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Showing 1 to 20 of 59 for “"Surface Engineering"”.
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Surface Engineering for Microsensing
… may be utilized to fabricate an engineered surface for sensing applications. Multi-walled carbon nanotubes were first chemically cut by acid treatments and then functionalized with short thiol chains (2-aminoethanethiol). The carbon nanotubes were successively deposited on a gold film by …
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Surface engineering of gold nanorods
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Bio-inspired surface engineering for hydrophobicity
… innovations. This research explored specific surface structures on plant leaves with respect to their hydrophobicity in the context of the often arid Australian climate. The relationships between leaf surface structures and their hydrophobicity could inform the making of artificial surfaces …
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Membrane Surface Engineering for Biochemical Applications
… of fouling in microfiltration. </p> <p>Membrane surface modification is used to impart desirable membrane surface properties. Here membrane surface modification is used to develop membrane adsorbers for protein purification. Hydrophobic interaction membrane chromatography (HIMC) has gained …
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Surface Engineering of Protein Nanoparticles for Intranasal Delivery
… vaccines and drug delivery carriers. The surfaces of these carriers can be decorated with coatings and chemical modifications, which can alter transport and immune responses due to their interaction with biological barriers and cells. In this work, we evaluate intranasal localization of …
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Surface Engineering of Zirconium for Tribological Properties Enhancement
… and find limited applications in other fields of engineering. Efforts have been made in this work to develop surface engineering techniques to enhance the tribological properties of commercially pure zirconium (CP-Zr) and to characterise the structures and properties of surface engineered CP-Zr. …
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Controlling Biofouling by Surface Engineering and Molecular Inhibition
… chemistry</em>. By utilizing tools of surface engineering and molecular inhibition, a hypothesis driven, systematic approach of controlling the different forms of biofoulings such as protein adsorption, mammalian cell adhesion and biofilm formation is presented. Chapter 1 provides a …
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Surface Engineering and Characterization of Laser Deposited Metallic Biomaterials
Novel net shaping technique Laser Engineered Net shaping (LENS) laser based manufacturing solution (Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, NM); Laser can be used to deposit orthopedic implant alloys. Ti-35Nb-7Zr-5Ta (TNZT) alloy system was deposited using LENS. The corrosion resistance being an important …
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Functional particles for controlled release and cell surface engineering
… by implementing stimuli-responsiveness and surface modification to overcome various biological challenges. Chapter 2 demonstrates a stimuli-responsive particle with an enhanced release profile as a new formulation pathway to assemble the hemostatic fibrin-based matrix. Chapter 3 presents a …
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Minimization of mechanical aspects of friction through surface engineering
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1995.
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Processing and characterization of laser-synthesized overcoats for surface engineering
Surface modification of engineering materials using lasers by means of alloying and cladding have opened up numerous applications in recent years to selectively improve the tribological and high temperature corrosion properties without affecting the bulk-properties of the substrate. The present …
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Click Chemistry as Efficient Ligation Strategy for Complex Macromolecular Architecture and Surface Engineering
Click-Chemie wurde als Ligations-Strategie für die Synthese von cyclischen Polymeren und zur Oberflächenmodifizierung von großen Mikrokugeln und magnetischen Eisenoxidpartikeln verwendet. Das breite Spektrum dieses universellen und leistungsstarken Instruments im Bereich der komplexen …
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Surface engineering using layer-by-layer assembly of pH-sensitive polymers and nanoparticles
Surface engineering of a variety of materials including colloidal particles and porous membranes has been achieved by using layer-by-layer assembly of pH-sensitive polymers and nanoparticles. In the first part of this thesis, hydrogen-bonded multilayer coatings comprising poly(acrylic acid) and …
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Active screen plasma surface engineering of austenitic stainless steel for enhanced tribological and corrosion properties
Low temperature plasma surface engineering has been a useful method for increasing the hardness and wear resistance of austenitic stainless steel without reducing the corrosion resistance of this alloy. Plasma carburising is of particular interest as it produces thicker hardened layers than plasma …
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Multi-Scale Design, Thermal Simulation, Fabrication, Surface Engineering and Characterization of TPMS Structures for Atmospheric Water Generation
… of Atmospheric Water Generators (AWG) by engineering the condensation surface across multiple scales. Specifically, this study explores the use of Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces (TPMS) as condensation surfaces in Peltier-driven AWG systems—an approach that departs from traditional flat …
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Surface engineering, characterisation and applications of synthetic polymers for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Investigation of the response of MG63 osteosarcoma cell line to modified surface topographies, mechanical properties and cell-surface interactions using different synthetic polymers fabricated in house with various topographical features
… and enhanced biomaterials for various tissue engineering applications. The need for durable orthopaedic implants is on the rise to limit issues such as revision surgery. A promising pathway to enhance fixation is to accelerate the onset and rate of early cellular adhesion and bone growth …
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Defect engineering of metal oxide semiconductors
… their behavior through various forms of defect engineering. In the Si-based microelectronics industry, numerous methods to characterize and control the behavior of defects have been developed, including novel techniques such as co-implantation, millisecond annealing, photostimulation and surface …
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Biomimetic approach to anti-fouling surfaces
… inhibitors. Another way forward is to turn to surface engineering - this is a very popular approach in the control of biofouling but only a few attempts have been made to use it for the purpose of scale inhibition. It is fair to say that there is a potential for more widespread study and …
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Graded titanium based coatings by combining thermal spray and PVD technologies
There is a rapid growth in demand for improved surface performance in many priority industrial sectors. There have also been rapid developments in methods of surface engineering and in tribological understanding. There is accordingly an exciting opportunity for cost effective industrial …
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