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Development of a Promising Methanotrophic Bacterium as an Industrial Biocatalyst
Methane, the major component of natural gas, is a cheap and abundant source of energy. A significant amount of energy is wasted in the form of natural gas flaring. This mostly occurs in remote locations where transportation ... -
Development of Chloromethyl Functionalized Poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) Derivative (PEDOT-MeCl:PSS) Hole Transport Layer for Perovskite Solar Cells
Highly efficient planar perovskite solar cells with a chloromethyl functionalized poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) derivative (PEDOT-MeCl:PSS) as hole transport layer (HTL) were developed. A combination of characterization ... -
Development of Highly Efficient and Stable Lead-Free Perovskite Solar Cells Through Composition and Interface Engineering
Solar energy has the highest capacity to power our energy needs sustainably without emitting greenhouse gases. Hybrid organic-inorganic lead halide perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) have emerged in the past decade as a promising ... -
Development of line-imaging Raman spectroscopy for use with electrochemical systems
(1997)This work presents the construction and application of a line-imaging Raman spectroscopy instrument for use with electrochemical systems. Line-imaging spectroscopy is able to collect spatially resolved spectra along a ... -
Development of Microfluidic Devices For In Situ Investigation of Cells Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) has immerged as a power analytical and sensing technique for many applications in biomedical diagnosis, life sciences, food safety, and environment monitoring because of its ... -
Development of Mixed-Charge EK Polypeptides for Protein Protection
The presented work focuses on the development of mixed charge polypeptides and their fusion proteins and protein conjugates for the protection of proteins. Compared to many polymers used to modify proteins, polypeptides ... -
Development Of Nickel Hydroxide/Oxyhydroxide Catalysts For The Electrochemical Removal Of Urea In Alkaline Solutions
Urea is a small organic molecule that is continually produced, circulated, and consumed through natural processes. Unfortunately, urea is a common pollutant in waste streams from industrial processes, human ... -
Development of RNA Aptamers through Supervised Learning and Capture-SELEX strategy
Aptamers are small oligonucleotides that are capable of binding specifically to a target, with impressive potential for analysis, diagnostics, and therapeutics applications. Aptamers are selected in vitro from large nucleic ... -
Development of Stable, High Optoelectronic Quality Perovskites Using Photoluminescence, Photoconductivity, and Machine Learning
Improving the economics of solar cells is a key component to enable rapid adoption of clean electricity. Reducing the cost of photovoltaics can be attained by improving power conversion efficiency, increasing module lifetime, ... -
Development of Whole-Cell Diagnostic Techniques and Tools for Lithium-ion Batteries
Whole-cell diagnostic methods and analysis tools are critical for characterizing lithium-ion batteries as we aim to increase the performance and lifetime of these devices while also minimizing safety concerns and cost. ... -
Dielectric thermal analysis of polymeric matrices
(1989)While the commercial application of polymeric composite materials is increasing, methods of processing composites are becoming more complex and cost prohibitive. Several in situ monitoring techniques have been proposed to ... -
Discovery and Development of Synthetic and Natural Biomaterials for Protein Therapeutics and Medical Device Applications
(2013-11-14)Controlling nonspecific protein interactions is important for applications from medical devices to protein therapeutics. The presented work is a compilation of efforts aimed at using zwitterionic (ionic yet charge neutral) ... -
Discovery of Biomolecular Structure-Function Mechanisms with Computational Frameworks at the Nanoscale
Biomolecular function is closely linked to the events that occur at the molecular level, which often takes place in a complex biological environment (i.e., at a complex interface). Approaches which can correlate the massive ... -
Double Cation Substitution of CZTSSe Constituents to Reduce Detrimental Defects Clusters and Improve Device Performance
Solution processed thin-film photovoltaic (PV) technology is poised to be the future of manufacturing standard for commercially available solar energy modules due to the substantially low estimated capital expenditure ... -
Drug Encapsulated Aerosolized Microspheres as a Biodegradable, Intelligent Glioma Therapy
The grim prognosis for patients diagnosed with malignant gliomas necessitates the development of new therapeutic strategies for localized and sustained drug delivery to combat tumor drug resistance and regrowth. Here we ... -
Dynamic Control of Nanoparticle Assembly Using Solid-Binding Proteins
Solid binding peptides (SBPs) are short sequences of amino acids selected by combinatorial techniques for their ability to bind to inorganic or synthetic surfaces. SBPs can be genetically encoded within the framework of ... -
Earth-Abundant Thin-Film Devices for Photovoltaic and Electrochemical Applications
Humanity faces a host of unprecedented challenges in the 21st century which will require inexpensive, scalable technological solutions. This thesis focuses on the technological development of devices which address two of ... -
Efficient, Low-Cost Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells via Materials, Interface, and Device Structure Design
The concept of the inter-mixing of donor-acceptor materials in a single layer revolutionized the solar cell technology. The commonly used materials are lack of strong absorption in the near-infrared region. Pyrite FeS2 is ... -
Electro-Catalytic Reforming of Ethylene Glycol
(2013-04-17)Biofuels continue to receive national attention motivated by concerns about finite energy supplies, geopolitical issues surrounding petroleum imports, and the environmental impact of fossil fuels. Biomass is an abundant ... -
Electrochemical Characterization and Development of Nickel-based Materials as Oxygen Evolution, Hydrogen Evolution, and Urea Oxidation Electrocatalysts
In the past decade, energy generation using solar, wind, and hydroelectricity has increased dramatically. Widespread adoption of these renewable sources, however, is bottlenecked by energy conversion and storage devices ...