Publications by authors named "L Furst"

Electric-field oscillations are now experimentally accessible in the THz-to-PHz frequency range. Their measurement delivers the most comprehensive information content attainable by optical spectroscopy - if performed with high sensitivity. Yet, the trade-off between bandwidth and efficiency associated with the nonlinear mixing necessary for field sampling has so far strongly restricted sensitivity in applications such as field-resolved spectroscopy of molecular vibrations.

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Indoor environmental quality is of utmost importance since urban populations spend a large proportion of their life in confined spaces. Supermarkets offer a wide range of products and services that are prone to emitting several air pollutants. This study aimed to perform a comprehensive characterisation of the indoor and outdoor air quality in a multinational supermarket, encompassing not only criteria parameters but also unregulated pollutants of concern.

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Article Synopsis
  • An air quality monitoring campaign in Luanda, Angola, in June 2023 examined gaseous pollutants at 25 locations, finding that traffic-heavy areas had higher levels of benzene, toluene, SO, and NO, but these were within WHO guidelines.
  • * Ozone levels were notably higher than in other African regions, with heavy traffic areas showing a strong potential for ozone formation, primarily from compounds like m,p-xylene and toluene.
  • * Despite moderate risk for non-cancer diseases across most sites, the Mulenvos landfill showed a high hazard quotient, and overall cancer risks exceeded acceptable levels, primarily driven by naphthalene exposure.*
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Pediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGG) are malignant and usually fatal central nervous system (CNS) WHO Grade 4 tumors. The majority of pHGG consist of diffuse midline gliomas (DMG), H3.3 or H3.

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Two-dimensional topological insulators have attracted much interest due to their potential applications in spintronics and quantum computing. To access the exotic physical phenomena, a gate electric field is required to tune the Fermi level into the bulk band gap. Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) is a promising alternative gate dielectric due to its unique advantages such as flat and charge-free surface.

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