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Pool-Boiling Heat-Transfer Enhancement on Cylindrical Surfaces with Hybrid Wettable Patterns
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2017
Pool-boiling heat-transfer experiments were carried out to observe the effects of hybrid wettable patterns on the heat-transfer coefficient (HTC). The parameters of investigation are the number of interlines and the pattern orientation of the modified wettable surface.
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Radioactive in situ Hybridization for Detecting Diverse Gene Expression Patterns in Tissue
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2012
This protocol is successfully used to quantitatively detect levels and spatial patterns of mRNA expression in multiple tissue types across vertebrate species. The method can detect low abundance transcripts and allows processing of hundreds of slides simultaneously. We present this protocol using expression profiling of avian embryonic brain formation as an example.
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A High Throughput in situ Hybridization Method to Characterize mRNA Expression Patterns in the Fetal Mouse Lower Urogenital Tract
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2011
Here, we describe an efficient high throughput in situ hybridization (ISH) method for visualizing patterns of mRNA expression in developing fetal mouse prostate tissue sections. The method can be easily adapted to visualize mRNA expression patterns in other mouse tissues or in tissues from other species.
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Whole-Mount In Situ Hybridization
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2023
Whole-mount in situ hybridization (WMISH) is a common technique used for visualizing the location of expressed RNAs in embryos. In this process, synthetically produced RNA probes are first complementarily bound, or "hybridized," to the transcripts of target genes. Immunohistochemistry or fluorescence is then used to detect these RNA hybrids, revealing spatial and temporal patterns of gene expression. Unlike traditional in situ hybridization techniques, which require thin tissue sections whose...
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Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals I
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2020
The mathematical expression known as the wave function, ψ, contains information about each orbital and the wavelike properties of electrons in an isolated atom. When atoms are bound together in a molecule, the wave functions combine to produce new mathematical descriptions that have different shapes. This process of combining the wave functions for atomic orbitals is called hybridization and is mathematically accomplished by the linear combination of atomic orbitals. The new orbitals that...
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Surface energy contrast between hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions creates differences in how a liquid interacts with each area. As a droplet reaches a boundary, capillary forces favor movement or spreading along the engineered pathway, while the wettability change helps define where fluid remains localized or travels. This lets designers guide liquid without mechanical actuation.
Boundaries do more than separate regions with different wettability. Contact lines can pin at these transitions, limiting droplet advance and helping establish repeatable edges. That control affects droplet position and shape, while the surrounding pattern determines whether liquid stops or continues along a pathway. Boundary placement therefore becomes an important design variable for fluidic precision.
A Hybrid Wettable Pattern guides liquid through engineered surface interactions rather than through moving mechanical parts. Wettability contrasts and capillary forces provide the basis for passive transport, while patterned boundaries help control stopping and positioning. This distinction can reduce system complexity and support compact fluidic platforms where integrated mechanical actuation would be less desirable.
Engineers can place hydrophilic and hydrophobic regions so their boundaries define intended fluid pathways. The arrangement should account for where liquid needs to spread, stop, or move, because surface energy differences drive capillary guidance and boundary transitions can pin contact lines. Designing these regions together allows the pattern to control droplet position, shape, and transport.
These patterns support passive liquid handling in microfluidic devices and lab-on-a-chip systems, where controlled transport is needed in a compact format. They also apply to sensors and surface-based manufacturing. Across these settings, patterned wettability can help manage droplets and fluid pathways without adding moving mechanical components to the platform.
Controlled wettability can improve fluidic precision by defining droplet location, shape, and movement through surface design. In chemical analysis platforms, that capability supports compact systems with fewer mechanical requirements. The resulting approach is relevant to sensors, microfluidic devices, and lab-on-a-chip systems that need organized liquid handling for functional analysis applications.