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Implantable Composite Devices for the Localized Treatment of Breast Cancer
(2015-06-15)
Current standard of care treatment modalities for early-stage breast cancer typically involve mastectomy or lumpectomy followed by radiation therapy to remove any residual cancer cells. Although mastectomy has a low ...
On the Effect of Surface Texture and Nanoscale Surface Oxides on the Optical and Mechanical Properties of Silicon Single Crystals and MEMS Thin films
(2015-11-15)
This dissertation presents the combined results of analytical, computational and experimental study of the effects of surface texture and nanoscale surface oxides on the optical and mechanical properties of silicon single ...
Effects of Adhesion and Deformation on Stretchable Electronic Structures
(2015-11-15)
This work presents the results of a combined experimental, computational and analytical study of the effects of adhesion and deformation on stretchable electronic structures. First, atomic force microscopy is used to measure ...
Quantum theory from the perspective of general probabilistic theories
(University of CambridgeDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 2015-03-03)
This thesis explores various perspectives on quantum phenomena, and how our understanding of these phenomena is informed by the study of general probabilistic theories. Particular attention is given to quantum nonlocality, ...
Jordan-Wigner formalism for arbitrary 2-input 2-output matchgates and their classical simulation
(Rinton PressQuantum Information and Computation, 2015-05-01)
In Valiant's matchgate theory, 2-input 2-output matchgates are 4 4 matrices that
satisfy ten so-called matchgate identities. We prove that the set of all such matchgates
(including non-unitary and non-invertible ones) ...
Explaining the CMS eejj Excess With R−parity Violating Supersymmetry and Implications for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay
(American Physical SocietyPhysical Review D, 2015-01-28)
The recent CMS searches for the right handed gauge boson WR reports an interesting deviation
from the Standard Model. The search has been conducted in the eejj channel and has shown
an excess around meejj ~ 2 TeV. In this ...
Resonant slepton production yields CMS eejj and epTjj excesses
(APS, 2015-01-13)
Recent CMS searches for dileptoquark production report local excesses of 2.4σ in an eejj channel and 2.6σ in an epTjj channel. Here, we simultaneously explain both excesses with resonant slepton production in R-parity ...
Plethora of transitions during breakup of liquid filaments
(PNASProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015-03-30)
Thinning and breakup of liquid filaments are central to dripping of leaky faucets, inkjet drop formation, and raindrop fragmentation. As the filament radius decreases, curvature and capillary pressure, both inversely ...
Lubricated viscous gravity currents
(CUPJournal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015-02-10)
We present a theoretical and experimental study of viscous gravity currents lubricated by another viscous fluid from below. We use lubrication theory to model both layers as Newtonian fluids spreading under their own weight ...
Early-time free-surface flow driven by a deforming boundary
(Cambridge University PressJournal of Fluid Mechanics, 2015-02-24)
When a solid boundary deforms rapidly into a quiescent liquid layer, a flow is in-
duced that can lead to jet formation. An asymptotic analytical solution is presented
for this flow, driven by a solid boundary deforming ...