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NIRMALRAJ Peter

Alumni

Group leader, BioPhysics

Adolphe Merkle Institute Chemin des Verdiers 4 CH-1700 Fribourg Switzerland

Office:	C026
Phone:	+41 26 300 9541
Email:	peter.nirmalraj@unifr.ch
	0000-0002-2282-6781

Current Occupation:
Head of the biosensing and functional surfaces research group, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA).

Projects team

Amyloids

Characterization of amyloid-forming peptides and oligomers.

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Publications

3D Holo-tomographic Mapping of COVID-19 Microclots in Blood to Assess Disease Severity
Talia Bergaglio, Olena Synhaivska, Peter Niraj Nirmalraj
Chemical & Biomedical Imaging (2024)

In Situ Observation of Chemically Induced Protein Denaturation at Solvated Interfaces
Peter Niraj Nirmalraj, Marta D. Rossell, Walid Dachraoui, Damien Thompson, Michael Mayer
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2023)

Label-Free Digital Holotomography Reveals Ibuprofen-Induced Morphological Changes to Red Blood Cells
Talia Bergaglio, Shayon Bhattacharya, Damien Thompson, Peter Niraj Nirmalraj
ACS Nanoscience Au (2023)

Protein fibril length in cerebrospinal fluid is increased in Alzheimer’s disease
Peter Niraj Nirmalraj, Thomas Schneider, Lars Lüder, Ansgar Felbecker
Communications Biology 6 (2023)

Sensing of KCl, NaCl, and Pyocyanin with a MOF-Decorated Electrospun Nitrocellulose Matrix
Lars Lüder, Peter Niraj Nirmalraj, Antonia Neels, René Michel Rossi, Michel Calame
ACS Applied Nano Materials (2023)

Site-Specific C-Terminal Fluorescent Labeling of Tau Protein
Louise Bryan, Saurabh Awasthi, Yuanjie Li, Peter Niraj Nirmalraj, Sandor Balog, Jerry Yang, Michael Mayer
ACS Omega (2022)

Site-specific C-terminal fluorescent labeling of Tau protein
Louise Bryan, Saurabh Awasthi, Yuanjie Li, Peter Niraj Nirmalraj, Sandor Balog, Jerry Yang, Michael Mayer
preprint (2022)

Single-Particle Resolution of Copper-Associated Annular α-Synuclein Oligomers Reveals Potential Therapeutic Targets of Neurodegeneration
Olena Synhaivska, Shayon Bhattacharya, Silvia Campioni, Damien Thompson, Peter Niraj Nirmalraj
ACS Chemical Neuroscience (2022)

Conductive Hybrid Cu‐HHTP‐TCNQ Metal–Organic Frameworks for Chemiresistive Sensing
Lars Lüder, Agnes Gubicza, Michael Stiefel, Jan Overbeck, Davide Beretta, Amin Sadeghpour, Antonia Neels, Peter N. Nirmalraj, René M. Rossi, Claudio Toncelli, Michel Calame
Advanced Electronic Materials , 2100871 (2021)

Spatial organization of protein aggregates on red blood cells as physical biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease pathology
Peter Niraj Nirmalraj, Thomas Schneider, Ansgar Felbecker
Science Advances 7 (2021)

Complete aggregation pathway of amyloid β (1-40) and (1-42) resolved on an atomically clean interface
Peter Niraj Nirmalraj, Jonathan List, Shayon Battacharya, Geoffrey Howe, Liang Xu, Damien Thompson, Michael Mayer
Science Advances (2020)

Formation of Single Nanopores with Diameters of 20–50 nm in Silicon Nitride Membranes Using Laser-Assisted Controlled Breakdown
Cuifeng Ying, Jared Houghtaling, Olivia M. Eggenberger, Anirvan Guha, Peter Nirmalraj, Saurabh Awasthi, Jianguo Tian, Michael Mayer
ACS Nano (2018)

Polymer–Nanocarbon Topological and Electronic Interface
Peter Nirmalraj, Maria Cristina dos Santos, Jorge Mario Salazar Rios, Diana Davila, Fiorella Vargas, Ullrich Scherf, Maria Antonietta Loi
Langmuir (2018)

Carbon Nanotubes: On‐Chip Chemical Self‐Assembly of Semiconducting Single‐Walled Carbon Nanotubes (SWNTs): Toward Robust and Scale Invariant SWNTs

Advanced Materials (2017)

Motion of Fullerenes around Topological Defects on Metals: Implications for the Progress of Molecular Scale Devices
Peter Nirmalraj, Ronan Daly, Nazario Martin, Damien Thompson
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2017)

