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Author:

Zou, Ke

Title:

Transport studies of mono-, bi- and tri- layer graphene

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

graphene
bilayer graphene
trilayer graphene
transport
dielectrics
band structure

File:

Download KEZOU-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jun Zhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Zhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Iordanov, Ivan Olegov

Title:

Theoretical Modelling of Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Transition Metal Clusters

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Photo-electron Spectroscopy
Density Functional Theory
Molecular Clusters
Franck-Condon Factors
Vibrational States

File:

Download Ivan_Iordanov_thesis_postreview_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Gerald Dennis Mahan, Committee Member
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Sheng

Title:

Tuning geometries and interactions of artificial frustrated nanomagnets

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Geometrical frustration
Artificial spin ice
Nanomagnetism

File:

Download Dissertation_Sheng_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter E Schiffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Special Member

Author:

Nourhani, Amir

Title:

Kinematic Matrix Theory, Chiral Diffusion and Chromatography of Self-propellers

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Kinematic matrix theory
Gaussian memory
chiral diffusion
chiral separation
swimmer
self-propeller
nanomotor
nanorotor

File:

Download Amir-Dissertation-physics-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Moses Hung Wai Chan, Committee Member
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Richard Wallace Robinett, Special Member

Author:

Engstrom, Tyler Adam

Title:

Topics in solid-state astrophysics: magnetized neutron star crusts and multicomponent crusts/white dwarfs

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

neutron stars
white dwarfs
dense matter
magnetic fields
numerical methods

File:

Download TylerEngstrom-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Benjamin Owen, Committee Member
James Joseph Brannick, Committee Member
George Pavlov, Special Member

Author:

Liang, Sangzi

Title:

Electronic Transport in Functionalized Graphene: from Strong Chemisorption to Weakly Bonded Adsorbates

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

graphene
conductivity
functionalization
gas sensor

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Special Member

Author:

Tang, Youjian

Title:

Two Dimensional Layered materials: First-principle Investigation

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Two Dimensional
graphene
First-Principle
transition metal dichalcogenides

File:

Download Tang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jun Zhu, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Enshi

Title:

COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS: NANOTHREADS AND NANOPOROUS CARBON

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Nanothread
Density Functional Theory
Carbon Nano-materials
Schwarzites
Raman Spectroscopy

File:

Download Dissertation_Enshi_July8.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
John V. Badding, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Yuanxi

Title:

Theory of two-dimensional materials: synthesis, properties, and structural engineering

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

two-dimensional materials
density functional theory

File:

Download main.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member

Author:

Fraleigh, Robert Douglas

Title:

Direct Investigation of Collective Phenomena In Patterned Ising-like Arrays Using High-Resolution Kerr Microscopy

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Kerr Imaging
Magneto Optical Kerr Effect
Geometric Frustration
Perpendicular Anisotropy

File:

Download Robert_Fraleigh-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Nitin Samarth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth O'Hara, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Outside Member