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Capillary Electrophoresis (CE)
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2023
Source: Laboratory of Dr. B. Jill Venton - University of Virginia Capillary electrophoresis (CE) is a separation technique that separates molecules in an electric field according to size and charge. CE is performed in a small glass tube called a capillary that is filled with an electrolyte solution. Analytes are separated due to differences in electrophoretic mobility, which varies with charge, solvent viscosity, and size. Traditional electrophoresis in gels is limited in the amount of voltage...
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Purifying Capillaries From a Porcine Brain
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2025
This video demonstrates the isolation of capillaries from fresh porcine brains. The process involves removing the meninges, isolating the grey matter from the brain tissue, homogenizing and filtering the grey matter to isolate the capillaries, and finally using enzymatic digestion to purify the capillaries further.
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Standing Waves
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2023
Source: Arianna Brown, Asantha Cooray, PhD, Department of Physics & Astronomy, School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA Standing waves, or stationary waves, are waves that appear not to propagate and are produced by the interference of two waves traveling in opposite directions with the same frequency and amplitude. These waves appear to vibrate up and down with no linear movement and are most easily identified in vibrating finite media like a plucked guitar string,...
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Capillary Electrophoresis Separation of Monoclonal Antibody Isoforms Using a Neutral Capillary
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2017
Here, we present a comprehensive capillary zone electrophoresis protocol for the assessment of intrinsic physicochemical heterogeneity of monoclonal antibodies as a quality attribute.
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The Wave Nature of Light
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2020
The nature of light has been a subject of inquiry since antiquity. In the seventeenth century, Isaac Newton performed experiments with lenses and prisms and was able to demonstrate that white light consists of the individual colors of the rainbow combined together. Newton explained his optics findings in terms of a "corpuscular" view of light, in which light was composed of streams of extremely tiny particles traveling at high speeds according to Newton's laws of motion. Others in the...
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Surface tension acts as the primary restoring mechanism when a liquid interface is disturbed at sufficiently short wavelengths. The resulting wave behavior is described by a dispersion relationship that depends on surface tension, fluid density, and wavenumber. This relationship allows engineers to connect measurable interface properties with wave response and assess whether surface-tension effects dominate a system.
In the capillary wave region, increasing wavenumber corresponds to examining shorter-wavelength disturbances. Because the dispersion relationship is governed mainly by surface tension, changes in wavenumber produce corresponding increases in wave frequency. This dependence helps researchers interpret how fine-scale surface disturbances evolve and provides a basis for comparing wave behavior across different interface conditions.
Engineers distinguish the regimes by identifying which restoring force controls the observed surface motion. Short-wavelength conditions are evaluated for surface-tension dominance, while larger-scale systems are associated with gravity-wave behavior. Comparing the relevant wavelength range and the dispersion response helps classify the interface and prevents gravity-controlled interpretations from being applied to capillary-dominated conditions.
The principal variables are surface tension, fluid density, and wavenumber. Surface tension establishes the strength of the restoring effect, density contributes to the wave response, and wavenumber characterizes the spatial scale of the disturbance. Considering these quantities together through the dispersion relationship helps predict how changes in the liquid or wave scale affect frequency.
An engineering analysis begins by identifying the wavelength or wavenumber associated with the liquid-surface disturbance. Researchers then evaluate the dispersion relationship using the relevant surface tension and fluid density to determine the expected wave response. The result indicates whether the system lies in a capillary-dominated range and supports interpretation of interfacial stability or surface-tension effects.
Capillary-wave analysis is useful wherever short-scale liquid-interface behavior affects performance, including microfluidic devices, coatings, sprays, and atomization processes. In these settings, the analysis helps engineers evaluate surface-tension effects and anticipate how interfaces respond to disturbances. It therefore supports design and interpretation of processes in which small-scale surface behavior influences liquid handling or breakup.
Measurements of wave behavior in this region can provide information about surface-tension effects and the stability of a liquid interface. By comparing observed responses with the relevant dispersion relationship, researchers can assess whether the interface behaves as expected under capillary control. These observations also help distinguish fine-scale surface dynamics from behavior governed primarily by gravity.