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Laurent Francis

Professeur

SST/EPL Ecole polytechnique de Louvain (EPL)

SST/ICTM Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics (ICTEAM)

SST/IMCN Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences (IMCN)

SST/ICTM/ELEN Pôle en ingénierie électrique (ELEN)

2025
Article de journal

Ma, S., André, N., Tuyaerts, R., Francis, L., Raskin, J.-P., & Lederer, D. (2025). Porous Silicon Waveguides for Integrated Sub-THz Systems. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Technology letters. Published. https://doi.org/10.1109/LMWT.2025.3643128 (Original work published 2025)


Henry Pupiales, Raúl Bahamonde Soria, Daniel Arboleda, Carlos Cevallos, Christian Alcívar, Francis, L., Xu, X., & Luis Alconero, P. (2025). ZIF-8/Chitosan Composite Hydrogel as a High-Performance Separator for Bioelectrochemical Systems. Membranes, 15(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes15090282 (Original work published 2025)


Gevers, C., Lejeune, L., Masarweh, E., Hermans, S., & Francis, L. (2025). Freestanding Porous Silicon Membranes for Sensing Enabled by Flow-Through Decoration of Gold Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 8(44), 21285-21293. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.5c03632 (Original work published 2025)


Trung T. Pham, Jean-François Colomer, José Ignacio Veytia-Bucheli, Ledoux, B., Henri-François Renard, Cédric R. Vandenabeele, Houssiau, L., Francis, L., Stéphane P. Vincent, & Robert Sporken. (2025). Field-effect transistor for biosensing applications using a graphene channel with amine-rich coatings. Biosensors and Bioelectronics: X, 27(100673). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosx.2025.100673 (Original work published 2025)


Aguir, D., Amor, S., Francis, L., & Mohsen Machhout. (2025). Charge Trapping Effects on n−MOSFET Current Mirrors Under TID Radiation. Micromachines, 16(9). https://doi.org/10.3390/mi16091064 (Original work published 2025)


Papier de conférence

Ozturk, O., Tounsi, F., Francis, L., Flandre, D., & Murat Kaya Yapici. (2025). Multiphysics Modeling of a Novel MEMS Accelerometer Based on Electromagnetic Induction. 2025 26th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and M. Published. 2025 26th International Conference on Thermal, Mechanical and Multi-Physics Simulation and Experiments in Microelectronics and M, Utrecht, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1109/EuroSimE65125.2025.11006620 (Original work published 2025)


Francis, L., & Vercauteren, R. (2025). PASSIVATED POROUS SILICON SUPPORTED MEMBRANES TOWARD BACTERIAL DETECTION IN COMPLEX SAMPLES. Porous Semiconductors - Science and Technology - Pacific Rim Conference 2025, Adelaide (Australia).


Hanus, R., & Francis, L. (2025). Numerical Study of Pore Shape Influence on Power Density in Porous Silicon Membranes for Reverse Electrodialysis. Porous Semiconductors Science and Technology—Pacific Rim Conference (PSST–PR 2025), Adelaide, Australia.


Chapitre de livre

Sidi Salah, L., Danlée, Y., Francis, L., & Huynen, I. (2025). Recent applications of biopolymer nanocomposites in biodegradable electronics. In Muhammad Moniruzzaman, A. Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy (ed.) (ed.), Polymer and Biopolymer Nanocomposites. Elsevier.


Sidi Salah, L., Huynen, I., Danlée, Y., Francis, L., Yahya, M. N., Anugerah, A., & et al. (2025). Overview on The Use of Polymer Nanocomposites Formulations in Drilling Fluids. In Collectif (ed.), Polymer and Biopolymer Nanocomposites. Elsevier.


2024
Papier de conférence

Ma, S., Nabet, M., Hanus, R., Raskin, J.-P., Francis, L., & Lederer, D. (2024). Towards Porous SI THz Planar Waveguides in Ultra-Low-Resistivity Substrates. 15th Globol Symposium on Millimeter-Waves & Terahertz (GSMM), Hong Kong.


Hanus, R., Alicandro, S., & Francis, L. (2024). Pencil shape pores in porous silicon membrane toward improved efficiencies in reverse electrodialysis energy harvesting system-PSST conference. PSST-Porous Semiconductor Science and Technology 2024, Brno-Czech republic.


Article de journal

Vercauteren, R., Gevers, C., Mahillon, J., & Francis, L. (2024). Design of a Porous Silicon Biosensor: Characterization, Modeling, and Application to the Indirect Detection of Bacteria. Biosensors, 14(2 (2024)). https://doi.org/10.3390/bios14020104 (Original work published 2024)


2023
Papier de conférence

Gevers, C., & Francis, L. (2023). Increase of the SERS signal from Gold Nanospheres in porous Silicon. 6th SCOPe National Conference, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.


Hanus, R., Alicandro, S., Francis, L., & et al. (2023). Pencil shape pores in porous silicon membrane toward improved efficiencies in reverse electrodialysis energy harvesting system. Journées SCOPe 2023, Louvain-la-neuve.


Francis, L., Roisin, N., Colla, M.-S., Flandre, D., & Raskin, J.-P. (2023). Improving the determination of strain in the deformed Silicon measured by Raman spectroscopy. International Meeting on Optical Measurement Techniques and Industrial Applications. Published. International Meeting on Optical Measurement Techniques and Industrial Applications, Delft (Netherlands).


Article de journal

Puyol Troisi, R., Walewyns, T., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2023). Design of Ultra-Low-Power Sensor Readout Circuits Through Adaptive Biasing for Gas Monitoring With Chemiresistive Sensors. IEEE Sensors Journal, 23(22), 27468-27477. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2023.3322393 (Original work published 2023)


2022
Article de journal

Tounsi, F., Hadj Said, M., Hauwaert, M., Kaziz, S., Francis, L., Raskin, J.-P., & Flandre, D. (2022). Variation Range of Different Inductor Topologies with Shields for RF and Inductive Sensing Applications. Sensors, 22(9), 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22093514 (Original work published 2022)


Amor, S., Kilchytska, V., Tounsi, F., André, N., Machhout, M., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2022). Characteristics of noise degradation and recovery in gamma-irradiated SOI nMOSFET with in-situ thermal annealing. Solid-State Electronics, Journal pre proof, 20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sse.2022.108300 (Original work published 2022)


Puyol Troisi, R., Pétré, S., Danlée, Y., Walewyns, T., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2022). An Ultra-Low-Power Read-Out Circuit for Interfacing Novel Gas Sensors Matrices. IEEE Sensors Journal, 22(10), 9521-9533. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2022.3165755 (Original work published 2022)


Papier de conférence

Francis, L., Moumneh, R., Hanus, R., Le Brun, G., & Raskin, J.-P. (2022). Harvesting the blue energy using paper-based microfluidics. Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Materials, Devices and Systems - EMCM-DS 2022. Published. Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Materials, Devices and Systems - EMCM-DS 2022, Fez, Morocco.


2021
Article de journal

Vercauteren, R., Scheen, G., Raskin, J.-P., & Francis, L. (2021). Porous silicon membranes and their applications: Recent advances. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical : an international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers, 318(112486), 20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2020.112486 (Original work published 2021)


Delhaye, T., André, N., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2021). New Universal Figure of Merit for Embedded Si Piezoresistive Pressure Sensors. IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, 21(1), 213-221. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.3013017 (Original work published 2021)


Vercauteren, R., Leprince, A., Mahillon, J., & Francis, L. (2021). Porous Silicon Biosensor for the Detection of Bacteria through Their Lysate. Biosensors, 2021(11), 27. https://doi.org/10.3390/bios11020027 (Original work published 2021)


Papier de conférence

Francis, L., Vercauteren, R., Leprince, A., & Mahillon, J. (2021). Stable Porous Silicon Membranes for Fast Bacterial Detection. Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Micromachines and Applications (ICMA 2021). 1st International Conference on Micromachines and Applications (ICMA 2021), Online conference.


Amor, S., Kilchytska, V., Tounsi, F., André, N., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2021). In-situ recovery of on-membrane PD-SOI MOSFET from TID defects after gamma irradiation. 2021 Joint International EUROSOI Workshop and International Conference on Ultimate Integration on Silicon (EuroSOI-ULIS). Published. 2021 Joint International EUROSOI Workshop and International Conference on Ultimate Integration on Silicon (EuroSOI-ULIS), Caen, France. https://doi.org/10.1109/EuroSOI-ULIS53016.2021.9560673


Delhaye, T., Roisin, N., André, N., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2021). Improving MOSFET Piezoresistive Strain Gauges Limit of Detection Using Lock-In Principle. Proceedings of the IEEE Sensors 2021. IEEE Sensors 2021, virtual conference.


2020
Papier de conférence

Amor, S., Van Brandt, L., Kilchytska, V., Machhout, M., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2020). Low-frequency noice analysis of on-membrane MOSFET and in-situ thermal annealing. 2020 Symposium on Design, Test, Integration & Packaging of MEMS and MOEMS, Virtual event.


Vercauteren, R., Leprince, A., Mahillon, J., & Francis, L. (2020). Porous Silicon Biosensor for the Detection of Bacteria through Their Lysate. Selected Papers from the 1st International Electronic Conference on Biosensors (IECB 2020), 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/IECB2020-07041


Kaziz, S., Maamer, B., Delhaye, T., Tounsi, F., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2020). Tuning Range Comparison Between Different Planar Inductors Layouts on PCB. Proceedings of DTS 2020, p. 6.


