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Effects Of Polymer Side-Group Size On Interfacial Mechanics Of Graphene-Polymer Nanocomposites, Grace Brokaw
Effects Of Polymer Side-Group Size On Interfacial Mechanics Of Graphene-Polymer Nanocomposites, Grace Brokaw
All Theses
Graphene-reinforced polymer nanocomposites possess excellent mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties, which make them promising candidates for various applications. Favorable interfacial interactions and mechanics between graphene sheets and polymer matrices are often essential to achieve superior mechanical properties. Nevertheless, it remains largely elusive how molecular features of polymer systems, particularly the side-group size of polymer chains, affect the interfacial mechanics between graphene sheets and polymer matrices, primarily due to challenges in well controlling these features in experiments. On the other hand, exploring their roles in the mechanical properties of graphene-polymer nanocomposites is very expensive to study with all-atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) …
Quantification Of Flows Emerging From Small Pores In Plane Walls, Matia Peter Edwards
Quantification Of Flows Emerging From Small Pores In Plane Walls, Matia Peter Edwards
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Current membrane separation processes are limited in high production and high purity settings due to a trade-off between selectivity and permeance. Methods of creating nanoscale geometries in 2D materials are emerging and present an opportunity for fast, size selective mass transport that can be tailored to a wide array of applications. This thesis develops a method for quantifying flow through small pores in plane walls based on the behaviour of a solute dispersed in a downstream reservoir. This method is validated for a range of micropore diameters, for which flow rates can be calculated with confidence, and is shown to …
Atomistic-Continuum Membrane And Machine Learning Models For Two-Dimensional Materials, Upenda Yadav
Atomistic-Continuum Membrane And Machine Learning Models For Two-Dimensional Materials, Upenda Yadav
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“What could we do with layered structures with just the right layers?” asked Richard Feynman in his famous 1959 lecture, “There’s plenty of room at the bottom.” With the help of the amazing developments of the past several years, we are coming close to answering that question. In 2004, graphene was first isolated from graphite and only six short years later it won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Graphene is one atomic layer of Carbon, it is the thinnest and yet the strongest materials we have ever seen. It is 200 times stronger than its equivalent weight in steel and …
Development Of A Model For Graphene Synthesis In Microwave Plasma-Assisted Reactors, Caleb Prindler
Development Of A Model For Graphene Synthesis In Microwave Plasma-Assisted Reactors, Caleb Prindler
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Graphene is a novel nanomaterial capable of revolutionizing technology in many sectors but is difficult to produce on a useful scale. To improve our understanding of graphene formation, a computational model has been developed to simulate graphene synthesis in a scalable microwave plasma reactor. Unlike earlier graphene growth models, this one uses a sectional method to solve the population balance model. A sensitivity analysis was performed to assess the impact of the individual process rates. The rates were adjusted by multiplying and dividing the base rates by a factor of 2. The process rates that were adjusted in this way …