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  • Method development for characterizing the hydrophobicity of engineered nanoparticles

    Creator:
    Lee, Fang Yu
    Abstract:
    Characterizing the hydrophobicity of nanoparticles can help us understand their fate and transport in the environment, as well as how nanoparticles may interact with biological systems. However, contact angle and partition coefficient have limitations in measuring the hydrophobicity of nanoparticles, thus promising methods to measuring the hydrophobicity of nanoparticles are...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Fang Yu Lee for the degree of Master of Science in Chemical

  • Surface-Initiated Click-Ready Bioactive Polymer Coatings: Synthesis and Characterization

    Creator:
    Yu, Bonan
    Abstract:
    Protein adsorption on blood contacting medical devices usually causes fouling and failure, and may promote clotting and undesirable immune responses. Hydrophilic polymer coatings in a dense, pendent “brush” conformation can resist protein adsorption on the surface while increasing biocompatibility. Such coatings can also be used to immobilize a variety of...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    DISSERTATION OF Bonan Yu for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering presented on

  • Fabrication of Biological Pigment Nanowires by Inkjet Printing

    Creator:
    Cao, Yu
    Abstract:
    Digital inkjet printing is developing quickly today because inkjet printing processes consume less energy and water and produce less waste discharge than traditional dyeing and other printing technologies. Inkjet printing provides more versatility and flexibility in terms of printing patterns and colors. Natural pigments are gaining more attention today as...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Yu Cao for the degree of

  • Spray drying for erythrocyte preservation at room temperature

    Creator:
    Leu, Hsuan-Yu
    Abstract:
    Spray drying has been widely used in food science for long-term storage of products such as powdered milk, and it has recently been used for preservation of more temperature sensitive products such as human blood plasma and single-cell organisms. However, there are no previous reports of successful spray drying of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Hsuan-Yu Leu for the degree of Master of Science in Chemical

  • Development of an anammox HDH enzyme assay to characterize heavy metal inhibition with protection tests

    Creator:
    Qiao, Guancheng
    Abstract:
    Removing nitrogen from wastewater is critical to avoid eutrophication of receiving waters. Due to its potential economic benefits, the use of anammox bacteria to remove nitrogen from wastewater is gaining in popularity. Anammox bacteria utilize NO₂- to oxidize NH₄+ to N₂. However, anammox bacteria are sensitive to a wide variety...
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    Masters Thesis
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    to heavy metals (Jin et al., 2012; Yu et al., 2016). This can be problematic as there are multiple

  • Ultrafiltration Membrane Fouling in Side-stream Aerobic Granular Sludge Membrane Bioreactor

    Creator:
    Yang, Zhengjian
    Abstract:
    The integration of low-pressure membrane filtration and aerobic granular sludge (AGS) reactor leads to a novel environmental biotechnological process with strong potential to overcome membrane fouling and demonstrate excellent wastewater treatment performance. However, membrane fouling mechanisms in the AGS based membrane bioreactor (MBR) are lack of systematic elaboration. In the...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Inkjet-Printed Metal Halide Semiconductors for Wearable Electronics

    Creator:
    Li, Shujie
    Abstract:
    There is an emerging interest in developing wearable electronics as a platform, which provides the flexibility of a wearable while maintaining its promising functionality as smart textiles. Metal-halide semiconductors are attractive materials with tunable optical and electrical properties. Researchers have widely studied and applied it for advanced photonics and optoelectronic...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    , Hao Sun, Ziyan Liu, Ceng Zeng, Yu CaO and more. Also, My studies wouldn’t have taken me this far

  • Synthesis, surface treatment, and characterization of copper indium sulfide quantum dots

    Creator:
    Alemu, Yagenetfere A.
    Abstract:
    The need for less toxic quantum dots (QDs) has led to a significant number of investigations related to copper indium sulfide (CIS) QDs. Lower toxicity and broad band absorbance width makes CIS QDs appealing for light emitting diodes (LEDs), lasers, sensors, bio-imaging, solar cells, and computing. The optical and electronic...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Engineering an Ex-Vivo System to Study Transport Phenomena in the Human Intervertebral Disc

    Creator:
    Shalash, Ward
    Abstract:
    Back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide, entailing a significant socioeconomic impact. A primary source of back pain can be attributed to intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration allowing nerve ingrowth, facet joint arthritis, disc bulging, and osteophyte formations that press on nearby nerve roots or the spinal cord. While...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • Classifying the toxicity of pesticides to honey bees via support vector machines with random walk graph kernels

    Creator:
    Yang, Ping
    Abstract:
    Pesticides benefit agriculture by increasing crop yield, quality, and security. However, pesticides may inadvertently harm bees, which are valuable as pollinators. Thus, candidate pesticides in development pipelines must be assessed for toxicity to bees. Leveraging a data set of 382 molecules with toxicity labels from honey bee exposure experiments, we...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis