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2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Shahira Abdul Nasir ◽  
Revathy Deivasigamani ◽  
Muhammad Khairulanwar Abdul Rahim ◽  
Siti Nur Ashakirin Mohd Nashruddin ◽  
Azrul Azlan Hamzah ◽  
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to visualize protein manipulation using dielectrophoresis (DEP) as a substantial perspective on being an effective protein analysis and biosensor method as DEP is able to be used as a means for manipulation, fractionation, pre-concentration and separation. This research aims to quantify DEP using an electrochemical technique known as cyclic voltammetry (CV), as albumin is non-visible without any fluorescent probe or dye. Design/methodology/approach The principles of DEP were generated by an electric field on tapered DEP microelectrodes. The principle of CV was analysed using different concentrations of albumin on a screen-printed carbon electrode. Using preliminary data from both DEP and CV methods as a future prospect for the integration of both techniques to do electrical quantification of DEP forces. Findings The size of the albumin is known to be 0.027 µm. Engineered polystyrene particle of size 0.05 µm was selected to mimic the DEP actuation of albumin. Positive DEP of the sample engineered polystyrene particle was able to be visualized clearly at 10 MHz supplied with 20 Vpp. However, negative DEP was not able to be visualized because of the limitation of the apparatus. However, albumin was not able to be visualized under the fluorescent microscope because of its translucent properties. Thus, a method of electrical quantification known as the CV technique is used. The detection of bovine serum albumin (BSA) using the CV method is successful. As the concentration of BSA increases, the peak current obtained from the voltammogram decreases. The peak current can be an indicator of DEP response as it correlates to the adsorption of the protein onto the electrodes. The importance of the results from both CV and DEP shows that the integration of both techniques is possible. Originality/value The integration of both methods could give rise to a new technique with precision to be implemented into the dialyzers used in renal haemodialysis treatment for manipulation and sensing of protein albumin.


2021 ◽  
Vol 306 (9) ◽  
pp. 2170029
Author(s):  
Nicholas Vishnosky ◽  
Jasmine C. Gomez ◽  
Spencer T. Kim ◽  
Emma J. Doukmak ◽  
Jeremy Grafstein ◽  
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Author(s):  
Nicholas Vishnosky ◽  
Jasmine C. Gomez ◽  
Spencer T. Kim ◽  
Emma J. Doukmak ◽  
Jeremy Grafstein ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Badylak ◽  
Edward Phlips ◽  
Christopher Batich ◽  
Miranda Jackson ◽  
Anna Wachnicka

AbstractA microscopic study of microplankton in two coastal lagoons in the Florida Keys coincidently, and unexpectedly, revealed the widespread presence of high concentrations of polystyrene microplastic particles. The polystyrene particles were first observed in the second year of a 2-year study of phytoplankton communities, with peak densities in the spring/summer of 2019 at all ten sampling sites in the two lagoons. Polystyrene particle densities reached levels up to 76,000 L−1. The particles ranged in size from 33 to 190 µm, similar to the size range of microplanktonic algae (20–200 µm). Over the period of peak polystyrene densities, average particle densities were similar to average densities of microplanktonic algae cells. The latter observation highlights the potential significance of the microplastic particles for the ecology of the pristine waters of the Florida Keys, if they persist.


Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Jiang ◽  
Xin-Rui Yang ◽  
Xu Gao ◽  
Qiang Xu ◽  
Oisik Das ◽  
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This work was motivated by a study of particle size effects on pyrolysis kinetics and models of polystyrene particle. Micro-size polystyrene particles with four different diameters, 5, 10, 15, and 50 µm, were selected as experimental materials. Activation energies were obtained by isoconversional methods, and pyrolysis model of each particle size and heating rate was examined through different reaction models by the Coats–Redfern method. To identify the controlling model, the Avrami–Eroféev model was identified as the controlling pyrolysis model for polystyrene pyrolysis. Accommodation function effect was employed to modify the Avrami–Eroféev model. The model was then modified to f(α) = nα0.39n − 1.15(1 − α)[−ln(1 − α)]1 − 1/n, by which the polystyrene pyrolysis with different particle sizes can be well explained. It was found that the reaction model cannot be influenced by particle geometric dimension. The reaction rate can be changed because the specific surface area will decrease with particle diameter. To separate each step reaction and identify their distributions to kinetics, distributed activation energy method was introduced to calculate the weight factor and kinetic triplets. Results showed that particle size has big impacts on both first and second step reactions. Smaller size particle can accelerate the process of pyrolysis reaction. Finally, sensitivity analysis was brought to check the sensitivity and weight of each parameter in the model.


2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (100) ◽  
pp. 14388-14391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samir A. Belhout ◽  
Ji Yoon Kim ◽  
David T. Hinds ◽  
Natalie J. Owen ◽  
Jonathan A. Coulter ◽  
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The preparation of composite particles comprising gold nanoparticles (4.5–26 nm) assembled at a polystyrene (PS) surface with tunable loading is reported with wide ranging potentials from cellular studies to catalysis.


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