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Author:

Balk, Andrew Lee

Title:

Nanoscale magnetization in ferromagnetic thin films

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

scanning probe
semiconductor
spintronics
Hall effect
ferromagnetism
Mn)As
(Ga
domain wall
spin ice
MOKE
cryogenics

File:

Download balkdissfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Nitin Samarth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member
Jun Zhu, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member

Author:

Dasilva, Ashley Marie

Title:

Transport properties of Dirac fermions in two dimensions

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Dirac fermions
graphene
topological insulators
transport
two dimensional systems

File:

Download thesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jainendra Jain, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gerald Dennis Mahan, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Jun Zhu, Committee Member
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member

Author:

Zou, Ke

Title:

Transport studies of mono-, bi- and tri- layer graphene

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

graphene
bilayer graphene
trilayer graphene
transport
dielectrics
band structure

File:

Download KEZOU-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Zhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Zhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Joon Sue

Title:

Topological insulator systems with magnetism

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Topological insulator
surface state
magnetism
ferromagnetism
spintronics
molecular beam epitaxy

File:

Download JoonSueLee_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Nitin Samarth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Jun Zhu, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member

Author:

Pan, Yu

Title:

Optoelectronic study of topological insulators and topological insulator - magnetic insulator heterostructures

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

topological insulators
optoelectronics
spintronics
photo-galvanic effect
magnetism

File:

Download YP_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Nitin Samarth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jun Zhu, Committee Member
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Jing

Title:

A transport study of emerging phenomena in bilayer graphene nanostructures

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

bilayer graphene
valleytronics
quantum Hall effect
quantum valley Hall
kink state
effective mass
quantum Hall edge tunneling

File:

Download Dissertation_Jing_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Zhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Zhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member

Author:

Feng, Simin

Title:

SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE AND TWO DIMENSIONAL TRANSITIONAL METAL DICHALCOGENIDES AND THEIR OPTICAL PROPERTIES

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Two-dimensional materials
Graphene
Transition metal dichalcogenide
Raman spectroscopy
Graphene enhanced Raman scattering
Chemical vapor deposition

File:

Download thesis-Simin_Feng-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jun Zhu, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Outside Member

Author:

Xiao, Di

Title:

Quantum Transport in 2 and 3 Dimensional Topological Insulators

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Topological Insulators
Quantum Transport
InAs/GaSb
Axion Insulator
Quantum Spin Hall
Quantum Anomalous Hall
Molecular Beam Epitaxy

File:

Download DiXiao-Dissertation_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Nitin Samarth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jun Zhu, Committee Member
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Outside Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Green, Brett

Title:

Memory Function Formalism for the Electrical Conductivity of Periodic Systems

Graduate Program:

Physics (PHD)

Keywords:

conductivity
transport
condensed matter
memory function

File:

Download BrettGreenDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Jun Zhu, Major Field Member
Lasse Jensen, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Jorge Sofo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Chuang, Ya Wen

Title:

Exploring Magnetism in van der Waals 2D Materials and Heterostructures

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

magnetism
2D Material
Van Der Waals Heterostructure
bilayer graphene
Landau level
WSe2
GaSe
MnSb1.8Bi0.2Te4
PZT
piezoelectric
strain

File:

Download Dissertation_Ya-Wen_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Zhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Zhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Outside Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair