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E2 protein nanocage as a pickering emulsifier and its applications
(2018-04-19)Particle-stabilized emulsion or Pickering emulsion has drawn attention in recent years because of its several attractive features. Pickering emulsion offers higher stability in different conditions and it has found ... -
Development of inhalable antimicrobial nanoparticle complex
(2018-03-19)As a novel developed delivery method for treatment of lung infections, dry powder Inhaler (DPI) delivery attracts more and more attention in studies about inhalation therapy. Conventional dry powder inhaler delivery form ... -
The pro-metastatic effects of hemodynamic shear stress: breast cancer cells acquire aggressiveness during circulation
(2018-02-09)Cancer metastasis is defined as the spread of cancer cells from the origin site to other parts of the body and is accountable for ninety percent of deaths from solid tumors. Circulation of cancer cells in blood stream is ... -
Synthesis and applications of DPP-based II-conjugated polymers via direct arylation polymerization
(2018-02-08)Diketopyrro lopyrro le (DPP) derivatives are known in industry as efficient and stable pigments for a long time. Nowadays, arising attention is drawn to DPP-based conjugated small molecules and polymers on both bioapplications ... -
Fundamental relations for rational catalyst design in oxygen electrocatalysis
(2018-02-06)The rapid growth of economy brings about serious environmental and resources problems, which force human search for more efficient and environmental benign technologies for energy conversion. Among the various technologies, ... -
Development of chitosan based optical fiber chemical sensors
(2018-01-08)In recent years there has been a tremendous progress in the development of polymer based fiber optic sensors. Particular emphasis on research has been focused on in-line fiber optic interferometric sensors owing to their ... -
Composite membranes comprising nanoporous materials for carbon dioxide capture
(2018-01-03)Membrane-based gas separation provides various advantages over conventional gas separation techniques such as desirable energy efficiency, small footprint and ease of operations. However, conventional polymeric membranes ... -
Interface engineering towards transition metal based nanocomposites for water splitting
(2017-12-18)Hydrogen (H2) is a promising energy source to replace fossil fuels and the key to solving current energy and environment problems. Hydrogen production from water splitting via photocatalysis or electrolysis is considered ... -
Study on electrochemical water splitting : designing efficient oxygen evolution reaction catalysts and Exploring Scientific Issues in activity evaluation of hydrogen evolution reaction
(2017-12-04)Developing sustainable and environmental friendly energy and energy storage devices is highly desirable, owing to the increasing demand of energy, limiting storage of fossil energy and rising concerns of environment. ... -
Parallel computation of discrete geodesics and its applications
(2017-12-01)Computing geodesics on meshes is a classical problem in computational and differential geometry. It measures the length of the local shortest path with minimum curvature along the surface between two points. Previous studies ... -
Development of red/near-infrared fluorescent molecules and macromolecules for biomedical applications
(2017-11-30)Red/near infrared (R/NIR) fluorescence imaging based on organic materials has emerged as one of the most effective modalities in clinical practice due to the availability of biocompatible contrast agents, maneuverable ... -
Non-invasive nanosensor monitoring of mRNA expression for regenerative medicine application
(2017-11-30)The field of regenerative medicine focuses on utilizing therapeutic cells either on itself or in conjunction with scaffolds to replace, repair or allow regeneration of injured tissues. Thus far, various approaches involving ... -
An investigation into the influence of particle properties and operating conditions on gas-solid flow phenomena
(2017-11-23)Horizontal pneumatic conveying and fluidization are two important gas-solid flow operations employed in wide-ranging industries from agro-processing to pharmaceutical and oil and gas. Despite being employed in industry for ... -
Micro and nanotechnology for regenerative medicine : cell tracking and engineering
(2017-11-09)Regenerative medicine is providing a promising treatment method for degenerative diseases, and has been extensively investigated in recent decades for bone, skin, cartilage, neurons, blood vessels, skin regeneration, and ... -
Surrogate modeling applications in chemical and biomedical processes
(2017-10-09)Surrogate modeling is an efficient alternative for computation-intensive process simulations in engineering problems. Surrogate model is developed using experimental or computer data, which are collected from experiments ... -
Engineering saccharomyces for biofuel production improvement
(2017-09-05)The continuous use of fossil fuels has led to many issues such as energy crisis, environmental change and etc. People are seeking cleaner and more sustainable energy resources to replace traditional fossil fuels. Microbial ... -
Multifunctional polymeric nanomaterials for cancer imaging and therapy
(2017-09-15)This thesis summarized my postgraduate research work on the design and synthesis of multifunctional polymers self-assembled for cancer imaging and therapy. It would focus on the fluorescent polymers from visible to near ... -
Engineering novel beneficial therapeutic microorganisms for Vibrio cholerae therapy using synthetic biology
(2017-08-29)Cholera disease is still a major global threat according to WHO. This notion is reinforced by the fact that the antibiotic resistance of Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of the disease, is increasing in the epidemic ... -
Physical cues enhancing tissue engineering : from cellular commitment to vascular induction
(2017-08-28)The behaviors of cells, such as survival, proliferation, differentiation, migration, can produce important physical cues, which lead to the occurrence of some important biological processes. In addition, cells are in close ... -
Carbon-based nanocomposites for energy storage
(2017-07-17)As portable consumer electronics become the necessities in one’s daily life, energy storage systems which act as the primary power sources are attracting rising attention in their development. One of the great challenges ...
