Browsing by Subject "Water analysis"

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Alternative screening method for analyzing the water samples through an electrical microfluidics chip with classical microbiological assay comparison of P. aeruginosa
(Elsevier, 2020) Bilican, İsmail; Bahadır, T.; Bilgin, K.; Güler, Mustafa Tahsin
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a pathogenic bacterium in fresh water supplies that creates a risk for public health. Microbiological analysis of drinking water samples is time consuming and requires qualified personnel. Here we offer a screening system for rapid analysis of spring water that has the potential to be turned into a point-of-need system by means of simple mechanism. The test, which takes 1 h to complete, electrically interrogates the particles through a microfluidic chip suspended in the water sample. We tested the platform using water samples with micro beads and water samples spiked with P. aeruginosa at various concentrations. The mono disperse micro beads were used to evaluate the performance of the system. The results were verified by the gold standard membrane filtration method, which yielded a positive test result only for the P. aeruginosa spiked samples. Detection of 0–11 k bacteria in 30 μL samples was successfully completed in 1 h and compared with a conventional microbiological method. The presented method is a good candidate for a rapid, on-site, screening test that can result in a significant reduction in cost and analysis time compared to microbiological analyses routinely used in practice.
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Enhanced optical characteristics of light emitting diodes by surface plasmon of Ag nanostructures
(SPIE, 2011) Jang L.-W.; Ju J.-W.; Jeon J.-W.; Jeon, D.-W.; Choi J.-H.; Lee, S.-J.; Jeon, S.-R.; Baek J.-H.; Sarı, Emre; Demir, Hilmi Volkan; Yoon H.-D.; Hwang, S.-M.; Lee I.-H.
We investigated the surface plasmon coupling behavior in InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells at 460 nm by employing Ag nanostructures on the top of a roughened p-type GaN. After the growth of a blue light emitting diode structure, the p-GaN layer was roughened by inductive coupled plasma etching and the Ag nanostructures were formed on it. This structure showed a drastic enhancement in photoluminescence and electroluminescence intensity and the degree of enhancement was found to depend on the morphology of Ag nanostructures. From the time-resolved photoluminescence measurement a faster decay rate for the Ag-coated structure was observed. The calculated Purcell enhancement factor indicated that the improved luminescence intensity was attributed to the energy transfer from electron-hole pair recombination in the quantum well to electron vibrations of surface plasmon at the Ag-coated surface of the roughened p-GaN. © 2011 SPIE.
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Sorption behavior of Co2+, Zn2+ and Ba2+ ions on alumina, kaolinite and magnesite
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994) Erten, H. N.; Gokmenoglu, Z.
The sorption behavior of Ba2+, Co2+ and Zn2+ ions on alumina, kaolinite and magnesite have been investigated using the batch method.60Co,65Zn and133Ba were used as radiotracers. The mineral samples were separated into different particle size fractions using an Andreasen Pipette. The particle sizes used in the sorption experiments were all less than 38 μm. Synthetic groundwaters were used which had compositions similar to those from the regions where the minerals were recovered. The samples were shaken with a lateral shaker at 190 rpm, the phases were separated by centrifuging and adioactivity counted using a NaI(Tl) detector. Kinetic studies indicated that sorption onto the minerals took place in two stages with the slower process dominating. The highest sorption was observed on alumina. Both Freundlich and Dubinin-Radushkevich type isotherms were found to describe the sorption process well. The distribution ratio, Rd was found to be a function of the liquid volume to solid mass ratio. The Rd's for sorption on binary mixtures of minerals were experimentally determined and compared with those predicted from Rd values of each individual mineral. © 1994 Akadémiai Kiadó.