A comprehensive review on micro-and nano-scale gas flow effects: Slip-jump phenomena, Knudsen paradox, thermally-driven flows, and Knudsen pumps

H Akhlaghi, E Roohi, S Stefanov - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
The motivation of the current paper is to provide a detailed review of crucial topics in micro-
and nanoscale gas flows, ie, velocity slip and temperature jump phenomena and their …

Portable mass spectrometry system: instrumentation, applications, and path to 'omics analysis

J Wang, ME Pursell, A DeVor, O Awoyemi… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mass spectrometry (MS) is an information rich analytical technique and plays a key role in
various 'omics studies. Standard mass spectrometers are bulky and operate at high vacuum …

Contributed review: The feasibility of a fully miniaturized magneto-optical trap for portable ultracold quantum technology

JA Rushton, M Aldous, MD Himsworth - Review of Scientific …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
Experiments using laser cooled atoms and ions show real promise for practical applications
in quantum-enhanced metrology, timing, navigation, and sensing as well as exotic roles in …

Knudsen pumps: A review

X Wang, T Su, W Zhang, Z Zhang… - Microsystems & …, 2020 - nature.com
The Knudsen pump (KP) is a kind of micro-pump that can form thermally induced flows
induced by temperature fields in rarefied gas environments. It has the advantages of having …

Demonstration of a gas separator composed of Knudsen pumps

S Nakaye, H Sugimoto - Vacuum, 2016 - Elsevier
A model gas separator composed of two Knudsen pumps is fabricated. The only energy
source of the gas separator is the temperature difference up to 100 K. The temperature …

MEMS mass spectrometers: the next wave of miniaturization

RRA Syms, S Wright - Journal of Micromechanics and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews mass spectrometers based on micro-electro-mechanical systems
(MEMS) technology. The MEMS approach to integration is first briefly described, and the …

Photophoretic levitation of macroscopic nanocardboard plates

J Cortes, C Stanczak, M Azadi, M Narula… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Scaling down miniature rotorcraft and flapping‐wing flyers to sub‐centimeter dimensions is
challenging due to complex electronics requirements, manufacturing limitations, and the …

Knudsen pump inspired by Crookes radiometer with a specular wall

T Baier, S Hardt, V Shahabi, E Roohi - Physical Review Fluids, 2017 - APS
A rarefied gas is considered in a channel consisting of two infinite parallel plates between
which an evenly spaced array of smaller plates is arranged normal to the channel direction …

Numerical investigation of gas separation in the system of filaments with different temperatures

A Yakunchikov, V Kosyanchuk - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2019 - Elsevier
The article presents a numerical investigation of separation effect for the mixture of noble
gases in a plane channel with a system of differently heated cylindrical filaments. The …

Thermally driven pumps and diodes in multistage assemblies consisting of microchannels with converging, diverging and uniform rectangular cross sections

G López Quesada, G Tatsios, D Valougeorgis… - Microfluidics and …, 2020 - Springer
Thermal transpiration pumping in multistage assemblies is computationally investigated.
Each stage is formed by combining in series-long microchannels with (a) uniform–uniform …