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Author:

Xu, Kui

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Polymer Electrolyte Membranes with Controlled Ion Transport Properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Fuel Cells
Polymer Electrolyte Membranes
Proton Conductivity
Methanol Permeability
Electrochemical Selectivity.

File:

Download Thesis_--_Kui_Xu.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Guo, Liang

Title:

GELATION AND MICELLE STRUCTURE CHANGES OF AQUEOUS POLYMER SOLUTIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

gelatin
gelation
rheology
percolation
micelle
SANS

File:

Download guothesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Member

Author:

Barnthip, Naris

Title:

VOLUMETRIC INTERPRETATION OF PROTEIN ADSORPTION KINETICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Interfacial Energetics
Protein Adsorption
Adsorption Kinetics
Adsorption Competition
Interphase
Surface

File:

Download Naris_Barnthip_PhD_Final_Dissertation_SP2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Erwin A Vogler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Wencil Brown, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Committee Member

Author:

Klein, Robert James

Title:

Dielectric Properties of Conductive Ionomers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric spectroscopy
conductivity
ionomer
ionic conductivity
electrode polarization
impedance
electrical properties of polymers

File:

Download RobertKlein-Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, Ronald Leland

Title:

Chain conformation and phase behavior in polymer blend thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

neutron scattering
finite size effects
polymer thin films

File:

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Committee Members:

Jayanth R Banavar, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Sanat Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Shihai

Title:

BROADBAND DIELECTRIC STUDY OF MISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS WITH INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BONDING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

broadband dielectric spectroscopy
miscible polymer blends
hydrogen bonding
segmental relaxation
secondary relaxation
dynamic heterogeneity
concentration fluctuations
glass transition temperature
high pressure

File:

Download ThesisShihaiZhang1111.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Dou, Shichen

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Ion- containing Polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polyelectrolyte
SAXS
rheology
ionomers
synthesis

File:

Download Shichen_Dou_PhD_Thesis_December_21st_2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member

Author:

Kamath, Sudesh

Title:

DYNAMIC HETEROGENEITIES IN GLASSES AND MISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS: COMPUTER SIMULATIONS USING THE BOND FLUCTUATION MODEL

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

simulations
glass transition
Polymer Blends
bond fluctuation model.

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sanat K Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Jayanth R Banavar, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

Author:

Liang, Siwei

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FUNCTIONALIZED FLUORINATED POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

oligomeric aniline blocks
block copolymer
fluorinated polymers

File:

Download master_thesis_of_Siwei_Liang_2008_version_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Foley, Theresa

Title:

DESIGN AND REALIZATION OF STIMULI-RESPONSIVE REGIOREGULAR COPOLYMERS WITH TUNABLE ONSET OF RESPONSE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

water-soluble polymer
stimuli-responsive

File:

Download Theresa_Foley_Thesis_May_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member