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Processing and Investigation of the Properties of Chitosan/Celloluse Nanocomposite Wound Dressing Fabricated by Electrospinning Method
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Bagheri, Reza (Supervisor)
Abstract
It is a common method to use some proper materials such as honey, herbal fibers, and minerals for covering the wounds as an effective treatment. Nowadays biopolymers and new methods of nanofiber production to build a structure similar to the natural extracellular matrix (ECM) like electrospinning are used to reduce the time of restoration and prevent from the effects of wounds such as bedsores, diabetic ulcers, and severe burns. For effective design of a wound dressing, wound feature, recovery time, physical, mechanical, and biological properties should be considered in order to best as possible heal the bound. In this research, cellulose nanocrystals with average aspect ratio of 11.8 and...
The Impact of House’s Recession on Banks’ Default Rate In The Framework of Stress Testing
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Nili, Farhad (Supervisor)
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to perform macro stress test for one of Iran’s private banks using bank’s quarterly data from Q-4 1383 to Q-4 1389. To do this, the relation of bank’s default rate with macroeconomic indicators like house prices and the growth rate of value added of services; as macroeconomic risk factors; was investigated by a linear model. Results show that the bank’s default rate has a negative relation with both risk factors.Stress testing, using monte carlo simulation; shows that reverse shocks to both house prices and the growth rate of value added of services leads to severe increase in bank’s default rate; so that with decrease of both house prices to 4 million rials at...
What surface maximizes entanglement entropy?
, Article Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology ; Vol. 90, issue. 8 , 2014 ; Gibbons, G ; Solodukhin, S. N
2014
Abstract
For a given quantum field theory, provided the area of the entangling surface is fixed, what surface maximizes entanglement entropy? We analyze the answer to this question in four and higher dimensions. Surprisingly, in four dimensions the answer is related to a mathematical problem of finding surfaces that minimize the Willmore (bending) energy and eventually to the Willmore conjecture. We propose a generalization of the Willmore energy in higher dimensions and analyze its minimizers in a general class of topologies Sm×Sn and make certain observations and conjectures that may have some mathematical significance
Application of TiO2 Nanotubes Fabricated by Anodizing of Titanium as a Suitable Substrate for Deposition of Active Materials for Use in the Supercapacitors
, Ph.D. Dissertation Sharif University of Technology ; Gobal, Fereydoon (Supervisor)
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In this thesis, the improving effects of TiO2 nanotubes (TiO2NTs) fabricated by anodizing of titanium as suitable substrate for deposition active materiales in supercapacitors were considered. PANI/Pd/TiO2NTs electrodes with highly porous structures and good capacitive characteristics were prepared by electrodeposition of polyaniline on palladium nanoparticles loaded TiO2 nanotubes. The results illustrated that the specific capacitance of these electrodes was around 1060 Fg−1 in 1.0 M H2SO4 electrolyte as measured at a constant current of 2.0 Ag−1, whereas it was 210 Fg−1 for the PANI/TiO2NTs electrode. NiO-ZnO/TiO2NTs electrodes were synthesized by the electrodeposition of...
The Prediction Branching Polypropylene Monte Carlo Method
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Mousavi, Ali (Supervisor)
Abstract
Linear structure of polypropylene, which is a direct result of Ziegler-Natta catalysts, led to the melt strength of the polymer is low and it does not show hardness strain. This defect is cause to the use of polypropylene in some processes, such as thermoforming, making foam etc. are limited. A main methods to solve this defect are branching structure of the polymer. There are three general methods for this purpose, which are modified by chemical, electron beam irradiation and polymerization in the presence of metallocene catalyst. The first two methods that past processing, polypropylene branching using linear type is produced, while the third method branching occurs during polymerization....
Ag/TiO2-nanotube plates coated with reduced graphene oxide as photocatalysts
, Article Surface and Coatings Technology ; Volume 288 , 2016 , Pages 144-150 ; 02578972 (ISSN) ; Mohaghegh, N ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier
2016
Abstract
RGO/Ag/TiO2-nanotubes/Ti plates with high photocatalytic activity were fabricated via electrochemical reduction of graphene oxide on Ag/TiO2-nanotubes. The loading of silver nanoparticles was carried out by electroless reduction of Ag1+ onto TiO2 nanotubes previously formed by anodizing titanium. Microstructure studies show that reduced graphene oxide (RGO) layers having high surface area have been deposited on the as-prepared Ag/TiO2-nanotubes, where nanoparticles of Ag had grown on the walls of TiO2-nanotubes. The results of photocatalytic experiments demonstrate that the RGO/Ag/TiO2-nanotubes/Ti plate exhibits significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity for the photocatalytic...
