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Polymer Nanostructures for Cancer Imaging and Therapy
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
Polymer nanostructures are promising carriers of diagnostic and/or therapeutic agents for cancer imaging and/or therapy. This dissertation presents five different novel polymer nanostructures, including polymer nanocapsules, ...
Boron, Boron Hyperdoped Silicon and Silicon Nanoparticle Synthesis by Laser Pyrolysis with Applications in Energy Storage
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
This dissertation presents three examples of how laser pyrolysis synthesis can be used to develop new nanomaterials for energy applications. In the first chapter, we will discuss synthesis, characterization and application ...
Computational Analysis Of Magnetic Droplet Generation And Manipulation In Microfluidic Devices
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
Droplet based microfluidics involves the generation and manipulation of discrete volume of fluid (droplets or dispersed phase) in an immiscible (continuous) phase. The interest in this technology had grown dramatically as ...
Development of free energy methods to study wetting behavior with molecular dynamics
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
This dissertation focuses on developing molecular simulation methods to understand the wetting behavior of fluids. Within our group, we have developed an interface potential based approach for determining the interfacial ...
Interfacial Properties of Carbon Dioxide–Water–Silica from Expanded Ensemble Monte Carlo Simulations
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
This dissertation demonstrates the use of expanded ensemble Monte Carlo simulations to compute the bulk phase coexistence conditions of CO2–H2O mixtures and the interfacial properties of these mixtures over model silica ...
Holey Graphene Oxide Membranes for Water Desalination
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
Holey reduced graphene oxide (r-HGO) was investigated for next-generation nanofiltration membranes for water desalination. The GO nanosheets were first etched with hydrogen peroxide to create holes to enhance the water ...
Advanced polymeric membranes for hydrogen purification and carbon dioxide capture
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
CO2 capture, sequestration, and utilization is a critical path to mitigate the CO2 emissions to the environment. An important strategy is to decarbonize fossil fuels and produce H2 and CO2 at high temperatures. The resulting ...
Catalytic Oxidation of Nitric Oxide Using Hyper-Cross-Linked Porous Polymers: Impact of Physiochemical Properties on Conversion Efficiency
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)
Emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) to the atmosphere remain a threat to human health and the environment despite stringent regulations and decades of control technology development. A majority of emitted NOx is generated ...
Fluorinated Polystyrene-b-polybutadiene-b-polystyrene (SBS) for Membrane Gas Separation
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
Fluorine-containing polymers are of interest as materials for gas separation membranes due to their good gas separation properties, chemical resistance, and thermal stability. In this study, polystyrene-b-polybutadiene-b ...
Optimized Engineering Platform for the Generation of Recycling Therapeutic Antibodies
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2019)
A new modality in antibody engineering has emerged in which the antigen affinity is designed to be pH dependent (PHD). In particular, the combination of high affinity binding at neutral pH with low affinity binding at ...