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Study of the Effects of Long Carbamate Chain on Indigoid-Based Donor-Acceptor Polymers for Organic Electronic Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-26)Novel donor-acceptor polymers based on indigoid building blocks, hemi-isoindigo and isoindigo, with the substitution of long carbamate side chains were synthesized for organic solar cells (OSCs) and organic field-effect ... -
A Study of the Effects of Solution and Process Parameters on the Electrospinning Process and Nanofibre Morphology
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-31)Nanofibres have been the subject of recent intensive research due to their unique properties, especially their large surface-area-to-volume ratio, which is about one thousand times higher than that of a human hair. They ... -
A Study of the Electrical Flame Off Process During Thermosonic Wire Bonding with Novel Wire Materials
(University of Waterloo, 2010-04-30)Thermosonic ball bonding is the most popular method used to create electrical interconnects between integrated circuits (ICs) and substrates in the microelectronics industry. Traditionally gold (Au) wire is used, however ... -
A Study of the Erosion Mechanisms of Silicone Rubber Housing Composites
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-23)Silicone rubber insulators have been replacing conventional insulators made from toughened glass and porcelain in the power system, due to the non-wetting properties of silicone rubber insulation housing. However, silicone ... -
Study of the Exotic Ground State Physics in XXZ Quantum Spin Ice
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-02)Three dimensional frustrated magnets realized in the rare-earth pyrochlores R_2B_2O_7, R=rare-earth ion, B transition metal ion) have attracted much interest since the discovery of spin ice in Ho_2Ti_2O_7 by Harris et al. ... -
Study of the Influence of Different Electrolyte Salts on the Performance of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-28)Lithium-sulfur batteries (LSBs) have advantages of extremely high theoretical specific capacity and energy density, environmental friendliness and low cost, making it one of the top candidates for the next-generation energy ... -
A Study of the Material Properties of Silicone Nanocomposites Developed by Electrospinning
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)The current thrust towards the compaction of electrical power equipment, resulting in increased insulation electrical stress levels, necessitates new electrical insulating materials. In the last few decades, polymeric ... -
A Study of the Mobility of Silver Ions in Chitosan Membranes
(University of Waterloo, 2007-06-14)Chitosan membrane has found applications in biomedical, wastewater treatment, and petrochemical fields that involve the use of silver ions (Ag+). However, mobility of Ag+ in chitosan membranes has seldom been studied. ... -
Study of the morphology control and solid solution behaviour of Olivine LiMPO4 (M = Fe, Mn, and Co)
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-16)Lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) is one of the most promising cathode materials for lithium ion rechargeable batteries. It has a high theoretical specific capacity (170 mAh/g) and operating potential (3.45 V vs. Li+/Li). ... -
A Study of the Power Trace Sampling Frequency Requirements in Non-Intrusive Program Tracing Through Power Consumption Monitoring
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-05)In embedded systems, anomalies can be detected by monitoring the power consumption of the device. Recent literature has shown the use of this technique for the purpose of safety as well as security. However, on-the-fly ... -
A study of the reduced-order John Shaw SMA model and its extension for control applications
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-27)SMA belongs to a class of so-called “smart materials” which possess properties that can be controlled by application of various types of stimuli – stress, temperature, electric field or magnetic field. In particular, SMA ... -
A study of the Repeated Actions Diary in patients suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder
(Wiley, 2019-12-27)The structured Repeated Action Diary (RAD) collects in vivo data on compulsions and their various characteristics. Certain compulsions (i.e., those ending because the patient feels certain that it is safe to stop) are then ... -
A study of the robustness of magic state distillation against Clifford gate faults
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-04)Quantum error correction and fault-tolerance are at the heart of any scalable quantum computation architecture. Developing a set of tools that satisfy the requirements of fault- tolerant schemes is thus of prime importance ... -
A Study of the Sintering Behaviour of Ni-Ti Powder Compacts Using Differential Scanning Calorimetry
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-25)A primary purpose of the present work was to develop an experimental technique using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) capable of elucidating phase formation during sintering of a 50 atomic percent Ni and 50 atomic ... -
A Study of the Solubility and Mobility of Silver Ions in Chitosan and Fibroin Membranes
(University of Waterloo, 2024-04-24)Chitosan and fibroin are biopolymers widely applied in wound healing and wastewater treatment with silver ions (Ag+). The solubility and mobility of Ag+ in these polymers are important parameters for designing and optimizing ... -
A Study of the Structural Similarity Image Quality Measure with Applications to Image Processing
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-07)Since its introduction in 2004, the Structural Similarity (SSIM) index has gained widespread popularity as an image quality assessment measure. SSIM is currently recognized to be one of the most powerful methods of assessing ... -
A Study of the Structure and Dynamics of Smectic 8CB Under Mesoscale Confinement
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-29)The structure and dynamics of the smectic-A liquid crystal 8CB (4 cyano-4 octylbiphenyl) when sheared and confined to mesoscale gaps (with crossed cylindrical geometry and mica confining surfaces) were studied using a ... -
A study of thin film solid phase microextraction methods for analysis of fluorinated benzoic acids in seawater
(Elsevier, 2016-03-04)Fluorinated benzoic acids (FBAs) are frequently used as tracers by the oil industry to characterize petroleum reservoirs. The demand for fast, reliable, robust, and sensitive approaches to separate and quantify FBAs in ... -
A Study of Time Representation in a Class of Short Term Scheduling Problems
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-17)The problem of scheduling operations has received significant attention from academia and industrial practitioners in the past few decades. A key decision in various scheduling operations problems is when to perform an ...