Recent publications of the CT group (highlights)
S. Zhuk, A. Wieczorek, A. Sharma, J. Patidar, K. Thorwarth, J. Michler, S. Siol
Chemistry of Materials 2023, 35, 17, 7069–7078
Cover of Volume 35, Issue 17, September 12, 2023
J. Patidar, A. Sharma, S. Zhuk, G. Lorenzin, C. Cancellieri, M. F. Sarott, M. Trassin, K. Thorwarth, J. Michler, S. Siol
Surface & Coatings Technology 468 (2023) 129719
A. Wieczorek, H. Lai, J. Pious, F. Fu, S. Siol
Advanced Materials Interfaces 2022, 220182
Cover of Volume 10, Issue 7, March 6, 2023
S. Zhuk, S. Siol
Applied Surface Science 2022, 601, 154172
S. Zhuk, A. A. Kistanov, S. C. Boehme, N. Ott, F. La Mattina, M. Stiefel, M. V. Kovalenko and S. Siol
Chemistry of Materials 2021, 33, 23, 9306–9316
Publications of members of the CT group since 2005
Adams, P.; Bühler, J.; Walz, I.; Moehl, T.; Roithmeyer, H.; Blacque, O.; Comini, N.; Diulus, J. T.; Alberto, R.; Siol, S.; et al. Direct anchoring of molybdenum sulfide molecular catalysts on antimony selenide photocathodes for solar hydrogen production. ACS Energy Lett. 2024, 9 (8), 3828-3834. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.4c01570
Benamara, M.; Nassar, K. I.; Essid, M.; Frick, S.; Rugmini, R.; Sekhar, K. C.; Silva, J. P. B. Visible light-driven removal of Rhodamine B using indium-doped zinc oxide prepared by sol–gel method. J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol. 2024, 111, 553-565. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-024-06471-0
Patidar, J.; Thorwarth, K.; Schmitz-Kempen, T.; Kessels, R.; Siol, S. Deposition of highly crystalline AlScN thin films using synchronized high-power impulse magnetron sputtering: from combinatorial screening to piezoelectric devices. Phys. Rev. Mater. 2024, 8 (9), 095001 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.095001
Pshyk, O.; Wicher, B.; Palisaitis, J.; Hultman, L.; Greczynski, G. Advanced film/substrate interface engineering for adhesion improvement employing time- and energy-controlled metal ion irradiation. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2024, 669, 160554 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2024.160554
Pshyk, O. V.; Patidar, J.; Alinezhadfar, M.; Zhuk, S.; Siol, S. Beyond structural stabilization of highly-textured AlN thin films: the role of chemical effects. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 11 (25), 2400235 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202400235
Solari, S. F.; Wieczorek, A.; Marcato, T.; Wörle, M.; Krumeich, F.; Li, Y. T.; Chiu, Y. C.; Siol, S.; Shivarudraiah, S. B.; Shih, C. J. Stabilization of Quantum-confined anisotropic CsPbI3 nanoplatelets by solid-phase metal iodide crude reaction for color-pure red emission. Adv. opt. mater. 2024, 12 (26), 2401048 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202401048
Wicher, B.; Pshyk, O. V.; Li, X.; Bakhit, B.; Rogoz, V.; Petrov, I.; Hultman, L.; Greczynski, G. Superhard oxidation-resistant Ti1-xAlxBy thin films grown by hybrid HiPIMS/DCMS co-sputtering diboride targets without external substrate heating. Mater. Des. 2024, 238, 112727 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2024.112727
Wieczorek, A.; Kuba, A. G.; Sommerhäuser, J.; Caceres, L. N.; Wolff, C. M.; Siol, S. Advancing high-throughput combinatorial aging studies of hybrid perovskite thin films via precise automated characterization methods and machine learning assisted analysis. J. Mater. Chem. A 2024, 12 (12), 7025-7035. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3ta07274f
Ali, S.; Magnusson, R.; Pshyk, O.; Birch, J.; Eklund, P.; le Febvrier, A. Effect of O/N content on the phase, morphology, and optical properties of titanium oxynitride thin films. J. Mater. Sci. 2023, 58, 10975-10985. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-023-08717-8
Dirin, D. N.; Vivani, A.; Zacharias, M.; Sekh, T. V.; Cherniukh, I.; Yakunin, S.; Bertolotti, F.; Aebli, M.; Schaller, R. D.; Wieczorek, A.; et al. Intrinsic formamidinium tin iodide nanocrystals by suppressing the Sn(IV) impurities. Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 1914-1923. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04927
Guesnay, Q.; McMonagle, C. J.; Chernyshov, D.; Zia, W.; Wieczorek, A.; Siol, S.; Saliba, M.; Ballif, C.; Wolff, C. M. Substoichiometric mixing of metal halide powders and their single-source evaporation for perovskite photovoltaics. ACS Photonics 2023, 10 (9), 3087-3094. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.3c00438
