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Thermal evolution of simple amino acids (glycine and alanine) on non-crystalline and polycrystalline ice studied by Reflection-Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-21)The behaviour of glycine and alanine, deposited under ultrahigh vacuum conditions onto non-crystalline ice (NCI) and polycrystalline ice (PCI) has been studied using Reflection-Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy (RAIRS). The ... -
A Thermal Expansion Coefficient Study of Several Magnetic Spin Materials via Capacitive Dilatometry
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-21)The work presented in this thesis detail the measurement of the thermal expansion coefficient of three magnetic spin materials. Thermal expansion coefficient values were measured by capacitive dilatometry in several key ... -
Thermal Interface Materials (TIM) for Applications in Microelectronics
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-31)A major challenge in the formulation of thermal interface materials (TIM), used in the microelectronics industry to facilitate heat transfer from an electronic package to a heat sink, is to ensure that the material is ... -
Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Behavior of Conductive Fractures using a Hybrid Finite Difference – Displacement Discontinuity Method
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-21)Large amounts of hydrocarbon reserves are trapped in fractured reservoirs where fluid flux is far more rapid along fractures than through the porous matrix, even though the volume of the pore space may be a hundred times ... -
A Thermochemical Investigation of Gas Phase Anionic Nucleobase Complexes by Infrared Multiple Photon Dissociation Spectroscopy and Electronic Structure Calculations
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-21)In this thesis, a computational and experimental investigation of gas phase cation-molecule complexes has been undertaken to analyse the gas phase clustering behaviour of biologically relevant cyclic anionic species. ... -
The Thermochemistry of Protonated and Sodiated Clusters Investigated via High-Pressure Mass Spectrometry
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-27)High-pressure mass spectrometry has been employed to investigate hydrogen and sodium bound ion-molecule complexes in the gas phase. Insight into the structure and reactivity of ion-molecule complexes has been gained by ... -
Thermodynamic Investigation of Human Nitric Oxide Synthase: Enzyme-Inhibitor Interactions
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-20)Nitric oxide (NO) is produced in different mammalian tissues by nitric oxide synthase (NOS), which has three isoforms: neuronal NOS (nNOS), endothelial NOS (eNOS), and inducible NOS (iNOS). All NOS isoforms contain two ... -
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Adaptive Binding in the Malachite Green RNA Aptamer
(American Chemical Society, 2013-09-24)Adaptive binding, the ability of molecules to fold themselves around the structure of a ligand and thereby incorporating it into their three-dimensional fold, is a key feature of most RNA aptamers. The malachite green ... -
Thermodynamics and Universality in Anisotropic Higher Curvature Spacetimes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-16)In my thesis, I describe new results in the thermodynamics of black holes in two gravitational scenarios: spacetime anisotropy and higher curvature gravity. I focus on classifying the critical point of "Large Black Hole / ... -
Thermodynamics, kinetics and inclusion body formation of a de novo designed protein Threefoil
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-28)Threefoil is a small engineered protein of 141 amino acids which is a member of the beta-trefoil superfamily, with three-fold symmetry and high thermal and kinetic stability. Its primary sequence was designed based on a ... -
Thermoelectric Materials: Ternary and Higher Oxides and Tellurides
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-05)Thermoelectric power generators can convert a temperature gradient into electrical energy, serving as a new energy resource by utilizing solar energy or by utilizing more waste heat. Thermoelectric coolers have the advantage ... -
Thermoelectric Properties and Stability of Barium Copper Chalcogenides
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-25)The objective of this thesis was to study the thermoelectric properties of copper chalcogenide-based materials with mixed chalcogen atom sites. Herein, the effect of different concentrations of chalcogen atoms on the ... -
Thermoelectric Properties of Ti₀.₅Zr₀.₂₅Hf₀.₂₅CoₓNi₁₋ₓSn, Ti₀.₅Zr₀.₂₅Hf₀.₂₅NiSn₁₋ₓSbₓ Half-Heusler Alloys
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-17)Energy is essential in today’s world as it is used in society on a day to day basis for a variety of applications. However, more than half of the energy produced in the world today is wasted as heat. Due to the climate ... -
Thermoelectric Properties of Coinage Metal Chalcogenides
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)Research into the development of high performance thermoelectric materials has been gaining interest because of the potential for various applications. In the public eye, thermoelectric devices are readily recognized, ... -
Thermoelectric properties of Higher Manganese Silicides
(University of Waterloo, 2015-12-10)This work aims to cover a variety of aspects relating to the Higher Manganese Silicide (HMS) system, e.g. composites, substitutions, synthesis methods, and structural evolutions. The composites made of HMS-based compounds ... -
Thermoelectric Properties of Materials Based on Double Filled Type-I Clathrates
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-04)Energy consumption is at an all-time high. However, abundant energy is lost as waste heat. Thermoelectric materials are of interest within the scientific community due to their ability to convert waste heat into useful ... -
Thermoelectric properties of new transition metal arsenides and antimonides
(University of Waterloo, 2007-04-17)The main focus of this work is on exploratory investigation of thermoelectric (TE) materials. Thermoelectric devices are solid-state devices that convert thermal energy from a temperature gradient into electrical energy ... -
Thermoelectric Properties of Ternary Tellurides and Quaternary Derivative of Tl9BiTe6
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-26)Abstract The main focus of this work was on exploratory preparation of thermoelectric materials and analyses of their physical properties. A thermoelectric material is capable of converting heat to electricity or vice ... -
Thermoelectric properties of Thallium Lanthanoid Tellurides, Tl10-xLnxTe6, 0.25 x 1.32, Ln = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho and Er
(University of Waterloo, 2012-06-21)Thermoelectrics can convert heat energy into electrical energy (Seebeck effect) and vice-versa (Peltier effect) without any sort of pollution. That is because there are no moving parts that can cause noise pollution and ... -
Thermoelectric properties of transition metal oxides and thallium main group chalcogenides
(University of Waterloo, 2008-08-11)Thermoelectric energy (TE) conversion can be used to create electricity from temperature gradients. Hence power can be generated from waste heat using TE materials, e.g. from the exhaust in automotives. This power in turn ...