Journal of Nanotechnology in Engineering and Medicine: Recent submissions
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Incorporation, Release, and Effectiveness of Dexamethasone in Poly(Lactic-Co-Glycolic Acid) Nanoparticles for Inner Ear Drug Delivery
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Poly (D ,L -lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) particles have been widely used as drug delivery carriers for a variety of payloads. Three forms of dexamethasone (DEX), namely, acetate, base, and ... -
A Tight-Binding for Calculating the Raman Spectra and the Hartree–Fock Method Treatment for C13 NMR Spectra of Fullerenes C60Br6
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The structural Raman spectra and NMR of the fullerene derivative (C60Br6) were simulated at room temperature from the tight-binding method and the first-principles calculations, respectively. The ... -
A Theoretical Structure Study Infrared Spectra of C60O Isomers Through Ab Initio Method
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The infrared spectra of C60O isomers have been calculated through ab initio method. It has been observed that the simulated spectrum of one of C60O isomers is matching with the available ... -
Nanorobot Propulsion Using Helical Elastic Filaments at Low Reynolds Numbers
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Swimming in micro/nano domains is a challenge and involves a departure from standard methods of propulsion, which are effective at macrodomains. Flagella based propulsion is seen extensively in ... -
Effect of Pinhole Defects on the Elasticity of Carbon Nanotube Based Nanocomposites
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been regarded as an ideal reinforcements of high-performance composites with enormous applications. In this paper, the effects of pinhole defect are investigated for ... -
Ion Diffusion and DNA Stretching in an Open Nanofluidic System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The ion diffusion in an open nanofluidic system is studied by using an array of nanochannels. The mechanism of the ion diffusion was described through electrowetting-based nanofluidics. An ion ... -
Nanofiber Formation in Regenerated Cellulose by Saponification of Cellulose Acetate Film
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)This paper reports a novel process of nanofiber formation in regenerated cellulose from cellulose acetate (CA) film by saponification and stretching. Saponification of CA film was performed using ... -
A Novel Experimental Device for Seebeck Coefficient Measurements of Bulk Materials, Thin Films, and Nanowire Composites
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)An experimental setup has been designed and built for measuring the Seebeck coefficient of bulk thermoelectric materials, thin films, and nanowire composites in the temperature range 200–350 K. ... -
Enhancing Endothelial Cell Retention on ePTFE Constructs by siRNA-Mediated SHP-1 Gene Silencing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Polymeric vascular grafts hold great promise for vascular reconstruction, but the lack of endothelial cells renders these grafts susceptible to intimal hyperplasia and restenosis, precluding ... -
A Multivariate Logistical Model for Identifying the Compressive Sensitivity of Single Rat Tactile Receptors as Nanobiosensors
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Tactile sensation is a complex manifestation of mechanical stimuli applied to the skin. At the most fundamental level of the somatosensory system is the cutaneous mechanoreceptor. The objective ... -
Effective Stiffness and Effective Mass of the Double-Walled Carbon Nanotube Sensor
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)In this study, the effective stiffness of the double-walled carbon nanotube sensor is determined by both the Bubnov–Galerkin method and the finite difference technique. It is shown that in ... -
Effects of Nonuniform Tissue Properties on Temperature Prediction in Magnetic Nanohyperthermia
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)In tumor hyperthermia, effectively planning in advance and thus controlling in situ the heating dosage within the target region are rather critical for the success of a therapy. Many studies ... -
Effective Approximations for Natural Frequencies of Double-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Based on Donnell Shell Theory
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The vibration behavior of double-walled carbon nanotube (DWCNT) is investigated based on Donnell shell theory with van der Waals interaction taken into consideration. In addition, new results are ... -
Effects of Dissimilar Electrode Materials and Electrode Position on DNA Motion During Electrophoresis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Electrophoretic systems commonly use metal electrodes in their construction. This paper explores and reports the differences in the electrophoretic motion of DNA (decomposition voltage, electrical ... -
Thermal Properties of PVP Cryoprotectants With Nanoparticles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Vitrification is an effective way for the cryopreservation of cells and tissues. The critical cooling rates for vitrification solution are relatively high. It is reported that nanoparticles can ... -
Reduction of Noise From MR Thermometry Measurements During HIFU Characterization Procedures
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Magnetic resonance (MR) thermometry is a valuable method for characterizing thermal fields generated by high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) transducers in tissue phantoms and excised tissues. ... -
Novel Bifurcation Design for Centrifugal Microfluidic Platform With Wide Range Rotational Speed
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)A compact disk-based enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (CD-ELISA) is used in a wide range of applications including cancer and human immunodeficiency virus testing, drug screening, and micro-organism ... -
e-bra With Nanosensors for Real Time Cardiac Health Monitoring and Smartphone Communication
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Mortality due to cardiac related ailments has been consistently higher in women as compared with men since the early 1980s in the United States. Gender related differences in specificity of ... -
A Novel Multiwell Device to Study Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Responses Under Cyclic Strain
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are constantly exposed to cyclic stretch in the body, which makes it beneficial to study the effects of cyclic stretch on VSMCs. In this study, we developed ... -
Ubiquitous Health Monitoring System for Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea With Zigbee Network and Wireless LAN
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2011)The Greek word “apnea” literally means “without breath.” The three types of apnea are obstructive, central, and mixed. Obstructive is the most common type. Despite the difference in the root ...