Tiefenauer, Raphael

Tiefenauer

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
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