We report a simple yet highly efficient chemical motor that can be controlled with visible light. The motor made from a noble metal and doped silicon acts as a pump, which is driven through a light-activated catalytic reaction process. We show that the actuation is based on electro-osmosis with the electric field generated by chemical reactions at the metal and silicon surfaces, whereas the con...

We demonstrate a silicon micro-opto-electro-mechanical sensor based on mass-loading of a chemo-selective polymer coated onto a microbridge. The sensor is probed optically using an on-chip waveguide Fabry-Pérot interferometer for high resolution displacement and resonant frequency measurement. The mechanical resonator is designed with paddles to simplify chemo-selective polymer deposition and to...

Introduction: Mars is a planet of many apparent dichotomies in topography, atmospheric evolution , hydrology, and geomagnetism. We describe yet another set of extremes in the area of atmospheric chemistry. While solar photons in fair-weather are a known and well-studied driver of Martian chemistry, there is increasing evidence that electro-chemistry unique to dust storms may be a second new dri...

In the voltage-sensing phosphatase Ci-VSP, a voltage-sensing domain (VSD) controls a lipid phosphatase domain (PD). The mechanism by which the domains are allosterically coupled is not well understood. Using an in vivo assay, we found that the interdomain linker that connects the VSD to the PD is essential for coupling the full-length protein. Biochemical assays showed that the linker is also n...

M. Badida, M. Gombár, L. Sobotová, J. Kmec, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Košice, Slovakia Increasing of technical level and reliability of machine products in compliance with the economical and ecological terms belongs to the main trends of the industrial development. During the utilisation of these products there arise their each other contacts and the interaction...

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This article reviews the fundamental theories and reaction mechanisms of photocatalytic technologies with assistance electrical field for degrading multi-phase pollutants. Photo(electro)catalysis including oxidation (PCO) photoelectrocatalytic (PECO) have been a potential applied treatment organic inorganic compounds in wastewaters waste gases, which has treated as promising technique by using ...

The one loop supersymmetric electro-weak correction to the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon is derived in the minimal N = 1 supergravity unification with two CP violating phases. A numerical analysis of the CP violating effects on gμ−2 is carried out with the cancellation mechanism to guarantee the satisfaction of the experimental limits on the electric dipole moments of the electron and o...

BACKGROUND The effect on cell viability of smoke produced during high-frequency electro-surgery has not been previously reported. The aim of this study was to produce smoke in vitro, in a closed environment similar to that encountered in minimal access surgery, and to test its cytotoxic effects on cultured cells. METHODS Pig liver was cut repeatedly with an electro-surgical hook knife, and th...

Here we report a flexible amperometric lactate biosensor using silver nanoparticle based conductive electrode. Mechanically bendable cross-serpentine-shaped silver electrode is generated on flexible substrate for the mechanical durability such as bending. The biosensor is designed and fabricated by modifying silver electrode with lactate oxidase immobilized by bovine serum albumin. The in-senso...