Browsing Applied Micro- and Nanosystems by Title
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Optically operated pulse-driven Josephson junction arrays and range extension using voltage dividers and buffer amplifiers
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;52, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Voltage dividers and buffer amplifier combinations can be used to transfer and extend traceability in voltage and electrical power metrology between a wide range of instruments. For voltages up to 1000 V, resistive voltage ... -
Osmotic sensor for blood glucose monitoring applications
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Perovskite Solar Cells : Improved Active layer Morphology and Pore-filling in TiO2 Nano-Scaffolds
(Doctoral dissertations at the University College of Southeast Norway;34, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Organometallic halide perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have recently shown tremendous research interest due to their remarkable photovoltaic (PV) performance reaching up to 22% power conversion efficiency in merely five years ... -
Point of Care COPD Diagnostics Based on Paper-based Assay and Biofluid Sensing
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;167, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has always been the one of the top four major death causes during the last ten years. During the era of covid-19 pandemic, COPD patients faced higher mortality rates than ever ... -
Preparation of novel metal oxides/hydroxides materials and their applications in supercapacitors
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;89, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Supercapacitors, as next-generation efficient, safe and clean energy storage devices with superior power density, fast charge/discharge rate, excellent temperature adaptability and remarkable service life, significantly ... -
Reliable Packaging and Development of Photodiode Module for Operation at 4 K
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;5, Doctoral thesis, 2018)AC voltage standards based on pulse-driven Josephson junction arrays, operated at 4 K, enable quantum-accurate generation of arbitrary voltage waveforms. These devices are operated by biasing the arrays with high-frequency ... -
Simulation and microfabrication of MEMS vacuum electronic devices for terahertz technology
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;49, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Numerous applications explore the scarcely used terahertz (THz) band in the electromagnetic spectrum. However, widespread utilization of the THz band is technically challenging, due to the lack of power sources. The power ... -
Smartphone-based urinary biomarker detection: an application-oriented device and algorithm
(Doctoral dissertations at the University College of Southeast Norway;30, Doctoral thesis, 2018)Persons of advanced age have a higher risk of contracting urinary tract infection than the general population. Functional impairments, cognitive impairments, urine incontinence and advanced age encumbers the management of ... -
Solid liquid interdiffusion wafer-level bonding for MEMS packaging
(Doctoral theses at Buskerud and Vestfold University College;5, Doctoral thesis, 2015)The trend of micro-electronic-mechanical-systems (MEMS) packaging requires costeffective and high performance packaging techniques. The objective of this study is to develop solid-liquid-interdiffusion (SLID) wafer-level ... -
Speckle suppression in laser projection displays
(Doctoral theses at Buskerud and Vestfold University College;4, Doctoral thesis, 2015)Laser light source becomes more popular today in the projection technology. The use of lasers in projection applications provides considerable advantages compared to conventional projection lamps. These are, for example, ... -
Surface plasmonics analysis and photoelectrochemical properties of Au/TiO2 nanosystems
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;2, Doctoral thesis, 2018)This thesis focuses on investigation of photoelectric and photoeletrochemical (PEC) performance of TiO2 nanotube based photoelectrodes. Surface plasmonic resonance (SPR) have been studied by theoretical analysis, fabrication ... -
Synthesis and Applications of Free-standing TiO2 Nanotube Membranes
(Doctoral theses at Vestfold University College;2, Doctoral thesis, 2013)Nanostructured TiO2 nanotubes (TNTs) have great application potential in optoelectronic devices due to large effective light harvesting surface area and wide band gap. Anodization of Ti is a simple way to prepare well-ordered ... -
The development of a miniaturized hydration sensor based on the principle of osmotic pressure
(Doctoral dissertations at the University College of Southeast Norway;9, Doctoral thesis, 2017)The thesis presents a novel hydration sensor that employs osmotic pressure to detectde‐ and overhydration in body fluids. This sensor could be used to measure different levels of hydration in an organism, e.g. the human ... -
Therapeutic dual-frequency ultrasound transducers
(Doctoral thesis, 2020)The interaction of ultrasound with organic and non-organic matter has opened up for a vast industry. Arguably, in medicine, the most known application of ultrasound is diagnostic imaging of fetuses. However, ultrasound can ... -
Visible light responsive titanium-oxides for enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting application
(Doctoral dissertations at the University of South-Eastern Norway;134, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Semiconductor-based photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting under sunlight has the potential to produce sustainable hydrogen at a low cost and on a large scale. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is extensively studied as one of ...