Browsing by Author "Green, Micah"
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Zhang, Zhuoran (2023-03-09)This research first investigated small-scale flammability and thermal stability for novel nanofillers in polymeric nanocomposites. The fire tests were then scaled up to the bench scale and addressed the flame retardancy ...
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Sarikaya, Sevketcan (2023-06-02)Designing, fabricating, and operating active materials that mimic skeletal muscles have been ambitious challenges. Polymeric artificial muscles and actuators have been of particular interest in research and development in ...
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Sarikaya, Sevketcan (2023-06-02)Designing, fabricating, and operating active materials that mimic skeletal muscles have been ambitious challenges. Polymeric artificial muscles and actuators have been of particular interest in research and development in ...
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Sarikaya, Sevketcan (2023-06-02)Designing, fabricating, and operating active materials that mimic skeletal muscles have been ambitious challenges. Polymeric artificial muscles and actuators have been of particular interest in research and development in ...
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Yu, Saerom (2018-08-09)Graphene based electrodes have gained significant attention in the field of high-performance energy devices. Among different types of graphene-electrode assemblies, our team chose to approach 3D gel morphology due to its ...
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Elrod, Lindy Chase (2021-08-18)Enzymes have evolved to perform specific functions with high efficiency and selectivity. It is estimated that approximately a quarter to a third of all proteins contain an essential metallic cofactor that enables catalysis ...
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Kalin, Alexander (2020-02-10)Conjugated ladder polymers consist of π-conjugated, fused-ring repeating units, linked together by multiple strands of bonds. Such structural feature rigidifies the backbone and imparts unique chemical, optical, and ...
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Hicks, Victoria k (2018-04-26)When exposed to an electromagnetic field, the heat generated by CNTs is proportional to the power of the field and the concentration of CNTs exposed. Additionally, the field’s frequency, the sample geometry, heat transfer ...
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Liu, Shuhao (2022-10-26)Microorganism, especially pathogenic bacterium, creates considerable problems and challenges for individuals and society. Large numbers of humans get bacterial infections, and enormous economic burdens are spent annually ...
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Al Jawad, Murtada Saleh H (2018-05-30)Acid fracturing in heterogeneous carbonate formations is extremely challenging to model. To obtain an acceptable acid penetration distance and fracture surface etched-width profile, a reliable fracture propagation model ...
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Kotasthane, Vrushali Sandeep (2023-04-27)MXenes are two-dimensional nanomaterials that have garnered immense attention since their discovery in 2011. These transition metal carbides/nitrides are typically synthesized by selectively etching the “A” element from ...
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Okeibunor, Ugochukwu David (2020-05-07)The nematic phase represents the most fluid liquid crystalline phase. The high shape anisotropy and long range orientational order of constituent particles in this phase yields wide-ranging applications from high strength ...
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Martinez, Marco Concepcion (2023-01-06)SiC and SiC-based ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) have been widely used in various applications. These material systems benefit from high temperature stability and exceptional toughness due to their ceramic compositions ...
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Hope, Joshua Tyler (2019-04-16)Since its discovery in 2004, graphene has shown promise for technological advances in numerous fields such as advanced electronics, membranes, structural composites, and energy storage. Graphene’s unique physical and ...
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Holder, Kevin Michael (2016-09-26)Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly is a simple technique capable of building multifunctional thin films on a variety of surfaces from dilute aqueous solutions. LbL coatings on polyurethane foam have been successful in reducing ...
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Parviz, Dorsa (2016-08-12)Graphene, a two-dimensional layer of carbon atoms, is prized for its extraordinary properties including high electrical and thermal conductivities, surface area and exceptional mechanical strength. These supreme properties ...
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Dasari, Smita Shivraj (2023-05-03)Carbon fibers (CFs) show the ability to generate heat when exposed to radio frequency (RF) fields, but little is known about the relationship between material properties and the heating behavior. Our group has previously ...
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Gruener, Jacob Thomas (2019-04-08)In this thesis, the phenomenon of carbon nanoparticles producing a strong, rapid heating response in the presence of a radio-frequency electromagnetic field is explored, and this extremely selective heating property is ...
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Mayadeo, Nikhil (2017-06-15)The current study is driven by the demand for sub-micron fibers with high surface area to volume ratios to be used in applications such as high performance filtration, tissue engineering, in-situ wound dressing, drug ...
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Suarez Martinez, Pilar Constanza (2018-10-04)Polyelectrolyte complexes (PECs) and polyelectrolyte multilayers (PEMs) have become materials of interest due to their potential applications. As for every other material, understanding their properties under conditions ...