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One-Step Production Of Long-Chain Hydrocarbons From Waste-Biomass-Derived Chemicals Using Bi-Functional Heterogeneous Catalysts, Cun Wen, Elizabeth Barrow, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Jochen Lauterbach Mar 2015

One-Step Production Of Long-Chain Hydrocarbons From Waste-Biomass-Derived Chemicals Using Bi-Functional Heterogeneous Catalysts, Cun Wen, Elizabeth Barrow, Jason Hattrick-Simpers, Jochen Lauterbach

Jason R. Hattrick-Simpers

n this study, we demonstrate the production of long-chain hydrocarbons (C8+) from 2-methylfuran (2MF) and butanal in a single step reactive process by utilizing a bi-functional catalyst with both acid and metallic sites. Our approach utilizes a solid acid for the hydroalkylation function and as a support as well as a transition metal as hydrodeoxygenation catalyst. A series of solid acids was screened, among which MCM-41 demonstrated the best combination of activity and stability. Platinum nanoparticles were then incorporated into the MCM-41. The Pt/MCM-41 catalyst showed 96% yield for C8+ hydrocarbons and the catalytic performance was stable over four reaction …


Development Of Cationic Polymer Coatings To Regulate Foreign-Body Responses, Minglin Ma, Wendy F. Liu, Paulina S. Hill, Kaitlin M. Bratlie, Daniel J. Siegwart, Justin Chin, Miri Park, Joao Guerreiro, Daniel G. Anderson Jan 2011

Development Of Cationic Polymer Coatings To Regulate Foreign-Body Responses, Minglin Ma, Wendy F. Liu, Paulina S. Hill, Kaitlin M. Bratlie, Daniel J. Siegwart, Justin Chin, Miri Park, Joao Guerreiro, Daniel G. Anderson

Kaitlin M. Bratlie

A library of cationic polymers, poly(beta-amino alcohols) with a great chemical diversity are synthesized using combinatorial polymerization. These polymers, when immobilized on a surface, drastically affect the behavior of monocyte/macrophage cells in vitro and early inflammatory reactions in vivo. Certain polymers are found capable of mitigating the foreign-body responses.


Selective Recursive Kernel Learning For Online Identification Of Nonlinear Systems With Narx Form, Yi Liu, Haiqing Wang, Jiang Yu, Ping Li Feb 2010

Selective Recursive Kernel Learning For Online Identification Of Nonlinear Systems With Narx Form, Yi Liu, Haiqing Wang, Jiang Yu, Ping Li

Dr. Yi Liu

Online identification of nonlinear systems is still an important while difficult task in practice. A general and simple online identification method, namely Selective Recursive Kernel Learning (SRKL), is proposed for multi-input–multi-output (MIMO) systems with the nonlinear autoregressive with exogenous input form. A two-stage RKL online identification framework is first formulated, where the information contained by a sample (i.e., the new arriving or old useless one) can be introduced into and/or deleted from the model, recursively. Then, a sparsification strategy to restrict the model complexity is developed to guarantee all the output channels of the MIMO model accurate simultaneously. Specially, a …


Modeling Of Fermentation Processes Using Online Kernel Learning Algorithm, Yi Liu Jul 2008

Modeling Of Fermentation Processes Using Online Kernel Learning Algorithm, Yi Liu

Dr. Yi Liu

No abstract provided.


Adaptive Control Of A Class Of Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems With Online Kernel Learning, Yi Liu Jul 2008

Adaptive Control Of A Class Of Nonlinear Discrete-Time Systems With Online Kernel Learning, Yi Liu

Dr. Yi Liu

No abstract provided.


Microstructure Evolution And Monomer Partitioning In Reversible Addition - Fragmentation Chain Transfer Microemulsion Polymerization, Jennifer M. O'Donnell, Eric W. Kaler Jan 2008

Microstructure Evolution And Monomer Partitioning In Reversible Addition - Fragmentation Chain Transfer Microemulsion Polymerization, Jennifer M. O'Donnell, Eric W. Kaler

Jennifer M. Heinen

Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) studies of reversible addition - fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) microemulsion polymerizations of butyl acrylate and 2-ethylhexyl acrylate with the RAFT agent methyl-2-(O-ethylxanthyl) propionate (MOEP) allow the observed rate retardation to be attributed to slow fragmentation of the macro-RAFT radical. Microemulsion polymerization allows the RAFT mechanism to be investigated in the absence of termination reactions so that the cause of the rate retardation frequently observed in both homogeneous and heterogeneous polymerizations may be isolated. However, the concentration of monomer at the locus of polymerization (Cmon(part)) must be known as a function of conversion before a mechanistic study …