Abstract: A sampler system includes an enclosure having a top, a bottom and a sidewall that is fluid permeable. The sampler system further includes a sampler apparatus housed within the enclosure. The sampler apparatus includes a sampling component having a support structure and an adsorbent. The sampler apparatus further includes an oscillating component including a spring which connects the sampling component to the bottom of the enclosure. A retaining component includes a first magnet attached to the sampling component and a second magnet separated from the first magnet by a gap.

Abstract: A skip hoist particle lift system for a particle-based high-temperature power tower plant includes a pre-skip subsystem, an upper hopper disposed above the pre-skip subsystem and separated therefrom, a plurality of elongated guide rails connecting the pre-skip subsystem and the upper hopper to one another, and a skip mounted on the elongated guide rails and configured to be moved therealong between the pre-skip subsystem and the upper hopper. The pre-skip subsystem includes a container configured to accumulate an amount of hot particles therein and to automatically discharge the hot particles into the skip upon arrival of the skip in a loading area of the pre-skip subsystem. The skip is configured to transport the loaded particles upwardly toward the hopper and to subsequently discharge the particles inside of the hopper. Then, the emptied skip is returned to the pre-skip subsystem to repeat the process.

Abstract: A method of making an aluminum-cubic boron nitride (Al-cBN) composite includes mixing an aluminum powder and particles of cubic boron nitride (cBN) in a solvent and sonicating to form an Al-cBN mixture; drying the Al-cBN mixture to form a dried mixture powder; and sintering by pressing and heating the dried mixture powder to form the Al-cBN composite. The aluminum powder has an average particle size of 10 to 100 micrometers (?m). The cBN particles have an average particle size of from 10 to 100 ?m, and are uniformly dispersed throughout the Al-cBN composite.

Abstract: A 3D-printable, self-reinforced ultra-ductile cementitious material comprising; a mix of 50 percent cement and 50 percent mineral admixture.

Abstract: A method for detecting a biological marker in a sample, which comprises a complex mixture of molecules, from a patient comprising exposing a detection site having bound monoclonal antibodies specific for the biological marker to the sample, exposing the detection site to a detectably labeled reporter molecule, which is substantially identical to the biological marker, and assessing the degree of binding at the detection site by the reporter molecule; reporter molecules; haptens; and monoclonal antibodies.