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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:

Neese, Bret P.

Title:

Investigations of Structure-Property Relationships to Enhance the Multifunctional Properties of PVDF-based Polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymer
ferroelectric
piezoelectric
electrocaloric effect
PVDF
capacitor

File:

Download Neese_PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Chu, Baojin

Title:

PVDF-based copolymers, terpolymers and their multi-component material systems for capacitor applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanocomposite
blend
PVDF-based polymers
dielectric
energy density

File:

Download thesischu.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Min, Cheolhong

Title:

Temperature Dependence of Dielectric Breakdown in Polymers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PMMA
Polymer Dielectrics
P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) terpolymer
Polypropylene
Polyimide
Electrical Properties
Temperature
Dielectric Breakdown

File:

Download M.S._Thesis_Cheolhong_Min__Summer_2008_.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas R Shrout, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kwon, Do-Kyun

Title:

Ultra-Low Temperature Processing of Barium Tellurate Dielectrics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ULTCC
Dielectric
Barium Tellurate
Microwave

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member
Amar S Bhalla, Committee Member

Author:

Medina, Francelys A

Title:

IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES OF SILICA-TITANIA GLASSES AND GLASS-CERAMICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric properties
glass
glass-ceramic
impedance spectroscopy
silica-titania

File:

Download fam116_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member

Author:

Sharma, Gaurav

Title:

Fabrication, Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanowire Arrays

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Manetic Nanowires
Electrodeposition
Nanotechnology
Nanoporous Alumina
Non-Biofouling
Uniform Array
Ternary Alloy

File:

Download PhD_thesis_Gaurav_Sharma.pdf

Committee Members:

Craig A Grimes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael V Pishko, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Nino, Juan Claudio

Title:

Fundamental Structure-Property Relationships towards Engineering of an Integrated NP0 Capacitor for Bismuth Pyrochlore Systems

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dispersion analysis
crystal structure
NP0 capacitors
dielectric relaxation
low fire ceramics
phase refinement
Bismuth pyrochlores

File:

Download 01jnthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaoxing Xi, Committee Member
William Blaine White, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Rankinen, Jeffrey L

Title:

Microwave Characterization of Thin Film Titania

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin film characterization
high frequency dielectric constant
titanium dioxide
titania
microwave thin film characterization
high frequency permittivity

File:

Download ThesisMaster_071905.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark William Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynn A Carpenter, Committee Member
Xiaoxing Xi, Committee Member

Author:

Serra, Jessica Lynn

Title:

Dielectric breakdown of alkali-free boroaluminosilicate glass thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric breakdown
glass thin films

File:

Download Serra_MS_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Claude, Jason W.

Title:

Ferroelectric Polymers for Electrical Energy Storage

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

vinylidene fluoride
fluoropolymer
energy storage
electrical breakdown
capacitor
dielectric

File:

Download Claude_Jason_-_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Junhong

Title:

NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATOR MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

actuator
polymer
charge dynamics
ionic liquids
ionomer

File:

Download junhong_lin_dissertation_Aug_2011-_07263.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Nicholas J

Title:

Novel Approaches to the Surface Modification of Glass by Thermo-electric Poling

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermal poling
surface
glass

File:

Download THESIS-NSmith-vFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Khanchaitit, Paisan

Title:

Ferroelectric Polymer Thin Films with High Energy Density and Low Loss

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric
P(VDF-CTFE)
Crosslink
Energy Density

File:

Download Khanchaitit_Paisan_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Special Member
Qiming Zhang, 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:

Rajsiri, Supphachan

Title:

Phase transformations during continuous heating and cooling in a Ti-Al-Ru alloy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase transformation
Ti-Al-Ru alloy
Synchrotron X-ray diffraction

File:

Download SRajsiriPhDMATSE.pdf

Committee Members:

Earle Richard Ryba, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Pual R Howell, Committee Member
Todd Palmer, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Tomer, Vivek

Title:

POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE: EFFECT OF STRUCTURING, INTERFACES AND FILLER TYPES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

High Energy Density
Polymer Nanocomposites
Dielectric Breakdown

File:

