Nanomicroscopy Center

Publications

Here is a list of scientific publications and theses, where instruments from the Nanomicroscopy Center have been used. The list is far from comprehensive and we would appreciate if you know a missing entry. Send an email with the details to administrators (email address at the bottom the this page).

When writing a publication of any kind, where you have used the instruments of the Nanomicroscopy Center, include the following sentence in the acknowledgements section: "This work made use of the Aalto University Nanomicroscopy Center (Aalto-NMC) premises.".

Publications

2012

  1. Koskela J. E., Vapaavuori J., Hautala J., Priimagi A., Faul C. F. J., Kaivola M., Ras R. H. A., Surface-Relief Gratings and Stable Birefringence Inscribed Using Light of Broad Spectral Range in Supramolecular Polymer-Bisazobenzene Complexes, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, ASAP (2012). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp210706n


  2. Annukka Santasalo-Aarnio, Maryam Borghei, Ilya V. Anoshkin, Albert G. Nasibulin, Esko I. Kauppinen, Virginia Ruiz, Tanja Kallio, Durability of different carbon nanomaterial supports with PtRu catalyst in a direct methanol fuel cell, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 37, Issue 4, February 2012, Pages 3415–3424, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene

2011

  1. Wang M., Olszewska A., Walther A., Malho J.M., Schacher F.H., Ruokolainen J., Ankerfors M., Laine J., Berglund L.A., Österberg M., Ikkala O., Colloidal Ionic Assembly between Anionic Native Cellulose Nanofibrils and Cationic Block Copolymer Micelles into Biomimetic Nanocomposites, Biomacromolecules 12, 2074-2081 (2011) . http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bm101561m

  2. Päivi Laaksonen, Andreas Walther, Jani-Markus Malho, Markku Kainlauri, Olli Ikkala, Markus B. Linder, Genetic Engineering of Biomimetic Nanocomposites: Diblock Proteins, Graphene, and Nanofibrillated Cellulose, Angewandte Chemie, Int. Ed 2011, Volume 50, issue 37, pages 8688-8691

  3. Talyzin, A. V., Luzan, S., Anoshkin, I. V., Nasibulin, A. G., Kauppinen, E. I., Mikoushkin, V. M., Shnitov, V. V., Marchenko, D. E., Noréus D., Hydrogenation, purification and unzipping of carbon nanotubes by reaction with hydrogen gas, ACS Nano 5, 5132-5140 (2011). http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn201224k

  4. Nasibulina, L.I., Anoshkin, I.V., Shandakov, S.D., Nasibulin, A.G., Cwirzen, A., Mudimela, P.R., Habermehl-Cwirzen, K., Malm, J.E.M., Koltsova, T.S., Tian, Y. Vasilieva, E.S., Penttala, V. Tolochko, O.V., Karppinen, M.J., and Kauppinen, E.I., Direct Synthesis of Carbon Nanofibers on Cement Particles, Transportation Research Record 2, 96-101 (2010).

  5. Mikheev, G. M., Nasibulin, Zonov, R. G., A. G., Kaskela, A., Kauppinen, E. I., Photon-drag effect in single-walled carbon nanotube films, Nano Letters, 11, DOI:10.1021/nl20300 (2011).

  6. Nasibulin, A. G., Kaskela, A. , Mustonen, K., Anisimov, A. S., Ruiz, V., Kivistö, S., Rackauskas, S., Timmermans, M. Y., Pudas, M., Aitchison, B., Kauppinen, M., Brown, D. P., Okhotnikov, O. G., Kauppinen, E. I., Multifunctional freestanding single-walled carbon nanotube films, ACS Nano 5, 3214-3221 (2011).

  7. He, M., Chernov, A., Obraztsova, E., Sainio, J., Rikkinen, E., Jiang, H., Zhu, Z., Kaskela, A., Nasibulin, A., Kauppinen, E., Niemelä, M., and Krause, O., Low temperature growth of SWNTs on a nickel catalyst by thermal chemical vapor deposition, Nano Research 4, 334-342 (2011).

  8. Aitola, K., Halme, J., Halonen, N., Kaskela, A., Toivola, M., Nasibulin, A.G., Kordás, K., Tóth, G., Kauppinen, E.I., and Lund, P.D., Comparison of dye solar cell counter electrodes based on different carbon nanostructures, Thin Solid Films 519, 8125-8134 (2011).

  9. Johanna Majoinen, Andreas Walther, Jason R. McKee, Eero Kontturi, Vladimir Aseyev, Jani Markus Malho, Janne Ruokolainen, Olli Ikkala,Polyelectrolyte Brushes Grafted from Cellulose Nanocrystals Using Cu-Mediated Surface-Initiated Controlled Radical Polymerization, Biomacromolecules 12, 2997-3006 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bm200613y.