The effect of fractionality nature in differences between computer simulation and experimental results of a chaotic circuit
, Article Central European Journal of Physics ; Volume 11, Issue 6 , 2013 , Pages 836-844 ; 18951082 (ISSN) ; Tavazoei, M. S ; Sharif University of Technology
2013
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In practice, some differences are usually observed between computer simulation and experimental results of a chaotic circuit. In this paper, it is tried to obtain computer simulation results having more correlation with those obtained in practice by using more realistic models for chaotic circuits. This goal is achieved by considering the fractionality nature of electrical capacitors in the model of a chaotic circuit
Dependability and Performability Modeling and Evaluation in Cloud Computing
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Movaghar, Ali (Supervisor)
Abstract
In cloud computing services, high availability is one of the most quality requirements that it is necessary to maintain customer confidence. This requires various fault tolerance mechanisms for coping with software and hardware failures.In this thesis, after reviewing previous research, eight different scenarios was designed for availability evaluation of redundant openstack private clouds, represented by RBDs and Markov chains, hierarchically assembled.Based on the availability and downtime results obtained from the scenarios and cost consideration of company, best architecture for openstack is implemented.For real world modeling, we tried to collect and analyze the hardware and...
Ternary composite of TiO2 nanotubes/Ti plates modified by g-C3N4 and SnO2 with enhanced photocatalytic activity for enhancing antibacterial and photocatalytic activity
, Article Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology ; Volume 178 , 2018 , Pages 124-132 ; 10111344 (ISSN) ; Mohaghegh, N ; Abedini, A ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2018
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A series of g-C3N4-SnO2/TiO2 nanotubes/Ti plates were fabricated via simple dipping of TiO2 nanotubes/Ti in a solution containing SnCl2 and g-C3N4 nanosheets and finally annealing of the plates. Synthesized plates were characterized by various techniques. The SEM analysis revealed that the g-C3N4-SnO2 nanosheets with high physical stability have been successfully deposited onto the surface of TiO2 nanotubes/Ti plate. Photocatalytic activity was investigated using two probe chemical reactions: oxidative decomposition of acetic acid and oxidation of 2-propanol under irradiation. Antibacterial activities for Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria were also investigated in dark and under UV/Vis...
Boundary conformal invariants and the conformal anomaly in five dimensions
, Article Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics ; Volume 816 , 2021 ; 03702693 (ISSN) ; Solodukhin, S. N ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier B.V
2021
Abstract
In odd dimensions the integrated conformal anomaly is entirely due to the boundary terms [1]. In this paper we present a detailed analysis of the anomaly in five dimensions. We give the complete list of the boundary conformal invariants that exist in five dimensions. Additionally to 8 invariants known before we find a new conformal invariant that contains the derivatives of the extrinsic curvature along the boundary. Then, for a conformal scalar field satisfying either the Dirichlet or the conformal invariant Robin boundary conditions we use the available general results for the heat kernel coefficient a5, compute the conformal anomaly and identify the corresponding values of all boundary...
Investigation of Information Paradox in Charged Black Holes Using the Holography
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Faraji Astaneh, Amin (Supervisor)
Abstract
Bonding gravity with Quantum mechanics has always been a challenging issue. So that, accomplishing a theory of quantum gravity is one of the most important research topics in High-Energy Physics.Information paradox in black holes is among such issues which connect quantum mechanics with gravity. Black holes as a natural solution of Einstein equations have a distinction, with other solutions, since there exists an event horizon that imparts space-time into two causally disconnected regions.According to Hawking’s calculations, black holes would evaporate over time by the thermal radiation. This resulting thermal radiation has less information than the initial collapsed matter in a pure state....
Nickel-based nanosheets array as a binder free and highly efficient catalyst for electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction
, Article International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ; Volume 47, Issue 82 , 2022 , Pages 34887-34897 ; 03603199 (ISSN) ; Hemmati, K ; Mirabbaszadeh, K ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2022
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Hydrogen technology through water electrolyzer systems has attracted a great attention to overcome the energy crisis. So, rationally designed non-noble metal based-electrocatalysts with high activity and durability can lead to high performance water electrolyzer systems and high purity hydrogen generation. Herein, a facile two-step method: hydrothermal and electrodeposition, respectively, are developed to decorate highly porous three-dimensional binder-free structure NiFeO/NiO nanosheets array on Ni foam (NiFeO/NiO/NF) with robust adhesion as a high-performance electrode for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER). The electrodeposition process applied after the initial hydrothermal process...
Investigation of the Information Paradox in Black Hole Solutions of the Higher Derivative Gravitational Models, Using the Holography
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Faraji Astaneh, Amin (Supervisor)
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The information paradox is one of the most important questions around black hole physics. The problem is raised since the operators which are responsible for the evolutions in quantum mechanics are unitary while the black hole evaporation seems to be a nonunitary evolution (Since a black hole which has been formed from the collapse of matter in a pure state evaporates to a mixed thermal state eventually). This loss of information during the evaporation process is known as the information paradox.Recently many attempts have been made to investigate this problem holographically, actually to see if the information is really lost and if not how one can recover the information.Our main goal is to...
