Recent Advances in CNT-based FET Transistor Biosensors to Detect Biomarkers of Clinical Significance

Silicon - The development of advanced materials has attracted interest for promising novel applications in biosensing and realm of nanophotonics. This interest in nanoelectronics, and...     

The Effect of Ionic Surfactant Adsorption on the Rheology of Ceramic Glaze Suspensions

The rheological behavior of ceramic glaze suspensions containing limestone, quartz, feldspar, and kaolin, has been improved by the addition of either a cationic (cetylpyridinium chloride, CPC) or an anionic (sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, SDBS) surfactant. Additional stability and lower viscosity can result from either electrical double layer repulsion or steric repulsion depending on the surfactant type, concentration, ionic strength, and pH. Underdosing may result in high viscosity due to charge neutrality and hydrophobic attraction between particles while overdosing may result in high viscosity possibly due to micelles in the solution. The situation is particularly complicated for glazes containing limestone and anionic surfactant at moderate to low pH where calcium carbonate is soluble. The anionic surfactant and calcium ions can form complexes that are poorly soluble and strongly adsorb to the surface of the particles. The resulting thick steric layer of complexes produces a significant repulsion and stable, low viscosity suspensions. ζ potential measurements and adsorption isotherms are used to interpret the rheological behavior.     

Novel tunable dynamic tweezers using dark-bright soliton collision control in an optical add/drop filter

We propose a novel system of the dynamic optical tweezers generated by a dark soliton in the fiber optic loop. A dark soliton known as an optical tweezer is amplified and tuned within the microring resonator system. The required tunable tweezers with different widths and powers can be controlled. The analysis of dark-bright soliton conversion using a dark soliton pulse propagating within a microring resonator system is analyzed. The dynamic behaviors of soliton conversion in add/drop filter is also analyzed. The control dark soliton is input into the system via the add port of the add/drop filter. The dynamic behavior of the dark-bright soliton conversion is observed. The required stable signal is obtained via a drop and throughput ports of the add/drop filter with some suitable parameters. In application, the trapped light/atom and transportation can be realized by using the proposed system.     

Exploring a reversible NOR from a 4 × 4 modified Fredkin gate and its optical mapping using a LiNbO3-based MZI

Journal of Computational Electronics - The extensive search for the implementation of reversible logic using emerging technologies has paved the way for the rise of optical computing. The...     

Photodetector performance enhancement using an electron accelerator controlled by light

A new method of photodetector performance enhancement using an embedded optical accelerator circuit within the photodetector is proposed. The principle of optical tweezer generation using a light pulse within a PANDA ring is also reviewed. By using a modified add-drop optical filter known as a PANDA microring resonator, which is embedded within the photodetector circuit, the device performance can be improved by using an electron injection technique, in which electrons can be trapped by optical tweezers generated by a PANDA ring resonator. Finally, electrons can move faster within the device via the optical waveguide without trapping center in the silicon bulk to the contact, in which the increase in photodetector current is seen. Simulation results obtained have shown that the device's light currents are increased by the order of four, and the switching time is increased by the order of five. This technique can be used for better photodetector performance and other semiconductor applications in the future.     

Nanoscopic volume trapping and transportation using a PANDA ring resonator for drug delivery

A novel design of nanoscopic volume transmitter and receiver for drug delivery system using a PANDA ring resonator is proposed. By controlling some suitable parameters, the optical vortices (gradient optical fields/wells) can be generated and used to form the trapping tools in the same way as the optical tweezers. By using the intense optical vortices generated within the PANDA ring resonator, the nanoscopic volumes (drug) can be trapped and moved (transport) dynamically within the wavelength router or network. In principle, the trapping force is formed by the combination between the gradient field and scattering photons, which is reviewed. The advantage of the proposed system is that a transmitter and receiver can be formed within the same system (device), which is called a transceiver, which is available for nanoscopic volume (drug volume) trapping and transportation (delivery).     

Micro-optical probe model using integrated triple microring resonators for vertical depth identification

Microsystem Technologies - The nonlinear microring resonator system is designed and the triple vertically Panda rings arranged for 3D imaging probe generation. The required whispering gallery modes...     

Study on single layer flow insulation utilizing NiCr open-cellular porous plate

The performance of flow insulation by using NiCr open-cellular porous plate has been examined experimentally and numerically. Experiment was performed under the condition that the upstream radiation temperature is lower than gas temperature at the inlet of a porous plate. The gas temperature drop across a porous plate was measured by varying inlet gas temperatures and mass flow rate. On the other hand, the P₁ approximation is applied to solve a combined forced-convection and radiation equation with the aid of Kamiuto's radiative properties. It is cleared that lowering the surface reflectivity of the solid phase of a porous converter is quite effective to raise the gas temperature drop. The measured equivalent blackbody radiation temperature does not depend on the gas flow rate. The porous converter is with high efficiency at low gas flow rate. In addition, the calculation results agree well with not only experimental data but also with the numerical solution by Barkstrom's finite difference method.