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Experimental Assessment of Constraint Release Physics in Entangled Polymers and Its Implication for Rheological Modeling
(2019)
Innovations in the predictive theory, particularly tube models such as the Hierarchical 3.0 model (Wang et al. J. Rheol., 54(2): 223-260, 2010), Branch-on-Branch (BoB) model (Das et al. J. Rheol., 50(2), 207-234, 2006), ...
Experimental and Theoretical Studies of DNA-Macroion Interactions.
(2015)
The thesis uses experiments and simulations to examine the interactions of DNA molecules with proteins and protein-like nanoparticles, with applications to protein search and targeting of DNA sequences, and to DNA complexation ...
Multiscale Modeling of Partially Crystalline Materials
(2023)
Simulation and modeling methods covering multiple time and length scales are here applied to study crystals and materials with partial crystallinity. The first system investigated is the aqueous emulsion of cationic ...
Advancing Empirical Models for the Hydrothermal Liquefaction of Microalgae
(2018)
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a sustainable-energy technology used to convert microalgae into an energy-dense biofuel precursor known as biocrude oil. This dissertation illuminates myriad effects of HTL process inputs ...
Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Single Circulating Tumor and Immune Cells to Examine Heterogeneity
(2023)
Cancer patient care is limited by several factors including a lack of methods to detect cancer dissemination and progression, few treatment options, and challenges in detecting tumor heterogeneity. Circulating biomarkers ...
Multi-Scale Modeling and Simulation of Polymeric Liquids in Fast Extensional Flows
(2019)
This thesis contains simplified simulations of polymers in the entangled melt/solution state and in the glassy state in fast extensional flows where chains become locally stretched at modest strains. Comparisons to ...
Adsorbents for Green Transporation.
(2013)
For the past few decades, research has gone towards devising more efficient and lower pollution transportation. This seminar covers the shift in focus from a hydrogen economy towards carbon reduction and the similar ...
Theoretical and Experimental Study of Fuel Injector Tip Wetting as a Source of Particulate Emissions in Gasoline Direct-Injection Engines
(2019)
Gasoline fuel film deposited on the tip of a fuel injector, i.e. injector tip wetting, has been identified as a significant source of particulate emissions at some operating conditions of gasoline direct-injection engines. ...
Multiscale Modeling of Polymer Dynamics under Equilibrium and Non-Equilbrium Conditions.
(2013)
In this dissertation, we have explored various aspects of polymer dynamics in dilute solutions, at equilibrium and non-equilibrium conditions, with computational models ranging over multiple length and time scales, using ...
Characterizing the Ce3+/Ce4+ Chemistry for Use in Redox Flow Battery Applications
(2022)
Energy storage technologies will be crucial to meeting rising renewable electricity demand in the U.S., but there is currently not enough storage capacity to meet this demand. As described in Chapter 1, redox flow batteries ...