Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Department "Chemical Engineering"
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(2022-03-28)Department: Chemical EngineeringHere, we detail the design and fabrication of a two-layer microfluidic device to be used to investigate microtubule dynamics and mechanics in vitro. The design basis was precipitated by our desire to utilize the intrinsic ...
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(2006-03-29)Department: Chemical EngineeringTHE THEORY, DEVELOPMENT, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF PARTITIONED ERROR CONTROL Mark Leland Rutherford Dissertation under the direction of Professor Kenneth A. Debelak Partitioned Error Control (PEC) is a two-degree-of-freedom ...
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(2017-05-26)Department: Chemical EngineeringCancer is the second leading cause of death globally according to the World Health Organization. Aggressive cancers that have genetic mutations for surface receptors require more versatile and multifunctional treatments. ...
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(2021-05-17)Department: Chemical EngineeringModification strategies involving polymer or molecular coatings have the ability to tailor the interfacial properties of surfaces by control of the structure, thickness, and composition of these adlayers. This work utilized ...
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(2017-11-21)Department: Chemical EngineeringNanoscale devices featuring surfaces in sliding contact are found in applications ranging from biocompatible materials for joint replacement to the next generation of hard disk drive technologies. While several approaches ...
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(2021-08-23)Department: Chemical EngineeringA human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neural tissue model for spatiotemporal analysis of tau pathology was investigated in a polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microfluidic platform. Three-dimensional (3D) in vitro ...
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(2019-01-16)Department: Chemical EngineeringThe lifetimes of micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), devices featuring both electronic and mechanical components with feature lengths on the micro- to nanoscale, are threatened by friction and wear, often ...
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(2016-08-09)Department: Chemical EngineeringVisible light therapy (400-700 nm), i.e. photodynamic therapy, phototherapy, etc. has been used experimentally and clinically for treatment in acne, cancer, wounds, jaundiced neonates and other ailments. In the wake of ...
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(2017-11-22)Department: Chemical EngineeringMesoscopic solar cells, including dye-sensitized (DSSCs) and perovskite solar cells (PSCs), have recently emerged as a global contender to silicon photovoltaics (PVs), due to their inexpensive and non-toxic constituents, ...
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(2015-04-05)Department: Chemical EngineeringIn recent years, the development of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) has received intense attention and effort. However, studies on nanoconfined fluid phase behavior has given ...
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(2024-02-06)Department: Chemical EngineeringThe skin serves as the body’s primary barrier against external chemicals and pathogens as well as water loss. This protective function is localized to the skin’s outermost layer, the stratum corneum. The stratum corneum ...