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Biocontractile microfluidic channels for peristaltic pumping
Biomedical Microdevices. 2017. Vol. 19. No. 4. P. 1–6.
Shutko Angelina, Gorbunov V., Guria K., Agladze K.
Bio-actuated micro-pumps do not need any external power source and pose no risk of electrical or heat shock for the biological materials in lab-on-chip systems. Several different designs of bio-actuated micro-pumps based on the use of the contractile force of cultured cardiomyocites have been proposed earlier. Here we present a novel type of a bio-actuated micro-pump representing a microfluidic channel with a contractile wall. The flow inside the channel is generated by the peristaltic movement of its wall caused by the propagation of an excitation-contraction wave along the channels surface. The directional flow generated by the pump was demonstrated by tracking of polystyrene microspheres, moving in the direction of the propagation of the excitation-contraction wave with an average velocity of 6-8 μm/min. The suggested design of a micro-pump allows the control of pumping direction, which might be useful for targeted delivery of fluids and substances in lab-on-chip systems. Prospects of future development and implementation of this kind of bio-actuated peristaltic pumps are discussed.
Гущина В. А., / Series chemrxiv-2023-vpzhz-v2 "ChemRxiv". 2023.
All-inorganic perovskite CsPbBr3 and Cs4PbBr6 nanoparticles are being intensively studied due to their unique properties and wide range of applications; however, however, the nature of their optical properties is not yet fully understood due to the difficulty of synthesis of singlephase nanoparticles. In this article we describe the features of the synthesis of single-phase particles ...
Added: May 14, 2026
Qin X., Deng Y., Shchur L. et al., / Series arXiv "math". 2026. No. 2603.02962.
We perform a Monte Carlo analysis of the Ising model on many three-dimensional lattices. By means of finite-size scaling we obtain the critical points and determine the scaling dimensions. As expected, the critical exponents agree with the three-dimensional Ising universality class for all models. The irrelevant field, as revealed by the correction-to-scaling amplitudes, appears to ...
Added: April 20, 2026
Pilé I., Deng Y., Shchur L., / Series arXiv "math". 2026. No. 2604.10254.
We investigate the spatial overlap of successive spin configurations in Markov chain Monte Carlo simulations using the local Metropolis algorithm and the Svendsen-Wang and Wolff cluster algorithms. We examine the dynamics of these algorithms for two models in different universality classes: the Ising model and the Potts model with three components. The overlap of two ...
Added: April 20, 2026
Patlazhan S. A., Kravchenko I. V., Vashchenko A. F. et al., Chemical Engineering Sciences 2026 Vol. 323 No. 15 Article 123203
The dynamics of non-Newtonian droplets under strong confinement is critical for designing efficient droplet-based microreactors and multiphase chemical processes. This work combines systematic experiments with three-dimensional numerical simulations to investigate the transient deformation and interfacial stability of shear-thinning droplets in confined two-phase microchannel flow. Xanthan gum solution droplets were driven through a planar channel with ...
Added: December 18, 2025
Chernyshov D., Satanin A., Shchur L., / Series arXiv "math". 2025.
We investigate the boundary separating regular and chaotic dynamics in the generalized Chirikov map, an extension of the standard map with phase-shifted secondary kicks. Lyapunov maps were computed across the parameter space (K,K(α, τ)) and used to train a convolutional neural network (ResNet18) for binary classification of dynamical regimes. The model reproduces the known critical ...
Added: November 21, 2025
Zaytsev V., Kuzin A., Panda K. et al., Nanoscale 2024 Vol. 16 No. 37 P. 17365–17370
Optofluidics is a new field of modern science that stands at the interface of microfluidics and photonics and has good prospects for application in gas sensors. Microfluidics offers a promising platform for tuning and assembling monolayer structures that are used as sensitive layers for gas detection. Herein, we evaluate the concept of monolayer formation on ...
Added: February 19, 2025
Kagan M., Silkin V. M., Efremov D. V., / Series arXiv "math". 2024. No. 2411.12836.
