Nanolithographic Fabrication Technologies for Network-Based Biocomputation Devices.

Network-based biocomputation (NBC) relies on accurate guiding of biological agents through nanofabricated channels produced by lithographic patterning techniques. Here, we report on the large-scale, wafer-level fabrication of optimized microfluidic channel networks (NBC networks) using electron-beam lithography as the central method. To confirm the functionality of these NBC networks, we solve an instance of a classical non-deterministic-polynomial-time complete ("NP-complete") problem, the subset-sum problem.

Exciton tuning in monolayer WSe substrate induced electron doping.

We report large exciton tuning in WSe monolayers substrate induced non-degenerate doping. We observe a redshift of ∼62 meV for the A exciton together with a 1-2 orders of magnitude photoluminescence (PL) quenching when the monolayer WSe is brought in contact with highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) compared to dielectric substrates such as hBN and SiO. As the evidence of doping from HOPG to WSe, a drastic increase of the intensity ratio of trions to neutral excitons was observed.

Ferrocenyl-Pyrenes, Ferrocenyl-9,10-Phenanthrenediones, and Ferrocenyl-9,10-Dimethoxyphenanthrenes: Charge-Transfer Studies and SWCNT Functionalization.

The synthesis of 1-Fc- (3), 1-Br-6-Fc- (5 a), 2-Br-7-Fc- (7 a), 1,6-Fc - (5 b), 2,7-Fc -pyrene (7 b), 3,6-Fc -9,10-phenanthrenedione (10), and 3,6-Fc -9,10-dimethoxyphenanthrene (12; Fc=Fe(η -C H )(η -C H )) is discussed. Of these compounds, 10 and 12 form 1D or 2D coordination polymers in the solid state. (Spectro)Electrochemical studies confirmed reversible Fc/Fc redox events between -130 and 160 mV.

The nature of non-FRET photoluminescence quenching in nanoassemblies from semiconductor quantum dots and dye molecules.

Nanoassemblies formed via self-assembly based on colloidal CdSe quantum dots (QDs) and porphyrin (H2P) dye molecules show Fluorescence Resonant Energy Transfer (FRET) and non-FRET quenching of QD photoluminescence (PL). We present a procedure to unravel and quantify these two relaxation pathways via dynamic and static PL quenching experiments. Accordingly, FRET amounts at maximum to 10% of the total quenching efficiency.

Inkjet Printing of Colloidal Nanospheres: Engineering the Evaporation-Driven Self-Assembly Process to Form Defined Layer Morphologies.

We report on inkjet printing of aqueous colloidal suspensions containing monodisperse silica and/or polystyrene nanosphere particles and a systematic study of the morphology of the deposits as a function of different parameters during inkjet printing and solvent evaporation. The colloidal suspensions act as a model ink for an understanding of layer formation processes and resulting morphologies in inkjet printing in general. We investigated the influence of the surface energy and the temperature of the substrate, the formulation of the suspensions, and the multi-pass printing aiming for layer stacks on the morphology of the deposits.