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Cell mechanics is a multidisciplinary field that bridges cell biology, fundamental mechanics, and micro and nanotechnology, which synergize to help us better understand the intricacies and the complex nature of cells in their native environment. With recent advances in nanotechnology, microfabrication methods and micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS), we are now well situated to tap into the complex micro world of cells. The field that brings biology and MEMS together is known as Biological MEMS (BioMEMS). BioMEMS take advantage of systematic design and fabrication methods to create platforms that allow us to study cells like never before. These new technologies have been rapidly advancing the study of cell mechanics. This review article provides a succinct overview of cell mechanics and comprehensively surveys micro and nano-scale technologies that have been specifically developed for and are relevant to the mechanics of cells. Here we focus on micro and nano-scale technologies, and their applications in biology and medicine, including imaging, single cell analysis, cancer cell mechanics, organ-on-a-chip systems, pathogen detection, implantable devices, neuroscience and neurophysiology. We also provide a perspective on the future directions and challenges of technologies that relate to the mechanics of cells.
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Moisture, as a core determination of the economic value of coal, can result in the utilization and energy inefficiency. Near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy, with advantages of high accuracy and low cost, provides significant solution to the quick and non-invasive detection of coal moisture. In the present paper, the improvement of the coal moisture analysis was conducted based on the precision of 1% and insufficient comparisons in recent experiments, and aspects of spectrum pretreatment and wavelength selection were mainly discussed. The optimized result with R-square of 0.995, RMSEC of 0.06% and RMSEP of 0.27% indicates the priority of wavelet decomposition and reconstruction, compared with other methods, in the noise reduction and baseline removing of original spectra (1 300-2 400 nm) before PLS modeling, and the stability experiment validates its robust potential in improving precision of coal moisture detection based on the NIR spectroscopy.
