Publications by authors named "Dominique Decanini"

We report on experiments with Möbius strip microlasers, which were fabricated with high optical quality by direct laser writing. A Möbius strip, i.e.

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This paper focuses on the control of rotating helical microrobots inside microchannels. We first use a 50 μm long and 5 μm in diameter helical robot to prove that the proximity of the channel walls create a perpendicular force on the robot. This force makes the robot orbit around the channel center line.

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Recent advances in large area graphene growth have led to tremendous applications in a variety of areas. The graphene nanomesh with its tunable band-gap is of great interest for both fundamental research, to explore the effect of edges on both the 2D electrical conduction and its electrochemical behavior, and applications such as nanoelectronic devices or highly sensitive biosensors. Here, we report on the fabrication of a large surface graphene nanomesh by nanoimprint lithography (NIL) to produce controlled artificial edges.

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Mobile microrobots have a promising future in various applications. These include targeted drug delivery, local measurement, biopsy or microassembly. Studying mobile microrobots inside microfluidics is an essential step towards such applications.

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Structured luminescent thin films are investigated in the context of improved light extraction of phosphors for solid-state-lighting applications. Thin films composed of a sol-gel titania matrix doped with europium chelates are studied as a model system. These films, patterned with a square photonic lattice by soft nanoimprint lithography, are characterized by angle-resolved fluorescence.

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Article Synopsis
  • Researchers have created arrays of tiny plasmonic nanocavities with very low volumes, using a technique called soft UV nanoimprint lithography.
  • The fundamental mode of these cavities shows nearly perfect omnidirectional absorption for light at approximately 1.15 μm across a wide range of angles (3-70°).
  • The second-order mode, which becomes highly resonant under specific conditions, demonstrates excellent sensitivity for refractive index changes, suggesting potential for improved biosensing in extremely small sample volumes.
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