The Measurement of Unsteady Surface Pressure Using a Remote Microphone Probe.

Microphones are widely applied to measure pressure fluctuations at the walls of solid bodies immersed in turbulent flows. Turbulent motions with various characteristic length scales can result in pressure fluctuations over a wide frequency range. This property of turbulence requires sensing devices to have sufficient sensitivity over a wide range of frequencies.

Analysis of desiccation and vitrification characteristics of carbohydrate films by shear-wave resonators.

Desiccated state preservation of mammalian cells and tissues in the presence of carbohydrates has started to show promise in the last two decades. Certain carbohydrates play a major role in preservation by reducing molecular mobility in the desiccated state. In this communication, the feasibility of utilizing shear-wave resonators to collect real-time molecular mobility information during desiccation and vitrification of carbohydrate based thin films was demonstrated.