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3D printing of electroactive polymers
(2022-07-27)
Electroactive polymers (EAPs) can deform under the stimulation of electric field. EAPs have wide applications in fabricating actuators, artificial muscles, wearable displays, flexible supercapacitors, and batteries. However, ...
Development of computational approaches for the design of antibodies and other binding proteins for target epitopes
(2022-07-26)
Antibodies are the most studied and successful therapeutic binding protein. Alternative, smaller-sized binding proteins are being modified for therapeutic applications. Computational energy models i.e. forcefields, protein ...
Towards Environmental Resilience in Pulp and Paper Manufacturing: Water Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emission Reductions
(2022-07-28)
The objective of this research is to reduce freshwater consumption and carbon dioxide emission from the pulp and paper industry. Specifically, we investigated the feasibility of reducing freshwater consumption in the bleach ...
Data-driven semiconducting nanomaterials design for energy applications
(2022-08-04)
Silicon nitrides and hydrogenated silicon nitrides attract widespread scientific interest across multiple application fields due to their superior combination of optical, mechanical, thermal and optoelectronic properties. ...
Optimization Approaches to Identifying Personalized Colorectal Cancer Screening Strategies
(2022-08-01)
This dissertation investigates optimization approaches for solving a problem coined the colorectal cancer screening problem (CRCSP). This problem aims to identify a screening strategy for testing an asymptomatic population ...
Computational screening strategies for rational biocatalyst and electrocatalyst design and development
(2022-08-03)
In most of the important aspects of modern civilization such as food production, energy usage, or biomedical and biochemical advances, catalysis plays a crucial role in supporting these efforts. For a greener and sustainable ...
Insight into the Effect of Nanoparticles Physicochemical Properties on Ocular Uptake and Transport
(2022-12-05)
The growing population of people suffering from various eye disease has become a concern
for ophthalmologists and drug delivery scientists. Currently, the majority of marketed ophthalmic
formulations are in the form of ...
Small Molecules Conjugated Silica Nanoparticles for Dual Targeting of Colon Cancer
(2022-12-05)
Colorectal cancer is categorized as the third most commonly diagnosed cancer and the second main reason for cancer death in the United States. The conventional treatments of colorectal cancer like surgery, chemotherapy and ...
Bioinspired Microphysiological Systems for in vitro Elucidation of Prostate Tumorigenic Progression and Application in Pre-clinical Therapeutic Evaluation
(2022-12-05)
Contrary to conventional belief, prostate cancer tumors are not merely uniform clusters of cancerous cells that undergo uncontrollable growth and migrate indiscriminately throughout the body. Instead, the prostatic tumor ...
A novel and integrated process for the valorization of kraft lignin
(2022-07-28)
In this work, the main objective was to produce high value products from kraft lignin with an integrated approach in the pulp and paper industry. Production of vanillin, vanillic acid and bio-based vitrimers represent the ...