Swampland Program in String Theory and Its Consequences in Cosmology
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Faraji Astaneh, Amin (Supervisor)
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Not all effective theories in the low energy limit are compatible with quantum gravity. The goal of the swampland program is bringing the necessary criteria to test these effective theories and examine their compatibility with quantum gravity. This set of conjectures determines which theory is effective in the perspective of the self-consistent theory of quantum gravity which is actually string theory. A very important connection (through the swamp program) between high energy physics (UV) And the physics of the low energy limit (IR) can provide very important explanations for our questions. Among them are the cosmological constant problem in general relativity and the hierarchy problem in...
Swampland Program in String Theory and its Consequences in Elementary Particle Physics
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Faraji Astaneh, Amin (Supervisor)
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Not all low-energy effective theories are compatible with quantum gravity. The purpose of swampland program is to provide the necessary characteristics to test these theories and measure their compatibility with quantum gravity. Accordingly, this group of conjectures determine which effective theory is in the landscape of self-consistent quantum gravity which is String Theory. An important connection is provided through the swampland program between the high-energy limit physics (UV) and the low-energy limit physics (IR) that can provide immensely important fundamental explanations for our profound and consistent questions such as the hierarchy problem in elementary particle physics and...
Multivariable robust control of a horizontal wind turbine under various operating modes and uncertainties: A comparison on sliding mode and H∞ control
, Article International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems ; Volume 115 , 2020 ; Moradi, H ; Vossoughi, G ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2020
Abstract
Wind turbines are generally controlled for the objectives of the turbine protection and generation of the acceptable power for the utility grid. In this paper, a nonlinear multivariable model of the wind turbine with a DFIG generator is considered. The rotor speed and the d-axis rotor current, as the controlled variables, are controlled via manipulation of the two generator voltages, as the control signals. Two robust control strategies including the sliding mode control and H∞ robust control, designed via μ-synthesis based on DK-iteration algorithm, are presented for switching between various operating modes. Development of an acceptable dynamic model and two innovative control strategies...
Sliding mode robust control of the horizontal wind turbines with model uncertainties
, Article 2020 9th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies, MOCAST 2020, 7 September 2020 through 9 September ; 2020 ; Moradi, H ; Vossoughi, G ; Sharif University of Technology
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc
2020
Abstract
Wind turbines are generally controlled based on two control objectives: Turbine protection and the generation of acceptable power for the grid. In this paper, a robust control strategy is presented for switching between various operating modes of the turbine. The rotor angular speed is hold below the allowable speed in all operation time. It is also attempted to catch a constant power in a desirable amount during the most of operation time. For the elimination of model/environmental uncertainties, sliding mode controllers are used. For the objective of power tracking, the stability of sliding mode controller is proved for a set of sliding surfaces. Advantages and disadvantages of the...
Developing a structural-based local learning rule for classification tasks using ionic liquid space-based reservoir
, Article Neural Computing and Applications ; Volume 34, Issue 17 , 2022 , Pages 15075-15093 ; 09410643 (ISSN) ; Shouraki, S. B ; Faraji, M ; Sharif University of Technology
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
2022
Abstract
Coming up with a model which matches biological observations more closely has always been one of the main challenges in the field of artificial neural networks. Lately, an ionic model of reservoir networks containing spiking neurons (ILS-based reservoir network) has been proposed which seems to replicate some of the biological processes we have observed up until now. This paper presents a local learning rule for the ILS-based reservoir inspired by the biological fact that each incoming stimulus causes the formation of new dendritic spines, producing new synapses. This property may result in a higher degree of neuroplasticity, leading to a higher learning capacity. To evaluate the proposed...
Solid-Liquid Mass Transfer in the Annular Region of a Taylor-Couette Contacting Device
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Molaei Dehkordi, Asghar (Supervisor)
Abstract
Vortex flow reactor (VFR) is used for biochemical reactions and separation applications. By using the second flow regime, called Taylor-Couette flow, VFR provides high amounts of mass transfer and mixing for biological components sensitive to shear stress. Mass transfer in a bench-scale Taylor-Couette contactor with a radius ratio, equal to 0.77 and an aspect ratio, equal to 30.7 was studied for solid particles dissolution. The working fluid was water and the suspended particles were benzoic acid. In this project the concentration of fluid phase was measured by injection of definite amount of the solid particles in to the contactor and sampling in different time intervals and the effects of...
Analysis of modal reflectivity of optical waveguide end-facets by the characteristic green's function technique
, Article Journal of Lightwave Technology ; Vol. 32, Issue. 6 , 2014 , Pages 1168-1176 ; ISSN: 07338724 ; Shishegar, A. A ; Faraji Dana, R ; Sharif University of Technology
2014
Abstract
A novel method for computation of guided mode reflectivity from optical waveguide end-facet is presented. The method is based on the characteristic Green's function (CGF) technique formulation combined with the complex images (CIs) method for dielectric planar waveguides. By separability assumption of the structure, a uniform and closed-form expression of spatial Green's function is obtained. Derived expression consists of discrete and continuous spectrum contributions which denote guided and radiation modes effects, respectively. Having a full-wave solution, efficient optimization procedure is then used to calculate the exact reflection coefficients of guided modes at the end-facets. To...