Garden compost inoculum leads to microbial bioanodes with potential-independent characteristics [PDF]
, 2013 Garden compost leachate was used to form microbial bioanodes under polarization at 0.4, 0.2 and +0.1 V/SCE. Current densities were 6.3 and 8.9 A m2 on average at 0.4 and +0.1 V/SCE respectively, with acetate 10 mM.
Achouak, Wafa +7 more
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Synthesis of large-area and aligned copper oxide nanowires from copper thin film on silicon substrate [PDF]
, 2007 Large-area and aligned copper oxide nanowires have been synthesized by thermal annealing of copper thin films deposited onto silicon substrate. The effects of the film deposition method, annealing temperature, film thickness, annealing gas, and ...
Rossi, Carole +4 more
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Cysteine-Mediated Extracellular Electron Transfer of Lysinibacillus varians GY32
Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Microbial extracellular electron transfer (EET) is essential in many natural and engineering processes. Compared with the versatile EET pathways of Gram-negative bacteria, the EET of Gram-positive bacteria has been studied much less and is mainly limited
Guannan Kong +9 more
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Growth and Characterisation of Boron Rich Nanomaterials [PDF]
, 2010 In this study nanomaterials are grown in a solid state reaction at 1300C of boron, barium oxide and iron(II/III)oxide powders in an argon atmosphere.
Lea, Steffan
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Nature Communications, 2022 Despite enormous potential of solar-driven biocatalysis, most living systems lack photoactive proteins and require toxic and expensive synthetic materials limiting the performance.
Jens Neu +10 more
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First-principles study of the dependence of silicon electronic transport properties on the crystallographic growth [PDF]
, 2010 Màster en Nanociència i NanotecnologiaDifferences in the electronic transport properties of two polymorphs of bulk silicon due to the crystallographic direction are investigated theoretically.
García Castelló, Núria
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Microbial Biotechnology, 2023 Protein nanowires are critical electroactive components for electron transfer of Geobacter sulfurreducens biofilm. To determine the applicability of the nanowire proteins in improving bioelectricity production, their genes including pilA, omcZ, omcS and ...
Zhigao Wang +4 more
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Enhancement of Thermoelectric Efficiency by Uniaxial Tensile Stress in n-type GaAs Nanowires [PDF]
, 2011 The thermoelectric power-factor (PF) and efficiency (ZT) of GaAs nanowires (NWs) can be improved by (i) choosing a proper wire growth and channel orientation, (ii) by applying uniaxial tensile stress, and (iii) suitable wire cross-section size.
Saumitra Mehrotra +11 more
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Forming microbial anodes under delayed polarisation modifies the electron transfer network and decreases the polarisation time required. [PDF]
, 2012 Microbial anodes were formed from compost leachate on carbon cloth electrodes. The biofilms formed at the surface of electrodes kept at open circuit contained microorganisms that switched their metabolism towards electrode respiration in response to a ...
Délia, Marie-Line +4 more
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Design and Simulation of a Novel Bio-Mechanic Piezoresistive Sensor with Silicon Nanowires [PDF]
, 2012 This paper presents the design of a novel single square millimeter 3-axial accelerometer for head injury detection of racing car drivers. The main requirements of this application are miniaturization and high-G measurement range.
Dariol, V. +4 more
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