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Author:: Liu, Wenjuan
Title:: Designing Ion-containing polymers for facile ion transport
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Lithium ion batteries
ab initio calculations
ionic conductors
polymeric materials
dielectric spectroscopy
electrode polariz
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Committee Members:: Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhang, Xi
Title:: SIZE EFFECTS IN ALLOY AND HETEROSTRUCTURED Si1-xGex NANOWIRES
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: nanowires
SiGe
size effect diffusion
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Committee Members:: Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

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Author:: Guan, Xueyong
Title:: ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDY OF CORROSION PROCESSES IN HIGH SUBCRITICAL AND SUPERCRITICAL AQUEOUS SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: supercritical water oxidation
high subcritical and supercritical aqueous systems
electrochemical noise analysis
electrochemical corrosion mechanism
chemical corrosion mechanism
pressure
volume of activation
corrosion rates
energy of activation of corrosion processes
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Committee Members:: Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member

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Author:: He, Xiuli
Title:: HEAT TRANSFER, FLUID FLOW AND MASS TRANSFER IN LASER WELDING OF STAINLESS STEEL WITH SMALL LENGTH SCALE
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Heat transfer and fluid flow
stainless steel
Laser welding
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Committee Members:: Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Stephen M Copley, Committee Member

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Author:: Huang, Xiaoming
Title:: DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSMEBLY OF DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS USING HYDROCARBON MEMBRANES AND SUPPORTED CATALYSTS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: DMFC
electrolyte membrane
supported catalyst
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Committee Members:: Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

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Author:: Jin, Xing
Title:: BROADBAND DIELECTRIC STUDY OF THE RELAXATION DYNAMICS OF AMORPHOUS AND SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER BLENDS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Dielectric
Relaxation
Dynamics
Semi-crystalline
Polymer Blends.
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Committee Members:: James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian Roland Harrison, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

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Author:: Li, Xin
Title:: CHARGED POINT DEFECT IN RUTILE TIO2: FROM DEFECT CHARGE DISTRIBUTION TO DEFECT PHONON FREE ENERGY
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: TiO2
defect formation energy
phonon free energy
thermodynamics
defect phase diagram
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhong, Yu
Title:: Investigation in Mg-Al-Ca-Sr-Zn System by Computational Thermodynamics Approach Coupled with First-Principles Energetics and Experiments
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Computational Thermodynamics
Mg Alloy
Creep Resistance
First-Principles
File:: Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University.pdf
Committee Members:: Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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Author:: JEONG, YOUMI
Title:: SUPER ACTIVATED CARBON CONTAINING SUBSTITUTIONAL BORON: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS IN HYDROGEN STORAGE
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: hydrogen storage
boron substitution
File:: Download YOUMI_JEONG_Dissertation4.pdf
Committee Members:: T C Mike Chung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
T C Mike Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member

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Author:: Chen, Yingzi
Title:: THE OXIDATION AND HYDRIDING OF ZIRCALOY FUEL CLADDING IN HIGH TEMPERATURE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: oxidation/hydriding mechanism
Zircaloy-4
zirconium
passive film
point defect model
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Committee Members:: Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
W Murray Small, Committee Member

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