Quantitative Localization Microscopy: Effects of Photophysics and Labeling Stoichiometry

Quantification in localization microscopy with reversibly switchable fluorophores is severely hampered by the unknown number of switching cycles a fluorophore undergoes and the unknown stoichiometry of fluorophores on a marker such as an antibody. We overcome this problem by measuring the average number of localizations per fluorophore, or...

Compressive Failure Behaviour of Novel Aramid Fibres

Since the development of the first truly synthetic fibres in the late nineteenth century, scientific efforts have lead to large variety of fibres ranging from fibres for textile applications to high performance fibres used as engineering materials. Examples of high performance fibres that are often used in engineering applications are aramid,...

Opto-electronic properties of charged conjugated molecules

The aim of this thesis is to provide fundamental insight into the nature and opto-electronic properties of charge carriers on conjugated oligomers and polymers. Electronic structure, optical absorption properties and distribution of charge carriers along the chains of different conjugated materials are central issues of this thesis. In order to...

Single-Electron and Molecular Devices

The exponential downscaling of (sub-) microelectronic devices known as Mooreâs law will continue in all likelihood for the next two decades. Transistors with lengths below 10 nm have already been successfully demonstrated. However, once the length of transistors will have been reduced to only a couple of nanometers, present-day CMOS technology...