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Rice, Samantha (author)Numerous advancements have been made in transparent electrode technologies that can complement optogenetics and imaging modalities. However, several obstacles restrict the design and material of electrode devices, including the required flexibility, transparency, low impedance, high charge storage<br/>capacity (CSC), and high charge injection...master thesis 2023
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Vega, Jesús Manuel (author), Ganborena, Larraitz (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author), Özkaya, Berkem (author), Grande, Hans Jürgen (author), García-Lecina, Eva (author)The impact of the pH on the corrosion of microporous nickel-chromium coatings has been explored at localised scale by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy and validated by potentiodynamic polarisation measurements. Results not only reveal the correlation between both techniques but also enables to identify the different corrosion rate after...journal article 2023
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Ding, Z. (author), Brouwer, J.C. (author), Kwakernaak, C. (author), Zhu, Jia-Ning (author), Popovich, V. (author), Hermans, M.J.M. (author), Sloof, W.G. (author)To prevent premature triggering of the healing reaction in Mo-Si containing self-healing thermal barrier coating system, an oxygen impenetrable shell (α-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>) around the sacrificial healing particles (MoSi<sub>2</sub>) is desired. Here an encapsulation method is presented through selective oxidation of Al in Mo(Al<sub>x...journal article 2023
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Santos, Janaina S. (author), Márquez, Victor (author), Buijnsters, J.G. (author), Praserthdam, Supareak (author), Praserthdam, Piyasan (author)This study presents environmentally friendly and low-cost synthetic routes to produce antimicrobial coatings over 5052 Al alloy based on plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) technology. Two methodologies were explored: the decoration with copper and anodic doping with copper ions. The porous oxide layers produced in silicate media presented...journal article 2023
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Marcoen, Kristof (author), Gauvin, Mélanie (author), De Cleene, Ansbert (author), Obitsø Nielsen, Jacob (author), Baert, Kitty (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), De Strycker, Joost (author), Hauffman, Tom (author), Pantleon, Karen (author)Electrodeposition from an environmentally friendly iron sulfate electrolyte with citric acid as carbon source has gained attention recently, because of excellent mechanical properties of the resulting Fe–C coatings with intentionally codeposited high-carbon concentrations. While being very attractive as protective coatings and sustainable...journal article 2023
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Liu, Tong (author), Zhang, Dawei (author), Zhang, Rongjun (author), Wang, Jinke (author), Ma, Lingwei (author), Keil, Patrick (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Li, Xiaogang (author)Organic coatings are one of the most used and versatile technologies to mitigate corrosion of metals. However, organic coatings are susceptible to defects and damages that may not be easily detected. If not repaired timely, these defects may develop into major coating failures due to corrosion occurring in the damaged region, thereby limiting...journal article 2023
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Cutz, L. (author), Tiringer, U. (author), de Jong, W. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author)Long transport distances and extended storage of biomass pellets especially in humid environments provide a suitable setting for enhanced degradation in the form of moisture sorption, cracking and attrition. We developed an optically transparent, low-cost and environmentally friendly coating to reduce moisture sorption and storage degradation...journal article 2023
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Santana Martin, María (author)Epoxy resins are one of the most relevant and widely used thermosets in the market covering a wide range of applications. Industries are being forced to quickly transition towards sustainable alternatives due to the pressure from emerging environmental concerns, the depletion of petrochemical supplies, and compliance with environmental...master thesis 2022
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Xu, Yidan (author)Water scarcity and uneven distribution of water resources pose a significant challenge globally. Searching for alternative water resources could alleviate this issue. Municipal sewage reclamation with ceramic NF membrane has gained momentum nowadays. However, the inevitable fouling, especially organic fouling during membrane filtration, is the...master thesis 2022
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Kerklaan, Mels (author)Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are an emerging and promising photovoltaic technology that have demonstrated impressive power conversion efficiencies exceeding 25% after only fourteen years of development. This rapid progress can mostly be attributed to the development and optimisation of PSCs fabricated by solution-based methods, because of their...master thesis 2022