Rasson, J., Nannan, C., Mahillon, J., & Francis, L. (2020). Lytic enzyme-based selective detection of Staphylococcus epidermidis using a porous silicon optical bacteria sensor. Proceedings of MicroTAS 2017. Accepted/in-press. 21st International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (MicroTAS 2017), Savannah, USA. (Original work published 2020)


Vercauteren, R., Leprince, A., Mahillon, J., & Francis, L. (2020). Optical Detection of Bacterial Lysate on a Porous Silicon Membrane. 19th National Day on Biomedical Engineering, Virtual event.


Puyol Troisi, R., Pétré, S., Danlée, Y., Walewyns, T., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2020). Design Considerations of Ultra-Low-Power Polymer Gas Microsensors Based on Noise Analysis. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference nanoFIS 2020—Functional Integrated nano Systems. 4th International Conference nanoFIS 2020—Functional Integrated nano Systems, Graz (Austria).


Wei, P., André, N., Zeng, X., Sabri Alirezaei, I., Li, G., Bouterfa, M., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2020). Micrometer-thin SOI Sensors for E-Skin Applications. IEEE Sensors. Proceedings. 2020 IEEE SENSORS, Rotterdam (the Netherlands). https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORS47125.2020.9278716 (Original work published 2020)


Article de journal

Puyol Troisi, R., Molle, Y., Pétré, S., Walewyns, T., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2020). A Practical Approach for the Evaluation of Noise in Oscillator-Based Resistive Sensor Interfaces. IEEE Sensors. Proceedings, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSORS47125.2020.9278889 (Original work published 2020)


Said, M. H., Tounsi, F., Rufer, L., Mezghani, B., & Francis, L. (2020). Sensitivity and Performances Analysis of a Dynamic Pressure Narrow-Band Electrodynamic Micro- Sensor. International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration, 25(1), 17-26. https://doi.org/10.20855/ijav.2020.25.11490 (Original work published 2020)


Tounsi, F., Flandre, D., Rufer, L., & Francis, L. (2020). Performances Evaluation of On-chip Large-Size Tapped Transformer for MEMS applications. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 69(9), 7051-7060. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2020.2974409 (Original work published 2020)


2019
Papier de conférence

Pétré, S., Walewyns, T., Fomekong, R. L., Lahem, D., Debliquy, M., Flandre, D., & Francis, L. (2019). Live Demonstration: A Highly Selective Temperature and Humidity Compensated MOX Based Multi-Gas Sensor Module with Bluetooth 5.0 Connectivity. Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2019. Published. 2019 IEEE SENSORS, Montréal (Canada).


Vercauteren, R., & Francis, L. (2019). Multi-layered mesoporous silicon membrane for flow-through optical sensing applications. SCOPe 2019, Thiais, France.


Flandre, D., André, N., Delhaye, T., Francis, L., & Raskin, J.-P. (2019). Capteurs CMOS physiques & physiologiques flexibles et basse consommation. Ecole d’hiver Francophone sur les Technologies de Conception des Systèmes embarqués Hétérogènes (FETCH 2019), Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).


Delhaye, T., Ge, C., Francis, L., Cretu, E., & Flandre, D. (2019). One-Day Fast-Prototyping Process for Functionalized Membrane Array on Flexible Substrate. 45th International Conference on Micro & Nano Engineering, Rhodes (Greece).


Delhaye, T., Ge, C., Francis, L., Flandre, D., & Cretu, E. (2019). Macro-Modeling Library in Simscape for MEMS Pressure Sensors Based on Energy-Flow Paradigm. Proceedings of the conference Design, Test, Integration & Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS. Published. Design, Test, Integration & Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, Paris (France). https://doi.org/10.1109/DTIP.2019.8752962


Vercauteren, R., & Francis, L. (2019). My Thesis in 180s: Porous Silicon Based Biosensor For Fast Bacteria Detection. ICTEAM Day, Château Bayard, Dhuy.


Article de journal

Li, G., André, N., Huet, B., Delhaye, T., Reckinger, N., Francis, L., Lioa, L., Raskin, J.-P., Zeng, Y., & Flandre, D. (2019). Enhanced ultraviolet photoresponse in a graphene-gated ultra-thin Sibased photodiode. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 52(24), 7. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ab12b8 (Original work published 2019)


Li, G., André, N., Qi Chen, Huiru, W., Francis, L., Zeng, Y., Liao, L., & Flandre, D. (2019). Low-Power, High-Sensitivity Temperature Sensor Based on Ultrathin SOI Lateral p-i-n Gated Diode. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 66(9), 4001-4007. https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2019.2930244 (Original work published 2019)


Maamer, B., Boughamoura, A., Fath El-Bab, A. M. R., Francis, L., & Tounsi, F. (2019). A review on design improvements and techniques for mechanical energy harvesting using piezoelectric and electromagnetic schemes. Energy Conversion and Management, 199(111973), 23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.111973 (Original work published 2019)


2018
Papier de conférence

Flandre, D., André, N., Delhaye, T., Walewyns, T., & Francis, L. (2018). Wearable physical & physiological low-power sensors. proceedings of the ESSDERC-ESSCIRC Conference 2018, 18.


Falco, C., Gardner, E. L. W., De Luca, A., André, N., Francis, L., & Udrea, F. (2018). Membrane Deflection and Stress in Thermal Flow Sensors. MDPI Proceedings, 2(13), 1089. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2131089 (Original work published 2018)


Amor, S., Kilchytska, V., André, N., Li, G., Rebey, A., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2018). On-membrane PD SOI MOSFET with micro-heater for TID in-situ annealing: experiments versus Eldo and Atlas simulations. Proceedings of SERESSA 2018, 1.


Polichetti, T., Miglietta, M. L., Alfano, B., Massera, E., De Vito, S., Di Francia, G., Faucon, A., Saoutieff, E., Boisseau, S., Marchand, N., Marchand, N., Walewyns, T., & Francis, L. (2018). A networked wearable device for chemical multisensing. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 539, 17-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04324-7_3 (Original work published 2019)


Article de journal

El Fissi, L., Fernández, R., García, P., Calero, M., García, J. V., Jiménez, Y., Arnau, A., & Francis, L. (2018). OSTEMER polymer as a rapid packaging of electronics and microfluidic system on PCB. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical : an international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers, 285, 511-518. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2018.11.050 (Original work published 2018)


Borrego, C., Ginja, J., Coutinho, M., Ribeiro, C., Karatzas, K., Sioumis, Th., Katsifarakis, N., Konstantinidis, K., De Vito, S., Esposito, E., Salvato, M., Smith, P., André, N., Gérard, P., Francis, L., Castell, N., Schneider, P., Viana, M., Minguillon, M. C., et al. (2018). Assessment of air quality microsensors versus reference methods: The EuNetAir Joint Exercise - Part II. Atmospheric Environment, 24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.08.028 (Original work published 2018)


Rasson, J., & Francis, L. (2018). Improved Stability of Porous Silicon in Aqueous Media via Atomic Layer Deposition of Oxides. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Part C: Nanomaterials and Interfaces, 122(1), 331-338. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b08569 (Original work published 2018)


Müller, A., Vu, X. T., Pachauri, V., Francis, L., Flandre, D., & Ingebrandt, S. (2018). Wafer-Scale Nanoimprint Lithography Process Towards Complementary Silicon Nanowire Field-Effect Transistors for Biosensor Applications. Physica Status Solidi. A: Applied Research, 1800234, 10. https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.201800234 (Original work published 2018)


Poncelet, O., Rasson, J., Tuyaerts, R., Coulombier, M., Kotipalli, R. R. V., Raskin, J.-P., & Francis, L. (2018). Hemispherical cavities on silicon substrates: an overview of micro fabrication techniques. Materials Research Express, 5(4), 45702. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/aab907 (Original work published 2018)


2017
Article de journal

Sedki, A., André, N., Kilchytska, V., Tounsi, F., Mezghani, B., Gérard, P., Ali, Z., Udrea, F., Flandre, D., & Francis, L. (2017). In-situ Thermal Annealing of On-Membrane SOI Semiconductor-Based Devices After High Gamma Dose irradiation. Nanotechnology, 28(18), 16. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/aa66a4 (Original work published 2017)


Rasson, J., Poncelet, O., Mouchet, S. R., Deparis, O., & Francis, L. (2017). Vapor sensing using a bio-inspired porous silicon photonic crystal. Materials Today : Proceedings, 4(4), 5006-5012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2017.04.107 (Original work published 2017)


Poncelet, O., Kotipalli, R. V. R., Vermang, B., Macleod, A., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2017). Optimisation of rear reflectance in ultra-thin CIGS solar cells towards >20% efficiency. Solar Energy, 146, 443-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2017.03.001 (Original work published 2017)


Li, G., André, N., Gérard, P., Zeeshan Ali, S., Udrea, F., Francis, L., Zeng, Y., & Flandre, D. (2017). Multiple-Wavelength Detection in SOI Lateral PIN Diodes with Backside Reflectors. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 10. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2017.2694393 (Original work published 2017)