  10. Susi, T., Kaskela, A., Zhu, Z., Ayala, P., Arenal, R., Tian, Y., Laiho, P., Mali, J., Nasibulin, A. G., Jiang, H., Lanzani, G., Stephan, O., Laasonen, K., Pichler, T., Loiseau, A., and Kauppinen, E. I., Nitrogen-Doped Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Films Exhibiting Anomalous Sheet Resistances, Chemistry of Materials 23, 2201-2208 (2011). http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/cm200111b

  11. He M, Chernov AI, Obraztsova ED, Sainio J, Rikkinen E, Jiang H, et al. Low temperature growth of SWNTs on a nickel catalyst by thermal chemical vapor deposition. Nano Research. 4, 334-42 (2011).

  12. He M, Chernov AI, Fedotov PV, Obraztsova ED, Rikkinen E, Zhu Z, et al. Selective growth of SWNTs on partially reduced monometallic cobalt catalyst. Chem. Commun.  28,19-21 (2011).

  13. Luong, N. D., Hippi, U., Korhonen, J. T., Soininen, A. J., Ruokolainen, J., Johansson, L-S., Nam, J-D., Sinh, L. H., Seppälä, J., Enhanced mechanical and electrical properties of polyimide film by graphene sheets via in situ polymerization, Polymer 52, 5237-5242 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2011.09.033

  14. Hirvikorpi T., Vähä-Nissi M., Harlin A., Salomaki M., Areva S., Korhonen J. T., Karppinen M., Enhanced water vapor barrier properties for biopolymer films by polyelectrolyte multilayer and atomic layer deposited Al2O3 double-coating, Applied Surface Science 257, 9451-9454 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.06.031

  15. Luong N. D., Pahimanolis N., Hippi U., Korhonen J. T., Ruokolainen J., Johansson L.-S., Nam J.-D., Seppälä J., Graphene/cellulose nanocomposite paper with high electrical and mechanical performances, Journal of Materials Chemistry 21, 13991-13998 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C1JM12134K

  16. Korhonen J. T., Kettunen M., Ras R. H. A., Ikkala O., Hydrophobic Nanocellulose Aerogels as Floating, Sustainable, Reusable, and Recyclable Oil Absorbents, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 3, 1813-1816 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/am200475b

  17. Korhonen J. T.,  Hiekkataipale P., Malm J., Karppinen M., Ikkala O., Ras R. H. A., Inorganic Hollow Nanotube Aerogels by Atomic Layer Deposition onto Native Nanocellulose Templates, ACS Nano 5, 1967-1974 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn200108s 

  18. Kettunen M., Silvennoinen R. J., Houbenov, N., Nykänen A., Ruokolainen J., Sainio J., Pore V., Kemell M., Ankerfors M., Lindström T., Ritala M., Ras R. H. A., Ikkala O., Photoswitchable Superabsorbency Based on Nanocellulose Aerogels, Advanced Functional Materials 21, 510-517 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201001431

  19. Jin H., Kettunen M., Laiho A., Pynnönen H., Paltakari J., Marmur A., Ikkala O., Ras R. H. A., Superhydrophobic and Superoleophobic Nanocellulose Aerogel Membranes as Bioinspired Cargo Carriers on Water and Oil, Langmuir 27, 1930-1934 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la103877r  

  20. Miettunen K., Toivola M., Hashmi G., Salpakari J., Asghar I., Lund P., A carbon gel catalyst layer for the roll-to-roll production of dye solar cells, Carbon 49, 528-532 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2010.09.052 

  21. Nykänen V. P. S., Nykänen A., Puska M. A., Silva G. G., Ruokolainen J., Dual-responsive and super absorbing thermally cross-linked hydrogel based on methacrylate substituted polyphosphazene, Soft Matter 7, 4414-4424 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c0sm01000f 

  22. Timonen J. V. I., Seppälä E. T., Ikkala O., Ras R. H. A., From Hot-Injection Synthesis to Heating-Up Synthesis of Cobalt Nanoparticles: Observation of Kinetically Controllable Nucleation, Angewandte 50, 2080-2084 (2011). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201005600

2010

  1. Korhonen J., Verho T., Rannou P., Ikkala O., Self-Assembly and Hierarchies in Pyridine-Containing Homopolymers and Block Copolymers with Hydrogen-Bonded Cholesteric Side-Chains, Macromolecules 43, 1507-1514 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma9021604