Nakonechna, O.; Lotey, G. S.; Sharai, I.; Bodnaruk, A.; Kalita, V.; Tovstolytkin, A. Aging impact on crystal structure and magnetic parameters of KFeO2 nanoparticles. In Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE 13th international conference nanomaterials: applications & properties (IEEE NAP-2023), presented at the 2023 IEEE 13th international conference nanomaterials: applications & properties (IEEE NAP-2023), Bratislava, Slovakia, September 10-15, 2023; IEEE, 2023; pp NMM07-1-NMM07-4. https://doi.org/10.1109/NAP59739.2023.10310909
Patidar, J.; Sharma, A.; Zhuk, S.; Lorenzin, G.; Cancellieri, C.; Sarott, M. F.; Trassin, M.; Thorwarth, K.; Michler, J.; Siol, S. Improving the crystallinity and texture of oblique-angle-deposited AlN thin films using reactive synchronized HiPIMS. Surf. Coat. Technol. 2023, 468, 129719 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2023.129719
Pshyk, O. V.; Li, X.; Petrov, I.; Sangiovanni, D. G.; Palisaitis, J.; Hultman, L.; Greczynski, G. Discovery of Guinier-Preston zone hardening in refractory nitride ceramics. Acta Mater. 2023, 255, 119105 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2023.119105
Rogoz, V.; Pshyk, O.; Wicher, B.; Palisaitis, J.; Lu, J.; Primetzhofer, D.; Petrov, I.; Hultman, L.; Greczynski, G. High-mass metal ion irradiation enables growth of high-entropy sublattice nitride thin films from elemental targets. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 2023, 41 (6), 063108 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0003065
Titov, Y. A.; Belyavina, N. M.; Slobodyanik, M. S.; Nakonechna, O. I.; Strutynska, N. Y.; Chumak, V. V. Effect of scandium atoms substitution on the two-slab structure of scandate BaGd2Sc2O7. Phys. Chem. Solid State 2023, 24 (4), 742-747. https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.24.4.742-747
Wang, J.; Ghosh, M.; Ouaras, K.; Daineka, D.; Bulkin, P.; Roca i Cabarrocas, P.; Filonovich, S.; Alvarez, J.; Johnson, E. V. Maskless patterned plasma fabrication of interdigitated back contact silicon heterojunction solar cells: characterization and optimization. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 2023, 258, 112417 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2023.112417
Wieczorek, A.; Lai, H.; Pious, J.; Fu, F.; Siol, S. Resolving oxidation states and X–site composition of Sn perovskites through Auger parameter analysis in XPS. Adv. Mater. Interfaces 2023, 10 (7), 2201828 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202201828
Zhuk, S.; Wieczorek, A.; Sharma, A.; Patidar, J.; Thorwarth, K.; Michler, J.; Siol, S. Combinatorial reactive sputtering with Auger parameter analysis enables synthesis of wurtzite Zn2TaN3. Chem. Mater. 2023, 35 (17), 7069-7078. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c01341
Bühler, J.; Zurflüh, J.; Siol, S.; Blacque, O.; Sévery, L.; Tilley, S. D. Electrochemical ruthenium-catalysed C-H activation in water through heterogenization of a molecular catalyst. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2022, 12 (5), 1512-1519. https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CY01999F
Cihova, M.; Müller, E.; Chandorkar, Y.; Thorwarth, K.; Fortunato, G.; Maniura-Weber, K.; Löffler, J. F.; Rottmar, M. Palladium-based metallic glass with high thrombogenic resistance for blood-contacting medical devices. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32 (4), 2108256 (14 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202108256
Futscher, M. H.; Amelal, T.; Sastre, J.; Müller, A.; Patidar, J.; Aribia, A.; Thorwarth, K.; Siol, S.; Romanyuk, Y. E. Influence of amorphous carbon interlayers on nucleation and early growth of lithium metal at the current collector-solid electrolyte interface. J. Mater. Chem. A 2022, 10 (29), 15535-15542. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2ta02843c
Kistanov, A. A.; Ustiuzhanina, S.; Zhuk, S. Theoretical aspects of sulfide and selenides: structure, point defects, and electronic structure modifications. In Sulfide and selenide based materials for emerging applications. Sustainable energy harvesting and storage technology; Dalapati, G. K., Wong, T. K. S., Kundu, S., Chakraborty, A. K., Zhuk, S., Eds.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2022; pp 57-78. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99860-4.00028-9
Lai, H.; Luo, J.; Zwirner, Y.; Olthof, S.; Wieczorek, A.; Ye, F.; Jeangros, Q.; Yin, X.; Akhundova, F.; Ma, T.; et al. High-performance flexible all-perovskite tandem solar cells with reduced VOC-deficit in wide-bandgap subcell. Adv. Energy Mater. 2022, 12 (45), 2202438 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202202438
