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Showing 1 to 20 of 222 for “"functional materials"”.
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Functional materials for thermal regulation
Developing thermal management materials with greater functionality for the control of heat dissipation and regulation is a fundamental step to improve the performance in many engineering systems. This dissertation presents experimental studies of heat conduction in distinctive thermal functional …
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Towards engineering living functional materials
… devices. The field of engineered living materials (ELMs) aims to recapitulate the remarkable properties of natural biology to create novel, growable, multifunctional materials using genetically engineered organisms.
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Functional Materials From Self-Assembled Macrocycles
<p> Organic self-assembled materials have great utility as sensing materials, in gas storage, in separations, and as electronic devices. These assembled materials are typically held by non-covalent interactions such as hydrogen bonds, pi-pi stacking and dipole-dipole interactions. We are interested …
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Functional materials of self-assembled compounds
Contains fulltext : 74876.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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C-H Activation of Functional Materials
… the theme of C-H activation for the synthesis of functional materials. Chapter 1 describes the development of gamma C-H carbonylation of free aliphatic secondary amines to form secondary lactams. The diastereoselectivity of the reaction was found to be significantly influenced by the choice of …
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Towards Colloidal Self-Assembly for Functional Materials
Nanostructuring has led to materials with novel and improved materials properties driving innovation across fields as varied as transportation, computing, energy and biotechnology. However, the benefits of nanostructured material have not widely been extended into large-scale, three-dimensional …
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Broadband Rheological Characterisation of Soft Functional Materials
… for the mechanical characterisation of soft materials, ranging from liquid suspensions and emulsions to tenuous or even stiff gels. Probing the internal microstructure and understanding the relaxation of such materials has always been of great interest to industries, where the flow behaviour …
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Additive Manufacturing of Functional Materials for Biomedical Devices
… their full potential. Rapid advancements in materials, manufacturing, and structural design are making personalised, comfortable, and lightweight medical devices possible. In this thesis, material extrusion additive manufacturing is used to enhance the functionality of polymers for the …
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Thermal, electrical and mechanical properties of three-dimensional functional materials
… colloidal crystals do not possess any dynamic functionalities, but serve as a sacrificial template for the fabrication of various classes of 3D functional materials. On the other hand, some colloids themselves have their own dynamic functionalities, so that they can be directed-assembled in …
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Charged ferroelectric domain walls: the next generation in 2D functional materials
In this thesis I present my investigations into the properties of charge carriers in conducting ferroelectric domain walls in single crystals of YbMnO3, ErMnO3 and lithium niobate. <br/><br/>Through the use of atomic force microscopy (AFM), electron microscopy and electrical measurements I measured …
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Direct writing of functional materials for milk point-of-care tests
… been exploited through pen direct writing of functional materials. In particular, a commercial fountain pen has been used for “handwriting” biomaterials or nanoinks on the nitrocellulose support or in a paper substrate. Thanks to the simplicity of the fabrication method, the versatility and …
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Liquid Crystalline Elastomers as Renewable Functional Materials: From Chemistry to Application
… (LCs), resulting in the ability for these materials to undergo large reversible deformation when subjected to external stimuli. This unique ability to actuate and perform work without mechanical parts has positioned LCEs as attractive materials for applications in fields such as soft …
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Controlled self-assembly of natural proteins into hierarchically structured functional materials
… for nature to generate high-performance and multifunctional proteinaceous materials. Inspired by nature’s approach, there is growing interest in the exploitation of self-assembled protein structures as a basis of artificial protein materials. To this end, this thesis aims to gain a better …
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The self-assembly of chitin nanocrystals into hierarchically structured functional materials
… ChNCs can be successfully used to be used as a functional material.
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Laser-induced forward transfer techniques for printing functional materials and photonic devices
… of photonic devices and printing piezoelectric materials for energy harvesting applications. A nanosecond shadowgraphy technique was used to study the triazene polymer (TP)-dynamic release layer (DRL) assisted LIFT technique for solid-phase ceramic materials namely gadolinium gallium oxide …
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Nanoporous Calcium Carbonate-Based Substrates for the Controlled Delivery of Functional Materials
The overall aim of this project was to study `functionalised' calcium carbonates (FCCs) for use as a carrier for the controlled release of `actives,' by permeation and diffusion, and is being proposed as an environmentally friendly and non-toxic pharmaceutical excipient, nutraceutical, and flavour …
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