Investigating the Behavior of Boron Nitride Nanomaterials in Aqueous Surfactant Solutions

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dc.contributor.advisorMartí, Angel Aen_US
dc.creatorSmith McWilliams, Ashleigh Dawnen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-11T21:46:49Zen_US
dc.date.available2020-11-01T05:01:12Zen_US
dc.date.created2020-05en_US
dc.date.issued2020-08-10en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2020en_US
dc.date.updated2020-08-11T21:46:49Zen_US
dc.description.abstractBoron nitride nanomaterials are an exciting and understudied class of materials with enticing properties for a wide range of applications. They’re extremely lightweight and strong, with high thermal and chemical stability, and a wide bandgap that makes them electrically insulating and transparent to visible light. This unique set of properties makes them exceptional candidates for application in fields ranging from space exploration to drug delivery; however, obtainment of these advanced applications still requires researchers to overcome some large obstacles. Chief among them is the amphiphobic nature of the materials, which makes them difficult to work with in liquid-phase processes that are key to material processing and biomedical applications alike. This thesis investigates how to produce uniform dispersions of boron nitride nanomaterials in aqueous solution, and then, probes how the materials behave within these dispersions using single molecule diffusion studies.en_US
dc.embargo.terms2020-11-01en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationSmith McWilliams, Ashleigh Dawn. "Investigating the Behavior of Boron Nitride Nanomaterials in Aqueous Surfactant Solutions." (2020) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/109177">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/109177</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/109177en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectBoron Nitride Nanomaterialsen_US
dc.subjectsurfactantsen_US
dc.subjectbrownian motionen_US
dc.subjectBoron Nitride Nanotubesen_US
dc.subjecthexagonal Boron Nitrideen_US
dc.titleInvestigating the Behavior of Boron Nitride Nanomaterials in Aqueous Surfactant Solutionsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentChemistryen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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