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Atomistic Approaches for the Analysis, Design, and Simulation of Nanosensors and Nanocatalysts.

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Title/Author:	Atomistic Approaches for the Analysis, Design, and Simulation of Nanosensors and Nanocatalysts./
Author:	Kumar, Narendra.
Description:	1 online resource (195 pages)
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-09(E), Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International78-09B(E).
Subject:	Chemical engineering. -
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ISBN:	9781339997025

Atomistic Approaches for the Analysis, Design, and Simulation of Nanosensors and Nanocatalysts.
Kumar, Narendra.

Atomistic Approaches for the Analysis, Design, and Simulation of Nanosensors and Nanocatalysts. - 1 online resource (195 pages)

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 78-09(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)

Includes bibliographical references

Using ideas of materials genome initiative, it is possible to create new materials with tailored properties for applications in nanoelectronics, sensing, and catalysis among other fields. The contamination of groundwater due to accidental leakage of radioactive wastes poses a grave danger to the environment and human life and hence trace characterization of these radioactive materials is of paramount importance in nuclear forensics and reprocessing. The presence of uranium and plutonium complexes in contaminated soil and water around nuclear processing facilities especially after a nuclear accident would provide us with critical information to guide a proper and timely response. We examine the applicability of graphene-based nanosensor for detection of these radionuclides based on ab initio density functional theory and Green's function theory. Changes in the molecular electrostatic potential due to presence of a foreign moiety near graphene can be transduced and amplified into current-voltage characteristics at nanoscale. By comparing the change in current due to presence of U or Pu complexes near a graphene-based sensor, we should be able to detect trace amounts of these radionuclides.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2018

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9781339997025Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Chemical engineering.
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520 $a The DNA origami has emerged as a new and promising method to create nanostructures with precise atomistic tailored geometries. In addition, these origamis can be functionalized or impregnated with specialized single stranded DNA/RNA chains (known as aptamers) in order to convert them into biosensors. Thrombin is an enzyme directly involved in formation of blood clot which is a major cause of heart attack. We perform molecular dynamics simulations to determine the relative energetics associated with the capture of thrombin by a novel biosensor assembly consisting of two aptamers attached to a rectangular DNA origami.
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