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Security Proofs for Quantum Key Distribution Protocols by Numerical Approaches
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-25)This thesis applies numerical methods to analyze the security of quantum key distribution (QKD) protocols. The main theoretical problem in QKD security proofs is to calculate the secret key generation rate. Under certain ... -
Seedlings of Temperate Tree Species Show Plastic Responses to Water Deficit and Heat Stress, But They Do Not Prevent Decline in Growth
(University of Waterloo, 2022-10-03)Species response to climate change is difficult to predict because warming involves the interaction of multiple stressors whose effects are simultaneous and therefore difficult to disentangle. To address this gap, I studied ... -
Segregation of chain ends to the surface of a polymer melt: effect of surface profile versus chain discreteness
(Springer, 2016)Silberberg has argued that the surface of a polymer melt behaves like a reflecting boundary on the random-walk statistics of the polymers. Although this is approximately true, independent studies have shown that violations ... -
Seismic Coupling and Hydrological Responses
(University of Waterloo, 2006)In seismology, the capability of an earthquake to induce other seismic events has been widely accepted for decades. For example, the term aftershock involves a strong relation of such a seismic event with the incidence ... -
Selected Experiments with Proteins at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
(University of Waterloo, 2008-12-12)This thesis describes a number of novel experiments contributing to the understanding of protein adsorption from both a fundamental and applied perspective. The first three papers involve the use of the localized surface ... -
Selected topics in Computational Relativity
(University of Waterloo, 2022-08-18)This thesis addresses a collection of topics that are either directly related to, or have implications for, current challenges in computational relativity. In the first part, we explore a spacetime discretization method ... -
Selection and characterization of an aptamer to a thiazole orange derivative for use in a fluorescence-based biosensor
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-18)Aptamers are short single-stranded DNA or RNA sequences that have been selected in vitro to have a high binding affinity to a specific target molecule. One class of aptamers can bind to small non-fluorescent molecules to ... -
A Selective Na+ Aptamer Dissected by Sensitized Tb3+ Luminescence
(Wiley, 2016-08-17)A previous study of two RNA-cleaving DNAzymes, NaA43 and Ce13d, revealed the possibility of a common Na+ aptamer motif. Because Na+ binding to DNA is a fundamental biochemical problem, the interaction between Ce13d and Na+ ... -
Selective Surface Chemistry of Bifunctional Carboxylic acid, Aldehyde and Alcohol on Si(100)2x1: Exploring Competition between Alkyl, Alkenyl, Carboxyl, Hydroxyl, and Carbonyl Groups in Surface Functionalization
(University of Waterloo, 2009-01-26)The dissociative adsorption of three carboxylic acids (acetic acid, propanoic acid, and acrylic acid), allyl alcohol, and allyl aldehyde on Si(100)2×1 at room temperature has been investigated by X-ray photoelectron ... -
Selenate Reduction by Granular Iron and the Associated Isotope Fractionation
(University of Waterloo, 2013-11-27)Research in selenium isotopes has been gaining interest as new contaminated sites are identified around the world. Selenium is an emerging contaminant, as it is increasingly being released through anthropogenic activities. ... -
Self versus examiner administration of the Ocular Surface Disease Index©
(Elsevier, 2017-01)Purpose: To compare the difference in Ocular Surface Disease Index© (OSDI) scores when participants were given the OSDI to complete on their own (self-guided, SG), versus under the guidance of the examiner (examiner-guided, ... -
Self-assembled gold nanochain based materials as building blocks to fabricate flexible devices and electrocatalysts
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)1D metal nanostructures are being actively researched as a component in next-generation electronic devices and as highly efficient electrocatalysts. 1D gold nanomaterials can be designed by controlling the aspect ratio and ... -
Self-assembly of a binary mixture of particles and diblock copolymers
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2003)Using theoretical models, we undertake the first investigation into the synergy and rich phase behavior that emerges when binary particle mixtures are blended with microphase- separating copolymers. We isolate an example ... -
Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Nanoparticle-Coil “Tadpole” Macromolecules
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Self-Assembly of Amphiphilic Nanoparticle-Coil “Tadpole” Macromolecules
(American Chemical Society, 2004)There has been considerable fascination with the self-assembling behavior of amphiphilic chainlike molecules that range from short-chain surfactants to high molecular weight block copolymers. The self-assembly of simple ... -
The Self-Assembly of Particles with Isotropic Interactions
(University of Waterloo, 2012-09-26)In recent years there has been much interest in the self-assembly of materials. Much of this research has been focused on the self-assembly of particles in solution (colloids), typically on the order of nanometres or ... -
The Self-Assembly of Particles with Isotropic Interactions
(IOP publishing, 2013-07-03)A generic field-theoretic model for the self-assembly of particles with isotropic interactions, motivated by ideas in DNA-mediated colloidal assembly, is presented. A simplest possible system of colloids in explicit ... -
The self-assembly of particles with isotropic interactions: Using DNA coated colloids to create designer nanomaterials
(AIP publishing, 2014-04-03)Self-consistent field theory equations are presented that are suitable for use as a coarse-grained model for DNA coated colloids, polymer-grafted nanoparticles and other systems with approximately isotropic interactions. ... -
Self-association of Oligoquinoline Foldamers Probed by Time-Resolved Fluorescence Anisotropy
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-31)The self-associations of oligoquinoline-based foldamers (OPV-QₙA with n = 4, 8, 17, and 33) terminated at one end with a carboxylic acid (A) and at the other end with the fluorescent dye oligo(phenylene vinylene) (OPV) ... -
Self-healable and reversible liposome leakage by citrate-capped gold nanoparticles probing initial adsorption/desorption induced lipid phase transition
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015-10-14)We herein report that the adsorption/desorption of citrate-capped gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) transiently causes leakage in fluid phase DOPC liposomes, while the liposomes do not leak with AuNPs capped with mercaptopropionic ...