Li, G., Kilchytska, V., André, N., Francis, L., Zeng, Y., & Flandre, D. (2017). Leakage Current and Low-Frequency Noise Analysis and reduction in a Suspended SOI Lateral p-i-n Diode. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 8. https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2017.2742863 (Original work published 2017)


Kotipalli, R. V. R., Poncelet, O., Li, G., Zeng, Y., Francis, L., Vermang, B., & Flandre, D. (2017). Adressing the impact of rear surface passivation mechanisms on ultra-thin Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells performances using SCAPS 1-D model. Solar Energy, 157, 603-613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2017.08.055 (Original work published 2017)


Majoul, N., Rasson, J., Francis, L., Aouida, S., & Bessais, B. (2017). Immobilization of Hydroxocobalamin (vitamin B12) on aptes - functionalized mesoporous silicon. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, 3(055007), 6. https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/aa84c1 (Original work published 2017)


Amor, S., André, N., Gérard, P., Ali, S. Z., Udrea, F., Tounsi, F., Mezghani, B., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2017). Reliable characteristics and stabilization of on-membrane SOI MOSFET-based components heated up to 335 °C. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 32(1), 9. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6641/32/1/014001 (Original work published 2016)


Papier de conférence

André, N., Delhaye, T., Al Kadi Jazairli, M., Olbrechts, B., Gérard, P., Francis, L., Raskin, J.-P., & Flandre, D. (2017). Ultra-low-power SOI CMOS pressure sensor based on orthogonal PMOS gauges. 22nd IMEKO TC4 International Symposum & 20th International Workshop on ADC Modelling and Testing, Iasi (Romania).


Delhaye, T., André, N., Gilet, S., Gimeno Gasca, C., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2017). High-Efficiency Wireless Power Transfer for mm-Size Biomedical Implants (slides). 2017 IEEE Sensors Conference, Glasgow (Schotland).


Rasson, J. (2017). Stabilization of porous silicon in aqueous buffer using atomic layer deposited hafnium oxide.


Walewyns, T., Marchand, N., Di Stefano, S., Gérard, P., André, N., & Francis, L. (2017). Live Demonstration: A Low-Power CMOS Multi-Pixel Volatile Compounds Sensing Platform for Environmental Monitoring in IoT through LoRa Networks. 2017 IEEE Sensors Conference, Glasgow (United Kingdom).


Tang, X., Debliquy, M., Lahem, D., Flandre, D., André, N., Walewyns, T., Francis, L., & Raskin, J.-P. (2017). A hybrid graphene-metal oxide sensor for formaldehyde detection at room temperature. 2016 13th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT 2016), Beijing (China).


Delhaye, T., André, N., Gilet, S., Gimeno Gasca, C., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2017). High-Efficiency Wireless power Transfer for mm-Size Biomedical Implants. Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Sensors Conference. Published. 2017 IEEE Sensors Conference, Glasgow (United Kingdom).


Francis, L., Poncelet, O., Rasson, J., Mouchet, S., & Deparis, O. (2017). Microfabrication Pathways for the Synthesis of Vapor-Sensitive Bio-Inspired Photonic Nanostructures. MRS Fall 2017, Boston (USA).


Ray Chaudhuri, A., Severi, S., Helin, P., Francis, L., & Tilmans, H. A. C. (2017). Challenges of monolithic integration for SiGe MEMS technology. 15th IEEE Sensors Conference, SENSORS 2016, Orlando (United States).


Marchand, N., Walewyns, T., Lahem, D., Debliquy, M., & Francis, L. (2017). Ultra-low-power chemiresistive microsensor array in a back-end CMOS process towards selective volatile compounds detection and IoT applications. 2017 ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN 2017), Montréal (canada).


Francis, L., Sedki, A., André, N., Kilchytska, V., Gérard, P., Ali, Z., Udrea, F., & Flandre, D. (2017). A Low-Power and In Situ Annealing Technique for the Recovery of Active Devices After Proton Irradiation. proceedings of ANIMMA 2017, p. 4. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817001006


Monographie

Poletkin, K., & Francis, L. (2017). Magnetic Sensors and Devices: Technologies and Applications. CRC Press.


2016
Papier de conférence

Tang, X., Debliquy, M., Lahem, D., Flandre, D., André, N., Walewyns, T., Francis, L., & Raskin, J.-P. (2016). A hybrid graphene-metal oxide sensor for formaldehyde detection at room temperature. 2016 13th International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT 2016), Beijing (China).


Scheen, G., Rasson, J., Belaroussi, Y., Poncelet, O., Majoul, N., Raskin, J.-P., & Francis, L. (2016). Porous Silicon: when void enables new Si application fields. Third Winfab Scientific Day, UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).


Francis, L., André, N., Amor, S., Gérard, P., Flandre, D., & Udrea, F. (2016). Impact of Radiations on CMOS-MEMS Sensors and a Mitigation Technique. Emerging Technologies CMOS 2016, Montréal (Canada).


Jonathan, R., Poncelet, O., MOUCHET, S., Deparis, O., & Francis, L. (2016). Bio-inspired porous silicon optical structure for gas sensing. Porous Semiconductors - Science and Technology (PSST 2016), Tarragona.


Li, G., André, N., Poncelet, O., Gérard, P., Zeeshan Ali, S., Udrea, F., Francis, L., Zeng, Y., & Flandre, D. (2016). Operation of suspended lateral SOI PIN photodiode with aluminium back gate. Proceedings de la conférence EUROSOI-ULIS 2016, 155-158. https://doi.org/10.1109/ULIS.2016.7440076


André, N., Li, G., Pollissard-Quatremère, G., Couniot, N., Gérard, P., Ali, Z., Udrea, F., Zeng, Y., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2016). SOI Sensing Platforms for Water Vapour and Light Detection. CMOSET Conference, Session C5, Montréal (Canada).


Article de journal

Friedt, J.-M., & Francis, L. (2016). Combined surface acoustic wave and surface plasmon resonance measurement of collagen and fibrinogen layer physical properties. Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 11, 60-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbsr.2016.05.007 (Original work published 2016)


Borrego, C., Costa, A. M., Amorin, M., Coutinho, M., Karatsas, K., Sioumis, Th., Katsifarakis, N., Konstantinidis, K., De Vito, S., Esposito, E., Smith, P., André, N., Gérard, P., Francis, L., Castell, N., Schneider, P., Viana, M., Minguillon, M. C., Reimringer, W., et al. (2016). Assessment of air quality microsensors versus reference methods: The EuNetAir joint exercise. Atmospheric Environment, 29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.09.050 (Original work published 2016)


Poncelet, O., Tallier, G., Mouchet, S. R., Crahay, A., Rasson, J., Kotipalli, R. V. R., Deparis, O., & Francis, L. (2016). Vapour sensitivity of an ALD hierarchical photonic structure inspired by Morpho. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics : learning from nature, 11(3), 9. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/11/3/036011 (Original work published 2016)


Couniot, N., Afzalian, A., Van Overstraeten, N., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2016). Capacitive biosensing of bacterial cells: sensitivity optimization. IEEE Sensors Journal, 16(3), 11 pages. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2015.2485120 (Original work published 2016)


Li, G., André, N., Poncelet, O., Gérard, P., Ali, S. Z., Udrea, F., Francis, L., Zeng, Y., & Flandre, D. (2016). Silicon-on-Insulator Photodiode on Micro-Hotplate Platform with Improved Responsivity and High-Temperature Application. IEEE Sensors Journal, PP(99), 9. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2016.2530020 (Original work published 2016)


Chapitre de livre

Udrea, F., Li, G., Zeng, Y., André, N., Pollissard, G., Francis, L., Flandre, D., Racz, Z., Gardner, J., Zeeshan, A., Buiu, O., Serban, B. C., Cobianu, C., & Wotherspoon, T. (2016). Sensors and Sensor Systems for Harsh Environment Applications. In Kirsten Weide-Zaage, Malgorzata Chrzanowska-Jeske, Krzysztof Iniewski (ed.), Semiconductor Devices in Harsh Environment (p. p. 87-109). Taylor & francis Group. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315368948-6


Hadj Said, M., Tounsi, F., Gkotsis, P., Mezghani, B., & Francis, L. (2016). A resonant microstructure tunability analysis for an out-of-plane capacitive detection MEMS magnetometer. In B.Michel, B.Bhushan (ed.), Micro- and Nanosystems Information Storage and processing Systems (p. p. 19). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00542-016-3093-y


2015
Article de journal

Rasson, J., Couniot, N., Van Overstraeten, N., Jacques, L., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2015). Quantitative characterization of biofunctionalization layers by robust image analysis for biosensor applications. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical : international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers, 222, 980-986. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2015.09.028 (Original work published 2016)


Couniot, N., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2015). Resonant dielectrophoresis and electrohydrodynamics for high-sensitivity impedance detection of whole-cell bacteria. Lab On a Chip : miniaturisation for chemistry, physics, biology and bioengineering, 15, 3183-3191. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5lc00090d (Original work published 2015)


El Fissi, L., Xhurdebise, V., & Francis, L. (2015). Effects of laser operating parameters on piezoelectric substrates micromachining with picosecond laser. Micromachines, 6(1), 19-31. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi6010019 (Original work published 2015)


Couniot, N., Afzalian, A., Van Overstraeten, N., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2015). Capacitive biosensing of bacterial cells: Analytical model and numerical simulations. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical : international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers, 211, 428-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2015.01.108 (Original work published 2015)


