Publications by Nikolaos Nianias

Additive micro-manufacturing of crack-free PDCs by two-photon polymerization of a single, low-shrinkage preceramic resin

Jürgen Brugger, Demetri Psaltis, Christophe Moser, Helena Van Swygenhoven, Eirini Kakkava, Lorenz Hagelüken, Georgia Konstantinou, Nikolaos Nianias, Jieping Wang

Additive manufacturing (AM) methods are being integrated in ceramics fabrication either as the main manufacturing tool or for auxiliary purposes. By using polymers, powders and preceramic formulated materials, AM techniques are pushing towards higher resol ...

2020

Lithium-Gold Reference Electrode for Potential Stability DuringIn SituElectron Microscopy Studies of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Vasiliki Tileli, Jialiang Fan, Tzu-Hsien Shen, Robin Pierre Alain Girod, Nikolaos Nianias, Jing Hou

Electrochemical liquid-phase transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is showing excellent promise in fundamental studies of energy-related processes including lithium-ion battery (LIB) cycling. A key requirement to accurately interpret the measurements and ...

2020

Probing the interaction of nanoparticles with small molecules in real time via quartz crystal microbalance monitoring

Stefan Guldin, Nikolaos Nianias, Ye Yang, Runzhang Qi

Despite extensive advances in the field of molecular recognition, the real-time monitoring of small molecule binding to nanoparticles (NP) remains a challenge. To this end, we report on a versatile approach, based on quartz crystal microbalance with dissip ...

2019

Electrochemical Behavior of Carbon Electrodes for In Situ Redox Studies in a Transmission Electron Microscope

Vasiliki Tileli, Robin Pierre Alain Girod, Nikolaos Nianias

Electrochemical liquid cell transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a unique technique for probing nanocatalyst behavior during operation for a range of different electrocatalytic processes, including hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), oxygen evolution r ...

CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS2019

Patchy Surfaces

Nikolaos Nianias

Tailoring solid surfaces attracts a number of technological and scientific interest with numerous applications. One method to modify a solid surface is via the formation of a molecular film. The adsorbed molecules assemble spontaneously (self assemble) for ...

EPFL2018

Bimodal atomic force microscopy for the characterization of thiolated self-assembled monolayers

Francesco Stellacci, Quy Ong Khac, Nikolaos Nianias, Evangelia-Nefeli Athanasopoulou

Surface coatings are becoming an integral part of materials. In recent years, molecular coatings have found larger acceptance and uses. Among them, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are attractive due to their inherent versatility, manufacturability, and sc ...

ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY2018

Combined and Distinct Contributions of Different Carbon Nano-Forms in Polypropylene

Nikolaos Nianias

In the present work a thorough investigation of how small amounts of multiwall carbon nanotubes (CNTs), nanodiamonds (NDs), and combinations between them affect the properties and performance of polypropylene (PP) is presented. An improvement on the mechan ...

Wiley-V C H Verlag Gmbh2015