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- Title
- INVESTIGATIONS INTO PHOTO-EXCITED STATE DYNAMICS IN COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS
- Author
- Singh, Gaurav
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Optics, Nanotechnology
- Description
- Colloidal Quantum dots (QDs) have garnered considerable scientific and technological interest as a promising material for next generation solar cells, photo-detectors, lasers, bright light-emitting diodes (LEDs), and reliable biomarkers. However, ...
- Title
- Immunostimulatory Properties of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles
- Author
- Halman, Justin
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Nanoscience
- Description
- Nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) are ubiquitous biomolecules found throughout all living organisms. They can act as genetic information storage and messengers, enzymes, molecular switches, and much more. Although DNA is used almost exclusively for its ...
- Title
- LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS IN SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRES: LIGHT-EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND LIGHT-INDUCED CHANGES IN ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLING AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
- Author
- Marmon, Jason
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science, Electrical engineering, Optics
- Description
- This dissertation explores three related embodiments of light–matter interactions at the micro– and nano–scales, and is focused towards tangible device applications. The first topic provides a fundamentally different transistor or electronic switc...
- Title
- LOADED AND ELABORATED POLYESTER NANOMATERIALS FOR THE TREATMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF DISEASE
- Author
- Fowler, Anthony
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Chemistry, Nanotechnology
- Description
- Cancer is not one disease but many. In fact, cancer is a collection of more than 100 different diseases. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States with an estimated 1.7 million new cases expected in 2017 and approximately 60...
- Title
- Lithography-Free Growth of Silicon Microwires via Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition for Optoelectronic Applications.
- Author
- Thakur, Esha
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, Materials science
- Description
- Realizing the next-generation electronic devices with added features, i.e., flexibility, smaller dimension, higher density (transistors per unit area), lightweight, and low-power consumption, would require extensive work to optimize the processing...
- Title
- Mechanical Characterization of Boron-Based One-Dimensional Nanostructures by Various Techniques
- Author
- Jiang, Youfei
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Materials science, Nanoscience
- Description
- One-dimensional (1D) nanostructures, such as nanotubes, nanowires and nanobelts, have attracted considerable interests in the last two decades because of their exceptional physical, chemical, and electrical properties. Engineering applications of ...
- Title
- Optical Vortices and Coherence in Nano-optics
- Author
- Smith, Matt
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Optics, Nanoscience, Nanotechnology
- Description
- In this dissertation, we use theory and computation to conduct three projects in the area of nano-optics. In the first project, we study optical coherence conversion using a plasmonic hole array. This work led to the discovery of the optical coher...
- Title
- PHYSICAL AND ELECTROCHEMICAL INTERACTIONS WITHIN HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES OF RUTHENIUM COORDINATION COMPLEXES AND SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES
- Author
- Alston, Jeffrey
- Date Created
- 2012
- Subjects--Topical
- Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
- Description
- The research presented in this dissertation is a study of the interaction of ruthenium coordination complexes with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), a pursuit ultimately leading to the development of composite SWCNT materials. The work comp...
- Title
- Synthesis and Optical Properties of Hybrid Gold Nanoparticles Coupled with Quantum Dots and Porphyrins
- Author
- Tobias, Andrew
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Nanoscience, Chemistry, Nanotechnology
- Description
- Coupling of optically active materials, or chromphores, to plasmonic nanoparticles represents a new research area which has the ability to produce higher efficiency lighting and photovoltaic materials. The main goal of this project was to create n...
- Title
- THE SYNTHESIS AND PHOTOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PORPHYRIN PHOTOACTIVE MATERIALS FOR USE AS SENSITIZERS IN ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS AND PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
- Author
- Marin, Dawn
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Nanoscience, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Chemistry
- Description
- Solar energy conversion and photodynamic therapy (PDT) are very different applications. However, both utilize very similar photoactive molecules called porphyrins. Porphyrins are structural analogs of chlorophyll and also function as prosthetic gr...
- Title
- The Influence of Reinforcement Size on the Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of a Nanostructured Aluminum-Based Metal Matrix Composite
- Author
- Behm, Nathan
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Materials science, Nanoscience
- Description
- With increased availability and growing commercial applications, aluminum- based metal matrix composites show promise as high specific strength structural materials. Before they can be implemented however, they require thorough characterization an...
- Title
- The Role of Film Morphology and Defects on the Photostability and Carrier Transport of Methylammonium Lead Triiodide
- Author
- Castaneda, Jose
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Nanoscience, Materials science, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
- Description
- Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites are viewed as a cost-effective alternative for photovoltaic devices, among other applications. Solution and low-temperature processing have gathered much attention for this class of materials. However, the stab...
- Title
- UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF PERIPHERAL ALKYL SUBSTITUENTS ON EXCITON DIFFUSION PROPERTIES OF PORPHYRIN THIN FILMS FOR ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS
- Author
- Kaushal, Meesha
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Materials science, Chemistry
- Description
- Understanding exciton diffusion is a crucial step in the engineering and fabrication of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices. We studied a variety of organic dyes in our research lab including various derivatives of carboalkoxyphenylporphyrins in so...