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Biological Applications of Surfaces with Extreme Wettabilities
(2019)
Surfaces with extreme wettabilities have become an increasingly popular topic due to their wide range of applications – from simply keeping dirt off clothing to oil-water separation in the event of an oil spill. In particular, ...
Novel Photoarylation-based Controlled Polymerization of Conjugated Polymers and Its Application for Transparent Electrode
(2019)
In order to afford the production of conjugated polymers with uniform and desirable optical and electrical properties on a large scale, much effort have been devoted to light-induced polymerization. Various well-defined ...
From Small Molecules to Polymers: Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Organic Conjugated Systems for Solar Applications
(2018)
The world is seeing rapid population growth and with this growth, energy demands have soared. Traditionally, fossil fuels have been used to meet these demands, but extraction of fossil fuels is detrimental to the environment, ...
Understanding the Solution Phase Chemistry and Solid State Thermodynamic Behavior of Pharmaceutical Cocrystals.
(2012)
This dissertation focuses on the thermodynamic stability and solubility of pharmaceutical cocrystals. Specifically, the objectives are to; (i) investigate the influence of coformer properties such as solubility and ionization ...
Investigation of the Optical Properties of Novel Organic Macromolecules for Solar Cell Applications.
(2015)
The search for renewable energy sources to replace fossil fuel has been a major research focus in the energy sector. The sun, with its vast amount of energy, remains the most abundant and ubiquitous energy source that far ...
Probing Heat Transport and Energy Conversion at the Atomic and Single Molecule Scale
(2018)
The study of heat transport and energy conversion constitutes an important subject in modern physics and engineering research. The widely-applied Fourier’s and Planck’s laws have proven to be very useful to describe heat ...
Hsp70 chaperone Proteins and their Interactions with Various Drugs as Studied by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
(2011)
Chaperone proteins and their cochaperones are perhaps one of the most intriguing systems for investigation. Ubiquitous in nature, they can be found in every organism and that perhaps is the reason that their sequence shows ...
Multicompartmental Biomaterials via Electrohydrodynamic Co-jetting.
(2011)
The synthesis and theranostic applications of biodegradable anisotropic materials are described in this dissertation. Precise nano- and micro-scale control of the architecture of biodegradable polymeric materials is highly ...
Nonlinear Optical Enhancement from Aggregate and Ensemble Effects in Organic Systems.
(2011)
Organic optoelectronics provide several advantages over traditional Si based systems. These advantages are typically cost, ease of manufacturing, and environmental impact. One area of particular interest in the field of ...