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EPFL2024

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EPFL2023

Nanomechanical Modeling of the Bending Response of Silicon Nanowires

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Precise Capillary‐Assisted Nanoparticle Assembly in Reusable Templates

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Nanoscale Growth Initiation as a Pathway to Improve the Earth-Abundant Absorber Zinc Phosphide

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AMER CHEMICAL SOC2022

Single-Chain Nanoparticles for Intracellular Drug Delivery

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Scalable fabrication of functional nanostructures on stretchable substrates by capillary-assisted particle assembly and adhesion lithography

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EPFL2022