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Hybrid polymer:inorganic-nanoparticle composite devices for photodetection and photovoltaics
(2008)
Conjugated organic polymers and molecules exhibit semiconducting properties which are in many respects similar to those of traditional inorganic semiconductors that make them suitable for practical optoelectronic devices. ...
Aerosol spray pyrolysis & solution phase synthesis of nanostructures
(2008)
This dissertation focuses on the synthesis of nanomaterials by both solution phase and gas phase methods. By the solution phase method, we demonstrate the synthesis of Au/CdS binary hybrid nanoparticles and the Au-induced ...
Readout of electron spins in quantum point contacts
(2008)
This thesis is motivated by recent interest in the binding of single spins on quantum point contacts (QPCs). While this regime is inaccessible to experiments performed on single QPCs, this thesis provides strong evidence ...
Nanostructured photovoltaic devices for next generation solar cell
(2008)
As the search for alternative sources of energy other than petroleum continues to expand, solar energy conversion has already been identified as one of the most promising technologies. In the past few years there has been ...
Carbon and related materials for thermal and electrical applications
(2008)
High thermal stability has been attained in polyol ester by using a sterically half-hindered phenolic primary antioxidant and a thiopropionate secondary antioxidant. Carbon black and boron nitride (BN) serve as antioxidants ...
Topological excitations and fluctuations in superconducting nanostripes
(2008)
Described in this dissertation is the investigation of competition between one- and two-dimensional topological excitations, phase slips and vortices, in the formation of resistive states in quasi-two-dimensional superconductors ...
Systems based studies on the regulation of glycosyltransferase enzyme activities in human leukocytes: Enzymology measurement, metabolic inhibition and mathematical modeling
(2008)
The emerging field of Glycomics requires the collection and integration of glycosyltransferase data at the gene and enzyme level for the purpose of hypothesis generation. We systematically examined the relationship between ...