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Fundamental Understanding of Critical Parameters Enabling Lithium Metal Batteries
(2023)Doctoral Thesis -
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Limit analysis and timber plasticity - Plastic design of interlocking timber-to-timber connections
(2023)Doctoral Thesis -
Gender and Mathematics in Upper Secondary School: Sociocultural Stereotypes, Motivation, and Cognitive Activation
(2022)This doctoral dissertation is aimed at broadening the understanding of motivational and sociocultural influences within the Expectancy Value Theory (EVT) and Dimensional Comparison Theory (DCT) frameworks and investigating the potential positive impact of cognitive activation on students’ motivation, with a specific focus on gender differences. For this purpose, three studies were conducted. The first study focused on the presence of ...Doctoral Thesis -
Structural control in polymerization-induced phase separation in the solid-state
(2022)The micro- and nanostructure of materials determines their macroscopic properties. Currently, most synthetic methods used to control structure at these length scales consist of controlling the size and morphology of structural building blocks. Typically, these fabrication processes involves two distinct steps: the synthesis of the blocks, followed by their assembly. Instead, living systems generate structures across a broad range of length ...Doctoral Thesis -
Analysis and Design of Monolithic III-V/Si Nanophotonic Devices
(2022)Monolithically integrated III-V/Si nanophotonic devices are highly desirable for many future applications such as light detection and ranging (LIDAR), photonic quantum information processing and optical interconnects, but the fabrication technology still remains challenging. The template-assisted selective epitaxy (TASE) method invented by IBM Research Europe - Zurich could be one promising solution, as it allows the growth of III-V ...Doctoral Thesis -
Dynamic programming approaches for the mean-variance portfolio selection problem
(2022)Doctoral Thesis -
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CFD-assisted dispersing flow optimization in a novel ultra-high-pressure device
(2022)Food Process Engineering seriesHigh-pressure homogenization is a widely used approach for emulsification and disruption processes. For most applications, small droplet sizes and narrow droplet size distributions are desired. The resulting droplet size obtained with a high-pressure homogenizer depends on the interplay between droplet fragmentation and coalescence in the homogenization chamber. Previous research mainly focused on increasing the fragmentation rate to ...Doctoral Thesis