Desenvolvimento de equipamento de teste de estruturas miniaturizadas: testes em estrutura útil na eliminação de partículas. / Development of machine to test miniaturized structures: tests in util structure from particles elimination.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

Samples with small volume and complex matrix, such as biological systems, require careful preparation. Many of these samples are better analyzed in miniaturized structures owing to the need of detect cells and microorganisms in different arrays. Therefore equipment able to detect and destroy microorganisms and structures to previously retain them are require in the modern life. Chicanes, i.e. constrictions used to reduce flow velocity, can be useful to retain compounds, are macroscopic devices to remove waste removal from lakes, farms, etc. and miniaturized chicane was used to adsorption of organic compounds from air and water. Thus, this work has two different targets: 1) Production of a low-cost equipment useful for tests of particle or microorganisms elimination and 2) The development of miniaturized structures useful for retention and/or selection of particles and viscous substances from a liquid flow. The methodology used was: 1) Two software were chosen to this work. The LabVIEW® 7.0 was used for development of equipment software and FemLAB® 3.1 for structures simulation. The equipment production used Quartz Crystal Microbalance as detector and an admission system based on simple pumps and plumbing. 2) The design of the structure design was optimized using flow simulation. The optimized design was manufactured in poly(methyl methacrylate) -acrylic, with conventional tools. Acrylic was used due to the optical transparency that allows photographic tests and the structures can be easily disassembled. The simulations considered nitrogen and water for gaseous and liquid flow, respectively. It was evaluated the behavior of particles (50?m and 13?m) on gaseous flow and polydimethylsiloxane (silicone, viscosity of 350 cSt) and particles on liquid flow. The structures were characterized using equipment produced to measure adsorption and optical microscopy to evaluate particle retention. The structures were also continuously photographed during the experiments and the photos were analyzed to determine flow behavior. The reactants were inserted in the structure in small pulses. The equipment shows good performance for detection of adsorption in liquid flows and reproducibility on monitoring heated structures. Chicanes showed good ability to retain big particles (50 ?m) but not small ones (13 ?m) for both liquid and gaseous flow. However, the structure has small load capacity for liquids (? 1 mg). Moreover, the retention of silicone samples in the structure on liquid flow occurs due to the difference in the fluid velocity. The simulation and experimental results are in good agreement and also chicane structure shows the possibility of selectively separate particles from gaseous and liquid flow or retain viscous substances from a liquid flow. These results point out to several applications, such as sample pretreatment for biological analysis and microorganism retention or elimination.

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miniaturized structures quartz cristal microbalance qcm retenção de compostos estruturas miniaturizadas compounds retention

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