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Engineering the Structual Properties of Self-assembled Polymer/Nanoparticle Capsules
(2011)
A materials synthesis technique was recently developed to generate polymer/nanoparticles composite microcapsules in which synthetic polyamines such as polyallylamine and/or polylysine were crosslinked with multivalent ...
Study of Foam Mobility Control in Surfactant Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes in One-Dimensional, Heterogeneous Two-Dimensional, and Micro Model Systems
(2011)
The focus of this thesis was conducting experiments which would help in understanding mechanisms and in design of surfactant enhanced oil recovery (EOR) processes in various scenarios close to reservoir conditions such as ...
The effect of shear on the thermal conductivity of non-Newtonian fluids
(1994)
This work considers the effect of shear on the thermal conductivity of non-Newtonian fluids. These fluids display a variation of viscosity as a function of shear rate, and this study determines whether the thermal conductivity ...
Bilayer Approaches for Nanoparticle Phase Transfer
(2012)
Nanoparticles (NPs) are often synthesized in organic solvents due to advantages of superior size and shape control obtainable in a non-polar environment. However, many applications featuring NPs require them to be in aqueous ...
Synthesis mechanism, phase transfer and optical tracking of iron oxide nanoparticles
(2011)
High temperature synthesis of nanocrystals in non-polar solvents typically produces materials with narrow size distribution and high yields. However, the mechanism leading to the preservation of monodispersity on depletion ...
Modeling vapor-liquid-solid phase behavior in natural gas systems
(2010)
This thesis proposes modeling phase behavior, including the solid phase, during gas processing. Failure to accurately predict solid phase formation or freezing of CO2, hydrates, and water ice causes plugging and equipment ...
Modeling of asphaltene precipitation and arterial deposition
(2010)
The potential problem produced by asphaltene deposition during oil production has motivated the development of several experimental techniques and theoretical models, trying to understand and predict the asphaltene behavior. ...
Fabrication of optically active nanostructures by chemical methods
(2004)
A new method of fabricating long-range, planar arrays of discrete, submicron metal structures on glass or SiO2/Si surfaces has been developed without the use of resist masks or chemical etching. The approach combines ...
Development and testing of flame retardant additives and polymers
(2004)
The first chapter examines the non-halogenated flame retardant additives. The synthesis and blending of these various boron compounds are discussed and the blending of these additives into commercial polymers is addressed. ...
A study of reactive transport phenomena in porous media
(1997)
The numerical modeling of reactive transport in a porous medium has important applications in hydrology, the earth sciences and in numerous industrial processes. However, realistic simulations involving a large number of ...