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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:: 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:: 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:: 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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Author:: Kuppa, Vikram Krishna
Title:: POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)/lAYERED-INORGANIC NANOCOMPOSITES: A MOLECULAR MODELING PERSPECTIVE
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: polymer science
polymer physics
nanotechnology
polymer nanocomposites
computer simulations
molecular dynamics
behavior in extremen confinements
File:: Download VKKthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

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