Characterization of HMDS treated CVD graphene

Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) is a choice growth technique to mass produce graphene over large areas. Residues from transfer processes involving polymeric supporting membranes however lead to unwanted doping and affect the quality of the graphene film. Using Raman spectroscopy it is shown that a Hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) surface treatment leads to improved electrical properties. Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) is a choicegrowth technique to mass produce graphene over large areas.Residues from transfer processes involving polymeric supportingmembranes however lead to unwanted doping and affect thequality of the graphene film. Using Raman spectroscopy it is shown that a Hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) surface treatmentleads to improved electrical properties

CVD graphene for electrical quantum metrology

Graphene, a two dimensional material with sp2 hybridized carbon atoms arranged in honey comb lattice, is known for its unique electronic and mechanical properties. Soon after the isolation of 2D graphene crystals Quantum Hall effect (QHE) has been observed in this material at room temperature. The Quantum Hall plateaus in graphene have large spacing between the Landau levels in comparison to other 2DEGs, which makes it an ideal material for a quantum resistance standard defined by the electron charge and Planck s constant. We will present results for graphene by Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) and transferred to SiO2/Si using different techniques. The transferred graphene films were patterned into millimeter scale Hall bar geometry and characterized using confocal Raman spectroscopy. First electrical transport measurements will be presented

Bestimmung von Triiodthyronin im Serum mit einem heterogenen Enzymimmunoassay: Ergebnisse einer gemeinsamen Erprobung

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Parsing β-catenin's cell adhesion and Wnt signaling functions in malignant mammary tumor progression

During malignant progression, epithelial cancer cells dissolve their cell-cell adhesion and gain invasive features. By virtue of its dual function, β-catenin contributes to cadherin-mediated cell-cell adhesion, and it determines the transcriptional output of Wnt signaling: via its N terminus, it recruits the signaling coactivators Bcl9 and Pygopus, and via the C terminus, it interacts with the general transcriptional machinery. This duality confounds the simple loss-of-function analysis of Wnt signaling in cancer progression. In many cancer types including breast cancer, the functional contribution of β-catenin's transcriptional activities, as compared to its adhesion functions, to tumor progression has remained elusive. Employing the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV)-PyMT mouse model of metastatic breast cancer, we compared the complete elimination of β-catenin with the specific ablation of its signaling outputs in mammary tumor cells. Notably, the complete lack of β-catenin resulted in massive apoptosis of mammary tumor cells. In contrast, the loss of β-catenin's transcriptional activity resulted in a reduction of primary tumor growth, tumor invasion, and metastasis formation in vivo. These phenotypic changes were reflected by stalled cell cycle progression and diminished epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and cell migration of breast cancer cells in vitro. Transcriptome analysis revealed subsets of genes which were specifically regulated by β-catenin's transcriptional activities upon stimulation with Wnt3a or during TGF-β-induced EMT. Our results uncouple the signaling from the adhesion function of β-catenin and underline the importance of Wnt/β-catenin-dependent transcription in malignant tumor progression of breast cancer