Browsing by Author "Cremer, Paul S."
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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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Holmes-Hampton, Gregory (2012-10-19)Iron is essential in nearly all organisms. It is a cofactor in many proteins and enzymes. This transition metal can also be toxic because it participates in reactions which produce reactive oxygen species. To avoid these ...
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Lin, Yun (2012-07-16)Nanomedicine, the medical application of nanotechnology, uses nanoscale objects that exist at the interface between small molecule and the macroscopic world for medical diagnosis and treatment. One of the healthcare ...
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Verbeck, Guido Fridolin (Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)The construction of a liquid nitrogen-cooled ion mobility spectrometer coupled with time-of-flight mass spectrometry was implemented to demonstrate the ability to discriminate between electronic isomers. Ion mobility allows ...
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Chang, Ya-Wen (2012-10-19)Controlling the assembly of amphiphilic molecules and micron-sized, disk-shaped particles at different length scales into ordered structures enables bottom-up organization which is of great interest to emerging technologies ...
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Sanabria-Chinchilla, Jean (2009-06-02)The chemisorption and electrochemical hydrogenation of hydroquinone (H2Q) at polycrystalline (pc) Pd, well-ordered Pd(100), and Pd-modified Au(hkl) electrodes were studied using a combination of ultra-high vacuum (UHV) ...
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Baricuatro, Jack Hess L (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Three illustrative cases involving the electrodeposition of ultrathin metal films of varying reactivities onto noble-metal substrates were investigated: (i) Pd on Pt(111), a noble admetal on a noble-metal surface; (ii) Bi ...
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Chen, Tai-Yen (2011-02-22)Knowledge of energy dissipation and relaxation in electron, spin, and lattice degrees of freedom is of fundamental importance from both a technological and scientific point of view. In this dissertation, the electronic and ...
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Everett, William Neil (2009-05-15)Spatial and temporal tracking of passively diffusing functionalized colloids continues to be an improving and auspicious approach to measuring weak specific and non-specific biomolecular interactions. Evidence of this is ...
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Sudarsan, Arjun Penubolu (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)The capability to easily and inexpensively fabricate microfluidic devices with negligible dependence on specialized laboratory equipment continues to be one of the primary forces driving the widespread use of plastic-based ...
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Zhao, Zhi (2013-06-21)Patterned arrays of metallic nanostructures are commonly used in photonics, electronics, as well as functional materials and biotechnology because of their unique electronic and optical properties. Although great effort ...
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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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Zhan, Wei (Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)We have investigated and implemented several general strategies in the development of microfluidics-based chemical/biochemical sensing systems. The research in this dissertation covers the immobilization of biological ...
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Quinlan, Robert Jason (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)Protein-ligand and protein-protein interactions are critical to cellular function. Most cellular metabolic and signal tranduction pathways are influenced by these interactions, consequently molecular level understanding ...
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Bard, Sean (2012-07-16)The specific manner in which ions associate with a peptide surface is a subject of much research. The models currently proposed tend to rely either on computational results from overly simplified systems, or on observations ...
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Castellana, Edward Thomas (2009-05-15)The research presented within this dissertation explores the photocatalytic deposition of metal carried out within sealed microfluidic channels. Micro scale patterning of metals inside sealed microchannels is investigated ...
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Yang, Dengliang (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Herein are presented collective studies of amino acid-based surfactants, also known as lipoamino acids, at liquid interfaces. Chapter III describes an investigation of domain morphology of N-Stearoylglutamic acid (N-SGA) ...
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Cologna, Stephanie Marie (2012-02-14)Mass spectrometry (MS) has played a major role in the proteomic analysis of an array of biological samples. Even so, inherent limitations exist such as sample complexity and the dynamic range. In an attempt to overcome ...
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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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Kim, Nak-Kyoon (Texas A&M University, 2007-04-25)The structure and function of RNA molecules are dependent on RNA-metal ion interactions in both diffusive and direct ways. Structural information for RNA has been obtained using various biophysical and biochemical methods. ...