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1	Modifiable Hyperbranched Polyester Drug Delivery Systems Ogden, Dorothy 16 September 2011 (has links) No description available. Chemistry Organic Chemistry Polymer Chemistry A2 + CB2 polymerization end-capped polymers
2	On the Size and Shape of Polymers and Polymer Complexes : A Computational and Light Scattering Study Edvinsson, Tomas January 2002 (has links) <p>Detailed characterization of size and shape of polymers, and development of methods to elucidate the mechanisms behind shape transitions are central issues in this thesis. In particular we characterize grafted polymer chains under confinement in terms of the chain entanglement complexity and mean molecular size. Confinement of polymers into small regions can drastically affect the structural and mechanical properties, and make these systems convenient for a large number of applications, including the design of lubricants, coatings, and various biotechnical applications.</p><p>Using Monte Carlo simulations with a model including both persistence length and intramolecular non-bonded interaction, we find two regimes of polymer behaviour: <i>i) soft mushrooms</i>, where confinement successively flattens the chains with accompanying change in the folding complexity, and <i>ii) hard mushrooms </i>where the compact structures appear to resist confinement and the only way to reorganize the entanglements is by flattening under strong confinement. We also show that a simultaneous use of mean molecular size and chain entanglement complexity renders the possibility to create configurational "phase" diagrams for a wide range of polymers. We have further introduced a new descriptor of folding complexity, <i>the path-space ratio</i>, ζ<sub>α</sub> which captures essential features of molecular shape beyond those conveyed by mean size and asphericity.</p><p>This thesis also contains results of light scattering measurements on supramolecular complexes formed when mixing an adamantane end-capped star polymer with a β-cyclodextrin polymer. The specific interactions result in an interplay between the association of the end-caps and a strong inclusion interaction between adamantane and β-cyclodextrin.</p> Physics Monte Carlo simulations grafted polymers shape description folding complexity clustering percolation algorithm light scattering end-capped polymers inclusion complexes Fysik Physics Fysik
3	On the Size and Shape of Polymers and Polymer Complexes : A Computational and Light Scattering Study Edvinsson, Tomas January 2002 (has links) Detailed characterization of size and shape of polymers, and development of methods to elucidate the mechanisms behind shape transitions are central issues in this thesis. In particular we characterize grafted polymer chains under confinement in terms of the chain entanglement complexity and mean molecular size. Confinement of polymers into small regions can drastically affect the structural and mechanical properties, and make these systems convenient for a large number of applications, including the design of lubricants, coatings, and various biotechnical applications. Using Monte Carlo simulations with a model including both persistence length and intramolecular non-bonded interaction, we find two regimes of polymer behaviour: i) soft mushrooms, where confinement successively flattens the chains with accompanying change in the folding complexity, and ii) hard mushrooms where the compact structures appear to resist confinement and the only way to reorganize the entanglements is by flattening under strong confinement. We also show that a simultaneous use of mean molecular size and chain entanglement complexity renders the possibility to create configurational "phase" diagrams for a wide range of polymers. We have further introduced a new descriptor of folding complexity, the path-space ratio, ζα which captures essential features of molecular shape beyond those conveyed by mean size and asphericity. This thesis also contains results of light scattering measurements on supramolecular complexes formed when mixing an adamantane end-capped star polymer with a β-cyclodextrin polymer. The specific interactions result in an interplay between the association of the end-caps and a strong inclusion interaction between adamantane and β-cyclodextrin. Physics Monte Carlo simulations grafted polymers shape description folding complexity clustering percolation algorithm light scattering end-capped polymers inclusion complexes Fysik Physics Fysik
4	Nanolithography on thin films using heated atomic force microscope cantilevers Saxena, Shubham 01 November 2006 (has links) Nanotechnology is expected to play a major role in many technology areas including electronics, materials, and defense. One of the most popular tools for nanoscale surface analysis is the atomic force microscope (AFM). AFM can be used for surface manipulation along with surface imaging. The primary motivation for this research is to demonstrate AFM-based lithography on thin films using cantilevers with integrated heaters. These thermal cantilevers can control the temperature at the end of the tip, and hence they can be used for local in-situ thermal analysis. This research directly addresses applications like nanoscale electrical circuit fabrication/repair and thermal analysis of thin-films. In this study, an investigation was performed on two thin-film materials. One of them is co-polycarbonate, a variant of a polymer named polycarbonate, and the other is an energetic material called pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN). Experimental methods involved in the lithography process are discussed, and the results of lithographic experiments performed on co-polycarbonate and PETN are reported. Effects of dominant parameters during lithography experiments like time, temperature, and force are investigated. Results of simulation of the interface temperature between thermal cantilever tip and thin film surface, at the beginning of the lithography process, are also reported. Characterization Deflection Setpoint Grain rearrangement Array Precise positioning Metrology Explosion Explosives Data storage Material Image processing Slow scan disabled Temperature Tip Local In-situ Nanoscale Electrical circuit fabrication Repair Co-polycarbonate Polymers Polycarbonates Energetic materials PETN Simulation Interface Nano-manufacturing Experiment Calibration Raman Frequency Deflagration Decomposition Detonation Build up Pile-up End capped End capping Cross linked Cross-linked Conductivity Microscale MEMS Microcantilever NEMS DPN tDPN Silicon Glass Peak InVOLS Manipulation AFM Atomic force microscope Defense Nanoscale Surface Stiffness Force Scan size Thermal cantilevers Imaging Lithography Nanolithography Thin films Cantilevers Heaters Technology Nanotechnology Scan velocity Scan rate Bake Anneal Pentaerythritol tetranitrate Thin films Thermal properties Atomic force microscopy Microlithography Nanotechnology Surfaces (Technology) Analysis

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