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Author:

Han, Zhubing

Title:

Understanding the composition–structure–property relationships and enhancing the electromechanical responses in ferroelectric polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Ferroelectric polymers
Piezoelectric polymers
PVDF
Dielectrics

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Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Outside Field Member
Qing Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shaffer, Derek

Title:

Influence of Composition on the Post-Processing Response of Additively Manufactured Precipitation Hardening Stainless Steels

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Additive Manufacturing
Precipitation Hardening
17-4 PH
Martensitic Stainless Steel
Solution Heat Treatment
Aging

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Jay Keist, Outside Field Member
Amrita Basak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tarasankar Debroy, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Fry, Aubrey

Title:

Field Strength Effect on the Elastoplastic and Mechanical Properties of Single Modifier Aluminoborosilicate Glasses

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Glass
field strength
mechanical properties
elastoplastic properties
crack resistance
structure
aluminoborosilicate
glasses
compositional design
strength
toughness
fracture toughness
Young's modulus

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Seong Kim, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Wolfe, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Cleri, Angela

Title:

Modulating Infrared Optical Response in CdO by Transport Properties and Heterostructure Design

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

plasmonics
cadmium oxide
infrared
optics
materials
transport properties
sputtering
thin film
defect chemistry
plasmon polariton
transparent conducting oxide
nanophotonics
hyperbolic
ion irradiation
high-power impulse magnetron sputtering
HiPIMS
physical vapor deposition
PVD
doping
metamaterials

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Noel Giebink, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joshua Caldwell, Special Member
Joshua Robinson, Major Field Member

Author:

Gesualdi, Jarrod

Title:

Chemistry-structure-property relations in the AlCrFeMnNi alloy system

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

electrochemistry
metallurgy
corrosion
microstructure
thermodynamics

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Committee Members:

Amanda Johnsen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Bachu, Saiphaneendra

Title:

Probing the Interfaces in Two-dimensional Heterostructures Using Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

two-dimensional materials
vertical heterostructures
in-plane heterostructures
transmission electron microscopy
cathodoluminescence

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Committee Members:

Nasim Alem, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wang, Huaiyu

Title:

Phonons at Phase Boundaries in Electronic and Structural Transitions

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Structural perturbation
Phonons
Ultrafast
X-ray Diffraction
Raman spectroscopy
Quantum Materials
Ferroelectric Nanotextures
Phase Transition

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Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Haidan Wen, Special Member

Author:

Slapikas, Robert

Title:

Atomistic Simulations: Atomistic level investigation of the dissolution, precipitation, and surface diffusion dynamics at the aqueous metal interface for renewable energy applications and the oxidation of silicon carbide for aero-propulsion

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Molecular Dnamics
Pt
Platinum nanoparticles
ultra-high temperature ceramics

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Committee Members:

Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Wesley Reinhart, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Wolfe, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Special Signatory

Author:

Peters, Travis

Title:

Extrinsic contributions in lead zirconate titanate films: From defects to devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

ferroelectrics
piezoelectrics
films
clustering
domain mobility
grain boundaries
interfaces
Rayleigh Law
flexoelectric
barrier layer capacitors
microelectromechanical systems
sensing
biomedical monitoring

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Clive Randall, Major Field Member
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Major Field Member
Liam Collins, Special Member

Author:

Nieves Sanabria, Cesar

Title:

Dynamics of ion transport and charge compensation in thermally poled glasses

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

glass
ion migration
thermal poling
tsdc
comsol
dielectric breakdown
acid leaching
polymer coating
electrical properties

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Committee Members:

Michael Lanagan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member