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LOCALIZED BANDS AND THEIR EFFECTS IN THE STRONGLY CORRELATED d AND f ELECTRON SYSTEMS: A FIRST PRINCIPLES STUDY
(2021-08-16)
Strongly correlated materials such as d and f-electron systems manifest a broad range of interesting phenomena such as metal-insulator transition, high temperature superconductivity, topologically insulating behavior etc. ...
Energy Dissipation during Geomagnetic Storms
(2021-12-20)
Some fraction of the solar wind energy is transferred to the Earth magnetosphere
and ionosphere. Sometimes this transfer of energy is exceptionally large,
producing a magnetic storm. Storms occur when the Interplanetary ...
THE ARECIBO OBSERVATORY AS AN INSTRUMENT FOR INVESTIGATING ORBITAL DEBRIS
(2021-11-22)
In this dissertation, the Arecibo Observatory, both past and future, as an instrument for investigating orbital debris is investigated. For over three decades, models of the orbital debris environment in low Earth orbit ...
Orbital Evolution Studies and Radio Searches of Extra-Solar Moons
(2021-12-13)
Exoplanetary research has undergone a great deal of development and growth. Achievements in theoretical studies and detection techniques have led to the discovery of 4,000+ exoplanets in ~3, 000 planetary systems to date. ...
THE COMMISSIONING OF THE LOW FREQUENCY ALL SKY MONITOR, THE FIRST DISTRIBUTED PHASED ARRAY TELESCOPE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO SEARCH FOR RADIO TRANSIENTS AT LONG WAVELENGTHS
(2021-05-15)
The last two decades have seen a proliferation in the development of technology for low frequency radio astronomy based upon phased elements grouped into one or more large stations. Instruments fielding multiple large ...
GPU-based Monte Carlo Applications in Radiation Medicine
(2021-12-02)
Radiation can be used to image tumor site or kill tumor cells noninvasively, playing an important role in tumor diagnosis and treatment. Because of the increasing burden that cancer brings to the society, there always ...
INVESTIGATION AND DISCOVERY OF NOVEL TRANSITION METAL CYSTEAMINE SYSTEMS WITH HALOGENS FROM THE FIRST PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS
(2021-12-20)
Cu-cysteamine (Cu-Cy) is a material that has the cysteamine bonded with Cu. It is a molecular photosensitizer which can be activated by visible, ultraviolet light, and X-rays to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). Cu-Cy ...
DESIGNING REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES PRODUCING MATERIALS FOR CANCER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENTS
(2021-08-13)
This dissertation is focused on using nanotechnology to improve conventional photodynamic therapy (PDT) and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for cancer and wastewater treatments, respectively. Even though PDT has a great ...
ANALYSIS OF WAVEFORM DISTORTIONS PRODUCED BY INTERFEROMETER RESPONSE FUNCTIONS FOR FUTURE SEARCHES OF GRAVITATIONAL-WAVE SIGNALS FROM CORE-COLLAPSE SUPERNOVAE
(2021-05-28)
Multi-messenger astronomy recently added a fundamentally new component to its wide array of observational tools: a gravitational-wave detector. A number of binary black holes mergers have already been detected by ...
Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Metal Doped Silicon-Carbide Fullerene-type Nanostructures
(2021-12-20)
Silicon carbide (SiC) is a technologically significant material. A recent report on the abundance of C60 fullerenes in interstellar space, along with the presence of SiC precursors, sparked interest in potentially similar ...