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Author:

Stevenson, Adam Joseph

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF SINTERING AIDS ON DEFECTS, DENSIFICATION, AND SINGLE CRYSTAL CONVERSION OF TRANSPARENT ND:YAG CERAMICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

transparent ceramics
grain growth
sintering
ceramic processing

File:

Download Stevenson_Dissertation-FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member

Author:

Soukiassian, Arsen

Title:

GROWTH OF NANOSCALE BaTiO3/SrTiO3 SUPERLATTICES BY MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric thin films
ferroelectric superlattices
epitaxial growth
oxide MBE
ferroelectric phase transitions
UV Raman spectroscopy

File:

Download Thesis_updated5.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaoxing Xi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Kumar, Amit

Title:

SPIN-CHARGE-LATTICE COUPLING IN MULTIFERROICS AND STRAINED FERROELECTRICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Multiferroics
Strained Ferroelectrics
Spin-charge coupling

File:

Download ThesisFinal_Amit.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member

Author:

Aravind, Vasudeva Rao

Title:

Probing local structure and dynamics of ferroelectric domain walls using nonlinear optics and scanning probe microscopy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

piezoresponse force microscopy
scanning probe microscopy
optical second harmonic generation
multiferroic
ferroelectric
strontium titanate
lithium niobate

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Xiaoxing Xi, Committee Member

Author:

Bae, Chilman

Title:

ELECTRICAL, CHEMICAL, AND MECHANICAL MANIPULATION OF THE ENDOTHELIAL CELL SURFACE WITH A MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOPIPETTE

Graduate Program:

Bioengineering

Keywords:

electroporation
mechanotransduction
micropipette
Cell membrane
endothelial cell

File:

Download Thesis_ChilmanBae.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter J Butler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Butler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ahmed A Heikal, Committee Member
Ryan Clement, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Scrymgeour, David A

Title:

Local Structure and Shaping of Ferroelectric Domain Walls for Photonic Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials

Keywords:

piezoelectric force microscopy
optical devices
lithium tantalate
lithium niobate
ferroelectrics
scanner
QPM

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Kenji Uchino, Committee Member

Author:

Vlahos, Eftihia

Title:

Phase Transitions and Domain Structures in Multiferroics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

confocal microscopy
thin films
multiferroics
nonlinear optics
phase transitions
symmetry

File:

Download EVlahosDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Fei

Title:

Optics of Slanted Chiral Sculptured Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Sculptured Thin Films
Chirality
Circular Bragg Phenomenon
Defect Mode
Dipole
Beam Shift
Coupled Wave Theory
Optical filter
Optical Sensor
Tunable Laser

File:

Download PhDthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Russell Messier, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Sheng, Guang

Title:

PHASE-FIELD SIMULATION OF PHASE TRANSITIONS, DOMAIN STABILITIES AND STRUCTURES IN FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin film
ferroelectric
phase-field
domain stability

File:

Download Guang_Sheng_PhD_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member

Author:

Calkins, Jacob Andrew

Title:

FUNCTIONALIZED BIOINSPIRED MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBER PORES FOR APPLICATIONS IN CHEMICAL VAPOR SENSING

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Light Scattering
Microstructured Optical Fibers
SERS
Waveguide Raman
Self-assembled Monolayers

File:

Download Calkins_dissertation_final_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Lettieri, James

Title:

Critical Issues of Complex, Epitaxial Oxide Growth and Integration with Silicon by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Graduate Program:

Materials

Keywords:

oxides
silicon
molecular beam epitaxy

File:

Download Lettierithesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaoxing Xi, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Darrell Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Lee, June Hyuk

Title:

GROWTH OF MULTIFERROIC OXIDES BY MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular-beam epitaxy
Multiferroics
Ferroelectrics
Ferromagnet

File:

Download Thesis-2010-v10.pdf

Committee Members:

L Q Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member

Author:

Edge, Lisa Friedman

Title:

GROWTH OF AMORPHOUS AND EPITAXIAL ALTERNATIVE GATE DIELECTRICS ON SILICON BY MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY AND THEIR CHARACTERIZATION

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

high-K
molecular-beam epitaxy
LaAlO3
LaScO3
Sc2O3
La2O3
molecular-beam deposition
alternative gate dielectrics

File:

Download Thesis_Lisa_Edge.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell G Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Tian, Lili

Title:

NANOSCALE PROBING AND PHOTONIC APPLICATIONS OF FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN WALLS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectrics
SPM
PFM
nanoscale
lithium niobate
lithium tantalate

File:

Download LiliThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Biegalski, Michael David

Title:

EPITAXIALY STRAINED STRONTIUM TITANATE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thin Film
Strontium Titante
Strain
Ferroelectric
Relaxor
Epitaxy

File:

Download Mike_Ph.D._THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Krishnamurthi, Mahesh

Title:

Optoelectronic materials for sub wavelength imaging and laser beam manipulation

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

near-field imaging
silicon photonics
optical fiber devices
electro-optic devices
infrared imaging
chemical vapor deposition

File:

Download mxk463_PhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John V Badding, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

OZGUL, METIN

Title:

POLARIZATION SWITCHING AND FATIGUE ANISOTROPY IN RELAXOR-LEAD TITANATE FERROELECTRIC SINGLE CRYSTALS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

FERROELECTRIC
PIEZOELECTRIC
POLARIZATION
SWITCHING
DOMAIN WALLS
NONVOLATILE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES
POLARIZATION FATIGUE
ELECTRICAL FATIGUE
BIPOLAR DRIVE
SINGLE CRYSTAL
RELAXOR
STRAIN
POLARIZATION RELAXATION
FATIGUE ANISOTROPY
CURRENT

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Baril, Neil F.

Title:

HIGH-PRESSURE MICROFLUIDIC CHEMICAL DEPOSITION: REPLACING THE AIR WITHIN MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

optical fiber
Silicon

File:

Download Baril_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Nicholas J

Title:

Novel Approaches to the Surface Modification of Glass by Thermo-electric Poling

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermal poling
surface
glass

File:

Download THESIS-NSmith-vFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Raegan

Title:

Phase transitions in Ag(TaxNb1-x)O3 thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectrics
thin film
octahedral tilting
perovskite

File:

Download RJohnson_thesis_ATN_v8.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Ian Reaney, Committee Member