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Responses to Privacy Turbulence: The Impact of Personality Traits on Recalibration and Privacy Boundaries on Facebook
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
As individuals use social media to create and maintain relationships and connections, they must also decide how to manage the private information that they disclose to their connections. If private information is handled ...
Stories of Hope and Ethnic Identification: A Look at Organ Donation Communication
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of ethnic identification and ethnic portrayals in organ donation stories on the attitudes towards organ donation, the intent to register to become an organ donor, and ...
Surface Optimization of Siloxane-Polyurethane Marine Coatings for Improved Fouling-Release Properties
(North Dakota State University, 2016)
Biofouling has been an economically and environmentally costly problem to mankind ever since they set sail. Biofouling causes frictional drag leading to slow vessel speeds, and increased fuel costs. Antifouling (AF) coatings ...
Polymers and Coatings Derived From Novel Bio-Based Vinyl Ether Monomers
(North Dakota State University, 2018)
To fulfill the demand for household, industrial, light weight transportation, health, and cosmetic products etc., production of polymeric materials has been increasing every year. However, limited resource of fossil fuel ...
Influence of Surface Topography and Curing Chemistry on Fouling-Release Performance of Self-Stratified Siloxane-Polyurethane Coatings
(North Dakota State University, 2017)
Biofouling, the attachment and growth of microorganisms and aquatic animals on submerged surfaces, poses many economic and environmental challenges like increase in frictional drag, fuel consumption, and cost of maintenance ...
Embedded Reference Electrodes for Corrosion Potential Monitoring, Electrochemical Characterization, and Controlled-Potential Cathodic Protection
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
A thin wire Ag/AgCl reference electrode was prepared using 50 μm Ag wire in dilute FeCl3. The wire was embedded beneath the polyurethane topcoat of two sacrificial coating systems to monitor their corrosion potential. This ...
pH Responsive Capsules Containing Composite Coatings for Corrosion Inhibition in Metal Alloys
(North Dakota State University, 2014)
Hexavalent chromes have be used as effective corrosion inhibitors due to their high inhibitor efficiency and low cost for the protection of several metal alloys. However, owing to their toxicity federal legislations restrict ...
Advanced Electrochemical Methods for Characterizing the Performance of Organic Coatings
(North Dakota State University, 2012)
Advanced electrochemical techniques such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), electrochemical noise method (ENM) and coulometry as tools to study and extract information about the coating system is the focus ...
Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications of Electroactive Polymeric Nanostructures for Organic Coatings
(North Dakota State University, 2015)
Electroactive polymers (EAP) such as polypyrrole (PPy) and polyaniline (PANI) are being explored intensively in the scientific community. Nanostructures of EAPs have low dimensions and high surface area enabling them to ...
Features of Highly Hydrophobic Plant Oil-Based Vinyl Monomers in Cationic and Free Radical Polymerization
(North Dakota State University, 2019)
The demand for polymeric materials, which have traditionally been produced from petroleum-based resources over the last century, continues to grow each year. However, the supply of fossil fuels is limited. This, along with ...