“…It is therefore important to develop a fabrication technique whereby disorder can be produced on large scales and with controllable features. In order to assemble a broadband ENZ nanomaterial, we used an electroplating process that grows a random networks of gold (Au) nanowires from a flat metallic Au substrate [32][33][34][35] (Figure 1). Figure 2a shows SEM cross sections of a fabricated sample.…”
Section: Materials Design and Absorption Resultsmentioning
We engineered an epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) material from suitably disordered metallic nanostructures. We create a new class of dispersionless composite materials that efficiently harnesses white light. By means of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Photoluminescence (PLE) measurements we experimentally demonstrate that this nanomaterial increases up to a record value the absorption of ultra-thin light harvesting films at visible and infrared wavelengths. Moreover, we obtained a 170% broadband increase of the external quantum efficiency (EQE) when these ENZ materials are inserted in an energy-harvesting module. We developed an inexpensive electrochemical deposition process that enables large-scale production of this material for energy-harvesting applications.
“…It is therefore important to develop a fabrication technique whereby disorder can be produced on large scales and with controllable features. In order to assemble a broadband ENZ nanomaterial, we used an electroplating process that grows a random networks of gold (Au) nanowires from a flat metallic Au substrate [32][33][34][35] (Figure 1). Figure 2a shows SEM cross sections of a fabricated sample.…”
Section: Materials Design and Absorption Resultsmentioning
We engineered an epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) material from suitably disordered metallic nanostructures. We create a new class of dispersionless composite materials that efficiently harnesses white light. By means of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Photoluminescence (PLE) measurements we experimentally demonstrate that this nanomaterial increases up to a record value the absorption of ultra-thin light harvesting films at visible and infrared wavelengths. Moreover, we obtained a 170% broadband increase of the external quantum efficiency (EQE) when these ENZ materials are inserted in an energy-harvesting module. We developed an inexpensive electrochemical deposition process that enables large-scale production of this material for energy-harvesting applications.
“…In general, technologies based on biosensors have been applied in diagnostic investigations of a wide range of parasites as can be seen in Table 4. In this way, advanced research through the integration of different techniques for multiplexing and high-throughput analysis on a chip might lead to the development of multi-parasite detection devices highly advantageous for tropical parasitic diseases [161,162]. Moreover, microfluidic devices open new avenues to investigate full parasite behaviour [163,164] and parasite drug response [165] in order to design new strategies to fight them.…”
Section: The Critical Role Of Biosensors In Important Parasitic Diseamentioning
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“…15 This chip was equipped with solution circuits for multiplexed measurements of pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic-resistance biomarkers. 16 In general, nanostructured sensors coupled with massively labeled detection particles can provide very large signal enhancements. 4 Screen and ink-jet printed electrode arrays are quite useful for multiplexing, can be fabricated as or converted to nanostructured sensors, and can be integrated with microfluidics to detect panels of proteins.…”
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