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Author:: Granzier-Nakajima, Tomotaroh
Title:: Electronic, Structural, and Chemical Response of Strain and Heteroatom Doping on Graphene
Graduate Program:: Physics (PHD)
Keywords:: Graphene
strain
pseudo electromagnetic field
oxygen reduction reaction
graphene oxide
graphene ripple
doped graphene
boron and nitrogen co-doped graphene
nitrogen doped graphene
boron doped graphene
XPS
in-situ Raman
File:: Download Granzier-Nakajima_Tomotaroh_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Hudson, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Rodriguez, Justin
Title:: Material properties and device applications of ferroelectric In2Se3 and high-mobility InSe
Graduate Program:: Physics (PHD)
Keywords:: InSe
In2Se3
ferroelectricity
2D materials
File:: Download JustinRodriguez-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Tom Jackson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zhiqiang Mao, Major Field Member
Ying Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

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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

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Author:: Zhang, Fan
Title:: Transport in reconfigurable multiterminal graphene-based Josephson junctions
Graduate Program:: Physics (PHD)
Keywords:: multiterminal Josephson effect
Andreev processes
multi-port noneciprocity
graphene
File:: Download Thesis_Fan_review.pdf
Committee Members:: Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair
Morteza Kayyalha, Outside Unit & Field Member

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Author:: Yanez Parreno, Wilson Jonathan
Title:: Spin dependent phenomena in topological and two-dimensional materials: from insulators to semimetals and beyond
Graduate Program:: Physics (PHD)
Keywords:: topology
spin
spin transport
ferromagnetism
Dirac semimetal
Weyl semimetal
topological insulator
topological semimetal
two-dimensional ferromagnet
two-dimensional metal
magnetization switching
spin Hall effect
File:: Download WYDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Abhronil Sengupta, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cuizu Chang, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Zhang, Ruoxi
Title:: Exploring the three-dimensional quantum anomalous Hall effect and topological superconductivity in topological insulator heterostructures
Graduate Program:: Physics (PHD)
Keywords:: quantum anomalous Hall effect
topological superconductivity
molecular-beam epitaxy
Josephson junction
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Committee Members:: Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Zhiqiang Mao, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cuizu Chang, Chair of Committee
Moses Chan, Dissertation Advisor
Irina Mocioiu, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies

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Author:: Huang, Yu Sheng
Title:: Characterization and Synthesis of BiSb Thin Films: MBE Growth, Pole Figures, Raman Spectroscopy, and Other Characterization Techniques
Graduate Program:: Physics (PHD)
Keywords:: BiSb
spin-orbit-torque devices
molecular beam epitaxy
X-ray diffraction
pole figure measurement
Raman spectroscopy
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Committee Members:: Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Abhronil Sengupta, Outside Unit & Field Member
Irina Mocioiu, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Eric Hudson, Major Field Member

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Author:: Vaidya, Sachin
Title:: Topological Photonic Crystals in One, Two and Three Dimensions
Graduate Program:: Physics (PHD)
Keywords:: Topological Photonics
Photonic Crystals
Weyl points
Anderson Localization
Quasicrystals
Bound States in the Continuum
Higher-Order Topological Phases
Chern Insulators
File:: Download Sachin_Vaidya_Dissertation_2023.pdf
Committee Members:: Mikael Rechtsman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Eric Hudson, Major Field Member
Noel Giebink, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Xiao, Run
Title:: QUANTUM TRANSPORT IN TOPOLOGICAL MATERIALS
Graduate Program:: Physics (PHD)
Keywords:: Quantum transport
Topological materials
Molecular beam epitaxy
Magnetically doped topological insulators
Quantum anomalous Hall effect
Dirac semimetals
Integer quantum Hall Effect
File:: Download Thesis_Run_Xiao_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member
Cuizu Chang, Major Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Zhao, Yifan
Title:: EXPLORATION OF HIGH CHERN NUMBER AND HIGH TEMPERATURE QUANTUM ANOMALOUS HALL EFFECT
Graduate Program:: Physics (PHD)
Keywords:: quantum anomalous Hall effect
topological insulator
File:: Download Ph.D._Thesis_Oct27_Yi-Fan_Zhao.pdf
Committee Members:: Chaoxing Liu, Major Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Nitin Samarth, Major Field Member
Cuizu Chang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Program Head/Chair

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