El Fissi, L., Vandormael, D., Houssiau, L., & Francis, L. (2015). Surface functionalization of cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) with evaporated TiO2 thin film. Applied Surface Science, 363, 670-675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.11.234 (Original work published 2015)


Tang, X., Reckinger, N., Poncelet, O., Louette, P., Ureña Begara, F., Idrissi, H., Turner, S., Cabosart, D., Colomer, J.-F., Raskin, J.-P., Hackens, B., & Francis, L. (2015). Damage evaluation in graphene underlying atomic layer deposition dielectrics. Scientific Reports, 5(13523), 12. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep13523 (Original work published 2015)


El Hajjam, K. G., Bounouar, M. A., Baboux, N., Ecoffey, S., Guilmain, M., Puyoo, E., Francis, L., Souifi, A., Drouin, D., & Calmon, F. (2015). Tunnel junction engineering for optimized metallic single-electron transistor. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, 62(9), 2998-3003. https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2015.2452575 (Original work published 2015)


Poncelet, O., Tallier, G., Simonis, P., Cornet, A., & Francis, L. (2015). Synthesis of bio-inspired multilayer polarizers and their application to anti-counterfeiting. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics : learning from nature, 10(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/10/2/026004 (Original work published 2015)


Couniot, N., Bol, D., Poncelet, O., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2015). A Capacitance-to-Frequency Converter with On-Chip Passivated Microelectrodes for Bacteria Detection in Saline Buffers up to 575 MHz. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems. Part 2: Express Briefs, 62(2), 159-163. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2014.2369111 (Original work published 2015)


Couniot, N., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2015). A 16 x 16 CMOS Capacitive Biosensor Array Towards Detection of Single Bacterial Cell. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems. Accepted/in-press. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBCAS.2015.2416372 (Original work published 2015)


Papier de conférence

Rasson, J., Poncelet, O., & Francis, L. (2015). Conformal atomic layer deposition of oxides in high aspect ratio macroporous silicon layer. 2ièmes Journées SemiConducteurs et Oxydes Poreux, Montpellier.


Couniot, N., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2015). An Integrated Capacitive Array Biosensor for the Selective and Real-Time Detection of Whole Bacterial Cells. Proceedings of I3S 2015. Published. 4th International Symposium on Sensor Science (I3S 2015), Bâle (Suisse).


André, N., Pollissard, G., Couniot, N., Gérard, P., Ali, Z. S., Udrea, F., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2015). Silicon-on-insulator micro-hotplates platforms for humidity sensing: follow-up of the air quality intercomparison exercise. 3rd International Workshop EuNetAir, Riga (Lettonie).


Ray Chaudhuri, A., Helin, P., van den Hoven, R., Severi, S., Rottenberg, X., Yazicioglu, R. F., Witvrouw, A., Francis, L., & Tilmans, H. A. C. (2015). CMOS integrated poly-sigemems accelerometer above 0.18 µm technology. 2015 18th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (TRANSDUCERS), Anchorage (USA).


Flandre, D., Kilchytska, V., Bol, D., Francis, L., André, N., & Raskin, J.-P. (2015). Analog/RF, sensors and MEMS in SOI: demos and performance assessment. SOI Workshop, Dresden (Germany).


Francis, L. (2015). The development of integrated capacitive array biosensors towards the selective and real-time detection of single bacterium. 4th International Conference and Exhibition on Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Atlanta (USA).


Walewyns, T., Emmerechts, C., Gérard, P., André, N., & Francis, L. (2015). Live demonstration: Microsystem integration of a palladium-based MEMS hydrogen gas sensor. 2015 IEEE Sensors, Busan (South Korea).


Francis, L., André, N., Gérard, P., Zeeshan Ali, S., Udrea, F., & Flandre, D. (2015). A Low-Power and In Situ Annealing Mitigation Technique for Fast Neutrons Irradiation of Integrated Temperature Sensing Diodes. Proceedings of ANIMMA 2015. Published. Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods and Their Applications (ANIMMA 2015), Lisbon (Portugal). https://doi.org/10.1109/ANIMMA.2015.7465594


André, N., Li, G., Gérard, P., Poncelet, O., Zeng, Y., Ali, S. Z., Udrea, F., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2015). Wide Band Study of Silicon-on-Insulator Photodiodes on suspended Micro-hotplates Platforms. Proceedings of ICICDT 2015, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICICDT.2015.7165879


El Fissi, L., Jaouad, A., Vandormael, D., & Francis, L. (2015). Fabrication of new Interdigital Transducers for Surface Acoustic Wave Device. Physics Procedia, p. 936-940. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2015.08.194


Walewyns, T., Emmerechts, C., Gérard, P., André, N., & Francis, L. (2015). A highly selective MEMS transducer for hydrogen sensing based on stress modification in palladium thin films. 2015 IEEE Sensors, Busan (South Korea).


2014
Papier de conférence

Dortu, F., Bernier, D., Cestier, I., Vandormael, D., Emmerechts, C., El Fissi, L., Francis, L., Nittler, L., Houssiau, L., Fodor, B., Agocs, E., Petrik, P., & Fried, M. (2014). Composite polymeric-inorganic waveguide fabricated by injection molding for biosensing applications. ICTON 2014: 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks - 6th Sub-Wavelength Photonics Conference (SWP), Graz (Austria). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876325


André, N., Pollissard, G., Couniot, N., Gérard, P., Ali, Z. S., Udrea, F., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2014). A silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform functionalized by atomic layer deposition (ALD) for humidity sensing. International Meeting on New Sensing Technologies and Modelling for Air-Pollution Monitoring, Aveiro (Portugal).


Ghalehbeygi, O. T., Trabzon, L., Francis, L., & Kizil, H. (2014). Fabrication method of MEMS based Clamped-Clamped resonant magnetometer. Advanced Materials Research, 970(6), 106-110. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.970.106 (Original work published 2014)


Francis, L., Druart, S., & Flandre, D. (2014). A Self-Oscillating System to Characterize Liquid Salinities within a Single triangular Waveform Signal. 20th IMEKO TC4 International Symposium and 18th International Workshop on ADC Modelling and Testing - Research on Electric and Electronic Measurement for the Economic Upturn, Benevento (Italy).


André, N., Pollissard, G., Couniot, N., Gérard, P., Ali, Z., Udrea, F., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2014). Harsh Environment Water Vapour Sensing Platforms in SOI Technology. CMOS Emerging Technologies Research Symposium, Grenoble (France).


Francis, L., Stoukatch, S., Walewyns, T., Tooten, E., Axisa, F., & Destiné, J. (2014). Encapsulation de capteurs MEMS co-intégrés CMOS : quand relâcher ? Colloque 9 - Nanotechnologies : nouveaux paradigmes associés à l’intégration 3D et à l’encapsulation, 27èmes entretien avec Jacques Cartier, Québec (Canada).


Poncelet, O., Tallier, G., & Francis, L. (2014). Overview of natural photonic crystals and their technological applications. Winfab Scientific Day 2014, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgique).


Garcia, J. V., Rocha, M. I., March, C., Garcia, P., Francis, L., Montoya, A., Arnau, A., & Jimenez, Y. (2014). Love Mode Surface Acoustic Wave and High Fundamental Frequency Quartz Crystal Microbalance immunosensors for the detection of carbaryl pesticide. 28th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers (EUROSENSORS 2014), Brescia (Italy).


Walewyns, T., Spirito, D., & Francis, L. (2014). A Tunable Palladium-Based Capacitive MEMS Hydrogen Sensor Performing High Dynamics, High Selectivity and Ultra-Low Power Sensing. 2nd WINFAB Scientific Day, Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgique).


Poncelet, O., Simonis, P., & Francis, L. (2014). Bio-inspired multilayer polarizer for anti-counterfeiting. Colloque UMI-LN2, Allevard-les-Bians (France).


Francis, L., André, N., Boufouss, E. H., Gérard, P., Ali, Z., Udrea, F., & Flandre, D. (2014). The effects of gamma irradiation on micro-hotplates with integrated temperature sensing diodes. SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Baltimore (USA). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2050734


Couniot, N., Vanzieleghem, T., Rasson, J., Van Overstraeten, N., Poncelet, O., Mahillon, J., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2014). Impedance spectroscopy using lysin as selectivity means for detection of bacteria. Winfab Day 2014, Louvain-La-Neuve.


