Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Fang, Lei"
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Development of Cluster Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry for Surface Characterization at the Nanoscale Yang, Fan (2016-05-10)Cluster secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) operated in the event-by-event bombardment-detection mode has been applied to 1) nanodomain analysis of macromolecular brush architecture; 2) characterization of raw and ...
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Smith, Ryan Joseph (2018-05-17)Polyelectrolyte complexes (PEC) are composites of two or more polyelectrolytes, that when processed appropriately, can create thin films. These films can have a wide array of properties and can serve to functionalize a ...
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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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Kosanovich, Alex J (2019-03-13)The chemistry of pincer ligands is such that a wide variety of transition metals and main group elements are capable of being supported, stabilized, and isolated in often, highly reactive forms. The pincer ligands which ...
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Wang, Yifei (2023-07-17)Fluid-fluid interfaces are not only important for widespread applications such as liquid-liquid extraction, pharmaceutical formulation, mineral processing, etc., but also provide versatile templates for the architecture ...
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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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Electroactive Light Metal Nanostructures for Corrosion Protection and Electrochemical Energy Storage Davidson, Rachel Dorothy (2020-10-22)Stability in electrochemical systems is governed by interactions at the local scale where isolated inhomogeneities can define system performance. This concept plays a key role in failure of battery systems and corrosion ...
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Hsu, Jui-Hung (2018-04-30)Composites made of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and carbon nanotube (CNT) have shown unchanged or even increased thermopower when electrical conductivity was raised by altering the ...
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Edgehouse, Katelynn Jane (2022-06-15)Emulsions are mixtures of two immiscible fluids, where droplets of one are dispersed in the continuous phase of the other. The stability of emulsions can be improved through the addition of a small molecule surfactant, ...
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Cai, Peiyu (2022-10-10)Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are one of the hottest research areas in recent years. Consisting of inorganic clusters and organic linkers, it has several advantages including high crystallinity, high surface area, and ...
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Daneshvar Fatah, Farhad (2020-03-25)The advent of offshore renewable energy, e.g. wind, wave, and tidal, holds the promise of significant environmental and economic benefits. Once built, the energy produced by offshore renewable energy farms is transmitted ...
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Wang, Hua (2020-04-06)Nonlinear light-matter interaction plays a key role in the understanding, probing, and ultimately controlling light and matter. In particular, materials with strong nonlinear optical responses are highly desirable for many ...
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Cao, Yirui (2022-03-16)Fused-ring heterocyclic aromatic compounds represent an intriguing family of organic π-systems for fundamental chemistry and practical properties. The term “hetero-” indicates the presence of heteroatoms in the aromatic ...
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Yuan, Tianyu (2018-08-02)Non‐covalent interactions play a crucial role in developing functional organic materials. As non-covalent interactions are reversible, dynamic and responsive to environment, multifunctional materials with excellent ...
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Wacker, Kevin T (2018-03-19)This dissertation has focused on the design, synthesis, and characterization of novel polymers derived from the renewable resources honokiol and magnolol. These natural products – isolated from magnolia officinalis – are ...
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Pavia Sanders, Adriana (2015-09-07)Environmental remediation of pollutants from water systems is an expanding billion dollar industry. Recently, engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) have been of particular interest to this field as they hold promise in improving ...
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Fu, Ying-Hua (2020-12-02)Solvents are most often the major component of chemical reactions. Indeed, global solvent demand and cost are growing exponentially every year. Thus, solvent waste and efficient solvent recycling are big environmental ...
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Sun, Rui (2020-07-08)Ion conducting polymers are key components in fuel cells, e.g., as solid-state electrolyte membrane separators and ionomers in electrodes. In this study, a series of novel poly(ionic liquid) (PIL) homopolymers and block ...
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Maji, Rajat (2018-06-27)Computational chemistry has become a powerful tool for understanding the principles of physical organic chemistry and rationalizing and even predicting the outcome of catalytic and non-catalytic organic reactions. Non-covalent ...
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Chathamkandath Raghuv, Greeshma (2023-03-27)This thesis is composed of two studies. The first study investigates the interfacial properties of alkylated graphene oxide nanosheets using Langmuir-Blodgett techniques. The second study examines the direct ink write (DIW) ...