Over the past decade, thermoplastics have been used as alternative substrates to glass and Si for microfluidic devices because of the diverse and robust fabrication protocols available for thermoplastics that can generate high production rates of the desired structures at low cost and with high replication fidelity, the extensive array of physiochemical properties they possess, and the simple s...

As part of a research project, new hybrid forming process for ultrathin three-dimensional glass elements was developed. In continuous chain, the three-part procedure enables large-area gravity-assisted bending thin glass, partial deep-drawing individual small structures using CO 2 laser radiation and cutting flexible inner outer contours. Using an experimental setup with scanning system, novel ...

Saleh, Ahmad M. M.S.E., Purdue University, May 2012. Modeling Of Flat-Plate Solar Collector Operation in Transient States. Major Professor: Hosni Abu-Mulaweh. Solar energy is becoming an alternative for the limited fossil fuel resources. One of the simplest and most direct applications of this energy is the conversion of solar radiation into heat, which can be used in water heating systems. A c...

A simplified, indirect radioimmunoassay is described for Escherichia coli, vaccinia virus, and herpesvirus. The antigens were affixed to glass cover slips; thus both the primary and secondary reactions take place on the cover slips, and the unbound antiserum is easily separated from the bound antiserum by rinsing. Rabbit or human immune sera were reacted with the antigens, and the primary immun...

For discovering the components that contributed to the bonding strength of the glue substances produced by appressoria of Pyricularia oryzae on wax-coated cover-glasses, the influences of metabolic inhibitors and hydrolytic enzymes were investigated. The bonding strength of appressoria was assessed by the ratio of the remaining appressoria after sonication to the appressoria formed before sonic...

The requirement of large numbers of lactobacillus counts, which are done by spreading aliquots of saliva-glucose broth mixtures with sterile bent glass rods over the surfaces of tomato juice peptone agar (pH 5.0) plates, led to the development of a simple, inexpensive motorized device to facilitate this process. Comprised of a conventional three speed phonograph motor and turntable, the instrum...

COVER PICTURE Mandy Hecht, Tobias Fischer, Paul Dietrich, Werner Kraus, Ana B. Descalzo, Wolfgang E. S. Unger, and Knut Rurack* Retrieving quantitative molecular information from macroscopic areas in a reliable manner at micrometric resolution is a challenging task, yet essential for a better understanding and control of the assembly of (bio)chemical entities on a functional surface. In their F...