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Doust Mohammadi, Mohsen (author), Abdullah, Hewa Y. (author), Biskos, G. (author), Bhowmick, Somnath (author)The density functional theory (DFT) framework was used to investigate the intermolecular interactions between cyanogen chloride (CNCl) pollutant gas molecule with pristine boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT), Al-doped boron nitride nanotubes (BNAlNT), and carbon boron nitride nanotubes (BC<sub>2</sub>NNT). The geometric structures of the resulting...journal article 2023
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Liu, Z. (author), Baluchová, S. (author), Frota Sartori, A. (author), Li, Z. (author), Gonzalez Garcia, Y. (author), Schreck, Matthias (author), Buijnsters, J.G. (author)In this work, three distinct heteroepitaxial single-crystal boron-doped diamond (SC-BDD) electrodes were fabricated and subjected to detailed surface analysis and electrochemical characterization. Specifically, the heteroepitaxy approach allowed to synthesize large-area (1 cm<sup>2</sup>) and heavily-doped (100)-oriented SC-BDD electrodes....journal article 2023
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Baluchová, S. (author), Mamaloukou, A. (author), Koldenhof, Rombert H.J.M. (author), Buijnsters, J.G. (author)In this work, non-modified boron-doped diamond (BDD) was employed first time ever as the sensing material for the in-depth voltammetric study of the antiretroviral drug nevirapine (NVP) used to treat HIV infections. Two types of electrode surface pre-treatments, anodic oxidation and alumina-polishing, yielded BDD of different surface...journal article 2023
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Mastellone, Matteo (author), Bolli, Eleonora (author), Valentini, Veronica (author), Orlando, Stefano (author), Lettino, Antonio (author), Polini, Riccardo (author), Buijnsters, J.G. (author), Bellucci, Alessandro (author), Trucchi, Daniele Maria (author)Polycrystalline boron-doped diamond (BDD) films were surface nanotextured by femtosecond pulsed laser irradiation (100 fs duration, 800 nm wavelength, 1.44 J cm<sup>−2</sup> single pulse fluence) to analyse the evolution of induced alterations on the surface morphology and structural properties. The aim was to identify the occurrence of laser...journal article 2023
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Ding, Z. (author), Brouwer, J.C. (author), Zhu, Jia-Ning (author), Popovich, V. (author), Hermans, M.J.M. (author), Sloof, W.G. (author)Boron containing MoSi<sub>2</sub> is a promising material for applications at high temperature, but the oxidation mechanism is still unclear. In this work, the high temperature (1100 °C) oxidation of B doped MoSi<sub>2</sub> in synthetic air has been investigated. A (boro)silicate layer is formed on the surface of the alloy, which features a...journal article 2023
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Peters, J.A. (author), Djanashvili, K. (author)In this review, the chemical mechanisms behind the interactions between boronic acids and N-acetylneuraminic acids, which have been widely utilized in biomedicine in recent decades, will be examined. It will also be highlighted that the affinity of boronic acids for N-acetylneuraminic acids is dependent on pH and is complementary to their...review 2023
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Liu, Z. (author), Baluchová, S. (author), Brocken, Bob (author), Ahmed, Essraa (author), Pobedinskas, Paulius (author), Haenen, Ken (author), Buijnsters, J.G. (author)Fabrication of patterned boron-doped diamond (BDD) in an inexpensive and straightforward way is required for a variety of practical applications, including the development of BDD-based electrochemical sensors. This work describes a simplified and novel bottom-up fabrication approach for BDD-based three-electrode sensor chips utilizing direct...journal article 2023
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Jain, Prateek (author)<br/> Boron-based two-dimensional materials showcase promise in variety of fields like hydrogen storage, fabrication of electronic devices and catalytic applications. These materials have garnered interest owing to their unique properties such as high electron mobility, high gravimetric capacity for hydrogen especially after metal decoration,...master thesis 2022
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Suresh Babu, Diwakar (author), Mol, J.M.C. (author), Buijnsters, J.G. (author)GenX is the trade name of the ammonium salt of hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid (HFPO-DA) and is used as a replacement for the banned perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). However, recent studies have found GenX to be more toxic than PFOA. This work deals with the electrochemical degradation of HFPO-DA using boron-doped diamond anodes. For the...journal article 2022
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Tan, C. (author), Wang, S. (author), Yang, Huiru (author), Huang, Qianming (author), Li, Shizhen (author), Liu, X. (author), Ye, H. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Recent reports focus on the hydrogenation engineering of monolayer boron phosphide and simultaneously explore its promising applications in nanoelectronics. Coupling density functional theory and finite element method, we investigate the bowtie triangle ring microstructure composed of boron phosphide with hydrogenation based on structural and...journal article 2022
