School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Theses and Dissertations
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for a graduate degree in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
All materials in SMARTech are protected under U.S. Copyright Law and all rights are reserved. Such materials may be used, quoted or reproduced for educational purposes only with prior permission, provided proper attribution is given. Any redistribution, reproduction or use of the materials, in whole or in part, is prohibited without prior permission of the author.
Recent Submissions
-
Particle affinity for oil-water interfaces and selective adsorption
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05-21)Many applications require the selective removal of particulate contaminants from aqueous solutions. Standard froth flotation is a very efficient process that is commonly used in these applications to indiscriminately remove ... -
Systems design and uncertainty quantification of co2 capture from air
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05-08)The rapid increase in concentration of atmospheric CO2 has stimulated the recent development of CO2 capture technologies. One of the strategy is to capture CO2 directly from ambient air which, if successfully implemented, ... -
Engineering localized surface plasmons in doped semiconductor nanomaterials
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-05-21)Doped semiconductors materials have emerged as the preeminent materials platform for development of optoelectronic technologies harnessing the LSPR phenomena in the infrared spectral regime. The capacity to engineer a ... -
Enhanced contaminants removal for paper recycling by adsorption deinking and new flotation methods
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-07-27)The recent progress and increasing popularity in digital printing technology created new challenges in recycled paper quality and recycling process runnability due to the sub-micron size, strongly negative charge, and ... -
Controlling residual metal in carbide-derived carbons for acid gas removal
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-07-21)Carbide-derived carbons (CDC) contain a porous network of uniform pore sizes created through the removal of the metal heteroatoms and the reorganization of the remaining carbon. A key advantage of CDCs is that the metal ... -
Transition metal-containing carbon molecular sieve membranes for advanced olefin/paraffin separations
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-07-21)In this work, carbon molecular sieve (CMS) dense film membranes derived from 6FDA-DAM:DABA (3:2) polyimide precursor were studied for separation of mixed olefins (C2H4 and C3H6) from paraffins (C2H6 and C3H8). Olefin-selective ... -
Defect engineering and conversion of metal-organic frameworks for adsorption and electrical energy storage applications
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-07-19)Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are hybrid porous materials, constructed by the assembly of inorganic metal ions or clusters and organic ligands. MOFs have attracted considerable research interest in the fields of gas ... -
Scalable technologies to control liquid wetting and adhesion on fiber based substrates
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-07-18)In this thesis, we explored how wetting properties change with surface chemistry and the topology of the fiber network through controlled plasma etching with combined coating techniques and pulp pretreatment. The approach ... -
Multi-scale modeling of ice crystal formation in clouds
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-05-23)Understanding human impact on climate is the foremost challenge of the 21st century. In particular, significant work remains to explain how anthropogenic emissions affect cloud properties and how cloud properties, in turn, ... -
Investigation into obstacles to the implementation of the directed-self assembly of block copolymers
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-04-11)To meet the growing demands of the microelectronics industry and their desire to continue Moore’s Law, a variety of routes to extend or replace optical lithography have been suggested. Among these options is the directed ... -
Control of diffusive time scales in zeolitic imidazolate frameworks for the kinetic separation of light hydrocarbons
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-04-03)The goal of this thesis is to investigate new sorbent materials for the kinetic separation of light hydrocarbons and incorporate them into a viable mass transfer contactor for use in a pressure swing adsorption unit. Three ... -
Cellular and acellular assays for measuring oxidative stress induced by ambient and laboratory-generated aerosol
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-04-03)Exposure to atmospheric particulate matter (PM) is a leading global health risk with various proposed mechanisms of action, including the induction of oxidative stress through PM-initiated production/release of reactive ... -
Synthesis of facet-controlled platinum nanocrystals with enhanced activities toward oxygen reduction
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-03-15)Platinum (Pt) nanocrystals have been applied to a wide variety of applications due to their excellent catalytic properties. However, due to its scarcity, the high price of Pt has been prohibiting many technologies from ... -
Estimating the composition of multicomponent particle slurries using focused beam reflectance measurement
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-01-03)This thesis uses focused beam reflectance measurement (FBRM) in conjunction with a linear empirical model to measure the solid concentration in a nuclear waste simulant in situ. Nuclear waste represents a significant ... -
Hepatitis B vaccination using a dissolvable microneedle patch
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-28)Despite improved vaccination rates against hepatitis B, there remain critical barriers to addressing gaps in vaccination coverage. The need of an effective supply chain, vaccine waste management, trained healthcare providers ... -
Analysis of lipid storage in C. elegans enabled by image processing and microfluidics
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-07)While the genetic origin of obesity has yet to be fully understood, the risk of this serious health issue has been linked to fat and lipid storage. C. elegans is a convenient model to understand key lipid droplet storage ... -
PEG-coated Fe3O4 for li-Ion battery anodes: Effects of crystallite size and surface chemistry
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-19)Battery electrodes are complex mesoscale systems comprised of an active material, conductive agent, current collector, and polymeric binder. Previous work focused on enhancing electron and ion transport in high capacity ... -
Anti-coking materials for steam crackers
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-06)Catalysts that have the potential to minimize coke formation in steam crackers as well as help in the oxidation of these deposits at low temperatures, were developed. A specialized thermo-gravimetric analyzer was used for ... -
Tuning carbon molecular sieve membrane performance for challenging gas separations
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-05)Membranes are emerging as tools for energy efficient alternatives to thermally-driven phase-changed based gas separations. As direct replacement of traditional separation processes with membrane-based processes is currently ... -
Protein nanoparticle vaccines
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2017-04-06)Highly conserved pathogen proteins are essential for broadly cross-protective vaccines, but tend to be poorly immunogenic. Protein nanoparticle vaccines made from conserved influenza matrix protein 2 (M2e) trigger specific, ...
RSS 1.0