Browsing Rice University Graduate Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Title
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N-variant Hardware Design
(2011)The emergence of lightweight embedded devices imposes stringent constraints on the area and power of the circuits used to construct them. Meanwhile, many of these embedded devices are used in applications that require ... -
Nagel's theory of the subjective and objective : implications for rationality in ethics
(1985)In this thesis, I consider the consequences of applying Thomas Nagel's theory of the subjective and objective to rational decision-making in ethics. In chapter one, I am concerned with the notion of rationality. I discuss ... -
namebrandcorporation [venture based information/technology and new media startup incubator infrastructure]
(2001)Attempts during the late twentieth century to create an office/work space containing an appropriate amount of flexibility, combined with generic specificity (to make speculative developments economically viable) have failed. ... -
NAMING AND CLASSIFICATION (CONE PRINCIPLE)
(1987)The topic of naming and classification reveals human language as a construct of infinite variability. Not only do naming and classification occur in everyday life, but especially within language investigation they document ... -
Naming “CAT” in the Past Affects Naming “DOG” in the Present: How and Where Semantic Facilitation and Interference Occur
(2016-07-25)Our speech is affected by recent naming experience (i.e., what we have said before). For example, after talking about your cat with friends, you may mistakenly say “cat” when you intended to say “dog”. Although the influence ... -
Nanocarboneous materials in water: Interaction of nanocarbon(60) with soil and organic pollutants
(2008)The property of nanosized colloidal C 60 (nano-C 60 ) suspensions prepared by ultra sonication method was examined for electrochemical properties and stability under different physiochemical conditions. Adsorption experiments ... -
Nanocars: Towards photoactive, directionally-controlled surface rolling molecules
(2010)Described in this thesis are efforts to advance our understanding of single molecule machines through the synthesis and study of an array of nanovehicles. In the first chapter, nanoscale transport is explored through the ... -
Nanocomposite Material Properties Estimation and Fracture Analysis via Peridynamics and Monte Carlo Simulation
(2015-04-23)This thesis presents a numerical model for the estimation of nanocomposite material properties and fracture analysis. A non-uniform peridynamic grid is utilized to simulate the nanocomposites along with Monte Carlo ... -
Nanocomposite strain sensors: Study of electrical and thermal properties
(2007)The strain sensing ability of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in buckypaper are explored using Raman spectroscopy. This sensing ability is also examined based on electrical properties using SWNTs in buckypaper, a ... -
Nanocrystal-based optoelectronic devices in plamonic nanojunctions
(2013-06-05)Optical trapping is an important tool for studying and manipulating nanoscale objects. Recent experiments have shown that subwavelength control of nanoparticles is possible by using patterned plasmonic nanostructures, ... -
Nanocrystalline titania: Controlling physical properties and photocatalytic behavior
(2005)This dissertation describes a hydrothermal method for synthesizing titanium dioxide nanocrystals with controllable physical properties and explores the influence of such properties on the material's photocatalytic efficiency. ... -
Nanoengineered contrast agents for biophotonics: Modeling and experimental measurements of gold nanoshell reflectance
(2006)The growing interest in using exogenous agents to enhance the subtle differences between optical signatures of normal and cancerous tissue, has spurred the development of novel nanoparticulate agents that exhibit desirable ... -
Nanofiber Formation by Collagen Mimetic Peptides: Elucidation of Supramolecular Principles and Application of Retrosynthetic Analysis
(2015-05-14)Synthetic mimics of the fibrillar protein collagen were designed by engineering specific supramolecular interactions in the triple helical building blocks. My doctoral research indicates that tri-domain collagen mimetic ... -
Nanomagnetite enhances sand filtration for removal of arsenic from drinking water
(2010)Arsenic in drinking water affects millions globally causing skin disease and cancers of the liver, stomach, and bladder. Large-scale treatment removes arsenic effectively; however, community- and home-scale treatments are ... -
Nanomanipulation modeling and simulation
(2007)A novel approach to better model nanomanipulation of a nanosphere lying on a stage via a pushing scheme is presented. Besides its amenability to nonlinear analysis and simulation, the proposed model is also effective in ... -
Nanomaterials Enabled Dye-sensitized Solar Cells
(2013-12-06)Dye sensitized solar cells (DSCs), as the third generation of solar cells, have attracted tremendous attention for their unique properties. The semi-transparent nature, low-cost, environmental friendliness, and convenient ... -
Nanomaterials for Hydrocarbon Exploration, Acid Gas Removal and Energy Devices
(2015-04-08)This thesis discusses the synthesis and characterization of several different nanomaterials as well as their applications to oil and energy industries. The nanomaterials studied here include asphalt-derived high surface ... -
Nanomaterials for X-ray imaging and image-guided therapy applications
(2016-09-30)In recent years, nanomaterials have been explored for a wide range of different applications. Their tunable size and composition allow them to cross cellular membranes, and therefore, various nanomaterials have been used ... -
Nanomaterials Thermal Response and CNT Reinforced Polymer Composites: An ab initio Study
(2016-04-20)Research achievements, both on nanomaterials thermal response and on reinforced polymer composites, are compendiously submitted. Each of the 4 chapters begins with (1) a terse summary of the context, methodology and keys ...