Download TomerPhDthesis2010-uploaded.pdf

Committee Members:

C A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Wei-En

Title:

IMPEDANCE/THERMALLY STIMULATED DEPOLARIZATION CURRENT AND MICROSTRUCTURAL RELATIONS AT INTERFACES IN DEGRADED PEROVSKITE DIELECTRICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermally stimulated depolarization current
Impedence
defect chemistry
electrical degradation

File:

Download final_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Lu, Zijie

Title:

STATE OF WATER IN PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID MEMBRANES STUDIED BY MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC RELAXATION SPECTROSCOPY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

proton exchange membranes
Microwave dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
Water state
fuel cells

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Poterala, Stephen F

Title:

Closing The Performance Gap Between <001>c Textured Pmn-pt ceramics And Single Crystals

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Textured ceramic
PMN-PT
piezoelectric
texture
ceramic
templated grain growth

File:

Download Poterala_Thesis_revision_1f.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Hyeong Jae

Title:

Low Loss 1-3 Piezocomposites for High Power Ultrasonic Transducers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

piezocomposite
Transducer
High Power
Ferroelectric
Mechanical quality factor

File:

Download HJLee_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Shujun Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas R Shrout, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shujun Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Committee Member
Wenwu Cao, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Choi, Doo Hyun

Title:

Numerical modeling of space charge dynamics and electrical breakdown in solid dielectrics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric breakdown
low-alkali boroaluminosilicate
electrical conduction
thermal poling
depletion width

File:

Download Choi_Thesis_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shujun Zhang, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Sahul, Raffi

Title:

Effect of Manganese Doping on PIN-PMN-PT Single Crystals for High Power Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Relaxor-PT ferroelectrics
Doped Ternary Single Crystal
High Power Applications
Engineered Domain Configurations

File:

Download RaffiSahul_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Wenwu Cao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shujun Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member

Author:

Shay, Dennis Patrick

Title:

Development and Characterization of High Temperature, High Energy Density Dielectric Materials to Establish Routes towards Power Electronics Capacitive Devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Dielectric
Energy Density
Ceramic
Impedance Spectroscopy
Breakdown Strength
Ellipsometry
Power Electronics

File:

Download Shay_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member
Nikolas J Podraza, Special Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member

Author:

Han, Kuo

Title:

Sol-gel derived polymer composites for energy storage and conversion

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanocomposite
P(VDF-CTFE)
ferroelectric
piezoelectric
sol-gel
energy storage

File:

Download Dissertation-KuoHan.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member

Author:

Khodaparast, Payam

Title:

Dispersion Strategies And Role Of Interfacial Phenomena In Dielectric Polymer Nanocomposites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymer nanocomposite
dispersion
dielectric

File:

Download Full-Dissertation-corrected_after_thesis_office_comments-v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Grave, Daniel Aldo

Title:

Process-Structure-Property Relationships of Micron Thick Gadolinium Oxide Films Deposited by Reactive Electron Beam-Physical Vapor Deposition (EB-PVD)

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thin film
Gadolinium Oxide
Gd2O3
neutron detection
residual stress
phase transition

File:

Download Daniel_Grave_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Garten, Lauren M

Title:

Residual Ferroelectricity, Piezoelectricity, and Flexoelectricity in Barium Strontium Titanate Tunable Dielectrics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Piezoelectricity
Ferroelectricity
Flexoelectricity
Barium Strontium Titanate
Tunable Dielectrics

File:

Download L._Garten_Dissertaion.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Special Member

Author:

Britson, Jason Curtis

Title:

Phase Field Simulation of Domain Switching Dynamics in Multi-axial Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectrics
Phase Field
Domain Switching
Thin Films
PZT

File:

Download Britson_Dissertation_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Special Member

Author:

Gadinski, Matthew Robert

Title:

Understanding the Effects of Defect Modification on the Structure and Properties of Fluorinated Polymers and Implications for Capacitive Energy Storage Technologies

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymers
polymer dielectrics
PVDF
energy storage
capacitors

File:

Download Matthew_Gadinski_thesis-_final_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member

Author:

