Lixing Liu , Beiyuan Fan , Hongyu Yang , Deyong Chen , Shuang Zhang , Junbo Wang , Jian Chen
{"title":"A novel microfluidic flow-cytometry for counting numbers of single-cell β-actins","authors":"Lixing Liu , Beiyuan Fan , Hongyu Yang , Deyong Chen , Shuang Zhang , Junbo Wang , Jian Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>As a house keeping protein with stable expressions, β-actin is used as a loading control in normalization of western blotting. However, the actual numbers of β-actins at the single-cell level remain elusive. Based on a home-developed flow cytometry, single-cell numbers of β-actin from 8 cell types (subtypes) and 2 tumour patient samples were quantified as 9.62 ± 4.29 × 10<sup>5</sup> (A549, <em>N</em><sub>cell</sub> = 14,242), 6.46 ± 3.34 × 10<sup>5</sup> (Hep G2, <em>N</em><sub>cell</sub> = 35,932), 1.58 ± 0.90 × 10<sup>6</sup> (MCF 10A, <em>N</em><sub>cell</sub> = 16,650), 1.08 ± 0.48 × 10<sup>6</sup> (HeLa, <em>N</em><sub>cell</sub> = 26,151), 7.60 ± 4.34 × 10<sup>5</sup> (PC3, <em>N</em><sub>cell</sub> = 11,922), 1.10 ± 0.72 × 10<sup>6</sup> (SACC-83, <em>N</em><sub>cell</sub> = 13,616), 8.58 ± 4.54 × 10<sup>5</sup> (CAL 27, <em>N</em><sub>cell</sub> = 7271), 9.00 ± 4.69 × 10<sup>5</sup> (CAL 27-LN2, <em>N</em><sub>cell</sub> = 6222), 8.26 ± 4.48 × 10<sup>5</sup> (Oral Tumour Patient I, <em>N</em><sub>cell</sub> = 359), and 8.19 ± 5.12 × 10<sup>5</sup> (Oral Tumour Patient II, <em>N</em><sub>cell</sub> = 175), and were analyzed by statistical approaches including one-way analysis of variance, neural network based pattern recognition and Bayesian estimation, with varied expressions of β-actins among different cell types located. The dataset reported in this study may serve as a reference in future studies of quantitative protein analysis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":87330,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 156-161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npe.2020.06.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45896622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of material removal behavior on R-plane of sapphire during ultra-precision machining based on modified slip-fracture model","authors":"Suk Bum Kwon , Aditya Nagaraj , Hae-Sung Yoon , Sangkee Min","doi":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper, the modified slip/fracture activation model has been used in order to understand the mechanism of ductile-brittle transition on the R-plane of sapphire during ultra-precision machining by reflecting direction of resultant force. Anisotropic characteristics of crack morphology and ductility of machining depending on cutting direction were explained in detail with modified fracture cleavage and plastic deformation parameters. Through the analysis, it was concluded that crack morphologies were mainly determined by the interaction of multiple fracture systems activated while, critical depth of cut was determined by the dominant plastic deformation parameter. In addition to this, by using proportionality relationship between magnitude of resultant force and depth of cut in the ductile region, an empirical model for critical depth of cut was developed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":87330,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 141-155"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npe.2020.07.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48680769","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theoretical fundamentals of short pulse laser–metal interaction: A review","authors":"Xinxin Li , Yingchun Guan","doi":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.08.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.08.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Short and ultrashort pulse lasers offer excellent advantages in laser precision machining mainly because of their high pulse energy and low ablation threshold. The complex process of laser interaction with metals limits the in-depth investigation into laser ablation. Numerical simulation is important in the study of fundamental mechanisms. This review explores the start-of-the-art methods for the theoretical simulation of the laser ablation of metals, including plasma formation and expansion. Laser-induced period surface structures are also studied.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":87330,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 105-125"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npe.2020.08.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45017327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Angle measurement technology based on magnetization vector for narrow space applications","authors":"Yinguo Huang , Shiyu Zhang , Le Gao , Yelong Zheng","doi":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the wide application of laser in the field of skin plastic surgery, micro laser galvanometer scanner has made great progress in this field with its portability. However, the measurement method used to measure the deflection angle of laser galvanometer in the narrow space of scanner with high precision remains to be studied. In this paper, an angle measurement method based on magnetic field is proposed, and the effect of the shapes of permanent magnets (PMs) on the measurement is studied by theoretical and experimental study under the condition that the maximum available space for the PMs is a 10 mm side cube. An angle measuring experimental device is set up, and the contrast experiment is carried out with different PMs which are the same as simulation. The experimental results show that cylindrical PM is more suitable than other PMs, which is consistent with the simulation results, and the maximum nonlinearity error is 0.562%. This method has the advantages of small volume, non-contact measurement, small moment of inertia, good dynamic response and no external excitation for the PMs, so it has a broad application prospect in micro laser galvanometer scanner.