In this study, we analyze the dielectric function of high-Tc cuprates as a function of doping level, taking into account the full energy band dispersion within the CuO2 monolayer. In addition to the conventional two-dimensional (2D) gapless plasmon mode, our findings reveal the existence of three anomalous branches within the plasmon spectrum. Two of these branches ...
Added: November 27, 2024
Michurina S., Stafeev I., Boldyreva M. et al., International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2023 Vol. 24 No. 4 Article 3844
Thermogenic adipocytes have potential utility for the development of approaches to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity-associated diseases. Although several reports have proved the positive effect of beige and brown adipocyte transplantation in obese mice, translation to human cell therapy needs improvement. Here, we describe the application of CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) technology for generating safe ...
Added: November 18, 2024
Influence of anisotropy on the study of critical behavior of spin models by machine learning methods
Sukhoverkhova D., Shchur L., / Series arXiv "math". 2024. No. 2410.14523.
In this paper, we applied a deep neural network to study the issue of knowledge transferability between statistical mechanics models. The following computer experiment was conducted. A convolutional neural network was trained to solve the problem of binary classification of snapshots of the Ising model's spin configuration on a two-dimensional lattice. During testing, snapshots of ...
Added: October 21, 2024
Mozolenko V., Fadeeva Marina, Shchur L., / Series arXiv "math". 2024. No. 2405.10865.
The development of new algorithms for simulations in physics is as important as the development of new analytical methods. In this paper we present a comparison of the recently developed microcanonical population annealing (MCPA) algorithm with the rather mature Wang-Landau algorithm. The comparison is performed on two cases of the Potts model exhibiting a first ...
Added: May 20, 2024
Kagan M., Аксёнов С. В., / Series Research Square "Research Suqare". 2024. No. 1.
We study different resonances (first of all of the Fano type) in the interference device formed by the Aharonov-Bohm ring with superconducting (SC) wire in the topologically nontrivial state playing a role of a bridge between top and bottom arms. We analyze Majorana modes on the ends of the SC wire and show that the collapse of the ...
Added: April 10, 2024
Ребров Я. В., Glazkov V., Murtazoev A. F. et al., / Series cond-mat "arxiv.org". 2023.
Nabokoite family compounds ACu7(TeO4)(SO4)5Cl (A=Na, K, Cs, Rb) are one of the candidates for the evasive spin-liquid state predicted for highly-frustrated square kagome lattice (SKL). Their magnetic subsystem includes SKL layers decorated by additional copper ions. All members of this family are characterized by quite high Curie-Weiss temperatures (∼80−200 K), but magnetic ordering was reported ...
Added: January 29, 2024
A. Kuzin, Chernyshev V., V. Kovalyuk et al., Applied Physics Letters 2023 Vol. 123 No. 19 Article 193702
Today, the search for disease biomarkers and techniques for their detection is one of the most important focuses in modern healthcare. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are known to be related to the pathogenesis of various illnesses, such as cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and cardiovascular disease. Specific EV detection and potential control of their amount in biological fluids ...
Added: November 8, 2023
Shurakov A., Kaurova N., Belikov I. et al., / Series Physics "arxiv.org". 2022.
In this paper, we report on the method of nondestructive quality control that can be used in fabrication of GaAs high-speed electronics. The method relies on the surface potential mapping and enables rigid in vivo analysis of transport properties of an active electronic device incorporated into a complex integrated circuit. The study is inspired by ...
Added: September 15, 2023
Aleksei Kuzin, Chernyshev V., Kovalyuk V. et al., Optics Letters 2022 Vol. 47 No. 9 P. 2358–2361
Today, a lab-on-a-chip is one of the most promising ways to create sensor devices for gas and liquid analysis for environmental monitoring, early diagnosis, and treatment effectiveness assessment. On the one hand, this requires a large number of measurements and, on the other hand, involves minimum consumption of the test analytes. Combi- nation of highly ...
