Hydrodeoxygenation of vanillin over noble metal catalyst supported on biochars: Part II: Catalytic behaviour
Vanillin hydrodeoxygenation was investigated using noble metal (Pd, Au, Ru) supported on active carbon prepared from waste derived biochars, which were produced via pyrolysis in CO2 atmosphere. Chemical activation with ZnCl2 and HNO3 was also used in the preparation...
Casimir–Lifshitz Force Based Optical Resonators
We theoretically investigate the building of optical resonators based on the levitation properties of thin films subjected to strong repulsive Casimir–Lifshitz forces when immersed in an adequate medium and confronted with a planar substrate. We propose a design in...
Large gap atmospheric pressure barrier discharges using ferroelectric materials
This work reports a phenomenological comparative study of atmospheric pressure barrier plasmas using ferroelectric (ferroelectric barrier discharge (FBD)) and dielectric (dielectric barrier discharge (DBD)) plates to moderate the discharge. For FBD operation and large...
Tamm Plasmons Directionally Enhance Rare-Earth Nanophosphor Emission
Rare earth based phosphors are the materials onto which current solid state lighting technology is built on. However, their large crystal size impedes the tuning, optimization or manipulation of emitted light that could be achieved by their integration in nanophotonic...