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":87330,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 167-173"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npe.2020.09.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47670059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Optimal design scheme based on the segmental transmission line methodology for high-frequency interconnection in 3D micro/nano integration","authors":"Chenye Li , Zhensong Li , Min Miao","doi":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the continuous growth of signal frequency and package density, discontinuity of the high-frequency interconnection in 3D micro/nano integration becomes unavoidable, which results in serious signal integrity problems. Traditional interconnection design schemes, such as termination and shielding/isolation, cannot meet the requirements under the unified constraints of specific cost, space occupancy, and performance. In this study, a transmission line design optimization scheme based on the segmental transmission line (STL) methodology is proposed. The genetic algorithm is used to select the optimal segment structure parameters of the transmission line to construct an STL with satisfying transmission performance or meet the specific signal amplitude adjustment requirements. This scheme can be adapted to various signal transmission scenarios to significantly improve the signal loss caused by reflection or other negative electromagnetic factors and meet the requirements for the modeling of discontinuous transmission lines. The simulation results show that this scheme is effective in the design scenario of performance improvement or equivalent modeling of discontinuous transmission lines and has significant advantages in circuit area reduction.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":87330,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 174-186"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npe.2020.09.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41409157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A biosensor based on a modified S-taper fiber for target protein detection","authors":"Xiaoqi Liu, Yange Liu, Zhi Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.08.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.08.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A biosensor based on a modified S-taper fiber was proposed and experimentally demonstrated for antigen detection. Antibody was immobilized over the activated S-taper waist, where the fiber detected the interaction between the antibody and target antigen. Compared with a unmodified S-taper fiber structure, the silanized fiber had a detection limit of approximately 8.33 × 10<sup>−5</sup> RIU when the concentration of antigen solution was changed 1%. The antibody and antigen binding processing was monitored in real time by analyzing and investigating the transmission spectral characteristics of the modified S-taper fiber. The cost-effectiveness, real-time detection, and high integration properties of the fiber enable its use in a modal interferometer for biosensing applications including disease diagnosis and biological specificity recognition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":87330,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 162-166"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npe.2020.08.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47265884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sweat detection theory and fluid driven methods: A review","authors":"Haixia Yu, Jintao Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.08.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In recent years, analyses of sweat have become more popular since it doesn't require invasive sampling procedures. Although blood still remains the golden standards in clinical, analyses of other common body fluids, such as sweat, have become increasingly important. Because the compositions of sweat and blood are osmotically related, the content of certain metabolites in sweat can directly reflect the disease. Sweat detection can be used as an alternative to blood detection and allows continuous monitoring. Increased development of wearable sensors makes it possible for continuous sweat detection. Here, this paper gave a review about the sweat detection methods, such as fluorescence sensing, electrochemical sensing and colorimetric sensing. The advantages and disadvantages of each method and their developing trend in sweat detection were summarized. Then, for the problem of continuous sweat sampling, three methods (capillary force, hydrogel osmotic pump, evaporation-driven micropump) were introduced through different structures of microfluidic chip, and the level of sweat collection and transport achieved by related research was demonstrated. This review aims to provide guidance for future research in sweat detection and stimulate further interest in continuous monitoring of sweat using microfluidic chip.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":87330,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering","volume":"3 3","pages":"Pages 126-140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npe.2020.08.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43162716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Li Ji , Lei Liu , Zongwei Xu , Ying Song , Jintong Wu , Rongrong Li , Fengzhou Fang
