Nanofibrous surface modification of ultra thin PCL membrane for cardiovascular tissue engineering application

... tissue engineering application This thesis reports on a novel hybrid nanofibrous PCL membrane scaffold for cardiovascular tissue engineering application, achieved by surface modification of the PCL ... methods in nanofibrous surface modification of PCL membrane are presented in details Ultra- thin PCL membrane was prepared via 2-rollheated-mill,...

Ngày tải lên: 26/11/2015, 22:40

... COMPOSITE CONTROLLED RELEASE SYSTEM OF NITRIC OXIDE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATION ZHANG QINYUAN B.Eng (Hons), National University of Singapore A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE ... illustration of the proposed composite controlled release system of NO is depicted in Figure 1-1 There are three main parts in the composite system: supportiv...

Ngày tải lên: 10/09/2015, 09:08

... to initiate resonant transport thus defines the conductance gap of the device The conductance gap changes with the difference of the adsorbates The adsorbates control the conductance gap as the ... semiconductor Applying a gate voltage leads to an increase/decrease in conductance The binding of molecules to a nanowire is analogous to applying a voltage using a gat...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 15:32

... SURFACE MODIFICATION OF FERROMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES FOR SEPARATION OF TOXIC HEAVY METALS AND ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS ZAYED BIN ZAKIR SHAWON B.Sc (Chemical ... cost of separation of detrimental pollutants like heavy metals Recently, scientists have focused on the development of the nanomaterials as adsorbents for the separations of biomolecules,...

Ngày tải lên: 08/09/2015, 19:41

... TRIBOLOGICAL STUDIES OF ULTRA- THIN FILMS AT HEAD/ MEDIA INTERFACE FOR MAGNETIC DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS EHSAN RISMANI-YAZDI (B E, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, ... common devices for mass storage of information Hard drives are magnetic storage devices in which data is recorded as magnetized bits on the surface of a thin layer of ferrom...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 10:17

... Synthesis and characterization of NaYF4: Yb,Er UC nanoparticles and surface modification of UC nanoparticles by undoped NaYF4 shell coating (Chapter 3) Surface modification of UC nanoparticles by amino ... and NaYF4: Yb,Er nanoparticles in hexane 38 Figure 3.6 Energy level diagram of NaYF4: Yb,Er nanoparticles (versus vacuum) 38 Figure 3.7 XRD powder patte...

Ngày tải lên: 09/09/2015, 10:20

... FABRICATION, SURFACE MODIFICATION AND GROWTH FACTOR ENCAPSULATION OF POLYMERIC MICROSPHERES AS SCAFFOLD FOR LIVER TISSUE REGENERATION BY XINHAO ZHU (M Eng., ... 2.1 Tissue Engineering Chapter Introduction 2.2 Liver and Liver Tissue Engineering 2.3 Biocompatible Scaffold and Biomaterials 14 2.4 Surface Modification of the Scaffold 21 2.5 De...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 08:18

... is devoted to the study of thermal stability of thin and ultra- thin diffusion barrier in Cu/Low-k interconnect system The investigation is conducted on different Ta based barrier (single and bilayer) ... shortings The use of a diffusion barrier in the metal lines is imperative for the successful implementation of copper into the system Advanci...

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 08:25

... GENETIC ENGINEERING AND SURFACE MODIFICATION OF BACULOVIRUS DERIVED VECTORS FOR IMPROVED GENE DELIVERY TO THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM YANG YI (B Eng.) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR ... Chapter Three: Genetic Engineering of Baculovirus Vectors for Controlled Gene Delivery ………65 3.1 Introduction………………………………………………………………… 66 3....

Ngày tải lên: 14/09/2015, 11:28

... that of the direct tunneling leakage current of 13 - 20 Å at its initial unstressed state higher than that of post-QB leakage in thicker oxides Due to this high gate leakage for ultra- thin oxides, ... Device Scaling and Dielectric Performance 23 2.5 Ultra- thin oxide Reliability 24 2.6 High- K Dielectrics Reliability 27 2.6.1 High- K charge trapping 28 2.6.2...

Ngày tải lên: 16/09/2015, 17:12

... strength of the PLGA and PLGA/Collagen coated implant surface owing to the hard nature of the implant material and the thin layer of nanofiber coating on the implant surface The tensile properties of ... integration of the implant [2] 17 Figure 1: A typical Ti dental implant 18 1.3 Hypothesis and Objectives: Hypothesis This project is to develop a surface modifica...

Ngày tải lên: 02/10/2015, 12:55

... transparent and hydrophobic polymer We investigated the effect of thermal annealing on the secondary crystallization as a function of film thickness The effect of film thickness on the surface chemical ... properties of ultra- thin polymer films that are widely used in the industries today In this work, we investigated the thickness dependenc...

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2015, 19:04

... FIRST PRINCIPLES STUDY ON SURFACE MODIFICATION OF ANTIMONY DOPED TIN DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES Mong Yu Siang (B.Sc (Hons), NUS) A THESIS SUBMITTED FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF ... Such a method would involve the surface functionalization of nanoparticles 1.2: Introduction to surface modification Surface functionalization of semicond...

Ngày tải lên: 06/10/2015, 21:06

... SURFACE MODIFICATION OF MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES WITH CARBOXYMETHYL- BETA- CYCLODEXTRIN FOR REMOVAL OF DYES IN WASTEWATER DEVITA CHRISTIANI CAHYADI (B.Eng, Diponegoro University, Indonesia) ... Acid Blue 25 CD Cyclodextrin β-CD Beta- cyclodextrin BEs Binding energies CM-β-CD Carboxymethyl- beta- cyclodextrin xvii CMCD-MNPs Carboxymethyl- beta- cyclodextri...

Ngày tải lên: 12/10/2015, 17:36