Enginyeria Electrònica i Biomèdica: Recent submissions
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High-pressure Raman scattering in bulk HfS2: comparison of density functional theory methods in layered MS2 compounds (M = Hf, Mo) under compression
We report high-pressure Raman-scattering measurements on the transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) compound HfS2. The aim of this work is twofold: (i) to investigate the high-pressure behavior of the zone-center optical ...
Conduction mechanisms and charge storage in Si-nanocrystals metal-oxide-semiconductor memory devices studied with conducting atomic force microscopy
In this work, we demonstrate that conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM) is a very powerful tool to investigate, at the nanoscale, metal-oxide-semiconductor structures with silicon nanocrystals (Si-nc) embedded in the ...
Microwave oscillator and frequency comb in a silicon optomechanical cavity with a full phononic bandgap
Cavity optomechanics has recently emerged as a new paradigm enabling the manipulation of mechanical motion via optical fields tightly confined in deformable cavities. When driving an optomechanical (OM) crystal cavity with ...
Combining non selective gas sensors on a mobile robot for identification and mapping of multiple chemical compounds
In this paper, we address the task of gas distribution modeling in scenarios where multiple heterogeneous compounds are present. Gas distribution modeling is particularly useful in emission monitoring applications where ...
Quantification of interacting cognate odorants with olfactory receptors in nanovesicles
This study aims to improve our understanding of the interaction between olfactory receptors and odorants to develop highly selective biosensing devices. Natural nanovesicles (NVs) from Saccharomyces cerevisiae, ~100 nm in ...
Role of Ethanolamine on the Stability of a Sol-Gel ZnO ink
This work presents a detailed structural and chemical characterization of the system formed by zinc acetate dihydrate (ZAD) and ethanolamine (EA) with methoxyethanol (ME), in order to describe its stability. The origin of ...
Development of a novel automatable fabrication method based on electrospinning co electrospraying for rotator cuff augmentation patches
Rotator cuff tear is one of the most common shoulder diseases. Rotator cuff augmentation (RCA) is trying to solve the high retear failure percentage after the surgery procedures (20-90%). The ideal augmentation patch must ...
A current-mode interface circuit for a piezoresistive pressure sensor
An interfacing circuit for piezoresistive pressure sensors based on CMOS current conveyors is presented. The main advantages of the proposed interfacing circuit include the use of a single piezoresistor, the capability of ...
Instrumental drift removal in GC-MS data for breath analysis: the short-term and long term temporal validation of putative biomarkers for COPD
Breath analysis holds the promise of a non-invasive technique for the diagnosis of diverse respiratory conditions including COPD and lung cancer. Breath contains small metabolites that may be putative biomarkers of these ...
HRK downregulation and augmented BCL-xL binding to BAK confer apoptotic protection to therapy-induced senescent melanoma cells
Senescent cells are commonly detected in tumors after chemo and radiotherapy, leading to a characteristic cellular phenotype that resists apoptotic cell death. In this study, we used multiple melanoma cell lines, molecular ...
Cooperativity and oscillations: Regulatory mechanisms of K-Ras nanoclusters
K-Ras nanoclusters (NCs) concentrate all required molecules belonging to the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in a small area where signaling events take place, ...
Measurement of the ratio of branching fractions B(B0→K*0γ)/B(B0s→ϕγ)
The ratio of branching fractions of the radiative B decays B 0 → K * 0 γ and B 0 s → ϕ γ has been measured using 0.37 fb − 1 of p p collisions at a center of mass energy of √ s = 7 TeV , collected by the LHCb ...
Stochastic resonance in noisy nondynamical systems
We have analyzed the effects of the addition of external noise to nondynamical systems displaying intrinsic noise, and established general conditions under which stochastic resonance appears. The criterion we have found ...
Asymptotic analysis of the Gunn effect with realistic boundary conditions
A general asymptotic analysis of the Gunn effect in n-type GaAs under general boundary conditions for metal-semiconductor contacts is presented. Depending on the parameter values in the boundary condition of the injecting ...
Extension of the impedance field method to the noise analysis of a semiconductor junction: Analytical approach
We present an analytical procedure to perform the local noise analysis of a semiconductor junction when both the drift and diffusive parts of the current are important. The method takes into account space-inhomogeneous and ...
Local noise analysis of a Schottky contact: combined thermionic-emissiondiffusion theory
A theoretical model for the noise properties of Schottky barrier diodes in the framework of the thermionic-emission¿diffusion theory is presented. The theory incorporates both the noise induced by the diffusion of carriers ...
Relation for the nonequilibrium population of the interface states: effects on the bias dependence of the ideality factors
By an analysis of the exchange of carriers through a semiconductor junction, a general relationship for the nonequilibrium population of the interface states in Schottky barrier diodes has been derived. Based on this ...
Search for Lepton Number Violating Decays B+→π−μ+μ+ and B+→K−μ+μ+
A search is performed for the lepton number violating decay B + → h − μ + μ + , where h − represents a K − or a π − , using an integrated luminosity of 36 pb − 1 of data collected with the LHCb detector. The decay is ...
Stationary states and phase diagram for a model of the Gunn effect under realistic boundary conditions
A general formulation of boundary conditions for semiconductor-metal contacts follows from a phenomenological procedure sketched here. The resulting boundary conditions, which incorporate only physically well-defined ...
Effects of the epitaxial layer thickness on the noise properties of Schottky barrier diodes
An analytical theory to describe the combined effects of the epitaxial layer thickness and the ohmic contact on the noise properties of Schottky barrier diodes is presented. The theory, which provides information on both ...
