particles – TechConnect Briefs

Thousand-fold speedup of discrete-particle-based computer-aided reactor design and scale-up

Lu L., Benyahia S., National Energy Technology Laboratory, US

Particulate matter is the second most manipulated material in industry after water and has been observed and studied by scientists and engineers since the earliest of human civilization. In fact, we commonly distinguish between the [...]

Bioabsorbable Anti-inflammatory Material: A Novel Protein-Conjugated Polymer with Applications in the Implantable Medical Device Field

Rapier C.E., Chen E., Liu W.F., Lee A.P., University of California Irvine, US

Biodegradable/bioabsorbable materials are a relatively new movement in the implantable medical device field. Despite the promise of non-permanent implants, bioabsorbable materials can induce a localized inflammatory immune response. To overcome this limitation, we are combining [...]

Engineering of Recombinant Spider Silk Proteins Allows Defined Drug Uptake and Release

Scheibel T., Unibersity of BAyreuth, DE

Drug delivery systems allow tissue / cell specific targeting of drugs in order to reduce total drug amounts administered to an organism and potential side effects upon systemic drug delivery. Most drug delivery systems are [...]

Tailoring Particle Behavior for Phase Transfer Catalysis: Recent Developments by the Center for Interfacial Reaction Engineering

Aichele C.P., Weston J., Venkataramani D., Briggs N., Crossley S., Harwell J., White J., Resasco D., Oklahoma State University, US

This presentation highlights recent advances by the Center for Interfacial Reaction Engineering (CIRE) in designing and tailoring catalytic particles for use in phase-transfer catalysis. CIRE consists of researchers across several disciplines including nanotechnology, thermodynamics, interfacial [...]

Novel Nanostructured Coatings onto Particles by Atomic Layer Deposition, Their Method of Manufacture, and Feasibility of Scale and Economics

Spencer J., Weimer A., ALD NanoSolutions, US

Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) on particles can provide unique opportunities to control surface chemistry or create new composite materials. These techniques can create a wide variety of structures to suit many different commercial applications from [...]

Development of A Novel Electrostatic Precipitator Using Carbon fiber Unipolar Ionizers and Dielectric Collection Plates and Its Removal of Ultrafine Particles

Kim H.-J., Kim Y.J., Han B., Oh W.S., Oda T., Kim H.-J., Kim Y.J., Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, KR

Current electrostatic precipitators (ESPs) for removing particles from semiconductor industries have used costly anti-corrosive metallic materials to maintain the particle removal performance. Due to the economical demand of the industries, a novel ESP has been [...]

From Particle Self-Assembly to the Creation of Biologically Relevant Nanopatterns

Blättler T.M., Binkert A., Reimhult E., Textor M., Vörös J., ETH Zürich, CH

Nanopatterns are becoming increasingly popular in the field of bioscience and bioengineering because they provide novel tools to address biological problems. For example, protein nanoarrays not only enable molecular level statistics of binding events but [...]

Application-Driven Fine Particle Solutions

Oljaca M., Atanassova P., Shen J.P., Haubrich S., Hampden Smith M., Kodas T., Cabot Corporation, US

The continuous push for performance enhancement in important existing and emerging applications has generated substantial interest in engineered fine particles. There are many examples of the improved optical, electronic, and physical properties achieved by controlling [...]

Synthesis and Properties of Magnetic Nanoparticles with Potential Applications in Cancer Diagnostic

Neamtu J., Jitaru I., Malaeru T., Georgescu G., Kappel W., Alecu V.-V., National Institute for Research, RO

The size, shape and composition of magnetic nanoparticles are very attractive for diagnostic tools of cancer tumors and targeting treatment in HIV infection. The goal of this paper is the preparation from colloidal solutions of [...]