Browsing by Subject "nanoparticles"
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(2016-08-05)With the wide application of nanotechnology in petroleum industry, transportation of nanoparticles in porous media has attracted a growing interest. This thesis focuses on investigating the bulk and adsorption properties ...
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(2020-11-19)High energy needs and environmental concerns associated with fossil fuels have raised the demand for efficient and clean alternatives of power generation. Solar cell technology is one of the most promising options of ...
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(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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(2017-05-09)The purpose of this study was to explore the performance of a secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) technique for probing nanovolumes. The variant of SIMS used involves bombardment with individual massive projectiles ...
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(2009-05-15)Ultrafine grained (UFG), and nanocrystalline (nc) materials are of interest because of the high strength, compared with coarse grained counterparts. Several current methods to fabricate UFG and nc materials result in samples ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Mixing refers to any process that increases the uniformity of composition and is an integral part of polymer processing. The effective mixing of nanoparticles into polymers continues to be one of the leading problems that ...
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(2012-07-16)Nanoparticles, while included in a growing number of consumer products, may pose risks to human health due to heavy metal leaching and/or the production of reactive oxygen species following exposures. Subcellular mechanisms ...
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(2017-02-06)The contamination of water with hydrocarbons caused by the extraction and transportation of crude oil is a devastating problem for the environment. Typically, mechanical methods are employed to remove the bulk of the oil; ...
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The development of protein tags that enable the analysis of proteins with high multiplexity, in the context of cellular interactions. Nanoparticle and metal chelated tags were developed and utilized by Secondary Ion Mass ...
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(2017-08-02)Citrulline has shown potential as a biomarker. It can be used for a number of clinical applications including diagnosis in the clinic, as a research tool, to accurately indicate the amount of radiation absorbed by the body, ...
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(2017-08-10)Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the most common causes of death in the world. The main symptom after the onset of MI is chest pain, which is one of the leading reasons for emergency department (ED) visits. When a ...
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(2021-06-02)This research focuses on understanding the different mechanisms underlying the performance of two epoxy-based coatings applied on different substrates. The magnesium-rich coatings applied to aluminum 7075 T6 work aims to ...
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(2020-03-26)The role of different disinfectants [chlorination and ferrate(VI)] and microcontaminant (TiO2 and ZnO nanoparticles) regimens on the formation of nine disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in synthetic drinking water samples and ...
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(2019-07-04)Neurodegenerative disorder imposes a significant challenge in neuroscience due to the lack of effective treatment to reverse the progress. Here we introduce an approach of using multifunctional superparamagnetic iron oxide ...
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(2019-02-28)Liquefaction of natural gas is an effective way to easily store and transport natural gas. A spill of liquefied natural gas (LNG) can result in the formation of a vapor cloud, which can migrate downwind near the ground ...
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(2015-11-05)Aqueous solutions of hydroxylammonium nitrate (HAN) are promising as possible replacements for hydrazine as liquid rocket propellants. HAN-based propellants offer lower toxicity, higher density, and possibly higher specific ...
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(2011-08-04)This project focuses on the synthesis and attachment of metal nanoparticles to Au and GaAs surfaces using a combination of chemical self-assembly and scanned probe lithography. In this project self-assembled monolayers ...
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(2009-05-15)The interaction of laser radiation with a material can excite coherent lattice vibration. The observation of such periodic motion of the atoms in the lattice provides information on the properties of the material. In the ...
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(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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(2013-08-13)Embedding metal nanoparticles in crystalline silicon possesses numerous possible applications to fabricate optoelectronic switches, increase efficiency of radiation detectors, decrease the thickness of monocrystalline ...