PhD

Casimir Theses 2012

Magis, G.: Shedding light on surface-assembled photosynthetic systems       

Promotor: prof. dr. T.J. Aartsma

May 1, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-1

Morales, M.: Resistive switching in mixed conductors    

Promotor: prof. dr. J.M. van Ruitenbeek

January 12, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-2  

 

De Adelhart Toorop, R.: A flavour of family symmetries in a family of flavour models

Promotor: prof. J.W. van Holten

February 21, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-3  

 

Mathies, J.: High-frequency EPR on high-spin transition-metal sites

Promotor: prof. dr. E. Groenen

March 1, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-4  

 

Pezzarossa, A.: Imaging of plasma membrane domains in signal       

Promotor: prof. dr. T. Schmidt

March 13, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-5  

 

Kelly, S.: Complex oxides studied by scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy

Promotor: prof. dr. J. Aarts

March 3, 2012        

Casimir PhD series 2012-6  

 

Nguyen, H.: Two dimensional photonic crystal devices

Promoter: prof. dr. E.H. Brück

April 27, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-7  

        

Zyazin, A.: Electron transport through single magnetic molecules

Promotor: prof. dr. ir. H.S.J. van der Zant

March 28, 2012       

Casimir PhD series 2012-8  

 

Rijn, R. van: A structural view of pd model catalysts - high-pressure surface X-ray diffraction        

Promotor: prof. dr. J. Frenken

May 8, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-9  

 

Ruijgrok, P.V.: Optical manipulation and study of single gold nanoparticles in solution

Promotor: prof. dr. M. Orrit

May 10, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-10 

 

Beenakker, J.W.M.: Unravelling the collagen network of the arterial wall

Promotores: prof. dr. ir. T.H. Oosterkamp, prof. dr. J. Frenken

June 5, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-11 

 

Sar, T. van der: Quantum control of single spins and single photons in diamond

Promotores: prof. dr. ir. R. Hanson, prof. dr. ir. L.P. Kouwenhoven

March 27, 2012       

Casimir PhD series 2012-12 

 

Etaki, S.: Superconducting Quantum Interference based Electromechanical Systems

Promotor: prof. dr. ir. H.S.J. van der Zant

April 27, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-13 

 

Usenko, O.: Development and testing of the gravitational wave antenna MiniGRAIL in its full featured configuration 

Promotor: prof. dr. ir. T.H. Oosterkamp

May 23, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-14 

 

Gudat, J.: Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics with Quantum Dots in Microcavities

Promotor: prof. dr. D. Bouwmeester

June 19, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-15 

 

Sousa, K.: Consistent Supersymmetric Decoupling in Cosmology        

Promotor: prof. dr. A. Achúcarro

June 20, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-16 

 

Emanuel, M.: The effect of thermal fluctuations on elastic instabilities of biopolymers

Promotor: prof. dr. H. Schiessel

July 4, 2012  

Casimir PhD series 2012-17 

 

Lange, G. de: Quantum control and Coherence of Interacting Spins in Diamond

Promotor: prof. dr. ir. R. Hanson, prof. dr. ir. L.P. Kouwenhoven

September 10, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-18 

 

Keijzers, H.: Josephon effects in carbon nanotube mechanical resonators and graphene

Promotor: prof. dr. ir. L.P. Kouwenhoven

October 15, 2012    

Casimir PhD series 2012-19 

 

Ren, Y.: Super-terahertz heterodyne spectrometer using a quantum cascade laser

Promotores: prof. dr. ir. Klapwijk, dr. J.R. Gao  

December 12, 2012 

Casimir PhD series 2012-20 

 

Mol, J.A.: Single Atom Electronics 

Promotor: prof. dr. ir. H.S.J. van der Zant

September 14, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-21 

 

Verzijl, C.J.O.: On Conductance and Interface Effects in Molecular Devices

Promotores: prof. dr. ir. G.E.W. Bauer, dr. J.M. Thijssen

November 27, 2012 

Casimir PhD series 2012-22 

 

Mirjani, F.: Modeling Molecular Junctions - Weak and Strong Coupling Regimes

Promotor: dr. J.M. Thijssen

December 17, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-23 

 

Huang, Z.: Nano- and Micro-Fabrication for Single-Molecule Biological Studies

Promotores: prof. dr. N.H. Dekker, dr. L. DiCarlo

October 16, 2012    

Casimir PhD series 2012-24 

 

Hriscu, A.: Theoretical Proposals of Quantum Phase-Slip Devices        

Promotor: prof. dr. Y.V. Nazarov

October 26, 2012    

Casimir PhD series 2012-25 


Westra, H.J.R.: Nonlinear beam mechanics        

Promotores: dr. E.W.J.M. van der Drift, prof. dr. ir. H.S.J. van der Zant

November 8, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-26 

 

Labadze, G.: Electromechanics of suspended nanowires

Promotores: dr. Y.M. Blanter, prof. dr. ir. G.E.W. Bauer

October 15, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-27 

 

Loenhout, M.T.J. van: Single-Molecule studies of the Twisted, Knotted, and Broken Genome  

Promotores: prof. dr. C. Dekker

November 11, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-28 

 

Dahlhaus, J.P.: Random-matrix theory and stroboscopic models of topological insulators and superconductors        

Promotores: prof. dr. C. Beenakker

November 21, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-29 

 

Guedon, C.: Molecular Charge Transport Relating Orbital Structures to the Conductance Properties

Promotores: dr. ir. S.J. van der Molen, prof. dr. J.M. van Ruitenbeek

November 6, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-30 

 

Dong, G.: Formation of graphene and hexagonal boron nitride on Rh(111) studied by in-situ scanning tunneling microscopy

Promotor: prof. dr. J. Frenken

November 7, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-31

 

Heeres, R.: Quantum Plasmonics  

Promotores: dr. V. Zwiller, prof. dr. ir. L.P. Kouwenhoven

November 27, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-32 

 

Astraätmadja, T.: Starlight Beneath the Waves: In Search of TeV Photon Emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts with the Antares Neutrino Telescope       

Promotores: prof. dr. M. de Jong

March 6, 2013        

Casimir PhD series 2012-33 

 

Elmalk, A.: Exposing bimolecular properties, one molecule at a time

Promotores: prof. dr. T.J. Aartsma

December 13, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-34 


Aalst, T.A.F. van der: Conformal Invariance and Microscopic Sensitivity in Cosmic Inflation 

Promotores: dr. K.E. Schalm, prof. dr. A. Achúcarro

December 19, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-35 

 

Kumar, K.: A study of electron scattering through noise spectroscopy

Promotor: prof. dr. J.M. van Ruitenbeek

December 5, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-36 

 

Yanson, Y.: How Additives Affect Cu Electrodepositing: An Electrochemical STM Study       

Promotores: dr. M.J. Rost, prof. dr. J. Frenken

December 4, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-37 

 

Yang, J.: Hydrogen storage in metal-organic frameworks                 

Promotores: prof. dr. T.J. Dingemans, prof. dr. F.M. Mulder

October 16, 2012

Casimir PhD series 2012-38 

 

Rudneva, M.: In-situ electrical measurements in Transmission Electron Microscopy

Promotores: prof. dr. H.W. Zandbergen

January 16, 2013

Casimir PhD series 2012-39