Publications by Bart Willem Stel

Catalyst Proximity-Induced Functionalization of h-BN with Quat Derivatives

Magalí Alejandra Lingenfelder, Gabriele Tocci, Bart Willem Stel, Huanyao Cun

Inert single-layer boron nitride (h-BN) grown on a catalytic metal may be functionalized with quaternary ammonium compounds (quats) that are widely used as nonreactive electrolytes. We observe that the quat treatment, which facilitates the electrochemical ...

2019

Reactivity of Bioinspired Magnesium-Organic Networks under CO2 and O-2 Exposure

Klaus Kern, Magalí Alejandra Lingenfelder, Bart Willem Stel, Fernando Pablo Cometto, Daniel Eduardo Hurtado Salinas

Photosynthesis is the model system for energy conversion. It uses CO2 as a starting reactant to convert solar energy into chemical energy, i.e., organic molecules or biomass. The first and rate-determining step of this cycle is the immobilization and activ ...

2019

2-D assembly of supramolecular nanoarchitectures on Mg(0001)

Klaus Kern, Magalí Alejandra Lingenfelder, Bart Willem Stel, Fernando Pablo Cometto, Daniel Eduardo Hurtado Salinas

In this work, a Mg(0001) single crystal is used as a novel template to grow 2D supramolecular nano-architectures. By using scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and high-resolution X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (HR-XPS), the formation of either a homo-mo ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2019

Dynamically resolved self-assembly of S-layer proteins on solid surfaces

Magalí Alejandra Lingenfelder, Bart Willem Stel, Fernando Pablo Cometto

By using high-speed and high-resolution Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), it was possible to resolve within a single experiment the kinetic pathway in S-layer self-assembly at the solid-liquid interface, obtaining a model that accounts for the nucleation, gro ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2018

In situ Studies of Peptide and Protein Assemblies at the Solid-Liquid Interface : Hierarchical Self-Assembly, Dynamics and Functional Properties

Bart Willem Stel

At the interface between science and engineering, there is the field of biomimicry: Innovations inspired by the observation of natural, evolutionary optimized biological structures and processes. To understand the challenges of biomimicry, the concept of â ...

EPFL2018

The STM bias voltage-dependent polymorphism of a binary supramolecular network

Klaus Kern, Magalí Alejandra Lingenfelder, Bart Willem Stel, Fernando Pablo Cometto, Kilian Frank

A Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) is used to induce a reversible transition between different polymorphs in a binary supramolecular network at the liquid/solid interface. The transition is driven externally by switching the polarity of the sample by po ...

Royal Society of Chemistry2017