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Christofer Hierold

Christofer Hierold

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
38
Citations
6942
World Ranking
4859
National Ranking
78

Overview

Christofer Hierold is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and materials science. Their work spans various interconnected fields such as Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The primary topics of Hierold's research include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Carbon Nanotubes in Composites, Tactile and Sensory Interactions, Analytical Chemistry and Sensors, thermodynamics and calorimetric analyses, Mechanical and Optical Resonators, and Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors.

Frequent co-authors in Hierold's publications are:

  • John Baillieul
  • Gert Cauwenberghs
  • Georges Gielen
  • Isabel Trancoso
  • Dawn Melley

Hierold's research has appeared in several notable publication venues with the highest frequency in the Proceedings of the IEEE. Other frequent venues include Microsystems & Nanoengineering, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, the 2022 IEEE 35th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference (MEMS), and Polymer Testing.

Representative recent papers authored by or involving Christofer Hierold include:

  • "Tactile Sensing With Scalable Capacitive Sensor Arrays on Flexible Substrates," 2021, Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
  • "High-speed identification of suspended carbon nanotubes using Raman spectroscopy and deep learning," 2022, Microsystems & Nanoengineering
  • "Understanding and improving carbon nanotube-electrode contact in bottom-contacted nanotube gas sensors," 2020, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • "Variation in the viscoelastic properties of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with the temperature at ultrasonic frequencies," 2023, Polymer Testing
  • "A customizable, low-power, wireless, embedded sensing platform for resistive nanoscale sensors," 2022, Microsystems & Nanoengineering

Best Publications

  • Spatially Resolved Raman Spectroscopy of Single- and Few-Layer Graphene

    D. Graf;F. Molitor;K. Ensslin;C. Stampfer

  • Fabrication of Single-Walled Carbon-Nanotube-Based Pressure Sensors

    Stampfer C;Helbling T;Obergfell D;Schöberle B

  • Franck–Condon blockade in suspended carbon nanotube quantum dots

    Renaud Leturcq;Renaud Leturcq;Christoph Stampfer;Kevin Inderbitzin;Lukas Durrer

  • Nano-electromechanical displacement sensing based on single-walled carbon nanotubes.

    C Stampfer;A Jungen;R Linderman;D Obergfell

  • NANO ELECTROMECHANICAL SENSORS BASED ON CARBON NANOTUBES

    Christofer Hierold;Alain Jungen;Christoph Stampfer;Thomas Helbling

  • Raman imaging of doping domains in graphene on SiO2

    C. Stampfer;F. Molitor;D. Graf;K. Ensslin

  • Optimization and fabrication of thick flexible polymer based micro thermoelectric generator

    Wulf Glatz;Simon Muntwyler;Christofer Hierold

  • $\hbox{Bi}_{2}\hbox{Te}_{3}$ -Based Flexible Micro Thermoelectric Generator With Optimized Design

    W. Glatz;E. Schwyter;L. Durrer;C. Hierold

  • The mechanical properties of atomic layer deposited alumina for use in micro- and nano-electromechanical systems

    Marie K. Tripp;Marie K. Tripp;Christoph Stampfer;David C. Miller;Thomas Helbling

  • Degradable Magnetic Composites for Minimally Invasive Interventions: Device Fabrication, Targeted Drug Delivery, and Cytotoxicity Tests

    Christian Peters;Marcus Hoop;Salvador Pané;Bradley J. Nelson

  • Human body heat for powering wearable devices: From thermal energy to application

    Moritz Thielen;Lukas Sigrist;Michele Magno;Michele Magno;Christofer Hierold

  • Raman imaging of doping domains in graphene on SiO2

    C. Stampfer;L. Wirtz;A. Jungen;D. Graf

  • Skin Conformal Polymer Electrodes for Clinical ECG and EEG Recordings

    Flurin Stauffer;Moritz Thielen;Christina Sauter;Séverine Chardonnens

  • Raman imaging of graphene

    D. Graf;F. Molitor;K. Ensslin;C. Stampfer

  • Surface micromachined ultrasound transducers in CMOS technology

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  • Superparamagnetic microrobots: fabrication by two-photon polymerization and biocompatibility

    Marcel Suter;Li Zhang;Erdem C. Siringil;Christian Peters

  • SWNT growth by CVD on Ferritin-based iron catalyst nanoparticles towards CNT sensors

    L. Durrer;T. Helbling;C. Zenger;A. Jungen

  • Hysteresis-free operation of suspended carbon nanotube transistors.

    M. Muoth;T. Helbling;L. Durrer;S.-W. Lee

  • Superparamagnetic Twist-Type Actuators with Shape-Independent Magnetic Properties and Surface Functionalization for Advanced Biomedical Applications

    Christian Peters;Olgaç Ergeneman;Pedro D. Wendel García;Michelle Müller

  • Permanent Pattern-Resolved Adjustment of the Surface Potential of Graphene-Like Carbon through Chemical Functionalization†

    Fabian M. Koehler;Norman A. Luechinger;Dominik Ziegler;Evagelos K. Athanassiou

  • From micro- to nanosystems: mechanical sensors go nano

    Christofer Hierold

  • Inkjet-based micromanufacturing

    Jan G Korvink;Patrick J Smith;Oliver Brand;Christofer Hierold

  • Damping mechanisms of single-clamped and prestressed double-clamped resonant polymer microbeams

    S. Schmid;C. Hierold

  • Adhesion and friction of a multiwalled carbon nanotube sliding against single-walled carbon nanotube

    Bharat Bhushan;Xing Ling;Alain Jungen;Christofer Hierold

  • Sensing NO2 with individual suspended single-walled carbon nanotubes

    T. Helbling;R. Pohle;L. Durrer;C. Stampfer

  • Towards biodegradable wireless implants

    Clémentine M. Boutry;Hengky Chandrahalim;Patrick Streit;Michael Schinhammer

  • Ultra-low power operation of self-heated, suspended carbon nanotube gas sensors

    Kiran Chikkadi;Matthias Muoth;Verena Maiwald;Cosmin Roman

  • Fabrication of discrete nanoscaled force sensors based on single-walled carbon nanotubes

    C. Stampfer;A. Jungen;C. Hierold

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph Stampfer
Christoph Stampfer RWTH Aachen University
Salvador Pané
Salvador Pané ETH Zurich
Ludger Wirtz
Ludger Wirtz University of Luxembourg
Victor M. Bright
Victor M. Bright University of Colorado Boulder
Luca Benini
Luca Benini ETH Zurich
Michele Magno
Michele Magno ETH Zurich
Siegmar Roth
Siegmar Roth Wake Forest University
Christian Schönenberger
Christian Schönenberger University of Basel

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