Tricoli A. – TechConnect Briefs

Breath acetone monitoring by portable Si:WO3 gas sensors

Righettoni M., Tricoli A., Gass S., Schmid A., Amann A., Pratsinis S.E., ETH Zürich, CH

Breath analysis has the potential for early stage detection and monitoring of illnesses to drastically reduce the corresponding medical diagnostic costs. In particular, the detection of acetone in the human breath is promising for non-invasive [...]

Au nanoelectrodes for breath analysis

Righettoni M., Tricoli A., Pratsinis S.E., ETH Zürich, CH

New medical diagnostic methods such as non-invasive human breath analysis bear the potential of drastically reducing medical costs as a greater amount of automatization is possible. SnO2 is one of the most utilized and best [...]

Portable gas sensor for breath analysis

Righettoni M., Tricoli A., Gass S., Pratsinis S.E., ETH Zürich, CH

The detection of acetone in the human breath is a promising method for the noninvasive diagnosis and monitoring of diabetes. Here, a portable and highly selective acetone-sensor was developed by direct flame synthesis and deposition [...]

Rapid Synthesis of Anti-Fogging Coatings

Tricoli A., Righettoni M., Pratsinis S.E., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH

The wetting properties of surfaces are fundamental properties greatly influencing their interaction with the environment. Self-cleaning, bacteria-resistant, and anti-fogging surfaces are feasible by depositing either super-hydrophobic or super-hydrophilic coatings and will have great impact on [...]

Novel Nanostructures for Solid State Alcohol Breath Analyzers

Tricoli A., Righettoni M., Pratsinis S.E., Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH

Solid state alcohol breath analyzers are commonly used by the law enforcement authorities, due to high sensitivity toward ethanol, their portability and fair response and recovery times. Common materials for the synthesis of the sensitive [...]

Micropatterning Layers by Flame Aerosol Deposition – Annealing

Tricoli A., Graf M., Mayer F., Kühne S., Hierlemann A., Pratsinis S.E., PTL, CH

The development of scalable methods, which effectively bind nanoparticles to surfaces and provide precise patterns, is a key step towards the commercial exploitation of the distinctive properties of nanoparticles. In this context, the direct deposition [...]

Micropatterning Layers by Flame Aerosol Deposition – Annealing

Tricoli A., Graf M., Mayer F., Kühne S., Hierlemann A., Pratsinis S.E., PTL, CH

The development of scalable methods, which effectively bind nanoparticles to surfaces and provide precise patterns, is a key step towards the commercial exploitation of the distinctive properties of nanoparticles. In this context, the direct deposition [...]

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 [...]