Article de journal

Walewyns, T., Spirito, D., & Francis, L. (2014). A Tunable Palladium-Based Capacitive MEMS Hydrogen Sensor Performing High Dynamics, High Selectivity and Ultra-Low Power Sensing. Procedia Engineering, 87, 268-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2014.11.659 (Original work published 2014)


Tang, X., Francis, L., Dutu, C. A., Reckinger, N., & Raskin, J.-P. (2014). Self-formation of sub-10 nm nanogaps based on silicidation. Nanotechnology, 25(115201), 115201-115201. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-4484/25/11/115201 (Original work published 2014)


Couniot, N., Vanzieleghem, T., Rasson, J., Van Overstraeten, N., Poncelet, O., Mahillon, J., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2014). Lytic enzymes as selectivity means for label-free, microfluidic and impedimetric detection of whole-cell bacteria using ALD-Al2O3 passivated microelectrodes. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 67, 154-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2014.07.084 (Original work published 2014)


El Hajjam, K., Baboux, N., Calmon, F., Souifi, A., Poncelet, O., Francis, L., Ecoffey, S., & Drouin, D. (2014). Highly transparent low capacitance plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition Al2O3-HfO2 tunnel junction engineering. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. Part A. Vacuum, Surfaces and Films, 32(1), 01A132 - 01A132. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4853075 (Original work published 2014)


Rocha-Gaso, M. I., Garcia, J.-V., Garcia, P., March-Iborra, C., Jiménez, Y., Francis, L., Montoya, A., & Arnau, A. (2014). Love Wave Immunosensor for the Detection of Carbaryl Pesticide. Sensors, 14(9), 16434-16453. https://doi.org/10.3390/s140916434 (Original work published 2014)


El Fissi, L., Vandormael, D., & Francis, L. (2014). Direct assembly of cyclic olefin copolymer microfluidic devices helped by dry photoresist. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical : an international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers, 223, 76-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2014.12.016 (Original work published 2014)


Druart, S., Flandre, D., & Francis, L. (2014). A Self-Oscillating System to Measure the Conductivity and the Permittivity of Liquids within a Single Triangular Signal. Journal of Sensors, 2014(389764), 11. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/389764 (Original work published 2014)


Scheen, G., Bassu, M., Douchamps, A., Zhang, C., Debliquy, M., & Francis, L. (2014). Palladium nanoparticles deposition via precipitation: a new method to functionalize macroporous silicon. Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 15(065002), 11. https://doi.org/10.1088/1468-6996/15/6/065002 (Original work published 2014)


André, N., Rue, B., Scheen, G., Flandre, D., Francis, L., & Raskin, J.-P. (2014). Out-of-plane MEMS-based mechanical airflow sensor co-integrated in SOI CMOS technology. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical : an international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers, 206, 67-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2013.11.017 (Original work published 2013)


2013
Article de journal

Houri, S., Bhaskar, U. K., Gallacher, B., Francis, L., Pardoen, T., & Raskin, J.-P. (2013). Dynamic analysis of multi-beam MEMS structures for the extraction of the stress-strain response of thin films. Experimental Mechanics : an international journal of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, 53(3), 441-453. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11340-012-9654-9 (Original work published 2013)


Druart, S., Gillis, J. M., Martin, J. M., Flandre, D., & Francis, L. (2013). Detector of abrupt current variations on power lines. Electronics Letters, 49(14), 886-887. https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2013.1334 (Original work published 2013)


Kotipalli, R. V. R., Delamare, R., Poncelet, O., Tang, X., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2013). Passivation effects of atomic-layer-deposited aluminium oxide. EPJ Photovoltaics, 4(45107), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1051/epjpv/2013023 (Original work published 2013)


Bay, A., André, N., Sarrazin, M., Belarouci, A., Aimez, V., Francis, L., & Vigneron, J.-P. (2013). Optimal overlayer inspired by Photuris firefly improves light-extraction efficiency of existing light-emitting diodes. Optics Express, 21(S1), A179-A189. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.00A179 (Original work published 2013)


Couniot, N., Flandre, D., Francis, L., & Afzalian, A. (2013). Signal-to-noise ratio optimization for detecting bacteria with interdigitated microelectrodes. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical : international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers, 9 pages. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2012.12.008 (Original work published 2013)


Walewyns, T., Reckinger, N., Ryelandt, S., Pardoen, T., Raskin, J.-P., & Francis, L. (2013). Polyimide as a versatile enabling material for microsystems fabrication: surface micromachining and electrodeposited nanowires integration. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering : structures, devices & systems, 23(9), 12. https://doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/23/9/095021 (Original work published 2013)


Boufouss, E. H., Francis, L., Kilchytska, V., Gérard, P., Simon, P., & Flandre, D. (2013). Ultra-low Power High Temperature and Radiation Hard Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) Voltage Reference. Sensors, 13(12), 17265-17280. https://doi.org/10.3390/s131217265 (Original work published 2013)


Tang, X., Raskin, J.-P., Reckinger, N., Dai, B., & Francis, L. (2013). A new fabrication method for elevated source/drain junctionless transistors. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 46(165101), 7. https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3727/46/16/165101 (Original work published 2013)


Tang, X., Francis, L., Gong, L., Wang, F., Raskin, J.-P., Flandre, D., Zhang, S., You, D., Wu, L., & Dai, B. (2013). Characterization of high-efficiency multi-crystalline silicon in industrial production. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, 117, 225-230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.20313.06.013 (Original work published 2013)


Monographie

Francis, L., & Iniewski, K. (2013). Novel Advances in Microsystems Technologies and Their Applications. CRC Press.


Chapitre de livre

Rocha-Gaso, M. I., Jimenez, Y., Francis, L., & Arnau, A. (2013). Love Wave Biosensors: A Review. In State of the Art in Biosensors: General Aspects (p. p. 277-310). InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/53077


Papier de conférence

Francis, L., Gkotsis, P., Kilchytska, V., Tang, X., Druart, S., Raskin, J.-P., & Flandre, D. (2013). Impact of radiations on the electromechanical properties of materials and on the piezoresistive and capacitive transduction mechanisms used in microsystems. Proceedings of SPIE 8614. Published. Reliability, Packaging, Testing, and Characterization of MOEMS/MEMS and Nanodevices XII (SPIE 2013), San Francisco (USA). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2008531


Said, M. H., Tounsi, F., Masmoudi, M., Gkotsis, P., & Francis, L. (2013). A MEMS resonant magnetometer based on capacitive detection. Proceedings of the 10th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices (SSD 2013), p. 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1109/SSD.2013.6564153


Ray Chaudhuri, A., Helin, P., Severi, S., Van Hoof, R., Du Bois, B., Tilmans, H., Francis, L., & Witvrouw, A. (2013). Ultra-Narrow, High Aspect Ratio Trenches for Use in Miniaturized Poly-Sige Accelerometers. 224th ECS Meeting, San Francisco (USA).


Boufouss, E. H., Gérard, P., Simon, P., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2013). High Temperature and Radiation Hard CMOS SOI Sub-threshold Voltage Reference. Proceedings of the IEEE S3S Conference 2013, 2. https://doi.org/10.1109/S3S.2013.6716543


Stoukatch, S., Walewyns, T., Tooten, E., Axisa, F., Francis, L., & Destine, J. (2013). Chemically resistant encapsulant to enable a novel MEMS fabrication process. 2013 European Microelectronics Packaging Conference, Grenoble (France).


Tang, X., Francis, L., Dutu, C. A., Reckinger, N., & Raskin, J.-P. (2013). Sub-10-nm Nanogap Fabrication by Silicidation. Proceedings of the 13th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology 2013, p. 570-573. https://doi.org/10.1109/NANO.2013.6720811


Dell’Elce, L., Kerschen, G., Delabie, T., Vandepitte, d., Fleury-Frenette, K., Lecat, J.-H., Walewyns, T., & Francis, L. (2013). Scientific and technological Payloads Aboard the B3LSat CubeSat of the QB50 Network. proceedings of the 2nd IAA Conference on University Satellite Missions and Cubesat Workshop, 12 pages.


2012
Article de journal

Gkotsis, P., Kilchytska, V., Fragkiadakis, C., Kirby, P. B., Raskin, J.-P., & Francis, L. (2012). Effects of Fast Neutrons on the Electromechanical Properties of Materials Used in Microsystems. IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, 21(6), 1471-1483. https://doi.org/10.1109/JMEMS.2012.2211578 (Original work published 2012)


André, N., Druart, S., Dupuis, P., Rue, B., Gérard, P., Flandre, D., Raskin, J.-P., & Francis, L. (2012). Dew-based wireless mini module for respiratory rate monitoring. IEEE Sensors Journal, 12(3), 699-706. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2011.2161668 (Original work published 2012)


Bassu, M., Scheen, G., & Francis, L. (2012). Thick Macroporous Silicon Membranes: Influence of the Masking Layer on the Underetching Characteristics. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical : an international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers, 185, 66-72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2012.06.019 (Original work published 2012)


Scheen, G., Bassu, M., & Francis, L. (2012). Metal electrodes integration on macroporous silicon: pores distribution and morphology. Nanoscale Research Letters, 7(395). https://doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-7-395 (Original work published 2012)


Assaad, M., Boufouss, E. H., Gérard, P., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2012). Design and characterization of ultra-low-power SOI-CMOS IC temperature level detector. Electronics Letters, 48(14), 842-844. https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2012.1279 (Original work published 2012)


Tang, X., Francis, L., Simonis, P., Haslinger, M., Delamare, R., Deschaume, O., Flandre, D., Defrance, P., Jonas, A., Vigneron, J.-P., & Raskin, J.-P. (2012). Room temperature atomic layer deposition of Al2O3 and replication of butterfly wings for photovoltaic application. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. Part A. Vacuum, Surfaces and Films, 30(1), 01A146. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.3669521 (Original work published 2012)


Lumentut, M. F., Francis, L., & Howard, I. M. (2012). Analytical Techniques for Broadband Multielectromechanical Piezoelectric Bimorph Beams with Multifrequency Power Harvesting. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, 59(11), 2555-2568. https://doi.org/10.1109/TUFFC.2012.2489 (Original work published 2012)


Papier de conférence

Couniot, N., Flandre, D., Francis, L., & Afzalian, A. (2012). Bacteria detection with interdigitated microelectrodes: noise consideration and design optimization. Procedia Engineering of the 2012 EUROSENSORS conference, 188-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2012.09.115


Poncelet, O., & Francis, L. (2012). Synthesis of a bio-inspired multilayer photonic crystal using ALD. Proceedings du 5ème Colloque du Laboratoire Nanotechnologies et Nanosystèmes (LN2). Published. 5ème Colloque du Laboratoire Nanotechnologies et Nanosystèmes (LN2), Orford (Canada).


