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Investigation of Structure-Function Relationships of Supported Metal Catalysts for the Aldehyde-Water-Shift Reaction
(2019)
The conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals is considered as sustainable alternatives of non-renewable fossil fuel and petroleum. Given the high water content in biomass, biomass conversion with water has also drawn ...
Non-Classical Crystallization Pathways in Eutectic-Forming Systems
(2020)
Crystallization is the central process of synthesizing materials across length scales, with ubiquitous examples in synthetic, biogenic, and geologic environments. During crystallization a continuum of patterns could emerge ...
Capture and Characterization of Circulating Tumor Cells (CTCs) in Early Lung Cancer Using a Novel High-throughput Affinity-based Microfluidic Device.
(2016)
Circulating tumor cells or CTCs are believed to be the seeds for metastases, which cause the majority of cancer-related deaths. They have been proven to be clinically useful as they can inform tumor biology, and be harnessed ...
Modeling Paraffin Wax Deposition from Flowing Oil onto Cold Surfaces
(2020)
Paraffins with large molecular weights precipitate out of solution when temperature decreases, forming a three-dimensional network of crystals that can impede oil flow in a pipe, which is undesirable during crude oil ...
Transition Pathway Perspectives in Molecular Simulations of Enzymes
(2021)
Molecular simulations of enzymes can provide a wealth of knowledge to explain and characterize these uniquely complex and beautiful molecular machines. However, the vast majority of the most interesting properties of enzymes ...
Administration of Chemically-Modified Poly(lactide-co-glycolide) Nanoparticles to Engineer the Immune Response for Tolerance Induction
(2017)
Autoimmune diseases are the result of a severe immune response targeted against native tissues. Current strategies in the clinic to treat autoimmunity involve administering immunosuppressant medications which suppress broad ...
Engineering of Spiky Hedgehog Particles
(2020)
Hedgehog particles (HPs) represent a platform for engineering dispersion stability by marked reduction of van der Waals forces from nanoscale spikes. This dissertation utilizes the dispersion stability of HPs in a broad ...
Synthesis and Functionalization of Three-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks
(2019)
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are an emerging class of cross-linked porous crystalline polymers constructed exclusively from rigid building blocks linked together by covalent interactions. Compared to conventional ...
Purely Organic Triplet Emitters: From Fundamental Molecular Design to Performance Amplification in Modern Applications
(2022)
Emissive materials are the essential functional components in many modern and emerging technologies such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), solid-state lighting, sensors, and data encryption. Metal-free purely organic ...
Supported Engineered Extracellular Matrices for 3D Cell Culture
(2017)
In the current shift away from 2D tissue culture polystyrene and towards 3D cell culture models, several important design criteria have yet to be considered: (1) provision of large open areas where cells can create their ...