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Zalman, Sèra (author)Microbes, and the biofilms they form on surfaces, generally have a negative impact on performance. Well-known examples are the increase of drag in ships and pipes, and the accelerated corrosion of metallic structures known as MIC. Among microbes, diatoms form a large unicellular algae group known to play a relevant role in the first stages of...master thesis 2022
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Putra, N.E. (author), Tigrine, A. (author), Aksakal, S. (author), de la Rosa, V. R. (author), Taheri, P. (author), Fratila-Apachitei, E.L. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Zhou, J. (author), Zadpoor, A.A. (author)Additively manufacturing of porous iron offers a unique opportunity to increase its biodegradation rate by taking advantage of arbitrarily complex porous structures. Nevertheless, achieving the required biodegradation profile remains challenging due to the natural passivation of iron that decrease the biodegradation rate. Moreover, the...journal article 2022
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Langeveld, Simone A.G. (author), Meijlink, Bram (author), Beekers, Inés (author), Olthof, Mark (author), van der Steen, A.F.W. (author), de Jong, N. (author), Kooiman, Klazina (author)Phospholipid-coated targeted microbubbles are used for ultrasound molecular imaging and locally enhanced drug delivery, with the binding efficacy being an important trait. The use of organic solvent in microbubble production makes the difference between a heterogeneous or homogeneous ligand distribution. This study demonstrates the effect of...journal article 2022
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Chaudhari, Bhavesh (author), Panda, Biranchi (author), Šavija, B. (author), Chandra Paul, Suvash (author)Microbiologically induced concrete corrosion (in wastewater pipes) occurs mainly because of the diffusion of aggressive solutions and in situ production of sulfuric acid by microorganisms. The prevention of concrete biocorrosion usually requires modification of the mix design or the application of corrosion-resistant coatings, which requires a...journal article 2022
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Bueno Lopez, J. (author), Bosma, S. (author), Bußkamp-Alda, Tobias (author), Alonso Del Pino, M. (author), Llombart, Nuria (author)We present the design, fabrication and characterization of a broadband lossless matching layer for silicon lens arrays. The proposed matching layer is based on silicon frusta (truncated pyramids) on top of the lens array fabricated by means of laser ablation. This matching layer is advantageous over quarter-wavelength dielectric matching...journal article 2022
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Liu, Tong (author), Zhang, Dawei (author), Ma, Lingwei (author), Huang, Yao (author), Hao, Xiangping (author), Terryn, H.A. (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Li, Xiaogang (author)Herein, we report the development of a self-sensing and active corrosion protection coating which incorporates pH-sensitive multilayer chitosan/alginate-covered CaCO<sub>3</sub> microcontainers containing 1,10-phenanthrolin-5-amine (APhen). The microcontainers can respond to pH variation to release APhen which serves not only as a corrosion...review 2022
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Liang, Peijie (author), Pan, Zhiliang (author), Tang, Liang (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Yang, Daoguo (author), He, Siliang (author), Yan, Haidong (author)Based on molecular dynamics (MD), in this study, a model was established to simulate the initial coating morphology of silver paste by using a random algorithm, and the effects of different sizes of particles on sintering porosity were also analyzed. The MD result reveals that compared with the sintering process using large-scale silver...journal article 2022
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Ablonczy, Mark (author)Filamentous fungi grow large networks of biomass with minimal energy input. This biomass consists of polysaccharide-based filamentous networks and adherent extracellular polymeric substances (EPS). Recent reports show that this biomass can be formed into plastic-like thin film materials. Further, non-filamentous fungi have been applied as living...master thesis 2021
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Solergibert I Travé, Oriol (author)Inspired by the dolphin skin, compliant coatings have been researched as a passive flow control solution to reduce drag. Both successful and drag-increasing experiments can be found in the literature. However, the mechanism is not well understood neither the combination of surface properties and flow conditions that yield a drag reduction. At...master thesis 2021
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Wang, Haochuan (author), Feng, Pan (author), Geng, Zifan (author), Liu, Qi (author)The deterioration of organic coatings on concrete is closely linked to the efficiency in the protection process of reinforced structures. In the present work, polyurea resin and epoxy resin, which are widely used engineering coatings, were selected to measure and compare the performance under artificial aging. Fourier Transform infrared...conference paper 2021