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Datta, Kunal (author), Branco, Bruno (author), Zhao, Y. (author), Zardetto, Valerio (author), Phung, Nga (author), Bracesco, Andrea (author), Mazzarella, L. (author), Wienk, Martijn M. (author), Isabella, O. (author)Solar-assisted water electrolysis is a promising technology for storing the energy of incident solar irradiation into hydrogen as a fuel. Here, an integrated continuous flow electrochemical reactor coupled to a monolithic perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell is demonstrated that provides light-driven electrochemical solar-to-hydrogen...journal article 2022
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Zhao, Y. (author), Procel Moya, P.A. (author), Smets, A.H.M. (author), Mazzarella, L. (author), Han, C. (author), Yang, G. (author), Cao, L. (author), Yao, Z. (author), Weeber, A.W. (author), Zeman, M. (author), Isabella, O. (author)Excellent surface passivation induced by (i)a-Si:H is critical to achieve high-efficiency silicon heterojunction (SHJ) solar cells. This is key for conventional single-junction cell applications but also for bottom cell application in tandem devices. In this study, we investigated the effects of (i)a-Si:H deposition temperature on passivation...journal article 2022
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Recalde Moreno Del Rocio, M.D.R. (author), Amladi, Amogh (author), Venkataraman, Vikrant (author), Woudstra, T. (author), Aravind, P.V. (author)The low cost of electricity in some areas facilitates the adoption of high-temperature electrolysis plants for the large-scale storage of electricity. Supercritical water gasification (SCWG) is a promising method of syngas production from wet biomass. Additionally, it is a potential source of steam for electrochemical plants. However, the...journal article 2022
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McKenzie, R. (author), Keizer, Emma M. (author), Vink, J.N.A. (author), van Lopik, Jasper (author), Büke, F. (author), Kalkman, Vera (author), Fleck, Christian (author), Tans, S.J. (author), Brouns, S.J.J. (author)While CRISPR-Cas defence mechanisms have been studied on a population level, their temporal dynamics and variability in individual cells have remained unknown. Using a microfluidic device, time-lapse microscopy and mathematical modelling, we studied invader clearance in Escherichia coli across multiple generations. We observed that CRISPR...journal article 2022
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Barin, N. (author), Balcioglu, Hayri E. (author), de Heer, Iris (author), de Wit, Maurice (author), Lamfers, Martine L.M. (author), van Royen, Martin E. (author), French, Pim J. (author), Accardo, A. (author)A major obstacle in glioma research is the lack of in vitro models that can retain cellular features of glioma cells in vivo. To overcome this limitation, a 3D-engineered scaffold, fabricated by two-photon polymerization, is developed as a cell culture model system to study patient-derived glioma cells. Scanning electron microscopy, (live...journal article 2022
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Bagemihl, I. (author), Bhatraju, C. (author), van Ommen, J.R. (author), van Steijn, V. (author)Electrochemical reduction of CO<sub>2</sub>using renewable energy is a promising avenue for sustainable production of bulk chemicals. However, CO<sub>2</sub>electrolysis in aqueous systems is severely limited by mass transfer, leading to low reactor performance insufficient for industrial application. This paper shows that structured reactors...journal article 2022
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Baldauf, L. (author), van Buren, L. (author), Fanalista, F. (author), Koenderink, G.H. (author)One of the major challenges of bottom-up synthetic biology is rebuilding a minimal cell division machinery. From a reconstitution perspective, the animal cell division apparatus is mechanically the simplest and therefore attractive to rebuild. An actin-based ring produces contractile force to constrict the membrane. By contrast, microbes and...review 2022
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Alkemade, C. (author), Wierenga, H. (author), Volkov, V. (author), López, Magdalena Preciado (author), Akhmanova, Anna (author), ten Wolde, Pieter Rein (author), Dogterom, A.M. (author), Koenderink, G.H. (author)The actin and microtubule cytoskeletons form active networks in the cell that can contract and remodel, resulting in vital cellular processes such as cell division and motility. Motor proteins play an important role in generating the forces required for these processes, but more recently the concept of passive cross-linkers being able to...journal article 2022
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Geerlings, Nicole M.J. (author), Kienhuis, Michiel V.M. (author), Hidalgo-Martinez, Silvia (author), Hageman, R. (author), Vasquez Cardenas, D. (author), Middelburg, Jack J. (author), Meysman, F.J.R. (author), Polerecky, Lubos (author)Cable bacteria are multicellular sulfide oxidizing bacteria that display a unique metabolism based on long-distance electron transport. Cells in deeper sediment layers perform the sulfide oxidizing half-reaction whereas cells in the surface layers of the sediment perform the oxygen-reducing half-reaction. These half-reactions are coupled via...journal article 2022
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van Buren, L. (author), Koenderink, G.H. (author), Martinez Torres, C.E. (author)Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are cell-sized aqueous compartments enclosed by a phospholipid bilayer. Due to their cell-mimicking properties, GUVs have become a widespread experimental tool in synthetic biology to study membrane properties and cellular processes. In stark contrast to the experimental progress, quantitative analysis of GUV...journal article 2022