Madhu, R.; Dalapati, G. K.; Wong, T. K. S.; Zhuk, S.; Kumar Chakraborty, A.; Kundu, S. Clean energy for sustainable development: importance of new materials. In Sulfide and selenide based materials for emerging applications. Sustainable energy harvesting and storage technology; Dalpati, G. K., Wong, T. K. S., Kundu, S., Kumar Chakraborty, A., Zhuk, S., Eds.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2022; pp 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99860-4.00018-6
Prabhakar, R. R.; Moehl, T.; Friedrich, D.; Kunst, M.; Shukla, S.; Adeleye, D.; Damle, V. H.; Siol, S.; Cui, W.; Gouda, L.; et al. Sulfur-treatment passivates bulk defects in Sb2Se3 photocathodes for water splitting. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2022, 32 (25), 2112184 (25 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202112184
Pshyk, A. V.; Vasylenko, A.; Bakhit, B.; Hultman, L.; Schweizer, P.; Edwards, T. E. J.; Michler, J.; Greczynski, G. High-entropy transition metal nitride thin films alloyed with Al: microstructure, phase composition and mechanical properties. Mater. Des. 2022, 219, 110798 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.110798
Titov, Y. A.; Belyavina, N. M.; Slobodyanik, M. S.; Nakonechna, O. I.; Strutynska, N. Y.; Chumak, V. V. Isovalent substitution impact on the structure of two-slab BaNd2-xSmxIn2O7 indates. Phys. Chem. Solid State 2022, 23 (4), 801-808. https://doi.org/10.15330/pcss.23.4.801-808
Wong, T. K. S.; Zhuk, S. Emerging trends in sulfide and selenide-based low-cost thin film solar cells. In Sulfide and selenide based materials for emerging applications. Sustainable energy harvesting and storage technology; Dalapati, G. K., Wong, T. K. S., Kundu, S., Chakraborty, A. K., Zhuk, S., Eds.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2022; pp 195-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-99860-4.00011-3
Zhuk, S.; Siol, S. Chemical state analysis of reactively sputtered zinc vanadium nitride: the Auger parameter as a tool in materials design. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2022, 601, 154172 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154172
Sulfide and selenide based materials for emerging applications. Sustainable energy harvesting and storage technology; Dalapti, G. K., Kin Shun Wong, T., Kundu, S., Chakraborty, A. K., Zhuk, S., Eds.; Elsevier: Amsterdam, 2022; 780 p. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2021-0-00159-0
Dalapati, G. K.; Sharma, H.; Guchhait, A.; Chakrabarty, N.; Bamola, P.; Liu, Q.; Saianand, G.; Sai Krishna, A. M.; Mukhopadhyay, S.; Dey, A.; et al. Tin oxide for optoelectronic, photovoltaic and energy storage devices: a review. J. Mater. Chem. A 2021, 9 (31), 16621-16684. https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ta01291f
Druzhinin, A. V.; Lorenzin, G.; Ariosa, D.; Siol, S.; Straumal, B. B.; Janczak-Rusch, J.; Jeurgens, L. P. H.; Cancellieri, C. The effect of the graded bilayer design on the strain depth profiles and microstructure of Cu/W nano-multilayers. Mater. Des. 2021, 209, 110002 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.110002
Gasparotto, P.; Fischer, M.; Scopece, D.; Liedke, M. O.; Butterling, M.; Wagner, A.; Yildirim, O.; Trant, M.; Passerone, D.; Hug, H. J.; et al. Mapping the structure of oxygen-doped wurtzite aluminum nitride coatings from ab initio random structure search and experiments. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2021, 13 (4), 5762-5771. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c19270
Kalha, C.; Fernando, N. K.; Bhatt, P.; Johansson, F. O. L.; Lindblad, A.; Rensmo, H.; Zendejas Medina, L.; Lindblad, R.; Siol, S.; Jeurgens, L. P. H.; et al. Hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy: a snapshot of the state-of-the-art in 2020. J. Phys. Condens. Matter 2021, 33 (23), 233001 (44 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-648X/abeacd
Zhang, X.; Yang, W.; Niu, W.; Adams, P.; Siol, S.; Wang, Z.; Tilley, S. D. Thiol-amine-based solution processing of Cu2S thin films for photoelectrochemical water splitting. ChemSusChem 2021, 14 (18), 3967-3974. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202101347
Zhuk, S.; Kistanov, A. A.; Boehme, S. C.; Ott, N.; La Mattina, F.; Stiefel, M.; Kovalenko, M. V.; Siol, S. Synthesis and characterization of the ternary nitride semiconductor Zn2VN3: theoretical prediction, combinatorial screening, and epitaxial stabilization. Chem. Mater. 2021, 33 (23), 9306-9316. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c03025
Affolter, C.; Thorwarth, G.; Arabi-Hashemi, A.; Müller, U.; Weisse, B. Ductile compressive behavior of biomedical alloys. Metals 2020, 10 (1), 60 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/met10010060
