Scaling Up Electrodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: Fabrication Process and Performance of 40 cm LaTiO N Photoanodes.

A scalable process for fabrication of particle-based photoanodes is developed. The electrodes are versatilely made of photocatalytically active semiconductor particles, in this case LaTiO N, and optionally coated with cocatalysts and protecting components, all immobilized on a conducting substrate. The involved fabrication steps are restricted to scalable processes such as electrophoretic deposition, annealing in air, and dip coating.

Controlled Design of Functional Nano-Coatings: Reduction of Loss Mechanisms in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting.

Efficient water splitting with photoelectrodes requires highly performing and stable photoactive materials. Since there is no material known which fulfills all these requirements because of various loss mechanisms, we present a strategy for efficiency enhancement of photoanodes via deposition of functional coatings in the nanometer range. Origins of performance losses in particle-based oxynitride photoanodes were identified and specifically designed coatings were deposited to address each loss mechanism individually.

Size-selected gold clusters on porous titania as the most "gold-efficient" heterogeneous catalysts.

Research on homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis is indeed convergent and finds subnanometric particles to be at the heart of catalytically active species. Here, monodisperse gold clusters are deposited from the gas phase onto porous titania generating well-defined model systems and the resulting composite materials exhibit a sharp size-dependency on the number of gold atoms per cluster and exceptionally high-turnovers toward the bromination of 1,4-dimethoxybenzene are observed. This indicates that the deliberate generation of active centres is of utmost importance for the creation of the most "gold-efficient" catalysts.

Hierarchical zinc oxide materials with multiple porosity prepared by ultrafast temperature gradient chemical gas-phase synthesis.

The preparation of materials characterized by three types of porosity could be prepared by a continuous chemical gas-phase method. The multistep formation mechanism involves a critical temperature gradient and occurs within seconds. The resulting hollow aerogel materials show superior properties as gas sensors in comparison to materials constructed from compact nanoparticles.

Short-term monitoring of cognitive functions before and during the first course of treatment.

Purpose: Side effects of chemotherapy on cognitive functions in older patients have rarely been investigated. Addressing this lack of research, the present study evaluated cognitive functions in older cancer patients.

Methods: A total of 130 younger (n=59; age<60) and older (n=71; age>or=60) cancer patients with hematological disease or cancer of the intestinal tract took part in the study.

Medium-term effects of chemotherapy in older cancer patients.

Purpose: To address the lack of research in older cancer patients, the present study prospectively evaluated their cognitive functions across the first six months following diagnosis and chemotherapy.

Patients And Methods: A total of 77 younger (n=43, age < 60) and older (n=34, age > or = 60) cancer patients with hematological disease or cancer of the intestinal tract took part in the study. Medium-term effects of chemotherapy were examined in these cancer patients by means of a battery of cognitive tests during baseline and six months after start of treatment.

Effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on brain activation in specific phobia.

Little is known about the effects of successful psychotherapy on brain function in subjects with anxiety disorders. The present study aimed to identify changes in brain activation following cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in subjects suffering from specific phobia. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), brain activation to spider videos was measured in 28 spider phobic and 14 healthy control subjects.

Brain activation to phobia-related pictures in spider phobic humans: an event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging study.

Using event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging we investigated blood oxygen level dependent brain activation in spider phobic and non-phobic subjects while exposed to phobia-related pictures (spiders) and non-phobia-related pictures (snakes and mushrooms). In contrast to previous studies, we show significantly increased amygdala activation in spider phobics, but not in controls, during presentation of phobia-relevant visual stimuli. Furthermore, phobia-specific increased activation was also found in the insula, the orbitofrontal cortex and the uncus.