Search Constraints

Start Over
Filtering by: Creator Cai, T. Remove constraint Creator: Cai, T. Committee Member Lerner, Michael M. Remove constraint Committee Member: Lerner, Michael M.

Search Results

  • Design, characterization, and application of spectrometers for determination of low-level dissolved oxygen with small-volume sampling methodology

    Creator:
    Cakin, Defne
    Abstract:
    New analytical methods and instrumentation were developed for the determination of dissolved oxygen (DO) at low concentrations in water. The methods were based on monitoring the absorbance increase due to the oxidation of reduced indigo carmine (IC) by oxygen in the sample in different types of spectrometer cells. Spectrophotometer cells...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • Transition Metal Oxides for Aqueous Electrochemical Energy Storage

    Creator:
    Jiang, Heng
    Abstract:
    In the 21st century, environmental deterioration is now an indisputable fact. Reliable and economically viable electricity systems based on renewable sources are urgently needed to replace the environmentally detrimental fossil fuels. The feasibility of incorporating renewable-but-intermittent solar and wind energy heavily depends on the development of cost-effective and safe technologies,...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    electrolyte freezing with volumetric changes significantly limit the low-T performance of rechargeable

  • Nonlinear Terahertz Spectroscopy and imaging of Carbon Nanomaterials

    Creator:
    Lee, Byounghwak
    Abstract:
    This dissertation presents nonlinear terahertz (THz) properties of carbon nanomaterials investigated by time-resolved high-field THz spectroscopy. In order to determine THz characteristics of nanomaterials, we performed THz power spectrum measurement, THz raster imaging, THz time-domain spectroscopy (THz-TDS) and time-resolved pump-probe experiment on two different types of single layer graphene and...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    , , f o r w a r d t h an T H z r ad i a t i o n i n Li N b O 3 c r ys t a l

  • Fundamental Studies of the Structure-Property Correlations of Na-ion and K-ion Storage in Non-Graphitic Carbon

    Creator:
    Li, Zhifei
    Abstract:
    Grid-scale energy storage systems are urgently needed to increase the flexibility and rigidity of the grid for modern society and take full advantage of the renewable green energy resources such as solar energy and wind energy. Na-ion batteries (NIBs) and K-ion batteries (KIBs) have been emerged as one of the...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation

  • New chemistry for electrochemical energy storage applications

    Creator:
    Wang, Xingfeng
    Abstract:
    Electrochemical capacitors and batteries are two major electrochemical energy storage technologies, which have been investigated extensively to meet the rapidly-growing demand for higher energy, higher power, lower cost and enhanced safety in the past few decades. With the charge storage mechanism of electrostatic charge adsorption desorption via electrical double layers,...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    Page Figure 4.6 (a) Three-electrode cell configuration in a T-shape Swagelok cell, (b) two

  • The Formation of Astrophysical Dust

    Creator:
    Mauney, Christopher M.
    Abstract:
    The formation of carbonaceous and silicate precursor molecules to astrophysical dust grains is investigated. Using density functional theory (DFT) in combination with global optimization techniques, the ground-state binding energies of dust precursors are determined. These results are employed in atomistic nucleation theory (ANT) to predict the critical size and nucleation...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    ]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1.8 Curves of the Gibbs free energy G(V ′, T ′) given by Equation 1.4.2 using the reduced

  • Enantioselective Total Syntheses of Quinolizidine Lycopodium Alkaloid Cermizine D and Cytotoxic Marine Macrolide Mandelalide A

    Creator:
    Veerasamy, Nagarathanam
    Abstract:
    The enantioselective total synthesis of quinolizidine-containing natural product cermizine D and formal syntheses of senepodine G and cermizine C has been achieved. These natural products are members of the lycopodium alkaloids, which have attracted significant attention due to their exciting biological activities and the diverse structural scaffolds. Key steps in...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    O t-Bu S O NH2 Ti(OEt)4, InTHF, 23 °C; 60 °C Br HN Br S t-Bu O KHMDS THF, 0 °C 90% (from

  • Polyoxoniobates: fundamental solubility trend and their application in solution and on the surface of thin films

    Creator:
    Rahman, Tasnim
    Abstract:
    Polyoxometalates (POMs) are anions consisting of three or more early transition metals ™ (Gr V and VI) oxoanions (in their highest oxidation state) linked together by a shared oxygen bond to form a 3D framework. Polyoxometalates (POMs) are a rapidly growing class of metal oxo clusters with a wide range...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    ://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2015.03.062. (11) Olsen, M. R.; Colliard, I.; Rahman, T.; Miyaishi, T. C

  • Novel Charge Carriers for Aqueous Electrochemical Energy Storage

    Creator:
    Sandstrom, Sean K.
    Abstract:
    The continued long-term use of fossil fuels as a primary energy source has resulted in dramatic increases in greenhouse gas emissions and the associated concerns of climate change and environmental pollution. A key strategy to circumvent these issues is a global shift away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy sources....
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    trichloride [Cl3] – in ZnOh, T-shaped pentachloride [Cl5]– in ZnTd, and dichloride in Mn3O4 with

  • The Role of Materials Chemistry in Designing Advanced Color Inorganic Pigments

    Creator:
    Medina, Elena A.
    Abstract:
    The results of the research presented in this work are related to synthesis and investigations of novel color inorganic pigments having various structures and shades. Inorganic pigments play a major role in contemporary life. They are used in paints, rubber, plastic, cosmetics etc. Searching for new, stable, environmentally benign and...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
    Full Text:
    t-shirt absorbs all colors except orange and reflects only orange light.... 16 1.21 Shepherd