This paper examines various techniques that have been developed to measure flow fields in microfluidic devices with 10 – 10 micron-scale spatial resolution. These techniques include Scalar Image Velocimetry (SIV), Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV), and Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). Advantages and disadvantages of these techniques are presented. PIV results are presented for a liquid flow thro...

Cellular dimensions in mesenteric resistance vessels from 10 spontaneously hypertensive rats and 10 Wistar-Kyoto rats have been determined using a random volume with an unbiased counting rule as the counting unit (the disector). With this method, vessels first were mounted on a myograph. Media thickness (spontaneously hypertensive rats, 11.3 micron; Wistar-Kyoto rats, 8.6 micron; P less than 0....

Circulating erythroblasts of embryonic mice were karyometrically examined by light microscopy. In the erythroid cells in embryonic blood vessels, mitoses were encountered from 9 to 12 days of gestation. At 9 days, the circulating blood cells consisted of proerythroblasts and less mature cells. The nuclear diameter ranged from 4.8 to 9.8 micron, the majority ranging between 6 and 8 micron. At 11...

Industrial Sawyer motor technology has existed for nearly three decades, traditionally being operated as open-loop positioners. Such systems can attain micron level motion resolution and open-loop repeatability of 10 m. This paper outlines a optical sensing technique for Sawyer motors which is capable of sub-micron resolution. Such a sensor can easily be integrated into a motor enabling closed-...

Q-switched output of 1.1 J per pulse at 2-micron wavelength has been achieved in a diode pumped Ho:Tm:LuLF laser using a side-pumped rod configuration in a Master-Oscillator-Power-Amplifier (MOPA) architecture. This is the first time that a 2-micron laser has broken the Joule per pulse barrier for Q-switched operation. The total system efficiency reaches 5% and 6.2% for single and double pulse ...

52 Computer H as the rapid increase in available storage capacity fueled the demand for storage, or vice versa? It's hard to say: Computer users' hard disk drives are perpetually overflowing with data, even though a year earlier the same-size disk seemed more than sufficient. Research into and development of data storage devices is a race to keep up with this continuing demand for more capacity...

THE STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS OF AN ARRAY OF MICRON SCALE CANTILEVERS IN VISCOUS FLUID BY MATTHEW T. CLARK The stochastic dynamics of an array of closely spaced micron scale cantilevers in a viscous fluid is considered. The stochastic cantilever dynamics are due to the constant buffeting of fluid particles by Brownian motion and the dynamics of adjacent cantilevers are correlated due to long range ef...