Amelal, T.; Pietzonka, L.; Rohkamm, E.; Bundesmann, C. Properties of secondary particles for the reactive ion beam sputtering of Ti and TiO2 using oxygen ions. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 2020, 38 (3), 033403 (13 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5142911
Aynehband, S.; Mohammadi, M.; Thorwarth, K.; Hany, R.; Nüesch, F. A.; Rossell, M. D.; Pauer, R.; Nunzi, J. M.; Simchi, A. Solution processing and self-organization of PbS quantum dots passivated with formamidinium lead Iodide (FAPbI3). ACS Omega 2020, 5 (25), 15746-15754. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.0c02319
Druzhinin, A. V.; Rheingans, B.; Siol, S.; Straumal, B. B.; Janczak-Rusch, J.; Jeurgens, L. P. H.; Cancellieri, C. Effect of internal stress on short-circuit diffusion in thin films and nanolaminates: application to Cu/W nano-multilayers. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2020, 508, 145254 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.145254
Han, Y.; Trottier, R.; Siol, S.; Matthews, B.; Young, M.; Musgrave, C. B.; Lany, S.; Tate, J.; Zhang, Q.; Holder, A. M.; et al. Templated growth of metastable polymorphs on amorphous substrates with seed layers. Phys. Rev. App. 2020, 13 (1), 014012 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.014012
Han, Y.; Millican, S. L.; Liu, J.; Bauers, S. R.; Siol, S.; Lany, S.; Al-Jassim, M.; Musgrave, C. B.; Holder, A. M.; Zakutayev, A. Wurtzite materials in alloys of rock salt compounds. J. Mater. Res. 2020, 35 (8), 972-980. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2019.402
Hu, H.; Liu, M.; Kong, Y.; Mysuru, N.; Sun, C.; Gálvez-Vázquez, M. de J.; Müller, U.; Erni, R.; Grozovski, V.; Hou, Y.; et al. Activation matters: hysteresis effects during electrochemical looping of colloidal Ag nanowire catalysts. ACS Catal. 2020, 10 (15), 8503-8514. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.0c02026
Lienau, K.; Triana, C. A.; Reith, L.; Siol, S.; Patzke, G. R. Microwave-hydrothermal tuning of spinel-type Co3O4 water oxidation catalysts. Front. Chem. 2020, 8, 473 (12 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3389/fchem.2020.00473
Lotito, V.; Karlušić, M.; Jakšić, M.; Tomić Luketić, K.; Müller, U.; Zambelli, T.; Fazinić, S. Shape deformation in ion beam irradiated colloidal monolayers: an AFM investigation. Nanomaterials 2020, 10 (3), 453 (17 pp.). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10030453
Luk, H. T.; Novak, G.; Safonova, O. V.; Siol, S.; Stewart, J. A.; Curulla Ferré, D.; Mondelli, C.; Pérez‐Ramírez, J. CO2-promoted catalytic process forming higher alcohols with tunable nature at record productivity. ChemCatChem 2020, 12 (10), 2732-2744. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202000059
Prabhakar, R. R.; Moehl, T.; Siol, S.; Suh, J.; Tilley, S. D. Sb2S3/TiO2 Heterojunction photocathodes: band alignment and water splitting properties. Chem. Mater. 2020, 32 (17), 7247-7253. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.0c01581
Siol, S.; Ott, N.; Beall, C.; Stiefel, M.; Unutulmazsoy, Y.; Döbeli, M.; Tilley, S. D.; Schmutz, P.; Jeurgens, L. P. H.; Cancellieri, C. A combinatorial guide to phase formation and surface passivation of tungsten titanium oxide prepared by thermal oxidation. Acta Mater. 2020, 186, 95-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2019.12.026
Siol, S.; Mann, J.; Newman, J.; Miyayama, T.; Watanabe, K.; Schmutz, P.; Cancellieri, C.; Jeurgens, L. P. H. Concepts for chemical state analysis at constant probing depth by lab‐based XPS/HAXPES combining soft and hard X‐ray sources. Surf. Interface Anal. 2020, 52 (12), 802-810. https://doi.org/10.1002/sia.6790
Stiller, M.; N'Diaye, A. T.; Ohldag, H.; Barzola-Quiquia, J.; Esquinazi, P. D.; Amelal, T.; Bundesmann, C.; Spemann, D.; Trautmann, M.; Chassé, A.; et al. Titanium 3d ferromagnetism with perpendicular anisotropy in defective anatase. Phys. Rev. B 2020, 101 (1), 014412 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.014412
Unutulmazsoy, Y.; Cancellieri, C.; Chiodi, M.; Siol, S.; Lin, L.; Jeurgens, L. P. H. In situ oxidation studies of Cu thin films: growth kinetics and oxide phase evolution. J. Appl. Phys. 2020, 127 (6), 065101 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5131516
Bundesmann, C.; Amelal, T. Secondary particle properties for the ion beam sputtering of TiO2 in a reactive oxygen atmosphere. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2019, 485, 391-401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.04.078
Cui, W.; Moehl, T.; Siol, S.; Tilley, S. D. Operando electrochemical study of charge carrier processes in water splitting photoanodes protected by atomic layer deposited TiO2. Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2019, 3 (11), 3085-3092. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9SE00399A
