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A Flow Calorimetric Study of Adsorption of Dibenzothiophene, Naphthalene and Quinoline on Zeolites
(University of Waterloo, 2008-05-20)The purpose of this work is to develop a reliable procedure for determination of liquid phase heats of adsorption via a flow calorimetric technique. The second objective is to study heats of adsorption of target sulfur ... -
A Flow Cytometry Based Assay for the Quantification of Viruses Using Changes in Infected Cell Granularity
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-21)A need exists for rapid, low-cost, and accurate infectious viral quantification method in the bio-pharmaceutical field for the production of vaccines and virus-based therapeutics. Two of the most common and traditionally ... -
Flowable-Electrode Capacitive Deionization for Treatment of Mining Process-Affected Water
(University of Waterloo, 2019-11-26)Water is a critical resource in the mining and resources sector. It enables the extraction and materials processing operations that underpin this primary industry, and therefore everyday life. Water’s value in mining means ... -
Fluctuation correction for the critical transition of symmetric homopolymer blends
(AIP, 2017-07)Monte Carlo simulations are performed on structurally symmetric binary homopolymer blends over a wide range of invariant polymerization indexes, N. A finite-size scaling analysis reveals that certain critical exponents ... -
Fluctuation effects in blends of A+B homopolymers with AB diblock copolymer
(AIP, 2018-05)Field-theoretic simulations (FTS) are performed on ternary blends of A- and B-type homopolymers of polymerization N_h and symmetric AB diblock copolymer of polymerization N_c. Unlike previous studies, our FTS are conducted ... -
Formation and Field-switching Dynamics of Nematic Droplets
(University of Waterloo, 2017-08-23)Liquid crystals (LCs) refer to a class of materials which have anisotropic properties. They are used in many technological applications ranging from displays to biological sensors. One example of a category of technologically ... -
Formation and Removal of SOx and NOx in Pressurized Oxy-fuel Coal Combustion
(University of Waterloo, 2019-02-19)Growing concerns over greenhouse gas emissions have driven extensive research in carbon capture, storage and sequestration. Oxy-fuel combustion is a promising technology in CO2 capture, as the combustion products consists ... -
Formation of Secondary Organic Aerosols by Germicidal Ultraviolet Light
(Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019-01-31)Ultraviolet (UV) light with a wavelength of 254 nm is known to be germicidal, and thus has been increasingly employed as a method of disinfection for indoor environments. Solar UV wavelengths (300 to 400 nm) are known to ... -
Fractionation of non-animal protein hydrolysates for use in Chinese Hamster Ovary cell media
(University of Waterloo, 2010-01-22)This thesis presents a study on the enhancement of CHO cell growth by Yeast extract, Yeastolate, and Primatone fractions obtained by dead-end ultrafiltration. The total solid, peptide contents, antioxidant capacity and ... -
A framework for assessing the CO2 mitigation options for the electricity generation sub-sector
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-02)The primary objective of this work is to develop an approach for evaluating GHG mitigation strategies that considers the detailed operation of the electricity system in question and to ascertain whether considering the ... -
A Framework for Explicit Model Predictive Control using Adjustable Robust Optimization and Economic Optimization of an Industrial-Scale Sulfuric Acid Plant
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-20)Optimization plays an important role in the operation of chemical engineering systems. Due to their typical size, different optimization tools and techniques are required to improve the efficiency in process operations. ... -
From Metabolite Concentration to Flux – A Systematic Assessment of Error in Cell Culture Metabolomics
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-05)The growing availability of genomic, transcriptomic, and metabolomic data has opened the door to the synthesis of multiple levels of information in biological research. As a consequence, there has been a push to analyze ... -
Functional Polysaccharide Nanomaterials (PS-NMs) for the reduction of elevated serum cholesterol & progressive diet-induced obesity (DIO): A 'novel' application of PS-NMs.
(University of Waterloo, 2022-04-28)High plasma cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia) is a potential consequence of obesity that is becoming a major public health challenge. Excess caloric intake without a corresponding increase in energy expenditure is believed ... -
Functional properties of navy bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) protein concentrates obtained by pneumatic tribo-electrostatic separation
(Elsevier, 2019-06-15)A sustainable, chemical-free dry tribo-electrostatic separation approach was employed to fractionate navy bean flour. The resulting protein-enriched fractions had 36–38% protein on a moisture free basis, accounting for 43% ... -
Functionalization of Cellulose Nanocrystals with Inorganic Nanoparticles
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-11)In recent years, cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) possess attractive features including good mechanical strength, high surface area, low density, crystalline rod-like structure, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and ... -
Functionalized Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNC) for Advanced Applications
(University of Waterloo, 2016-08-11)Cellulose nanocrystals (CNC) are excellent candidates for various potential applications as they possess many attractive characteristics. The unique properties and the abundant, renewable nature of CNC is of great interest ... -
Functionalized Cellulose Nanocrystals with Enhanced Mucoadhesive Properties
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-28)Salmon farms across Canada face millions of dollars in losses every year due to sea lice infestations, which is a cause for growing concern. The current treatment methods are limited and have adverse effects on the aquatic ... -
Functionalized Cellulose Nanomaterials for Integrated Environmental Management
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-25)Bio-mass derived materials, such as cellulose nanomaterials (CNs) are naturally abundant, sustainable, and bio-degradable, and they are promising next generation materials to replace petroleum derived systems. The thesis ... -
Functionalized Starch Nanoparticles for Pulp-Based Active Packaging
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-04)The characterization of functionalized cationic starch nanoparticles (StNPs) was conducted in this study. Three different strategies in the preparation of sustainable and biodegradable active packaging materials were ... -
Functionalized Vanadium Oxide as the Cathode Material for Rechargeable Aqueous Zinc-ion Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-08)Battery offers a viable solution for storing intermittent energy supplies associated with renewable energy production. Although lithium-ion batteries take up the most battery market, they are still limited by lithium metal ...