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Label-free, rapid Listeria monocytogenes biosensor based on a stimulus response nanobrush and nanometal hybrid electrode

Althawab S., Oliveira D.A., Smith C., McLamore E.S., Gomes C., Texas A&M University, US

Recent foodborne outbreaks have heightened public concern about food safety and created a greater impetus to improve methods for foodborne pathogen detection. The most prevalent foodborne pathogens that persistently cause infections include Salmonella Typhimurium, Listeria [...]

Toward Engineering Fluorescent nanodiamonds

Zapata T., Bennett N., Hemmer P., Fei Y., Struzhkin V., Jelezko F., Texas A&M University, US

We have grown nanodiamonds (NDs) with Silicon vacancy (SiV) and Nitrogen vacancy (NV) color centers starting from the organic precursor Adamantane in a diamond anvil cell (DAC) using both resistive and laser heating methods. High [...]

Electroactive Polymers as Battery Electrodes

Lutkenhaus J.L., Texas A&M University, US

Plastic power, or energy storage platforms primarily consisting of polymers, offers opportunities never before available in current state-of-the-art prismatic or coin cells, such as flexible, structural, or stretchable energy storage. Electroactive polymers, a class of [...]

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Adsorption from Microemulsions and Surfactant Micellar Solutions at Solid-Liquid, Liquid-Liquid and Gas-Liquid interfaces

Akkutlu Y., Bui K., Silas J.A., Zelenev A., Saboowala H., Texas A&M University, US

In enhanced oil and gas recovery, the production of hydrocarbons is influenced by the ability of injected surfactants to adsorb and to modify interfacial tension at different interfaces. It has been demonstrated that surfactant and [...]

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Adsorption from Microemulsions and Surfactant Micellar Solutions at Solid-Liquid, Liquid-Liquid and Gas-Liquid interfaces

Akkutlu Y., Bui K., Silas J.A., Zelenev A., Saboowala H., Texas A&M University, US

In enhanced oil and gas recovery, the production of hydrocarbons is influenced by the ability of injected surfactants to adsorb and to modify interfacial tension at different interfaces. It has been demonstrated that surfactant and [...]

Point-Mass Model for Nano-Patterning Using Dip-Pen Nanolithography (DPN)

Kang S-W, Banerjee D., Texas A&M University, US

Micro-cantilevers are frequently used as probes for micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) based sensing applications. Usually micro-cantilever based sensors work by detecting changes in cantilever vibration modes (e.g., bending or torsional vibration frequency) or surface stresses - [...]

Reburning of Cattle Biomass with Coals for Emissions Control

Oh H., Annamalai K., Sweeten J.M., Texas A&M University, US

Biomass fuels can subdivided into two classes: agricultural (AgB) and Animal waste (AnB). The AnB includes cattle manure or cattle biomass (CB), Poultry Litter or poultry biomass (PB), Hog biomass (HB) etc. Since the chemical [...]

Parallel Integrated Solar Cell Circuits for Split Solar Spectrum Light Source

Li Y., Shi F., Texas A&M University, US

Among the various solar energy application technologies, the photovoltaic technology is, in particular, the most desirable technology for large-scale applications due to the fact that the solar energy in optical form is directly transformed into [...]