Effect of carbon nanotubes on the thermal conductivity enhancement of synthesized hydroxyapatite filled with water for dental applications: experimental characterization and numerical study

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry - The hydroxyapatite is one of the biocompatible and insulating bioceramics, while the carbon nanotube has a high thermal conductivity potential. This...     

Determination of the spin sublevel origin of radiative and non-radiative decay routes of phosphorescing benzene derived from precision lifetime measurements

The increase in the phosphorescence lifetime as temperature is lowered has been quantitatively determined in the 2–30 K range. Applying the Boltzmann population expression yields the information that virtually none of the radiative decay originates from the lowest spin sublevel (A_2g).     

Dielectrophoresis with 3D microelectrodes fabricated by surface tension assisted lithography

This paper demonstrates the utilization of 3D semispherical shaped microelectrodes for dielectrophoretic manipulation of yeast cells. The semispherical microelectrodes are capable of producing strong electric field gradients, and in turn dielectrophoretic forces across a large area of channel cross‐section. The semispherical shape of microelectrodes avoids the formation of undesired sharp electric fields along the structure and also minimizes the disturbance of the streamlines of nearby passing fluid. The advantage of semispherical microelectrodes over the planar microelectrodes is demonstrated in a series of numerical simulations and proof‐of‐concept experiments aimed toward immobilization of viable yeast cells.     

Regioselective Syntheses of 1-Aryl-substituted-5H-[1,3]thiazolo[3,2-a]quinazoline-5-ones During Sonogashira Coupling

Abstract

Reaction of 2-mercaptopropargylquinazoline-4-one with various aryliodides catalyzed by Pd–Cu leads to the regioselective formation of 1-arylsubstituted-5H-[1,3]thiazolo-[3,2-a]quinazoline-5-ones.

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Radiation-driven hydrodynamics of high- hohlraums on the national ignition facility

The first hohlraum experiments on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) using the initial four laser beams tested radiation temperature limits imposed by plasma filling. For a variety of hohlraum sizes and pulse lengths, the measured x-ray flux shows signatures of filling that coincide with hard x-ray emission from plasma streaming out of the hohlraum. These observations agree with hydrodynamic simulations and with an analytical model that includes hydrodynamic and coronal radiative losses. The modeling predicts radiation temperature limits with full NIF (1.8 MJ), greater, and of longer duration than required for ignition hohlraums.     

Large inefficiencies of unweighted least-squares treatment of logarithmically transformed A exp(–kt) data

The standard deviations (σ) of the parameters of a single exponential function can vary strongly with the range of the data, the character of the underlying error structure and also with the inclusion or omission of the appropriate relative weights. These effects are studied quantitatively, for least squares analysis of uniformly spaced, ln-linearized simulated data. The parameters, k and A, extracted are less precise when weighting is omitted, increasingly so as the range of the data increases, particularly for the case of equal amplitude errors for each A exp(–kt_i) datum. The results, expressed as efficiencies (σ²[using weights]/σ²[omitting weights]), show < 1% efficiency in some cases. This is tantamount to ignoring > 99% of the data and treating the remainder with proper relative weighting.     

Direct comparison of methods for extracting the rate from first order data with background

Many methods involving a lag or retardation can linearize A exp(?kt) + Z data, allowing k to be obtained from the slope. A classification scheme is found in which the efficiencies are related to the classes of methods. The methods yielding k with the smallest standard deviations (σ_k) are compared quantitatively. The resulting error factors for k and the lags are tabulated for each of the four methods compared, for use by the experimenter. This is done for various ranges, backgrounds, and kinds of random noise. Effects on k and σ_k due to correlation, incorrect weighting, choice of lag, and the distribution of the plotted data are detailed. Effects at high noise levels are discussed for the (usually) best direct method, due to Guggenheim. These include the onset and extent of bias in k and failure of the method to yield any k.     

Dielectrophoretic manipulation and separation of microparticles using curved microelectrodes

This paper presents the development and experimental analysis of a dielectrophoresis (DEP) system, which is used for the manipulation and separation of microparticles in liquid flow. The system is composed of arrays of microelectrodes integrated to a microchannel. Novel curved microelectrodes are symmetrically placed with respect to the centre of the microchannel with a minimum gap of 40 μm. Computational fluid dynamics method is utilised to characterise the DEP field and predict the dynamics of particles. The performance of the system is assessed with microspheres of 1, 5 and 12 μm diameters. When a high‐frequency potential is applied to microelectrodes a spatially varying electric field is induced in the microchannel, which creates the DEP force. Negative‐DEP behaviour is observed with particles being repelled from the microelectrodes. The particles of different dimensions experience different DEP forces and thus settle to separate equilibrium zones across the microchannel. Experiments demonstrate the capability of the system as a field flow fraction tool for sorting microparticles according to their dimensions and dielectric properties.