This thesis describes the development of high-capacity, next generation Li-ion battery electrodes based on germanium and silicon nanostructures grown directly from stainless steel current collectors. The core chapters ...

Robust nanoporous gold electrodes were fabricated by sputtering a gold-silver alloy onto a glass support and subsequent dealloying of the silver component. Alloys were prepared with either a non-uniform or uniform ...

This thesis describes the development of high-capacity, next generation Li-ion battery (LIB) electrodes based on nanostructured Li-alloying materials, silicon and germanium. The results chapters are arranged as research ...

In this research, we investigate electrolessly deposited nanotubes due to their unique associated magnetic and catalytic properties. The main challenge associated with electroless deposition is the formation of a nanotube ...

Preamble: How do I work? It seemed that as I endeavoured towards a “final project” in this culminating year of formal education I should visit this question as much as possible. A pause in the process offers a space of ...

Networked control systems have been widely used in Industrial Automation since the latter part of the 20st century. Such networks have evolved from small systems with proprietary and slow Fieldbus technology to a much ...

During the perioperative period, which includes the period before surgery (preoperative), during surgery (intraoperative) and after surgery (postoperative), it is essential to measure diagnostic parameters such as: blood ...

This thesis presents a new graph drawing approach (the concentric approach) for drawing any undirected graph without taking stress or forces into account, in order to address the trade-off between quality and running ...

In this thesis a novel approach to the management of multiple payload sonar systems is described. The objective of this study is the design, development, and experimental verification of an automated system that facilitates ...

This work is concerned with finding accurate numerical approximations to nonlinear reaction-diffusion problems that exhibit layer phenomena. It considers three variations of problems of this type. These are; a ...