Science (Faculty of): Recent submissions
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Ultrafast Metrology in the Quantum Domain
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-15)Single photons are a natural platform for quantum technologies as they support entanglement in many degrees of freedom and are inherently well protected from a detrimental type of noise called decoherence. In order to ... -
Examining Hydrogeological Processes in Freezing Soils using Remote Geophysical and Numerical Techniques
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-11)The work presented in this thesis aimed to demonstrate the use of remote geophysical methods and numerical modelling to address questions related to hydrogeological processes in freezing soils. Two different study areas ... -
Fluid-present anatexis of Neoarchean tonalite and amphibolite in the Western Shandong Province
(Elsevier, 2019-02)Metatonalite and amphibolite from the Taishan region of the Western Shandong Province in the North China Craton record c. 2.60 Ga fluid-present partial melting via the breakdown of biotite, plagioclase and quartz to produce ... -
Techniques for Coherent Control of Effective Photon-Photon Interactions at Low Light Levels
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-01)This thesis proposes improvements on techniques for the coherent control of photon-photon interactions mediated by a cloud of cold atoms. Atoms cooled and trapped in a MOT can be loaded into a hollow, photonic crystal ... -
A Membrane Biosensor for the Detection of Lactate in Body Fluids
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-31)The increased demand of real-time and convenient heath monitoring has spurned the rapid development of wearable health monitoring devices. In these devices, the central part is the sensor that can convert health information ... -
Water Demand Forecasting Model Application
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-29)Forecasting water demand requires quantifying potential relationships between relevant statistics and ambient conditions such as water price and weather. Dr Enouy (2018) demonstrates that discrete histograms can be ... -
Enhanced Conducting Polymer PEDOT:PSS/ Silicon Hybrid Solar Cells: Optimization of Thin Film Properties and Heterojunction Interactions
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-28)In this work the operating properties of PEDOT:PSS - silicon hybrid solar cells were carefully studied. The motivation is to find a cost-effective alternative to some of the energy, environmental and sustainability issues ... -
Octupolar Ordering in the b>0 Bilinear-Biquadratic Heisenberg Pyrochlore
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)We investigate the bilinear-biquadratic Heisenberg model on the pyrochlore lattice. While negative biquadratic couplings result in a first-order transition into a nematic ordered state with spins aligned mutually ... -
Study of Plasmonic and Magneto-Optical Properties of Transition Metal Doped Indium Oxide Nanocrystals
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)Plasmonic nanostructure materials have been widely investigated recently because of their considerable potential for applications in biological and chemical sensors, nano-optical devices and photothermal therapy. Compared ... -
Bulk Supramolecular Polymerization via “Weak” Hydrogen Bonds and Aromatic Interactions: Recognizing the Potential of Metal Coordination Geometry
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)Bulk supramolecular polymers offer an attractive strategy for the development of functional materials. The use of small molecule monomers is of particular interest, because they maximize the potential of a fully reversible ... -
Microbial diversity and cellulosic capacity in municipal waste sites
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-25)Cellulose is the most abundant organic compound found on earth. Cellulose’s recalcitrance to hydrolysis is a major limitation to improving the efficiency of industrial applications. The biofuel, pulp and paper, agriculture, ... -
Large-scale phylogenomic visualization and analysis of functional traits in bacteria
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)The growth of genomic information in public databases has dramatically improved our view of the tree of life and at the same time expanded our knowledge of protein diversity. Through the use of automated annotation pipelines, ... -
Sensing the shape of spacetime: detector response and entanglement harvesting in curved space
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)This thesis seeks to understand what information Unruh-DeWitt detectors can gain about the structure of spacetime. By coupling to the quantum state of a field on a curved space, the detectors can gain information about ... -
Assessing reasons for changes in the condition of Deception Bay Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus)
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)The Raglan Mine sport fishing program has collected biological fish data in Deception Bay, Nunavik, Québec, Canada since 1998 in collaboration with local committees, small scale sampling programs, and government agencies ... -
Study of Surface Quantum Wells in InSb/AlInSb Heterostructures
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)The strong spin orbit coupling and large Lande g-factor of InSb compared to the other III-V semiconductors makes InSb an ideal choice for potential use in topological quantum computing with Majorana fermions. Furthermore, ... -
β‐Parvin Mediates Novel Integrin Signaling Pathways During Early Xenopus laevis Development.
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)Crosstalk between cell adhesion molecules is critical for the cell rearrangements that occur during early Xenopus laevis development. Cells primarily use integrin receptors to adhere to and interpret the extracellular ... -
Exploring the effect of Spd on early vascular and reproductive development in methylthioadenosine nucleosidase deficient plant embryos
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-24)Polyamines (PA) are associated with many critical developmental processes, but their mode of action is not known. Biosynthesis of polyamines, ethylene and nicotianamine produce 5’-methylthioadenosine (MTA) as a by-product. ... -
Explorations of Black Hole Thermodynamics in de Sitter Spacetime
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)In this thesis I map out two approaches that are foundational to studying black hole thermodynamics in de Sitter spacetime. The first is to understand the "thermodynamic volume" of cosmological horizons in isolation. ... -
Methods for parallel quantum circuit synthesis, fault-tolerant quantum RAM, and quantum state tomography
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-18)The pace of innovation in quantum information science has recently exploded due to the hope that a quantum computer will be able to solve a multitude of problems that are intractable using classical hardware. Current quantum ... -
Spatial and temporal patterns of habitat use in anadromous Arctic charr Salvelinus alpinus in nearshore marine and overwintering lake environments
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-15)Even though anadromy is integral to the life history of the Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in many northern regions, little is known about what shapes the patterns of anadromy. Moreover, little is known about the habitat ...