Browsing by Author "Wooley, Karen L."
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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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Ji, Xiaozhou (2020-10-13)Ladder-type conjugated molecules and macromolecules are attractive organic materials with optical and electronic properties suitable for various applications, as a result of their extended π-delocalization and strong ...
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Dong, Mei (2020-10-22)Polymer self-assembly and co-assembly have emerged as a powerful platform for the fabrication of functional nanomaterials. This dissertation research focuses on the self assembly of degradable and functional glucose-derived ...
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Florez, Stephanie (2011-08-08)Nanomedicine is a growing field of medicine that seeks to take advantage of nanoscale materials in order to address current challenges such as the ability to cross the epithelial mucus of the lungs to deliver treatment. ...
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Zhu, Congzhi (2019-03-21)Torsional conformation of the backbone of a π‐conjugated molecule or macromolecule shapes its solubility, optical and electronic characteristics, rheological behaviors, solid‐state properties, and ultimately materials ...
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Tran, David V (2022-12-16)This work focuses on the development of synthetic methodologies by which natural products and C1 feedstocks, such as carbon dioxide or carbonyl sulfide, can be transformed into degradable, sustainable polymer materials, ...
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Vazquez, Mariela (2022-12-13)Understanding of structure-function relationships is of vital importance to produce optimum materials for progression in the microelectronics and tribological fields. This dissertation focuses on the fundamental studies ...
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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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Wooley, Karen L.; Felder, Sincha E.; Versaw, Brooke, A.; Jahnke, Ashlee A.; Link, Lauren A.; Wooley, Mark W.; Hinton, Charles A.; Howell, William R., Jr. (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2019-06-25)Degradable polycarbonates network based bulk materials are provided. The bulk materials of the present disclosure may be produced having a wide range of tunable mechanical, physical, and thermal properties and are ...
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Kang, Nari (2020-07-21)Bottlebrush polymers or molecular bottlebrushs are unique polymers with a complex architecture. This cylindrical bottlebrush structure can be constructed via a “bottom-up” method through controlled radical polymerizations ...
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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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Pang, Ching (2023-05-04)Slide-ring networks are complex topologies comprised of both steady covalent connections and dynamic supramolecular interactions. Due to their mechanically-interlocked polymer topology, slide-ring networks have become an ...
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Development of Degradable Polymeric Nanoscopic Platforms for Imaging and Drug Delivery Applications Li, Richen (2018-12-05)Degradable polymers have gained increasing interest in the molecular probe and nanomedicine research, which avoid safety concerns of non-degradable materials after long-term accumulation in the human body. This dissertation ...
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He, Xun (2017-04-13)The past decade has witnessed significantly increased interest in the development of smart polypeptide based organo- and hydrogel systems with stimuli responsiveness, especially those that exhibit sol–gel phase-transition ...
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Zhu, Jiahua; Zhang, Shiyi; Zhang, Ke; Wang, Xiaojun; Mays, Jimmy W.; Wooley, Karen L.; Pochan, Darrin J. (Nature Communications, 2013)
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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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Lazar, Simone T. (2020-03-04)Polymeric materials are widely used in every day applications, despite being highly flammable. In an effort to decrease the flammability of these materials, environmentally-benign nanocoatings have been deposited on common ...
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Neumann, William L.; Dorshow, Richard B.; Freskos, John N.; Wooley, Karen L.; Lee, Nam S.; Lin, Yun; Sun, Guorong (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2016-03-29)The present invention provides optical agents comprising optically functional cross linked supramolecular structures and assemblies useful for tandem optical imaging and therapy. Supramolecular structures and assemblies ...
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Neumann, William L.; Dorshow, Richard B.; Freskos, John N.; Wooley, Karen L.; Lee, Nam S.; Lin, Yun; Sun, Guorong (United States. Patent and Trademark Office; Texas A&M University. Libraries, 2017-05-30)The present invention provides optical agents comprising optically functional cross linked supramolecular structures and assemblies useful for tandem optical imaging and therapy. Supramolecular structures and assemblies ...