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Separation of suspended particles by arrays of obstacles in microfluidic devices
The stochastic transport of suspended particles through a periodic pattern of
obstacles in microfluidic devices is investigated by means of the Fokker-Planck
equation. Asymmetric arrays of obstacles have been shown to induce the
continuous separation of DNA molecules of different length. The analysis
presented here of the asymptotic distribution of particles in a unit cell of
these systems shows that separation is only possible in the presence of a
driving force with a non-vanishing normal component at the surface of the solid
obstacles. In addition, vector separation, in which different species move, in
average, in different directions within the device, is driven by differences on
the force acting on the various particles and not by differences in the
diffusion coefficient. Monte-Carlo simulations performed for different
particles and force fields agree with the numerical solutions of the
Fokker-Planck equation in the periodic system
Thermal rectifier from deformed carbon nanohorns
We study thermal rectification in single-walled carbon nanohorns (SWNHs) by
using non-equilibrium molecular dynamics (MD) method. It is found that the
horns with the bigger top angles show larger asymmetric heat transport due to
the larger structural gradient distribution. This kind of gradient behavior can
be further adjusted by applying external strain on the SWNHs. After being
carefully elongated along the axial direction, the thermal rectification in the
elongated SWNHs can become more obvious than that in undeformed ones. The
maximum rectification efficiency of SWNHs is much bigger than that of carbon
nanotube intramolecular junctions.Comment: 3 figure
State Cybercrime Legislation in the United States of America: A Survey
In the United States, cybercrimes are the focus of legislation adopted at both the state and federal levels. The U.S. Constitution allocates lawmaking authority between the two levels according to certain principles, one of which is that even when federal jurisdiction to legislate exists, federal legislation is appropriate only when federal intervention is required. And while federal legislative authority can pre-empt the states\u27 ability to legislate in a given area, it rarely does, so it is not unusual for federal criminal laws to overlap with state prohibitions that address essentially the same issues
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