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Spring 2015
This thesis presents a thorough examination of the corrosion and fouling behaviour of crude oil at refining conditions on industrially applicable heat transfer surfaces. The depletion of light sweet crude oil reserves means that the processing of ever heavier and more sour crude oils is...
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Metal-Insulator Transition and IR Detection of Thin Films Fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition
DownloadFall 2018
Current thin film technologies and devices require high quality deposits in order to fully extract the potential of the material. Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is one physical vapour deposition method used to synthesize these high quality complex films. PLD offers the distinct advantage of being...
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Probing Single-Molecule Polymer-Solid Interactions in Water by Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy and Its Preliminary Applications
DownloadSpring 2018
The interactions between polymers and solid-water interfaces involve various interesting physical processes, which are fundamental questions for both scientific research and a variety of practical applications, such as underwater adhesives, anti-fouling and stabilization of interested...
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Quantum-Mechanical Assessment of Graphene and MoS2 Transistors for Future Radio-Frequency Electronics
DownloadSpring 2017
Due to aggressive device scaling, the performance and cost-effectiveness of field-effect transistors (FETs) have improved exponentially over the last 60 years, a trend known as Moore’s Law. Unfortunately, obstacles have arisen to further scaling, including decreased electrostatic control of the...