{"title":"Molecular dynamics simulation on the effect of dislocation structures on the retention and distribution of helium ions implanted into silicon","authors":"Li Ji , Lei Liu , Zongwei Xu , Ying Song , Jintong Wu , Rongrong Li , Fengzhou Fang","doi":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.03.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To investigate the effect of dislocation structures on the initial formation stage of helium bubbles, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were used in this study. The retention rate and distribution of helium ions with 2 keV energy implanted into silicon with dislocation structures were studied via MD simulation. Results show that the dislocation structures and their positions in the sample affect the helium ion retention rate. The analysis on the three-dimensional distribution of helium ions show that the implanted helium ions tend to accumulate near the dislocation structures. Raman spectroscopy results show that the silicon substrate surface after helium ion implantation displayed tensile stress as indicated by the blue shift of Raman peaks.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":87330,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering","volume":"3 2","pages":"Pages 81-87"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npe.2020.03.003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42106620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Study of the material removal mechanism of glass-ceramics based on consecutive incremental loading in ductile-regime grinding","authors":"Xue Li","doi":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.02.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Glass-ceramics have many excellent properties and are widely used in various fields. During the grinding process, the workpiece surface is typically subject to material removal by grit of incremental heights, which has rarely been the focus of research. As such, it is necessary to study the material removal mechanism of glass-ceramics under consecutive incremental loading, which more closely reflects the actual grinding process. In this paper, to analyze the plastic deformation and residual stress of lithium aluminosilicate (LAS) glass-ceramics, a finite element model is established based on the Drucker–Prager yield criterion for ductile regimes. A nano-scratch test was also conducted and the test results show that both the residual depth and residual stress increase with an increase in the number of increments, and that consecutive incremental loading promotes the plastic deformation of glass-ceramics and increases the residual stress of the material in the ductile-regime process. These findings provide guidance for achieving higher dimensional accuracy in the actual grinding of glass-ceramics parts.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":87330,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering","volume":"3 2","pages":"Pages 88-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npe.2020.02.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42415975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Haitao Liu , Xiecheng Tang , Hao Lu , Wenguang Xie , Yanmin Hu , Qiannan Xue
{"title":"An interdigitated impedance microsensor for detection of moisture content in engine oil","authors":"Haitao Liu , Xiecheng Tang , Hao Lu , Wenguang Xie , Yanmin Hu , Qiannan Xue","doi":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.04.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.npe.2020.04.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To address the need for the on-site measurement of aging oil, in this paper, we propose an impedance-based microsensor for analyzing the moisture content in engine oil. Using a microfabrication process, we fabricated an interdigitated microelectrode and integrated it with a 3D-printed microcontainer to produce a microsensor that can detect changes in the permittivity of oil. When the moisture content in oil increases, this sensor can detect the resulting change in the oil impedance, which is related to its permittivity, and then determine the degree to which the oil has aged. The test results show that the proposed microsensor has the advantages of being small and having high sensitivity, good accuracy, and the ability to be combined with hand-held instruments. The proposed method is expected to be used for the rapid, low cost, on-site determination of oil aging.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":87330,"journal":{"name":"Nanotechnology and Precision Engineering","volume":"3 2","pages":"Pages 75-80"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.npe.2020.04.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47766751","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}