Ç ASIA Haptics 2014 was the first haptics conference featuring only hands-on demos with no podium presentations during the main conference. During the one and a half day main conference on November 19 and 20, 2014, a total of 58 peerreviewed and 10 late-breaking demos were showcased to some 210 conference attendees from all over the world. Due to the obvious requirement of having to move equipm...

Conventional kinesin is a processive motor protein that keeps "walking" along a microtubule using chemical energy released by ATP hydrolysis. We previously studied the effects of temperature between 15 degrees and 35 degrees C on the moving velocity, force, and processivity of single kinesin molecules using a bead assay [Kawaguchi and Ishiwata, 2000b: Biochem Biophys Res Commun 272:895-899]. Ho...

Three-pulse photon echo peak shift measurements were performed on semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes embedded in polymer matrix at room temperature. Simultaneous modeling of the peak shift data in the limit of zero-intensity and the linear absorption spectrum enable us to extract an intrinsic homogeneous line width of 178 cm(-1), an inhomogeneous width of 698 cm(-1), and a Huang-Rhys...

Systemic acidosis induced by intravenous administration of hydrochloric acid lowered intraocular pressure in unanesthetized rabbits. Aqueous humor flow was reduced by approximately 50%, as measured by the iodide method and as calculated from tonographic data. Outflow facility, episcleral venous pressure, plasma osmolality, blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature were not altered by systemic...

One method to determine particle size distributions of nanoscaled particles relies on the simultaneous detection of the time resolved laser-induced incandescence signal (LII) at two different wavelengths. Due to the absorption of a short highly-intensive laser pulse the particles are heated up far above the ambient gas temperature. After the laser pulse the particles are cooling down due to hea...

Modulated pulse power MPP technology is a derivative of high power pulsed magnetron sputtering that allows unprecedented user control over the growth process, although the critical time-dependent plasma properties during the power pulse have not been studied until now. Using a MPP plasma generator, pulses of custom voltage waveforms were generated and applied to the cathode of a 36 cm diameter ...

Despite its success as a clinical monitoring tool, pulse oximetry may be improved with respect to the need for empirical calibration and the reports of biases in readings associated with peripheral vasoconstriction and haemoglobin concentration. To effect this improvement, this work aims to improve the understanding of the photoplethysmography signal-as used by pulse oximeters-and investigates ...

We study valley and spin dynamics in monolayer molybdenum diselenide by polarization-resolved femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy. Valley- and spin-polarized excitons are injected by a circularly polarized laser pulse, with an excess energy of 120 meV. Relaxation of the valley polarization is time-resolved by measuring dynamical circular dichroism of a linearly polarized probe pulse t...

An improved system for creating a pulsed, low-temperature molecular beam of hydroxyl radical (OH) radicals has been developed. We use a pulsed discharge to create OH from H2O seeded in Xe during a supersonic expansion, where the high-voltage pulse duration is significantly shorter than the width of the gas pulse. The pulsed discharge allows for control of the mean speed of the molecular packet ...

The outermost layer of the stratified skin tissue is the 10-15 pm thick horny layer, the thermal and optical properties of which strongly depend on ambient conditions. The pulse response of temperature elevation following the absorption of a short light pulse is derived and discussed.