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dr. Dipl.-Ing. E.C. Fuchs (Elmar C.)

Researcher (Guest)
TNW-ANP-OS
e.c.fuchs@utwente.nl
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Expertise

  • Chemistry

    • Water Type
    • Absorption Spectrum
    • Reaction Temperature
    • Electrolyte

  • Engineering

    • Vortex
    • Aeration

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Absorbance
    • Spectra

Organisations

Fields of research


At the Graz University of Technology:

At the Wetsus Center of Sustainable Water Technology and University of Twente:

Publications

2025

Characterization and tuning dollops in potable water (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Zarei, T.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036565462

2024

Intrinsic CO2 nanobubbles in alkaline aqueous solutions (2024)Colloids and surfaces A: Physicochemical and engineering aspects, 701. Article 134895. Zarei, T., Fuchs, E. C., Agostinho, L. L. F., Gebauer, D., Woisetschläger, J. & Offerhaus, H. L.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2024.134895Numerical analysis of vortex dynamics in hyperbolic funnels using computational fluid dynamics (2024)Physics of Fluids, 36(9). Article 095171. Donepudi, T., van de Griend, M., Agostinho, L. L. F., Kroon, E. J. d., Klymenko, R., Pecnik, R., Woisetschläger, J. & Fuchs, E. C.https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0222216Characterization of Nanoparticles in Drinking Water Using Field-Flow Fractionation Coupled with Multi-Angle Light Scattering and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (2024)Water, 16(17). Article 2419. Zarei, T., Colombo, M. B. A., Fuchs, E. C., Offerhaus, H. L., Gebauer, D. & Agostinho, L. L. F.https://doi.org/10.3390/w16172419Characterization of a hyperbolic vortex plasma reactor for the removal of aqueous phase micropollutants (2024)Journal of physics D: applied physics, 57(21). Article 215204. Klymenko, R., de Kroon, E., Agostinho, L. L. F., Fuchs, E. C., Woisetschläger, J. & Hoeben, W. F. L. M.https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6463/ad2b22

2023

Preparation of Free-Surface Hyperbolic Water Vortices (2023)Journal of visualized experiments, 2023(197). Article e64516. Klymenko, R., Nanninga, H., de Kroon, E., Agostinho, L. L. F., Fuchs, E. C., Woisetschläger, J. & Hoeben, W. F. L. M.https://doi.org/10.3791/64516

2022

Investigation of the effect of sustainable magnetic treatment on the microbiological communities in drinking water (2022)Environmental Research, 213. Article 113638. Liu, X., Pollner, B., Paulitsch-Fuchs, A. H., Fuchs, E. C., Dyer, N. P., Loiskandl, W. & Lass-Flörl, C.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113638Vortex Impeller-Based Aeration of Groundwater (2022)Water, 14(5), 795. Article 795. van de Griend, M. V., Warrener, F., van den Akker, M., Song, Y., Fuchs, E. C., Loiskandl, W. & Agostinho, L. L. F.https://doi.org/10.3390/w14050795Enhanced Oxygen Volumetric Mass Transfer in a Geometrically Constrained Vortex (2022)Water, 14(5). Article 771. Agostinho, L. L. F., Pecnik, R., Woisetschläger, J., de Kroon, E., Şişcanu, N., van de Griend, M. V., Loiskandl, W. & Fuchs, E. C.https://doi.org/10.3390/w14050771

2020

A First Step towards Determining the Ionic Content in Water with an Integrated Optofluidic Chip Based on Near-Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy (2020)Optics, 1(2), 175-190. Steen, G. W., Wexler, A. D., Fuchs, E. C. & Offerhaus, H. L.https://doi.org/10.3390/opt1020014