Michael, Elizabeth Kathleen

Title:

Bismuth Pyrochlore-Based Thin Films for Dielectric Energy Storage

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric energy storage
pyrochlore
thin film
bismuth zinc niobate
nanocomposite
flexible electronics

File:

Download Michael_FullThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Welsh, Aaron Joel

Title:

damage-free patterning of ferroelectric lead zirconate titanate thin films for microelectromechanical systems via contact printing

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

soft lithography
thin films
dry etching
piezoresponse force microscopy
electroceramics
piezoelectrics
ferroelectrics

File:

Download Aaron_J_Welsh_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Sohrabi baba heidary, Damoon

Title:

NOVEL PROCESSING COATING TECHNIQUES TOWARD IMPROVED ELECTRO-CERAMICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ALD
MLCC
Nickel
Hydrogen
Degradation
Conductivity Preservation

File:

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Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
Nasim Alem, Committee Member

Author:

Zhao, Jing

Title:

THE RELIABILITY OF SPLIT RING RESONATOR BASED METAMATERIALS IN PLASMA ENVIRONMENT

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

metamaterials
split ring resonator
CST simulation
plasma
negative permittivity

File:

Download Master_Thesis_of_Jing_Zhao-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Dinesh K Agrawal, Committee Member

Author:

Berbano, Seth S

Title:

Low Temperature Processing of Sulfide and Oxide Lithium Solid Electrolytes to Bridge Ionically Resistive Boundaries

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ionic conductivity
Impedance spectroscopy
Lithium solid electrolyte
Grain boundary
Ceramic-polymer composites

File:

Download Seth_S._Berbano_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Dinesh Kumar Agrawal, Outside Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Hong, Zijian

Title:

PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS OF TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND TOPOLOGICAL PHASE TRANSITIONS IN FERROELECTRIC OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase-field simulation
Ferroelectrics
Topological structure and topological phase transition
Oxide thin films and superlattices
Materials by design

File:

Download Zijian_Hong-dissertation_final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member

Author:

Anders, Mark Andrew

Title:

A New Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance Approach: Spin Dependent Charg Pumping Applied to the 4H-Silicon Carbide/Silicon Dioxide Interface

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Silicon carbide
electron paramagnetic resonance
defects
interface
electrically detected mangetic resonance
nitrogen

File:

Download Anders_dissertation_final_wvita.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Lenahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
S Ashok, Outside Member

Author:

Yang, Tiannan

Title:

PHASE-FIELD STUDY ON FERROELECTRIC OXIDE COMPOSITES AND HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectric materials
ferroelectric composites
materials modeling
phase-field model

File:

Download Tiannan_Yang_PHD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member

Author:

Gao, Lisheng

Title:

DESIGN OF Na-BASED PEROVSKITES BASED DIELECTRIC AND PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Lead-free
Piezoelectric
Ferroelectric
antiferroelectric
ceramics
NKN
Base metal cofiring
low pO2 sintering

File:

Download Lisheng_Gao_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member

Author:

Denis, Lyndsey

Title:

THE INFLUENCE OF CLAMPING AND RESIDUAL STRESS ON SCALING EFFECTS IN Pb(Zr0.3Ti0.7)O3 THIN FILMS FOR PIEZOMEMS APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Rayleigh Analysis
Dielectric Response
Domain Wall Motion
X-ray Diffraction
Residual Stress
PiezoMEMS Devices

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Lyndsey_Denis.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
Jacob L. Jones, Special Member

Author:

Vecchio, Michael Anthony

Title:

Electrical Conduction Through Polyvinylidene Fluoride: Exploiting Interfaces as Barriers to Charge Transport

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PVDF
P(VDF-TrFE)
Interface Dominated Conduction
Hopping
Schottky
Plasma Treatment
Impurity Ion
Multilayer Dielectrics

File:

Download Full_Dissertation_Final_7-19-2019.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Committee Member
Amira Barhoumi Ep Meddeb, Outside Member

Author:

Foster, Albert

Title:

Polyvinyl Toluene and Lithium Glass Composites for Neutron Detection

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Composite
Neutron
Detection
Pulse Shape Discrimination
Polymer
Glass

