Sentences with phrase «using electrochemical»

Defense counsel and appellate counsel for a large medical device company owned by a Fortune 500 company in a patent infringement suit involving methods of using electrochemical sensors for blood glucose monitoring.

In situ electrochemical SPM / Ellipsometry & Raman: J.P. Bearinger, C.A. Orme, & J.L. Gilbert, Direct observation of hydration of TiO2 on Ti using electrochemical AFM: freely corroding versus potentiostatically held conditions.

The investigation of the niclosamide - DNA interaction using an electrochemical DNA - sensor showed for the first - time clear evidence of DNA binding and suggested that niclosamide toxicity can be caused by this effect, which is observed after reductive activation and transacetylation of the drug [79].

Detection of the damage caused to DNA by niclosamide using an electrochemical DNA - biosensor.

The researchers used an electrochemical intercalation process where a negative voltage is applied, injecting the negatively charged electrons into the 2D material.

This new energy harvesting device uses an electrochemical process similar to that in lithium ion batteries to produce electricity instead of a physical process like the other piezoelectric materials, which will likely make it inexpensive to manufacture.

[1] Hydrogen internal combustion engine vehicles are different from hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (which use electrochemical conversion of hydrogen rather than combustion); the hydrogen internal combustion engine is simply a modified version of the traditional gasoline - powered internal combustion engine.

Not exact matches

The team's design uses solar energy (captured with photovoltaic panels) to power an electrochemical reactor that converts water and human waste into fertilizer and hydrogen.

The UMD and UMB team, led by research associate Eunkyoung Kim, used a discovery - driven approach based on the assumptions that chemical biomarkers relating to oxidative stress could be found in blood, and that they could be measured by common electrochemical instruments.

To find catalytic material suitable for both electrodes, the Stanford team borrowed a technique used in battery research called lithium - induced electrochemical tuning.

The investigators ran a series of standard electrochemical tests on the porous microspheres to quantify their potential for use in electronic devices.

In solution, the salt dissociates into silver cations, allowing production of silver metal deposits by electrochemical reduction reaction using solvated secondary electrons rather direct molecular decomposition.

«We believe that electrochemical tuning can be used to find new catalysts for other chemical fuels beyond hydrogen.

Opus 12 is developing an electrochemical reactor that uses novel catalysts and renewable electricity to turn carbon dioxide into polymer building blocks and other chemicals.

As batteries are used and charged, the electrochemical reaction results in the movement of ions between the two electrodes of a battery, which is the essence of an electrical current.

They used scanning electrochemical cell microscopy for this purpose.

When it gets cold, the ester - based conventional electrolytes that lithium - ion batteries often use become sluggish conductors and the electrochemical reactions that occur at the interface of the electrolyte and the electrode struggle to continue — meaning that lithium - ion batteries don't hold up too well in ultra-chilly climates.

USC professor Sri Narayan's research focuses on the fundamental and applied aspects of electrochemical energy conversion and storage to reduce the carbon footprint of energy use and by providing energy alternatives to fossil fuel, Wednesday, June 10, 2014 in Los Angeles.

Their specially designed «liquid electrochemical STXM nanoimaging platform» uses the facility's soft X-rays to image lithium iron phosphate particles as they charge (delithiate) and discharge (lithiate) in a liquid electrolyte.

The SECM uses a flat - faced probe a few micrometres across, which forms one electrode in an electrochemical cell.

One group turned to an electrochemical approach, which can be adapted for in - the - field use, but their technique involved toxic mercury as the electrode.

«Our experimental setup consists of a paper device with eight electrochemical biosensors — for handy, one - time, disposable use — and a custom - made, handheld electrochemical reader, or potentiostat, to keep costs as low as possible,» explained Xinyu Liu, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at McGill University.

NREL Scientist Chunmei Ban spends a lot of time in the electrochemical storage lab for her work improving lithium - ion batteries through the use of nanomaterials.

Waldman uses our long war with the iron oxide as a loose frame, focusing more on the people crusading against the electrochemical reaction than on the science they marshal to fight it.

