• Carbon dioxide adsorption on carbonized cigarette filters 

    Li, Chun (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
    Nowadays, the world is facing tremendous challenges due to increase in greenhouse gas emissions (mainly carbon dioxide), which causes a major global warming problem. CO2 release into the atmosphere is mainly due to burning ...
  • Modeling and experimental study of polyurethane foaming and gelling reactions 

    Jaf, Luay (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
    Numerous reactions take place within a polyurethane polymerization process. Homogeneous and catalytic reactions occur at the same time and intermediate compounds are formed. As the reaction proceeds, long chains of polymer ...
  • Plasma treatment effects on resin-based tooth restoration improvements 

    Tan, Jingwen (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The dental restoration is the recovery of the function, integrity and morphology of missing tooth structure using dental restorative materials. Recent ...
  • Studying and developing the thin film membranes for reverse osmosis application 

    Kadhom, Mohammed (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Desalination by semi-permeable membranes is the most applicable method of water-salt separation, where reverse osmosis (RO) account for the major portion ...
  • Terahertz miim rectenna for energy harvesting applications 

    Allison, Evan (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
    Harvesting energy from electromagnetic radiation has been researched for over a century. Utilizing energy harvesting antenna to collect radiation from solar and terrestrial sources has shown promise to be a viable method ...