Performance measurement of workplace change in two different cultural contexts

There is a growing need for performance management and performance measurement that not only covers all aspects of an organisation, but which can be applied to various situations in a changing internal and external environment. The changing organisational and external contexts, such as the increasing demand for talented knowledge workers and...

Molecular simulations of capped nanocrystals

The aim of this thesis is to study thermodynamic properties of nanocrystals (NCs) capped by organic ligands using molecular simulations. Nanocrystals are metallic or semiconductor crystallites of 2–10 nm size, consisting of hundreds to thousands of atoms. Due to their small size, they have unique properties that make them promising for various...

3D analysis of fracture processes in concrete

Concrete fracture is governed by randomly distributed aggregate particles, which make cracks fundamentally not planar. This phenomenon can be captured only by 3D models. Within the 3D framework, material heterogeneity and displacement dis continuity must be incorporated Lattice models allow to consider all these aspects adequately. In this...

Local coupling of charge and polymer dynamics

In this thesis we study the local dynamics of polymers, together with the coupling of these dynamics to the dynamics of electrical charge. This work is related to batteries and solar cells, both of which can be fabricated using polymers. The use of conventional solar cells is hindered by the expensive production processes that are inherent to...