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Immobilization, stabilization and patterning techniques for enzyme based sensor systems.
Sandia National Laboratories has recently opened the Chemical and Radiation Detection Laboratory (CRDL) in Livermore CA to address the detection needs of a variety of government agencies (e.g., Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture) as well as provide a fertile environment for the cooperative development of new industrial technologies. This laboratory consolidates a variety of existing chemical and radiation detection efforts and enables Sandia to expand into the novel area of biochemically based sensors. One aspect of this biosensor effort is further development and optimization of enzyme modified field effect transistors (EnFETs). Recent work has focused upon covalent attachment of enzymes to silicon dioxide and silicon nitride surfaces for EnFET fabrication. They are also investigating methods to pattern immobilized proteins; a critical component for development of array-based sensor systems. Novel enzyme stabilization procedures are key to patterning immobilized enzyme layers while maintaining enzyme activity. Results related to maximized enzyme loading, optimized enzyme activity and fluorescent imaging of patterned surfaces will be presented
An optimal transient growth of small perturbations in thin gaseous discs
A thin gaseous disc with an almost keplerian angular velocity profile,
bounded by a free surface and rotating around point-mass gravitating object is
nearly spectrally stable. Despite that the substantial transient growth of
linear perturbations measured by the evolution of their acoustic energy is
possible. This fact is demonstrated for the simple model of a non-viscous
polytropic thin disc of a finite radial size where the small adiabatic
perturbations are considered as a linear combination of neutral modes with a
corotational radius located beyond the outer boundary of the flow.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in Ast
Positronium laser cooling via the - transition with a broadband laser pulse
We report on laser cooling of a large fraction of positronium (Ps) in
free-flight by strongly saturating the - transition with a
broadband, long-pulsed 243 nm alexandrite laser. The ground state Ps cloud is
produced in a magnetic and electric field-free environment. We observe two
different laser-induced effects. The first effect is an increase in the number
of atoms in the ground state after the time Ps has spent in the long-lived
states. The second effect is the one-dimensional Doppler cooling of Ps,
reducing the cloud's temperature from 380(20) K to 170(20) K. We demonstrate a
58(9) % increase in the coldest fraction of the Ps ensemble.Comment: 6 pages, 5 figure
CIRCUS: an autonomous control system for antimatter, atomic and quantum physics experiments
AbstractA powerful and robust control system is a crucial, often neglected, pillar of any modern, complex physics experiment that requires the management of a multitude of different devices and their precise time synchronisation. The AEḥIS collaboration presents CIRCUS, a novel, autonomous control system optimised for time-critical experiments such as those at CERNâs Antiproton Decelerator and, more broadly, in atomic and quantum physics research. Its setup is based on Sinara/ARTIQ and TALOS, integrating the ALPACA analysis pipeline, the last two developed entirely in AEḥIS. It is suitable for strict synchronicity requirements and repeatable, automated operation of experiments, culminating in autonomous parameter optimisation via feedback from real-time data analysis. CIRCUS has been successfully deployed and tested in AEḥIS; being experiment-agnostic and released open-source, other experiments can leverage its capabilities.</jats:p
Positronium Laser Cooling via the 1 3 S â 2 3 P Transition with a Broadband Laser Pulse
We report on laser cooling of a large fraction of positronium (Ps) in free flight by strongly saturating the 1^{3}S-2^{3}P transition with a broadband, long-pulsed 243Â nm alexandrite laser. The ground state Ps cloud is produced in a magnetic and electric field-free environment. We observe two different laser-induced effects. The first effect is an increase in the number of atoms in the ground state after the time Ps has spent in the long-lived 2^{3}P states. The second effect is one-dimensional Doppler cooling of Ps, reducing the cloud's temperature from 380(20) to 170(20)Â K. We demonstrate a 58(9)% increase in the fraction of Ps atoms with v_{1D}<3.7Ă10^{4}ââms^{-1}
A Bayesian network model integrated in a prognostics and health management system for aircraft line maintenance
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