The City College of New York – TechConnect Briefs

The Secret of Chia Gel Revealed – Nanoscale 3D Network Retards and Prolongs Food Release

Pottackal N., Das P., Samateh M., John G., The City College of New York, US

Chia Gels have been associated with numerous health benefits over centuries, like curbing diabetes and obesity by retarding digestion rate and quenching craving for more food. However, the exact mode of gelation has always been [...]

External Field Induced Non-Uniform Growth of Micron Composite Materials in Insulating Liquid: Experimental and Simulating

Tada S., Shen Y., Qiu Z.Y., The City College of New York, US

Numerical simulation is performed of motion and cluster formation of particles in a flowing suspension of particles in corn oil through a 60x120x3.0mm chamber with a spatially periodical electrode array. The chamber is rotated to [...]

Micron Particles Segregation in Lower Electric Field Regions in Very Dilute Neutrally Buoyant Suspensions

Qiu Z.Y., Shen Y., Tada S., Jacqmin D., The City College of New York, US

We use a spatially periodical electrode array in a fluid chamber to generate a high gradient electric field. Neutrally buoyant poly alpha olefin particles in corn oil in the chamber are transported to the lower [...]

Numerical Modeling of Nanoscale Silicon Photodetectors that Use Electromagnetic Resonance Modes to Enhance Performance

Crouse D., Keshavareddy P., The City College of New York, US

Several high responsivity, high bandwidth, low bit error ratio (BER) nanoscale Si photodetectors are modeled including metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors (MSM-PD), MSM-PDs fabricated on silicon-on-insulator substrates, and avalanche photodiodes. The authors have analyzed surface plasmons and other [...]