Single-crystal silicon is extensively used in the semiconductor industry. Even though most of
the steps during processing involve somehow thermo-mechanical treatment of silicon, we …

Flexible natural armors from fish, alligators or armadillo are attracting an increasing amount
of attention for their unique combinations of hardness, flexibility and light weight. The …

3D-printing technologies allow researchers to build simplified physical models of complex
biological systems to more easily investigate their mechanics. In recent years, a number of 3D-…

Protective systems that are simultaneously hard to puncture and compliant in flexion are
desirable, but difficult to achieve because hard materials are usually stiff. However, we can …

Crystalline Si (c‐Si) technology is dominating the photovoltaics market. These modules are
nonetheless still relatively expensive, in particular because of the costly silicon wafers, which …

A porous silicon-based layer transfer process to produce thin (30-50 μm) kerfless epitaxial
foils (epifoils) is a promising approach toward high-efficiency solar cells. For high efficiencies, …

Optical chemical sensors are widely applied in many fields of modern analytical practice,
due to their simplicity in preparation and signal acquisition, low costs, and fast response time. …

Two important aspects for the success of the porous silicon-based layer transfer method in
producing kerfless thin (<50 µm) silicon foils for future silicon solar modules are addressed in …

In this paper we investigate the effects of polycrystal morphology on the overall properties of
polysilicon. Focusing on two-dimensional representative volume elements (RVEs) of …

In this work we exploit a multi-scale framework to model the shock-induced failure of
polysilicon micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), and study the impact of uncertainties at …