Tiefenauer, Raphael
PhD student February 2014 to April 2018
Current Research
- Development of fabrication techniuqes for plasmonic nanostructures
- Biosensing at the solid-liquid interface
- Development of novel biosensing techniques using plasmonic nanoparticles
Education
- 2010-2013: Master of Science in Nanosciences, University of Basel, Switzerland
- 2007-2010: Bachelor of Science in Nanosciences, University of Basel, Switzerland
Previous Research
- Research Project: Purification and Reconstitution of the Major HIV-1 Co-receptor CCR5 in Phospholipid Bilayers for Solid-State NMR
Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
Supervisor: Prof. Stephan Grzesiek - Master Thesis: Integration of High‐density NanoFlex‐Cables and Neural Nanoprobes to an Intracortical Neural Interface
University of California, Berkeley, USA
Supervisors: Prof. Michel M Maharbiz and Prof. Ernst Meyer - Semester Thesis II: Breathing Anthropomorphic Thorax Phantom for Experimental Studies of Moving Tumors in Proton Therapy
University of Basel, Switzerland / CSEM Landquart, Switzerland
Supervisors: Dr. Stéphane Follonier and Prof. Ernst Meyer - Semester Thesis I: Photoswitchable Enzymes as Building Blocks for Intelligent Therapeutic Cancer Nanosystems
University Hospital Basel, Switzerland
Supervisor: Prof. Patrick Hunziker
Publications
- Fast and Versatile Multiscale Patterning by Combining Template-Stripping with Nanotransfer Printing
Tiefenauer, R. F., Tybrandt K., Aramesh M. & Vörös J.
2018, ACS Nano 12 (3), 2514-2520
doi: 10.1021/acsnano.7b08290
- Iodide sensing via electrochemical etching of ultrathin gold films
Dielacher, B., Tiefenauer, R. F., Junesch, J. & Vörös J.
2015, Nanotechnology 26(2), 025202
doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/2/025202
- Nanoflex for neural nanoprobes
Ledochowitsch, P., Tiefenauer, R. F., Pepin, B., Maharbiz, M. M., & Blanche, T. J.
2013 Transducers & Eurosensors XXVII: The 17th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (pp. 1278-1281)
doi: 10.1109/Transducers.2013.6627009
- Cyborg insects, neural interfaces and other things: building interfaces between the synthetic and the multicellular
Van Kleef, J., Massey, T., Ledochowitsch, P., Muller, R., Tiefenauer, R., Blanche, T., Sato, H. & Maharbiz, M. M.
2013, Proceedings of the Conference on Design, Automation and Test in Europe (p. 1546)
- Breathing anthropomorphic thorax phantom for experimental studies of moving tumors in proton therapy
Zakova, M., Schaetti, A., Knopf, A. C., Safai, S., Meer, D., Zhang, Y., Boye, D., Lomax, T. & Tiefenauer, R.
2012, Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, Vol. 188, No. 8, p. 730
Oral Presentations
- Complementary Dual Biosensing with Novel Ultrathin Gold Nanohole Films
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, K. Tybrandt, J. Vörös
NANOinBIO Conference, 31 May - 5 June 2016, Le Gosier, Guadeloupe, FR
- Fabrication and Application of Ultrathin Gold Nanohole Films as Complementary Dual Sensing Platform
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, K. Tybrandt, J. Vörös
41st Micro and Nano Engineering Conference, 21 - 24 September 2015, The Hague, NL
- Simultaneous Electrical and Plasmonic Sensing with Gold Nanostructures: Device Fabrication and Applications
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, K. Tybrandt, J. Vörös
4th International Symposium on Sensor Science, 13-15 July 2015, Basel, CH
- Iodide Detection and More: Ultrathin Gold Films with Nanoholes as Biosensing Platform
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, J. Vörös
BioEL 2015, 2nd International Winterschool on Bioelectronics, 28 February - 7 March 2015, Kirchberg in Tirol, AT
- Iodide Detection and More: Ultrathin Gold Films with Nanoholes as Sensing Platform
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, J. Vörös
BiosCrete2015 Workshop, 16-18 February 2015, IMBB-FORTH, Heraklion, GR
Poster Presentations
- Investigation of the Solid-Liquid Interface with a Dual Plasmonic and Electronic Biosensing Platform
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, J. Vörös
MicroTAS Conference, 22 - 26 October 2017, Savannah, USA
- Template Stripping Based Nanotransfer Printing of Plasmonic Gold Structures for Biosensing Applications
R. F. Tiefenauer, K. Tybrandt, J. Vörös
SSBE Annual Meeting 2017, 30 August 2017, Winterthur, CH
- Plasmonic Sensors for the Investigation of Biomolecules
R. F. Tiefenauer, K. Tybrandt, J. Vörös
NCCR Site Visit 2017, 22 June 2017, Basel, CH
- A Dual Biosensing Platform Based on Plasmonic Thinfilm Nanostructures
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, K. Tybrandt, J. Vörös
NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering Fellow Retreat, 03-05 May 2017, Grindelwald, CH
- Dual Biosensing with Nanostructured Plasmonic Thinfilms
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, J. Vörös
3rd NCCR Technology Apéro, 10 November 2016, Basel, CH
- Complementary Biosensing with Ultrathin Gold Nanohole Films
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, K. Tybrandt, J. Vörös
Biointerfaces International 2016, 23-25 August 2016, Zurich, CH
- Dual Biosensing with Ultrathin Gold Nanohole Films
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, J. Vörös
NCCR Site Visit 2016, 22 June 2016, Basel, CH
- Complementary Biosensing with Ultrathin Gold Nanohole Films
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, J. Vörös
NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering Fellow Retreat, 20-22 April 2016, Magglingen, CH
- Fabrication of Application of Ultrathin Gold Nanohole Films for Biosensing
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, J. Vörös
2nd NCCR Technology Apéro, 29 October 2015, Lausanne, CH
- Ultrathin Gold Films with Nanoholes as Complementary Dual Sensing Platform
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, J. Vörös
1st Site Visit of the Review Panel NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering, 4-5 June 2015, Basel, CH
- Ultrathin Gold Nanohole Films for Simultaneous Electrical and Plasmonic Biosensing
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, J. Vörös
Swiss NanoConvention 2015, 27-28 May 2015, Neuchâtel, CH
- Combined Optical and Electrical Biosensing with Novel Ultrathin Gold Nanohole Films
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, J. Vörös
4th International Conference on Bio-Sensing Technology, 10-13 May 2015, Lisbon, PT
- Optical and Electrical Biosensing with Ultrathin Gold Films
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, J. Vörös
MRS Spring Meeting, 6-10 April 2015, San Francisco, USA
- Low Cost Sensing with Ultrathin Gold Films
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, J. Vörös
1st Technology Apéro NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering, 5 December 2014, Basel, CH
- Ultrathin Gold Films as Platform for Iodide Sensing and Binding Studies
R. F. Tiefenauer, B. Dielacher, J. Junesch, J. Vörös
NanoBioTech 2014, 17-19 November 2014, Montreux, CH