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 ...

The work presented in this thesis consists of two major parts. In Chapter 2, the theory for sensitivity analysis of oscillatory systems is developed and discussed. Several contributions are made, in particular in the precise ...

Natural gas supply chain planning and optimization is important to ensure security and reliability of natural gas supply. However, it is challenging due to the distinctive features of natural gas supply chains. These ...

In chromatography, the selective separation for large molecules, polymers, and proteins is of particular interest. To achieve quality separations, the stationary phase should exhibit pore diameters greater than 10 nm to ...

During most of the twentieth century, direct study of individual polymer molecules was impossible due to their small size. Therefore, polymers were typically studied in bulk solutions, and their behavior and interactions ...