File:

Download Polyvinyle_Toluene_and_Lithium_Glass_Composites_for_Neutron_Detector.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Azaree Tresong Lintereur, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Outside Member
Amira Barhoumi Meddeb, Special Member

Author:

Yuan, Mengxue

Title:

Development of High Reliability Glass-Polymer Laminates

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Low-alkali Boroaluminosilicate Glass
Laminate
Energy Storage

File:

Download Dissertation_MengxueYuan_final_revised_.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Outside Member
Susan B Sinnott, Program Head/Chair
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Akkopru Akgun, Betul

Title:

The Role of Defect Chemistry in DC Resistance Degradation of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
thin film
defect chemistry
electrical degradation

File:

Download BetulAkkopruAkgun_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Outside Member
Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Walker, Roger Craig

Title:

Impacts of impurities and thermal history on the electrical conduction and charge trapping characteristics in crosslinked polyethylene thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polyethylene
XLPE
LDPE
dielectric spectroscopy
thermally stimulated depolarization current
BDS
TSDC
Meyer-Neldel rule
compensation law
current-voltage measurement
conduction current measurement
IVM
CCM
high-voltage power cable
HVDC
HVAC

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Tze-Chiang Chung, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cheng, Xiaoxing

Title:

Influence of defects on polarization distribution in ferroelectrics: a phase-field study

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Defect
Ferroelectrics
Phase-field simulation
Dislocation
Flexoelectricity
Defect engineering
BiFeO3
SrTiO3

File:

Download Xiaoxing_Cheng_Dissertation_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Walton, Rebecca

Title:

Direct Writing Crystallographic Orientations to Tailor Properties of Piezoelectric Ceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric ceramics
additive manufacturing
direct writing
rheology
dispersion

File:

Download Walton_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Mark Andrew Fanton, Special Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Watson, Beecher

Title:

Maximizing Strain Behavior and Minimizing Losses in Textured PIN-PMN-PT Piezoelectric ceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ceramic
piezoelectric
dielectric
ferroelectric
sintering
texture

File:

Download Dissertation_Watson_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Mark Andrew Fanton, Special Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Brova, Michael J

Title:

PROCESSING AND PROPERTIES OF HIGH COERCIVE FIELD TEXTURED PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Piezoelectric
Texture
Sintering

File:

Download Michael_Brova_Graduate_Thesis_2020_with_edits.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard J. Meyer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jon-Paul Maria, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
Mark Andrew Fanton, Special Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Burgess, Maximiliano

Title:

The Acetophenone Radical Anion: A Computational Investigation of Preferred Geometries

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Acetophenone
Crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE)
DFT
Molecular dynamics
Reactive force fields
High-voltage cables

File:

Download BurgessM_Thesis_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Ismaila Dabo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Adrianus C Van Duin, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hahn, Michael

Title:

Flexoelectricity in the Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) System for Hydrophones

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

flexoelectricity
hydrophone
barium strontium titanate
dielectric
lead-free
bulk
electrical characterization
strain gradient
fourth-rank tensor
mechanical characterization

File:

Download Michael_Hahn_Final_Thesis_Draft_102920.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Thomas E Blanford, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Bo

Title:

“structured” multi-filler nanocomposites with novel dielectric properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric constant and loss
polymer clay composites
dielectric breakdown
structured composites
barrier properties

File:

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Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Special Member

Author:

Kopatz, Jessica

Title:

Independent and Interconnected Interpenetrating Polymer Network Formation In Dual-Cure Thermoset Resins

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Dual-Cure
Thermosets
Interpenetrating Polymer Networks
Hybrid Monomers
Direct Ink Write

File:

Download SAND2021-0031_T_Kopatz_Final_Thesis_1-5-2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey, III, Committee Member
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Member
Leah N Appelhans, Special Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tsuji, Kosuke

Title:

Exploration of the Cold Sintering Process for the Functional Metal Oxide Electroceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Cold Sintering
Ceramics
Ferroelectrics
Piezoelectrics

File:

Download PhD_dissartation_final_KT_20211104.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair