Browsing by Author "Batteas, James D."
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Shen, Yidan (2023-01-16)The production of eco-friendly materials, in particular, sugar-based polymers, has gained extensive attention because of the great abundance of natural carbohydrates and polysaccharide resources with low cost, high degrees ...
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Imbesi, Philip (2012-10-19)The overall emphasis of this doctoral dissertation is on the design, synthesis, detailed characterization and application of amphiphilic hyperbranched fluoropolymers (HBFPs) crosslinked with poly(ethylene glycols) (PEGs) ...
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Chan, Yang-Hsiang (2011-08-08)This dissertation focused on the applications of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) technique for the investigation of molecule based electronics, plasmon coupling between CdSe quantum dots and metal nanoparticles (MNPs), ...
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Chen, Li-Jung (2012-07-16)Cluster ToF-SIMS (time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry) operated in the event-by-event bombardment/detection mode has been applied to: 1) evaluate and screen the manufacturing quality of step-wise prepared ...
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Lundwall, Matthew James (2012-02-14)The physical and catalytic properties of silica supported platinum or rhodium model catalysts are studied under both ultra high vacuum (UHV) and elevated pressure reaction conditions (>1torr). Platinum or rhodium nanoparticles ...
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Schuckman, Amanda Eileen (2012-07-16)Organic molecules such as porphyrins and alkanethiols are currently being investigated for applications such as sensors, light-emitting diodes and single electron transistors. Porphyrins are stable, highly conjugated ...
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Bellido Sosa, Edson (2012-02-14)Graphene is a promising material for many technological applications. To realize these applications, new fabrication techniques that allow precise control of the physical properties, as well as large scale integration ...
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Allen, Ainsley Larue (2012-07-16)Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM), a temperature responsive polymer, undergoes a phase change at a lower critical solution temperature (LCST) in aqueous solutions. For PNIPAM this temperature is 32 °C in water. Below ...
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Parija, Abhishek (2019-07-22)The known crystal structures of solids often correspond to the most thermodynamically stable arrangements of atoms. Yet, oftentimes there exist a richly diverse set of alternative structural arrangements that lie at only ...
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Li, Yu-Chin (2012-07-16)A variety of materials were used to fabricate nanocoatings using layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly to reduce the flammability of cotton fabric. The most effective brominated flame retardants have raised concerns related to ...
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Wu, Fanglue (2021-02-24)Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has attracted tremendous attention over the past decade due to their exciting mechanical, electronic and frictional properties. Heterostructures of semiconductors and metals are the fundamental ...
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Pickett, Ammon T. (2010-01-16)As alumina plays ever more important roles in advanced technologies, such as substrates for in vivo biological sensors, catalysts for water purification and components of novel fuel devices, it is exposed to various ...
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Cummins, Kyle (2012-07-16)A pair of studies investigating the deposition and surface chemical properties of ultrathin metal films were pursued: (i) Pt-Co alloys on Mo(110); and (ii) Pd on Pt(111). Experimental measurement was based on a combination ...
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Kinetics of an Inverse Temperature Transition Process and Its Application on Supported Lipid Bilayer Chang, Chin-Yuan (2011-10-21)This dissertation focuses on the study of inverse temperature transition processes of the poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) and the elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs). A novel temperature jump microfluidic system is ...
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Felts, Jonathan R.; Batteas, James D.; Raghuraman, Shivaranjan; Reyes, Thomas (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2021-01-19)A mechanochemical reactor includes an outer shell. A first plate is slidably disposed within the tubular outer shell at a first end of the tubular outer shell and a second plate is slidably disposed within the tubular outer ...
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Jones, Ryan Lane (2012-07-16)Controlling tribological interactions, such as friction and adhesion between contacting interfaces is critical for the advancement of technologies such as microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) devices. The challenge in ...
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Chen, Jixin (2011-08-08)Unconventional nanofabrication techniques; both those which have been newly developed and those under development, had brought inexpensive, facile, yet high quality means to fabricate nanostructures that have feature sizes ...
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Liao, Wei-Ssu (2010-07-14)Nanofabrication has received substantial interest from scientists and engineers because of its potential applications in many fields. This was because nanoscale structures have unique properties that cannot be observed or ...
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Liao, Kang-Shyang (2009-05-15)Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly based on ionic interactions has proven to be a versatile route for surface modification and construction of ultrathin nanocomposites. Covalent LbL assembly based on facile ‘click’ covalent ...
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Liu, Chunming (2012-10-19)Membrane-bound proteins and charged lipids are separated based on their charge-to-size ratio by electrophoretic-electroosmotic focusing (EEF) method on supported lipid bilayers (SLBs). EEF uses opposing electrophoretic and ...