Other contributions

  • X. Liu, G. Zarfel, R. van der Wijden, W. Loiskandl, B. Bitschnau, I.J.T. Dinkla, E.C. Fuchs, A.H. Paulitsch-Fuchs, Density-dependent microbial calcium carbonate precipitation by drinking water bacteria via amino acid metabolism and biosorption, Water Research 202 (2021) 117444
  • E.C. Fuchs, J. Woisetschläger, A.D. Wexler, R. Pecnik, G. Vitiello, Electrically induced liquid-liquid phase transition in a floating water bridge identified by refractive index variations, Water (MDPI) 13(5) (2021) 602
  • Astrid H. Paulitsch-Fuchs, Natalia Stanulewicz, Bernhard Pollner, Nigel Dyer, Elmar C. Fuchs,Strong gradients in weak magnetic fields affect the long-term biological activity of tap water, Water (Seattle) 12 (2021) 28-45
  • Adam D. Wexler, Jakob Woisetschläger, Ursula Reiter, Gert Reiter, Michael Fuchsjäger, Elmar C. Fuchs, Lothar Brecker, Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Mapping of Spin Relaxation in Electrically Stressed Glycerol, ACS Omega 5 (2020) 22057-22070
  • Gerwin W. Steen, Adam D. Wexler, Elmar C. Fuchs, Herman L. Offerhaus, Gerwin W. Steen, Adam D. Wexler, Elmar C. Fuchs, Herman L. Offerhaus, A First Step towards Determining the Ionic Content in Water with an Integrated Optofluidic Chip Based on Near-Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy,MDPI Optics 1(2) (2020), 175-190
  • M. van de Griend, E.C. Fuchs, L.L.F. Agostinho, N. Dyer, W. Loiskandl, Consequences of the integration of a hyperbolic showerhead for droplets, jet break-up and physical-chemical parameters, MDPI Water 11 (2019) 2446
  • E.C. Fuchs, G. Oudakker, M. Justinek, N. Dyer, J. Woisetschläger, K. Godines, M. Mäder, F.T. Freund, Solar eclipses and the Surface Properties of Water, Earth, Moon, and Planets 123 (2019) 15-43
  • A.D. Wexler, E.C. Fuchs, J. Woisetschläger, G. Vitiello, Electrically induced liquid-liquid phase transition in water at room temperature,PCCP 21 (2019) 18541-18550
  • E.C. Fuchs, D. Yntema, J. Woisetschläger, Raman spectroscopy and shadowgraph visualization of excess protons in high-voltage electrolysis of pure water, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys 52 (2019) 365302
  • G.W. Steen, A.D. Wexler, E.C. Fuchs, H.A. Bakker, P.D. Nguyen, H.L. Offerhaus, Role of temperature in de-mixing absorbance spectra composed of compound electrolyte solutions, Appl. Opt. 57 (2018) 1-7
  • G.W. Steen, E.C. Fuchs, A.D. Wexler, H.L. Offerhaus, Design considerations to realize differential absorption based optofluidic sensors for determination of ionic content in water, IEEE Sensors 18 (2018) 6051-6058
  • L.L.F. Agostinho, B.Bo, A.Kamau, S.P. Brouwer, E.C. Fuchs, J.C.M. Marijnissen, Simple-jet mode electrosprays with water. Description, characterization and application in a single effect evaporation chamber, J. Aerosol Sc. 125 (2018) 237-250
  • A.H. Paulitsch-Fuchs, A. Zsohár, A.D. Wexler, A. Zauner, C. Kittinger, J. de Valença, E.C. Fuchs, Behavioral study of selected microorganisms in an aqueous electrohydrodynamic liquid bridge, Biochem. Biophys. Rep 10 (2017) 287–296
  • A.D. Wexler, S. Drusová, E.C. Fuchs, J. Woisetschläger, G. Reiter, M. Fuchsjäger, U. Reiter, Magnetic resonance imaging of flow and mass transfer in electrohydrodynamic liquid bridges,J. Vis. 20 (2017) 97
  • A.D. Wexler, S. Drusová, J. Woisetschläger and E.C. Fuchs, Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and collective vibrational modes of liquid water in an inhomogeneous electric field,PCCP 18 (2016) 16281-16292
