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Showing 1 to 20 of 727 for “"nanomaterials"”.
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Nanomaterials from Nanocomponents: Synthesis and Properties of Hybrid Nanomaterials
… into two different classes of hybrid nanomaterials, their formation and properties. In the first part of this thesis, hybrid nanomaterials composed of cadmium selenide nanoparticles and single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are discussed; a novel synthetic method for these hybrids is …
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In-situ TEM study of carbon nanomaterials and thermoelectric nanomaterials
Graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) are quasi one dimensional structures which have unique transport properties, and have a potential to open a bandgap at small ribbon widths. They have been extensively studied in recent years due to their high potential for future electronic and spintronic device …
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DNA-Templated Nanomaterials
Nanomaterials display interesting physical and chemical properties depending on their shape, size and composition. Self assembly is an intriguing route to producing nanomaterials with controllable compositions and morphologies. DNA has been used to guide the self assembly of materials, resulting …
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Aerogels as diverse nanomaterials
"Aerogels are 3-D light-weight nanoporous materials pursued for their low thermal conductivity, low dielectric constant and high acoustic attenuation. Those exceptional macroscopic properties of aerogels are dependent on the chemical nature of nanoparticles, complex hierarchical solid skeletal …
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Polysequence Nanomaterials for Immunomodulation
… therapeutics, especially those employing nanomaterials, and especially for applications where non-inflammatory responses are prioritized, can be employed for a variety of potential applications in vaccine development, towards infectious diseases and towards non-infectious applications such …
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Nanomaterials for Sustainable Water Remediation
… applications. Due to their high surface area, nanomaterials, such as carbon nanotubes or graphene, have the ability to uptake larger amounts of molecules before reaching saturation than conventional adsorbents like biochar. However, nanomaterials have the tendency to aggregate, hindering their …
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Pressure Driven Desalination Utilizing Nanomaterials
<p>Nanomaterials such as graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes, have demonstrated excellent properties for membrane desalination, including decrease of maintenance, increase of flux rate, simple solution casting, and impressive chemical inertness. Here, two projects are studied to investigate …
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Microfluidic synthesis of colloidal nanomaterials
… a popular route to the controlled synthesis of nanomaterials. Standard bench-scale synthetic chemistry techniques often involve non-uniform spatial and temporal distributions of concentration and temperature, and are not readily scalable. Photolithography-based microfabrication enables the …
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Shape-Engineering Substrate-Based Plasmonic Nanomaterials
… nanoscale. Since the morphological features of nanomaterials dictate their chemical and physical properties, a significant effort has been put forth to develop syntheses aimed at fine tuning their size, shape and composition. This massive effort has resulted in a maturing colloidal chemistry …
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METAL NANOMATERIALS: SYNTHESIS, DESIGN, AND APPLICATIONS
… synthesize a variety of high-quality metal nanomaterials. Our work shows that the Pd-NP/SiOx-NS composite nanostructure using dielectric SiOx as an optical nanoantenna is a promising photocatalyst that can drive photonic chemical conversion with high efficiency.
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Enzyme responsive nanomaterials for cancer applications
Expression levels of enzymes dictate the difference between health and disease in many cases, including cancer. This leads scientists to explore strategies to incorporate enzyme sensitivity in materials where the goal is to achieve dynamic and targeted changes in material properties to influence …
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Functional Nanomaterials From Bis-Urea Macrocycles
<p>Self-assembly of bis-urea macrocycles usually give tubular crystals with nano-sized channels that we use as molecular container. These molecular containers alter the reactivity, stability, and chemical behavior of the reactants entrapped within them. This dissertation is focused on bulk …
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NOVEL NANOMATERIALS FOR ENERGY RELATED APPLICATIONS
The depletion of natural resources has long been a concern since the rapid increase in energy consumption in recent years. The gradual increase of pollution worldwide accompanied by energy generation process also started to post threats to the environment. With the evolution of technology and …
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Synthesis and Characterization of Ferroelectric Nanomaterials
In this dissertation, BaTiO3 nanocrystals, Bi4Ti3O12 nanostructured microspheres, and cosubstituted Bi4Ti3O12 nanoparticles and ceramics were prepared using solvothermal, hydrothermal and citrate-gel methods. The ferroelectric properties of the prepared cosubstituted Bi4Ti3O12 ceramics were studied …
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Fabrication of novel sensors from nanomaterials
… and characterisation of novel sensors from nanomaterials. These are materials that have at least one length scale in the nanometre region, and in many cases they exhibit fascinating electrical, mechanical or optical properties due to their small size. While their small size makes them …
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Functional nanomaterials via colloidal assisted fabrication
Spherical colloidal nanoparticles have been popular building blocks for larger scale super structures due to their easy synthesis, unique while simple shape and relatively well understood interactions. Despite concentrated and lasting efforts in the scientific community to explore design phases of …
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Applications for nanomaterials in critical technologies
This thesis is devoted to the development, synthesis, properties, and applications of nano materials for critical technologies, including three areas: (1) Microbial contamination of drinking water is a serious problem of global significance. About 51% of the waterborne disease outbreaks in the …
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