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Author:

Cao, Yanyan

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND INTEGRATION OF CONJUGATED POLYMER NANOSTRUCTURES FOR SENSING AND OTHER APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

charge transport
conducting polymer
nanopartical integration
sensor
nanowires

File:

Download Yanyan_Cao_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Hong, Yiying

Title:

1. Self-Propelled Synthetic Particles— From Microscopic Randomness to Macroscopic Control. 2. Selective Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation by Recyclable Poly(allylamine) Gel-Supported Palladium(0) Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

micromotor
nanomotor
self-propulsion
phototaxis
diffusiophoresis
catalysis
titanium dioxide

File:

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yang

Title:

POWERED MOTION AT MICRO/NANOSCALES AND CONTROLLED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CATALYTIC MOTORS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanofabrication
electroanalysis
colloidal science
microfluids
microscopy

File:

Download _Yang_Wang__PSU_Chemistry_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Kobayashi, Yoji

Title:

FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS FROM LAYERED OXIDES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

layered double hydroxide
Nb2O5
nanotube
proton conductivity
Dion-Jacobson
layered perovskite
layered oxide
spinel
superparamagnetism
oxyfluoride
WIEN2k

File:

Download Yoji_Kobayashi.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Zihua

Title:

USING TIME-OF-FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY TO INVESTIGATE BEHAVIOR OF VAPOR-DEPOSITED METAL ON ALKANETHIOL SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ToF-SIMS
self-assembled monolayer
vapor metal deposition
surface
metal behavior
molecular electronics

File:

Download Thesis-Zhu.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Winograd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Gunaratne, K. Don Dasitha

Title:

Photoelectron Imaging Spectroscopic Investigations of Transition Metal Silicides and Oxides

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Photoelectron spectroscopy
Electron Imaging
Photoelectron Angular Distribution
Transition metal
Silicon
Zinc Oxide

File:

Download Thesis_-_Don_Gunaratne.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Coppock, Matthew Bradford

Title:

Self-complementary Heterofunctional and Chiral Artificial Oligopeptides Substituted with Metal Binding Ligands

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

artificial oligopeptide
ligandoside
self-assembly
PNA

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Penn_State_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member

Author:

Motl, Nathan Edward

Title:

Synthesis and Applications of Gold and Gold-copper Alloy Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloidal hybrid nanoparticles
nanoparticle heterodimers
chemical transformations
AuCu
Au
Cu2S
plasmon
alloy nanoparticle
composition tunable

File:

Download Nathan_Motls_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Larrabee, Thomas James

Title:

A Quantified Dosing ALD Reactor with In-situ Diagnostics for Surface Chemistry Studies

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

atomic layer deposition
quartz crystal microbalance
quadrupole mass spectrometer
in-situ diagnostics
adsorption
reactivity

File:

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Committee Members:

David Lawrence Allara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Roman Engel Herbert, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Benjamin David

Title:

The Self- and Directed Assembly of Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanowires
Nanotubes
Gold
Silica
Self-Assembly
Sedimentation
van der Waals
Aspect Ratio
Density
Electrostatics
Particle

File:

Download Smith_Benjamin_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member