  • E.C. Fuchs, M. Sammer, A.D. Wexler, P. Kuntke, J. Woisetschläger, A floating water bridge produces water with excess charge,J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49 (2016) 125502
  • M. Sammer, C. Kamp, A.H. Paulitsch-Fuchs, A.D. Wexler, C.J.N. Buisman, E.C. Fuchs, Strong Gradients in Weak Magnetic Fields Induce
    DOLLOP Formation in Tap Water,Water 8 (2016) 79
  • E.C. Fuchs, B. Bitschnau, A.D. Wexler, J. Woisetschläger, F.T. Freund, A Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering Study of the Dynamics of Electrically Constrained Water,J. Phys. Chem. B 119 (52) (2015) 15892–15900
  • M. Sammer, A.D. Wexler, P. Kuntke, H. Wiltsche, N. Stanulewicz, E. Lankmayr, J. Woisetschläger, E.C. Fuchs, Proton production, neutralisation and reduction in a floating water bridge, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys 48 (2015) 415501
  • G.W. Steen, E.C. Fuchs, A.D. Wexler, H.L. Offerhaus, Identification and quantification of 16 inorganic ions in water by Gaussian curve fitting of near-infrared difference absorbance spectra, Appl. Opt. 54 (2015) 1–6
  • M. Sammer, B. Laarhoven, E. Mejias, D. Yntema, E.C. Fuchs, G. Holler, G. Brasseur, E. Lankmayr, Biomass measurement of living Lumbriculus variegatus with impedance spectroscopy, J Electr Bioimp. 5 (2014) 92–98
  • A. D. Wexler, M. López Sáenz, O. Schreer, J. Woisetschläger, E.C. Fuchs, The Preparation of Electrohydrodynamic Bridges from Polar Dielectric Liquids, J. Vis. Exp. 91, e51819 (*)
  • E.C. Fuchs, A.D. Wexler, A.H. Paulitsch-Fuchs, L.L.F. Agostinho, D. Yntema and J. Woisetschläger, The Armstrong Experiment Revisited, Eur. J. Phys. Special Topics 223 (2014) 959-977 (*)
  • L.L.F. Agostinho, C. U. Yurteri, J. Wartena, S. P. Brouwer, E.C. Fuchs, J.C.M. Marijnissen, Insulated multinozzle system for electrohydrodynamic atomization in the simple-jet mode, Appl. Phys. Let. 102 (2013) 194103
  • L.L.F. Agostinho, G. Tamminga, C.U. Yurteri, S.P. Brouwer, E.C. Fuchs, J.C.M. Marijnissen, Morphology of water electrosprays in the simple-jet mode, Phys. Rev. E 86 (2012) 066317
  • E.C. Fuchs, A. Cherukupally, A.H. Paulitsch-Fuchs, L.L.F. Agostinho, A.D. Wexler, J. Woisetschläger and F.T. Freund, Investigation of the Mid-Infrared Emission of a Floating Water Bridge, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 45 (2012) 475401
  • L.L.F. Agostinho, C. Yurteri, E.C. Fuchs and J.C.M. Marijnissen, Monodisperse water microdroplets generated by electrohydrodynamic atomization in the simple-jet mode, Appl. Phys. Let. 100 (2012) 244105
  • A.H. Paulitsch-Fuchs, E. C. Fuchs, A.D. Wexler, F.T. Freund, L.J. Rothschild, A. Cherukupally and G.-J. W. Euverink, Prokaryotic transport in electrohydrodynamic structures, Phys. Biol. 9 (2012) 026006 (11pp)
  • J. Woisetschläger, A. D. Wexler, G. Holler, M. Eisenhut, K. Gatterer, E. C. Fuchs, Horizontal bridges in polar dielectric liquids, Exp. Fluids 52 (2012) 193-205
  • E.C. Fuchs, A.D. Wexler, L.L.F. Agostinho, M. Ramek, J. Woisetschläger, Methanol, Ethanol and Propanol in EHD liquid bridging, J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 329 (2011) 012003
  • L. Piatkowski, A.D. Wexler, E.C. Fuchs, H. Schoenmaker, H.J. Bakker, Ultrafast vibrational energy relaxation of the water bridge,PCCP 14 (2012) 6160-6164
