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Author:: Bartels, Joshua Michael
Title:: Inorganic Backbone Ionomers: Design and Dielectric Response of Single-ion Conducting Polymers
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Ionomers
Dielectric Spectroscopy
Polysiloxane
Polyphosphazene
Conducting Polymer
File:: Download Bartels_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Harry R Allcock, Special Member

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Author:: Oh, Hyukkeun
Title:: Synthesis and Characterization of Ionomers as Polymer Electrolytes for Energy Conversion Devices
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Fuel Cells
Lithium Batteries
Polymer Electrolytes
Ionomers
File:: Download Thesis_final_version.pdf
Committee Members:: Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

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Author:: Nunez, Sean Andrew
Title:: Alkaline Degradation Studies of Anion Exchange Polymers to Enable New Membrane Designs
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: fuel cell
polymer chemistry
exchange membrane
FTIR
NMR
File:: Download SNUNEZ-PhDThesisFinal4.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
T C Mike Chung, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Special Member

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Author:: Zhu, Liang
Title:: Design of New Anion Exchange Membranes for Electrochemical Applications
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Anion exchange membranes
poly(2
6-dimethyl-1
4-phenylene oxide)s
fuel cells
fluorene side chains
Suzuki-Miyaura coupling
File:: Download Liang_Zhu_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

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Author:: Park, Mansu
Title:: development of lithium powder based anode with conductive carbon materials for lithium batteries
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: lithium batteries
lithium powder
lithium dendrite
lithium cycling efficiency
Cycling performance
Internal short
File:: Download Ph_D_Thesis_Final_Mansu_Park.pdf
Committee Members:: Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

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Author:: Welsh, Aaron Joel
Title:: damage-free patterning of ferroelectric lead zirconate titanate thin films for microelectromechanical systems via contact printing
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: soft lithography
thin films
dry etching
piezoresponse force microscopy
electroceramics
piezoelectrics
ferroelectrics
File:: Download Aaron_J_Welsh_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

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Author:: Seo, Jiho
Title:: polymer swelling effects on mechanical and electrochemical properties for battery adhesives and ion exchange membranes
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Polymer swelling
adhesives
ion exchange membranes
File:: Download 160307_MS_Thesis_Jiho_Seo_Final_2.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Nam, Changwoo
Title:: POLYOLEFIN INTERPENETRATED NETWORK FOR OIL SPILL RECOVERY: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND APPLICATION
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: polyolefin
crude oil
interpenetrated polymer network
decene/DVB
oil cleanup
File:: Download submit_dissertation_20161110.pdf
Committee Members:: Tze-Chiang Chung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tze-Chiang Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Fred Scott Cannon, Outside Member

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Author:: Kushner, Douglas Ian
Title:: THIN FILM DYNAMICS OF ION-CONTAINING POLYMERS UNDER CONFINEMENT
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Thin Polymer Films
Nafion
Water Sorption
Fuel Cells
Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
Quartz Crystal Microbalance
File:: Download Kushner_Douglas_Dissertation_final_for_submission.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Outside Member

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Author:: Lopez-Hallman, Raymond John
Title:: Measuring Hydration of Cationic Polymers using Azide as a Probe
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Anion Exchange Membrane
Azide
Hydration
FTIR
Hydration Probe
Polymer Membrane
File:: Download Raymond_Lopez-Hallman_MS-Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey III, Committee Member

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