When model membranes are prepared by ultrasonic treatment of polyunsaturated phospholipids, radical production can induce a partial degradation of the polyunsaturated fatty acyl chains and the formation of lipid hydroperoxides. A suitable antioxidant employed during liposome preparation is able to protect them against lipid peroxidation. This work contains the results of studies on egg lecithin...

Porosity is a result of a deficiency in the production process that could lead into the mechanical degradation of CFRP composite structures. Therefore, some checkpoints for determining its presence during part manufacturing have to be established, verifying that precise threshold values are not exceeded. Currently, porosity characterization is carried out by an indirect way using ultrasonic tec...

Criteria to design MR (Magnetic Resonance) compatible mechatronic devices, e.g., surgical robots, are discussed. Some of critical interactions between MRI and mechatronic devices are discussed. Experimental results of the effects from several passive and active mechanical elements are demonstrated. Some passive elements, e.g., ball screw and linear guide have point contacts therefore, they are ...

ABSTRACT: In this study, response surface methodology was used to optimize ultrasound osmotic pretreatment with finished freeze drying of black cherries. Freeze drying is a separation process based on the  sublimation phenomenon. This process has the following advantages as compared to the conventional drying process, maintenance of the structure, moisture removal at low temperature (reduced tr...

A non-linear ultrasonic technique has been used to assess the fatigue damage in low carbon structural steel. The percentage of total harmonic distortion, which is the ratio of the amplitude of 2nd harmonic and the fundamental, has been introduced as the measurement parameter in this paper. It has also been observed that before crack initiation the 2nd harmonic amplitude is comparable to the fun...

Ultrasonic velocity measurements are reported for aqueous solutions of polyvinyl alcohol with different stearates such as zinc stearate and calcium stearate with plasticizer ethylene glycol at 303 K. The data obtained as a function of concentration indicate the magnitude of the contributions due to the relaxation of the backbone and of the side – chain acetyl group. A variety of the different t...

Development and implementation of RABIT (Robotics Assisted Bridge Inspection Tool) in condition assessment concrete bridge decks is described. The system uses multiple nondestructive evaluation (NDE) technologies in characterization of three most common deterioration types: rebar corrosion, delamination, and concrete degradation. The system implements four NDE technologies: electrical resistivi...

This paper describes a simulation of signal pathway in an ultrasonic A-scan. It includes transient diffraction acoustic field, transducer response, absorption and dispersion in viscoelastic medium with arbitrary distribution function. The approach selected here aims at developing digital computer simulation of the physical process that underlies these effects. The soft tissue is considered as a...

A facile ultrasonic route for the fabrication of graphene quantum dots (GQDs) with upconverted emission is presented. The as-prepared GQDs exhibit an excitation-independent downconversion and upconversion photoluminescent (PL) behavior, and the complex photocatalysts (rutile TiO(2)/GQD and anatase TiO(2)/GQD systems) were designed to harness the visible spectrum of sunlight. It is interesting t...

The novel ultrasound-assisted co-precipitation method was successfully applied for the synthesis of NiFe2O4 catalyst, which offered advantages lower particle size and better crystalline structure without affecting phase planes. Furthermore, efficacy synthesized catalysts evaluated using catalytic degradation Chrysoidine R dye. study designed to evaluate effect different parameters, such as pH, ...