Added: January 30, 2023
Aleksei Kuzin, Chernyshev V., Kovalyuk V. et al., Analytical Chemistry 2022 Vol. 94 No. 42 P. 14517–14521
ABSTRACT: An elaboration of the photonic based sensors is the most promising direction in modern analytical chemistry from the point of view of real clinical applications. The highest sensitivity is demonstrated by sensors based on photonic integrated circuits (PICs). This type of sensor has been recently successfully combined with microfluidics, which decreased the analyte volume ...
Added: January 30, 2023
Aleksei Kuzin, Fradkin I., Chernyshev V. et al., Nanomaterials 2023 Vol. 13 No. 1 Article 81
Spectrometers are widely used tools in chemical and biological sensing, material analysis, and light source characterization. However, an important characteristic of traditional spectrometers for biomedical applications is stable operation. It can be achieved due to high fabrication control during the development and stabilization of temperature and polarization of optical radiation dur- ing measurements. Temperature and ...
Added: January 9, 2023
Pugach N., Safonchik M. O., Belotelov V. et al., / Series "cond-mat". 2022. No. 2110.00369.
A detailed investigation of a superconducting spin-triplet valve is presented. This spin-valve consists of a superconducting film covering a metal with an intrinsic spiral magnetic order, which could result from competing isotropic exchanges or, if the crystal lattice breaks central symmetry, from asymmetric Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya exchange. Depending on the anisotropy, such a metal may change its ...
Added: November 16, 2022
Novikov S. V., / Series cond-mat "arxiv.org". 2022. No. 2209.14955.
Charge transport in amorphous semiconductors having spatially correlated exponential density of states (DOS) has been considered for the arbitrary behavior of the correlation function of random energies. Average carrier velocity is exactly calculated for the quasi-equilibrium (nondispersive) transport regime. For the symmetric exponential DOS with exponential tails for low and high energies and non-positive correlation ...
Added: November 1, 2022
Ikhsanov R., Mazur E., Kagan M., / Series "Working papers by Cornell University". 2022. No. 2202.01452.
At present, the task of searching for compounds with a high superconducting transition temperature is a very relevant scientific direction. Usually, the calculation of is carried out by numerically solving the system of Eliashberg equations. In this paper, a set of programs for solving this system written in various forms on the imaginary axis is ...
Added: February 4, 2022
Budkov Y., Zavarzin S., Kolesnikov A. L., Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2021 Vol. 125 No. 38 P. 21151–21159
We formulate a general mean-field theory for a flat electric double layer in ionic liquids and electrolyte solutions with ions possessing static polarizability and a permanent dipole moment on a charged electrode. We establish a new analytical expression for electric double-layer differential capacitance, determining it as an absolute value of the ratio of the local ...
Added: September 16, 2021
Sanina N., Isaeva U., Utenyshev A. et al., Inorganica Chimica Acta 2021 Vol. 527 Article 120559
A new inhibitor of phosphodiesterase (PDE), i.e., nitric oxide (NO) donor, a water soluble DNIC Na[Fe(C7H5N4S)2(NO)2]⋅2.5H2O (1), has been synthesized. The structure of the new complex, its physical-chemical properties in the solid state and in solutions have been studied experimentally (X-ray analysis, IR, UV-Vis, Mossbauer spectroscopy, mass-spectrometry, and amperometry) and theoretically (quantum-chemical modeling by DFT ...
Added: September 16, 2021
Terpilowski M., Kubasov I., Stepanov A. et al., Frontiers in Physiology 2018 Vol. 9 No. 61 P. 1–9
The cardiac action potential (AP) is commonly recoded as an integral signal from isolated myocytes or ensembles of myocytes (with intracellular microelectrodes and extracellular macroelectrodes, respectively). These signals, however, do not provide a direct measure of activity of ion channels and transporters located in two major compartments of a cardiac myocyte: surface sarcolemma and the ...
Added: June 23, 2019