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Microbiosensors Based On Dna Modified Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube And Pt Black Nanocomposites, Jin Shi, Tae-Gon Cha, Jonathan C. Claussen, Alfred R. Diggs, Jong Hyun Choi, D. Marshall Porterfield Jan 2011

Microbiosensors Based On Dna Modified Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube And Pt Black Nanocomposites, Jin Shi, Tae-Gon Cha, Jonathan C. Claussen, Alfred R. Diggs, Jong Hyun Choi, D. Marshall Porterfield

Jonathan C. Claussen

Glucose and ATP biosensors have important applications in diagnostics and research. Biosensors based on conventional materials suffer from low sensitivity and low spatial resolution. Our previous work has shown that combining single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with Pt nanoparticles can significantly enhance the performance of electrochemical biosensors. The immobilization of SWCNTs on biosensors remains challenging due to the aqueous insolubility originating from van der Waals forces. In this study, we used single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) to modify SWCNTs to increase solubility in water. This allowed us to explore new schemes of combining ssDNA-SWCNT and Pt black in aqueous media systems. The result …


Computational Vascular Fluid–Structure Interaction: Methodology And Application To Cerebral Aneurysms, Y. Bazilevs, Ming-Chen Hsu, Y. Zhang, Z. Wang, T. Kvamsdal, S. Hentschel, J. G. Isaksen Aug 2010

Computational Vascular Fluid–Structure Interaction: Methodology And Application To Cerebral Aneurysms, Y. Bazilevs, Ming-Chen Hsu, Y. Zhang, Z. Wang, T. Kvamsdal, S. Hentschel, J. G. Isaksen

Ming-Chen Hsu

A computational vascular fluid–structure interaction framework for the simulation of patient-specific cerebral aneurysm configurations is presented. A new approach for the computation of the blood vessel tissue prestress is also described. Simulations of four patient-specific models are carried out, and quantities of hemodynamic interest such as wall shear stress and wall tension are studied to examine the relevance of fluid–structure interaction modeling when compared to the rigid arterial wall assumption. We demonstrate that flexible wall modeling plays an important role in accurate prediction of patient-specific hemodynamics. Discussion of the clinical relevance of our methods and results is provided.