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The mammalian skin microbiome
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-23)Skin constitutes the primary physical barrier between mammals and their external environment. Characterization of the microorganisms on skin is essential for understanding how a host evolves in association with its microbial ... -
Manipulating Carrier Polarization in Pure and Doped Metal Oxide Semiconductor Nanocrystals
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-19)Moore's Law will soon be inadequate to keep up with the needs of technological developments as the currently used materials have reached their natural performance limits. Hence, the development of a new technology to replace ... -
Manipulating Structure and Properties of Colloidal In2O3 Nanocrystals
(University of Waterloo, 2012-06-20)Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) have attracted extensive attention for decades due to their remarkable applications in optoelectronic devices. The development of functional nanostructured TCOs with unique properties, ... -
Manipulation of Conducting Oxides and Their Rational Design for Use in Photonics
(University of Waterloo, 2022-06-02)Transparent conducting oxides (TCOs) have been largely studied for their applications in light emitting diodes (LEDs), photodetectors, solar cells, and other photonic uses. TCOs are useful as they can be doped or alloyed ... -
Manipulation of Defect Formation in Semiconductor Nanocrystals for Photocatalysis and Magneto-optics
(University of Waterloo, 2020-06-01)Defects play a significant role in semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) as they can influence their electrical and optical properties via vacancy doping or aliovalent doping. Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR), the ... -
Manipulation of electronic band structure by doping colloidal gallium oxide nanocrystals and its impact on photocatalysis
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-23)Semiconductor photocatalyst have been of interest due to its robust nature, non-selectivity, low toxicity, and high tunability. Its various applications such as water splitting, water purification, anti-microbial, etc make ... -
Manipulation of Ga2O3 Nanocrystals for the Design of Functional Phosphors
(University of Waterloo, 2020-05-29)Transparent conducting oxides are of great interest in semiconductor research and industry. Their ability to carry electricity while remaining transparent allows them to be used for different applications including ... -
Manipulation of the Plasmonic Properties of n-Type Doped Colloidal Indium Oxide Nanocrystals
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-17)Plasmonic nanocrystals (NCs) have been a focus of intense research over the past decade due to their unique optical properties and wide applications. Indium (III) oxide (In2O3) is an ideal host lattice for plasmonic NCs, ... -
The Marine Feeding Habits of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the Northwest Atlantic
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-07)Investigations on marine feeding of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the Northwest Atlantic are rather limited in comparison with studies carried out in the Northeast Atlantic. Climate induced changes to food webs in ... -
Marine redox conditions during deposition of Late Ordovician and Early Silurian organic-rich mudrocks in the Siljan ring district, central Sweden
(Elsevier, 2017-05-10)The Late Ordovician Period witnessed the second largest mass extinction in the Phanerozoic Eon and the Hirnantian glaciation. To infer ocean redox conditions across the Ordovician-Silurian transition, we measured the U (as ... -
Mass-Selected Infrared Multiple-Photon Dissociation as a Structural Probe of Gaseous Ion-Molecule Complexes
(University of Waterloo, 2009-08-31)Mass-selected infrared multiple photon spectroscopy (IRMPD), Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) kinetic experiments, RRKM and electronic structure calculations have been performed in order to propose a ... -
Materials physics of half-metallic magnetic oxide films by Pulsed Laser Deposition: Controlling the crystal structure and near-surface properties of Sr2FeMoO6 and CrO2 films
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-23)The idea of half-metallic ferromagnets was first introduced by de Groot et al. in 1983 based on their calculations. The density of state at the Fermi level for half-metallic ferromagnet is completely polarized, meaning ... -
Mathematical and Statistical Investigation of Steamflooding in Naturally Fractured Carbonate Heavy Oil Reservoirs
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-23)A significant amount of Viscous Oil (e.g., heavy oil, extra heavy oil, and bitumen) is trapped in Naturally Fractured Carbonate Reservoirs also known as NFCRs. The word VO endowment in NFCRs is estimated at ~ 2 Trillion ... -
Matrix compatible solid phase microextraction coating, a greener approach to sample preparation in vegetable matrices
(Elsevier, 2017-09-01)This work proposes the novel PDMS/DVB/PDMS fiber as a greener strategy for analysis by direct immersion solid phase microextraction (SPME) in vegetables. SPME is an established sample preparation approach that has not yet ... -
Maximal cell density predictions for compressible polymer foams
(Elsevier, 2012-12-05)Thermodynamic upper bounds for polymer foam cell densities are predicted using compressible selfconsistent field theory. It is found that the incompressible limit always gives the highest, and therefore ultimate, upper ... -
Mean-Field Theory of Collective Behavior of Quantum Dipolar Rotors
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-08)Motivated by the recent experimental measurements of the dielectric property of confined quantum dipolar molecules, the orientational dipolar ordering transition is investigated in the quantum generalization of the quantum ... -
THE MEASUREMENT OF INTER-PARTICLE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS IN MINE WASTES
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-04)Acid mine drainage (AMD) is the release of acidic waters from mines, waste-rock piles and mine tailings impoundments containing high concentrations of SO4, Fe(II) and other metal(oid)s. The bulk of AMD generation occurs ... -
Measurement of Surface Tensions in Aggregated Cells of the Embryonic Chick
(University of Waterloo, 2008-01-23)Cell surface properties are crucial to the mechanisms by which groups of cells organize themselves during embryogenesis, cancer metastases and tissue engineering. Measured surface tension values provide a quantitative ... -
Measurement of Tensile Forces in Xenopus laevis Neural Tissue
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-22)Neurulation is critical for the proper development of the central nervous system during embryogenesis. This process requires coordinated morphogenetic movements driven by localized cell movements. The key morphogenetic ... -
Measuring Entanglement Entropy in Valence Bond Quantum Monte Carlo Simulations
(University of Waterloo, 2010-12-08)In this thesis we examine methods for measuring entanglement entropy in spin-1/2 Heisenberg systems using quantum Monte Carlo in the valence bond basis. We begin by presenting the quantum Monte Carlo techniques used in ...