Ray Chaudhuri, A., Severi, S., Erismis, M., Francis, L., & Witvrouw, A. (2012). SiGe MEMS Accelerometers Combining a Large Bandwidth with a High Capacitive Sensitivity. Proceedings of the 26th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers (Eurosensors 2012). Published. 26th European Conference on Solid-State Transducers (Eurosensors 2012), Krakow (Poland). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2012.09.254


Francis, L., Druart, S., André, N., Gkotsis, P., Flandre, D., & Raskin, J.-P. (2012). Magnetic sensors enabled by MEMS and SOI technologies. Proceedings of the CMOS Emerging Technologies Conference. Published. CMOS Emerging Technologies Conference, Vancouver (Canada).


Walewyns, T., & Francis, L. (2012). Modeling the sensing behavior of a MEMS field ionization device coupled with capacitive actuation. Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE Sensors Conference, p. 4. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSENS.2012.6411421


André, N., Francis, L., Bay, A., Al Alam, E., Giguere, A., Belarouci, A., Vigneron, J.-P., & Aimez, V. (2012). Transfert biomimétique : de la luciole vers la diode électroluminescente. Proceedings du 5e colloque du Laboratoire Nanotechnologies et Nanosystèmes LN2, p. 1 page.


Saharil, F., El Fissi, L., Liu, Y., Calborg, F., Vandormael, D., Francis, L., van der Wijngaart, W., & Haraldsson, T. (2012). Superior dry bonding of off-stoichiometry thiol-ene-epoxy (OSTE(+)) polymers for heterogeneous material labs-on-chip. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences, p. 1831-1833.


Flandre, D., Kilchytska, V., Alvarado, J. J., Boufouss, E. H., Rue, B., Roda Neve, C., Raskin, J.-P., & Francis, L. (2012). Harsh-environment behaviours and performances of advanced Silicon-on-Insulator CMOS sensors, transistors and circuits. VII Workshop on Semiconductor and Micro & Nano Technology, SEMINATEC 2012, Sao Bernardo do Campo (Brazil).


Kotipalli, R. V. R., Delamare, R., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2012). Study of passivation mechanisms induced by negative charge Al2O3 films. Proceedings of the 27th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EU PVSEC 2012), 3.


Walewyns, T., Reckinger, N., Ryelandt, S., Pardoen, T., Raskin, J.-P., & Francis, L. (2012). Polyimide as versatile enabling material for microsystems fabrication: electrodeposited nanowires integration and surface micromachining. Proceedings du 5ème Colloque du Laboratoire International Associé “Nanotechnologies & Nanosystèmes, p. 103 - Paper GE21.


Chapitre de livre

Dupuis, P., Van Overstraeten, N., Raskin, J.-P., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2012). Some mitigations for unequal data variance in linear regression. In Advanced Mathematical and Computational Tools in Metrology and Testing IX (p. pp. 118-125). World Scientific Publishing Vompany. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789814397957_0015


Brevet

Walewyns, T., & Francis, L. (2012). GB2491413 Ionization gas sensor (Patent No. GB1109353.1).


2011
Article de journal

Tang, X., Flandre, D., Raskin, J.-P., Nizet, Y., Moreno-Hagelsieb, L., Pampin, R., & Francis, L. (2011). Rapid and selective detection of Staphylococcus aureus using insulated substrate impedance transducers. Sensors and Actuators, B(156), 578-587. (Original work published 2011)


Sonck, S., Beuls, E., Mahillon, J., & Francis, L. (2011). Performance of Ion Track-Etched Polyimide as Ion Exchange Membranes for Microbial Fuel Cells. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 35 (32), 251-256 (32). https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3655708 (Original work published 2011)


André, N., Rue, B., Scheen, G., Francis, L., Flandre, D., & Raskin, J.-P. (2011). Ultra Low Power 3-D Flow Meter in Monolithic SOI Technology. Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 35(5), 319-324. https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3570812 (Original work published 2011)


Tang, X., Flandre, D., Raskin, J.-P., Nizet, Y., Moreno Hagelsieb, L., Pampin, R., & Francis, L. (2011). A new interdigitated array microelectrode-oxide-silicon sensor with label-free, high sensitivity and specificity for fast bacteria detection. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical : international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers, 156(2), 578-587. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2011.02.002 (Original work published 2011)


Tang, X., Krzeminski, C., Lecavalier des Etangs-Levallois, A., Chen, Z., Dubois, E., Kasper, E., Karmous, A., Reckinger, N., Flandre, D., Francis, L., Colinge, J.-P., & Raskin, J.-P. (2011). Energy-Band Engineering for Improved Charge Retention in Fully Self-Aligned Double Floating-Gate Single-Electron Memories. Nano Letters : a journal dedicated to nanoscience and nanotechnology, 11(11), 4520-4526. https://doi.org/10.1021/nl202434k (Original work published 2011)


Walewyns, T., Scheen, G., Tooten, E., Dupuis, P., & Francis, L. (2011). Development of miniaturized gas ionization sensor for harsh environments by using polyimide spacer. ECS Transactions, 35(30), 119-128. (Original work published 2011)


Gkotsis, P., Kilchytska, V., Bhaskar, U. K., Militaru, O., Tang, X., Fragkiadakis, C., Kirby, P. B., Raskin, J.-P., Flandre, D., & Francis, L. (2011). Neutron and gamma radiation effects on MEMS structures. Procedia Engineering, 25, 172-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2011.12.043 (Original work published 2011)


Papier de conférence

Walewyns, T., Scheen, G., Tooten, E., Dupuis, P., & Francis, L. (2011). Development of a Miniaturized Gas Ionization Sensor for Harsh Environments by Using Polyimide Spacer. 219th ECS Meeting, Montréal (Canada).


Tang, X., Francis, L., Haslinger, M., Delamare, R., Flandre, D., Simonis, P., Vigneron, J.-P., Deschaume, O., Jonas, A., & Raskin, J.-P. (2011). Replication of butterfly wings by ALD and nanoimprint for production of Si solar cells with high light absorption surface. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition – ALD 2011. Published. 11th International Conference on Atomic Layer Deposition – ALD 2011, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA).


Walewyns, T., Scheen, G., Tooten, E., & Francis, L. (2011). Synthesis of patterned freestanding Nickel nanowires by using ion track-etched polyimide. In Ángel B. Rodríguez-Vàzquez, Ricardo A. Carmona-Galán, Gustavo Liñán-Cembrano, Rainer Adelung, Carsten Ronning (eds.) (ed.), Bioelectronics, Biomedical and Bioinspired Systems V; and Nanotechnology V (p. p. 806815). SPIE.


Gkotsis, P., Kilchytska, V., Militaru, O., Tang, X., Raskin, J.-P., Flandre, D., & Francis, L. (2011). Neutron and gamma radiation effects on MEMS structures. International conference EuroSensors XXV, paper #1345.


Dupuis, P., Van Overstraeten, N., Raskin, J.-P., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2011). Some mitigations for unequal data variance in linear regression. Proceedings of the AMCTM conference. Published. AMCTM conference, Göteborg (Sweden).


André, N., Francis, L., Raskin, J.-P., Nachtergaele, P., Cases, S., Paquay, S., De Batselier, E., & Flandre, D. (2011). The integrated design of a MEMS-based flow-sensor system. Proceedings of the The 9th International Nanotech Symposium & Exhibition in Korea - NANO KOREA 2011. Published. The 9th International Nanotech Symposium & Exhibition in Korea - NANO KOREA 2011, Kintex (Korea).


André, N., Francis, L., Rue, B., Druart, S., Dupuis, P., Flandre, D., & Raskin, J.-P. (2011). Ultra low power SOI transducer for flow and dew-based humidity sensing. Proceedings of the 2011 CMOS Emerging Technologies Workshop, session 1-D, paper 6.


Ranvier, S., Paquay, S., Requier, S., Lamy, h., Rochus, V., Francis, L., & Rochus, P. (2011). Influence of multiphysics couplings on the performance of a MEMS magnetometer. EuroSimE 2011, Linz (Austria). https://doi.org/10.1109/ESIME.2011.5765803


Flandre, D., Kilchytska, V., Alvarado Pulido, J. J., Boufouss, E. H., Assaad, M., Rue, B., Roda Neve, C., Raskin, J.-P., & Francis, L. (2011). Extreme-environment behaviors and performances of advanced Silicon-on-Insulator CMOS sensors, transistors and circuits. 2nd International Conference on Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation, Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA 2011), Ghent (Belgium).


André, N., Rue, B., Scheen, G., Francis, L., Flandre, D., & Raskin, J.-P. (2011). Ultra Low Power 3-D flow meter in monolithic SOI technology. Proceedings of the 219th Electrochemical Society Meeting – ECS 2011, paper 1459.