Druzhinin, A. V.; Ariosa, D.; Siol, S.; Ott, N.; Straumal, B. B.; Janczak-Rusch, J.; Jeurgens, L. P. H.; Cancellieri, C. Effect of the individual layer thickness on the transformation of Cu/W nano-multilayers into nanocomposites. Materialia 2019, 7, 100400 (11 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2019.100400
Fischer, M.; Trant, M.; Thorwarth, K.; Patscheider, J.; Hug, H. J. A setup for arc-free reactive DC sputter deposition of Al-O-N. Surf. Coat. Technol. 2019, 362, 220-224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2019.01.082
Fischer, M.; Trant, M.; Thorwarth, K.; Crockett, R.; Patscheider, J.; Hug, H. J. Understanding the microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of transparent Al-O-N and Al-Si-O-N films. Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 2019, 20 (1), 1031-1042. https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2019.1666425
Guo, H.; Warnicke, P.; Griffa, M.; Müller, U.; Chen, Z.; Schaeublin, R.; Zhang, Z.; Luković, M. Hierarchical porous wood cellulose scaffold with atomically dispersed Pt catalysts for low-temperature ethylene decomposition. ACS Nano 2019, 13 (12), 14337-14347. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.9b07801
Hamilton, D. C.; Arca, E.; Pan, J.; Siol, S.; Young, M.; Lany, S.; Zakutayev, A. Electron scattering mechanisms in polycrystalline sputtered zinc tin oxynitride thin films. J. Appl. Phys. 2019, 126 (3), 035701 (9 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5087408
Hou, Y.; Bolat, S.; Bornet, A.; Romanyuk, Y. E.; Guo, H.; Moreno-García, P.; Zelocualtecatl Montiel, I.; Lai, Z.; Müller, U.; Grozovski, V.; et al. Photonic curing: activation and stabilization of metal membrane catalysts (MMCs) for the electrochemical reduction of CO2. ACS Catal. 2019, 9 (10), 9518-9529. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b03664
Kazan, R.; Müller, U.; Bürgi, T. Doping of thiolate protected gold clusters through reaction with metal surfaces. Nanoscale 2019, 11 (6), 2938-2945. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr09214a
Pardo, A.; Ilic, E.; Thorwarth, K.; Stiefel, M.; Hauert, R. Corrosion fatigue in DLC-coated articulating implants: an accelerated methodology to predict realistic interface lifetime. Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 2019, 20 (1), 173-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2019.1580483
Reith, L.; Lienau, K.; Triana, C. A.; Siol, S.; Patzke, G. R. Preparative history vs driving force in water oxidation catalysis: parameter space studies of cobalt spinels. ACS Omega 2019, 4 (13), 15444-15456. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b01677
Siol, S. Accessing metastability in heterostructural semiconductor alloys. Phys. Status Solidi A 2019, 216 (15), 1800858 (8 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201800858
Siol, S.; Beall, C.; Ott, N.; Döbeli, M.; González-Castaño, M.; Wick-Joliat, R.; Tilley, S. D.; Jeurgens, L. P. H.; Schmutz, P.; Cancellieri, C. Anodizing of self-passivating WxTi1–x precursors for WxTi1–xOn oxide alloys with tailored stability. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2019, 11 (9), 9510-9518. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b19170
Wick-Joliat, R.; Musso, T.; Prabhakar, R. R.; Loeckinger, J.; Siol, S.; Cui, W.; Sévery, L.; Moehl, T.; Suh, J.; Hutter, J.; et al. Stable and tunable phosphonic acid dipole layer for band edge engineering of photoelectrochemical and photovoltaic heterojunction devices. Energy Environ. Sci. 2019, 12 (6), 1901-1909. https://doi.org/10.1039/C9EE00748B
Luk, H. T.; Forster, T.; Mondelli, C.; Siol, S.; Curulla-Ferré, D.; Stewart, J. A.; Pérez-Ramírez, J. Carbon nanofibres-supported KCoMo catalysts for syngas conversion into higher alcohols. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2018, 8 (1), 187-200. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7CY01908D
Luk, H. T.; Mondelli, C.; Mitchell, S.; Siol, S.; Stewart, J. A.; Curulla Ferré, D.; Pérez-Ramírez, J. Role of carbonaceous supports and potassium promoter on higher alcohols synthesis over copper–iron catalysts. ACS Catal. 2018, 8 (10), 9604-9618. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b02714
Sambalova, O.; Thorwarth, K.; Heeb, N. V.; Bleiner, D.; Zhang, Y.; Borgschulte, A.; Kroll, A. Carboxylate functional groups mediate interaction with silver nanoparticles in biofilm matrix. ACS Omega 2018, 3 (1), 724-733. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.7b00982
