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Title: ANALYSIS OF CONDUCTIVE PROPERTIES OF CORE/ SHELL NANOCOMPOSITE STRUCTURES
Author: Moorthy, Gayathri
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Nanoscience
Description: Nanostructures have been explored considerably in recent times to ascertain the unique properties they exhibit in the nanoscale regime as opposed to their bulk counterparts. Their characteristic high surface-to-volume ratio coupled with confinemen...

Title: Bioactive ceramic coating on orthopedic implants for enhanced bone tissue integration
Author: Aniket, .
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Nanoscience, Biomedical engineering
Description: Tissue integration between bone and orthopedic implant is essential for implant fixation and longevity. An immunological response leads to fibrous encapsulation of metallic implants leading to implant instability and failure. Bioactive ceramics ha...

Title: Blinking Correlation in Nanocrystal Quantum Dots Probed with Novel Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy Methods
Author: Hefti, Ryan
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Physics
Description: Semiconductor quantum dots have a vast array of applications: as fluorescent labels in biological systems, as physical or chemical sensors, as components in photovoltaic technology, and in display devices. An attribute of nearly every quantum dot ...

Title: CARBON NANOTUBE GROWTH, DISPERSION, AND USE IN NANOELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATORS
Author: Forney, Michael
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience
Description: The body of research comprising this dissertation spans the full spectrum of carbon nanotube (CNT) research: growth of CNTs, dispersion of SWNTs, controlled aggregation of SWNTs, and fabrication of CNT-based actuators. CNTs have been grown in our ...

Title: Characterization of Individual Straight and Kinked Boron Carbide Nanowires
Author: Cui, Zhiguang
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Nanoscience, Physics
Description: Boron carbides represent a class of ceramic materials with p-type semiconductor natures, complex structures and a wide homogeneous range of carbon compositions. Bulk boron carbides have long been projected as promising high temperature thermoelect...

Title: Cholera Toxin Subunit B-Mediated Intracellular Trafficking of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles Toward the Endoplasmic Reticulum
Author: Walker, William
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Nanoscience, Biomedical engineering
Description: In recent decades, pharmaceutical research has led to the development of numerous treatments for human disease. Nanoscale delivery systems have the potential to maximize therapeutic outcomes by enabling target specific delivery of these therapeuti...

Title: DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF LOW LOSS AND LOW INDEX OPTICAL METAMATERIALS
Author: Cox, Princess
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Nanoscience
Description: The study of optics has changed over the past 3000 years. We have developed beyond the early lens technologies of quartz and other types of glass materials and new materials are being engineered to enhance the properties of naturally occurring mat...

Title: Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Simulation of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Porphyrin Molecules to Fabricate Self-Assembled Nanoparticles and Their Use for Photodynamic Therapy
Author: Loman-Cortes, Paula
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience
Description: PAULA LOMAN-CORTES. Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Simulation of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Porphyrin Molecules to Fabricate Self-Assembled Nanoparticles and Their Use for Photodynamic Therapy. (Under the direction of DR JUAN L ...

Title: Development of Silica Based Nanoparticles for Multimodal Therapeutic Delivery
Author: Vadarevu, Hemapriyadarshini
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience
Description: Chronic diseases like cancer are characterized by complex interactions between multiple pathways leading to treatment resistance and invasiveness. Repeated cycles of cytotoxic monotherapies are susceptible to drug resistance induced by the upregul...

Title: Development of nanoparticle-based approaches for the treatment and imaging of pancreatic cancer
Author: Tarannum, Mubin
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Chemistry
Description: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a type of exocrine pancreatic cancer which accounts for over 90% of cases. PDAC is the fourth-leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States with a 5-year survival rate of 9% with little t...

Title: Dynamic and Conditionally Activated Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles
Author: Chandler, Morgan
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience
Description: Programmed interactions of nucleic acids—including DNA and RNA—orchestrate genetic expression and downstream cellular processes at every level. The structures of nucleic acids rely on their sequences, which include traditional Watson-Crick base pa...

Title: EFFECTS OF GRAIN SIZE ON THE QUASI-STATIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF ULTRAFINE-GRAINED AND NANOCRYSTALLINE TANTALUM
Author: Ligda, Jonathan
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Nanoscience
Description: The increase in strength due to the Hall-Petch effect, reduced strain hardening capacity, a reduced ductility, and changes in deformation mechanisms are all effects of reducing grain size (d) into the ultrafine-grained (UFG, 100 < d < 1000 nm) and...

Title: Electric Field Dependent Spectroscopy of Single Nanocrystal Systems
Author: LeBlanc, Sharonda
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Nanoscience, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
Description: A suite of single molecule spectroscopic techniques and data analysis methods were implemented to explore the complex role of electric fields in single semiconductor nanocrystal photophysics. This dissertation spans the synthesis, characterization...

Title: Employing Surface Plasmon Resonances to Boost Effectiveness of Multiple Exciton Generation in Lead-Based Quantum Dots
Author: Dipple, Kathleen
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience
Description: Harvesting the sun’s energy at a high efficiency and low cost is a vital step towards replacing fossil fuels. Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are promising materials that have great potential for solar applications due to their size dependent optical...

Title: Environmentally Sustainable Synthesis of Novel Nano Assisted Ion Exchange Systems for Facile and High-capacity Water Purification
Author: Sahu, Abhispa
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience
Description: Demand for clean and safe drinking water is a global challenge because of water scarcity, growth of human population, urbanization, and anthropogenic pollution. Purification of water involves removal of small molecules and ions from ground water a...

Title: Exploring The Self Assembly of Cadmium Selenide Nanoparticles In Langmuir Films
Author: Giles, Alexander
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Nanoscience, Physics
Description: The assembly of semiconductor nanocrystals into close packed films suitable for device engineering is critical to the development of next generation electronic and optoelectronic devices. These nanocrystals have nanometer dimensions and can be pre...

Title: Exploring exciton and trap state recombination dynamics in cadmium sulfide quantum dots
Author: Woodall, Danielle
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
Description: Colloidal semiconducting quantum dots (QDs) are ideal candidates for optoelectronic devices such as solar cells and LEDs because of their high photoluminescence (PL) quantum yields and photostability. In order to improve device efficiencies, we mu...

Title: Exploring the photophysics and photocatalytic properties of platinum and palladium nanoparticles
Author: Major, Kevin
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Chemistry, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
Description: Platinum and Palladium nanoparticles are important nanoscale materials for a variety of materials science and industrial applications. The presented research covers a broad spectrum of these unique nanoparticles, from their synthesis and character...

Title: FABRICATION, CHARACTERIZATION, AND MODELING OF RANDOM ANTI-REFLECTIVE OPTICAL SURFACE STRUCTURES
Author: Joshi, Rajendra
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Nanoscience, Physics
Description: RAJENDRA JOSHI. Fabrication, Characterization, and Modeling of Random Anti-reflective Optical Surface Structures. (Under the direction of DR. GREGORY J. GBUR)Optical surfaces can be fabricated to be anti-reflective (AR) by coating single- or multi...

Title: HEXACOORDINATE SILICON COMPLEXES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES
Author: Kochegra, Margaret
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience
Description: Organic electronics such as organic light emitting diodes, organic photovoltaics, organic field effect transistors begin to replace classically used technology. This is due to their tailorability, possibility of smaller and flexible devices, and n...