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Multi-Scale Molecular Modeling of Phase Behavior and Microstructure in Complex Polymeric Mixtures with Nanoparticles
(2013-06-05)
The phase behaviors and microstructures of various realistic and model mixtures of macro and micro molecules, such as polyolefin solutions and nanoparticle block copolymer composites, have been accurately predicted by the ...
Transport of Components and Phases in a Surfactant/Foam
(2013-07-24)
The transport of components and phases plays a fundamental role in the success of an EOR process. Because many reservoirs have harsh conditions of salinity, temperature and rock heterogeneity, which limit process options, ...
Marine Gas Hydrate: response to change of seafloor temperature, ocean sulfate concentration, and compositional effect
(2013-10-30)
The global inventory of carbon in gas hydrate at present day is comparable to that in oil & coal reserve, therefore, gas hydrate could have played an important role in earth carbon cycle, e.g., during the Paleocene Eocene ...
Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Dynamics Simple and Complex Media
(2011)
Understanding the dynamics of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in simple
and complex environments is crucial for establishing potential application of nanotube
architectures for materials and biosciences. In this ...
Re-Engineering the alkanolamine absorption process to economize carbon capture
(2013-09-16)
Climate change caused by carbon dioxide (CO2) released from the combustion of fossil fuels threatens to have a devastating impact on human life. Power plants that burn coal and natural gas to produce electricity generate ...
Complex fluids at interfaces and interfaces of complex fluids
(2015-02-02)
The present thesis deals with two independent projects and is consequently divided into two parts. The first part details a computational study of the fluid structure of ring-shaped molecules and their positional and ...
Solubility, length characterization, and cryo-TEM of pristine and functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes in surfactant and superacid systems, with application to spinning SWNT fibers
(2010)
Single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) have remarkable properties: the thermal conductivity of diamond, the electrical conductivity of copper, and mechanical properties greater than steel at a sixth of the weight. If these ...
Liquid Crystal Elastomer Based Novel Functional Materials
(2014-06-10)
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are fascinating materials in which the elasticity of polymer network is coupled to liquid crystalline (LC) order and exhibits rich behavior under various stimuli such as heat, light, electric ...
Investigating the use of directed magnetic assembly to create tunable colloidal fractal aggregates and DNA-linked bead-spring chains
(2014-09-12)
The purpose of this work is to develop techniques for building complex colloidal assemblies using an applied magnetic field. The greatest challenge in this field is creating sophisticated, dynamic structures from relatively ...
An Investigation of Carbon-based Nanomaterials for Efficient Energy Production and Delivery
(2016-01-28)
Carbon-based nanomaterials have been demonstrated to have different potential applications in the energy industry. However, there are challenges in the realization of these applications. Chirality of single wall carbon ...