Bourdoncle, Boris (Date of defense: 2019-02-13)
The twentieth century was marked by two scientific revolutions. On the one hand, quantum mechanics questioned our understanding of nature and physics. On the other hand, came the realisation that ...
Terborg, Roland A. (Date of defense: 2018-10-19)
As health systems fight against epidemics and infectious diseases, new forms of diagnostics need to be developed in order to meet the growing demand for services, often in locations without the necessary ...
Cordier, Guillaume (Date of defense: 2018-04-03)
This thesis first develops new methods for high-throughput and multi-color super-resolution microscopy (Chapters 2 and 3). Subsequently, I apply these methods to study the organization of motor proteins ...
Meng, Lijun (Date of defense: 2018-12-11)
Surface plasmons, which are characteristic oscillations of induced charges at metal surfaces that can interact strongly with light, are a key topic in nanophotonics. It can tightly confine the optical ...
Verdeny Vilanova, Ione (Date of defense: 2016-10-13)
Intracellular transport plays an essential role in a wide variety of fundamental cellular processes required to maintain the internal regulation and organization of cells. Different types of cargos such ...
Seri, Alessando (Date of defense: 2019-07-03)
Quantum memories (QMs) for light represent a fundamental ingredient for the development of a quantum internet. Among other applications, they are a building block for the distribution of entanglement ...
Liu, Quan (Date of defense: 2018-03-23)
Solution-processed thin film solar cells emerged as very promising photovoltaic technologies suitable for a low cost roll-to-roll upscale production. Such thin film character also ensures lightweight ...
Weber, Peter (Date of defense: 2016-12-02)
In recent years, mechanical resonators based on graphene have attracted considerable interest as nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS). Graphene NEMSs allow for exceptional properties such as high ...
Maring, Nicolas (Date of defense: 2018-09-13)
The ability to control the optical frequency of quantum state carriers (i.e. photons) is an important functionality for future quantum networks. It allows all matter quantum systems - nodes of the network ...
Blanco Núñez, Igor D. (Date of defense: 2015-01-31)
The study of the brain using diffuse optical methods has progressed rapidly in the recent years. The possibility of studying the cerebral microvasculature in addition to the portability and low cost of ...