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Engineering Polymer Networks for Enhanced Loading and Extended Release of Therapeutics via Molecular Imprinting
(2013-12-10)
Conventional topical ocular therapies such as eye drops and ointments are the current “go to” therapy, and account for over 90% of the market. However, topical drug delivery results in very low drug bioavailability, ranging ...
Novel Catalytic Material with Enhanced Heterogeneous Contacting Efficiency for VOC Removal at Ultra-short Contact Time
(2014-05-02)
Gas processing operations conducted at high velocities (e.g., filtration and catalytic reaction) require specialized media and structure in order to achieve the highest possible level of filtration and/or reaction per unit ...
Novel Bio-Hybrid Nanoscale Carriers Engineered for High Therapeutic Payload and Controllable Extended Release Using Nucleic Acid Aptamers
(2014-05-02)
Controlled delivery of therapeutics to target tissues constitutes a great challenge of modern medicine, especially in the field of cancer treatment where malignant cells have to be killed without damaging the surrounding ...
The Synthesis and Tunable Processing of Metallic and Magnetic Nanoparticles in a Functional Solvent System
(2014-03-31)
The concepts presented in this dissertation describe techniques that have been developed to produce metallic and magnetic nanoparticles using dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). The unique and size-dependent properties of nanoparticles ...
Liquid Phase Desulfurization of Hydrocarbon Fuels under Ambient Conditions using Regenerable Mixed Oxide Supported Silver Adsorbents
(2014-04-09)
Sulfur derivatives are major contaminants in hydrocarbon fuels. Sulfur emission from fuel is a major environmental concern and many countries around the world are enacting laws to limit it. In addition, the development of ...
Integrated Framework for Process and Product Synthesis/Design
(2014-01-09)
Future growth within the chemical process industries depends on various factors such as raw material and energy availability, sustainability etc. A systematic process synthesis and design framework integrated with molecular ...
Hydrogen Production in Supercritical Water
(2011-04-15)
Hydrogen has been considered as an environmentally friendly energy carrier for the future. It is not found freely in nature but must be obtained by processing hydrogen containing compounds. Current industrial-scale ...
Modeling and Optimization of Novel Fuel Production Strategies
(2011-10-18)
Environmental problems such as global warming and fossil fuel shortage are some of the biggest challenges that human beings are facing nowadays. Alternative fuels are the potential answer to many future energy needs and ...
Incorporating Green Chemistry Principles in Heterogeneous Catalysis Operations
(2011-08-25)
Many commercial processes for the production of chemicals involve harsh organic solvents as well as numerous by-products that are detrimental to the environment. For many years it was common practice to implement a process ...
Material Compatibility for Passive Two-Phase Immersion Cooling Applications
(2014-03-04)
The objective of this work was to investigate potential material compatibility issues related to immersion cooling for high performance computing applications. Extended exposure of potential performance computing components ...