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Author:: Erwin, Brian M
Title:: Temperature Dependence of the Length Scale for Cooperative Motion in Glass-Forming Liquids
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: glass
dynamic scaling
indane
critical temperature
File:: Download BrianMErwin-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member

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Author:: Hogshead, Charles Gregory
Title:: Tunable Temperature-Responsive Tethered Polymer Gradients
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: atomic force microscopy
switchable adhesion
grafting density gradient
temperature-responsive
tethered polymer
human serum albumin
File:: Download Hogshead-Dissertation-Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member

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Author:: Lentz, Daniel Michael
Title:: Nanostructured Elastomers: From Smectic Liquid Crystals to Noble Metal Nanocomposites
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: main chain liquid crystalline elastomers
noble metal nanoparticles
nanocomposites
File:: Download D._Lentz_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ronald C Hedden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

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Author:: Creek, John Aubrey
Title:: Nanoscale Self-Assembly of Starch: Phase Relations, Formation, and Structure
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: starch
amylose
phase separation
crystallization
spherulites
self-assembly
File:: Download JACThesisMaster.pdf
Committee Members:: James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Committee Member

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Author:: Strawhecker, Kenneth Edward
Title:: AFM Studies of Semicrystalline Polymer/Inorganic Nanocomposites
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: polymer
inorganic
nanocomposites
AFM
layered silicates
composites
materials
File:: Download Strawhecker.pdf
Committee Members:: Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Sanat Kumar, Committee Member

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Author:: Manokruang, Kiattikhun
Title:: DESIGN, SYNTHESES, AND PROPERTIES OF TUNABLE, DUAL-STIMULI (TEMPERATURE AND pH) RESPONSIVE COPOLYMERS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: alternating copolymers
aqueous phase behavior
phase diagram
hydrogel
stimuli responsive polymers
polyurethane
water soluble polymers
Lower Critical Solution Temperature (LCST)
microcapsules
segmented block copolymers
multicompartment micelles
File:: Download thesis_manokruang.pdf
Committee Members:: Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Michael A Hicker, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

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Author:: Heidecker, Matthew J
Title:: HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMER/LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: exfoliated
intercalated
composite
modulated DSC
crystallization
ductility
mechanical properties
PC
PET
non-compatibilized
compatibilized
high-peformance nanocomposites
polymer nanocomposites
polymer physics
high temperature surfactants
imidazolium
quaternary ammonium surfactants
melt-blending
injection molding
File:: Download MJHDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

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Author:: Kanchanasopa, Mantana
Title:: SOLID-STATE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF LACTIDE COPOLYMERS AND BLENDS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: lactide
crystallinity
copolymer
blends
AFM
dielectric relaxation
File:: Download Mantana_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian Roland Harrison, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Committee Member

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Author:: Khanchaitit, Paisan
Title:: Ferroelectric Polymer Thin Films with High Energy Density and Low Loss
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Ferroelectric
P(VDF-CTFE)
Crosslink
Energy Density
File:: Download Khanchaitit_Paisan_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Special Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

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Author:: Songtipya, Ponusa
Title:: NANOCOMPOSITES OF POLYMERS WITH LAYERED INORGANIC NANOFILLERS: ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY, THERMO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, MORPHOLOGY, AND DISPERSION
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: ION-EXCHANGE REACTIONS
CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES
MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES
MONTMORILLONITE NANOCOMPOSITES
MODIFIED LAYERED SILICATES
POLYMER/LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES
ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY
HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY
File:: Download Ponusa_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

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