Publications associées à Groupe 11 du tableau périodique

Galvanic replacement reactions of Ga and In with Cu for the synthesis of bimetallic nanoparticles

The need for efficient and selective catalysts, capable of driving important conversions to build a more sustainable society, encourages the development of synthetic approaches towards new nanomaterials. Cu-based bimetallic nanoparticles (NPs) promise to f ...

EPFL2022

Near ambient-pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of CO2 activation and hydrogenation on indium/copper surface

Andreas Züttel, Wen Luo, Mo Li

Indium-based catalysts exhibit excellent performance for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol, yet their nature and chemical evolution under reaction conditions are still elusive, thus hindering an understanding of their reaction mechanism. In this work, near amb ...

2021

Carbon dioxide activation and hydrogenation over copper-based catalysts studied by near-ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Mo Li

Carbon neutrality has been proposed as a commitment by the international communities for the well-being of human. To achieve carbon neutrality, one practical approach is to synthesize fuels and chemicals through CO2 hydrogenation to replace fossil fuels. C ...

EPFL2021

Influence of thermo-mechanical processing on ordering kinetics in 18 karat red gold alloy

Marina Garcia Gonzalez

The aim of this project is to understand the correlation between alloy composition and the build-up of internal stresses in 18 carat Au-Ag-Cu alloys under thermo-mechanical loads. The copper rich end of this ternary system exhibits order-hardening of the e ...

EPFL2020

Electro-switchable polydimethylsiloxane-based optofluidics

Andreas Vasdekis, Marilisa Romito, Luciano De Sio

We report on the fabrication and characterization of a new generation of electro-switchable optofluidic devices based on flexible substrates, combined with the extraordinary properties of reconfigurable soft-materials. A conductive polydimethylsiloxane mic ...

Royal Soc Chemistry2012

Capturing EELS in the reciprocal space

Cécile Hébert, Audrius Alkauskas

In this work two aspects of momentum-dependent electron energy loss spectrometry are studied, both in the core-loss and in the low-loss region. In the case of core losses, we focus on the demonstration and the interpretation of an unexpected non-Lorentzian ...

2011

Dye, dye-sensitized solar cell, and method for manufacturing the same

Michael Graetzel, Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a dye to become a constituting material of a dye-sensitized solar cell having a high conversion efficiency and excelling in the durability. SOLUTION: The dye is represented by formula (1): ML1L2L3 ...

2010

Measurements of light fields emerging from fine amplitude gratings

Hans Peter Herzig, Toralf Scharf, Myun Sik Kim

High resolution amplitude and phase of light fields emerging from a 2-μm-period amplitude grating are measured for different wavelengths. The amplitude gratings lead to highly periodic patterns caused by the Talbot effect. Such patterns reach periodicities ...

2010

Phase Transformations in 18-Carat Gold Alloys Studied by Mechanical Spectroscopy

John Hennig

This work is motivated by an industrial interest in gaining a better understanding of the phase transformations that govern the mechanical properties of 18-carat gold alloys commonly used in jewelry applications and luxury watchmaking. These alloys fall in ...

EPFL2010

Stress-induced and atomic ordering in 18-carat Au-Cu-Ag alloys

Daniele Mari, Robert Schaller, John Hennig

Atomic ordering and stress-induced ordering (Zener relaxation) were studied in a series of 18-carat (75 wt%) yellow gold alloys (Au-Cu-Ag) by means of isothermal mechanical spectroscopy with a forced torsion pendulum at low frequencies. In the high-tempera ...

2009