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Author:

Gong, Yanming

Title:

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND PERFORMANCE TESTING OF PT- BASED ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE PEM FUEL CELLS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

electrocatalyst
cathode
PtCr
PtFe
Methanol
PEM fuel cell

File:

Download Yanming_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Yaw D Yeboah, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Serguei Lvov, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Hong, Yiying

Title:

1. Self-Propelled Synthetic Particles— From Microscopic Randomness to Macroscopic Control. 2. Selective Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation by Recyclable Poly(allylamine) Gel-Supported Palladium(0) Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

micromotor
nanomotor
self-propulsion
phototaxis
diffusiophoresis
catalysis
titanium dioxide

File:

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yang

Title:

POWERED MOTION AT MICRO/NANOSCALES AND CONTROLLED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CATALYTIC MOTORS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanofabrication
electroanalysis
colloidal science
microfluids
microscopy

File:

Download _Yang_Wang__PSU_Chemistry_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Kobayashi, Yoji

Title:

FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS FROM LAYERED OXIDES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

layered double hydroxide
Nb2O5
nanotube
proton conductivity
Dion-Jacobson
layered perovskite
layered oxide
spinel
superparamagnetism
oxyfluoride
WIEN2k

File:

Download Yoji_Kobayashi.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Zihua

Title:

USING TIME-OF-FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY TO INVESTIGATE BEHAVIOR OF VAPOR-DEPOSITED METAL ON ALKANETHIOL SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ToF-SIMS
self-assembled monolayer
vapor metal deposition
surface
metal behavior
molecular electronics

File:

Download Thesis-Zhu.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Winograd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Gunaratne, K. Don Dasitha

Title:

Photoelectron Imaging Spectroscopic Investigations of Transition Metal Silicides and Oxides

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Photoelectron spectroscopy
Electron Imaging
Photoelectron Angular Distribution
Transition metal
Silicon
Zinc Oxide

File:

Download Thesis_-_Don_Gunaratne.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Coppock, Matthew Bradford

Title:

Self-complementary Heterofunctional and Chiral Artificial Oligopeptides Substituted with Metal Binding Ligands

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

artificial oligopeptide
ligandoside
self-assembly
PNA

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Penn_State_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member

Author:

Motl, Nathan Edward

Title:

Synthesis and Applications of Gold and Gold-copper Alloy Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloidal hybrid nanoparticles
nanoparticle heterodimers
chemical transformations
AuCu
Au
Cu2S
plasmon
alloy nanoparticle
composition tunable

File:

Download Nathan_Motls_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Nourhani, Amir

Title:

Dynamics of Electrocatalytic Nanomotors and Powered Random Walkers

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

nanomotor
nanorotor
random walker
electrocatalytic
effective diffusion

File:

Download Amir-final-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Borhan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Spiro Vrentas, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Chia, Cheng Ing

Title:

Geometrically constrained nanoscale materials

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

DFT
graphene
topological frustration
nanoribbon

File:

Download CIChia-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Jun Zhu, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Singh, Meenakshi

Title:

Quantum transport in superconducting, ferromagnetic and normal nanowires

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

superconductivity
transport
confined geometry
nanowires
anti-proximity effect
proximity effect
ferromagnetic nanowires

File:

Download MS_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Moses Hung Wai Chan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Puls, Conor P

Title:

Electronic Band Structure Effects in Monolayer, Bilayer, and Hybrid Graphene Structures

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

graphene
bilayer
hybrid
band gap engineering
impurity scattering
Ca3Ru2O7

File:

Download ConorPuls-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Ying Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Larrabee, Thomas James

Title:

A Quantified Dosing ALD Reactor with In-situ Diagnostics for Surface Chemistry Studies

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

atomic layer deposition
quartz crystal microbalance
quadrupole mass spectrometer
in-situ diagnostics
adsorption
reactivity

File:

Download Larrabee_to_upload.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lawrence Allara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Roman Engel Herbert, Committee Member

Author:

Ma, Yi

Title:

electro-optics and nonlinear optics of liquid crystal-plasmonic materials and structures

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

liquid crystal

File:

Download yi_ma_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Iam Choon Khoo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Benjamin David

Title:

The Self- and Directed Assembly of Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanowires
Nanotubes
Gold
Silica
Self-Assembly
Sedimentation
van der Waals
Aspect Ratio
Density
Electrostatics
Particle

File:

Download Smith_Benjamin_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Wei

Title:

Understanding the propulsion and assembly of autonomous nano- and micromotors powered by chemical gradients and ultrasound

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanomotors
Numerical simulation
Energy efficiency
Ultrasound
Particle interactions
Self-assembly

File:

Download Wei_Wang_thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Cheng, Zhigang

Title:

Thermodynamic Properties of Helium in Porous Media

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

helium
heat capacity
thermal conductivity
porous media

File:

Download Dissertation_Zhigang_Cheng.pdf

Committee Members:

Moses Hung Wai Chan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Buck, Matthew Robert

Title:

Strategies for the Total Synthesis of Inorganic Nanostructures

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

materials
synthesis
nanoscience
hybrid
nanoparticles
colloids

File:

Download Buck_Dissertation_FINAL_5_30_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Henderson, Camden Neil

Title:

Studies on the Exfoliation, Reassembly and Applications of Layered Materials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Layered Perovskites
Perchlorate Rememdiation
Tungsten Disulfide Exfoliation
Proton Conductivity

File:

Download CamdenHenderson-Dissertation_sequence.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member

Author:

Pavlick, Ryan Anthony

Title:

Organometallics For The Development Of Self-motile And Crack Repair Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

organometallics
motors
nanomotors
catalysis

File:

Download Thesis_RyanPavlick_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Special Member