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Description:: High performance polymers and their composites have wide ranging application in advanced and emerging material systems. The macroscale performance of these advanced materials is often defined by interfaces that induce nanoscale changes in the microstructure or molecular conformations (termed the ‘interphase’) of the polymer. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is an...
Keyword:: Indentation, Nanoconfinement, Polymers, Atomic Force Microscopy, Nanocomposites, and Additive Manufacturing
Subject:: Nanotechnology, Materials Science, and Mechanical engineering
Creator:: Collinson, David William
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/01/2021
Date Created:: 2020-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15360 and etdadmin_upload_775260

Description:: Glaucoma is a neurodegenerative blinding disease associated with increased intraocular pressure, which is caused by an increased resistance to the outflow of aqueous humor. Although the cause for increased resistance remains unknown, it has been associated with a decreased density of pores in the cells of the inner wall endothelium...
Keyword:: Glaucoma, Schlemm's Canal, Atomic Force Microscopy, Optical Magnetic Twisting Cytometry, Cell mechanics, and Finite Element Modeling
Subject:: Biomedical Engineering
Creator:: Amir Vahabikashi
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 02/14/2018
Date Modified:: 02/14/2018
Date Created:: 2016-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: In polymer nanocomposites (PNCs), the physical and chemical interactions at the polymer matrix-filler interface lead to local variations in polymer properties, creating a substantial interphaseregion in the vicinity of the interface. Quantifying the significance of the interphase effect in the presence of substrates or nanoparticles is of essential importance in...
Keyword:: Interphase, Polymer nanocomposites, Finite element analysis, Atomic Force Microscopy, and Confinement effects
Subject:: Materials Science and Engineering
Creator:: Min Zhang
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 10/28/2019
Date Modified:: 11/20/2019
Date Created:: 2018-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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