A study on particle deposition morphology within a constricted tube in the presence and absence of the detachment mechanism

Abstract Unique properties of one-dimensional assemblies of particles have attracted great attention during the past decades, particularly with respect to the potential for anisotropic magnetism. Patterned films can be created using inkjet printing; however, drying of particle-laden colloidal droplets on solid surfaces is usually accompanied by the well-known coffee-ring effect, deteriorating both the uniformity and resolution of the printed configurations. This study examines the effect of externally applied magnetic field on particle deposition patterns. Ferromagnetic Gd5Si4 particles were formulated in terpineol oil and directly deposited via magnetic field-assisted inkjet printing on a photopaper to generate patterned films with suppressed coffee-ring effect. The particle deposition morphology is determined by both solvent imbibition and particle-magnetic field interactions. Three characteristic times are considered, namely, the critical time for solvent imbibition into the substrate (tim), the time it takes for particles to form chains in the presence of the magnetic field (tch), and the time in which the particles reach the substrate in the direction normal to the substrate (tpz). The characteristic time ratios (tpz/tim) and (tpz/tch) determine the final deposition morphology in the presence of magnetic field. The ability to control particle deposition and assembly, thus tuning the magnetic anisotropic properties of nanostructured materials is a promising approach for many engineering applications.

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Numerical Simulation to Study the Effect of the Particle Deposition Morphology on the Filtration Efficiency of the Fibrous Media

Advanced Materials Research ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.518-523.1767 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 518-523 ◽

pp. 1767-1770 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Fu Ping Qian ◽

Xian Kun Yu

Keyword(s):

Numerical Simulation ◽

Particle Deposition ◽

Moving Boundary ◽

Simulation Method ◽

Filtration Efficiency ◽

Fibrous Media ◽

Fixed Boundary ◽

Freezing Method ◽

Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽

Deposition Morphology

The grid “freezing” method in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was used to deal with the moving boundary in this study, which can make the dynamic boundary into the fixed boundary and qualitatively describe the particle deposition morphology on the surface of the fibrous media. Meanwhile, the filtration efficiencies of the fibrous media with different deposition particle numbers and particle deposition morphologies were calculated using numerical simulation method. The results show that particle deposition on the surface of the fibrous media can help to improve the filtration performance, and in the steady-state, the effect is not obvious, but in the unsteady-stage, the particle deposition can improve the filtration efficiency greatly. In addition, the disposition morphology that has greater contact area with the oncoming particles is conductive to fibrous media capturing particles.

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Effects of Noise and Increased Vocal Intensity on Stuttering

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/jshr.2002.233 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 20 (2) ◽

pp. 233-240 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Sharon F. Garber ◽

Richard R. Martin

Keyword(s):

Normal Level ◽

Auditory Feedback ◽

Concomitant Increase ◽

Vocal Intensity ◽

Presence And Absence

The present study was designed to assess the effects of increased vocal level on stuttering in the presence and absence of noise, and to assess the effects of noise on stuttering with and without a concomitant increase in vocal level. Accordingly, eight adult stutterers spoke in quiet with normal vocal level, in quiet with increased vocal level, in noise with normal level, and in noise with increased level. All subjects reduced stuttering in noise compared with quiet conditions. However, there was no difference in stuttering when subjects spoke with normal compared with increased vocal level. In the present study, reductions in stuttering under noise could not be explained by increases in vocal level. It appears, instead, that reductions in stuttering were related to a decrease in auditory feedback. The condition which resulted in the largest decrease in auditory feedback, speaking in noise with a normal level, also resulted in the largest decrease in stuttering.

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Factor XII Determinations in the Presence and Absence of Phospholipid Antibodies

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0037-1614225 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 79 (01) ◽

pp. 87-90 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

D. W. Jones ◽

M. Winter ◽

M. J. Gallimore

Keyword(s):

Lower Limit ◽

Lupus Anticoagulant ◽

Factor Xii ◽

Chromogenic Substrate ◽

Plasma Samples ◽

Presence And Absence ◽

Lower Limit Of Normal

SummaryFactor XII (FXII) levels were determined in plasma samples from 29 normal donors, 10 patients with inherited FXII deficiency (all lupus anticoagulant [LA] negative) and 67 LA positive patients, using clotting (FXIIct), chromogenic substrate (FXIIcs) and immunochemical (FXIIag) assays. Excellent correlations were obtained in the three FXII assays with the LA negative samples and between the FXIIcs and FXIIag assays in the LA positive samples. Correlations between both the FXIIcs and FXIIag with FXIIct in the LA positive patients were poor. Of 67 LA positive samples studied, 25 (37.3%) showed lower values in the FXIIct assay; 13 (19.4%) of these patients were pseudo FXII deficient with values of FXII below the lower limit of normal.These results indicate that a diagnosis of FXII deficiency can be made inappropriately in the presence of phospholipid antibodies and that such a diagnosis should not be made by FXIIct assay alone.

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Effect of Fibrin-Like Stimulators on the Activation of Plasminogen by Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator (t-PA) - Studies with Active Site Mutagenized Plasminogen and Plasmin Resistant t-PA

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1647254 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 64 (01) ◽

pp. 061-068 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

H R Lijnen ◽

B Van Hoet ◽

F De Cock ◽

D Collen

Keyword(s):

Active Site ◽

Peptide Bond ◽

Tissue Type ◽

Wild Type ◽

Single Chain ◽

Plasmin Activity ◽

Soluble Fibrin ◽

Type Plasminogen Activator ◽

Presence And Absence ◽

Chain Form

SummaryThe activation of plasminogen by t-PA was measured in the presence and absence of fibrin stimulation, using natural human plasminogen (nPlg) and rPlg-Ala740, a recombinant plasminogen with the active site Ser740 mutagenaed to Ala. Recombinant wild type t-PA (rt-PA) was used as well as rt-PA -Glul275, a recombinant single chain t-PA in which the Arg of the plasmin sensitiv e Arg275- Ile276 peptide bond was substituted with Glu. Conversion of 125I-labeled single chain plasminogen to two-chain plasmin by wild-type or mutant t-PA, was quantitated by SDS gel electrophoresis and radioisotope counting of gel slices, and expressed as initial activation rates (v0 in pM s−1) per 1 μM enzyme. In the absence of fibrin stimulation, the vs for the activation of nPlg and rPlg-Ala740 with the single chain forms of both t-PAs were comparable (0.6 to 2.7 pM s−1) but were lower than with the corresponding two-chain forms (5.3 to 23 pM s−1). In the presence of 1 μM soluble fibrin monomer (desAAfibrin), the v0 for nPlg and rPlg-Ala740 by single chain rt-PA was also comparable (24 and, 33 pM s-1 respectively), whereas with 1 pM CNBr-digested fibrinogen, the vs for nPlg with single chain rt-PA was about 20-fold higher than that of rPlg-Ala740 (135 and 7.5 pM s−1 respectively). In contrast, the vs for nPlg and rPlg-Ala740 by single chain rt-PA- G1u275, two-chain rt-PA-G1u275 or two-chain rt-PA were comparable in the presence of either desAAfibrin or CNBr-digested fibrinogen.These findings confirm and establish: 1) that single chain t-PA is an active enzyme both in the presence and absence of fibrin stimulator; 2) that, in a system devoid of plasmin activity (rPlg- Ala740), the two-chain form of t-PA is about L5 times more active than the single chain form in the absence of fibrin but equipotent in the presence of desAAfibrin; and 3) that the mechanism of stimulation of plasminogen activation with single chain t-PA by CNBr-digested fibrinogen is different from that by soluble fibrin.

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