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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Nanoscale confinement"”.
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Transport and Adsorption in Nanoscale Confinement
Nanoscale confinement can be defined as a space confined by interfaces with at least one nanometer-scale dimension. Objects under nanoscale confinement have a large ratio of interfacial area to volume that makes interfacial properties have significant impact. This dissertation examines three cases …
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Investigating the structure and physical properties of nucleic acids in nanoscale confinement
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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Nanoscale Confinement Effects on Poly(ε-Caprolactone) Crystallization at the Air/Water Interface & Surfactant Interactions with Phospholipid Bilayers
Two-dimensional (2D) nanoscale confinement effects on poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) crystallization were probed through crystallization studies of PCL-b-poly(tert-butyl acrylate) (PCL-b-PtBA) copolymers, PCL with bulky tri-tert-butyl ester endgroups (PCL triesters), PCL with triacid end groups (PCL …
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Towards Ion Channel Based Nanofluidic Devices: Simulations of Water and Electrolyte Transport in Nanotubes and Channels
… in micro-nano interconnect devices. Effects of nanoscale confinement and partial charges, that stem from quantum calculations, are investigated in silica slit channels filled with 1 M KCl at the point of zero charge. Oscillations in concentration profiles of K+ and Cl- ions give rise to an …
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Multiscale Modeling of Electronic Polarization Effects in Interfacial Thermodynamics and Nanoscale Transport Phenomena
… effects on interfacial thermodynamics and nanoscale transport has been largely lacking. Moreover, due to the vectorial nature of the electric fields, the ion-solid and water-solid polarization energies, which result from the ion-induced and the water-induced electronic polarization of the …
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Thermal Management Using Liquid-vapor Phase Change in Nanochannels
… to the disjoining pressure driven flow of nanoscale liquid film and liquid-vapor phase change in nano confinement. First, experimental and numerical investigation of droplet wicking in ∼728 nm height cross-connected buried SiO2 nanochannels, with micropores of diameter ∼2 μm at each …
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Molecular Interfaces and Heterogeneous Bubble Nucleation From Heated Surfaces At Nanoscale
… significantly by incorporating micro and nanoscale features onto surfaces. Phase change heat transfer plays an important role in dissipating energy from hot surfaces and distributing it to bulk liquid due to high latent heat of liquids. Boiling, a phase change heat transfer phenomenon, …
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In Situ Liquid Cell Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Pathological Biomineralization
… what drives these crystallization events at the nanoscale remains poorly understood. This work leverages in-situ liquid-cell transmission electron microscopy (GLC-TEM) to capture real-time transformations of calcium oxalate and cholesterol, revealing nanoscale pathways that govern stability, …