Servalli, M.; Celebi, K.; Payamyar, P.; Zheng, L.; Položij, M.; Lowe, B.; Kuc, A.; Schwarz, T.; Thorwarth, K.; Borgschulte, A.; et al. Photochemical creation of covalent organic 2D monolayer objects in defined shapes via a lithographic 2D polymerization. ACS Nano 2018, 12 (11), 11294-11306. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.8b05964
Siol, S.; Holder, A.; Steffes, J.; Schelhas, L. T.; Stone, K. H.; Garten, L.; Perkins, J. D.; Parilla, P. A.; Toney, M. F.; Huey, B. D.; et al. Negative-pressure polymorphs made by heterostructural alloying. Sci. Adv. 2018, 4 (4), eaaq1442 (7 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaq1442
Siol, S.; Han, Y.; Mangum, J.; Schulz, P.; Holder, A. M.; Klein, T. R.; van Hest, M. F. A. M.; Gorman, B.; Zakutayev, A. Stabilization of wide band-gap p-type wurtzite MnTe thin films on amorphous substrates. J. Mater. Chem. C 2018, 6 (23), 6297-6304. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TC01828F
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Wang, S.; Kravchyk, K. V.; Filippin, A. N.; Müller, U.; Tiwari, A. N.; Buecheler, S.; Bodnarchuk, M. I.; Kovalenko, M. V. Aluminum chloride-graphite batteries with flexible current collectors prepared from earth-abundant elements. Adv. Sci. 2018, 5 (4), 1700712 (6 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.201700712
Zichittella, G.; Puértolas, B.; Siol, S.; Paunović, V.; Mitchell, S.; Pérez-Ramírez, J. Activated TiC-SiC composite for natural gas upgrading via catalytic oxyhalogenation. ChemCatChem 2018, 10 (6), 1282-1290. https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.201701632
Bora, D. K.; Müller, U.; Constable, E. C.; Braun, A. Highly electrochemically stable morphology of mesoscale Co3O4 flowerlike oriented aggregate (FLOA) for electrocatalytic water splitting. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2017, 164 (7), H526-H536. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1451707jes
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Matthews, B. E.; Holder, A. M.; Schelhas, L. T.; Siol, S.; May, J. W.; Forkner, M. R.; Vigil-Fowler, D.; Toney, M. F.; Perkins, J. D.; Gorman, B. P.; et al. Using heterostructural alloying to tune the structure and properties of the thermoelectric Sn1-xCaxSe. J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5 (32), 16873-16882. https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta03694a
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Prabhakar, R. R.; Septina, W.; Siol, S.; Moehl, T.; Wick-Joliat, R.; Tilley, S. D. Photocorrosion-resistant Sb2Se3 photocathodes with earth abundant MoSx hydrogen evolution catalyst. J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5 (44), 23139-23145. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA08993G
Rubenis, K.; Populoh, S.; Thiel, P.; Yoon, S.; Müller, U.; Locs, J. Thermoelectric properties of dense Sb-doped SnO2 ceramics. J. Alloys Compd. 2017, 692, 515-521. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.09.062
Schwarting, M.; Siol, S.; Talley, K.; Zakutayev, A.; Phillips, C. Automated algorithms for band gap analysis from optical absorption spectra. Mater. Discov. 2017, 10, 43-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.md.2018.04.003
Siol, S.; Holder, A.; Ortiz, B. R.; Parilla, P. A.; Toberer, E.; Lany, S.; Zakutayev, A. Solubility limits in quaternary SnTe-based alloys. RSC Adv. 2017, 7 (40), 24747-24753. https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ra28219a
Fujiwara, K.; Müller, U.; Pratsinis, S. E. Pd subnano-clusters on TiO2 for solar-light removal of NO. ACS Catal. 2016, 6 (3), 1887-1893. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.5b02685
Hong, G.; Han, Y.; Schutzius, T. M.; Wang, Y.; Pan, Y.; Hu, M.; Jie, J.; Sharma, C. S.; Müller, U.; Poulikakos, D. On the mechanism of hydrophilicity of graphene. Nano Lett. 2016, 16 (7), 4447-4453. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01594
Scopece, D.; Döbeli, M.; Passerone, D.; Maeder, X.; Neels, A.; Widrig, B.; Dommann, A.; Müller, U.; Ramm, J. Silicon etch with chromium ions generated by a filtered or non-filtered cathodic arc discharge. Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 2016, 17 (1), 20-28. https://doi.org/10.1080/14686996.2016.1140308
Affolter, C.; Müller, U.; Leinenbach, C.; Weisse, B. Compressive testing of ductile high-strength alloys. J. Test. Eval. 2015, 43 (6), 1554-1562. https://doi.org/10.1520/JTE20140301
Bernoulli, D.; Häfliger, K.; Thorwarth, K.; Thorwarth, G.; Hauert, R.; Spolenak, R. Cohesive and adhesive failure of hard and brittle films on ductile metallic substrates: a film thickness size effect analysis of the model system hydrogenated diamond-like carbon (a-C:H) on Ti substrates. Acta Mater. 2015, 83, 29-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2014.09.044
