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Showing 1 to 20 of 173 for “"Material Science"”.
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Cyclodextrin-based rotaxanes for material science applications
In the work described in this thesis, CD-based rotaxanes were prepared and their solid-state structures/packing, morphology and crystal growth behaviour were explored. Encapsulation of profluorescent nitroxides through rotaxane formation demonstrated the use of CD-based rotaxanes to change the …
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Cyclodextrin-based rotaxanes for material science applications
In the work described in this thesis, CD-based rotaxanes were prepared and their solid-state structures/packing, morphology and crystal growth behaviour were explored. Encapsulation of profluorescent nitroxides through rotaxane formation demonstrated the use of CD-based rotaxanes to change the …
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Advances in structural dynamics, aeroelasticity and material science
This submission for the degree of Doctor of Science includes all the publications by the author and a description of his research, covering the period 1969-2015. The main contributions to knowledge made by the author concern his new approaches to structural dynamics, aeroelasticity, material …
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Cosmetic research study: Bridging material science with social inquiry
… framework for cosmetic research by bridging materials science methodologies for hair investigation with social scientific inquiry into lived experience, identity, and wellbeing. While human hair has been extensively investigated as a keratin-based composite fibre with measurable mechanical …
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High Throughput Material Science For Discovery Of Energy-Related Materials
… energy infrastructure is impeded by significant materials issues. The primary issues with the anode catalyst are degradation and slow fuel oxidation kinetics, particularly for direct alcohol fuel cells. This dissertation explains many aspects of a large-scale research project focussed at …
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Enabling effective visual data exploration for solvent discovery in material science
… exploration. In this work, we collaborate with material scientists, whose goal is to identify battery solvents with favorable properties while considering economical, physical and chemical tradeoffs in their manufacture. We extend Zenvisage to allow material scientists to compare among subsets …
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SECONDARY ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY INSIDE THE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND ITS MATERIAL SCIENCE APPLICATIONS
The scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a powerful high resolution imaging instrument used in multiple fields of study today. The low energy scattered electrons inside it, used mainly for topographic image of a sample’s surface, contain valuable information in the emitted energy spectrum. In this …
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Syntheseses [sic] and evaluation of porphyrin derivatives for applications in medicine and in material science
Chapter 1 presents a concise introduction to porphyrins, especially on the synthesis of meso-tetraphenylporphyrins, which were synthesized during the course of my research and were used for further purposes in the following chapters. Chapter 2 describes the synthesis of a series of …
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Crevice corrosion resistances of new high strength cobalt-chromium-molybdenum-carbon alloys
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Metallurgy and Material Science, 1974.
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Application of multi-attribute utility analysis to problems in materials selection
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, 1985.
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Design and evaluation of alumina/feldspar resin infiltrated dental composite materials
… in fulfillment of the degree of Doctor of Dental Material Science in the Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2008.
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Physics-informed data-driven frameworks for materials discovery
… methodologies applied to various aspects of material science and additive manufacturing. Chapter 2 introduces a scientific machine learning framework tailored to understand the synthesis process of flash graphene. Leveraging advanced algorithms and data-driven approaches, this framework …
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Development of a New General Click Chemistry and Applications in Bioconjugation: Part I: Rewiring Bacteria Cell Surfaces with Bio-Orthogonal Chemistry Part II: A Novel General Dialdehyde Click Chemistry for Primary Amine Conjugation
… the fields of chemistry, biology and material science. Due to its abundance, the primary amine is the most convenient functional group handle in molecules for ligation to other molecules for a broad range of applications that affect all scientific fields. Current conjugation methods …
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Automated High-Throughput Characterization of Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices
Material science is a critical discipline that supports all other science and engineering disciplines, however current research processes are inefficient and limiting the pace of research. Automated high-throughput characterization shows potential to accelerate this research pace. This thesis …
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Memory efficient indexing algorithm for physical properties in OpenMC
… encompasses not only nuclear physics, but also material science and thermohydraulics. One of the challenges associated with this problem is efficient data management, as the memory required for tallies alone can easily enter the Terabyte range. This thesis presents an efficient system for data …
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Advancing Potable Water Infrastructure through an Improved Understanding of Polymer Pipe Oxidation, Polymer–Contaminant Interactions, and Consumer Perception of Taste
… chemistry, environmental engineering, food science, polymer chemistry, public health, and material science principles. This work was enhanced by collaborations with sixteen American water utilities and the National Institute for Standards and Technology. These efforts were funded by the …
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Design of nylon-carbon fiber composite gears
Advances in manufacturing and material science have changed fundamental limitations of designs and have allowed designers to redesign components to improve performance characteristics. This work applies traditional gearing standards from the American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA) to a …
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Structural systems and tuned mass dampers of super-tall buildings : case study of Taipei 101
… were relatively small. Advances in the material science technology enabled the use of high-performance concrete, steel and composite sections. The former combined with the use of sophisticated 3-D structural design software packages resulted in the evolution of a new generation of more …
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Numerical Simulation of 4th Order Total Variation Flow Problem by using C^0 IPDG Method
… fourth order total variation flow problem in material science representing surface relaxation below the roughening temperature. Based on regularization and a scaling in time and space, the problem is discretized implicitly in time by the backward Euler scheme and discretized in space by C$^0$ …
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Scalable Representation Learning: On Data-scarcity, Uncertainty and Symmetry
… in diverse domains including vision, photonics, material science and neuroscience.
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