Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) are one of the leading candidate materials to realize novel nanoscale photonic devices. In order to assess their performance characteristics as optoelectronic materials, it is crucial ...

We investigate spectral properties of limit-periodic Schrödinger operators in [cursive l] 2 ([Special characters omitted.] ). Our goal is to exhibit as rich a spectral picture as possible. We regard limit-periodic potentials ...

This thesis uses a multiscale approach to identify and manipulate physiologic and in vitro developmental milieus towards the functional repair of articular cartilage. The overarching goals of this work are to improve ...

The number of motor proteins attached to cellular cargos is widely believed to influence intracellular transport processes and may play a role in transport regulation. However, to date, investigating the biophysics of ...

This thesis presents spectroscopic results using semiconductor heterostructures important for both applied and fundamental physics. First, we studied short-period superlattices of InAs and GaSb that suggest a promising ...

This study evaluates a 1D and a 2D method for analyzing the combined effect of inland rainfall and hurricane-induced storm surge on a coastal floodplain. Horsepen Bayou near Clear Lake, southeast of Houston, Texas is ...

The United States coastline contain some of the most valued ecological resources, the most populated urban areas, the most complex infrastructure systems, the most prolific economic engines, and the busiest ports of trade. ...

Using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) we have explored complex surface adsorbed molecules, nanocars, on Au(111) and the parameters related to the direct translation of these molecules by the STM tip. Specifically, the ...

This work demonstrates implementations of the discontinuous Galerkin (DG) method on graphics processing units (GPU), which deliver improved computational time compared to the conventional central processing unit (CPU). The ...

Replicating the multi-hierarchical self-assembly of collagen (peptide chain to triple helix to nanofiber and, finally, to a hydrogel) has long attracted scientists, both from the fundamental science perspective of ...