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Author:

Hedrick, Brittany Lynn

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF LASER FIRED CONTACTS, LASER DOPED EMITTERS, AND FIXED CHARGE PASSIVATION FOR IMPROVED SILICON SOLAR CELLS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Laser Doped Emitter
Silicon Solar Cells
Fixed Charge Passivation
Laser Fired Contacts

File:

Download FINAL_THESIS_MASTERS_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph R Flemish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Downey, Brian P

Title:

High Current Density Stability of Ohmic Contacts to Silicon Carbide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

high current
electromigration
Pd
contact
ohmic
SiC
stability

File:

Download BPDowneyDissertation_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Billman, Curtis A

Title:

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EPITAXIAL INTERFACE BETWEEN Ba0.7Sr0.3O AND SILICON

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

epitaxial interface
conductance technique
in situ probe station

File:

Download Billman_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Fredrick Walker, Committee Member

Author:

Eichfeld, Chad M

Title:

NANOFABRICATION OF STRUCTURES FOR THE STUDY OF NANOWIRE DOPING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanowire
silicon nanowire
selective plating
junction delenation
growth in place
nanofabrication
atom probe
local electrode atom probe
LEAP

File:

Download THESIS_DOCUMENT_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Meyer, David J.

Title:

Surface Passivation Studies of AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

passivation
plasma
silicon nitride
SiNx
pulsed I-V
current recovery
XPS
RF

File:

Download MeyerPhDThesis2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Professor Joseph R Flemish, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Professor Joan M Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Hsiao-an Sammy

Title:

DESIGN OF SHALLOW AND THERMALLY STABLE CONTACTS ON ANTIMONIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

metal/semiconductor contact
ohmic contact
Schottky barrier height
gate metallization
shallow reaction
thermal stability
aging
wet processing
surface passivation
antimonide based compound semiconductors
InGaSb
InAs
AlGaAsSb
HBT
HEMT
I-V characteristics
cross-sectional TEM

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Howell, Jane

Title:

Deposition, Characterization, and Thermomechanical Fatigue of Nickel Aluminide and Ruthenium Aluminide Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Intermetallic
aluminide
thin film
thermomechanical fatigue
NiAl
RuAl

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_-_final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Joseph Flemish, Committee Member

Author:

Robinson, Joshua Alexander

Title:

Study of Palladium/Gallium Antimonide Rections and Ohmic Contacts to n-type Gallium Antimonide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ohmic Contact
Palladium
GaSb

File:

Download JARobinson_-_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member

Author:

McLafferty, Jason

Title:

ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH IN CHEMICAL HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS: SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE AND ORGANOTIN HYDRIDES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

organic electrochemistry
electroreduction
hydrogen storage
sodium borohydride

File:

Download Jason_McLafferty_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Ryan, Jason Thomas

Title:

Magnetic Resonance Observations of Defects Involved in Bias Temperature Instabilities and Stress Induced Leakage Currents in HfO2 and SiO2 Based Metal-Oxide-Silicon Structures

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

stress induced leakage current
negative bias temperature instabilitiy
electron spin resonance
spin dependent tunneling
magnetic resonance

File:

Download Thesis_V4_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Lenahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member

Author:

Fanton, Mark

Title:

Growth of single crystal silicon carbide by halide chemical vapor deposition

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

chemical vapor deposition
silicon carbide
epitaxy

File:

Download Fanton_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph R Flemish, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Mary A.

Title:

Optimization and Characterization of Vanadium-Based Contacts to n-Type Aluminum Gallium Nitride

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ohmic contacts
Vanadium
AlGaN
LEDs
HEMTs

File:

Download Miller_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Joseph Flemish, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Mantina, Manjeera

Title:

A FIRST-PRINCIPLES METHODOLOGY FOR DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS IN METALS AND DILUTE ALLOYS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

First-principles
tracer diffusion coefficients
metals
dilute alloys
fcc
bcc
hcp
self-diffusion
impurity diffusion

File:

Download Manjeera-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Dellas, Nicholas S

Title:

Silicide and Germanide Contacts to Silicon and Germanium Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

silicide
Schottky barrier
nanowire
kinetics
nickel

File:

Download NSDellas_PhD_Thesis_Corrections_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Drummond, Patrick John

Title:

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NEAR-SURFACE REGION OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS BY PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DECAY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

recombination lifetime
minority carrier lifetime
photoconductive decay
surface electrical properties

File:

Download Drummond-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jerzy Ruzyllo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Joseph R Flemish, Committee Member

Author:

Burke, Robert

Title:

MOCVD Growth and Characterization of Gallium Nitride and Gallium Antimonide Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

GaSb
nanowires
MOCVD
GaN

File:

Download RobertBurkeThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jian Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Dormaier, Robert A

Title:

Ohmic contacts to compound semiconductor transistors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

high electron mobility transistor
heterojunction bipolar transistor
surface preparation
indium arsenide
Indium gallium arsenide
Ohmic contacts
antimonide based compound semiconductor

File:

Download R_Dormaier_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Rai, Rohit

Title:

MODELING OF HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW IN KEYHOLE MODE WELDING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

genetic algorithm
numerical modeling
keyhole mode welding
electron beam
laser

File:

Download Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tarasankar Debroy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ivica Smid, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Todd Palmer, Committee Member

Author:

Eichfeld, Sarah M

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Photovoltaic Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

SiNWs
nanowire solar cells
SiNW growth

File:

Download Synthesis_and_Characterization_of_SiNW_Arrays_for_Photovoltaic_Applications_Eichfeld_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member

Author:

Dey, Soham

Title:

A study of contacts to p- and n-type silicon nanowires synthesized via vapor-liquid-solid growth process

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

aluminide
silicide
nanowire
silicon
ohmic
contact
vapor-liquid-solid growth

File:

Download PhDThesis-SohamDey.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member