Jürgen Brugger
Full Professor
juergen.brugger@epfl.ch +41 21 693 65 73 http://lmis1.epfl.ch
EPFL STI IMT LMIS1
BM 3107 (Bâtiment BM)
Station 17
CH-1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 65 73
+41 21 693 59 01
Office: BM 3107
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Fields of expertise
MEMS & Nanotechnology
Micro/Nanomanufacturing
Micro/Nanomanufacturing
Biography
I am a Professor of Microengineering and co-affiliated to Materials Science. Before joining EPFL I was at the MESA Research Institute of Nanotechnology at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, and at the Hitachi Central Research Laboratory, in Tokyo, Japan. I received his Master in Physical-Electronics and his PhD degree from Neuchatel University, Switzerland.
Research in my laboratory focuses on various aspects of MEMS and Nanotechnology. My group has made several important contributions to the field, at the fundamental level as well as in technological development, as demonstrated by the start-ups that spun off from the lab. In our research, key competences are in micro/nanofabrication, additive micro-manufacturing, new materials for MEMS, increasingly for biomedical applications. Together with my students and colleagues we published over 200 peer-refereed papers and I had the pleasure to supervise over 20 PhD students. Former students and postdocs have been successful in receiving awards and starting their own scientific careers (6 professors so far). I am honoured for the appointment in 2016 as Fellow of the IEEE “For contributions to micro and nano manufacturing technology”. In 2017 my lab was awarded an ERC AdvG in the field of advanced micro-manufacturing.
Research in my laboratory focuses on various aspects of MEMS and Nanotechnology. My group has made several important contributions to the field, at the fundamental level as well as in technological development, as demonstrated by the start-ups that spun off from the lab. In our research, key competences are in micro/nanofabrication, additive micro-manufacturing, new materials for MEMS, increasingly for biomedical applications. Together with my students and colleagues we published over 200 peer-refereed papers and I had the pleasure to supervise over 20 PhD students. Former students and postdocs have been successful in receiving awards and starting their own scientific careers (6 professors so far). I am honoured for the appointment in 2016 as Fellow of the IEEE “For contributions to micro and nano manufacturing technology”. In 2017 my lab was awarded an ERC AdvG in the field of advanced micro-manufacturing.
Professional course
Full Professor
EPFL-STI-IMT-LMIS1
EPFL
2016 to date
Associate Professor
EPFL-STI-IMT-LMIS1
EPFL
2009-2015
Assistant Professor
EPFL-STI-IMT-LMIS1
EPFL
2001-2009
Research Program Coordinator "NanoLink"
MESA+ Research Institute (Mentors: Jan Fluitman and David Reinhoudt)
University of Twente, The Netherlands
1998-2001
Postdoc and Research staff member
IBM Zuerich Research Laboratory (Mentor: Peter Vettiger)
1995-1998
Hitachi Research Fellow
Hitachi Central Research Laboratory Tokyo (Mentor: Ryo Imura)
1993-1994
Education
PhD
Physical-Electronics
Neuchatel
1995
Diplome (M.Sc.)
Electronique-Physique
Neuchatel
1990
Publications
Infoscience publications
Recent journal papers
2019
M. Rüegg; R. Blum; G. Boero; J. Brugger : Transient Electronics: Biodegradable Frequency‐Selective Magnesium Radio‐Frequency Microresonators for Transient Biomedical Implants (Adv. Funct. Mater. 39/2019); Advanced Functional Materials. 2019. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.201970270.
T. Walger; T. Besson; V. Flauraud; R. D. Hersch; J. Brugger : 1D moiré shapes by superposed layers of micro-lenses; Optics Express. 2019-12-23. DOI : 10.1364/OE.27.037419.
D.-L. Wen; X. Liu; H.-T. Deng; D.-H. Sun; H.-Y. Qian et al. : Printed silk-fibroin-based triboelectric nanogenerators for multi-functional wearable sensing; Nano Energy. 2019-12-01. DOI : 10.1016/j.nanoen.2019.104123.
