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Machine learning for nonlinear materials characterization and modeling
Materials scientists and engineers broadly aim to study materials by analyzing their structures, performance, properties, and synthesis methods using a variety of characterization techniques. This thesis aims to develop ... -
Magnetic Nanoparticles for Targeted Cancer Theranostics
Nanotechnology has given scientists new tools for the development of advanced materials for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of disease. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) in particular have been ... -
Magnetic nanoparticles-induced endosomal rupture for cytosolic antibody delivery and intracellular labeling
Antibodies (Ab’) and their derivatives are powerful tools for intracellular diagnostics and targeting. But the cell membrane barrier limited the intracellular applications of antibodies. Many strategies have been developed ... -
Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) Tracers for In Vivo Applications
Magnetic particle imaging (MPI) is a real-time, quantitative and clinically safe imaging technique, potentially applicable for future clinical applications such as cancer imaging, cardiovascular imaging or stem cell labeling ... -
Magnetic thin film Fe ring structures and devices
Magnetic thin film ring structures show distinct magnetic states and highly reproducible switching behavior, which makes them candidates for multiple magnetoelectronic and sensing devices. The magnetic states and switching ... -
Magnetism and interactions within the single domain limit: reversal, logic and information storage
Magnetism and magnetic material research on mesoscopic length scale, especially on the size-dependent scaling laws have drawn much attention. From a scientific point of view, magnetic phenomena would vary dramatically as ... -
Manipulating Conduction in Metal Oxide Semiconductors: Mechanism Investigation and Conductance Tuning in Doped Fe2O3 Hematite and Metal/Ga2O3/Metal Heterostructure
This study aims at understanding the fundamental mechanisms of conduction in several metal oxide semiconductors, namely Fe2O3 and Ga2O3, and how it could be tuned to desired values/states to enable a wide range of application. ... -
Material Characterization of Electrodeposited Copper-Nickel Nanolaminated Alloy by SEM, EDS, and XRD
(2012-09-13)Electrodeposited nanolaminated copper-nickel alloys (Cu-Ni) exhibit excellent mechanical properties due to their modulated structure and nanocrystalline microstructure. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and ... -
Materials Science and Device Engineering for Organic Solar Cells
Solar cells are one of the important renewable energy sources as an alternative to fossil fuels. Since solar energy will never run out and harm the environment, the generation of electricity from solar energy is an ideal ... -
Measuring Molecular Adsorption on Graphitic Surfaces via Sprayed Graphene Field Effect Transistors
(2012-09-13)The characterization of biomolecular adsorption is instrumental in applications such as biomedical implants and diagnostic devices. Graphitic surfaces such as graphene and pyrolytic graphite are prime candidates for these ... -
Mechanochromic Fluorescent Probe Molecules for Damage Detection in Aerospace Polymers and Composites
(2013-07-25)The detection of damage in aerospace composites can be improved by incorporation of mechanochromic fluorescent probe molecules into the polymers used in composite parts. This study focuses on a novel series of mechanochromic ... -
Metal Alkoxide Inks for High Resolution Electrohydrodynamic Inkjet Printing with Applications in Meta-Optics, Photonics, and Plasmonics
Additive manufacturing at the micron and sub-micron scale is a rapidly expanding field with electrohydrodynamic inkjet (EHD) printing proving to be a critical fabrication technique that will enable continued advancement. ... -
Metal Binding Peptides for Separation and Concentration in Hydrometallurgy
Strong solid binding peptides selected through biopanning methods sometimes show precipitating activity in solutions containing specific inorganic precursors. Material specificity of these peptides could offer selective ... -
Microstructural development and the evolution of defects in constrained and sinter-forged ceramics
(2006)In this study, the microstructural evolution of uniaxial loaded, or constrained sintered YSZ compacts and the growth of cracks and defects in constrained ceramic films is reported. It is shown that a uniaxial load applied ... -
Moiré control of multilayered graphene systems
Introducing a small rotation, or twist, between graphene multilayers gives rise to moiré patterns. At a certain magic angle, flat electronic bands are formed and the resulting structure gives rise to highly tunable ... -
Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Cancer Imaging and Therapy
Advances in nanotechnology have offered new possibilities in cancer detection andtreatment. Through the use of multifunctional nanoparticles, researchers aim to address current limitations of cancer therapy by expediting ... -
Multifunctional Self-Assembled Monolayers for Organic Field-Effect Transistors
Organic field effect transistors (OFETs) have the potential to reach commercialization for a wide variety of applications such as active matrix display circuitry, chemical and biological sensing, radio-frequency identification ... -
Multilayered magnetic nanoparticles fabricated by nanoimprint lithography for magnetomechanical treatment of cancer
Fe3O4-magetite nanoparticles have received wide interest as prominent agents for various biomedical applications, ranging from target-specific cancer treatment, gene therapy, and Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI). However, ... -
N-type Organic Field Effect Transistor Based on Caffeine Derivatives
Field effect transistors, one of the most popular electronic devices, have drawn much attention due to their wide application in integrated circuits. Compared to the inorganic silicon-based FETs, organic field effect ... -
Novel Polymeric Materials for the Additive Manufacturing of Microwave Devices
The past decade has seen a rapid increase in the deployment of additive manufacturing (AM) due to the perceived benefits of lower cost, higher quality, and a smaller environmental footprint. And while the hardware behind ...