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Novel electrochromic glazing technology has been identified as an emerging option for reducing cooling and lighting electricity demand. As this technology is particularly promising for office building we assess the related technical energy saving potential ...

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Long-term imaging, automated high-content phenotyping and sorting of C. elegans larvae and embryos using microfluidic platforms

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C. elegans is frequently studied to address fundamental biological questions motivated by its short life cycle, small size, hermaphrodite behavior and well-annotated genome. In this work, we present novel microfluidic platforms that support long-term cultu ...

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Positive energy building with PV facade production and electrical storage designed by the Swiss team for the US Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2017

Peter Cuony, Philippe Couty, Victor Saadé

In the framework of the Solar Decathlon 2017 in Denver, Colorado, the Swiss team will propose a community house powered by solar energy and smart grid interaction Thanks to an integrated design with multi-oriented facades, which were boosted by customized ...

Elsevier Science Bv2017

Printing wax to create scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

Christopher Chi Wai Tse

In a space of 2–3 hours, the desired pattern could be created with computer-assisted design, printed and have cells seeded onto the scaffold, which could reduce the cycle time of prototyping micropattern designs. Human dermal fibroblasts and RN22 Schwann c ...

2017

Wind slab formation in snow: experimental setup and first results.

Michael Lehning, Christian Gabriel Sommer, Charles Fierz

Geophys . Res. Abstr. 18: EGU2016‐11274. The formation of wind-hardened surface layers, also known as wind slabs or wind crusts, is studied. Better knowledge about which processes and parameters are important will lead to an improved understanding of the m ...

2016

Investigation of 2R-Cell Degradation under Thermal Cycling and RedOx Cycling Conditions by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

Jan Van Herle, Stefan Diethelm, Vaibhav Singh

A 2R-cell with a 10 cm2 active area LSCF cathode on a CGO buffer layer was tested at 780°C under thermal and RedOx cycling conditions; 20 thermal cycles were performed between 780°C and 100°C, using 200°C/h heating ramps and natural cooling, followed by 20 ...

2015

ZnO Transparent conductive oxide for thin film silicon solar cells

Christophe Ballif, Franz-Josef Haug, Matthieu Despeisse, Mathieu Gérard Boccard, Sylvain Nicolay, Grégory Bugnon, Andrea Feltrin, Thomas Söderström, Sylvie Faÿ, Peter Cuony

There is general agreement that the future production of electric energy has to be renewable and sustainable in the long term. Photovoltaic (PV) is booming with more than 7GW produced in 2008 and will therefore play an important role in the future electric ...

Spie-Int Soc Optical Engineering, Po Box 10, Bellingham, Wa 98227-0010 Usa2010

Description and Efficiency Comparison of Two 25 kVA DC/AC Isolation Modules

Alfred Rufer, Daniel Siemaszko, Lukas Fleischli, Frédéric Zurkinden, Irma Villar

In the frame of the European project UNIFLEX-PM, two AC/AC converter topologies hove been studied and implemented. Both converters, rated for 25 kVA, are isolated by a medium-frequency power transformer. The first topology is based on a dual active bridge ...

2009

Demand Driven Employee Scheduling for Retail Outlets

Colin Neil Jones

This paper studies the problem of demand driven employee scheduling for direct-sales retail outlets. The demand for sales personnel during each half hour is predicted a week in advance based on previous recorded data and the problem of computing an optimal ...

2009

Recent Advances in Sensitized Mesoscopic Solar Cells

Michael Graetzel

Perhaps the largest challenge for our global society is to find ways to replace the slowly but inevitably vanishing fossil fuel supplies by renewable resources and, at the same time, avoid negative effects from the current energy system on climate, environ ...

2009

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