Science (Faculty of): Recent submissions
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Characterization of gate oxides and microwave resonators for silicon spin qubit devices
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-21)Silicon quantum dots present themselves as a promising implementation for quantum information processing due to the fact that they possess a small chip foot-print, yield high coherence times and are able to leverage the ... -
A System for Ocular Surface Temperature Measurement Using Infrared Thermography
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)Background: Ocular surface temperature (OST) is affected by changes in the physiology of the eye caused by normal homeostasis, environmental changes, or systemic and local disease. OST can help a physician to diagnose eye ... -
Flag Fault-Tolerant Error Correction with Qudits
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)In this thesis, I explore fault-tolerant quantum error correction using qudits. I show that a specific flag-fault-tolerant procedure for the five-qubit code may be extended to work on the five qudit code for any prime ... -
Arborescent Polypeptides for the Targeted and Controlled Release of Drugs
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-20)Amphiphilic block copolymer micelles are commonly used as drug delivery agents, but these micelle structures tend to dissociate upon dilution. In contrast, arborescent copolymers are highly branched unimolecular micelles ... -
Studying the largest scales in the Universe with the kinetic Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-19)As we progress further into the era of precision cosmology, new avenues to test our fundamental models of the Universe are opening up. This Ph.D. thesis is concerned with the development and understanding of a technique ... -
Appendix to "Characteristics, predictors, and reasons for regulatory body disciplinary action in health care: A scoping review"
(Journal of Medical Regulation, 2022-01)In this appendix to the manuscript "Characteristics, predictors, and reasons for regulatory body disciplinary action in health care: A scoping review”, the studies included in the scoping review are summarized. -
Use of water isotope tracers to elucidate hydrological conditions of lakes in the Peace-Athabasca Delta over space and time: A foundation for lake ecosystem monitoring
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-17)Hydrological monitoring in complex, dynamic northern floodplain landscapes is challenging but increasingly important as these ecosystems come under threat from multiple stressors, including climate-driven decline in ... -
Examination of Contact Lenses and Dry Eye Using Evaporimetry
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-14)Purpose: Evaporimetry is a non-invasive technique used to assess the stability of the tear film. The test measures the rate of tear evaporation, and has been used to investigate dry eye, contact lenses, and the efficacy ... -
Uptake and release of preservatives from soft contact lens materials
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-13)Purpose: The purpose of this thesis was to examine the uptake and release of myristamidopropyl dimethylamine (MAPD) and polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) from soft contact lens material using various in vitro models to ... -
The optimization of a modern day record press
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-13)The WarmTone is a fully automatic, modern-day vinyl record press manufactured by Viryl Technologies. The WarmTone has a wide array of sensors, parameters and settings that can be accessed via it's ADAPT Interface and the ... -
Attentional Factors Underlying Binocular Vision Loss in Amblyopia
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-13)Amblyopia is a neurodevelopmental disorder of vision that results from abnormal visual experience during early development. In addition to significant vision loss in one eye, individuals with amblyopia experience binocular ... -
Characterization of Mrc1 during Replication Initiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-12)DNA replication is a highly specific process that is completed under the control of several factors, to ensure faithful duplication of the genome. Mrc1 (Claspin in mammalian cells) is a protein that is a part of a fork ... -
Data-driven and Hamiltonian-driven Quantum Simulations with Generative Models
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-12)In the era of noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices (NISQ), a paradigm shift is occurring in the numerical physics community to transition towards developing algorithms that facilitate experimental realizations of quantum ... -
One-dimensional Nanostructures of Hafnium Oxides: Fabrication with and without Ti/Fe Doping, and Magnetic Properties
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-10)Since the discovery of giant magnetoresistance (GMR) in the late 1980s, which marked the emergence of spintronic technology, the integration of conventional semiconductor-based electronics with spintronics has always been ... -
Predicting the Mesophases of Copolymer-Nanoparticle Composites
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2001)The interactions between mesophase-forming copolymers and nanoscopic par- ticles can lead to highly organized hybrid materials. The morphology of such composites depends not only on the characteristics of the copolymers, ... -
Block Copolymer-Directed Assembly of Nanoparticles: Forming Mesoscopically Ordered Hybrid Materials
(American Chemical Society, 2002)Mixtures of diblock copolymers and nanoscopic spherical particles can yield well-ordered hybrid materials, which can be used for separation processes, catalysis, and optoelectronic applications. Predicting the morphologies ... -
Effect of Nanoscopic Particles on the Mesophase Structure of Diblock Copolymers
(American Chemical Society, 2002)Introduction. The fabrication of novel biomimetic photonic and electronic materials requires the manipulation of both organic and inorganic materials at the nanometer length scale. One possible means of achieving this level ... -
An Operational Road towards Understanding Causal Indefiniteness within Post-Quantum Theories
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-07)A theory, whatever it does, must correlate data. We commit ourselves to operational methodology, as a means towards studying the space of Generalised Probability Theories that are compatible with Indefinite Causality. Such ... -
Next Generation Li-S and Li-O2 Batteries based on Electrode and Electrolyte Design
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-05)Decoupling our reliance on fossil fuel as the primary energy source emphasizes battery technology to store intermittent renewable energy such as solar and wind for sectors including grid energy storage, electric transportation, ... -
Stimulus characteristics of a novel air-based multiple stimulus aesthesiometer
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-05)Purpose: To (1) develop a novel air-based aesthesiometer capable of producing and applying multiple stimuli separated either by time or space; (2) identify the stimulus airflow characteristics and confirm the consistency ...