Browsing by Author "Balbuena, Perla"
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Pham, Hieu (2012-10-19)Environmentally Assisted cracking (EAC) is a very critical materials science problem that concerns many technological areas such as petrochemical engineering, aerospace operations and nuclear power generation, in which ...
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Mckenna, Sean (2010-01-15)An experimental investigation exploring the use of wire mesh/hollow glass microsphere combination for use as thermal insulation was conducted with the aim to conclude whether or not it represents a superior insulation ...
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Osorio Amado, Carmen H (2013-07-30)After the restriction of different halogenated fire suppressants by the Montreal Protocol, there is an urgent need to identify environmentally friendlier alternatives. In particular, several efforts have been conducted ...
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Cristancho Blanco, Diego Edison (2011-08-08)Natural Gas (NG) plays an important role in the energy demand in the United States and throughout the world. Its characteristics as a clean, versatile and a sustainable source of energy makes it an important alternative ...
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Park, Jihye (2016-06-17)Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are newly emerging inorganic–organic hybrid porous materials with diverse crystalline structures, high surface areas, and tunable pores. This dissertation primarily focuses on design and ...
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Yakovenko, Andrey A. (2013-04-18)Synthesis of polycrystalline, vs. single-crystalline porous materials, such as metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), is usually beneficial due to shorter synthetic time and higher yields. However, the structural characterization ...
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Gamero Tornero, Milenka Karolyn (2022-12-08)Electric vehicles (EV) require energetically strong and gravimetrically light rechargeable batteries. Presently, the most popular commercial rechargeable batteries are Li-ion batteries (LIBs) with up to 250 Wh/kg. EV ...
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Pu, Xiong (2014-05-29)Lithium batteries are receiving increasing interest worldwide due to the urgent demand for higher energy density, longer cycling life, cheaper price, and better safety, so that long-distance electric vehicles and stationary ...
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Lin, Chi-Chou (2014-09-05)The zirconium-doped hafnium oxide (ZrHfO) high-k gate dielectric films with and without the embedded nanocrystals have been studied for the applications of the nonvolatile memory and light emitting devices. By replacing ...
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Feng, Dawei (2015-08-12)Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a class of newly emerged porous materials. As inorganic-organic hybrid materials, MOFs exhibit many features such as crystalline structures, high surface areas, large porosities, and ...
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Hawkins, Spencer Allistor (2017-08-01)In order to gain a more fundamental understanding of multifunctional epoxy nanocomposites, model systems containing surface functionalized multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and thermoplastic microparticles were ...
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Guin, Tyler C (2015-11-02)Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly is a promising technique for depositing multi-functional thin films from dilute aqueous solutions. These films have found use as environmentally-benign flame retardants, replacing halogenated ...
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Integrated Steam Reforming/Catalytic Combustion Annular Microchannel Reactor for Hydrogen Production Butcher, Holly A (2017-05-05)The overall goal of this dissertation work is the development of an annular microchannel reactor (AMR) that couples methane steam reforming and catalytic combustion of methane to produce hydrogen and/or synthesis gas ...
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Rojas, Pedro (2015-01-16)The derivation of kinetic models for the development and simulation of hydrocarbon processes require detailed information on the reaction network. In the present work, experiments on the hydrocracking of fused-ring species, ...
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Sitapure, Niranjan Arvind (2023-06-05)In the past few years, there has been a major impetus in the search for quantum dots (QDs), which are a type of semiconducting nanocrystals (NCs) with tunable optical and optoelectronic properties for next-generation ...
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Sitapure, Niranjan Arvind (2023-06-05)In the past few years, there has been a major impetus in the search for quantum dots (QDs), which are a type of semiconducting nanocrystals (NCs) with tunable optical and optoelectronic properties for next-generation ...
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Thomas, Jacqueline Besinaiz (2009-05-15)Detailed mechanistic studies were conducted on several organic reactions that exhibit product selectivity (regio-, peri-, or enantioselectivity). The organic reactions studied were electrophilic aromatic substitutions, ...
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Barai, Pallab (2015-12-08)Lithium ion battery (LIB) is replacing all the other battery chemistries from the portable electronic and automotive market due to its superior energy and power density. During operation, transport of lithium atoms within ...
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Palakurthy, Seshendra (2016-04-28)Fabricating devices consisting of nanoparticles is a manufacturing challenge for novel small scale devices, e.g., ultrathin porous electrodes. Techniques that can have exquisite control over the shape, size and surface ...
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Lugo Romero, Elva Lorena (2016-04-08)The purpose of this work is to address the current challenges of reaction-assisted gas purification systems and gas separation membranes via segregated structuring of multiple reaction, separation, and/or material ...