Browsing by Subject "Particle size"

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Effect of ball milling on the carbon sequestration efficiency of serpentinized peridotites

Rigopoulos, I.; Delimitis, A.; Ioannou, I.; Efstathiou, A. M.; Kyratsi, Theodora (2018)

Mineral carbonation has been suggested as a safe carbon capture and storage (CCS) strategy for the mitigation of climate change. This study investigates the effect of ball milling on the CO2 sequestration capacity of ...

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In silico assessment of mouth-throat effects on regional deposition in the upper tracheobronchial airways

Koullapis, P. G.; Nicolaou, L.; Kassinos, Stavros C. (2018)

Regional deposition of inhaled medicines is a valuable metric of effectiveness in drug delivery applications to the lung. In silico methods are now emerging as a valuable tool for the detailed description of localized ...

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Lagrangian particle dispersion in turbulent flow over a wall mounted obstacle

Grigoriadis, D. G. E.; Kassinos, Stavros C. (2009)

Large-eddy simulations (LES) of particle-laden turbulent flows are presented in order to investigate the effects of particle response time on the dispersion patterns of a space developing flow with an obstruction, where ...

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Numerical modeling of turbulent airflow and particle deposition in a bifurcating airway model

Radhakrishnan, H.; Kassinos, Stavros C. (Affiliation: UCY-CompSci Computational Sciences Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, CyprusCorrespondence Address: Radhakrishnan, H.UCY-CompSci Computational Sciences Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, 2009)

Understanding transport and deposition of inhaled particles in the human airways plays a crucial role in the targeted therapy of pulmonary diseases, and the administration of inhaled medicines. Numerous researchers have ...

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On the potential use of quarry waste material for CO2 sequestration

Rigopoulos, I.; Petallidou, Klito C.; Vasiliades, M. A.; Delimitis, A.; Ioannou, I.; Efstathiou, A. M.; Kyratsi, Theodora (2016)

The use of solid wastes rich in Ca2+, Mg2+ and Fe2+ for the ex situ sequestration of CO2 could provide an economically and technologically viable option for the reduction of anthropogenic CO2 emissions. Here, we investigate ...

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Particle deposition in a realistic geometry of the human conducting airways: Effects of inlet velocity profile, inhalation flowrate and electrostatic charge

Koullapis, P. G.; Kassinos, Stavros C.; Bivolarova, M. P.; Melikov, A. K. (2016)

Understanding the multitude of factors that control pulmonary deposition is important in assessing the therapeutic or toxic effects of inhaled particles. The use of increasingly sophisticated in silico models has improved ...

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Picosecond ultrafast pulsed laser deposition of SrTiO3

Pervolaraki, M.; Mihailescu, C. N.; Luculescu, C. R.; Ionescu, P.; Dracea, M. D.; Pantelica, D.; Giapintzakis, John (2015)

SrTiO3 particle-composed films were grown on Si substrates via picosecond ultrafast pulsed laser deposition. We have investigated the effect of laser pulse repetition rate (0.2-8.2 MHz) and fluence (0.079-1.57 J cm-2) on ...

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Towards Optimal Design of Cancer Nanomedicines: Multi-stage Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Solid Tumors

Stylianopoulos, T.; Economides, E. A.; Baish, J. W.; Fukumura, D.; Jain, R. K. (2015)

Conventional drug delivery systems for solid tumors are composed of a nano-carrier that releases its therapeutic load. These two-stage nanoparticles utilize the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect to enable ...