S. Hettler; L. Radtke; L. Grünewald; Y. Lisunova; O. Peric et al. : Phase masks for electron microscopy fabricated by thermal scanning probe lithography; Micron. 2019-10-03. DOI : 10.1016/j.micron.2019.102753.
M. Grisi; E. Montinaro; F. Vincent; L. Petho; M. C. Letizia et al. : CMOS and 3D Printing for NMR Spectroscopy at the Single Embryo Scale; Chimia. 2019-08-01. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2019.635.
Z. Su; H. S. C. Yu; X. Zhang; J. Brugger; H. Zhang : Liquid Assembly of Floating Nanomaterial Sheets for Transparent Electronics; Advanced Materials Technologies. 2019-08-15. DOI : 10.1002/admt.201900398.
M. Rüegg; R. Blum; G. Boero; J. Brugger : Biodegradable Frequency‐Selective Magnesium Radio‐Frequency Microresonators for Transient Biomedical Implants; Advanced Functional Materials. 2019-08-07. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.201903051.
2018
R. J. Hafner; L. Tian; J. C. Brauer; T. Schmaltz; A. Sienkiewicz et al. : Unusually Long-Lived Photocharges in Helical Organic Semiconductor Nanostructures; Acs Nano. 2018-09-01. DOI : 10.1021/acsnano.8b03165.
I. Sharma; Y. Batra; V. Flauraud; J. Brugger; B. R. Mehta : Growth of Large-Area 2D MoS2 Arrays at Pre-Defined Locations Using Stencil Mask Lithography; Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 2018-03-01. DOI : 10.1166/jnn.2018.14265.
X.-S. Zhang; M. Han; B. Kim; J.-F. Bao; J. Brugger et al. : All-in-one self-powered flexible microsystems based on triboelectric nanogenerators; Nano Energy. 2018. DOI : 10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.02.046.
Y. Lisunova; J. Brugger : Combination of thermal scanning probe lithography and ion etching to fabricate 3D silicon nanopatterns with extremely smooth surface; Microelectronic Engineering. 2018-06-05. DOI : 10.1016/j.mee.2018.02.012.
E. Montinaro; M. Grisi; M. C. Letizia; L. Pethö; M. A. M. Gijs et al. : 3D printed microchannels for sub-nL NMR spectroscopy; PLOS ONE. 2018-05-09. DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0192780.
S. Wu; F. Zuber; K. Maniura-Weber; J. Brugger; Q. Ren : Nanostructured surface topographies have an effect on bactericidal activity; Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 2018-02-28. DOI : 10.1186/s12951-018-0347-0.
P. Winkler; R. Regmi; V. Flauraud; J. Brugger; H. Rigneault et al. : Optical Antenna-Based Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy to Probe the Nanoscale Dynamics of Biological Membranes; The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 2018. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b02818.
2017
C. D. Rawlings; M. Zientek; M. Spieser; D. Urbonas; T. Stöferle et al. : Control of the interaction strength of photonic molecules by nanometer precise 3D fabrication; Scientific Reports. 2017. DOI : 10.1038/s41598-017-16496-x.
S. T. Zimmermann; D. W. H. Balkenende; A. Lavrenova; C. Weder; J. Brugger : Nanopatterning of a Stimuli-Responsive Fluorescent Supramolecular Polymer by Thermal Scanning Probe Lithography; ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.7b13672.
R. Regmi; P. M. Winkler; V. Flauraud; K. J. E. Borgman; C. Manzo et al. : Planar Optical Nanoantennas Resolve Cholesterol-Dependent Nanoscale Heterogeneities in the Plasma Membrane of Living Cells; Nano Letters. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b02973.
T. Oellers; D. Koenig; A. Kostka; S. Xie; J. Brugger et al. : Shape Memory Micro- and Nanowire Libraries for the High-Throughput Investigation of Scaling Effects; Acs Combinatorial Science. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acscombsci.7b00065.
