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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"micro and nanotechnology"”.
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Micro and nanotechnology for cancer treatment
… over time. In order to gain a better understanding of drug efficacy in patients, we developed three diagnostic technologies to address limitations in sample acquisition and improve the scale and sensitivity of current cancer diagnostic tools. In the first section, we describe a hybrid …
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The fluid-coupled motion of micro and nanoscale cantilevers
An understanding of the fluid coupled dynamics of micro and nanotechnology has the potential to yield significant advances yet many open and interesting questions remain. As an important example we consider the coupling of two closely spaced cantilevers immersed in a viscous fluid subject to an …
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Microfluidic Columns with Nanotechnology-Enabled Stationary Phases for Gas Chromatography
Advances in micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS) along with nanotechnology based methods have enabled the miniaturization of analytical chemistry instrumentation. The broader aim is to provide a portable, low-cost, and low-power platform for the real-time detection and identification of organic …
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A liposome-based ion release impedance sensor for HIV detection at the point-of-care
Many individuals living in remote and resource-limited regions around the world face a barrier to adequate medical care due to the unavailability of diagnostic instrumentation to perform standard measurements which diagnose disease and inform treatment. Factors which limit the availability of …
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Fabrication and performance of broad-area high power narrow linewidth semiconductor laser diodes
This thesis presents the theoretical and experimental examination of broad-area, high-order, distributed feedback (DFB) grating, semiconductor laser diodes for the goal of manufacturably attaining longitudinal mode reduction. Through coupled-mode theory, the coupling coefficient, the reflectivity, …
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Design and evaluation of novel microencapsulation technologies to enhance delivery of Ciclosporin
… processes of release, absorption, distribution and elimination of drug. Conventional delivery methods administer drug through the mouth, the skin, transmucosal areas, inhalation or injection. However, one of the current challenges is the lack of effective and targeted oral drug administration. …
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Scalable direct electrochemical nanopatterning of silver films
Metallic nanostructures play an important role in micro and nanotechnology, from interconnects in electronics, electrodes in chemical sensors, batteries, plasmonic waveguides, structural color generation in sub-wavelength optics and catalysts in micro-reactor surfaces. Silver, of all the elements, …
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Stimulated Brillouin scattering in an on-chip microdisk resonator
… involved in the process: two optical waves (pump and scattered light) and one acoustic wave, and the scattering process is restricted through the conservation of momentum and energy. Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) occurs when the interference between the pump and scattered light reinforces …
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Microscale biosensors for HIV detection and viral load determination
The HIV/AIDS pandemic has killed 39 million people worldwide, and nearly as many people are living with HIV infection today. The global response to this disease has come a long way since the emergence of HIV in the early 1980s, including more than 64 billion USD in international spending between …
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Computational modeling of transport and growth-related processes of novel gallium-v materials for temperature-resilient and high-power electronics
… novel Ga-V materials for temperature-resilient and power electronics applications. These materials are based on mature and well-studied semiconductors, like GaAs and GaN, and there is untapped potential in utilizing unconventional elements, like Bi and Yb, to be used as alloy constituents. The …
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Solid state electrochemical processes for nanofabrication
Metallic nanostructures play a defining role in micro and nanotechnology, from interconnects in electronics to electrodes in chemical sensors, batteries, fuel-cells, antennae, plasmonic waveguides in sub-wavelength optics and structural color generation. While the demand for making functional …
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Solid-state superionic stamping: Patterning 3D metallic micro- and nanostructures for surface enhanced Raman sensing
Metallic nanostructures play a pivotal role in micro- and nanotechnology, contributing to various applications such as interconnects in electronics; electrodes in chemical sensors, batteries, fuel cells, antennae, plasmonic waveguides in sub-wavelength optics; etc. As the demand for functional …