Bernoulli, D.; Wyss, A.; Raghavan, R.; Thorwarth, K.; Hauert, R.; Spolenak, R. Contact damage of hard and brittle thin films on ductile metallic substrates: an analysis of diamond-like carbon on titanium substrates. J. Mater. Sci. 2015, 50 (7), 2779-2787. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-8833-3
Bernoulli, D.; Rico, A.; Wyss, A.; Thorwarth, K.; Best, J. P.; Hauert, R.; Spolenak, R. Improved contact damage resistance of hydrogenated diamond-like carbon (DLC) with a ductile α-Ta interlayer. Diam. Relat. Mater. 2015, 58, 78-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2015.06.006
Haba, D.; Griesser, T.; Müller, U.; Brunner, A. J. Comparative investigation of different silane surface functionalizations of fullerene-like WS2. J. Mater. Sci. 2015, 50 (15), 5125-5135. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-015-9039-4
Morales-Guio, C. G.; Thorwarth, K.; Niesen, B.; Liardet, L.; Patscheider, J.; Ballif, C.; Hu, X. Solar hydrogen production by amorphous silicon photocathodes coated with a magnetron sputter deposited Mo2C catalyst. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2015, 137 (22), 7035-7038. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5b03417
Thorwarth, K.; Thorwarth, G.; Figi, R.; Weisse, B.; Stiefel, M.; Hauert, R. On interlayer stability and high-cycle simulator performance of diamond-like carbon layers for articulating joint replacements. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2014, 15 (6), 10527-10540. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms150610527
Bernoulli, D.; Müller, U.; Schwarzenberger, M.; Hauert, R.; Spolenak, R. Magnetron sputter deposited tantalum and tantalum nitride thin films: an analysis of phase, hardness and composition. Thin Solid Films 2013, 548, 157-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2013.09.055
Bora, D. K.; Braun, A.; Erni, R.; Müller, U.; Döbeli, M.; Constable, E. C. Hematite–NiO/α-Ni(OH)2 heterostructure photoanode with high electrocatalytic current density and charge storage capacity. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2013, 15 (30), 12648-12659. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3cp52179f
Hauert, R.; Thorwarth, K.; Thorwarth, G. An overview on diamond-like carbon coatings in medical applications. Surf. Coat. Technol. 2013, 233, 119-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2013.04.015
Hauert, R.; Falub, C. V.; Thorwarth, G.; Müller, U.; Voisard, C. Coatings for biomedical applications. In Encyclopedia of tribology; Wang, Q. J., Chung, Y. W., Eds.; Springer: New York, 2013; pp 390-396. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92897-5_715
Hauert, R.; Thorwarth, G.; Müller, U.; Stiefel, M.; Falub, C. V.; Thorwarth, K.; Joyce, T. J. Analysis of the in-vivo failure of the adhesive interlayer for a DLC coated articulating metatarsophalangeal joint. Diam. Relat. Mater. 2012, 25, 34-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2012.02.001
Hauert, R.; Falub, C. V.; Thorwarth, G.; Thorwarth, K.; Affolter, C.; Stiefel, M.; Podleska, L. E.; Taeger, G. Retrospective lifetime estimation of failed and explanted diamond-like carbon coated hip joint balls. Acta Biomater. 2012, 8 (8), 3170-3176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2012.04.016
Romer, S.; Marioni, M. A.; Thorwarth, K.; Joshi, N. R.; Corticelli, C. E.; Hug, H. J.; Oezer, S.; Parlinska-Wojtan, M.; Rohrmann, H. Temperature dependence of large exchange-bias in TbFe-Co/Pt. Appl. Phys. Lett. 2012, 101 (22), 222404 (3 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4767142
Falub, C. V.; Müller, U.; Thorwarth, G.; Parlinska-Wojtan, M.; Voisard, C.; Hauert, R. In vitro studies of the adhesion of diamond-like carbon thin films on CoCrMo biomedical implant alloy. Acta Mater. 2011, 59 (11), 4678-4689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2011.04.014
Müller, U.; Falub, C. V.; Thorwarth, G.; Voisard, C.; Hauert, R. Diamond-like carbon coatings on a CoCrMo implant alloy: a detailed XPS analysis of the chemical states at the interface. Acta Mater. 2011, 59 (3), 1150-1161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2010.10.048
Seyrling, S.; Chirila, A.; Güttler, D.; Blösch, P.; Pianezzi, F.; Bücheler, S.; Uhl, A. R.; Rossbach, P.; Müller, U.; Tiwari, A. N. Na distribution in CIGS solar cells grown with modified three stage processes. In 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), presented at the 2011 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Seattle, WA, USA, June 19-24, 2011; Conference record of the IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference; IEEE, 2011; p 6186458 (4 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186458
