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Fall 2024
When used as selective sorbents, surface-modified magnetic nanoparticles possess numerous advantages, including cost-effectiveness, high adsorption capacities, tunable surface properties, and convenient solid-liquid separation, making them a promising solution for challenging separation problems....
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Engineered Bovine Serum Albumin Protein-based Antifouling Coatings for Bioengineering Applications
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Bioengineering and biomedical devices are extensively utilized in diagnostics, therapeutics, stomatology, and orthopedics, saving countless lives and experiencing surging demand due to the population aging. Yet, they face great challenges from irreversible biofouling and associated biocorrosion,...
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Investigation of the Molecular Mechanism of the Environmental Stress Cracking of Polyethylene by Molecular Simulation
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In this molecular dynamics (MD) simulation study, we investigated the impact of an environmental stress cracking (ESC) agent, nonyl ethoxylate (NE), on the packing and free volume coalescence in between polyethylene chains and the ESC agent, focusing on linear polyethylene (LPE) and branched...
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Integration of anaerobic digestion and hydrothermal liquefaction for sewage sludge management
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Given the volume of sewage sludge produced worldwide, efficient waste management and energy recovery techniques are essential. Anaerobic digestion (AD) and hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) are viable avenues for the valorization of sewage sludge. Their combination produces a synergistic framework...
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Fall 2024
One of the major challenges that humanity faces is the buildup of plastic waste in the environment. As a biodegradable plastic with similar physical properties to consumer plastics, poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) is an excellent option for their replacement. PHB is produced inside bacterial cells,...
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Thermal Treatment of Bitumen Froth at 400 °C: Impact of Water and Minerals on Bitumen Properties and Reaction Chemistry
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The production of oilsands bitumen from mining operations requires its recovery from the mineral matter through a hot water extraction process, which generates a bitumen froth comprising about 60 wt% bitumen, 30 wt% water, and 10 wt% mineral solids. The challenging separation of water and solids...
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Spring 2024
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction through carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be pivotal in achieving the world’s net zero emissions target by 2050. However, we have a long way to go before CCS is implemented at scale worldwide. Emerging technologies such as adsorption-based CO2 capture...
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Fall 2023
At the heart of heavy oil and bitumen upgrading, thermal conversion technologies are found. One such process is visbreaking where bitumen is thermally converted into lighter materials. However, the conversion by visbreaking is limited by the onset of the formation of solid carbonaceous materials...
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Fall 2023
Electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (CO2RR) is regarded as an attractive technology to lower the CO2 emission level and achieve sustainable carbon neutrality by converting CO2 to valuable chemicals. CO and HCOOH/formate are the promising products in terms of their commercial viability based on...
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Microstructural Analysis of Ni-WC Metal Matrix Composites Deposited Using Plasma Transferred Arc Additive Manufacturing
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The objective of this thesis is to examine how the composition and solidification rate influences the thermal degradation of WC and the resulting microstructure of WC-Ni metal matrix composites (MMCs) deposited using plasma transferred arc additive manufacturing (PTA-AM). Scanning electron...