Browsing 2019 MU dissertations - Freely available online by Thesis Department "Physics and astronomy (MU)"
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Exploration of magnetism in 3D and 2D systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Magnetism has intruded in every aspect of our life, from electric motors to hard disk data storage to space technologies. Developing strong understanding of underlying magnetic properties is of utmost importance to reach ... -
Exploring defects and induced magnetism in epitaxial graphene films
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Graphene has been demonstrated to have unique properties not only in its virgin state but also by altering its environment through rotations in bilayer graphene, doping, and creating heterostructures with other 2D materials, ... -
Investigating pore-forming peptides using the atomic force microscope
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)In my projects, I used the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) to image the effects of pore-forming peptides and I used the Focused Ion Beam (FIB) to modify AFM cantilevers to increase the precision of force spectroscopy ... -
Neutron scattering and microscopy studies of the structure and dynamics of water near a nanostructured hydrophilic copper oxide surface
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Recently, it has been shown that superhydrophilic coatings of "grass-like" cupric oxide (CuO) nanostructures can significantly improve the thermal performance of heat transfer devices known as oscillating heat pipes (OHPs). ... -
Polarization-induced transport in ferroelelctric organic field-effect transistors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)In this research we study the role of ferroelectric dielectrics in organic field-effect transistors (FETs) to understand the mechanism of charge transport in organic semiconductors. The ferroelectric nature of the polymer, ... -
Predicting the structure and energetics of protein-ligand interaction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Molecular docking has been a crucial component and remains a highly active area in computer-aided drug design (CADD). In simple terms, molecular docking uses computer algorithms to identify the "best" match between two ... -
Theoretical and computational modeling of peptide-lipid bilayer interaction studied by dynamic force spectroscopy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)This thesis consists of three interrelated theoretical and computational modeling projects that investigate different aspects of peptide-lipid membrane interactions. (1) A general theoretical approach is formulated for the ...