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The present work critically investigates the influence of low melting glasses on the fabrication of metal contacts, with the goal of advancing applications of bismuth based oxide glass and screen printed silver contacts for use in…
Here a new chronocoulometric sensor, based on semiconducting 2H MoS2 nanosheets decorated with a controlled density of monodispersed small gold nanoparticles, was fabricated via electrodeposition, for the highly sensitive detection of…
Purpose: Pulsed-laser irradiation of light-absorbing gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) attached to cells transiently increases cell membrane permeability for targeted molecule delivery. Here, we targeted EGFR on the ovarian carcinoma cell line…
Silver iodide (AgI) is a prototypical superionic conductor, undergoing a first-order phase transition at 147 Celsius that enables rapid ionic transport through its lattice, making it attractive for solid-state ionic devices. However, due to…
Optimal control techniques combined with femtosecond laser pulse shaping are applied to steer and enhance the strong-field induced emission of highly charged atomic ions from silver clusters embedded in helium nanodroplets. With light…
Hybrid metallic nanoparticles encapsulated in oxide shells are currently intensely studied for plasmonic applications in sensing, medicine, catalysis, and photovoltaics. Here, we introduce a method for the synthesis of Au@Ag@SiO$_2$ cubes…
In this paper, a novel far-field plasmonic resonance enhanced nanoparticle-seeded Particle Image Velocimetry (nPIV) has been demonstrated to measure the velocity profile in a micro channel. Chemically synthesized silver nanoparticles have…
This work explores the enhancement of ionization clusters around a gold nanoparticle (NP), indicative of the induction of DNA lesions, a potential trigger for cell-death. Monte Carlo track structure simulations were performed to determine…
Assembly of ultracold polar molecules containing silver (Ag) from laser-cooled atoms requires knowledge of the dynamic polarizabilities of Ag at convenient laser wavelengths. We present calculations and analysis of the energies and…
Aqueous solid-liquid interfaces (SLI) are ubiquitous in nature and technology, often hosting molecular-level processes with macroscopic consequences. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations offer a tool of choice to investigate interfacial…
In this work, Ag0 nanoparticles (NPs)were synthesized and detected by flow-injection analysis coupled to collinear dual-beam thermal lens spectrometric (TLS) detection. The estimated limit of detection was 0.8 microgram/L. The use of 2 the…
Purpose: A novel approach using nano technology enhanced radiation modalities is investigated. The proposed methodology uses antibodies labeled with organically inert metals with a high atomic number. Irradiation using photons with energies…
We study polarization independent improved light trapping in commercial thin film hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) solar photovoltaic cells using a three-dimensional silver array of multi-resonant nano-disk structures embedded in a…
A procedure to achieve the density-controlled growth of gold-catalyzed InP nanowires (NWs) on (111) silicon substrates using the vapor-liquid-solid method by molecular beam epitaxy is reported. We develop an effective and mask-free method…
Achieving optimal solubility of active substances in polymeric carriers is of fundamental importance for a number of industrial applications, including targeted drug delivery within the growing field of nanomedicine. However, its…
In the case of polymer medical devices, the surface design plays a crucial role in contact with human tissue. The use of AgNPs as antibacterial agents is well known; however, their anchoring into the polymer surface can still be…
The investigation of the degradation effects on triple-junction (TJ) solar cells, operating in space environment, is of primary importance in view of future space missions towards harsh radiation orbits (e.g. MEO with high particle…
We generated arrays of silver wires with a height of one atom and an average width of 11 atoms on the Si(557) surface via self assembly with local $\sqrt{3}\times\sqrt{3}$ order, and investigated the 1D plasmon formation in them using a…
Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has established itself as a promising tool in optical sensing technology. Efforts have been made to improve practicalities of the technology with regards to costs of production, stability,…
Triple junction (InGaP/GaAs/Ge) and single junction (SJ) solar cells were irradiated with electrons, protons and neutrons. The degradation of remaining factors was analyzed as function of the induced Displacement Damage Dose (DDD)…