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Miniaturized hydrogen generator

The chemistry of fingermark aging

High Quality Factor Lamb Wave Resonators

NeuroChip - Nano-electrodes for electrical recordings in human brain cells Techniques to record electrical activity from brain cells are essential for brain research and the screening of potential new drugs against bran disease. We want to explore a new approach to electrically record many single neurons in parallel, with high-resolution, using nano-electrodes on a chip. The main challenge is to integrate the electrodes into the cellular membrane to create a GigaOhm "seal" to prevent leakage of electrical current from the cell.

“Choosing” in chemical engineering and process intensification

Who’s afraid of the big bad needle? Let’s try thermocavitation.

Modeling of catalyst particle proximity effect

Silica Microparticles in A Strong Electric Field

Noble metal patterns by controlled dewetting on 3D curved surfaces Solid-state metal dewetting is a process that occurs at higher temperatures, and is one of the causes for catalyst particle agglomeration. The assignment focuses on the construction of various 3D test structures of sizes ranging from nanometers to micrometers, with the goal of studying the effect of local 3D surface curvature on this dewetting process. The experimental work involves silicon microfabrication and thin film deposition, with subsequent metal coating and annealing of the structure.

Modeling of a field emitter array

Particles on different adhesive surfaces

Measure the change in physical parameters of electrospinning mixtures as a function of the solvent concentration

Developing and testing a (Matlab) program to analyze the thickness non-uniformity of electrospun fibers

Developing and testing a program to (real-time) trace the fluid interface during electrospinning

Modeling the formation of electrospun fibers using a novel pedestal-shaped nozzle

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