Walewyns, T., Scheen, G., Tooten, E., El Fissi, L., Dupuis, P., & Francis, L. (2011). Fabrication of a miniaturized ionization gas sensor with polyimide spacer. SPIE Smart Sensors, Actuators, and MEMS V, Prague (République tchèque). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.886759


Druart, S., André, N., Flandre, D., & Francis, L. (2011). CMOS Test Circuit Architecture for the Extraction of Fluid Propertiesusing Interdigitated Electrodes Microsensors. Transducers 2011, Beijing (China).


Walewyns, T., Scheen, G., Tooten, E., & Francis, L. (2011). Synthesis of patterned freestanding nickel nanowires by using ion track-etched polyimide. SPIE Bioelectronics, Biomedical, and Bioinspired Systems V; and Nanotechnology V, Prague (République tchèque).


André, N., Francis, L., Raskin, J.-P., Nachergaele, P., Vaassen, J.-M., Civello, J., Cases, S., Paquay, S., & De Baetselier, E. (2011). The integrated design of a MEMS-based flow-sensor system. Proceedings of the Smart System Integration 2011. Published. Smart System Integration 2011, European Conference & Exhibition on Integration Issues of Miniaturized Systems – MEMS, MOEMS ICs and Electronic Components, Dresden (Germany).


Boufouss, E. H., Francis, L., Gérard, P., Assaad, M., & Flandre, D. (2011). Ultra Low Power CMOS Circuits Working in Subthreshold Regime for High Temperature and Radiation Environments. International Conference and Exhibition on High Temperature Electronics Network (HiTEN), Oxford (Royaume-Uni).


Francis, L., & Fréchette, L. (2011). L’apprentissage par projet des microsystèmes électro-mécaniques. Proceedings de la conférence CETSIS 2011. CETSIS 2011, Trois-Rivières (Canada).


Walewyns, T., & Francis, L. (2011). A novel MEMS tunable ionization sensor based on patterned freestanding Nickel nanowires and moving electrode. 16th International Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Conference (TRANSDUCERS’ 11), Beijing (China). https://doi.org/10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2011.5969195


Chapitre de livre

André, N., Francis, L., Rue, B., Renaux, C., Flandre, D., & Raskin, J.-P. (2011). Artificial microbeams for sensing air flow, temperature and humidity by combining MEMS and CMOS technologies. In Kris Iniewski (ed.), Optical, Acoustic, Magnetic, and Mechanical Sensor Technologies. CRC Press.


Raskin, J.-P., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2011). Sensing and MEMS Devices in Thin-Film SOI MOS Technology. In A. Nazarov et al. (eds.) (ed.), Semiconductor-On-Insulator Materials for Nanoelectronics Applications, Engineering Materials (p. p. 355-392). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15868-1_20


2010
Article de journal

André, N., Druart, S., Gérard, P., Pampin, R., Moreno Hagelsieb, L., Kezai, T., Francis, L., Flandre, D., & Raskin, J.-P. (2010). Miniaturized wireless sensing system for real-time breath activity recording. IEEE Sensors Journal, 10(1), 178-184. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2009.2035666 (Original work published 2010)


Dupuis, P., André, N., Gérard, P., Flandre, D., Raskin, J.-P., & Francis, L. (2010). A fast and robust algorithm to assess respiratory frequency in real-time. Procedia Engineering, 5, 576-579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2010.09.175 (Original work published 2010)


André, N., Rue, B., Van Vynckt, D., Francis, L., Flandre, D., & Raskin, J.-P. (2010). Ultra Low Power flow-to-frequency SOI MEMS transducer. Procedia Engineering, 5, 540-543. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proeng.2010.09.166 (Original work published 2010)


Papier de conférence

Francis, L., André, N., Rue, B., Dupuis, P., Gérard, P., Bouterfa, M., Moreno Hagelsieb, L., Flandre, D., & Raskin, J.-P. (2010). Wireless humidity sensing: CMOS fabrication, interfaces, packaging and various applications from weather to re-education. Proceedings of the Ecole d’hiver Francophone sur les Technologies de Conception des Systèmes embarqués Hétérogènes – FETCH’10, Tutorial 1.


Druart, S., Flandre, D., & Francis, L. (2010). A Methodology for the Simulation of MEMS Spiral Inductances used as Magnetic Sensors. Proceedings of the COMSOL Conference. COMSOL Conference, Paris (France).


Houri, S., Raskin, J.-P., & Francis, L. (2010). MEMS filters based on traveling flexural waves. proceedings of the 2010 IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (FCS 2010), 151-154. https://doi.org/10.1109/FREQ.2010.5556353


Moreno Hagelsieb, L., Tang, X., Bulteel, O., Nizzet, Y., André, N., Gérard, P., Dupuis, P., Francis, L., Raskin, J.-P., & Flandre, D. (2010). Low-power/high-temperature sensors and MEMS in SOI technology. Technical Proceedings of the 2010 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Expo, NSTI-Nanotech 2010, 165-168.


Moreno Hagelsieb, L., Nizet, Y., Tang, X., Bulteel, O., Van Overstaeten-Schlögel, N., André, N., Dupuis, P., Raskin, J.-P., Fontayne, P. A., Gala, J.-L., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2010). Miniaturized and low cost innovative detection systems for medical and environmental applications. Proceedings of the IEEE 2nd Circuits and Systems for Medical and Environmental Applications Workshop - CASME 2010, Article n°5706682. https://doi.org/10.1109/CASME.2010.5706682


Tang, X., Francis, L., Raskin, J.-P., & Flandre, D. (2010). Rapid and Selective Detection of Staphylococcus Aureus Using Insulated Substrate Impedance Transducers. Proceedings of the BIT’s 3rd World Congress of Industrial Biotechnology 2010 (ibio-2010), Track 4.2, p. 292.


Ranvier, S., Rochus, V., Druart, S., Lamy, H., Rochus, P., & Francis, L. (2010). A MEMS-based xylophone bar magnetometer for pico satellites. 61st International Astronautical Congress 2010 (IAC 2010), Prague (Czech Republic).


André, N., Raskin, J.-P., & Francis, L. (2010). 3-D SOI MEMS for sensing applications. Proceedings du 3ème Colloque du Laboratoire International Associé « Nanotechnologies & Nanosystèmes, p. 88.


André, N., Francis, L., Druart, S., Dupuis, P., Flandre, D., & Raskin, J.-P. (2010). Portable wireless microsensing system for human breath monitoring. Proceedings of the 2010 CMOS Emerging Technologies Workshop, Session 2E: Wireless, paper 7.


Bouterfa, M., Gosset, G., Gérard, P., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2010). A wireless low power readout circuit for capacitive breathing sensor. Proceedings of the 9th Belgian Natioanl Day on Biomedical Engineering. 9th Belgian National Day on Biomedical Engineering, Brussels (Belgium).


Assaad, M., Gérard, P., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2010). Ultra Low Power, Harsh Environment SOI-CMOS Design of Temperature Sensor Based Threshold Detection and Wake-Up IC. Proceedings of the IEEE International SOI Conference 2010. IEEE International Silicon on Insulator Conference (SOI 2010), San Diego (CA/USA).


2009
Papier de conférence

André, N., Gérard, P., Drochmans, P., Kezai, T., Druart, S., Moreno Hagelsieb, L., Francis, L., Flandre, D., & Raskin, J.-P. (2009). Wireless microsensors system for monitoring breathing activity. In Vander Sloten J., Nyssen M., Verdonck P., Haueisen, J. (Eds.) (ed.), Proceedings of the 4th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (ECIFMBE 2008) (pp. 875-879). Springer verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_209


Druart, S., Pampin, R., Moreno Hagelsieb, L., Francis, L., & Flandre, D. (2009). Fluid characterization by interdigitated electrodes sensors. In Vander Sloten, J.; Nyssen, M.; Verdonck, P.; Haueisen, J.; (ed.), Proceedings of the 4th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering - ECIFMBE 2008 (pp. 2396-2399). Springer verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_575


Tang, X., Raskin, J.-P., Jonas, A., Nysten, B., Demoustier, S., Bayot, V., Francis, L., Pampin, R., Moreno Hagelsieb, L., & Flandre, D. (2009). Fabrication of SOI-based nano-biosensors. Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Micro & Nano Engineering (MNE). Published. 35th International Conference on Micro & Nano Engineering (MNE), Ghent (Belgium).


Moreno Hagelsieb, L., André, N., Gérard, P., Kezai, T., Nizet, Y., Tang, X., Bulteel, O., Francis, L., Raskin, J.-P., & Flandre, D. (2009). Aluminium Oxide Based Sensors for Medical Applications. Proceedings of the 14th Biodetection Technologies Conference. Published. 14th Biodetection Technologies Conference, Baltimore (MD/USA).


Moreno Hagelsieb, L., Nizet, Y., Tang, X., Raskin, J.-P., Flandre, D., & Francis, L. (2009). CMOS compatible anodic Al2O3 based sensors for bacteria detection. Procedia Chemistry, 1(1), 1283-1286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proche.2009.07.320 (Original work published 2009)


Moreno Hagelsieb, L., André, N., Scheen, G., Gérard, P., Nizet, Y., Tang, X., Bulteel, O., Dupuis, P., Francis, L., Raskin, J.-P., & Flandre, D. (2009). Integration of aluminum oxide based sensors for medical and health monitoring applications. Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference on Commercializing Micro- and Nanotechnology – COMS 2009. Published. The 14th Annual Conference on Commercializing Micro- and Nanotechnology – COMS 2009, Copenhagen (Denmark).


