West J. – TechConnect Briefs

Photonic Curing of Silver Nanoparticle Based Inks Deposited by M3D

West J., Carter M., Smith S., Sears J., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, US

Photonic curing is uniquely suited to rapidly sinter printed films in an assembly line or roller environment. Previous work has focused on measuring the resistivity of films sintered using photonic curing and comparing those results [...]

Gold nanoshells aided optical imaging in vitro, in vivo and ex vivo

Lee M., Loo C., Gobin A.M., West J., Halas N., Drezek R., Korea Electronics Technology Institute, KR

Scattering-based optical imaging technologies such as Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) and Reflectance Confocal Microscopy (RCM) offer a unique non-invasive approach to the detection, diagnosis, and monitoring of cancer. In this article, we describe the use [...]

Modelling Annular Micromixers

Gleeson J.P., Roche O.M., West J., Gelb A., University College Cork, IE

The search for efficient mixing methods in the low Reynolds numbers flows typical of lab-on-a-chip technology has led us to propose an annular magnetohydrodynamic micromixer, currently under construction at the NMRC. In this talk we [...]

Magnetohydrodynamic Micromixing

Gleeson J.P., West J., University College Cork, IR

Modeling of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) pumping in an annular microchannel is reduced to a two-dimensional Poisson equation for the azimuthal velocity. A method for enhancing the mixing of fluids is proposed, and is proven to yield [...]