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- Electron transfer theory predicts reorganization energy to be one factor that determines the electrochemical potential of a metal ion. This paper describes part of a study that aims to increase understanding of solvent reorganization energy in noncovalent systems by systematically varying the environment around a metal ion, specifically ruthenium. The...
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Thomas J. Meade, Amanda L. Eckermann, and Charlotte A. Mason
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- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/16/2018
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- 07/16/2018
- Date Created:
- 2005
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- Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive mental disorder that affects 23 million people worldwide. It is pathologically characterized by amyloid plaques and tau tangles that form in the brain. The hard, insoluble amyloid plaques develop from the naturally secreted amyloid beta peptide, which can also assemble into toxic oligomeric forms...
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Sadiya Kahn
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- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Modified:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Created:
- 2005
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- Every year millions of Americans go to the emergency room with symptoms of a heart attack. More than half a million Americans die each year of myocardial infarctions (MI) caused by coronary heart disease (CHD). CHD detection is currently limited to EKG analyses of electrical signals generated by the heart...
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Chad Mirkin, Dimitra Georganopoulou, and Ada Lee
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- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Modified:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Created:
- 2005
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- The optical properties of spherical gold nanoparticles are calculated using classical electrodynamics. The wavelength corresponding to maximum extinction shifts to longer wavelengths as the size of the nanoparticle is increased. The influence of higher-order multipoles is evident for large nanoparticles, making the spectra more complex. When the shell thickness of...
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Cleveland Eugene Rayford II, Kevin Shuford, and George Schatz
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- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Modified:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Created:
- 2005
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- This paper explores the various approaches to time-resolved single nanoparticle spectroscopy. Due to the novelty of these types of experiments, several difficulties arise in creating a feasible physical setup capable of imaging single nanoparticles less than 100 nm in size. The various difficulties in setup and their attempted resolutions will...
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Greg Hartland, W. Paige Hall, Richard Van Duyne, and Hristina Petrova
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Modified:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Created:
- 2005
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- Chemical vapor deposition was used to synthesize CdS nanowires via the vaporliquid-solid growth mechanism. After Ti/Au contacts were patterned to the nanowires using electron beam lithography, photoresponse studies were conducted. A significant response was observed when the wires were exposed to visible light; this occurred as electrons in the nanowires...
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Lincoln Lauhon, Jonathan Allen, and Jonathon Milam
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Modified:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Created:
- 2005
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- Article
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- The performance of mixed-phase TiO2 was observed in an effort to test its practical use as a semiconductor photocatalyst. Synthesis of mixed-phase TiO2, characterization using xray diffraction analysis, monitoring testing using the gas chromatography-FID, and testing gas phase reactor were four techniques used in this research to evaluate mixedphase TiO2....
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Joy Chen, Deanna Hurum, Faith Dukes, and Kimberly Gray
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Modified:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Created:
- 2005
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- This project focused on the growth of Cu2O nanocubes in microwells from nanoparticle “seeds.” The seeds were first formed by the reduction of copper sulfate with ascorbic acid in the presence of the surfactant poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). Upon reaction within the microwell, the seed solution formed a larger single crystal....
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Christopher L. Stender, Jennifer Y. Wang, Jeremy E. Barton, and Teri W. Odom
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- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Modified:
- 07/16/2018
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- In this study attention was focused on a templated fabrication of Au nanotubular structures that could carry a highly magnetic entity such as cobalt. In brief, experimentation was performed to create Co@Au core-shell nanorods of different lengths. The preliminary core-shell structures were first characterized using x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron...
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Mohammed Aslam, Jesse Hall III, and Vinayak P. Dravid
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Modified:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Created:
- 2005
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- The purpose of this study was to select an alloy with a low driving force for nucleation for a more in-depth study of the nucleation of γ’-precipitates. To do this, three Ni-Cr-Al alloys were chosen close to the solvus line of a Ni-Cr-Al phase diagram, ensuring low supersaturation and therefore...
