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Adhesion With Slender Structures: Tape Loops, Crumples, and Origami
(North Dakota State University, 2021)The desire for improved adhesive systems led us to examine three geometries: tape loops, crumples, and origami shapes. The tape loop is mechanically interesting because it is stable in more than one configuration. For ... -
Agricultural Residues and Other Carbon-Based Resources as Feedstocks for Supercapacitor Electrodes
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Agricultural residues are generally considered as renewable, economical and environmental-friendly sources to produce carbon-based materials with many advanced applications. Agricultural residues and by-products generated ... -
Bending and Force Recovery in Polymer Films and Microgel Formation
(North Dakota State University, 2018)To determine correlation between geometry and material three different model films: polymethylsiloxane (PDMS), polystyrene (PS), and polycarbonate (PC), were singly bent and doubly bent (forming D-cones). Bends were chosen ... -
Biomimetic Nanoclay Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Tissue engineering offers a significant potential alternative to conventional methods for rectifying tissue defects by evoking natural regeneration process via interactions between cells and 3D porous scaffolds. Imparting ... -
Development of Bio-based Wood Adhesive by Using Cellulose Nanofiber Reinforcement and Crosslinking Agent for Improved Bonding Strength
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Engineered woods, plywood, particle board, and oriented strand board, are widely used as a low-cost wood replacement in many applications. Many of the currently used wood adhesives contain chemicals that are harmful to ... -
The Development, Characterization and Testing of Mg-rich Primers
(North Dakota State University, 2012)Aluminum alloys are widely used in aircraft industry for their strength and light weight. Those alloys that are hardened by precipitation, especially the Copper-rich of the 2000 series, are prone to corrosion and are ... -
Dynamic 3D In Vitro Bone Metastatic Testbeds for Prostate and Breast Cancer
(North Dakota State University, 2022)Metastatic prostate cancer spreads preferentially to the bone, causing skeletal complications associated with significant morbidity and a poor prognosis, despite current therapeutic approaches. Increasing evidence suggests ... -
The Effects of Doping on the Lithium Ionic Conductivity of LLZO Solid-State Electrolyte
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) employing solid-state electrolytes are considerably safer and might potentially generate a higher energy density compared. The goal of this thesis is to investigate the synthesis and stability ... -
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Study of the Ultraviolet Exposure of Ballistic Resistant Polymer Matrix Composites
(North Dakota State University, 2012)This study examined the effect of ultraviolet radiation on ballistic resistant polymer matrix composites. Two composite systems studied included a phenolic matrix with either S2 Glass® or Kevlar® fiber laminates. These ... -
An Electron Energy-Loss Spectroscopic Investigation of Molecular Interactions at Hydroxyapatite-Collagen Interfaces in Healthy and Diseased (Osteogenesis Imperfecta) Human Bone and Biomineralized Tissue-Engineered Bone
(North Dakota State University, 2018)At its primary level (nm scale) bone is a nanocomposite consisting of a mineral (hydroxyapatite) phase which gives bone its strength and an organic (type I collagen) phase giving bone its fracture toughness. Hydroxyapatite, ... -
Enhanced Bone Tissue Regeneration Enabled with Tissue-Engineered Interlocking Nanoclay Scaffolds and Bone Morphogenic Proteins
(North Dakota State University, 2022)About 6 million bone fractures occur annually in the US; 30% require bone grafting transplants to aid bone healing. Well-established clinical therapy techniques for bone regeneration suffer from limited availability, higher ... -
Evaluating Mechanisms of Metastasis of Prostate Cancer to Bone Using 3D Bone-Mimetic Tissue Engineered Scaffolds
(North Dakota State University, 2018)The complex nature of cancer metastasis necessitates the development of a cancer model based on specific metastatic stages. In this dissertation, we report a polymer-nanoclay based in vitro tumor model which recapitulates ... -
Experimental Evaluation of Multiscale Behavior of Human Bone
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Bone is the most important structural member of the human body. It has a unique hierarchical structure and its primary constituents, collagen molecules and hydroxyapatite, are arranged in a staggered pattern at nanometer ... -
First Principle Study on Interfacial Energetic Alignment and Charge Transfer in Quantum Dots Functionalized via Metal-Organic Dye
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Quantum dots (QDs) are promising materials for applications in solar energy conversion because of tunable band gap, multi-exciton generation, photon-upconversion, etc. One of the main challenges of increasing solar energy ... -
Flexible Nanocomposite Thin Films for Electronic Devices
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Electronic technology is moving towards flexible, durable, and smaller devices with multifunctional capability. To accelerate this movement, creating materials with outstanding properties is critical. Nanocomposites based ... -
The Free and Restricted Diffusion of Silicon Nanocrystal Clusters
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Biological applications for silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) have recently gained more attention because of silicon’s low toxicity. But, to be able to use SiNCs in applications such as biological sensors, labeling or drug ... -
In-Silico Investigation of Geological and Biological Materials by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation is a computational technique that predicts the time-dependent behavior of a molecular system utilizing molecular mechanics. MD simulations are extensively employed in the scientific arena ... -
An Insilico Design of Nanoclay Based Nanocomposites and Scaffolds In Bone Tissue Engineering
(North Dakota State University, 2016)A multiscale in silico approach to design polymer nanocomposites and scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications is described in this study. This study focuses on the role of biomaterials design and selection, ... -
Investigating the Reduction of Fogging Behavior of Natural Fiber-Filled Polymers
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Synthetic fibers such as glass and carbon are used as reinforcement in polymer composites due to their high strength and modulus. However, synthetic fibers are non-biodegradable and contribute to high costs. In literature, ... -
Laser-Assisted Advanced Assembly for MEMS Fabrication
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) are currently fabricated using methods originally designed for manufacturing semiconductor devices, using minimum if any assembly at all. The inherited limitations of this approach ...