  2. Junnila, Susanna; Houbenov, Nikolay; Hanski, Sirkku; Iatrou, Hermis; HIrao, Akira; Hadjichristidis, Nikos; Ikkala, Olli, Hierarchical Smectic Self-Assembly of an ABC Miktoarm Star Terpolymer with a Helical Polypeptide Arm, Macromolecules 43, 9071-9076 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma101990e

  3. Hanski, Sirkku; Junnila, Susanna; Soininen, Antti J.; Ruokolainen, Janne; Ikkala, Olli, Oblique Self-Assemblies and Order-Order Transitions in Polypeptide Complexes with PEGylated Triple-Tail Lipids, Biomacromolecules11, 3440-3447 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bm100972m 

  4. Diez I., Jiang H., Ras R. H. A., Enhanced Emission of Silver Nanoclusters Through Quantitative Phase Transfer, ChemPhysChem 11, 3100-3104 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201000431 

  5. Pohjalainen E., Pohjakallio M., Johans C., Kontturi K., Timonen J. V. I., Ikkala O., Ras R. H. A., Viitala T., Heino M. T., Seppälä E. T., Cobalt Nanoparticle Langmuir-Schaefer Films on Ethylene Glycol Subphase, Langmuir 26, 13937-13943 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/la101630q 

  6. Timonen J. V. I., Johans C., Kontturi K., Walther A., Ikkal O., Ras R. H. A., A Facile Template-Free Approach to Magnetodriven, Multifunctional Artificial Cilia, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2, 2226-2230 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/am100244x 

  7. Walther A., Bjurhager I., Malho J. M., Pere J., Ruokolainen J., Berglund L. A., Ikkala O., Large-Area, Lightweight and Thick Biomimetic Composites with Superior Material Properties via Fast, Economic, and Green Pathways, Nano Letters 10, 2742-2748 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nl1003224  

  8. Kruusenberg I., Matisen L., Jiang H., Huuppola M., Kontturi K., Tammeveski K., Electrochemical reduction of oxygen on double-walled carbon nanotube modified glassy carbon electrodes in acid and alkaline solutions, Electrochemistry Communications 12, 920-923 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2010.04.021 

  9. Penttilä P. A., Varnai A., Leppänen K., Peura M., Kallonen A., Jääskeläinen P., Lucenius J., Ruokolainen J., Changes in Submicrometer Structure of Enzymatically Hydrolyzed Microcrystalline Cellulose, Biomacromolecules 11, 1111-1117 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bm1001119 

  10. Nasibulina L. I., Anoshkin I. V., Shandakov S. D., Nasibulin A. G., Cwirzen A., Mudimela P. R., Habermehl-Cwirzen, K., Malm J. E. M., Koltsova T. S., Tian Y., Vasileva E. S., Penttala V., Tolochko O. V., Karppinen M. J., Kauppinen E. I., Direct Synthesis of Carbon Nanofibers on Cement Particles, Transportation Research Record 2142, 96-101 (2010). http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/2142-14 

2009

  1. de Wit, Joost, Alberda van Ekenstein, Gert, Polushkin, Evgeny, Korhonen, Juuso, Ruokolainen, Janne, ten Brinke, Gerrit, Random Copolymer Effect in Self-Assembled Hydrogen-Bonded P(S-co-4VP)(PDP) Side-Chain Polymers, Macromolecules 42, 2009-2014 (2009). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma802634m

  2. Miettunen, K., Halme, J., Vahermaa, P., Saukkonen, T., Toivola, M., and Lund, P., Dye Solar Cells on ITO-PET Substrate with TiO2 Recombination Blocking Layers, Journal of The Electrochemical Society 156, B876-B883 (2009). http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1.3138129

  3. Junnila, Susanna; Hanski, Sirkku; Oakley, Richard; Nummelin, Sami; Ruokolainen, Janne; Faul, Charl; Ikkala, Olli,Effect of Double-Tailed Surfactant Architecture on the Conformation, Self-Assembly, and Processing in Polypeptide-Surfactant Complexes, Biomacromolecules 10, 2787-2794 (2009). http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bm900630u

2008

No entries

Theses

2010

Lic. (Tech.) Thesis
Susanna Junnila: Control of Polypeptide Self-Assembly and Conformation by Molecular Architecture

M.Sc. (Tech.) Thesis
Jani-Markus Malho: Dedicated Liquid Helium Cryo-Transmission Electron Microscope - New High Resolution Imaging Possibilities for Wood and Biomaterials

Highlights

May 31, 2011

Nanocellulose aerogels hydrophobized by atomic layer deposition act as selective oil absorbents and are able to selectively collect oils and organic solvents from the water surface.

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