  • E.C. Fuchs, B. Bitschnau, S. Di Fonzo, A. Gessini, J. Woisetschläger, F. Bencivenga, Inelastic UV Scattering in a Floating Water Bridge, J. Phys. Sc. Appl. 1 (2011) 135-147 (*)
  • M. Sammer, C. Kamp, D. Yntema, M. Horner, E.C. Fuchs, G. Holler, J. Woisetschläger, E. Lankmayr, The Bioscope System - Testing and validating a novel sensor for aqueous solutions, J. Water Chem. Tech. 33 (2011) 369-376
  • L.L.F. Agostinho, E.C. Fuchs, S.J. Metz, C.U. Yuteri, J.C. Marijnissen, Reverse movement and coalescence of water microdroplets in electrohydrodynamic atomization, Phys. Rev.. E 84 (2011) 026317 (12pp)
  • M. Eisenhut, X. Guo, A.H. Paulitsch-Fuchs, E.C. Fuchs, Aqueous Phenol and Ethylene Glycol Solutions in Electrohydrodynamic Liquid Bridging, Cent. Eur. J. Chem. 9(3) (2011) 391-403 (*)
  • E.C. Fuchs, L.L.F. Agostinho, A. Wexler, R.M. Wagterveld, J. Tuinstra, J. Woisetschläger, The behavior of a floating water bridge under reduced gravity conditions, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys 44 (2011) 025501 (8pp)
  • E.C. Fuchs, L.L.F. Agostinho, M. Eisenhut, J. Woisetschläger, Mass and charge transfer within a floating water bridge, Proc. SPIE 7376 (2010) 73761E1-15
  • E.C. Fuchs, Can a Century Old Experiment Reveal Hidden Properties of Water?, Water (MDPI) 2(3) (2010) 381-410 (*)
  • E. Del Giudice, E.C. Fuchs, G. Vitiello, Collective Molecular Dynamics of a Floating Water Bridge, Water (Seattle) 2 (2010) 69-82
  • E.C. Fuchs, P. Baroni, B. Bitschnau, L. Noirez, Two-Dimensional Neutron Scattering in a Floating Heavy Water Bridge, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys 43 (2010) 105502 (5pp)
  • J. Woisetschläger, K. Gatterer, E.C. Fuchs, Experiments in a Floating Water Bridge, Exp. Fluids 48 (2010) 121-131
  • E.C. Fuchs, B. Bitschnau, J. Woisetschläger, E. Maier, B. Beuneu, J. Teixeira, Neutron scattering of a Floating Heavy Water Bridge, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 42 (2009) 065502-6
  • E.C. Fuchs, C. Sommer, F.P.Wenzl, B. Bitschnau, A.H. Paulitsch, A. Mühlanger, K. Gatterer, Polyspectral white light emission from Eu3+, Tb3+, Dy3+, Tm3+ co-doped GdAl3(BO3)4 phosphors obtained by combustion synthesis,Materials Science and Engineering B 156 (2009) 73–78
  • E.C. Fuchs, K. Gatterer, G. Holler, J. Woisetschläger, Dynamics of the Floating Water Bridge,J. Phys. D:Appl. Phys. 41 (2008) 185502-7
  • E.C. Fuchs, K. Gatterer, Colour change of co-doped yttrium aluminium borate crystals under illumination with different white light sources, Cent. Eur. J. Chem. 6(4) (2008) 497–504 (*)
  • M.A.S. Goher, B. Sodin, B. Bitschnau, E.C. Fuchs, F.A. Mautner, Ladders, rings and cubes as structural motifs in three new zinc(II) azide complexes. Synthesis, spectral and structural characterization, Polyhedron 27 (2008) 1423 - 1431
  • E.C. Fuchs, J. Woisetschläger, K. Gatterer, E. Maier, R. Pecnik, G. Holler, H. Eisenkölbl, The floating water bridge, J. Phys. D:Appl. Phys 40 (2007) 6112 - 6114
  • L. Brecker, D. Wicklein, H. Moll, E. C. Fuchs, W.-M. Becker, A. Petersen, Structural and immunological properties of arabinogalactan polysaccharides from pollen of timothy grass (Phleum pratense L.), Carbohydrate Research 340 (2005) 657-663
  • M. H. Bartl, E. C. Fuchs, K. Gatterer, H. P. Fritzer, M. Bettinelli, and A. Speghini, Spectroscopic and Crystal Field Investigation of Kramers-Ions: Nd3+:YAB - a Case Study of the Crystal Field Structure of the 4I9/2 Ground State,J. Solid State Chem. 167 (2002) 386-392

