Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Department "Chemical Engineering"
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(2021-08-16)Department: Chemical EngineeringBiochemical methods to quantify gene transcript, enzyme, and metabolite levels are widely used to assess metabolic pathway regulation. Though informative and even vital in some contexts, static measurements of biomolecule ...
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(2021-01-19)Department: Chemical EngineeringOrgan-on-chip microsystems (OCMs) have proven useful to evaluate chemical toxicity in human cells cultured in 3D heterotypic microenvironments. The strength of such microsystems in toxicity screening and their ability to ...
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(2022-03-25)Department: Chemical EngineeringMore than 50% of adults in the United States are afflicted with musculoskeletal disease or injury, with bone fractures being the most common musculoskeletal condition requiring medical resources. While fracture repair is ...
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(2007-12-13)Department: Chemical EngineeringWe report a molecular-simulation based modeling of transport and orientation properties of single-stranded DNA molecules in a nanoscale channel as a part of a larger nanoscale device designed for rapid DNA sequencing. The ...
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(2008-04-01)Department: Chemical EngineeringAbstract Lithium polymer batteries (LPB) using polyethylene oxide (PEO) polymer host are one of the most popularly used rechargeable batteries. A major factor limiting their performance is low ionic conductivity at room ...
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(2019-05-15)Department: Chemical EngineeringElectric double layer capacitors (EDLCs) are energy storage devices that are the subject of active research due to high power density, moderate energy density, broad operating temperature windows, and long cycle lifetimes. ...
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(2011-04-14)Department: Chemical EngineeringIn recent years, the goal of understanding lubrication on the nano/microscale has gained prominence due to the rise of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) that have applications in microfluidics, sensors, and switches. ...
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(2016-07-29)Department: Chemical EngineeringEnzymatic proteins catalyze biochemical reactions central to many cellular processes. Across all kingdoms of life, members of the AAA+ (ATPases associated with diverse cellular activities plus) superfamily of enzymes convert ...
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(2008-11-18)Department: Chemical EngineeringThe effect of polarization and its importance to the correct reproduction of the behavior of aqueous solutions is presented. First, the effect of the addition of polarization on non-polar solutes in both pure water and ...
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(2014-02-21)Department: Chemical EngineeringRoom temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) consisting solely of cations and anions are attracting rapidly increasing research interest from multidisciplinary areas because of their outstanding physiochemical properties including ...
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(2024-03-20)Department: Chemical EngineeringThe shift towards electricity as the primary energy source has heightened the need for efficient and affordable electrical energy storage systems. This demand is driven by the proliferation of portable electronics, electric ...
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(2024-03-20)Department: Chemical EngineeringThe shift towards electricity as the primary energy source has heightened the need for efficient and affordable electrical energy storage systems. This demand is driven by the proliferation of portable electronics, electric ...
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(2019-09-20)Department: Chemical EngineeringIonic liquids are organic salts that exist in the liquid state near ambient conditions. They exhibit remarkable physical properties, including low vapor pressure and high thermal, chemical, and electrochemical stability, ...
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(2020-01-20)Department: Chemical EngineeringLipid bilayers occupying the gel and fluid phases are examined using molecular dynamics simulation. Molecular dynamics simulations of gel-phase bilayers comprised of varying compositions of distearoylphosphatidylcholine, ...
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(2021-06-07)Department: Chemical EngineeringSupercapacitors are electrochemical energy-storage devices that store energy through the physical adsorption of ions at electrode surfaces. As a result, supercapacitors can store and deliver energy at a faster rate but ...
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(2008-03-13)Department: Chemical EngineeringWe report the mechanical elongation of a gold nanowire in vacuum and in solvents via molecular simulation. First, by combining molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with density-functional-theory (DFT) calculations, we ...
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(2018-01-04)Department: Chemical EngineeringPhotosystem I (PSI) is a naturally abundant protein photodiode that sustains a 1.1 V light-induced reduction potential with nearly perfect internal quantum efficiency. Due to its abundance, stability, and optoelectronic ...
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(2019-01-28)Department: Chemical EngineeringFuel cells offer high energy-density and high power-density as sustainable, portable energy conversion devices. Obstacles to mass-market adoption of this technology include insufficient durability (power density retention ...
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(2008-06-16)Department: Chemical EngineeringDissertation under the direction of Professor Kenneth A. Debelak The study of dynamical biological systems is currently obstructed by the lack of quantitative methods available for biophysical measurement. The focus of ...
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(2008-04-11)Department: Chemical EngineeringThis research focuses three specific topics related to gas-phase adsorption: the synthesis and characterization of a novel carbon-silica composite adsorbent material, the diffusion of condensable vapors in single adsorbent ...