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Author:: Yuan, Ying
Title:: METAL NANOPLATELET SYNTHESIS AND DISPERSION IN SUSPENSION: SILVER, COPPER, NICKEL AND RELATED ALLOYS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: SILVER
DISPERSION
SYNTHESIS
BILAYER
NANOPLATELET
COPPER
NICKEL
File:: Download YingYuan_PhD_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

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Author:: Lu, Zijie
Title:: STATE OF WATER IN PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID MEMBRANES STUDIED BY MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC RELAXATION SPECTROSCOPY
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: proton exchange membranes
Microwave dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
Water state
fuel cells
File:: Download ThesisMaster.pdf
Committee Members:: Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

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Author:: Wang, Zhiming
Title:: Synthesis of Chain-end Functionalized Polyolefins and Fluoropolymers and Applications in Nanocomposites
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Polyolefins
fluoropolymer
nanocomposite
metallocene catalyst
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Tze Chiang Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian Roland Harrison, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

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Author:: Mei, Zhigang
Title:: First-principles Thermodynamics of Phase Transition: from Metal to Oxide
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: First-principles
thermodynamics
phase transitions
Ti
TiO2
BiFeO3
File:: Download ZhigangMei_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Zi Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member

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Author:: Jin, Jiezhu
Title:: Thermal Conductivity and Multiferroics Of Electroactive polymers and Polymer Composites
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: thermal conductivity
conducting polymer
multiferroic
piezoelectric
PVDF-based polymer
File:: Download Jiezhu_Jin_Final_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

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Author:: Heo, Tae Wook
Title:: Phase-field modeling of microstructure evolution in elastically inhomogeneous polycrystalline materials
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Phase-field model
Microstructure evolution
Polycrystalline materials
Diffusional processes
Structural transformations
Inhomogeneous elasticity
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_TaeWookHeo_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
David John Green, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member

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Author:: Poterala, Stephen F
Title:: Closing The Performance Gap Between <001>c Textured Pmn-pt ceramics And Single Crystals
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Textured ceramic
PMN-PT
piezoelectric
texture
ceramic
templated grain growth
File:: Download Poterala_Thesis_revision_1f.pdf
Committee Members:: Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

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Author:: Castagna, Alicia Marie
Title:: Structure and Dynamics of Microphase Separated Polymers Containing Strong Associations
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: polymer
ionomer
Small-Angle X-ray Scattering
Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy
polyurea
polyurethane
molecular relaxation
File:: Download Castagna_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: James Patrick Runt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

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Author:: Tudryn, Gregory John
Title:: Molecular Mobility, Morphology, and Ion Conduction in Ionomers for Electroactive Devices
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Ionomer
PEO
polymer physics
actuator
battery
dielectric spectroscopy
X-ray scattering
rheology
ionic liquid
counterion
File:: Download Tudryn_Dissertation_2012.pdf
Committee Members:: Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Karen I Winey, Special Member

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Author:: Zacherl, Chelsey Leanne
Title:: A computational investigation of the effect of alloying elements on the thermodynamic and diffusion properties of fcc Ni alloys, with application to the creep rate of dilute Ni-X alloys.
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Ni-base superalloys
thermodynamic modeling
self-diffusion
impurity diffusion
non-dilute impurity diffusion
first-principles
File:: Download Zacherl-Dissertation-Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Zi Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

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