Techniques for the realization of ultra- reliable spaceborne computer Final report

Bibliography and new techniques for use of error correction and redundancy to improve reliability of spaceborne computer

Photophysical and Photocatalytic Properties of Covalent Organic Frameworks

This dissertation is most interested in how a class of materials known as covalent organic frameworks (COFs) can be designed to capture photon energy to initiate chemical reactions. Different COF designs change how long the energy is held, how it migrates, and how it is dispersed – and these differences can be used to change their performance as artificial photosynthesis platforms. Thus, it is helpful to have an informative discussion about the processes behind natural photosynthesis, that is, nature’s light harvesting strategies and photocatalytic schemes (Section 1.2) and will lead into an introduction of COFs and why they possess unique potential as artificial photosynthesis platforms (Section 1.3). Their beneficial physical qualities are complemented by understanding their electronic structures from theoretically predicted properties with specific focus on topological symmetry (Section 1.4). Synthesizing and characterizing COF systems then becomes an important consideration (Section 1.5) along with how their excited state behaviors are probed and interpreted at reaction timescales by ultrafast spectroscopic techniques (Section 1.6). Finally, a look is taken at how COF structure versatility adds unique potential in catalyst engineering (Section 1.7). The main body of this dissertation will present five main research projects that seek to test theoretical predictions, assess the impact of COF planarity, or fine tune electronic structures. To test theoretical predictions, “Tuning Photoexcited Charge Transfer in Imine-Linked Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks, which involves exploring nodal symmetry in topologically similar COFs by varying monomers, is reported. This work has implications on charge separation characteristics of COFs which is important to retain activated catalytic sites for chemical reactions. The second project, “Impact of πConjugation Length on the Excited-State Dynamics of Star-Shaped Carbazole-π-Triazine Organic Chromophores,” doesn’t directly probe COF systems, but looks at the role of dihedral angles on intersystem crossing (ISC) rates in organic chromophores with similar star-shaped motifs like those often found in COFs. Another study on planarity is “Conjugation- and Aggregation-Directed Design of Covalent Organic Frameworks as White-Light-Emitting Diodes” that explores planar and non-planar COFs and the how this affects the deactivation of their photoexcited states. “Wavelength Dependent Excitonic Properties of Imine-Linked Covalent Organic Frameworks,” explores how subtle changes in donor-acceptor arrangements can lead to differences in excited state populations. Finally, the seminal work in this dissertation, “Imine Reversal Mediates Charge Separation and CO2 Photoreduction in Covalent Organic Frameworks,” explores the effect of the imine bond on photophysical and photocatalytic properties

Reliability Abstracts and Technical Reviews January-December 1968

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2019 EURēCA Abstract Book

Listing of student participant abstracts

Aerospace Medicine and Biology: A continuing bibliography with indexes, supplement 267, January 1985

This publication is a cumulative index to the abstracts contained in the Supplements 255 through 266 of Aerospace Medicine and Biology: A Continuing Bibliography. It includes seven indexes--subject, personal author, corporate source, foreign technology, contract number, report number, and accession number

Problem space of modern society: philosophical-communicative and pedagogical interpretations. Part I

This collective monograph offers the description of philosophical bases of definition of communicative competence and pedagogical conditions for the formation of communication skills. The authors of individual chapters have chosen such point of view for the topic which they considered as the most important and specific for their field of study using the methods of logical and semantic analysis of concepts, the method of reflection, textual reconstruction and comparative analysis. The theoretical and applied problems of modern society are investigated in the context of philosophical, communicative and pedagogical interpretations