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SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE FIBERS FOR USE IN SUPERCAPACITORS
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-28)Graphene a recently discovered form of carbon that has become an important material in the world of electrochemical storage due to a number of intriguing properties. Graphene exists in many different forms in different ... -
Synthesis of Inhibitors of Steroid Sulfatase and Towards the Synthesis of a Chiral Electrophilic Fluorinating Reagent
(University of Waterloo, 2007-02-02)Steroid sulfatase (STS) catalyzes the desulfation of sulfated steroids such as estrone sulfate to the corresponding steroid such as estrone. Inhibitors of STS are believed to have potential for treating estrogen-dependent ... -
Synthesis of Molecularly Defined Conjugated Oligomers and Polymers through Dehydrative Coupling
(University of Waterloo, 2019-08-21)The development of scalable methods for the synthesis of conjugated materials remains among the most important aspects for their integration into devices at a commercial level. Drawing inspiration from nature as well as ... -
Synthesis of Molybdenum-Based Nanomaterials with High Photothermal Conversion Efficiencies by Femtosecond Laser Ablation in Liquid
(University of Waterloo, 2023-09-22)Photothermal therapy is a novel cancer treatment that can be an alternative or useful supplement to traditional cancer treatments. It relies on nanomaterials which target and accumulate in tumor cells to absorb near infrared ... -
Synthesis of Multiply Deuterated Cephalosporins
(University of Waterloo, 2014-12-12)Antibiotics are one of the greatest accomplishments in the field of science. They have been extensively used since the time of their discovery. Amongst all the antibiotics, the -lactam class of antibiotics have been the ... -
Synthesis of New Magnetic Nanocomposite Materials for Data Storage
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-09)The confinement of magnetic nanoparticles (Prussian blue analogues (PBAs) has been achieved using mesostructured silica as a matrix. The PBAs have the general formula AxMy[M'(CN)n]z, where A is an alkali metal cation; M: ... -
Synthesis of non-toxic colloidal silicon quantum dots and further optoelectronic device application
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-28)The promising electric and optical properties lead to the wide application of zero-dimensional quantum dots (QDs) in optoelectronic devices, such as quantum dots, light-emitting diodes (QLEDs), quantum dots-based solar ... -
Synthesis of Novel Polythiophenes Having Alkylamide Substituents for Organic Solar Cells
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-20)Solar energy is one of the most important sustainable energy resources which can satisfy increasingly growing demand of power and energy and reduce carbon footprint. In order to utilize the solar energy, solar cells are ... -
Synthesis of Novel Zinc Anode via Electroplating for Rechargeable Hybrid Aqueous Batteries
(University of Waterloo, 2016-01-19)With the rise of the environmental concerns from combustion of fossil fuels, the demand for the alternative clean energy sources has increased. One of the alternatives is rechargeable batteries. Among many types of ... -
Synthesis of Nucleoside Polyphosphates and their Conjugates
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-02)Nucleoside polyphosphates and their conjugates, such as nucleoside triphosphates, nucleoside tetraphosphates, sugar nucleotides, dinucleoside pyro- and higher order polyphosphates, 2’,3’-cyclic nucleoside monophosphates, ... -
Synthesis of PAM and Na-Ac/AM Hydrogel-Coated Mesh for Separation of Oil/Water Mixtures
(University of Waterloo, 2016-12-15)Hydrogels are used in many applications and have gained popularity due to their high water content, good biocompatibility and similarity to soft tissue. The research objective is to design and synthesize self-healing ... -
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, ...