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Dr Miro Cafolla's Outputs (17)

Magnetization reversal of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy multilayers on polymeric substrates for flexible spintronics applications (2024)
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Bevan, R. S., Chhatoi, R., Mallick, S., Cafolla, C., Nicholson, B., Bedanta, S., & Atkinson, D. (2024). Magnetization reversal of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy multilayers on polymeric substrates for flexible spintronics applications. Journal of Applied Physics, 136(22), Article 223901. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0243189

Earlier demonstrations of spintronic functionality on flexible substrates have highlighted the potential for spintronics in flexible electronics applications. However, for device applications, the relationship between global magnetization reversal, a... Read More about Magnetization reversal of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy multilayers on polymeric substrates for flexible spintronics applications.

Local probing of the nanoscale hydration landscape of kaolinite basal facets in the presence of ions (2024)
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Cafolla, C., Bui, T., Bao Le, T. T., Zen, A., Tay, W. J., Striolo, A., Michaelides, A., Greenwell, H. C., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2024). Local probing of the nanoscale hydration landscape of kaolinite basal facets in the presence of ions. Materials Today Physics, 46, Article 101504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtphys.2024.101504

The interface between aqueous solutions and the facets of kaolinite plays an important role in a wide range of technological applications including tribology, paper production, oil recovery, waste water treatment and medical devices. This is made pos... Read More about Local probing of the nanoscale hydration landscape of kaolinite basal facets in the presence of ions.

Quantitative Detection of Biological Nanovesicles in Drops of Saliva Using Microcantilevers (2023)
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Cafolla, C., Philpott-Robson, J., Elbourne, A., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2024). Quantitative Detection of Biological Nanovesicles in Drops of Saliva Using Microcantilevers. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 16(1), 44-53. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.3c12035

Extracellular nanovesicles (EVs) are lipid-based vesicles secreted by cells and are present in all bodily fluids. They play a central role in communication between distant cells and have been proposed as potential indicators for the early detection o... Read More about Quantitative Detection of Biological Nanovesicles in Drops of Saliva Using Microcantilevers.

Simultaneous quantification of Young’s modulus and dispersion forces with nanoscale spatial resolution (2023)
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Cafolla, C., Voïtchovsky, K., & Payam, A. F. (2023). Simultaneous quantification of Young’s modulus and dispersion forces with nanoscale spatial resolution. Nanotechnology, 34(50), Article 505714. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/acf8ce

Many advances in polymers and layered materials rely on a precise understanding of the local interactions between adjacent molecular or atomic layers. Quantifying dispersion forces at the nanoscale is particularly challenging with existing methods of... Read More about Simultaneous quantification of Young’s modulus and dispersion forces with nanoscale spatial resolution.

Real-time tracking of ionic nano-domains under shear flow (2021)
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Cafolla, C., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2021). Real-time tracking of ionic nano-domains under shear flow. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 19540. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-98137-y

The behaviour of ions at solid–liquid interfaces underpins countless phenomena, from the conduction of nervous impulses to charge transfer in solar cells. In most cases, ions do not operate as isolated entities, but in conjunction with neighbouring i... Read More about Real-time tracking of ionic nano-domains under shear flow.

Gold surface cleaning by etching polishing: Optimization of polycrystalline film topography and surface functionality for biosensing (2020)
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Snopok, B., Laroussi, A., Cafolla, C., Voïtchovsky, K., Snopok, T., & Mirsky, V. M. (2021). Gold surface cleaning by etching polishing: Optimization of polycrystalline film topography and surface functionality for biosensing. Surfaces and Interfaces, 22, Article 100818. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2020.100818

Modern bio-chemical sensors rely on functional interfacial architectures with well-defined structural nano-motifs over a physical transducer. Gold-coated interfaces are of particular interest for their desirable chemical (functionalization) and optic... Read More about Gold surface cleaning by etching polishing: Optimization of polycrystalline film topography and surface functionality for biosensing.

Atomic‐Scale Control of Electronic Structure and Ferromagnetic Insulating State in Perovskite Oxide Superlattices by Long‐Range Tuning of BO6 Octahedra (2020)
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Li, W., Zhu, B., Zhu, R., Wang, Q., Lu, P., Sun, Y., Cafolla, C., Qi, Z., Chen, A., Gao, P., Wang, H., He, Q., Zhang, K. H., & MacManus‐Driscoll, J. L. (2020). Atomic‐Scale Control of Electronic Structure and Ferromagnetic Insulating State in Perovskite Oxide Superlattices by Long‐Range Tuning of BO6 Octahedra. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(40), Article 2001984. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202001984

Control of BO6 octahedral rotations at the heterointerfaces of dissimilar ABO3 perovskites has emerged as a powerful route for engineering novel physical properties. However, its impact length scale is constrained at 2–6 unit cells close to the inter... Read More about Atomic‐Scale Control of Electronic Structure and Ferromagnetic Insulating State in Perovskite Oxide Superlattices by Long‐Range Tuning of BO6 Octahedra.