Capturing the embryonic stages of self-assembly - design rules for molecular computation
Peter N. Nirmalraj, Damien Thompson, Heike E. Riel
Sci. Rep. (2015)

Fabrication and analysis of vertical p-type InAs-Si nanowire Tunnel FETs
D. Cutaia, K. E. Moselund, M. Borg, H. Schmid, L. Gignac, C.M. Breslin, S. Karg, E. Uccelli, P. Nirmalraj, H. Riel
Ultimate Integration on Silicon (EUROSOI-ULIS), 2015 Joint International EUROSOI Workshop and International Conference on (2015)

At the deep end
Peter N. Nirmalraj, Heike E. Riel
Materials Today (2014)

Nanoelectrical analysis of single molecules and atomic-scale materials at the solid/liquid interface
Peter Nirmalraj, Damien Thompson, Agustín Molina-Ontoria, Marilyne Sousa, Nazario Martín, Bernd Gotsmann, Heike Riel
Nat Mater (2014)

Nanoscale origin of defects at metal/molecule engineered interfaces
Peter N. Nirmalraj, Heinz Schmid, Bernd Gotsmann, Heike Riel
Langmuir (2013)

Manipulating connectivity and electrical conductivity in metallic nanowire networks
Peter N. Nirmalraj, Allen T. Bellew, Alan P. Bell, Jessamyn A. Fairfield, Eoin K. McCarthy, Curtis O’Kelly, Luiz F. C. Pereira, Sophie Sorel, Diana Morosan, Jonathan N. Coleman, Mauro S. Ferreira, John J. Boland
Nano Lett (2012)

Graphene Dispersion and Exfoliation in Low Boiling Point Solvents
Arlene O’Neill, Umar Khan, Peter N. Nirmalraj, John Boland, Jonathan N Coleman
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2011)

Nanoscale mapping of electrical resistivity and connectivity in graphene strips and networks
Peter N. Nirmalraj, Tarek Lutz, Shishir Kumar, Georg S. Duesberg, John J. Boland
Nano Lett (2011)

Effect of sample bias on backscattered ion spectroscopy in the helium ion microscope
G. Behan, J. F. Feng, H. Z. Zhang, P. N. Nirmalraj, J. J. Boland
Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A (2010)

Selective tuning and optimization of the contacts to metallic and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes
Peter N. Nirmalraj, John J. Boland
ACS Nano (2010)

Silver Nanowire Networks as Flexible, Transparent, Conducting Films: Extremely High DC to Optical Conductivity Ratios
Sukanta De, Thomas M. Higgins, Philip E. Lyons, Evelyn M. Doherty, Peter N. Nirmalraj, Werner J. Blau, John J. Boland, Jonathan N. Coleman
ACS Nano (2009)

The spatial uniformity and electromechanical stability of transparent, conductive films of single walled nanotubes
Evelyn M. Doherty, Sukanta De, Philip E. Lyons, Aleksey Shmeliov, Peter N. Nirmalraj, Vittorio Scardaci, Jerome Joimel, Werner J. Blau, John J. Boland, Jonathan N. Coleman
Carbon (2009)

Electrical connectivity in single-walled carbon nanotube networks
Peter N. Nirmalraj, Philip E. Lyons, Sukanta De, Jonathan N. Coleman, John J. Boland
Nano Lett (2009)

Transparent, flexible, and highly conductive thin films based on polymer-nanotube composites
Sukanta De, Philip E. Lyons, Sophie Sorel, Evelyn M. Doherty, Paul J. King, Werner J. Blau, Peter N. Nirmalraj, John J. Boland, Vittorio Scardaci, Jerome Joimel, Jonathan N. Coleman
ACS Nano (2009)

High-yield production of graphene by liquid-phase exfoliation of graphite

Nat Nano (2008)

Towards Solutions of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Common Solvents
Shane D. Bergin, Valeria Nicolosi, Philip V. Streich, Silvia Giordani, Zhenyu Sun, Alan H. Windle, Peter Ryan, N. Peter P. Niraj, Zhi‐Tao T. Wang, Leslie Carpenter, Werner J. Blau, John J. Boland, James P. Hamilton, Jonathan N. Coleman
Advanced Materials (2008)

Self-ordering of metal-free phthalocyanine on InAs(100) and InSb(100)
P Palmgren, B R Priya, N P P Niraj, M Göthelid
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (2006)

Bonding of metal-free phthalocyanine to TiO2(1 1 0) single crystal
P. Palmgren, B.R. Priya, N.P.P. Niraj, M. Göthelid
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (2006)

NIRMALRAJ Peter

Amyloids