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Elucidating The Properties And Mechanism For Cellulose Dissolution In Tetrabutylphosphonium-Based Ionic Liquids Using High Concentrations Of Water, Brad Crawford
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
The structural, transport, and thermodynamic properties related to cellulose dissolution by tetrabutylphosphonium chloride (TBPCl) and tetrabutylphosphonium hydroxide (TBPH)-water mixtures have been calculated via molecular dynamics simulations. For both ionic liquid (IL)-water solutions, water veins begin to form between the TBPs interlocking arms at 80 mol % water, opening a pathway for the diffusion of the anions, cations, and water. The water veins allow for a diffusion regime shift in the concentration region from 80 to 92.5 mol % water, providing a higher probability of solvent interaction with the dissolving cellulose strand. The hydrogen bonding was compared between small and large …
On Demand Nanoscale Phase Manipulation Of Vanadium Dioxide By Scanning Probe Lithography, Dustin Schrecongost
On Demand Nanoscale Phase Manipulation Of Vanadium Dioxide By Scanning Probe Lithography, Dustin Schrecongost
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports
This dissertation focuses on nanoscale phase manipulations of Vanadium Dioxide. Nanoscale control of material properties is a current obstacle for the next generation of optoelectronic and photonic devices. Vanadium Dioxide is a strongly correlated material with an insulator-metal phase transition at approximately 345 K that generates dramatic electronic and optical property changes. However, the development of industry device application based on this phenomenon has been limited thus far due to the macroscopic scale and the volatile nature of the phase transition. In this work these limitations are assessed and circumvented.
A home-built, variable temperature, scanning near-field optical microscope was engineered …