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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>PhD Dissertation Defense:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>RADIO-FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOMATTER AND NANOPARTICLES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Rohit Pande<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Date: Thursday, July 5, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Time: 11:00 am<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Location: TCSUH (HSC) 214<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><u><span style='color:black'>Committee Chairs:</span></u><span style='color:black'> Dr. Jarek Wosik & Dr. Wanda Wosik<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><u><span style='color:black'>Committee Members:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'>Dr. Paul Ruch</span><span style='color:#1F497D'>h</span><span style='color:black'>oeft<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'>Dr. Akhil Bidani<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'>Dr. John H. Miller, Jr.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'>Dr. Biana Godin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The influence of radio-frequency (rf) electromagnetic fields (EMF) on biological tissues plays a critical role in their diagnostic and therapeutic applications. These include hyperthermia and rf ablation procedures for cancer, in which cell temperatures are increased to 41-46ºC and above 56ºC respectively. This dissertation focuses on the interactions and applications of non-ionizing rf EMF on bio-samples combined with presence of nanoparticles, which can be classified as systems having linear/non-linear or thermal/non-thermal characteristics. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Investigations of nonlinear rf responses at kHz frequencies of bio-electrolytes and yeast samples were carried out in a frequency-adjustable LCR parallel-resonant circuit with a gold plated capacitor as a sample holder. Measurements were done using the intermodulation distortion technique. We used double layer (EDL) model to analyze the observed nonlinearities and their dependence on ionic concentration. Electrode-electrolyte interface polarization was found to be a predominant cause of this intrinsic nonlinearity and to be dependent on ionic concentrations. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The rf induced thermo-therapeutic procedures must be non-invasive and cell selective which is accomplished by surface functionalized nanoparticles. Characterization of heating performance for both magnetic and non-magnetic NPs was experimentally conducted and theoretically analyzed. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Rf losses due to interaction of NPs in aqueous media with both electric (Erf) and magnetic (Hrf) fields were investigated using a low input power hyperthermia-setup designed with high quality factor LCR resonator to generate Erf and Hrf fields up to 100 kV/m and 50 kA/m, in 12-50 MHz frequency range. Measurements of temperature changes versus time were performed to find following specific absorption rates (SAR) for gold, silica, and superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) NP suspensions; Magnetic SAR for SPIO was calculated as 4 kW/kg and electric SARs for gold, silica and SPIO NPs were calculated as ~103, 2 and 27 kW/kg respectively. This shows that at MHz frequencies SARs for NPs were overestimated by previous studies, which ignored loss from ohmic heating due to ionic conduction. From the analysis of non-magnetic NPs, the enhanced dipole fields on gold were found three times higher than silica. The rf loss was strongly ascribed to the interaction of dipole fields with particle-electrolyte interface, which was confirmed by synergistic heat enhancement through EDL modification using physiologically relevant proteins.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>