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Biomaterials ; 276: 121009, 2021 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34280824

RESUMO

Calcium phosphate nanoparticles were loaded with nucleic acids to enhance the on-growth of tissue to a cochlear implant electrode. The nanoparticle deposition on a metallic electrode surface is possible by electrophoretic deposition (EPD) or layer-by-layer deposition (LbL). Impedance spectroscopy showed that the coating layer did not interrupt the electrical conductance at physiological frequencies and beyond (1-40,000 Hz). The transfection was demonstrated with the model cell lines HeLa and 3T3 as well as with primary explanted spiral ganglion neurons (rat) with the model protein enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP). The expression of the functional protein brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) was also shown. Thus, a coating of inner-ear cochlear implant electrodes with nanoparticles that carry nucleic acids will enhance the ongrowth of spiral ganglion cell axons for an improved transmission of electrical pulses.


Assuntos
Implantes Cocleares , Nanopartículas , Animais , Fosfatos de Cálcio , DNA , Eletrodos , Ratos , Gânglio Espiral da Cóclea , Transfecção
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Phys Rev Lett ; 119(1): 017202, 2017 Jul 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28731774

RESUMO

Using the sensitivity of optical second harmonic generation to currents, we demonstrate the generation of 250-fs long spin current pulses in Fe/Au/Fe/MgO(001) spin valves. The temporal profile of these pulses indicates ballistic transport of hot electrons across a sub-100 nm Au layer. The pulse duration is primarily determined by the thermalization time of laser-excited hot carriers in Fe. Considering the calculated spin-dependent Fe/Au interface transmittance we conclude that a nonthermal spin-dependent Seebeck effect is responsible for the generation of ultrashort spin current pulses. The demonstrated rotation of spin polarization of hot electrons upon interaction with noncollinear magnetization at Au/Fe interfaces holds high potential for future spintronic devices.

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Nat Commun ; 8: 15007, 2017 04 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28406144

RESUMO

Spintronics had a widespread impact over the past decades due to transferring information by spin rather than electric currents. Its further development requires miniaturization and reduction of characteristic timescales of spin dynamics combining the sub-nanometre spatial and femtosecond temporal ranges. These demands shift the focus of interest towards the fundamental open question of the interaction of femtosecond spin current (SC) pulses with a ferromagnet (FM). The spatio-temporal properties of the impulsive spin transfer torque exerted by ultrashort SC pulses on the FM open the time domain for probing non-uniform magnetization dynamics. Here we employ laser-generated ultrashort SC pulses for driving ultrafast spin dynamics in FM and analysing its transient local source. Transverse spins injected into FM excite inhomogeneous high-frequency spin dynamics up to 0.6 THz, indicating that the perturbation of the FM magnetization is confined to 2 nm.

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Chem Soc Rev ; 45(13): 3747-55, 2016 Jul 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27186600

RESUMO

Metal heterostructures have been used in recent years to gain insights into the relevance of energy dissipation into electronic degrees of freedom in surface chemistry. Non-adiabaticity in the surface chemistry results in the creation of electron-hole pairs, the number and energetic distribution of which need to be studied in detail. Several types of devices, such as metal-insulator-metal, metal-semiconductor and metal-semiconductor oxide-semiconductor, have been used. These devices operate by spatially separating the electrons from the holes, as an internal barrier allows only - or at least favours - transport from the top to the back electrode for one kind of carrier. An introduction into the matter, a survey of the literature and a critical discussion of the state of research is attempted.

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Rev Sci Instrum ; 85(10): 104102, 2014 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25362420

RESUMO

An experimental setup, which combines direct heating and temperature measurement of metal nanofilms allowing temperature programmed desorption experiments is described. This setup enables the simultaneous monitoring of the thermal desorption flux from the surface of chemi-electric devices and detection of chemically induced hot charge carriers under UHV conditions. This method is demonstrated for the case of water desorption from a Pt/SiO2-n-Si metal-oxide-semiconductor nanostructure.

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J Chem Phys ; 134(3): 034705, 2011 Jan 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21261382

RESUMO

Associated with chemical reactions at surfaces energy may be dissipated exciting surface electronic degrees of freedom. These excitations are detected using metal-insulator-metal (MIM) heterostructures (Ta-TaOx-Au) and the reactions of H with and on a Au surface are probed. A current corresponding to 5×10(-5) electrons per adsorbing H atom and a marked isotope effect are observed under steady-state conditions. Analysis of the current trace when the H atom flux is intermitted suggests that predominantly the recombination reaction creates electronic excitations. Biasing the front versus the back electrode of the MIM structure provides insights into the spectrum of electronic excitations. The observed spectra differ for the two isotopes H and D and are asymmetric when comparing negative and positive bias voltages. Modeling indicates that the excited electrons and the concurrently created holes differ in their energy distributions.


Assuntos
Elétrons , Ouro/química , Hidrogênio/química , Eletrodos , Propriedades de Superfície
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