Continuous flow biodiesel production from wet microalgae using a hybrid thin film microfluidic platform

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (85) ◽  
pp. 12085-12088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eko K. Sitepu ◽  
Darryl B. Jones ◽  
Youhong Tang ◽  
Sophie C. Leterme ◽  
Kirsten Heimann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Continuous Flow ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Biodiesel Production ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Hybrid Thin Film ◽  
Microfluidic Platform ◽  
Thin Film Device ◽  
Wet Microalgae

A novel continuous flow turbo-thin film device (T2FD) is effective in producing biodiesel in high yield from wet microalgae at room temperature.

Vapor phase sensing of ammonia at the sub-ppm level using a perylene diimide thin film device

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (41) ◽  
pp. 10767-10774 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anamika Kalita ◽  
Sameer Hussain ◽  
Akhtar Hussain Malik ◽  
Nimmakayala V. V. Subbarao ◽  
Parameswar K. Iyer
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Vapor Phase ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Perylene Diimide ◽  
Phase Detection ◽  
Ambient Conditions ◽  
Thin Film Device ◽  
Sensor Device ◽  
Ppm Level

A two terminal sensor device based on PDI-HIS was developed for room temperature vapor phase detection of ammonia at very low sub-ppm levels under ambient conditions.

Studies on Water in the Hydration Chamber of a Modified Electron Microscope

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 544-545
Author(s):  
R. C. Moretz ◽  
G. G. Hausner ◽  
D. F. Parsons
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Thin Films ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Steady State ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Small Mass ◽  
Equilibrium Pressure ◽  
Biological Objects ◽  
Mechanical Pump ◽  
Differential Pumping

Use of the electron microscope to examine wet objects is possible due to the small mass thickness of the equilibrium pressure of water vapor at room temperature. Previous attempts to examine hydrated biological objects and water itself used a chamber consisting of two small apertures sealed by two thin films. Extensive work in our laboratory showed that such films have an 80% failure rate when wet. Using the principle of differential pumping of the microscope column, we can use open apertures in place of thin film windows.Fig. 1 shows the modified Siemens la specimen chamber with the connections to the water supply and the auxiliary pumping station. A mechanical pump is connected to the vapor supply via a 100μ aperture to maintain steady-state conditions.

Warm and freeze-fracture of cotton seed radicles

1987 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 984-985
Author(s):  
E. L. Vigil ◽  
E. F. Erbe
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Water Vapor ◽  
Fracture Surface ◽  
Membrane Structure ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Freeze Fracture ◽  
Longitudinal Axis ◽  
Fracture Plane ◽  
Cotton Seeds ◽  
Condensed Water

In cotton seeds the radicle has 12% moisture content which makes it possible to prepare freeze-fracture replicas without fixation or cryoprotection. For this study we have examined replicas of unfixed radicle tissue fractured at room temperature to obtain data on organelle and membrane structure.Excised radicles from seeds of cotton (Gossyplum hirsutum L. M-8) were fractured at room temperature along the longitudinal axis. The fracture was initiated by spliting the basal end of the excised radicle with a razor. This procedure produced a fracture through the tissue along an unknown fracture plane. The warm fractured radicle halves were placed on a thin film of 100% glycerol on a flat brass cap with fracture surface up. The cap was rapidly plunged into liquid nitrogen and transferred to a freeze- etch unit. The sample was etched for 3 min at -95°C to remove any condensed water vapor and then cooled to -150°C for platinum/carbon evaporation.

Influence of Shape Change Caused by Warp of Thin-film Device on Solar Radiation Pressure Torque in Solar Sail

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (0) ◽  
pp. 101-110
Author(s):  
Rikushi KATO ◽  
Masanori MATSUSHITA ◽  
Hideyuki TAKAHASHI ◽  
Osamu MORI ◽  
Nobukatsu OKUIZUMI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Radiation Pressure ◽  
Shape Change ◽  
Solar Radiation Pressure ◽  
Solar Sail ◽  
Thin Film Device

Effect of Curved Thin-film Device on Natural Frequency of Rectangle Membrane under Uniaxial Tension

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (0) ◽  
pp. 73-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masanori MATSUSHITA ◽  
Nobukatsu OKUIZUMI ◽  
Yasutaka SATOU ◽  
Osamu MORI ◽  
Takashi IWASA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Uniaxial Tension ◽  
Natural Frequency ◽  
Thin Film Device

Room Temperature Flow Electrochemistry as a Means of Retaining the “Memory of Chirality” via Hofer Moest Type Reaction

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Hardwick ◽  
Rossana Cicala ◽  
Nisar Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Flow ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Biological Activities ◽  
Supporting Electrolyte ◽  
Enantiomeric Excess ◽  
Flow Chemistry ◽  
Batch Processes ◽  
Enabling Technology ◽  
Chiral Compounds ◽  
Memory Of Chirality

<p>Many chiral compounds have become of great interest to the pharmaceutical industry as they possess various biological activities. Concurrently, the concept of “memory of chirality” has been proven as a powerful tool in asymmetric synthesis, while flow chemistry has begun its rise as a new enabling technology to add to the ever increasing arsenal of techniques available to the modern day chemist. Here, we have employed a new simple electrochemical microreactor design to oxidise an L-proline derivative at room temperature in continuous flow. Flow performed in microreactors offers up a number of benefits allowing reactions to be performed in a more convenient and safer manner, and even allow electrochemical reactions to take place without a supporting electrolyte due to a very short interelectrode distance. By the comparison of electrochemical oxidations in batch and flow we have found that continuous flow is able to outperform its batch counterpart, producing a good yield (71%) and a better enantiomeric excess (64%) than batch with a 98% conversion. We have, therefore, provided evidence that continuous flow chemistry has the potential to act as a new enabling technology to replace some aspects of conventional batch processes. </p>

scholarly journals High-yield fabrication of perpendicularly magnetised synthetic antiferromagnetic nanodiscs

Nano Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma N. Welbourne ◽  
Tarun Vemulkar ◽  
Russell P. Cowburn
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Magnetic Properties ◽  
Sacrificial Layer ◽  
Nanosphere Lithography ◽  
High Yield ◽  
Perpendicular Anisotropy ◽  
Ion Milling ◽  
Lift Off

AbstractSynthetic antiferromagnetic (SAF) particles with perpendicular anisotropy display a number of desirable characteristics for applications in biological and other fluid environments. We present an efficient and effective method for the patterning of ultrathin Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yoshida coupled, perpendicularly magnetised SAFs using a combination of nanosphere lithography and ion milling. A Ge sacrificial layer is utilised, which provides a clean and simple lift-off process, as well as maintaining the key magnetic properties that are beneficial to target applications. We demonstrate that the method is capable of producing a particularly high yield of well-defined, thin film based nanoparticles.

Ternary CuO:SnO2:ZnO (1:1:1) composite thin film for room temperature gas sensor application

Optik ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 234 ◽  
pp. 166615
Author(s):  
S.R. Cynthia ◽  
R. Sivakumar ◽  
C. Sanjeeviraja
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Gas Sensor ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Composite Thin Film ◽  
Sensor Application
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