Houri, S., Raskin, J.-P., & Francis, L. (2009). Electromagnetic transduction of Traveling Anti-Symmetric Lamb Waves in suspended beams. Proceedings of the 20th Workshop on Micromachining, Micromechanics and Microsystems – MME’09, p. Paper C11.


Moreno Hagelsieb, L., André, N., Scheen, G., Gérard, P., Nizet, Y., Tang, X., Bulteel, O., Dupuis, P., Francis, L., Flandre, D., & Raskin, J.-P. (2009). Aluminium Oxide Based Sensors Integration for Medical and Health Monitoring Applications. Proceedings of COMS′09, 14th Annual Conference on Commercializing Micro- and Nanotechnology. Published. 14th Annual Conference on Commercializing Micro- and Nanotechnology (COMS 2009), Copenhagen (Denmark).


Article de journal

Moreno-Hagelsieb, L., Nizet, Y., Tang, X., Raskin, J.-P., Flandre, D., & Francis, L. (2009). CMOS compatible anodic Al2O3 based sensors for bacteria detection. Procedia Chemistry, 1, 1283-1286. (Original work published 2009)


Sobieski, S., André, N., Raskin, J.-P., & Francis, L. (2009). Temperature Effect on Lorentz Based Magnetometer. Sensor Letters, 7(3), 456-459. https://doi.org/10.1166/sl.2009.1068 (Original work published 2009)


André, N., Sobieski, S., Francis, L., & Raskin, J.-P. (2009). Messung der 3D-Topographie von Sensoren in Mikrosystemtechnik. MessTec, 01-02, 22. (Original work published 2009)


2008
Article de journal

André, N., Sobieski, S., Francis, L., & Raskin, J.-P. (2008). Out-of-plane topography of 3-D surface micromachined micro-sensors. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 2, 22-23. (Original work published 2008)


Kloss, F. R., Francis, L., Sternschulte, H., Klauser, F., Gassner, R., Rasse, M., Bertel, E., & Steinmüller-Nethl, D. (2008). Commercial developments of nano-crystalline diamond - Two prototypes as case studies. Diamond and Related Materials, 17(7-10), 1089-1099. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2007.12.061 (Original work published 2008)


Papier de conférence

Houri, S., Francis, L., & Raskin, J.-P. (2008). On-wafer stress tuning of MEMS resonators. Proceedings of the 19th MicroMechanics Europe Workshop - MME’08, pp. 287-290.


Sobieski, S., André, N., Francis, L., & Raskin, J.-P. (2008). Temperature effect on Lorentz based magnetometer. Proceedings of the European Magnetic Sensors & Actuators Conference - EMSA 2008, p. 138.


Houri, S., Francis, L., & Raskin, J.-P. (2008). Wide frequency tuning range of MEMS resonators through on-wafer uniaxial stress. Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Micro- and Nano-Engineering - MNE 2008, p. 366 - Paper MEMS3-P15.


Dancila, D., Ekkels, P., Rottenberg, X., Francis, L., Tilmans, H., De Raedt, W., & Huynen, I. (2008). 60GHz tunable cavity resonators based on a perturbation by a MEMS array. Proceedings of the Scientific meeting of the Wallonia Network for Nanotechnologies (NANOWAL), Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium).


2006
Article de journal

Francis, L., Friedt, J.-M., Zhou, C., & Bertrand, P. (2006). In situ evaluation of density, viscosity, and thickness of adsorbed soft layers by combined surface acoustic wave and surface plasmon resonance. Analytical Chemistry, 78(12), 4200-4209. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac051233h (Original work published 2006)


Francis, L., Kromka, A., Steinmüller-Nethl, D., Bertrand, P., & Van Hoof, C. (2006). Nondestructive dynamic characterization of nanocrystalline diamond membranes for flexural plate wave sensors. IEEE Sensors Journal, 6(4), 916-923. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2006.877970 (Original work published 2006)


Thèse

Francis, L. (2006). Thin film acoustic waveguides and resonators for gravimetric sensing applications in liquid.


2005
Article de journal

Huang, L., Reekmans, G., Saerens, D., Friedt, J., Frederix, F., Francis, L., Muyldermans, S., Campitelli, A., & Van Hoof, C. (2005). Prostate-specific antigen immunosensing based on mixed self-assembled monolayers, camel antibodies and colloidal gold enhanced sandwich assays. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 21(3), 483-490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2004.11.016 (Original work published 2005)


Francis, L., Friedt, J., & Bertrand, P. (2005). Influence of electromagnetic interferences on the mass sensitivity of Love mode surface acoustic wave sensors. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical : an international journal devoted to research and development of physical and chemical transducers, 123-24, 360-369. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2005.03.030 (Original work published 2005)


Papier de conférence

Francis, L., Friedt, J.-M., De Palma, R., Zhou, C., Bartic, C., Bertrand, P., & Campitelli, A. (2005). Techniques to evaluate the mass sensitivity of Love mode surface acoustic wave biosensors. Proc. od the IEEE International Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control Symposium, p. 241-249. https://doi.org/10.1109/FREQ.2004.1418460


Friedt, J. M., Francis, L., & Ballandras, S. (2005). Thickness and viscosity of organic thin films probed by combined surface acoustic Love wave and surface plasmon resonance. 2005 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Rotterdam (The netherlands).


2004
Article de journal

Zhou, C., Friedt, J., Angelova, A., Choi, K., Laureyn, W., Frederix, F., Francis, L., Campitelli, A., Engelborghs, Y., & Borghs, G. (2004). Human immunoglobulin adsorption investigated by means of quartz crystal microbalance dissipation, atomic force microscopy, surface acoustic wave, and surface plasmon resonance techniques. Langmuir : the A C S journal of surfaces and colloids, 20(14), 5870-5878. https://doi.org/10.1021/la036251d (Original work published 2004)


Friedt, J.-M., Francis, L., Reekmans, G., De Palma, R., Campitelli, A., & Sleytr, U. B. (2004). Simultaneous surface acoustic wave and surface plasmon resonance measurements - Electrodeposition and biological interactions monitoring. International Journal of Applied Physics, 95(4), 1677-1680. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1625420 (Original work published 2004)


Papier de conférence

Francis, L., Friedt, J.-M., Bartic, C., & Campitelli, A. (2004). An SU-8 liquid cell for surface acoustic wave biosensors. SPIE - the International Society for Optical Engineering. Proceedings, Vol. 5455, p. 353-363. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.544779


Francis, L., Kromka, A., Steinmuller-Nethl, D., Bertrand, P., & Van Hoof, C. (2004). Rapid investigation of nanocrystalline diamond vibrating membranes with a stroboscopic interferometer. In Rocha, D.; Sarro, P.M.; Vellekoop, M.J.; (ed.), Proceedings of the IEEE Sensors 2004 (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37603) (p. Vol. 1, p. 146-9). IEEE.


Francis, L., Cheng Zhou, Bartic, C., Campitelli, A., Bertrand, P., Friedt, J.-M., & De Palma, R. (2004). Techniques to evaluate the mass sensitivity of Love mode surface acoustic wave biosensors. In Yuhas, M.P.; (ed.), Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Frequency Control SymposiumAnd Exhibition (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37553C) (p. p. 241-249). IEEE.


Brevet

Campitelli, A., Francis, L., & Friedt, J.-M. (2004). Appareil et procédés de mesure simultanée d’ondes acoustiques de surface et de résonance plasmonique de surface (Patent No. PCT/BE2004/000090).


Friedt, J.-M., Campitelli, A., & Francis, L. (2004). Apparatus and methods for simultaneous surface acoustic wave and surface plasmon resonance measurements (Patent No. PCT/BE2004/000090).


2003
Article de journal

Francis, L., friedt, J.-M., De Palma, R., Bertrand, P., & Campitelli, A. (2003). Influence of electromagnetic interferences on the gravimetric sensitivity of surface acoustic waveguides. Elsevier Science, arXiv(0307122), 28. (Original work published 2003)


Friedt, J.-M., Francis, L., Choi, K., Frederix, F., & Campitelli, A. (2003). Combined atomic force microscope and acoustic wave devices: Application to electrodeposition. Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology. Part A. Vacuum, Surfaces and Films, 21(4), 1500-1505. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.1579014 (Original work published 2003)


Papier de conférence

Campifelli, A., Bartic, C., Friedt, J.-M., & Francis, L. (2003). Development of microelectronic based biosensors. Custom Integrated Circuits Conference 2003, San Jose, CA (USA).


2002
Article de journal

Friedt, J.-M., Choi, K. H., Francis, L., & Campitelli, A. (2002). Simultaneous atomic force microscope and quartz crystal microbalance measurements - Interactions and displacement field of a quartz crystal microbalance. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 41(6A), 3974-3977. https://doi.org/10.1143/JJAP.41.3974 (Original work published 2002)


Unités d'enseignement pour 2025

Libellé Code
Opto-electronic and power devices LELEC2330
Micro and Nanofabrication Techniques LELEC2560
Instrumentation and sensors LELEC2811
Design of Micro and Nanosystems LELEC2895
Physique I LEPL1201