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Author:

Patel, Romesh J

Title:

Electrochemically Deposited Poly(thiophene)s And Their Composites With Carbon Nanotubes And Fullerenes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Conducting polymers
Organic solar cells
Electropolymerization.

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Hickner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tse-Chiang Chung, Committee Member
Ralph Colby, Committee Member
Enrique Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Guang

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HYBRID ELECTROLYTES WITH TETHERED IONIC LIQUID FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERIES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

lithium metal battery
octasilsesquioxane
hybrid electrolyte
polymers
ionic conductivity

File:

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Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert Hickey, Committee Member
Enrique Gomez, Committee Member
Jian Yang, Outside Member

Author:

Yoo, Sang Ha

Title:

Zinc Oxide Thin-Film Transistors for 3D Microelectronic Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

PEALD
Zinc Oxide
High Mobility
BEOL Application
ZnO TFT Contacts
FeFET
Modeling
Integrated Circuits
Passivation

File:

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Committee Members:

Enrique Gomez, Chair of Committee
Tom Jackson, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Seong Kim, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seong Han Kim, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rongpipi, Sintu

Title:

Structural characterization of plant cell walls using synchrotron X-ray

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

X-ray
synchrotron X-ray
characterization
Grazing-incidence wide-angle X-ray scattering
Transmission small-angle X-ray scattering
Near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy
Resonant X-ray scattering
RSoXS
TReXS
SAXS
GIWAXS
NEXAFS
Plant cell wall

File:

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Committee Members:

Enrique Gomez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Esther Gomez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Seong Kim, Major Field Member
Daniel Cosgrove, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seong Kim, Program Head/Chair
Bryan Vogt, Major Field Member

Author:

Bobbili, Sai Vineeth

Title:

Using molecular simulations to understand polymer entanglements and coacervate phase behavior

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

Polymer simulations
Entanglements
Coacervates

File:

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Committee Members:

Enrique Gomez, Major Field Member
Scott Milner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ralph Colby, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Seong Han Kim, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shetty, Shreya

Title:

Predicting molecular structure-property relationship using molecular dynamic simulations

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

MD simulations
Nematic Coupling
Flory Huggins Interaction parameter
SCFT
Mutual Ghosting
Morphing

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Committee Members:

Christian Pester, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Adri van Duin, Major Field Member
Seong Han Kim, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies
Enrique Gomez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Milner, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Torres, Vincent

Title:

Polymer grafting of unsaturated polymers to provide new material properties: A new avenue for polymer upcycling

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Polymer upcycling
Grafted polymers
Polymer chemistry
Tensile properties
Nanostructure
Allylic radical
Post-polymerization functionalization

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Boehr, Co-Chair of Committee
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Julie Fenton, Major Field Member

Author:

Sheffield, Sarah

Title:

Using Single-Ion Conductors as Dielectrics in Organic Transistors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Organic Semiconductor
Organic Single Crystals
Single-Ion Conductors
Polymer Dielectric
Organic Transistor
Polymer Thin Films
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Rubrene
Nafion
Ionomers

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Larry Cheng, Outside Unit & Field Member

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:

Duncombe, Sydney

Title:

Trafficking, motility, and regulation of cellulose synthases in plants

Graduate Program:

Plant Biology (PHD)

Keywords:

plant cell wall
cellulose
cellulose synthase
hexokinase
cytosolic invertase
confocal microscopy
super-resolution microscopy

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Committee Members:

Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit Member
William Hancock, Outside Field Member
Ying Gu, Major Field Member
Charles Anderson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Teh-Hui Kao, Program Head/Chair