In the ever-evolving landscape of photonics, the seamless integration of ultra-low noise seeders and high performance amplifiers has become paramount for unlocking new frontiers in research and industry. This application note explores the capabilities of Menhir Photonics advanced laser technology and neoLASE amplifier systems, designed to deliver unprecedented power and energy scaling providing flexibility, and reliability for applications in nonlinear...
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White Paper: Dual-gate FET-based charge sensor enhanced by in-situ electrode decoration in a MEMS organs-on-chip platform
Continuous monitoring of tissue microphysiology is a key enabling feature of the organ-on-chip (OoC) approach for drug screening and disease modeling. Sensing charged species in OoC tissue microenvironments is thereby essential. However, the inherently small (i.e., cm) size of OoC devices poses the challenging requirement to integrate miniaturized and highly sensitive in situ charge sensing components to maximize signal extraction... -
White Paper: Tunable photoluminescence and SERS behaviour of additively manufactured Au nanoparticle patterns
The ability to tune the localised surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) behaviour of metal nanostructures has great importance for many optical sensor applications such as metal (plasmon) enhanced fluorescence spectroscopy and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). In this paper, we used Aerosol Direct Writing (ADW) to selectively deposit fine gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) patterns. A low-temperature thermal post-treatment (below 200 °C) provides enough... -
White Paper: High step coverage interconnects by printed nanoparticles
The growing diversity in the used materials in semiconductor packaging provides challenges for achieving good interconnection. Particularly the very soft substrates, such as paper and polymers, and very hard, such as silicon carbide, offer unique challenges to wire-bonding or formation of vertical interconnects. Complementary technologies are therefore needed. Here, a method to direct-write metal tracks on the top and sides... -
White Paper: Boosting the thermoelectric properties of PEDOT:PSS via low-impact deposition of tin oxide nanoparticles
Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxy thiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) exhibits valuable characteristics concerning stability, green-processing, flexibility, high electrical conductivity, and ease of property modulation, qualifying it as one of the most promising p-type organic conductors for thermoelectric (TE) applications. While blending with inorganic counterparts is considered a good strategy to further improve polymeric TE properties, only a few attempts succeed so far due to inhomogeneous embedding... -
White Paper: Dynamic restructuring of supported metal nanoparticles and its implications for structure insensitive catalysis
Some fundamental concepts of catalysis are not fully explained but are of paramount importance for the development of improved catalysts. An example is the concept of structure-insensitive reactions, where surface-normalized activity does not change with catalyst metal particle size. Here we explore this concept and its relation to surface reconstruction on a set of silica-supported Ni metal nanoparticles (mean particle... -
White Paper: Enhancement of room temperature Ethanol sensing by optimizing the density of vertically aligned carbon nanofibers decorated with gold nanoparticles
An ethanol gas sensor based on carbon nanofibers (CNFs) with various densities and nanoparticle functionalization was investigated. The CNFs were grown by means of a Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD), and the synthesis conditions were varied to obtain different number of fibers per unit area. The devices with a larger density of CNFs lead to higher responses, with a maximal... -
White Paper: Mass and density determination of porous nanoparticle films using a quartz crystal microbalance
A method is presented to directly measure the mass output of an impaction printer coupled with a spark ablation generator. It is based on a quartz crystal microbalance and shown to be reliable in quantifying mass deposition rate. Here, the method is demonstrated with an Au nanoparticle aerosol synthesized under several spark ablation and deposition settings. Changes in the deposition... -
White Paper: Preparation of Ag nanoparticles by spark ablation in gas as catalysts for electrocatalytic hydrogen production
Spark ablation in gas (SAG) technology has the characteristics of being green, fast quenching, fast dynamics and specializes in producing metallic nanoparticles with a clean surface, small size, and abundant defects. In this study, Ag nanoparticles were prepared via SAG and in situ loaded on a carbon fibre through nitrogen flow. The effect of the carrier gas flow rate and... -
Application Note: Radar – Solution Note
BackgroundRADAR (“Radio Detection And Ranging”) is a system that uses electromagnetic waves to identify an object, its direction, relative speed, or even for 2D & 3D imaging. Radars help identify both fixed & moving objects such as aircraft, ships, vehicles, weather formations, and terrain. Radars use transmitters that emit electromagnetic waves that are reflected by a target (“Echoes”) and detected...