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The invention provides in an electron microscopy grid, comprising: - a perforated substrate; - a support film on the perforated substrate; - a mixture of different linker molecules according to Structure (I), wherein AG is an anchoring group, for anchoring the linker molecule to the solid support; BU is a binding unit, for binding to the analyte; L1 is a first linear linker section; L2 is a second linear linker section; α is the angle between the linear linker section L1 and the linear linker section L2; AS is an angled linker section, connecting the linear linker section L1 and the linear ...

The present invention relates to a laser ablation probe (001) comprising a tubular element (002) adapted for conducting a carrier fluid in a substantially laminar flow. The tubular element (002) comprises a fluid inlet (003) and a fluid outlet (004) arranged at opposite end portions of the tubular element (002) for enabling the carrier fluid to flow through the tubular element (002). The tubular element (002) further comprises a central portion (006) having an aperture (005) defined therein for admitting an aerosol generated by laser ablation from a material sample (007) into the carrier ...

An organic light emitting diode comprises a hole transport layer, an emissive layer, and an electron transport layer. The hole transport layer and optionally the electron transport layer is made of a material having a refractive index having a specific anisotropy.

A method (100) for determining a three-dimensional atomic distribution of a sample (201) having a tip, during an atom probe tomography process. The method accounts for the tip not being axial symmetric and not having a hemispherical shaped apex throughout the evaporation process

In a first aspect, the present invention relates to an electron microscopy (EM) grid (100), comprising: (i) a perforated substrate (200), (ii) a support film (300) on the perforated substrate (200), the support film (300) having a thickness of 60 Å or less, preferably 20 Å or less, more preferably 10 Å or less, most preferably 3 Å or less, and (iii) linkers (400) attached on top of the support film (300), the linkers (400) comprising at least one affinity group (410) for immobilizing an analyte (500); wherein the linkers (400) form a non-random pattern on the support film (300).

The present invention relates to circuits and methods for increasing the voltage gain range of a DC-DC power converter. In particular, the present invention relates to a DC-DC power converter (200) comprising: two multiplier stages (M1, M2), each comprising two capacitors, each capacitor respectively connected to a diode, said diodes being adapted to charge the capacitors with a voltage; at least two switching devices (S1, S2) arranged to interchangeably operate between the at least two multiplier stages (M1, M2), or arranged to selectively connect the at least two multiplier stages (Ml, M2) ...

A method for forming a solid electrolyte coating on a substrate (1), the method comprising:a. providing a first and a second electrode (3),b. coating a sol-gel precursor solution (4) of the solid electrolyte coating on the substrate (1) and electrically contacting the sol-gel precursor solution (4) with the first and the second electrode, the sol-gel precursor solution (4) being capable of forming a gel in presence of a voltage, andc. generating the voltage across the sol-gel precursor solution (4) via the first and the second electrodes, thereby transforming the sol-gel precursor solution ...

A method for forming a solid electrolyte coating on a substrate (1), the method comprising: a. providing a first and a second electrode (3), b. coating a sol-gel precursor solution (4) of the solid electrolyte coating on the substrate (1) and electrically contacting the sol-gel precursor solution (4) with the first and the second electrode, the sol-gel precursor solution (4) being capable of forming a gel in presence of a voltage, and c. generating the voltage across the sol-gel precursor solution (4) via the first and the second electrodes, thereby transforming the sol-gel precursor solution ...

A method for determining a location of a fault (16) on a powerline (11), comprising: obtaining, using a measuring device (15) at a measurement location on the powerline (11), time-dependent data of a voltage on the powerline (11) and of a current through the powerline (11) at the measurement location, wherein the time-dependent data is obtained during a time period after fault inception; removing fundamental frequency components from the time-dependent data; calculating, from the time-dependent data, a virtual fault inductance for at least two different potential fault locations, by inputting ...

A system (100) for controlling a bipolar DC power system (101) is disclosed. The bipolar DC power system (101) comprises a positive conductor (102), a neutral conductor (103) and negative conductor (104), wherein a positive pole-to-neutral voltage is a voltage between the positive conductor (102) and the neutral conductor (103) and a negative pole-to-neutral voltage is a voltage between the negative conductor (104) and the neutral conductor (103). The system (100) comprises control means for controlling the positive pole-to-neutral voltage and the negative pole-to-neutral voltage, the control ...