The cost advantages of thermal storage over electrochemical storage also make a TPV with thermal energy storage (TES) system attractive for converting and storing energy for use on the grid, said Hamid Reza Seyf, a graduate research assistant who did the system modeling.

The system uses a novel method, relying on an electrochemical process to selectively remove organic contaminants such as pesticides, chemical waste products, and pharmaceuticals, even when these are present in small yet dangerous concentrations.

One characteristic of almost all living cells is that they pump ions across a membrane to generate an electrochemical gradient, then use that gradient to make the energy - rich molecule ATP.

Quite simple electrochemical apparatus can be used to make porous silicon.

The new method to create monolayer atomic crystal molecular superlattices uses a process called «electrochemical intercalation,» in which a negative voltage is applied.

Understanding these effects is also important for other applications such as splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen at solid - liquid interfaces, electronic devices that rely on oxide - oxide interfaces, or other electrochemical processes using these materials as catalysts, where defects serve as the sites that enable the interactions.

The team behind the technology used a natural electrochemical gradient in cells within the inner ear of a guinea pig to power a wireless transmitter for up to five hours.

Nerve cells use the movement of positively charged sodium and potassium ions across a membrane to create an electrochemical gradient that drives neural signals.

In any case I see large potential for process lines to gain other products, use different feedstock etc. when seizing the power of combined microbial and electrochemical conversions.»

The technology uses a natural electrochemical gradient in inner ear cells, which in the future could power devices such as a hearing aid or brain implant.

«Using combined microbial and electrochemical conversions can lead to facilities that we can denominate as a bioelectrorefinery.

When the soft - landed clusters diffuse through the extremely thin membrane and reach the electrode surface of the newly designed device, the team has a detailed and precisely defined active species they can examine using several electrochemical and spectroscopic techniques.

Using the liquid SIMS technique and the newly patented electrochemical System for Analysis at the Liquid Vacuum Interface (SALVI), the researchers discovered transient species and reaction pathways in the solid - liquid interface.

An electrochemical detector (EG & G Instruments, Wokingham, UK) was used for detection, with the working electrode set at 800 mV and a sensitivity 0.2 µamp.

Reversed - phase high - performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with electrochemical detection was used to analyse ascorbic acid, based on the method of Iriyama et al. with modifications [29], [30].

«Using a combination of spectroscopic and electrochemical methods, we showed that these films can be made compact and continuous at the nanometer scale, thus minimizing parasitic light absorption when integrated on top of photoactive semiconductors.»

Several promising earth - abundant low band - gap TMO compounds with desirable band edge energies and electrochemical stability are identified by our computational efforts and then synergistically evaluated using high - throughput synthesis and photoelectrochemical screening techniques by our experimental collaborators at Caltech.

Abstract: Widespread use of artificial photosynthesis hinges upon development of photocatalysts and light absorbers with excellent electrochemical stability in aqueous solution.

In one sentence: Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory discovered transient species and reaction pathways in a common electrochemical system interface using liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry and a vacuum - compatible electrochemical microfluidic reactor.

Choi and Cha, however, developed an efficient electrochemical method to oxidize HMF to FDCA at room temperature and ambient pressure using water as the oxygen source.

The PFM method uses a diffuse - interface description to describe the dynamics of the reaction front in response to a local electrochemical driving force, and is a powerful approach for modeling microstructure evolution as well as corrosion processes.

We design, build and use custom electrochemical cells for x-ray spectroscopy, imaging, and scattering capabilities.

In a new twist to waste - to - fuel technology, scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL] have developed an electrochemical process that uses tiny spikes of carbon and copper to turn carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, into ethanol.

The LLNL team has developed unique capabilities for the characterization of electrochemical systems for more than 15 years [1]; furthermore, they have ~ 20 years» experience in the use of XAS / XES to determine information critical to the performance of photoabsorber materials, particularly in the arena of photovoltaics.

Mr Horne says AIM will have a more specific impact on the mining industry through projects that link novel and robust sensors with waste treatment, using a newly - developed high intensity electrochemical processing technique.

The electrochemical testing required for this study involved equipment and techniques not previously used in the Matson lab.