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Molecular design of interfacial modifications to alter adsorption/desorption equilibria at fluid-adjoining interfaces
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
The thermodynamics and mass transfer kinetics of adsorption and desporption at interfaces play vital roles in chemical analysis, separation processes, and many natural phenomena. In this work, computer simulations were ...
Production of polyhydroxyalkanoate copolymers from plant oil
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are carbon storage polymers produced by a variety of bacteria. The model organism for studying PHA synthesis and accumulation is Ralstonia eutropha. This species can be used to convert renewable ...
Impacts of meteorology-driven seed dispersal on plant migration : implications for future vegetation structure under changing climates
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
As the impacts among land cover change, future climates and ecosystems are expected to be substantial (e.g., Feddema et al., 2005), there are growing needs for improving the capability of simulating the dynamics of vegetation ...
Three-dimensional virus scaffolds for energy storage and microdevice applications
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
With constantly increasing demand for lightweight power sources, electrode architectures that eliminate the need for conductive and organic additives will increase mass specific energy and power densities. The increased ...
Computation & design for nanophotonics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
The versatility of computational design as an alternative to design by nanofabrication has made computers a reliable design tool in nanophotonics. Given that almost any 2d pattern can be fabricated at infrared length scales, ...
Compressive stress enhances coordinated migration of mammary carcinoma cells
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Cancer research has traditionally focused on genetic and biochemical changes during tumor progression. Uncontrolled cell proliferation of a solid tumor in a confined space not only creates well-studied oxidative stress ...
Space radiation-induced bystander signaling in 2D and 3D skin tissue models
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Space radiation poses a significant hazard to astronauts on long-duration missions, and the low fluences of charged particles characteristic of this field suggest that bystander effects, the phenomenon in which a greater ...
Nuclear power plant performance assessment pertaining to plant aging in France and the United States
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
The effect of aging on nuclear power plant performance has come under increased scrutiny in recent years. The approaches used to make an assessment of this effect strongly influence the economics of nuclear power plant ...
Computing with Chunks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
Modern computing substrates like general-purpose GPUs, massively multi-core processors, and cloud computing clusters offer practically unlimited resources at the cost of requiring programmers to manage those resources for ...
DNA ruler : enhancing nanopore sizing resolution by multiple measurements on the same DNA molecule
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
Nanopores are versatile sensors for label-free detection of single molecules and particles that have attracted attention for applications such as DNA sequencing and nanoparticle analysis. Detection of single molecules or ...