Inertial focusing of microparticles,bacteria, and blood in serpentine glass channels

Early detection of pathogenic microorganisms is pivotal to diagnosis and prevention of health and safety crises. Standard methods for pathogen detection often rely on lengthy culturing procedures, confirmed by biochemical assays, leading to >24 h for a diagnosis. The main challenge for pathogen detection is their low concentration within complex matrices. Detection of blood-borne pathogens via techniques such as PCR requires an initial positive blood culture and removal of inhibitory blood components, reducing its potential as a diagnostic tool. Among different label-free microfluidic techniques, inertial focusing on microscale channels holds great promise for automation, parallelization, and passive continuous separation of particles and cells. This work presents inertial microfluidic manipulation of small particles and cells (1–10 μm) in curved serpentine glass channels etched at different depths (deep and shallow designs) that can be exploited for (1) bacteria preconcentration from biological samples and (2) bacteria-blood cell separation. In our shallow device, the ability to focus Escherichia coli into the channel side streams with high recovery (89% at 2.2× preconcentration factor) could be applied for bacteria preconcentration in urine for diagnosis of urinary tract infections. Relying on differential equilibrium positions of red blood cells and E. coli inside the deep device, 97% red blood cells were depleted from 1:50 diluted blood with 54% E. coli recovered at a throughput of 0.7 mL/min. Parallelization of such devices could process relevant volumes of 7 mL whole blood in 10 min, allowing faster sample preparation for downstream molecular diagnostics of bacteria present in bloodstream.     

Superior Antibacterial Activity of Integral Lemon Pectin Extracted via Hydrodynamic Cavitation

Pectin extracted via hydrodynamic cavitation in water only from waste lemon peel and further isolated via freeze drying displays significant antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus, a Gram positive pathogen which easily contaminates food. The antibacterial effect of the new IntegroPectin is largely superior to that of commercial citrus pectin, opening the way to advanced applications of a new bioproduct now obtainable in large amounts and at low cost from citrus juice industry's waste.     

An improved progressive preconditioning method for steady non‐cavitating and sheet‐cavitating flows

An improved progressive preconditioning method for analyzing steady inviscid and laminar flows around fully wetted and sheet‐cavitating hydrofoils is presented. The preconditioning matrix is adapted automatically from the pressure and/or velocity flow‐field by a power‐law relation. The cavitating calculations are based on a single fluid approach. In this approach, the liquid/vapour mixture is treated as a homogeneous fluid whose density is controlled by a barotropic state law. This physical model is integrated with a numerical resolution derived from the cell‐centered Jameson's finite volume algorithm. The stabilization is achieved via the second‐and fourth‐order artificial dissipation scheme. Explicit four‐step Runge–Kutta time integration is applied to achieve the steady‐state condition. Results presented in the paper focus on the pressure distribution on hydrofoils wall, velocity profiles, lift and drag forces, length of sheet cavitation, and effect of the power‐law preconditioning method on convergence speed. The results show satisfactory agreement with numerical and experimental works of others. The scheme has a progressive effect on the convergence speed. The results indicate that using the power‐law preconditioner improves the convergence rate, significantly. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Dubrovin Valuation Skew Group Rings

Some equivalent characterizations for a skew group ring to be a Dubrovin valuation ring are given. Among them all the prime ideals of a Dubrovin valuation skew group ring are characterised. Received June 8, 1999, Revised June 4, 2001, Accepted July 20, 2001     

磁控溅射法制备金团簇纳米颗粒及性能表征

 采用磁控溅射法制备金团簇纳米颗粒，用透射电镜(TEM)、X射线衍射(XRD)、紫外可见光分光光度计(UV-Vis)和X射线光电子能谱(XPS)等分析手段对其表征，研究了金团簇纳米颗粒的形貌、颗粒度、结构、光吸收性质及物质成份。研究结果表明：制备的金团簇纳米颗粒呈球形，平均粒径在10 nm左右，粒径分布均匀，无团聚、氧化现象，颗粒的结构为面心立方。在519 nm处出现团簇颗粒的表面等离子共振吸收峰，测试得到Au(4f_7/2)和Au(4f_5/2)电子的结合能分别为83.3 eV和86.9 eV，并且没有出现金的氧化产物。     

多辊轧机冷轧技术在靶材料制备中的应用

 叙述了多辊轧机轧制金属薄膜原理，以Ti膜制备为例，借助多辊轧机冷轧技术进行1.5 μm厚钛薄带的制备工艺研究。对薄膜的特性测试结果表明：工作辊的表面粗糙度对于轧制薄膜的表面粗糙度的影响很大，降低工作辊表面的粗糙度可以得到粗糙度为25.2 nm的金属薄膜。     

approximations of inertial manifolds via finite differences

We construct an inertial manifold for the evolution equation as a limit of the inertial manifolds for the difference approximations of the Trotter-Kato type and show that this limit is taken in a topology.

     

时滞惯性流形及近似时滞惯性流形族

时滞惯性流形是对耗散系统惯性流形、近似惯性流形的最新发展,它基于对 大小涡分量间相互作用更细致的观察,即改变了惯性流形和近似惯性流形方法中大小 涡分量间相互作用为瞬时行为的隐含假定,而认为这种作用与系统的历史相关的．本 文结出了一类耗散系统时滞惯性流形的存在性证明,由于其存在性不需要“谱间隔条 件”保证,因而时滞惯性流形是广泛存在的．随后我们引出了一类离散的时滞惯性流 形,并在此基础上构造了一种近似时滞惯性流形族,分别给出了它们近似时滞惯性流 形的误差估计,结果显示这种新方法为构造稳定和高精度的算法提供了可能．     

Ternary eutectic growth of Ag-Cu-Sb alloy within ultrasonic field

The liquid to solid transformation of ternary Ag42.4Cu21.6Sb36 eutectic alloy was accomplished in an ultrasonic field with a frequency of 35 kHz, and the growth mechanism of this ternary eutectic was examined. Theoretical calculations predict that the sound intensity in the liquid phase at the solidification interface increases gradually as the interface moves up from the sample bottom to its top. The growth mode of (ε θ Sb) ternary eutectic exhibits a transition of "divorced eutectic- mixture of anomalous and regular structures-regular eutectic" along the sample axis due to the inhomogeneity of sound field distribution. In the top zone with the highest sound intensity, the cavitation effect promotes the three eutectic phases to nucleate independently, while the acoustic streaming efficiently suppresses the coupled growth of eutectic phases. In the meantime, the ultrasonic field accelerates the solute transportation at the solid-liquid interface, which reduces the solute solubility of eutectic phases.     

绕Hydronautics水翼空化云流动的实验研究

采用高速全流场显示技术和DPIV对空化水翼近壁处的空化云流动形态和运动机理进行了讨论.结果表明:绕Hydronautics翼型的空化云运动是一个准周期性过程:稳定空泡团初生在翼型前部,向翼型后部发展布满整个翼面,在翼型后缘出现汽泡团旋涡,伴随反向运动,最终向下游脱落.当前条件下空泡团旋涡脱落周期约为74 ms.空化区与主流区的交界面上存在较大的速度梯度,一组对涡出现在翼型尾部处交界面上.此外,采用以空泡为示踪粒子的DPIV能够对空化流动流速分布进行有效测量.