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Akolawala, Q. (author), Rovituso, M. (author), Versteeg, Henri H. (author), Rondon, Araci M.R. (author), Accardo, A. (author)Glioblastoma (GBM) is a devastating cancer of the brain with an extremely poor prognosis. For this reason, besides clinical and preclinical studies, novel in vitro models for the assessment of cancer response to drugs and radiation are being developed. In such context, three-dimensional (3D)-engineered cellular microenvironments, compared to...journal article 2022
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Neves Leal Costa, B. (author), Adão, Ricardo M.R. (author), Maibohm, Christian (author), Accardo, A. (author), Cardoso, Vanessa F. (author), Nieder, Jana B. (author)Biomimicking biological niches of healthy tissues or tumors can be achieved by means of artificial microenvironments, where structural and mechanical properties are crucial parameters to promote tissue formation and recreate natural conditions. In this work, three-dimensional (3D) scaffolds based on woodpile structures were fabricated by two...journal article 2022
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Fan, Liyuan (author), Li, Chao'en (author), van Biert, L. (author), Zhou, Shou Han (author), Tabish, Asif Nadeem (author), Mokhov, Anatoli (author), Aravind, Purushothaman Vellayani (author), Cai, Weiwei (author)With the demand for anticipated green hydrogen and power production, novel and upgraded catalytic processes are desired for more effective utilization of precious natural resources. Methane steam reforming is an advanced and matured technology for converting methane to hydrogen and syngas. As a renewable energy resource containing a large...review 2022
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Legerstee, Karin (author), Sueters, J. (author), Abraham, Tsion E. (author), Slotman, Johan A. (author), Kremers, Gert Jan (author), Hoogenboom, J.P. (author), Houtsmuller, A.B. (author)Focal adhesions (FAs) are the main cellular structures to link the intracellular cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix. FAs mediate cell adhesion, are important for cell migration and are involved in many (patho)-physiological processes. Here we examined FAs and their associated actin fibres using correlative fluorescence and scanning...journal article 2022
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Calcabrini, A. (author), Procel Moya, P.A. (author), Kambhampati, V. (author), Manganiello, P. (author), Muttillo, M. (author), Zeman, M. (author), Isabella, O. (author)The integration of photovoltaic (PV) technology in urban environments poses new challenges for the design of PV modules. In particular, the poor shading tolerance of conventional PV modules strongly limits the energy performance of urban PV systems. In this work, we analyze how interdigitated back-contact solar cells with low-breakdown...journal article 2022
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Chen, N. (author), Buchholz, Florian (author), Tune, Daniel D. (author), Isabella, O. (author), Mihailetchi, Valentin D. (author)The edge recombination losses of crystalline silicon solar cells become significant when they are cut into smaller pieces to be assembled into modules. With the interdigitated pattern of doped p and n regions on the rear side, the interdigitated back contact (IBC) solar cells can be cut through different doped regions. In this study, the...journal article 2022
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Sampathkumar, Suhas Niggehalli (author), Aubin, Philippe (author), Couturier, Karine (author), Sun, Xiufu (author), Sudireddy, Bhaskar Reddy (author), Diethelm, Stefan (author), Pérez-Fortes, Mar (author), van Herle, Jan (author)Reversible solid oxide cells (rSOC) can convert excess electricity to valuable fuels in electrolysis cell mode (SOEC) and reverse the reaction in fuel cell mode (SOFC). In this work, a five – cell rSOC short stack, integrating fuel electrode (Ni-YSZ) supported solid oxide cells (Ni-YSZ || YSZ | CGO || LSC-CGO) with an active area of 100 cm2, is...journal article 2022
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Truong-Hong, Linh (author), Lindenbergh, R.C. (author), Vermeij, M. J. (author)Current mobile systems are capable of efficiently acquiring dense urban point clouds. Still, operational use of such data is hampered by the lack of efficient object extraction methodology. Notably methodology is lacking for automatically extracting objects that do not belong to the road furniture like street signs and light poles but do...journal article 2022
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Cao, L. (author), Procel Moya, P.A. (author), Alcañiz Moya, A. (author), Yan, J. (author), Tichelaar, F.D. (author), Özkol, E. (author), Zhao, Y. (author), Han, C. (author), Yang, G. (author), Yao, Z. (author), Zeman, M. (author), Santbergen, R. (author), Mazzarella, L. (author), Isabella, O. (author)Thin films of transition metal oxides such as molybdenum oxide (MoO<sub>x</sub>) are attractive for application in silicon heterojunction solar cells for their potential to yield large short-circuit current density. However, full control of electrical properties of thin MoO<sub>x</sub> layers must be mastered to obtain an efficient hole...journal article 2022
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Truong-Hong, Linh (author), Lindenbergh, R.C. (author)Three-dimensional (3D) geometric bridge models play an important role in bridge inspection, assessment, and management. Laser scanning nowadays offers a cost-efficient method to capture dense, accurate 3D topographic data of surfaces of the bridge. However, given the typical complexity of bridges, current workflows using commercial software...journal article 2022