Browsing Rice University Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Title
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Plasmonic Manipulation of Light for Sensing and Photovoltaic Applications
(2012)Plasmonics is a successful new field of science and technology that exploits the exclusive optical properties of metallic nanostructures to manipulate and concentrate light at nano-meter length scales. When light hits the ... -
Plasmonic Nanoparticle Laden Medium for Solar/Thermal Energy Storage
(2015-08-13)Nanofluids have become a popular way of increasing the efficiency in solar energy applications and enhancing the thermophysical properties of the fluid. This thesis contributes to the field of solar energy utilization by ... -
Plasmonic Nanostructures for Controlled Drug Delivery
(2016-04-21)Drug delivery and photothermal ablation based on resonant illumination of near-infrared-absorbing noble metal nanoparticles that have accumulated in tumors are highly promising cancer therapies. Crucial aspects of these ... -
Plasmonic Nanostructures for Enhanced Solar Cells and Colorimetric Spectroscopy Techniques
(2015-04-22)Nanostructures that support plasmon resonances, the collective oscillations of conduction electrons in metallic systems, are a driving force in nanophotonic technologies. The ability to manipulate and confine electromagnetic ... -
Plasmonic Nanostructures for Solar and Biological Application
(2013-09-16)The electromagnetic absorption properties of plasmonic nanostructures were utilized to develop mesoscopic sites for highly efficient photothermal generation steam, SERS biosensing, and light-triggered cellular delivery ... -
Plasmonic nanostructures for unifying surface enhanced Raman and infrared absorption spectroscopy
(2010)Plasmon resonances control the electromagnetic near field and far field properties of various metallic nanostructures (e.g. nanoparticles, nanoshells, metallic thin films). The enhanced electromagnetic near field, strongest ... -
Plasmonic nanostructures on silicon
(2008)The intersection of silicon technology with the rapidly growing field of nanoplasmonics, provides a fertile ground for development of synergistic technologies. The optical and electrical properties of silicon are well ... -
Plasmonic Nanostructures: Optical Nanocircuits, Tunable Charge Transfer Plasmons, and Properties of Fano Resonant Nanoclusters
(2015-09-22)Metallic Nanoparticles have attracted increasing interest due to their abilities to confine and manipulate light at the nanoscale via the excitation of surface plasmons, the collective oscillation of conduction band ... -
Plasmonic properties and applications of metallic nanostructures
(2013-09-16)Plasmonic properties and the related novel applications are studied on various types of metallic nano-structures in one, two, or three dimensions. For 1D nanostructure, the motion of free electrons in a metal-film with ... -
Plasmonic Properties of Aluminum Nanostructures
(2015-02-13)The plasmonic properties of metallic nanoscale systems have been widely investigated. However the plasmon resonances of the most common plasmonic materials, like gold and silver, are challenging to be tuned into the ... -
Plasmonic properties of metallic nanostructures
(2010)Based on the plasmon hybridization theory, this thesis provides physical understanding of the plasmonic nature of metallic nanostructures. Metallic films and nanoshell particles exhibit bonding and antibonding plasmon ... -
Plasmonic properties of metallic nanostructures with reduced symmetry
(2010)In this thesis, we theoretically study the plasmonic properties of metallic nanostructures with reduced symmetry using the Plasmon Hybridization (PH) and the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) methods. Both methods provide ... -
Plasmonic properties of nanoparticle-film systems and periodic nanoparticle arrays
(2009)In this thesis we perform theoretical investigations on the optical properties of geometrically infinite metallic nano-structures such as nanoparticle/film systems and periodic nanoparticle arrays. We apply both Plasmon ... -
Plasmonics of nanostructures in planar geometries
(2004)This thesis presents an experimental and theoretical study of the optical properties for two distinct planer metallic structures: metallodielectric gratings with subwavelength slots and metal nanoshells above a conducting ... -
Plastic deformation of beams under time-dependent transverse impact
(1991)The permanent deformation of a rigid perfectly-plastic beam subjected to a time-dependent line load is calculated. The beam has finite length, and the load is applied transversely in the middle of the span. At the initial ... -
Plastic form in architecture
(1967)THE SEARCH FOR PRINCIPLES UPON WHICH TO BUILD A THEORY OF ARCHITECTURE REVEALS THAT PLASTIC FORM IS THE FORM OF THE HIGHEST ORDER -- NOT BECAUSE IT IS BEAUTIFUL, ALTHOUGH IT POSSESS A BEAUTY THAT LASTS AS LONG AS THE ... -
Plastic limit analysis of a coulomb material loaded by a flat punch
(1966)The critical load required for a rigid, flat punch to cause failure of a material obeying the linear Coulomb-Mohr yield criterion in plane strain is bracketed by upper and lower bound values determined by plastic limit ... -
Plasticity of physiological caste in a social insect
(1993)In social insect colonies workers realize their reproductive potential through rearing the queen's brood. In the primitively eusocial wasp Polistes exclamans (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) castes are not morphologically distinct. ... -
Platelet interactions with subendothelial surfaces under physiological shear conditions: Response to type VI collagen and an endothelial cell wound model
(1995)The elucidation of the molecular mechanisms of platelet adhesion and aggregation in response to naturally occurring subendothelial surfaces under flow conditions is important medically in atherosclerosis and mural thrombosis. ...
