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- 3Ayranci, Cagri (Mechanical Engineering)
- 1Amirfazli, Alidad (Mechanical Engineering)
- 1Berg, Peter (Adjunct Professor, Mechanical Engineering)
- 1Long, Rong (Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado)
- 1Long, Rong (Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder)
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Fall 2015
Drop transfer from one solid surface to another through stretching liquid bridges between them is important for many industrial applications. Due to the different dominate forces, three possible regimes exist: Quasi-static Regime, where the transfer process is only dominated by surface forces;...
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Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polyethylenimine Mediated Nucleic Acid Complexation with Implications for Non-viral Gene Delivery
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Gene therapy is a promising therapeutic technique that involves delivering nucleic acids into cells. Polycations have evolved into a major category of gene carriers. Polyethylenimine (PEI) is one of the most effective polycationic carriers. Furthermore, modifying PEI with certain lipophilic...
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Molecular Dynamics Study of Clay-Polymer Interactions in the Treatment of Mature Fine Tailings
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In this dissertation, all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were performed to study the mechanisms of clay-polymer interactions and the effects of solution chemistry in the treatment of mature fine tailings (MFT). The fine solids in MFT were mainly clay particles such as montmorillonite...
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Spring 2016
Hybrids formed by biological entities and human-made nano-structures have been intensively studied in recent years due to their very interesting properties and applications. DNA-carbon nanotube (CNT) hybrid is one such material and the motivation of this PhD study. The interaction of DNA building...
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Spring 2013
The aggregation of DNA molecules induced by cationic polymers is of importance to applications in gene delivery. In this work, we performed a series of umbrella sampling molecular dynamics simulations to calculate the potential of mean force (PMF) between two DNA molecules in the presence of...
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Fall 2016
Local surface force density and total surface force induced by a single point charge embedded in a three-layered homogeneous dielectric system with infinite planar interfaces are calculated using the Maxwell Stress Tensor formulation. The tensor is expressed in terms of the electric field which...