V. Flauraud; R. Regmi; P. M. Winkler; D. T. L. Alexander; H. Rigneault et al. : In-Plane Plasmonic Antenna Arrays with Surface Nanogaps for Giant Fluorescence Enhancement; Nano Letters. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04978.
P. M. Winkler; R. Regmi; V. Flauraud; J. Brugger; H. Rigneault et al. : Transient Nanoscopic Phase Separation in Biological Lipid Membranes Resolved by Planar Plasmonic Antennas; ACS Nano. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acsnano.7b03177.
V. Flauraud; G. D. Bernasconi; J. Butet; D. T. L. Alexander; O. J. F. Martin et al. : Mode Coupling in Plasmonic Heterodimers Probed with Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy; ACS Nano. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acsnano.6b08589.
V. Flauraud; G. D. Bernasconi; J. Butet; M. Mastrangeli; D. T. L. Alexander et al. : Mode Evolution in Strongly Coupled Plasmonic Dolmens Fabricated by Templated Assembly; ACS Photonics. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acsphotonics.6b01026.
P. Fesenko; V. Flauraud; S. Xie; E. Kang; T. Uemura et al. : Growth Of Organic Semiconductor Thin Films with Multi-Micron Domain Size and Fabrication of Organic Transistors Using a Stencil Nanosieve; ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.7b06584.
V. Flauraud; M. Reyes; R. Paniagua-Dominguez; A. Kuznetsov; J. Brugger : Silicon nanostructures for bright field full color prints; ACS Photonics. 2017. DOI : 10.1021/acsphotonics.6b01021.
Y. Lisunova; M. Spieser; R. Juttin; F. Holzner; J. Brugger : High-aspect ratio nanopatterning via combined thermal scanning probe lithography and dry etching; Microelectronic Engineering. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.mee.2017.04.006.
A. V. Matheoud; G. Gualco; M. Jeong; I. Zivkovic; J. Brugger et al. : Single-chip electron spin resonance detectors operating at 50 GHz, 92 GHz, and 146 GHz; Journal of Magnetic Resonance. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.jmr.2017.03.013.
M. A. Chavarria; A. V. Matheoud; P. Marmillod; Y. Liu; D. Kong et al. : High sensitivity field asymmetric ion mobility spectrometer; Review of Scientific Instruments. 2017. DOI : 10.1063/1.4978960.
X. Zhang; M. Su; J. Brugger; B. Kim : Penciling a triboelectric nanogenerator on paper for autonomous power MEMS applications; Nano Energy. 2017. DOI : 10.1016/j.nanoen.2017.01.053.
V. Flauraud; M. Mastrangeli; G. D. Bernasconi; J. Butet; D. T. L. Alexander et al. : Nanoscale topographical control of capillary assembly of nanoparticles; Nature Nanotechnology. 2017. DOI : 10.1038/nnano.2016.179.
2016
P. Fesenko; V. Flauraud; S. Xie; J. Brugger; J. Genoe et al. : Arrays of Pentacene Single Crystals by Stencil Evaporation; Crystal Growth & Design. 2016. DOI : 10.1021/acs.cgd.6b00765.
M. Gauvin; T. Alnasser; E. Terver; I. Abid; A. Mlayah et al. : Plasmonic photo-current in freestanding monolayered gold nanoparticle membranes; Nanoscale. 2016. DOI : 10.1039/c6nr05091c.
D. Varandani; K. Agarwal; J. Brugger; B. R. Mehta : Scanning thermal probe microscope method for the determination of thermal diffusivity of nanocomposite thin films; Review Of Scientific Instruments. 2016. DOI : 10.1063/1.4960332.
B. Singh; B. Mehta; D. Varandani; A. V. Savu; J. Brugger : Exploring Nanoscale Electrical Properties of CuO-Graphene Based Hybrid Interfaced Memory Device by Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy; Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 2016. DOI : 10.1166/jnn.2016.10713.
M. Gauvin; J. Grisolia; T. Alnasser; B. Viallet; S. Xie et al. : Electro-mechanical sensing in freestanding monolayered gold nanoparticle membranes; Nanoscale. 2016. DOI : 10.1039/C6NR02004F.
