Bangor University

3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Medicine

A Methodological Approach to Non-invasive Assessments of Vascular Function and Morphology

¹School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Bangor University, ²Department of Rheumatology, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, Russells Hall Hospital, ³Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester

The present article describes the methodological considerations for several non-invasive assessments of vascular function and morphology that are commonly used in medical research to assess different stages of atherosclerosis.

Engineering

Visible-light Induced Reduction of Graphene Oxide Using Plasmonic Nanoparticle

Dinesh Kumar¹, Ah-Reum Lee¹, Sandeep Kaur², Dong-Kwon Lim¹

¹KU-KIST Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, ²Department of BIN Fusion Technology, Chonbuk National University

A simple protocol for the preparation of reduced graphene oxide using visible light and plasmonic nanoparticle is described.

JoVE Core

The Effect of Anodization Parameters on the Aluminum Oxide Dielectric Layer of Thin-Film Transistors

Tiago C. Gomes^*1, Dinesh Kumar^*2, Neri Alves^*1, Jeff Kettle^*2, Lucas Fugikawa-Santos^*3

¹School of Technology and Sciences, São Paulo State University - UNESP, ²Scholl of Electronic Engineering, Bangor University, ³Institute of Geosciences and Exact Sciences, São Paulo State University - UNESP

Anodization parameters for growth of the aluminum-oxide dielectric layer of zinc-oxide thin-film transistors (TFTs) are varied to determine the effects on the electrical parameter responses. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is applied to a Plackett-Burman design of experiments (DOE) to determine the manufacturing conditions that result in optimized device performance.