NSF STTR Project Review Session 1

Today I brought membranes and the streaming potential device to David Borkholder’s lab at RIT.  His students and I set up an initial low voltage experiment.  They will continue to test the device for flow rates and back pressures.  Here is a list of methods and results from today: SC 214, RTPed but not oxidized,…

Last week, we ran several wafers with a silicon target from Refining Systems (Las Vegas).  In addition to the source material being different, the target bond was a silver elastomer vs. the typical indium bond that AJA uses.  Below is a TEM micrograph of a comparison between the RS silicon and AJA silicon.  Both these…

We were worried that Friday’s experiments were giving us a false positive results. If the electrophoresis breaks the membrane, then we’d expect to see the rhodamine rush through just like it was in our experiments. It’s too hard to view the membranes afterward because they tend to break during removal. I designed some simple tests…

Introduction We are aiming to make device assembly easy and quick, particularly for distribution to non-engineering laboratories. We are collaborating with ALine to develop assembly via pressure-sensitive adhesion techniques. Assembly Process Modular Device Assembly Animation2 We made ten devices with porous membranes and ten with non-porous membranes to show no leakage. Current Issues and Potential…