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- 3Xu, Zhenghe (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
- 2Boluk, Yaman (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Boluk, Yaman (Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Jamali, Fakhreddin (Pharmacy)
- 1Lavasanifar, Afsaneh (Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences)
- 1Ashrafi Khajeh, Ali Reza
- 1Barker-Rothschild, Daniel
- 1Bayati, Fatemeh
- 1Chowdhry, Manjeet
- 1El-Thaher, Nayef
- 1Gao, Yang
- 3Molecular-dynamics
- 2Block copolymers
- 2Molecular dynamics simulations
- 2Polymers
- 1Activation Energy
- 1Adhesive
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Spring 2010
In recent years, the use of self-associating block copolymer based drug delivery systems have attracted increasing attention as nanoscopic carriers for the encapsulation and the controlled delivery of water insoluble drugs. Currently, most of the drug formulations proceed by “trial and error”...
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A Molecular Dynamics Study of the Dissolution of Asphaltene Model Compounds in Supercritical Fluids
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The demand for a new solvent to treat oilsands was behind the purpose of this project; molecular dynamics simulation was used in this study. Supercritical water, supercritical carbon dioxide and other selected organic solvents in their supercritical state were studied. Meso-tetraphenyl porphyrin...
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Prediction of the Active Layer Nanomorphology in Polymer Solar Cells Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation
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The most important factor that determines the efficiency of bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells (PSC) is the active layer structure. Continuous domains of acceptor and donor material with thicknesses in the order of 10–30 nm must be formed to yield the highest efficiency in solar cells....
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Fall 2013
In this thesis, a cellulose nanofibril (CNF) preparation method in the biorefinery platform is described, and the product is characterized and compared to commercially available varieties. CNF is a bundle of cellulose microfibrils with diameter in 5-100 nanometer range and length reaching to...
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Spring 2014
Conversion of protein-rich biomass waste into value-added industrial products via chemical cross-linking reactions was explored. Two types of cross-linking reagents were investigated: dialdehydes and epoxy resins. Reaction chemistry was the main focus of this investigation and the main reaction...
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Fall 2015
Solar energy holds great potential in securing humanity’s energy future in a sustainable manner. Unfortunately, the costs of silicon photovoltaics continue to impede the use of solar energy. Polymer solar cells (PSCs) can make solar energy more affordable due to their lower production costs....
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Design of Macromolecular Anti-cancer Drug Delivery Systems using Molecular Dynamics Simulation
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In recent years, the application of self-associating block copolymer based drug delivery systems has attracted increasing attention as nano-sized carriers for the encapsulation and the controlled delivery of water insoluble drugs. Most of the drug formulations are based on the “trial and error”...
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Theoretical study on reactivity of different sulfide collectors and their binding affinity toward Cu(II), Zn(II) and Pb(II) ions.
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Collectors are one of the most important ingredients of froth flotation in mineral processing, as they selectively render the desired minerals more hydrophobic than others. Current crop of sulfide collectors interact with almost all sulfide minerals. This necessitates the use of complicated...
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Development of specified risk material-based plywood adhesive with enhanced water resistivity
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Canadian plywood industry with its 2 billion square feet annual capacity [83] requires a large amount of adhesive materials to satisfy its needs. This forces plywood manufacturers to consider the utilization of agricultural bio-waste to create environmentally friendly adhesive materials with the...
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Fall 2016
Synthetic polymers are still widely used in today’s life despite all environmental issues attributed to them. Replacing synthetic polymers with natural biodegradable polymers has been considered as a way of reducing these environmental impacts partially, if not completely. Hydroxyporpyl xylan...