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Investigating peptide-lipid interactions at single molecule level
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
, for example, aid the design of more compatible and effective medicine to target specific cells. We developed a physical technique to study such interactions and investigated the interactions between small portions of a model protein with different types...
Computational studies of methane adsorption in nanoporous carbon
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
In this thesis we have completed computational studies using Grand Canonical Monte Carlo on the adsorption of methane into a graphitic nanoporous adsorbent with slit-shaped pores. Simulations were done at a temperature of ...
Hydrogen adsorption studies of engineered and chemically modified activated carbons
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
My research focuses on the production of boron-doped activated carbons and the evaluation of their adsorption and structural characteristics. Boron-doped activated carbons have been produced using a process involving the ...
Developing molecular docking methods to model protein interactions
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In many cellular processes, proteins carry out their functions through interacting with other molecules, such as small compounds (i.e. ligands), peptides ...
Optical-faint compact radio sources
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
This work investigates a population of bright, compact radio sources that are very faint in optical, which has never been studied before in a comprehensive manner. The sample consists of 135 radio sources selected from the ...
Design, fabrication, and testing of a bioprinted nerve graft
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Injuries to nerves vary in their consequences, from weakened sensation and motor function to partial or complete paralysis. In the latter case, affecting about twenty thousand Americans yearly, the injury is debilitating ...
An informal history of astronomy at the University of Missouri-Columbia
(Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri - Columbia,, 1981)
Watching biological nanomotors at work : insights from single-molecule studies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Recent decades have seen several complimentary biophysics tools emerge to study single protein macromolecules. Most of these techniques use glass as a specimen support. The atomic force microscope, a vital tool in biophysics ...
Reference frames and equations of motion in the first PPN approximation of scaler-tensor and vector-tensor theories of gravity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Post-Newtonian relativistic theory of astronomical reference frames based on Einstein's general theory of relativity was adopted by the General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union in 2000. This theory is ...
Physics-based predictions of RNA loop stability and structures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] RNA (ribonucleic acid) molecules play a variety of crucial roles in cellular functions at the level of transcription, translation and gene regulation. ...
Quantized massive spin 1/2 fields on static spherically symmetric wormhole spacetimes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
of approximations are used in the computation in order to make the problem mathematically tractable; but it is not clear under what physical circumstances these approximations could hold. Besides, the cases that I investigated turned out to involve unphysically...
Effects of spin current in ferromagnets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
are performed to verify our analytical results. Simulation results also reveal the physical origin of many phenomena observed in experiments. The direct interaction between conducting electrons and local moments polarizes the electron spins, and at the same time...
Theoretical and in silico modeling of biological systems : from protein structure prediction to cellular dynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This thesis describes four distinct studies (involving a variety of concepts and methods from the physical sciences) of complex biological systems and processes that cover a wide range of time and length scales (extending from the molecular...
Low dielectric constant-based organic field-effect transistors and metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
-linked PVP (c-PVP) gate dielectrics. A physical method - matrix assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE) - of fabricating all-polymer field-effect transistors and MIS capacitors that circumvents inherent polymer dissolution and solvent-selectivity problems...
Investigations of novel hydrogen adsorption phenomena
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
proposed method is via physical adsorption to some high surface area material. However, current materials are still far from meeting Department of Energy goals. This work discusses improvements to some traditionally less reliable techniques used...
Small-scale structures in planetary nebulae
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
of stars is born. Molecular hydrogen (H[subscript 2]) was used a tracer for molecular emission and its excitation properties used as a probe of shock physics. Previous studies of several planetary nebulae have indicated a relationship between molecular...
Nanospace engineering of porous carbon for gas storage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Energy Commission under Contract No. 500-08-022.--From public.pdf...