2014 Modelling of plasma reactors for steel surface nitriding has been achieved in discharge and postdischarge conditions of N2 flowing gas. Diagnostics and calculations have been focused on the N2(X, V) vibrational molecules and N atoms which are the most populated long living species. It has been demonstrated that these neutral active species produce steel surface nitriding with the same char...

A numerical model has been developed to simulate volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from “wet” coating materials. The model considers the VOC mass transfer process in the air and material-air interface, and diffusion in the material film and also in the substrate. Our numerical simulations confirmed that the emissions from “wet” materials applied to an absorptive substrate are dominated ...

We present a 3D time-lapse imaging method for monitoring mitochondrial dynamics in living HeLa cells based on photothermal optical coherence microscopy and using novel surface functionalization of gold nanoparticles. The biocompatible protein-based biopolymer coating contains multiple functional groups which impart better cellular uptake and mitochondria targeting efficiency. The high stability...

In this paper we present a general model of drug release from a drug delivery device and the subsequent transport in biological tissue. The model incorporates drug diffusion, dissolution and solubility in the polymer coating, coupled with diffusion, convection and reaction in the biological tissue. Each layer contains bound and free drug phases so that the resulting model is a coupled two-phase...

Microencapsulation technology, whereby single crystals or solution droplets are chemically “packaged” inside thin coating shells, provides a method of optimizing the chemical and physical properties of warm-cloud seeding agents. Ethylcellulose-encapsulated urea and sodium chloride particles have been produced in the lsboratory and their hygroscopic properties investigated gravimetrically, micro...