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First astatine-labeled compound shipped in the U.S.
The Department of Energy’s National Isotope Development Center (NIDC) on March 31 announced the successful long-distance shipment in the United States of a biologically active compound labeled with the medical radioisotope astatine-211 (At-211). Because previous shipments have included only the “bare” isotope, the NIDC has described the development as “unleashing medical innovation.”
Yuki Iwasa, Kohei Yamanoi, Yumi Kaneyasu, Takayoshi Norimatsu
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 73 | Number 2 | March 2018 | Pages 258-264
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/15361055.2017.1372988
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
We report the controllable generation of double emulsions for target fabrication using glass capillary microfluidic devices. Instead of a conventional triple-orifice droplet generator, user-friendly glass capillary devices are used to produce micrometer to millimeter-sized water-in-oil-in-water emulsions. The double emulsions have a relatively uniform size distribution with an average outer diameter of 1420 μm. The sizes of the emulsions can also be varied by changing the ratio of the inner, middle, and outer fluids. Increasing the flow rate ratio of the outer fluid to the other fluids [Qo/(Qm+Qi)] from 3 to 11, the outer radii of the emulsions decrease from 1120 to 950 μm. On the other hand, increasing the flow rate ratio of the middle fluid to the inner fluid (Qm/Qi) from 0.7 to 1.6, the aspect ratio of the emulsions increases from 4 to 8. Our experimental values are in good agreement with a simple theoretical model. These results suggest that our present method to control the generation of double emulsions can be used as an alternative approach to fabricate polystyrene targets for future laser fusion experiments.