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Synthesis of Phosphate-Crosslinked Starch Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery
(University of Waterloo, 2017-04-25)Drug delivery agents for chemotherapy drugs have gained significant interest over past few decades due to the need to localize the treatment to cancer cells. So far, polymeric micelles, liposomes, and carbon-based ... -
Synthesis of Polylactide-block-Poly(L-Lysine) Block Copolymers
(University of Waterloo, 2018-03-06)Polylactide (PLA) is an important biodegradable, biocompatible and renewable material that has been studied for many years for biomedical applications such as tissue scaffolding and surgical sutures. The research project ... -
Synthesis of Polymeric Nanoparticles for the Controlled Release of Hydrophobic and Hydrophillic Theraputic Compounds
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-01)Polymeric nanoparticle (NP) drug carriers present a promising technology for controlled release since they are capable of improving the encapsulation efficiency and stability of the drugs inside the NPs and also able to ... -
Synthesis of Polyynes by Femtosecond and Nanosecond Laser Interaction with Matter
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-24)A review of literature including some history and previous work done in the field is done showing the importance of polyynes themselves and as an important precursor in the formation of other interesting carbon nanoparticles ... -
Synthesis of Sugar Fatty Acid Esters using Lipase Immobilized in Supported Sol-Gels
(University of Waterloo, 2012-04-16)Sugar fatty acid esters are of practical importance and have a variety of applications that include biodegradable detergents and emulsifiers in resin polymerization. Traditionally, they are synthesized chemically with low ... -
The Synthesis of Sulfated Carbohydrates Using a Sulfate Protecting Group Strategy
(University of Waterloo, 2010-08-31)Sulfated carbohydrates play key roles in a wide range of biological processes such as blood clotting, viral entry into cells, amyloidogenesis, neurite outgrowth, tumor growth and metastasis. However, their synthesis still ... -
Synthesis of Sulfated Carbohydrates Using Sulfuryl Imidazolium Salts
(University of Waterloo, 2010-11-24)Sulfated polysaccharides are widespread in nature. These compounds are implicated in a wide variety of important biological processes such as blood clotting, cell adhesion, and cell–cell communication. However, detailed ... -
Synthesis of Sulfide-based Solid Electrolytes for Application to All-Solid-State Lithium Sulfur Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-29)Lithium–sulfur batteries are a promising candidate to support the demand for high energy density storage systems. The active material is sulfur, which presents the advantages of being abundant on earth, thus inexpensive, ... -
Synthesis of Sulfotyrosine Bearing Peptides and Analogues
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-22)Sulfation of tyrosine residues is a post-translational modification that occurs on many secretory as well as transmembrane proteins. This modification is believed to be essential for numerous biological processes. However, ... -
Synthesis of Vertically-Aligned Zinc Oxide Nanowires and Their Applications as Photocatalysts
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-22)Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures, especially nanowires, have been one of the most important semiconductive materials used for photocatalysis due to their unique material properties and remarkable performance. In this project, ... -
Synthesis of ß-Keto-and ß-Hydroxy-α,α-difluorosulfonamides.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-28)Abstract ß-Keto- and ß-hydroxy-α,α-difluorosulfonamides are both underexplored classes of molecules. There is only one report of each class of molecules in the literature, however very similar molecules are well known and ... -
Synthesis of β-Cyclodextrin Functionalized Cellulose Nanocrystals and Their Interactions with Amphiphilic Compounds
(University of Waterloo, 2014-08-19)Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) obtained from acid hydrolysis of cellulose fibres has attracted enormous interests due to its large surface area, high negative surface charge density, potential functionalities from modifications ... -
Synthesis, characterization and manipulation of Carbon nanotubes
(University of Waterloo, 2009-05-22)Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are advanced materials that have numerous novel and useful properties. Controlling the synthesis and properties of CNTs is the major challenge toward their future applications. This thesis addresses ... -
Synthesis, Characterization and Modeling of Porous Copolymer Particles
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-11)Hydrogels are polymeric materials that have three-dimensional polymeric networks, which are able to absorb and retain a large amount of water within their structures without being dissolved. Among the synthetic hydrogel, ... -
Synthesis, Characterization and Polymerization Kinetic Study of Long Chain Branched Polyolefins Made with Two Single-Site Catalysts
(University of Waterloo, 2011-07-20)Recent advances in polyolefin manufacture have focused on the production of differentiated commodity polyolefins, specialty polyolefins, and polyolefins hybrids. What differentiates these new polyolefin types from commodity ... -
Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Nanothermites for Joining
(University of Waterloo, 2013-06-19)Thermite reactions were well studied in the past few decades; however, implementation of these reactions with nanoscale components is a new interest for today’s researchers both for military and civil industries. Nanothermites ... -
Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Tricarbastannatranes
(University of Waterloo, 2016-06-16)The synthesis of a series of tricarbastannatrane complexes is described, and the structure of ionic triptych complexes [N(CH2CH2CH2)3Sn](BF4), [N(CH2CH2CH2)3Sn](SbF6), [N(CH2CH2CH2)3Sn]4[(SbF6)3Cl], [(N(CH2CH2CH2)3Sn)2OH ... -
Synthesis, Characterization, Chemical Reduction and Biological Application of Graphene Oxide
(University of Waterloo, 2013-09-03)As an atomic layer of sp2-hybridized carbon atoms closely packed in a honeycomb lattice, graphene has been attracting increasing attention since its discovery in 2004 due to its extraordinary physicochemical properties. ... -
Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Performance of Solid Electrolytes for Lithium and Sodium Solid-State Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2022-03-08)The world is realizing the significance of clean energy technologies for green house gas emission reduction. To pave the path to electrification across multiple sectors including transportation, quality energy storage ... -
Synthesis, Electrochemistry and Solid-Solution Behaviour of Energy Storage Materials Based on Natural Minerals
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-15)Polyanionic compounds have been heavily investigated as possible electrode materials in lithium- and sodium-ion batteries. Chief among these is lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) which adopts the olivine structure and has ...