An approach for businesses to increase customer's willingness to share personal information online: A case in the airline industry

Double degree of Master of Science in Science Communication & Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis, and Management / SEPAM: Technology Policy and Management / Department: Engineering, Systems and Services + SEC: Applied Physics / Department: Science Communication - In the era of digital communication, the relationship between businesses and...

Luminescence Properties of NaI:Tl and CeBr3 with New Codopants

The effect of new dopants on the luminescence properties of two types of scintillator crystals have been investigated. First, the luminescence properties of sodium iodine (NaI) crystals doped with thallium (Tl) and co-doped with Sulpher (S) and selenium (Se) were determined. Tl occupies cation sites whereas S and Se are supposed to occupy anion...

Design and implementation of a sink term for the thermal energy equation pertaining to tranpiration from vegetation

Bachelor project part of the double degree bachelor in mathematics and physics. Calculating the temperature field in the presence of vegetation has many practical applications, such as the study of urban heat islands, but much research still needs to be done in this field of study. The objective of this paper is to describe and test a model,...

Nested Newton-type numerical model for describing single phase flows in enclosed systems

Bachelor project part of the double degree bachelor in mathematics and physics. Physical phenomena tend to be difficult to simulate using mathematical models. Part of the problem lies in the fact that accurate simulations rely heavily on (limited) computational power. In order to speed up this process, new numerical methods are derived. One of...

Electronic and superconducting properties of the two-dimensional electron system at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3(111) interface

"This thesis describes research that was executed as a combined Master Research Project in Applied Physics and Materials Science and Engineering, leading up to a double MSc degree." The (100)-oriented LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (LAO/STO) interface has been subject of intense study since the discovery of the two-dimensional electron system (2DES) in this...

A Real-Time Adaptive Sampling Algorithm and its Application in Quantum Transport Measurements

In this research a novel generic local adaptive measurement procedure for low noise single and sequential 1-dimensional line scans is developed. This procedure is applied a variety of phenomena including resonance excitations in superconducting resonators and DC transport measurements in proximitized semiconducting nanowires. The adaptive...

Spin swap and exchange coupling in a quantum dot array

Studying the nanostructure of a-Si:h solar cell absorber layers using positrion annihilation and neutron reflectometry

Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon (a-Si:H) is a very promising solar cell material with a good potential to use in many applications, as it is cheap to produce, light-weight and flexible. However, upon prolonged exposure to light, the layers suffer from both metastable and irreversible changes (the Staebler-Wronski effect) that have a bad effect on...