Microchemical systems or microreactors refer to a new class of continuous reactors that have feature sizes in the submillimeter range. In particular, microfabricated chemical reactors are built using silicon-based ...

This thesis is about identifying genetic interventions that improve the performance of targeted pathways in the metabolism of the bacterium Escherichia coli. Three case studies illustrate three disparate approaches to ...

Nonagglomerated cobalt, iron, iron-cobalt, and cobalt-nickel alloy nanoparticles, some of which exhibit significant room-temperature magnetic coercivity, have been produced by thermal decomposition of organometallic complexes ...

Linear-dendritic diblock copolymers combine the properties of dendritic macromolecules with the morphology of block copolymers, making it possible to create nanostructured materials which self assemble in the bulk state ...

Companies like Procter & Gamble that operate on a make-to-stock strategy use forecasts to drive their manufacturing, selling, and buying processes. Because forecasting future demand is not an exact science, inventory ...

The adaptive immune response is very important for our survival in that it gives us the capability of detecting a wide variety of foreign material, allows for the elimination of pathogens, and provides memory to protect ...