Impact of water on the lubricating properties of hexadecane at the nanoscale (2020)
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Cafolla, C., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2020). Impact of water on the lubricating properties of hexadecane at the nanoscale. Nanoscale, 12(27), 14504-14513. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0nr03642k

Fluid lubricants are routinely used to reduce friction in a wide range of applications, from car engines to machinery and hard-disk drives. However, their efficiency can be significantly influenced by the ambient conditions they are exposed to, in pa... Read More about Impact of water on the lubricating properties of hexadecane at the nanoscale.

Robust Ferromagnetism in Highly Strained SrCoO3 Thin Films (2020)
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Wang, Y., He, Q., Ming, W., Du, M.-H., Lu, N., Cafolla, C., Fujioka, J., Zhang, Q., Zhang, D., Shen, S., Lyu, Y., N’Diaye, A. T., Arenholz, E., Gu, L., Nan, C., Tokura, Y., Okamoto, S., & Yu, P. (2020). Robust Ferromagnetism in Highly Strained SrCoO3 Thin Films. Physical Review X, 10(2), Article 10.021030. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevx.10.021030

Epitaxial strain provides important pathways to control the magnetic and electronic states in transition-metal oxides. However, the large strain is usually accompanied by a strong reduction of the oxygen-vacancy formation energy, which hinders the di... Read More about Robust Ferromagnetism in Highly Strained SrCoO3 Thin Films.

Lubricated friction around nano-defects (2020)
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Cafolla, C., Foster, W., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2020). Lubricated friction around nano-defects. Science Advances, 6(14), Article eaaz3673. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaz3673

The lubrication properties of nano-confined liquids underpin countless natural and industrial processes. However, our current understanding of lubricated friction is still limited, especially for non-ideal interfaces exhibiting nanoscale chemical and... Read More about Lubricated friction around nano-defects.

Vitamin K Concentration and Cognitive Status in Elderly Patients on Anticoagulant Therapy: A Pilot Study (2020)
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Alisi, L., Cafolla, C., Gentili, A., Tartaglione, S., Curini, R., & Cafolla, A. (2020). Vitamin K Concentration and Cognitive Status in Elderly Patients on Anticoagulant Therapy: A Pilot Study. Journal of Aging Research, 2020, Article 9695324. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/9695324

Objectives. Recent studies have suggested that vitamin K may exert significant effects on the central nervous system. The present study investigates the relationship between vitamin K plasmatic levels and cognitive functions in elderly patients on or... Read More about Vitamin K Concentration and Cognitive Status in Elderly Patients on Anticoagulant Therapy: A Pilot Study.

A non-destructive method to calibrate the torsional spring constant of atomic force microscope cantilevers in viscous environments (2018)
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Cafolla, C., Payam, A., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2018). A non-destructive method to calibrate the torsional spring constant of atomic force microscope cantilevers in viscous environments. Journal of Applied Physics, 124(15), Article 154502. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5046648

Calibration of the torsional spring constant of atomic force microscopy cantilevers is fundamental to a range of applications, from nanoscale friction and lubrication measurements to the characterization of micro-electromechanical systems and the res... Read More about A non-destructive method to calibrate the torsional spring constant of atomic force microscope cantilevers in viscous environments.

Lubricating properties of single metal ions at interfaces (2018)
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Cafolla, C., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2018). Lubricating properties of single metal ions at interfaces. Nanoscale, 10(25), 11831-11840. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr02859a

The behaviour of ionic solutions confined in nanoscale gaps is central to countless processes, from biomolecular function to electrochemistry, energy storage and lubrication. However, no clear link exists between the molecular-level behaviour of the... Read More about Lubricating properties of single metal ions at interfaces.

Direct observation of the dynamics of single metal ions at the interface with solids in aqueous solutions (2017)
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Ricci, M., Trewby, W., Cafolla, M., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2017). Direct observation of the dynamics of single metal ions at the interface with solids in aqueous solutions. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 43234. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep43234

The dynamics of ions adsorbed at the surface of immersed charged solids plays a central role in countless natural and industrial processes such as crystal growth, heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry, or biological function. Electrokinetic measu... Read More about Direct observation of the dynamics of single metal ions at the interface with solids in aqueous solutions.

Sub-nanometer resolution imaging with amplitude-modulation atomic force microscopy in liquid (2016)
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Miller, E., Trewby, W., Farokh Payam, A., Piantanida, L., Cafolla, C., & Voïtchovsky, K. (2016). Sub-nanometer resolution imaging with amplitude-modulation atomic force microscopy in liquid. Journal of Visualized Experiments, Article e54924. https://doi.org/10.3791/54924

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has become a well-established technique for nanoscale imaging of samples in air and in liquid. Recent studies have shown that when operated in amplitude-modulation (tapping) mode, atomic or molecular-level resolution ima... Read More about Sub-nanometer resolution imaging with amplitude-modulation atomic force microscopy in liquid.

Plasma Vitamin K1 Levels in Italian Patients Receiving Oral Anticoagulant Therapy for Mechanical Heart Prosthesis: A Case–Control Study (2016)
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Cafolla, A., Gentili, A., Cafolla, C., Perez, V., Baldacci, E., Pasqualetti, D., Demasi, B., & Curini, R. (2016). Plasma Vitamin K1 Levels in Italian Patients Receiving Oral Anticoagulant Therapy for Mechanical Heart Prosthesis: A Case–Control Study. American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs, 16(4), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40256-016-0169-0