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Bastiaanssen, C.K.J.M.L. (author)Interactions are essential to life. At the cellular level, the most fundamental processes rely on interactions between DNA, RNA, and proteins. Given that the structure and function of these molecules are determined by their sequence, it is ultimately the sequence that dictates the strength and specificity of these interactions. Thus, to improve...doctoral thesis 2024
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Veldman, L.M. (author)This thesis presents experiments on the free, coherent spin dynamics ofmagnetic nanostructures built out of individual titanium atoms adsorbed on bilayer MgOislands grown on a Ag(100) crystal inside a scanning tunneling microscope (STM).We use the exchange field of the spin-polarized probe tip to tune the eigenstates of the magnetic structures...doctoral thesis 2024
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van Heijst, S.E. (author)Two-dimensional (2D) layered materials have attracted the interest of the scientific community following the discovery of graphene and its extraordinary properties. Of particular interest is a class of materials called transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). The materials within this class were discovered to show similarly...doctoral thesis 2024
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Wang, W. (author)This thesis explores advanced computational techniques in super-resolution microscopy (SRM), with the primary goal of pushing the limits of achievable resolution towards the 1 nm scale. It includes developments in particle fusion algorithms, data analysis of complex biological structures, and exploration of the impact of molecular dipole...doctoral thesis 2024
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Schneider, Mike (author), Couzinié, Jean Philippe (author), Shalabi, Amin (author), Ibrahimkhel, Farhad (author), Ferrari, A. (author), Körmann, F.H.W. (author), Laplanche, Guillaume (author)This work aims to predict the microstructure of recrystallized medium and high-entropy alloys (MEAs and HEAs) with a face-centered cubic structure, in particular the density of annealing twins and their thickness. Eight MEAs and five HEAs from the Cr-Mn-Fe-Co-Ni system are considered, which have been cast, homogenized, cold-worked and...journal article 2024
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Liu, Z. (author), Baluchová, S. (author), Li, Z. (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author), Hall, Clive E. (author), Buijnsters, J.G. (author)In this work, four different techniques were concurrently applied to study the interplay between local electroactivity and electrode surface characteristics of free-standing, polycrystalline boron-doped diamond (BDD). Scanning electron microscopy, electron back-scatter diffraction, Raman mapping and scanning electrochemical microscopy were...journal article 2024
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Smets, Bent (author), Boschker, H.T.S. (author), Wetherington, Maxwell T. (author), Lelong, Gérald (author), Hidalgo-Martinez, Silvia (author), Polerecky, Lubos (author), Nuyts, Gert (author), De Wael, Karolien (author), Meysman, F.J.R. (author)Cable bacteria embed a network of conductive protein fibers in their cell envelope that efficiently guides electron transport over distances spanning up to several centimeters. This form of long-distance electron transport is unique in biology and is mediated by a metalloprotein with a sulfur-coordinated nickel (Ni) cofactor. However, the...journal article 2024
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Mopon, M. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Garcia, Santiago J. (author)Understanding how late an inhibitor can be released once corrosion initiated without compromising corrosion protection may help in developing more efficient anticorrosion coatings. We explored this idea through time-controlled Ce(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub> availability to AA2024-T3 immersed in 0.05 M NaCl. Ce(NO<sub>3</sub>)<sub>3</sub> was...journal article 2024
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4D-STEM Nanoscale Strain Analysis in van der Waals Materials: Advancing beyond Planar ConfigurationsBolhuis, M. (author), van Heijst, S.E. (author), Sangers, J.J.M. (author), Conesa Boj, S. (author)Achieving nanoscale strain fields mapping in intricate van der Waals (vdW) nanostructures, like twisted flakes and nanorods, presents several challenges due to their complex geometry, small size, and sensitivity limitations. Understanding these strain fields is pivotal as they significantly influence the optoelectronic properties of vdW...journal article 2024
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Kievits, A.J. (author), Duinkerken, B. H.Peter (author), Fermie, Job (author), Lane, R. (author), Giepmans, Ben N.G. (author), Hoogenboom, J.P. (author)Recent advances in electron microscopy techniques have led to a significant scale up in volumetric imaging of biological tissue. The throughput of electron microscopes, however, remains a limiting factor for the volume that can be imaged in high resolution within reasonable time. Faster detection methods will improve throughput. Here, we have...journal article 2024
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Tišma, M. (author), Kaljević, Jovana (author), Gruber, Stephan (author), Le, Tung B.K. (author), Dekker, C. (author)Bacterial cells require DNA segregation machinery to properly distribute a genome to both daughter cells upon division. The most common system involved in chromosome and plasmid segregation in bacteria is the ParABS system. A core protein of this system - partition protein B (ParB) - regulates chromosome organization and chromosome...review 2024
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Martin, H.A. (author), Xu, Haojia (author), Smits, Edsger C.P. (author), van Driel, W.D. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)This study introduces a training protocol utilizing Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) and Confocal Scanning Acoustic Microscopy (CSAM) imaging techniques to classify Power Quad Flat No-leads (PQFN) package delamination. The investigation involves empty PQFN packages with varied substrate metallizations subjected to thermal cycling. Four...conference paper 2024
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Despotopoulou, M. (author), Langejans, G.H.J. (author), Hendrikx, R.W.A. (author), Joosten, Ineke (author), Nijemeisland, M. (author), Poulis, J.A. (author), Kozowyk, P.R.B. (author)Archaeological findings prove the appearance and use of birch bark tar since the Middle Palaeolithic. The production and use of birch bark tar and pine wood tar has overlapped since at least the late Neolithic, but probably for much longer. The reliable chemical identification of such archaeological tar residues can offer valuable insights...journal article 2024
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Zuidema, W. (author)In this thesis, the design and engineering considerations for a multi-beam scanning electron microscope (MBSEM) are discussed. This microscope can benefit biological research in various ways. It can give new insights into the inner workings of a multitude of biological systems that were hard to get using previously existing instrumentation. For...doctoral thesis 2023
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Arora, S. (author)The aimof this thesis is to investigate the impact of symmetry on light and how it alters its characteristics. Our research centers around the examination of complex photonic crystals rooted in the concept of photonic topological insulators, which are analogs of topological insulators initially introduced in condensed matter physics. Unlike...doctoral thesis 2023
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Nagalingam, Nagaraj (author), Raghunathan, Aswin (author), Korede, V.B. (author), Overmars, E.F.J. (author), Hung, S. (author), Hartkamp, Remco (author), Padding, J.T. (author), Smith, C.S. (author), Eral, H.B. (author)Optofluidic devices have revolutionized the manipulation and transportation of fluid at smaller length scales ranging from micrometers to millimeters. We describe a dedicated optical setup for studying laser-induced cavitation inside a microchannel. In a typical experiment, we use a tightly focused laser beam to locally evaporate the solution...journal article 2023
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Sharaf, A.M.S.E. (author), Frimat, J. P. (author), Kremers, G. J. (author), Accardo, A. (author)Two-photon polymerization (2PP) has provided the field of cell biology with the opportunity to fabricate precisely designed microscaffolds for a wide range of studies, from mechanobiology to in vitro disease modelling. However, a multitude of commercial and in-house developed photosensitive materials employed in 2PP suffers from high auto...journal article 2023
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Mc Cluskey, K.A. (author), Dekker, N.H. (author)TIRF (Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence) microscopy is a powerful tool for measuring the intra- and intermolecular dynamics of fluorescently-labeled single molecules. As TIRF measurements move to more complex biological systems with more fluorescent probes, the multi-band-pass dichroic that separates excitation from emission becomes...journal article 2023