The dynamics of a reaction-diffusion system for two species of microorganism in an unstirred chemostat with internal storage is studied. It is shown that the diffusion coefficient is a key parameter of determining the asymptotic dynamics, and there exists a threshold diffusion coefficient above which both species become extinct. On the other hand, for diffusion coefficient below the threshold, ...

Epidermal growth factor (EGF) stimulates proliferation, process outgrowth, and survival in the CNS. Understanding the actions of EGF necessitates characterizing its distribution in brain tissue following drug delivery or release from cellular sources. We used the integrative optical imaging (IOI) method to measure diffusion of fluorescently labeled EGF (6,600 Mr; 4 microg/ml) in the presence of...

Diffusion behavior of water, diatomic oxygen, and a mixture of both into a poly(3hexylthiophene)[P3HT] melt were investigated using Molecular Dynamics Simulation. Once simulations were complete, the data was analyzed to determine the diffusion coefficient of those molecules in P3HT using Fick’s law. The diffusion coefficient values were then plotted as a function of concentration and temperatur...