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Understand and Advancing of Semiconductor Nanowire Synthesis
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-07)Semiconductor nanowires (NWs) have become an indispensable nanoscale platform for a broad range of electronic, photonic, and energy conversion applications. Among all growth technique, the bottom-up vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) ... -
TOWARDS UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION OF COMPLEX CHEMICAL PROCESSES WITH APPLICATION TO POST-COMBUSTION CARBON CAPTURE
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-17)Quantifying the extent of model uncertainty is crucial in the technical feasibility analysis of energy technologies and can provide a significant saving of cost and time. However, performing the uncertainty quantification ... -
Structure and Tunable Properties of Hybrid Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-03)Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are a relatively novel class of nanoporous materials that have shown tremendous promise for application in energy-efficient separations. Thousands of structures of MOFs have been synthesized ... -
Controlling Morphology of Conjugated Polymers and The Impact on Charge Transport in Flexible Organic Field-Effect Transistors
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-03-20)The discovery of organic semiconductors has opened new possibilities for the development of large-scale, lightweight and flexible electronic devices that can be fabricated under ambient conditions at low cost. Although ... -
Ester-mediated Amide bond formation: A Possible Path to Proto-peptides on the Early Earth
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-03-31)The formation of polypeptides on the early Earth has been a long-standing problem in the field of prebiotic chemistry. Although it is generally accepted that amino acids were present on the prebiotic Earth, the plausible ... -
INVESTIGATION OF SURFACE FILMS IN LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-01-03)In this work, we investigate the phenomenon of surface passivation in lithium-ion batteries. Both negative and positive electrode surface films are examined using experimental and mathematical modeling techniques. Using ... -
MECHANOCATALYTIC DEPOLYMERIZATION OF LIGNIN
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-12-20)In this work, mechanochemical reactions were performed to depolymerize organosolv lignin with sodium hydroxide in a mixer ball mill at ambient conditions. GPC analysis revealed rapid depolymerization into small oligomers ... -
Understanding the Link between Meteorology and Speciated Abundance of Bioaerosols in an Urban Environment
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-04-19)The abundance and speciation of primary biological atmospheric particles (PBAP) has been of great interest due to their potential impact on human health, cloud formation and contribution to atmospheric nutrient deposition. ... -
Development of amine dehydrogenases toward production of chiral amines
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-03-30)One in four of the top 200 selling pharmaceutical drugs contain a chiral amine. Chiral amines often require difficult synthesis through traditional heterogeneous catalysts. As a result, the use of biocatalysts in industrial ... -
Thermostabilization of influenza vaccine in microneedle patches
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-01-13)Vaccine delivery to the skin via microneedles confers several advantages over the traditional hypodermic needle and syringe. This work focuses on developing microneedles as a thermostable delivery method for the influenza ... -
Capacity and Power Fade in Lithium-ion Batteries
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-01-13)Lithium-ion batteries are known to have performance degradation as repeated use and age of the batteries increase. It is essential to qualify these batteries to meet the performance goals for their intended applications. ... -
Effect of aggressive gas on separation properties of carbon molecular sieve hollow fiber membranes
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-01-15)A practical membrane separation process is considered in this study for removal of CO2 from natural gas in the presence of H2S. Carbon molecular sieve (CMS) materials derived from Matrimid® and 6FDA:BPDA-DAM have been used ... -
Aortic Valve Mechanobiology- Role of Altered Hemodynamics in Mediating Aortic Valve Inflammation and Calcification
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-01-14)Calcific aortic valve (AV) disease is a strong risk factor for cardiovascular related deaths and is a significant source of mortality worldwide, with the number of patients requiring AV surgery expected to increase from ... -
Impact of Climate-Responsive Strategies on Future Air Quality under Climate Change
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-12-04)Air quality has been an important concern related to public health. In order to keep improving air quality under future conditions, additional challenges have been brought to the current and potential strategies due to a ... -
Fabrication of surfaces with controlled wetting properties on porous substrates using non-fluorinated chemicals
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-03-10)Paper has traditionally been used for writing and printing, packaging and cleaning. Compared with products made with synthetic fibers, paper-based products offer many advantages such as low density, high flexibility, ... -
Self-assembly of protein-based suprastructures
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-03-11)Strategies for self-assembly of protein-based suprastructures were developed. Recombinant protein building blocks were designed, produced, and self-assembled into various suprastructures, which include spheres, vesicles, ... -
Systematic investigation of protein-metabolite regulatory interactions: methodologies and context
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-11-15)A systems-level understanding of metabolism will have far-reaching benefits from medicine to ecology to industry, as it will facilitate the comprehensive profiling and prediction of metabolic states in organisms of interest. ... -
Controlled release of GLP-1 from affinity-based protein microspheres and quantitative analysis of the role of fiber length on phagocytosis and inflammatory response by macrophages
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-11-30)Controlled release of GLP-1 from affinity-based protein microspheres and Quantitative analysis of the role of fiber length on phagocytosis and inflammatory response by macrophages Trudy Padmore 149 Pages Directed ... -
Development of reactive chromatography system for equilibrium-limited reactions
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-11-15)In the present work, an application of reactive chromatography and SMBR using ion exchange resin as a catalyst and adsorbent will be studied, which will be a new platform for production of industrial esters. Among numerous ... -
Computational study of polymer membranes for proton and anion exchange membranes fuel cells
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-11-02)Polymer electrolyte membranes with novel molecular architectures were simulated to study their structure-property relationships. Two types of polymer electrolyte membranes were considered: proton and anion exchange membranes. ...
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