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Growth of TiO2/Cu films by HiPIMS for accelerated bacterial loss of viability

César Pulgarin, Juan Kiwi, Sami Rtimi, Oualid Baghriche

This study shows the first complete report on ultrathin TiO2/Cu nano-particulate films sputtered by highly ionized pulsed plasma magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) leading to fast bacterial loss of viability. The Cu- and the TiO2/Cu sputtered films induced comp ...

Elsevier2013

Effect of a nm-sized interlayer on the Thermal Boundary Conductance between metals and diamond

Christian Monachon

Study the influence of adjunction of a dielectric or metallic interlayer on the Thermal Boundary Conductance (TBC) measurable between a metallic layer and a diamond substrate. An interlayer does not need to be thick to have a substantial influence influenc ...

2013

A high-resolution historical record of nutrients, trace elements and organochlorines (DDT and PCB) deposition in a drinking water reservoir (Lake Brêt, Switzerland) points at local and regional pollutant sources

Dominique Grandjean, Luiz Felippe De Alencastro

The 137Cs and 210Pb dating of a 61-cm long sediment core retrieved from a drinking water reservoir (Lake Bret) located in Switzerland revealed a linear and relatively high sedimentation rate (∼1 cm/year) over the last decades. The continuous centimeter sca ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2013

Morphology and Growth Kinetic Advantage of Quenched Twinned Dendrites in Al-Zn Alloys

Michel Rappaz, André Phillion, Mario Alberto Salgado Ordorica

Twinned dendrites appearing in an Al-26 wt pct Zn alloy have been quenched during growth using a specifically designed setup that is positioned on top of a directional solidification experiment. X-ray tomography performed at the Swiss Light Source (SLS-bea ...

Springer Verlag2013

Inertisation of heavy metals in municipal solid waste incineration fly ash by means of colloidal silica – a synchrotron X-ray diffraction and absorption study

Rudolf Paul Wilhelm Jozef Struis

Many efforts have been undertaken in past decades to minimize pollution from municipal solid waste incineration fly ash (MSWI FA). This residue is toxic, because of its high concentration of heavy metals, mainly Pb and Zn. A new method for heavy metals ent ...

RSC Publishing2013

Time-Resolved X-Ray Microtomography Observation of Intermetallic Formation Between Solid Fe and Liquid Al

Michel Rappaz, Cécile Hébert, Aïcha Hessler-Wyser, Guillaume Pasche

Time-resolved in situ X-ray tomography combined with scanning electron microscopy was performed on an Al-Fe diffusion system at 973 K (700 A degrees C) to study the formation of the main intermetallic compounds occurring at the interface. After nucleation ...

Springer US2013

Terrestrial Accretion Under Oxidizing Conditions

James Badro

The abundance of siderophile elements in the mantle preserves the signature of core formation. On the basis of partitioning experiments at high pressure (35 to 74 gigapascals) and high temperature (3100 to 4400 kelvin), we demonstrate that depletions of sl ...

2013

Chlorination of bromide-containing waters: Enhanced bromate formation in the presence of synthetic metal oxides and deposits formed in drinking water distribution systems

Urs von Gunten, Chao Liu

Bromate formation from the reaction between chlorine and bromide in homogeneous solution is a slow process. The present study investigated metal oxides enhanced bromate formation during chlorination of bromide-containing waters. Selected metal oxides enhan ...

Elsevier2013

Ultrafast inter-ionic charge transfer of transition-metal complexes mapped by femtosecond X-ray powder diffraction

Majed Chergui

The transient electronic and molecular structure arising from photoinduced charge transfer in transition metal complexes is studied by X-ray powder diffraction with a 100 fs temporal and atomic spatial resolution. Crystals containing a dense array of Fe(II ...

American Institute of Physics2013

The influence of pH on iron speciation in podzol extracts: Iron complexes with natural organic matter, and iron mineral nanoparticles

The quantities of natural organic matter (NOM) and associated iron (Fe) in soil extracts are known to increase with increasing extractant pH. However, it was unclear how the extraction pH affects Fe speciation for particles below 30 nm. We used flow field- ...

Elsevier Science Bv2013

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