Research profiles

In the press

Press reports

  • Leeuwarder Courant (Okt 2019) Raadselwater
  • Leeuwarder Courant (Apr 2019) Nieuw Wetsus-lab onderzoek bliksem
  • De Volkskrant (Feb 2018) Fries onderzoek op de Zuidpool naar eigenaardig water
  • Leeuwarder Courant (Feb 2018) Bijzonder experiment met water op zuidpool
  • Die Presse (Apr 2016) Kann Wasser zugleich fest, flüssig und gasförmig sein?
  • Leeuwarder Courant (Mar 2016) Waterbrug opent venster naar waterbatterij
  • Friesch Dagblad (Mar 2016) Wetsus-onderzoekers maken water met elektrische lading
  • De Telegraaf (Mar 2016) Wetenschappers maken milieuvriendelijk sop
  • Leeuwarder Courant (Sep 2014) Waarom is water essentieel voor het leven?
  • Leeuwarder Courant (Mar 2014) Van waterbrug naar computer
  • Science in Society (Summer 2013)
  • Leeuwarder Courant (Jul 2013) Waterbrug
  • Dagblad van het Noorden (Jul 2013) Waterbrug is nog een mysterie
  • Science to Sage (Dec 2012) Water Revolution
  • Leeuwarder Courant (Nov. 2012) Wetsus test waterbrug in ruimtevaartcentrifuge
  • Friesch Dagblad (Nov 2011) Bijzonder water in een zwevende waterbrug
  • Volkskrant (Nov 2011) Magische waterbrug bevat raar water
  • Wasser Biennale (2010) Eine kurze Geschichte über die Wasserbrücke
  • Salzburger Nachrichten (May 2010) Schwebende Wasserbrücke nutzen
  • Pressebeilage "energy 2.09" (Sep 2009) Wenn Wasser schwebt und Strom reinigt
  • Österreichische Apothekerzeitung (3, Feb 2009, p 164f)
  • Corriere della Sera (28 Jun 2008) Un ponte d’aqua per capire la vita
  • Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau (Apr 2008) Brücke aus Wasser
  • PM Magazin (Feb 2008) Wasser fließt nicht bergauf? Falsch!
  • ViA International (Jan 2008) Spin Doctors in Matters of H2O
  • Galileo (Nov 2007)
  • La Recherche (414, Dec 2007, p.12) Un pont d’eau suspendu
  • Science et Vie (Nov 2007) Un pont d’eau pure sur du vide
  • Wiedza i Zycie (Dec 2007) Wodne Niespodzianki
  • Die Presse (8 Nov 2007) Physik: Eine Brücke aus H2O
  • Salzburger Nachrichten (10 Nov 2007)
  • Spektrum der Wissenschaft (1 Oct 2007)
  • VPRO Noorderlicht (Oct 2007)
  • Nature (Oct 2007) Water doesn’t mind the gap
  • NRC Handelsblad (Oct 2007) Duitse fyisci bouwen een brug van water tussen twee glazen
  • Neue Zürcher Zeitung (7 Oct 2007)
  • Russky Newsweek (41, Oct 2007, p.52)
  • physorg.com (28 Sep 2007)

Radio Reports

TV - Reports

  • Bayrischer Rundfunk, ("Faszination Wissen: Unser Wasser - tot oder lebendig?") broadcasted on March 27th 2008, 21:15
  • Channel 4, Yomiuri TV station ("Dream Vision") broadcasted on December 20th 2007 (Japan)
  • 3sat ("nano: Die schwebende Wasserbrücke") broadcasted on December 18th    2007, 19:30
  • ORF ("Newton: Die schwebende Wasserbrücke") broadcasted on November 17th  2007, 19:20, Repetition in "Highlights von 2007" on the 29th of December, 2007, 19:30
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