The humidity present in ambient atmosphere affects the adhesion of small particles by causing capillary bridge formation between the particle and the surface. Even in moderate relative humidities this, usually attractive, force can have a significant effect on adhesion behaviour of micro and sub-micro particles. We have directly measured the pull-off forces of initially adhered oxide particles ...

In one of the current histochemical methods for dehydrogenases and diaphorases the final product is a metal-formazan dye derived from reduction of an N-thiazolyl-substituted tetrazolium. Sites of enzymic activity consistently appear as intramitochondrial dots 0.2 to 0.3 micro in diameter. When applied to active particles from disrupted mitochondria (Keilin-Hartree preparation, electron transpor...

The mechanical properties of microscopic particles have been a heated research object for it takes the deformation of micro-beads in the microfluidic environment into account. Sufficient knowledge on mechanical properties of micro-beads would lead to better device design and application for cell mechanics, tissue engineering, etc. The physical properties of alginate beads were examined both in ...

This paper reviews the applications of micro/nanoparticles in microfluidics device fabrication and analytical processing. In general, researchers have focused on two properties of particles--electric behavior and magnetic behavior. The applications of micro/nanoparticles could be summarized on the chip fabrication level and on the processing level. In the fabrication of microfluidic chips (chip...

This paper presents an inertial microfluidic device with a simple serpentine micro-channel to continuously separate particles with high performance. Separation of micro/nano-particles has a variety of potential applications in biomedicine and industry. Among the existing separation technologies, a label-free technique without the use of antibody affinity, filter or centrifugation is highly desi...

Introduction C exposure to contaminated air and frequent aspiration of nasopharyngeal flora make lung parenchyma susceptible to virulent micro-organisms. Most microorganisms reach lower respiratory tract as inhaled and contaminated micro droplets. Complex interactions between virulence and quantum of aspirated or inhaled microorganisms, that arrive at lower respiratory tract, integrity of defen...

Tungsten carbide cobalt (WC-Co) has been recognized as a workplace inhalation hazard in the manufacturing, mining and drilling industries by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health. Exposure to WC-Co is known to cause "hard metal lung disease" but the relationship between exposure, toxicity and development of disease remain poorly understood. To better understand this relations...

Understanding adhesion of micro-particles particularly microcapsules containing a functional active on fabric surface is crucial to effective delivery of the active to the latter. Fabric surface is very rough, and direct measurement of the adhesion of single micro-particles on surfaces with roughnesses greater than the particle diameter can be difficult. In this work cotton films were successfu...