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Skip to Search Results- 1Co-supervisor: West, Frederick G (Department of Chemistry)
- 1Dr. Sandipan Pramanik (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- 1Fenniri, Hicham (Department of Chemistry)
- 1Gül, Mustafa ( Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 1Hegmann, Frank (Physics)
- 1Jingli Luo (Chemical and Materials Engineering)
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Spring 2013
Research was undertaken into the organic semiconductors tris(8- hydroxyquinoline)aluminum (Alq3) as well as bis(8-hydroxyquinoline)zinc (Znq2) to the effect of improving achievable morphological control using an inexpensive evaporation based solution synthesis method. By varying experimental...
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Highly Ordered Methanofullerene Nanotube Array: Fabrication and Implications for Room Temperature Organic Spintronics
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Organic semiconductors have come to the forefront of research in physics, chemistry and electronics due to their impressive properties and low cost of device production. Presented here is a novel centrifuge assisted organic nanowire growth technique and its application in the fabrication of...
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Nanophotonic Enhancement and Improved Electron Extraction in Perovskite Solar Cells Using Near-Horizontally Aligned TiO2 Nanorods
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Thakur, Ujwal K., Zeng, Sheng, Kumar, Pawan, Patel, Sahil, Kisslinger, Ryan, Zhang, Yun, Kar, Piyush, Goswami, Ankur, Thundat, Thomas, Meldrum, Alkiviathes, Shankar, Karthik
While vertically oriented metal oxide nanowires have been intensely researched for use as electron transport layers (ETLs) in halide perovskite solar cells (HPSCs), horizontal nanowires (oriented roughly parallel to the substrate) have received much less attention despite their higher photonic...
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Optimizing rooftop solar PV systems in urban regions considering economic and environmental aspects
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In recent years, utilization of photovoltaic (PV) solar systems in built-up regions have received more attention due to global warming issues and the significance of sustainable development. The rooftops of buildings are considered highly suitable for installing PV modules to harvest solar energy...
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Spring 2015
Supramolecular rosette nanotubes (RNTs) are obtained by the hierarchical self-assembly of mono and twin G^C building blocks. The mono G^C motif is a fused bicyclic ring of guanine and cytosine with six self-complementary sets of hydrogen bonding sites, while the twin G^C motif is a covalently...
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Surface modification of zirconium implants via electrochemical anodization and wet chemical techniques
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Metals such as titanium (Ti) and zirconium (Zr) have been widely applied in the orthopaedic and orthodontic field for construction of joint replacement prostheses and teeth implants due to their lower cytotoxicity, excellent mechanical properties, and corrosion resistance. However, the current...
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Synthesis and Characterization of TiO2 Nanowire and Nanotube Arrays for Increased Optoelectronic Functionality
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The n-type semiconducting, vertically oriented TiO2 nanotube and nanowire arrays constitute a mechanically robust, high surface area, easily functionalized architecture with vectorial electron percolation pathways and have been the focus of interest for variety of applications including but not...
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Fall 2013
Rosette nanotubes (RNTs) are bio-inspired nanomaterials generated from the self-assembly of a guanine-cytosine motif called the “G∧C” base. These nanotubular architectures are promising 2-D coating materials for bone tissue engineering applications, and delivery scaffolds for hydrophobic drug...
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Fall 2013
Terahertz spectroscopy is a powerful non-contact technique to study the optical and electric properties of materials at sub-picosecond time scales. In this study, ultrafast time-resolved terahertz spectroscopy was performed on both silicon-on-sapphire (SOS) and iron pyrite (FeS2) nano-crystalline...