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van Amelrooij, Edward (author), van de Giesen, N.C. (author), Plomp, J. (author), Thijs, M.A. (author), Fico, Tomáš (author)A newly developed Boron-based Large-scale Observation of Soil Moisture (or BLOSM) system is currently being tested and implemented. The stationary system provides a cost-effective way to measure fast and thermalized neutrons by using low-cost, non–hazardous and accessible materials and equipment. BLOSM operates by measuring cosmic-ray induced...journal article 2022
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Oliveira, Raisa C.P. (author), Buijnsters, J.G. (author), Mateus, Maria M. (author), Bordado, João C.M. (author), Santos, Diogo M.F. (author)Black liquor (BL) is a highly alkaline byproduct from pulp mills. BL is rich in inorganic and organic compounds, with lignin (a natural polymer) being the most abundant. Following a waste biorefinery concept, the electrolysis of BL comprises lignin oxidation at the anode and hydrogen evolution at the cathode. These paired electrochemical...journal article 2022
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Rycewicz, M.K. (author), Nosek, Adrian (author), Shin, D. (author), Ficek, Mateusz (author), Buijnsters, J.G. (author), Bogdanowicz, Robert (author)In this paper, the effect of boron doping on the electrical, morphological and structural properties of free-standing nanocrystalline diamond sheets (thickness ~ 1 μm) was investigated. For this purpose, we used diamond films delaminated from a mirror-polished tantalum substrate following a microwave plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition...journal article 2022
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Chen, Jing (author), Liu, X. (author), Zeng, Xiao Liang (author), Ye, Huai Yu (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author)Hexagonal boron nitride (BN) is often used as filler to improve the thermal conductivity of polymer matrix due to its high thermal conductivity. However, previously reported BN-based composites always have a high in-plane thermal conductivity, which is not beneficial for vertical heat dissipation. In addition, high BN content results in the...journal article 2022
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Tan, C. (author), Zhou, Quan (author), Liu, X. (author), Zhang, Kouchi (author), Ye, H. (author), Wu, Qibao (author)Combining the first principles calculations and the non-equilibrium Green’s function formalisms, we decipher the structural, electronic, and transport properties of boron phosphide (BP) with hydrogenation. Hydrogenated BP monolayer is an indirect semiconductor with a wide-bandgap of 3.76 eV that is favorable in power devices. We find that the...journal article 2022
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Suresh Babu, Diwakar (author)The presence of harmful pollutants and toxic pathogens in water is a risk to both living beings and the environment. Water treatment plays a crucial role in the removal of these contaminants through different stages of filtration. Among the existing pollutants, a family of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) escapes from all treatment...master thesis 2021
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Mohammadi, Mohsen Doust (author), Abdullah, Hewa Y. (author), Biskos, G. (author), Bhowmick, Somnath (author)There is a compelling reason to design cost-effective sensors to detect and measure harmful molecules such as dichlorosilane (H<sub>2</sub>SiCl<sub>2</sub>) in the air. In this work, density functional theory (DFT) has been used to study the nature of the intermolecular interactions between the H<sub>2</sub>SiCl<sub>2</sub> gas molecule with...journal article 2021
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Elshaari, Ali W. (author), Skalli, Anas (author), Gyger, Samuel (author), Nurizzo, Martin (author), Schweickert, Lucas (author), Esmaeil Zadeh, I.Z. (author), Svedendahl, Mikael (author), Steinhauer, Stephan (author), Zwiller, Val (author)Hybrid integration provides an important avenue for incorporating atom-like solid-state single-photon emitters into photonic platforms that possess no optically-active transitions. Hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is particularly interesting quantum emitter for hybrid integration, as it provides a route for room-temperature quantum photonic...journal article 2021
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Liu, Z. (author), Frota Sartori, A. (author), Buijnsters, J.G. (author)Boron-doped diamond (BDD) is of increasing interest for applications in electrochemical sensing. It is well known that the sp<sup>2</sup> carbon content in BDD influences its electrochemical properties as electrode material. In this work, evidence is provided that the surface sp<sup>2</sup> carbon content plays a crucial role in the...journal article 2021
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Lee, Kookjin (author), Choi, Junhee (author), Kaczer, Ben (author), Grill, Alexander (author), Lee, Jae Woo (author), Van Beek, Simon (author), Lee, Jaewoo (author), Shin, D. (author), Lee, S. (author)In this study, high-performance few-layered ReS<sub>2</sub> field-effect transistors (FETs), fabricated with hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) as top/bottom dual gate dielectrics, are presented. The performance of h-BN dual gated ReS<sub>2</sub> FET having a trade-off of performance parameters is optimized using a compact model from analytical...journal article 2021