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Neutron diffraction and quasielastic neutron scattering studies of films of N-alkanes and a branched alkane adsorbed on graphite
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Neutron diffraction and quasielastic neutron scattering have been used to study the structure and dynamics of films of n-alkanes and of a branched ...
Properties of low-dimensional systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] In this work we study the equilibrium properties of systems in two-dimensions, and the effects that discrete symmetry, space dimensionality, character ...
The reversibility of the adsorption of methane-methyl mercaptan mixtures in nanoporous carbon
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Methane is the main constituent of natural gas (NG). As fuel for vehicular applications NG requires sorbents that allow efficient, reversible and safe storage at room temperature and moderate pressure. To enable easy human ...
Cell mechanics studied using atomic force microscopy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
Cholesterol plays an indispensable role in regulating the properties of the cell membrane. In particular, lipid rafts, specific membrane domains, which are thought to be required for a number of cell functions, such as ...
Effects of spin current in ferromagnets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis focuses on the investigation of magnetization dynamics induced by spin transfer torques. The first part of this thesis presents the ...
Percolative effects in quantum critical systems : how magnetic clusters shape the response at low temperatures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
We have investigated the link between cluster morphology and non-Fermi liquid behavior in the bulk properties of Ce(Ru1-xFex)2Ge2, a prototypical quantum critical system that has been driven to criticality through chemical ...
The [alpha]-rays and the [alpha]-particle : a study of ionization and allied phenomena produced by [alpha]-rays
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
As a result of experiments by M. Henri Beoquerel in 1896 we now know a certain class of chemical elements as Radio-active. A radio-active body gives off radiations that have the following effects: 1) they will affect a ...
Ion dependent stability of RNA three-way junction and DNA triple helices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Nucleic acids are critical for regulation of gene expression. Because nucleic acid molecules are highly charged, the folding of nucleic acids involves ...
Paramagnetic and diamagnetic substances and the effect of temperature on them
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1901)
In the latter part of the eighteenth century only a few substances, such as iron, nickle, and cobalt were thought to possess magnetic properties. Little by little, research work has gone on until now, it is believed that ...
The acceleration of gravity : an absolute determination with a Kater's pendulum for Columbia, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was the first to question the assertion of Aristotle that bodies fall with velocities proportional to their weights. He dramatically refuted this Aristotelian doctrine by dropping from the Tower ...
Gas sorption in engineered carbon nanospaces
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Vehicular storage of gaseous fuels is a key enabling technology for the two pillars of a non-petroleum based transportation economy natural-gas vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. My research focuses on the development ...
Nanospace engineering of porous carbon for gas storage
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] An overview is given of the development of advanced nanoporous carbons as storage materials for natural gas (methane) and molecular hydrogen in on-board ...
The particle-hole map: a visualization tool for electronic excitations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)
Quantized massive spin 1/2 fields on static spherically symmetric wormhole spacetimes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Traversable wormholes have become a subject of intensive studies since 1988 when Morris and Thorne published their paper which put forward the energy conditions for traversable wormholes. A number of researchers have ...
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. ...
Annealing-dependent phenomena in Ga₁[-x]Mn[x]As
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2004)
There has been a great deal of recent research interest in the development of "spintronics" technology. Many potential spintronic devices will require a "spin injector" capable of producing a spin-polarized current. In ...
Spin angular momentum transfer in magnetic nanostructure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
Spin angular momentum transfer, or spin transfer, is a short notion of the transfer of spin angular momentum between the spin polarized current and the magnetization of ferromagnetic condensates. Spin transfer effect in ...
Nonlinear intersubband dynamics in semiconductor nanostructures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
The intersubband (ISB) dynamics of conduction electrons in semiconductor quantum wells exhibits a variety of interesting and potentially useful nonlinear phenomena. In this work we present three different formalisms which ...
On the astromineralogy of the 13 [mu]m feature in the spectra of oxygen-rich AGB stars
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Approximately half the oxygen-rich AGB stars to be investigated spectroscopically exhibit a feature at 13 [mu]. The carrier of this feature has not yet been unequivocally identified, but has been attributed to various dust ...
The interplay of physical and molecular determinants in limb and cardiac cushion morphogenesis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
In an effort to investigate the interplay between molecular determinants and biomechanical properties during early embryonic development we have investigated two separate but similar morphogenetic processes: limb morphogenesis ...