Hiller, D.; Zierold, R.; Bachmann, J.; Alexe, M.; Yang, Y.; Gerlach, J. W.; Stesmans, A.; Jivanescu, M.; Müller, U.; Vogt, J.; et al. Low temperature silicon dioxide by thermal atomic layer deposition: investigation of material properties. J. Appl. Phys. 2010, 107 (6), 064314 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3327430
Thorwarth, G.; Falub, C. V.; Müller, U.; Weisse, B.; Voisard, C.; Tobler, M.; Hauert, R. Tribological behavior of DLC-coated articulating joint implants. Acta Biomater. 2010, 6 (6), 2335-2341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2009.12.019
Verma, R.; Datta, D.; Chirila, A.; Güttler, D.; Perrenoud, J.; Pianezzi, F.; Müller, U.; Kumar, S.; Tiwari, A. N. Optical, structural, and chemical properties of flash evaporated In2S3 buffer layer for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells. J. Appl. Phys. 2010, 108 (7), 074904 (10 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3490624
Braun, A.; Zhang, X.; Sun, Y.; Müller, U.; Liu, Z.; Erat, S.; Ari, M.; Grimmer, H.; Mao, S. S.; Graule, T. Correlation of high temperature x-ray photoemission valence band spectra and conductivity in strained LaSrFeNi oxide on SrTiO3(110). Appl. Phys. Lett. 2009, 95 (2), 022107 (3 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3174916
Corica, D.; Buecheler, S.; Guettler, D.; Chirila, A.; Verma, R.; Müller, U.; Niesen, T. P.; Palm, J.; Tiwari, A. N. Ultrasonically sprayed indium sulfide buffer layers for Cu(In,Ga)(S,Se)2 thin-film solar cells. Thin Solid Films 2009, 517 (7), 2312-2315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2008.10.135
Falub, C. V.; Thorwarth, G.; Affolter, C.; Müller, U.; Voisard, C.; Hauert, R. A quantitative in vitro method to predict the adhesion lifetime of diamond-like carbon thin films on biomedical implants. Acta Biomater. 2009, 5 (8), 3086-3097. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2009.05.009
Equey, S.; Roos, S.; Mueller, U.; Hauert, R.; Spencer, N. D.; Crockett, R. Reactions of zinc-free anti-wear additives in DLC/DLC and steel/steel contacts. Tribol. Int. 2008, 41 (11), 1090-1096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2008.03.004
Equey, S.; Roos, S.; Mueller, U.; Hauert, R.; Spencer, N. D.; Crockett, R. Tribofilm formation from ZnDTP on diamond-like carbon. Wear 2008, 264 (3-4), 316-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wear.2007.03.012
Hibberd, C. J.; Ernits, K.; Kaelin, M.; Müller, U.; Tiwari, A. N. Chemical incorporation of copper into indium selenide thin-films for processing of CuInSe2 solar cells. Prog. Photovolt. 2008, 16 (7), 585-593. https://doi.org/10.1002/pip.843
Manukyan, K. V.; Aydinyan, S. V.; Kirakosyan, K. G.; Kharatyan, S. L.; Blugan, G.; Müller, U.; Kuebler, J. Molten salt-assisted combustion synthesis and characterization of MoSi2 and MoSi2-Si3N4 composite powders. Chem. Eng. J. 2008, 143 (1-3), 331-336. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2008.06.013
Callegari, V.; Nellen, P. M.; Yang, T.; Hauert, R.; Müller, U.; Hernández-Ramírez, F.; Sennhauser, U. Surface chemistry and optimization of focused ion beam iodine-enhanced etching of indium phosphide. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2007, 253 (22), 8969-8973. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2007.05.026
Ernits, K.; Brémaud, D.; Buecheler, S.; Hibberd, C. J.; Kaelin, M.; Khrypunov, G.; Müller, U.; Mellikov, E.; Tiwari, A. N. Characterisation of ultrasonically sprayed InxSy buffer layers for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells. Thin Solid Films 2007, 515 (15), 6051-6054. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2006.12.168
Ernits, K.; Kaelin, M.; Brémaud, D.; Meyer, T.; Müller, U.; Tiwari, A. N. Ultrasonically sprayed In2S3 films for Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells. In Proceedings of 21st European photovoltaic solar energy conference, presented at the 21st European photovoltaic solar energy conference, Dresden, Germany, September 4-8, 2006; WIP renewable energies: Munich, Germany, 2006; pp 1853-1856.
Grüniger, A.; Bieder, A.; Sonnenfeld, A.; von Rohr, P. R.; Müller, U.; Hauert, R. Influence of film structure and composition on diffusion barrier perforinance of SiOx thin films deposited by PECVD. Surf. Coat. Technol. 2006, 200 (14-15), 4564-4571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2005.03.044
Brunner, S.; Richner, P.; Müller, U.; Guseva, O. Accelerated weathering device for service life prediction for organic coatings. Polym. Test. 2005, 24 (1), 25-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2004.08.001