Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich )

Ceramic foams directly-coated with flame-made V2O5/TiO2

Schimmoeller B., Schulz H., Pratsinis S.E., Bareiss A., Reitzmann A., Kraushaar-Czanetzki B., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich ), CH

Flame-made airborne V2O5/TiO2 nanoparticles were deposited directly onto mullite foam supports making ready-to-use catalysts for the o-xylene conversion to phthalic anhydride. These particles containing 10 wt.% V2O5 were made by combustion of liquid precursor sprays [...]

Novel surface architectures for biomimetic lipid membranes

Reimhult E., Merz C., Ye Q., Textor M., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich ), CH

Many important biological processes occur at, via or across one of the various lipid membranes present in the cell. These include transport governed by transmembrane proteins constituting more than 50% of all drug targets of [...]

Micro Patterning Sensor Layers by Flame Deposition and Annealing

Tricoli A., Graf M., Mayer F., Kühne S., Hierlemann A., Pratsinis S.E., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich ), CH

A wafer-level, CMOS-compatible, dry process for in-situ synthesis, deposition and annealing of nanostructured, porous metal-oxide layers for gas sensors is presented. First, lace-like, nanostructured layers of pure or Pt-doped SnO2 featuring high porosity (98%) are [...]