Browsing University of Missouri-Columbia by Thesis Department "Physics (MU)"
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An investigation of the single-molecule biophysics of membrane systems with atomic force microscopy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2023] Cell membranes define the boundary of the fundamental unit of all organisms. They maintain the biochemical gradients of the cell and are carefully regulated by various membrane proteins and ... -
Magnetic charge correlation and quantum disorder in honeycomb spin ice systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2023] The artificial spin ice system consists of islands comprised of nanomagnets arranged in desired lattice structures, including squares, triangles, and honeycombs. These nanomagnets can also be ... -
Photoemission spectroscopy and first-principles studies of two-dimensional Dirac and Weyl materials
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2023] Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted tremendous research interest since the breakthrough of graphene. As the nature of the low dimension, 2D materials are thin, flexible, and easy for ... -
Predicting RNA secondary structures using physics-based modeling and evolutionary inferences
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2023] Ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules are critical to gene expression and regulation at the level of transcription, splicing, translation, and catalysis of biochemical reactions. In order to understand ... -
Quantifying structural disorder in bulk hydrogenated graphene using x-ray and neutron diffraction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2023] Functionalization of graphene's two-dimensional sheets can be used to modify graphene's physical properties, such as changing its conductivity or inducing ferromagnetism, which is of broad ...