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Poly(Lactic Acid)-Based Biomaterials: Synthesis, Modification and Applications
(InTech, 2012-01-20)Chapter 11 entitled "Poly(Lactic Acid)-Based Biomaterials: Synthesis, Modification and Applications" from: "Biomedical Science, Engineering and Technology", book edited by Dhanjoo N. Ghista, ISBN 978-953-307-471-9, Published: ... -
Poly(vinylidene fluoride) membranes: Preparation, modification, characterization and applications
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-24)Hydrophobic microporous membranes have been widely used in water and wastewater treatment by microfiltration, ultrafiltration and membrane distillation. Poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) materials are one of the most popular ... -
Poly-L-arginine Coated Silver Nanoprisms and Their Anti-Bacterial Properties
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2017-09-27)The aim of this study was to test the effect of two different morphologies of silver nanoparticles, spheres, and prisms, on their antibacterial properties when coated with poly-L-arginine (poly-Arg) to enhance the interactions ... -
Polyamide 6.6 separates oil/water due to its dual underwater oleophobicity/underoil hydrophobicity: Role of 2D and 3D porous structures
(Elsevier, 2019-02-01)Porous polyamide functionalized by plasma or various coatings has been investigated for oil/water separation. In literature, polyamide has rarely been studied for oil removal, and this work investigated the performance of ... -
Polyamide 6.6 separates oil/water due to its dual underwater oleophobicity/underoil hydrophobicity: Role of 2D and 3D porous structures
(Elsevier BV, 2019-02-01)Porous polyamide functionalized by plasma or various coatings has been investigated for oil/water separation. In literature, polyamide has rarely been studied for oil removal, and this work investigated the performance of ... -
Polycrystalline Silicon Capacitive MEMS Strain Sensor for Structural Health Monitoring of Wind Turbines
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-21)Wind energy is a fast-growing sustainable energy technology and driven by the need for more efficient energy harvesting, size of the wind turbines has increased over the years for both off-shore and land-based installations. ... -
Polydopamine-Based Thin Film Composite Membranes for Pervaporative Concentration of Potassium Acetate Solution
(University of Waterloo, 2022-12-19)Potassium acetate (KAc) is a valuable chemical product due to its widespread application in multiple fields. During the production of KAc, the concentration of dilute KAc solution is a vital pre-treatment procedure to ... -
Polyethylene Glycol as an Electrolyte Additive for Rechargeable Hybrid Aqueous Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-05)Climatic and environmental challenges arising from excessive greenhouse gas production from human activities have necessitated a serious shift towards sustainable and renewable sources of power such as solar, wind and ... -
Polyhedral Diameters and Applications to Optimization
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-01)The Simplex method is the most popular algorithm for solving linear programs (LPs). Geometrically, it moves from an initial vertex solution to an improving neighboring one, selected according to a pivot rule. Despite decades ... -
Polymer Additive Engineering of Organolead Halide Perovskites: Effect on Device Characteristics and Scalable Manufacturing
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-21)Within the last decade, organolead halide perovskites such as methylammonium lead iodide (MAPbI₃), have established themselves as a promising material choice for developing highly efficient and cost-effective photosensitive ... -
Polymer Based Nanocomposites as Multifunctional Structure for Space Radiation Shielding: A Study of Nanomaterial Fabrications and Evaluations
(University of Waterloo, 2018-06-18)Radiation shielding in space missions is critical in order to protect astronauts and other payloads from radiation damage. Low atomic-number materials such as hydrogen are proved to be efficient in shielding ionizing ... -
Polymer Electrolyte Membranes for Liquid Olefin-Paraffin Separation
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-28)Olefin/Paraffin separation, traditionally carried out by cryogenic distillation, is difficult to achieve due to the similar size and volatility of the components. Recently, many studies have explored membrane separation ... -
Polymer Electrolytes for Rechargeable Lithium/Sulfur Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-29)With the rapid development of portable electronics, hybrid-electric and electric cars, there is great interest in utilization of sulfur as cathodes for rechargeable lithium batteries. Lithium/sulfur batteries implement ... -
Polymer Electrolytes for Rechargeable Lithium/Sulfur Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2015-02-17)The lithium/sulfur (Li/S) battery is one of the most promising candidates for energy storage systems due to sulfur’s high theoretical specific capacity at 1672 mAh g-1. This capacity is an order of magnitude higher than ... -
Polymer Gels as Functional Soft Solids
(University of Waterloo, 2020-10-21)Polymer gels are polymer networks suspended in a liquid where chemical or physical crosslinks of the network maintain the physical form of the gels. They are a hybrid material that is between a liquid and a solid, making ... -
Polymer NdFeB Hard Magnetic Scanner for Biomedical Scanning Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-23)Micromirror scanners are the most significant of the micro-optical actuator elements with applications in portable digital displays, automotive head-up displays, barcode scanners, optical switches and scanning optical ... -
Polymer-Integrated Organolead Halide Perovskite for Solar Cells and Self-Powered Electronic Devices
(University of Waterloo, 2020-04-28)In recent years, organolead halide perovskites (MAPbI3) have emerged as prospective materials for high-efficiency, inexpensive, and simple solution-processed optoelectronic devices such as solar cells, photodetectors, and ... -
Polymer-stabilized Transition Metal Nanocatalysts: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2015-01-22)Novel polymeric architectures and analytical methods were designed for the synthesis, characterization, and applications of metallic nanocatalysts. Four main research areas were investigated, namely: i) palladium nanocatalysts, ... -
Polymeric Coatings for Targeted Nanoparticle Delivery to Subsurface Contaminants
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-01)Terrestrial oil spills account for the majority of oil spills world wide and present a challenging remediation problem owing to the inaccessibility of subsurface petroleum hydrocarbons (PHC). Contaminants such as crude oil ... -
Polymeric Foaming Predictions from the Sanchez-Lacombe Equation of State: Application to Polypropylene-Carbon Dioxide Mixtures
(American Physical Society, 2017)A simple off-lattice method of deriving the Sanchez-Lacombe equation of state is presented. The Sanchez-Lacombe equation of state for mixtures is shown to be thermodynamically inconsistent for all mixing rules in such a ...