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Suppression of the Efficiency Roll-Off Characteristics in Solution-Processed Lanthanide-based Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) have gained a tremendous amount of interest, due to their applications in display and solid-state lighting technologies. This interest mainly arises from the easy and inexpensive ... -
Studies on Optically Induced DC-Voltage in Thin Film Structures
Conversion of light into direct current is important for applications ranging from energy conversion to photodetection. However, there are still many challenges to reach high conversion efficiency and broad spectral coverage. ... -
Analysis of Radio Spectral Indices in the CHANG-ES Galaxy Sample
The spectral index of a galaxy provides insight on the processes occurring within the galaxy, and can give hints to how the cosmic ray electrons propagate through the galaxy. Band-to-band spectral index maps provide a ... -
Non-circular flows in HIghMass Galaxies in a Test of the Late Accretion Hypothesis
This thesis investigates the late accretion hypothesis as an explanation for the unusual gas-richness of the HIghMass sample, a collection of 34 galaxies from the recently completed Arecibo Legacy Fast ALFA survey. Accretion ... -
Unraveling the nucleation and growth of spontaneous surface relief gratings with thin films of Disperse Red 1 glass
(Elsevier, 2016-10-01)Nucleation and growth of spontaneous surface relief gratings (SSRGs) on a Disperse Red 1 (DR1) glass-forming derivative were investigated. No interference pattern is applied and surface patterning is induced using single-beam ... -
Synthesis, characterization and photovoltaic performance of novel glass-forming perylenediimide derivatives
(Elsevier, 2016-04-13)Novel glass-forming perylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic diimide (PDI) derivatives were synthesized from 1,7-dibromoperylene-3,4,9,10-tetracarboxylic diimides by nucleophilic substitution with a glass-forming mexylaminotriazine ... -
Second-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties of Mexylaminotriazine-Functionalized Glass-Forming Azobenzene Derivatives
(Elsevier, 2016-07-27)The second-order nonlinear optical coefficients of thin films of mexylaminotriazine-functionalized azobenzene molecular glass derivatives were measured using second harmonic generation. The thin films were poled using a ... -
Photoinduction of spontaneous surface relief gratings on Azo DR1 Glass
(Optics Letters 41, 2958-2961 (2016), 2016-06-23)Surface relief gratings were spontaneously photoinduced from a collimated Nd:YAG laser beam at 532 nm on thin films of a disperse red 1 functionalized glass-forming compound. Pattern formation was studied by measuring the ... -
Interfacial Modification of the Electron Collecting Layer of Low-Temperature Solution-Processed Organometallic Halide Photovoltaic Cells Using an Amorphous Perylenediimide
(Elsevier, 2016-10-23)The efficiency of organometallic halide photovoltaic cells can be improved by interfacial modification of the titanium oxide (TiOx) electron collecting layer by a thin layer of an organic material. Enhancements of power ... -
Monte Carlo modelling and optimisation of flattening filters for a novel Co-60 total body irradiation unit
Total body irradiation (TBI) is used in the treatment of certain types of blood cancers. It involves irradiating the whole body of the patient with high energy x-rays or gamma rays in order to kill cancer cells and suppress ... -
Application and Development of Algebraic Reconstruction Algorithms for High Dose Rate Brachytherapy Gel Dosimetry with Optical Computed Tomography Readout
Radiation therapy treatment techniques have become more complex to offer optimal tumour control while preserving patient quality of life by avoiding damage to healthy tissue. This increased complexity requires more thorough ... -
Cryogenic Alkali Halide Scintillators for Rare-Event Searches
Rare-event searches such as the direct detection of dark matter require very low backgrounds, as well as large volumes of material because of the low rate of signal. Scintillators are an excellent particle detector candidate ... -
Phenomenological Studies and Analysis Techniques to Search for Light Dark Matter With NEWS-G
The NEWS-G collaboration uses gas-filled Spherical Proportional Counters (SPCs) to search for low-mass dark matter. As one of several competing collaborations pushing the low-energy frontier of particle detection technology, ... -
A Numerical Investigation of the Impact of Inclinations on the Estimates of Photometric and Dynamical Properties of Galaxies
We exploit N-body simulations (GalactICS, Illustris, NIHAO) to study the impact of inclination on the estimates on various photometric and spectroscopic quantities of galaxies such as sizes, surface brightnesses, stellar ... -
Corrections to Signal Saturation on the DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Search
Dark matter is currently a topic at the frontier of astroparticle physics research. Its discovery or refutation would have profound implications for particle physics, cosmology, and astrophysics. There are numerous experiments ... -
The Quenching of Cluster Galaxies
In this thesis we present two projects investigating the evolution and quenching of cluster galaxy star formation (SF) activity. Leveraging a sample of 36 galaxy clusters, we measure the level of member SF activity. Over ... -
Measurement of Cosmogenic Production Rates in Ge with CDMSlite
The majority of matter in the Universe is non-luminous, non-baryonic, and as of yet undiscovered. The SuperCDMS experiment searches for this "dark matter" in the form of Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), operating ... -
From Surface Events in DEAP-3600 to the Radial Acceleration Relation in Spiral Galaxies
One of the most outstanding mysteries in the Universe is the nature of dark matter. In this thesis, two unique projects that focus on understanding dark matter are presented. First, Machine Learning is used to detect ... -
The Scatter Dependence of the Spatially-Resolved Star Formation Main Sequence Relation
The scatter of the spatially-resolved star formation main sequence (SFMS) is investigated in order to reveal signatures about processes of galaxy formation and evolution. We have assembled a sample of 355 nearby galaxies ... -
Riding the waves: The formation and evolution of vertical bending waves in Milky Way-like disc galaxies
In this thesis we study the dynamics of vertical (bending) waves in Milky Way-like disc galaxies. The main goals of the thesis are to form a coherent picture for the formation and evolution of bending waves using ...
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