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Kevin Yoon, Brent Carey, and David Seidman
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Modified:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Created:
- 2005
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- In this study liquid-phase nanolithography (LPN) techniques using conductive atomic force microscopy are investigated in order to study properties of nano-patterned organic molecules covalently bound to a silicon substrate. Previous work has shown that LPN in the inert organic solvent hexadecane forms patterned features on hydrogen-passivated Si(111). Due to hexadecane’s...
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Matthew J. Schmitz, C. Reagan Kinser, and Mark Hersam
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Modified:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Created:
- 2005
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- Monolayers on H-Si(111) were formed thermally using decene and 10-bromodecene. Samples were subjected to 100 percent humidity in order to induce oxidation for upwards of three weeks. The ability of bromine to bind to the Si(111) and inhibit oxidation through steric hindrance was intended to be analyzed. Atomic force microscopy...
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Michael Bedzyk, Brian Honeyman, C. Reagan Kinser, Hua Jin, and Mark Hersam
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Modified:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Created:
- 2005
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- The intention of this research was to investigate the ink diffusion that takes place in dip-pen nanolithography in order to better understand how to enhance the possibilities of nano fountain probes. Varying concentrations of 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid in ethanol were used as ink in dip-pen nanolithography, and the relationships between contact...
- Keyword:
- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Horacio Espinosa, Keun-Ho Kim, and Isabel Nocedal
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Modified:
- 07/16/2018
- Date Created:
- 2005
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- Welcome to the second issue of Politica Northwestern, the academic journal of Northwestern University’s Politics & Policy (P&P). P&P analyzes the world in terms of impactful events. Political events occur constantly, but their impacts are by no means equal. We distill major events to determine how they will change the...
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- David Gernon
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/07/2020
- Date Modified:
- 01/07/2020
- Date Created:
- 2018-06-15
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- This past week saw Germany hold federal elections for the Bundestag, the national parliament. The center-right Christian Democrat Union (CDU) gained 33% of the vote, essentially securing Angela Merkel’s fourth term as chancellor. The Social Democrats (SPD) secured 20.5% votes, retaining their position as the Bundestag’s second largest party. However,...
- Keyword:
- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Avi Dravid and Xinyang Zhou
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/07/2020
- Date Modified:
- 01/07/2020
- Date Created:
- 2017-10-03
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- As American tech companies contend with strict scrutiny from Congress in the wake of the 2016 election, several have already been harassed by European regulators. During the past year, Amazon and Google were slapped with massive fines, continuing a trend of EU hostility toward major American tech companies.
- Keyword:
- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Philip Straus
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/07/2020
- Date Modified:
- 01/07/2020
- Date Created:
- 2017-11-09
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- The Republican party has for years sought to reform an American tax code widely viewed as uncompetitive, expressing their ambitious goal as simply making the tax system “that looks like someone designed it on purpose.” Last November, when the party gained control of both chambers of Congress and the White...
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Jose Trejos and Dominic Bayer
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/07/2020
- Date Modified:
- 01/07/2020
- Date Created:
- 2018-07-26
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- When watching this year’s Golden Globes, Grammy Awards and other shows honoring the past year’s best in entertainment, it was hard to miss the rows of matching dress. Behind the black attire and parade of white roses, stretched the industry stood unified after the myriad allegations and confessions that have...
- Keyword:
- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Lauren Velasco and David Gernon
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/07/2020
- Date Modified:
- 01/07/2020
- Date Created:
- 2018-02-12
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- One of the first official decisions that Donald Trump made after his inauguration was to withdraw US support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Mr Trump argued throughout the election that the pact, and many other global trade deals, was harmful to American companies and American workers and that he would...
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- Volume 2
- Creator:
- Anne Felix
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/07/2020
- Date Modified:
- 01/07/2020
- Date Created:
- 2017-04-04
- Resource Type:
- Article