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Author:

Munro, Jason

Title:

Discovering Minimum Energy Pathways via Distortion Symmetry Groups

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Symmetry
Minimum Energy Pathways
Nudged Elastic Band
Density Functional Theory
Ferroelectric Switching

File:

Download JasonMunroDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ismaila Dabo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Gerald Knizia, Outside Member

Author:

Shi, Yin

Title:

Phase-Field Study of Metal-Insulator Transition in Strongly Correlated Vanadium Dioxide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase-field method
Metal-insulator transition
Strongly correlated material

File:

Download PhDThesis_YinShi.pdf

Committee Members:

Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Outside Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Talreja, Disha

Title:

Time-Domain Thermoreflectance Probing of Tunable Thermal Transport in Silicon Metalattices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Time-domain thermoreflectance
Silicon metalattices
Ballistic transport
Mie transition
Thermal transport metalattices
Delay stage configuration
High pressure confined chemical vapor deposition
Thermal rectification

File:

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Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Brian Foley, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xiong, Yihuang

Title:

First-principles design of metal oxides for renewable energy applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Density functional theory
Photocatalyst
Hydrogen

File:

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Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Janik, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Eichfeld, Devon

Title:

Development of a New Sub-Micron Metrology Technique and Optimization of Thermal Rectifier Design using Novel Materials

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Atomic force microscopy
Thermal Rectification
Metalattice
Optical pump-probe

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Kunz, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Sukwon Choi, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit Member
Joshua Robinson, Outside Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Field Member
Bladimir Ramos Alvarado, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

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:

Kuznetsova, Tatiana

Title:

Enhancing properties of perovskite ferroelectrics and correlated metals via precise stoichiometry control

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Molecular beam epitaxy
Complex oxides
Transparent conductors
Thin films

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Qi Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Special Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

Author:

Wang, Bo

Title:

Phase-field study on electromechanical phenomena in ferroelectric single crystals and thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase-field modeling
Ferroelectric materials
Piezoelectric effect
Flexoelectric effect
Domain structure

File:

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Committee Members:

Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Outside Member
Qiang Du, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fanghanel, Julian

Title:

Semiconductor Photoelectrodes For Photocatalytic Energy Conversion & Semiconductor Nanorods For Solid State Lighting

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Photocatalysis
Photocatalytic
Hydrogen
Water Splitting
Quantum Wells
Solid State Lighting
Nanorods
Optoelectronics
Heterojunctions
Energy
Photoelectrodes

File:

Download Julian_Thesis_Final_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dai, Cheng

Title:

PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS OF CONTROLLING AND DESIGNING FERROELECTRIC TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND HIDDEN PHASES IN SUPERLATTICE SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Topological phase
Hidden phase
Superlattice
Design strategy
Control

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Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Sulin Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair