a further 22.5 million years of life were lost due to ill-health, disability or early death caused by unimproved water and inadequate sanitation...doctoral thesis 2016
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Laan, A.C. (author), Santini, C. (author), Jennings, L. (author), De Jong, M. (author), Bernsen, M.R. (author), Denkova, A.G. (author)Background Single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) is an indispensable tool in the determination of the in vivo fate of polymeric micelles. However, for this purpose, the micelles need to be radiolabeled, and almost all radiolabeling procedures published to date involve the conjugation of a chelating agent to the constituting polymer,...journal article 2016