R. H. Vafaie; H. B. Ghavifekr; H. Van Lintel; J. Brugger; P. Renaud : Bi-directional AC electrothermal micropump for on-chip biological applications; ELECTROPHORESIS. 2016. DOI : 10.1002/elps.201500404.
F. Yesilkoy; R. Ueno; B. Desbiolles; M. Grisi; Y. Sakai et al. : Highly efficient and gentle trapping of single cells in large microfluidic arrays for time-lapse experiments; Biomicrofluidics - Fundamentals, Perspectives & Applications. 2016. DOI : 10.1063/1.4942457.
F. Yesilkoy; V. Flauraud; M. Rüegg; B. Kim; J. Brugger : 3D nanostructures fabricated by advanced stencil lithography; Nanoscale. 2016. DOI : 10.1039/C5NR08444J.
F. Dalcanale; J. Grossenbacher; G. Blugan; M. Gullo; J. Brugger et al. : Rapid carbon nanotubes suspension in organic solvents using organosilicon polymers; Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.02.050.
X. Zhang; J. Brugger; B. Kim : A silk-fibroin-based transparent triboelectric generator suitable for autonomous sensor network; Nano Energy. 2016. DOI : 10.1016/j.nanoen.2015.11.036.
S. Wu; F. Zuber; J. Brugger; K. Maniura-Weber; Q. Ren : Antibacterial Au nanostructured surfaces; Nanoscale. 2016. DOI : 10.1039/C5NR06157A.
J. Adams; B. Erickson; J. Grossenbacher; J. Brugger; A. P. Nievergelt et al. : Harnessing the damping properties of materials for high-speed atomic force microscopy; Nature Nanotechnology. 2016. DOI : 10.1038/NNANO.2015.254.
2015
L. Jacot-Descombes; V. J. Cadarso; A. Schleunitz; S. Gruetzner; J. J. Klein et al. : Organic-inorganic-hybrid-polymer microlens arrays with tailored optical characteristics and multi-focal properties; Optics Express. 2015. DOI : 10.1364/OE.23.025365.
R. Ueno; F. Yesilköy; J. Brugger; B. Kim : Electrical Property of Platinum Micro Heater for Thermal Analysis of Microfluidic Device; IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines. 2015. DOI : 10.1541/ieejsmas.135.338.
V. Flauraud; T. S. van Zanten; M. Mivelle; C. Manzo; M. F. Garcia Parajo et al. : Large-Scale Arrays of Bowtie Nanoaperture Antennas for Nanoscale Dynamics in Living Cell Membranes; Nano Letters. 2015. DOI : 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b01335.
J. Grossenbacher; M. Gullo; F. Dalcanale; G. Blugan; J. Kuebler et al. : Cytotoxicity evaluation of polymer-derived ceramics for pacemaker electrode applications; Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. 2015. DOI : 10.1002/jbm.a.35477.
S. Wu; W. Ye; M. Yang; M. Taghipoor; R. Meissner et al. : Impedance sensing of DNA immobilization and hybridization by microfabricated alumina nanopore membranes; Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.snb.2015.03.094.
F. Dalcanale; J. Grossenbacher; G. Blugan; M. R. Gullo; J. Brugger et al. : CNT and PDCs: A fruitful association? Study of a polycarbosilane–MWCNT composite; Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2015.02.016.
S. Wu; T. M. Braschler; R. Anker; F. Wildhaber; A. Bertsch et al. : Composite hydrogel-loaded alumina membranes for nanofluidic molecular filtration; Journal of Membrane Science. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.memsci.2014.12.023.
J. Grossenbacher; R. M. Gullo; V. Bakumov; G. Blugan; J. Kuebler et al. : On the micrometre precise mould filling of liquid polymer derived ceramic precursor for 300-µm-thick high aspect ratio ceramic MEMS; Ceramics International. 2015. DOI : 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.08.112.
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Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Microengineering