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Investigation of Flow through Complicated Microfluidic Devices and over Micropatterned Surfaces using Computational Fluid Dynamics
(2015-12)
Computational fluid dynamics is used to study two distinct areas of engineering interest: microfluidic systems involving superhydrophobic surfaces and blood pumps. Superhydrophobic surfaces, which can induce slip at ...
Synthesis and Characterization of Stimuli-Responsive Polymers with Aqueous Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization
(2021-09-23)
In this study the synthesis of hydrophilic, stimuli-responsive polymers is approached with the goal to optimize their synthesis in terms of quality of product as well as overall user-friendliness of the polymerization ...
Use of conformal solution models for prediction of polar, polyatomic fluid mixture transport properties.
(1981)
Conformal solution theory models for the prediction of mixture viscosity and thermal conductivity are investigated. The models predicted these properties with reasonable accuracies for wide ranges of systems and conditions.
The generalized asymmetric rule (GAR): The optimization of mixture asymmetry in a noncubic equation of state.
(1998)
This work uses a preexisting, noncubic EOS to predict polar/nonpolar pure components. This EOS uses the mixing rules of a preexisting local composition model (LCM) that can simultaneously (1) simulate both liquid and vapor ...
Effects of non-equilibrium charge carriers on photocatalytic reactions over hybrid plasmonic catalyst
(2023)
Fascinated by how nature can directly transfer solar energy into a chemical reaction, several studies on the photocatalyst have been performed and hoped to imitate nature’s process to achieve similar conversion. Unfortunately, ...
Application of hybrid mixing rules based on the conformal solution and local composition models to predict the thermodynamic properties of nonideal solutions /
(1984)
Mixing rules based on the local composition and one-fluid models have been developed for use in the mean-potential-model Modified Benedict-Webb-Rubbin equation of state to accurately predict the thermodynamic properties ...
INVESTIGATIONS OF CARTILAGE LUBRICITY AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CARBON NANOTUBES AND PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYERS
(2012)
Because one of the principal functions of articular cartilage in joints is to provide support in diarthrodial joints, transmitting loads with minimum friction and wear, it is likely that understanding the lubrication ...
Formation and Characterization of Vegetable Oil Microemulsions and Their Application in Oilseed Extraction and Biofuel
(2010)
Microemulsions are thermodynamically stable dispersions of oil and water stabilized by a film of surfactants and/or co-surfactants. They have numerous applications in food, oilseed extraction, drug and cosmetic delivery, ...
Solubilization of oil mixtures in anionic surfactant microemulsions.
(2004)
Surfactant enhanced aquifer remediation technology offers great potential to clean up oil contaminants. For oil mixture contaminants the remediation efficiency can vary significantly between the different oil components. ...