Associative desorption of hydrogen at edges and facets on Pt nano-particles was studied using density functional theory. The goal was to identify catalytically active sites on Pt nano-particles for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Since nano-particles used in catalysis typically contain over a thousand atoms, calculations of whole particles are too demanding and the adsorption sites were instea...

It is well known that Paramecium species including green paramecia (Paramecium bursaria) migrate towards the anode when exposed to an electric field in a medium. This type of a cellular movement is known as galvanotaxis. Our previous study revealed that an electric stimulus given to P bursaria is converted to a galvanotactic cellular movement by involvement of T-type calcium channel on the plas...

Maxwell Stress Tensor (MST) method is investigated in this study to quantify the degree of approximation made with the point–dipole method in respect to dielectrophoresis (DEP) in micro–devices. Latex particles and biological cells immersed in aqueous buffers of various conductivities are considered. The two methods (point–dipole and MST full approaches) are compared using analytical dipolar so...

We report on the fabrication and characterization of a low-cost micro-Coulter counter fabricated from biocompatible materials (Poly-dimethylsiloxane, glass and gold) and incorporating hydrodynamic focusing. The developed micro-Coulter counter offers a low-cost alternative to equivalent existing devices and, thanks to the hydrodynamic focusing, provides high versatility, being able to probe part...

Lidars have been employed in the investigation of instantaneous vertical structure of atmospheric particulate. Remote measurements of particle backscattering and aerosol extinction coefficient provide the altitude distribution of particles existence in the atmosphere. This paper describes the technology of micro pulse lidar employed for computation of altitude profiles of particle backscatterin...

This paper presents a micro electrostatic vibration-to-electricity energy converter based on the micro-electromechanical system. For the 3.3 V supply voltage and 1 cm chip area constraints, optimal design parameters were found from theoretical calculation and Simulink simulation. In the current design, the output power is 200 lW/cm for the optimal load of 8 MW. The device was fabricated in a si...

In this report, particular attention is paid to the inclusion bodies found in the apical cytoplasm of the pigment epithelial cell. These bodies are of variable size and form. The smallest (0.4 micro diameter) consist of a granular matrix enclosed by a single membrane, and are similar to the lysosomes of hepatic cells. Larger inclusion bodies contain areas of lamellated material in addition to g...

The recent development of new migration methods of micro-particles in liquids using various external fields is reviewed. The combination of a laser scattering force and a photothermal effect produced photothermal-conversion laser-photophoresis. A dielectric field generated in a planer or a capillary quadrupole electrode realized dielectrophoresis. Using a micrometer-scaled magnetic field gradie...

Separation of micro particle is an important issue in microfluidic devices. In this paper we present separation of 10 (um) and 15 (um) micro particles on one-step and multi-step insulator-Dielctrophorsis (iDEP) as numerically. For this purpose, Laplace and Navier-Stokes equations are solved with stationary-state. In following, particle trajectory was obtained with regarding dielectrophoresis an...