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Author:

Kumar, Amit

Title:

SPIN-CHARGE-LATTICE COUPLING IN MULTIFERROICS AND STRAINED FERROELECTRICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Multiferroics
Strained Ferroelectrics
Spin-charge coupling

File:

Download ThesisFinal_Amit.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member

Author:

Dwivedi, Akansha

Title:

Structure-Property Relationships of New Bismuth and Lead Oxide Based Perovskite Ternary Solid Solutions

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MPB
High temperature ferroelectrics
Perovskite
Ternary solid solution

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Akansha.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Shujun Zhang, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member

Author:

Stringer, Craig Joseph

Title:

Structure-Property-Performance Relationships of New High Temperature Relaxors for Capacitor Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Relaxor ferroelectrics
High temperature capacitors
Vogel-Fulcher
Perovskite

File:

Download Stringer2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member

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:

Vlahos, Eftihia

Title:

Phase Transitions and Domain Structures in Multiferroics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

confocal microscopy
thin films
multiferroics
nonlinear optics
phase transitions
symmetry

File:

Download EVlahosDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Hong, Eunki

Title:

Surface Micromachined Peristaltic Pumps Using Lead Zirconate Titanate Film

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

surface micromachining
micropump
interdigitated electrode
diaphragm actuator
MEMS
PZT

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
S V Krishnaswamy, Committee Member

Author:

Griggio, Flavio

Title:

Local Piezoelectric Behavior in PZT-Based Thin Films for Ultrasound Transducers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
thin films
ultrasound transducer
piezo-force microscopy

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Flavio_Griggio.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Ogihara, Hideki

Title:

STRUCTURE - PROPERTY - COMPOSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE BaTiO3 - BiScO3 CERAMIC SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

non-lead materials
tolerance factor
perovskite structure
relaxors
dielectrics
ferroelectrics
bismuth
scandium
barium titanate
permittivity
high energy density capacitor materials
dielectric relaxation

File:

Download MS_thesis_Hideki_Ogihara_200807.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fujii, Ichiro

Title:

Dielectric Nonlinearity of Ferroelectrics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectrics

File:

Download Ichiro_Thesis_v6.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Wenwu Cao, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, 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:

Sloppy, Jennifer D.

Title:

ANODIZATION MECHANISM AND PROPERTIES OF BI-LAYER TANTALUM OXIDE FORMED IN PHOSPHORIC ACID

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Anodic Film
Tantalum anodization
Point Defect Model
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
Kinetics of Anodization
spectroscopic ellipsometry
anodic growth laws

File:

Download sloppy_7_16_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Nikolas J Podraza, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Jie

Title:

Optimization of Matching Layer Design for Medical Ultrasonic Transducer

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Medical Ultrasonic Transducer
Matching Layer

File:

Download ThesisZhu.pdf

Committee Members:

Wenwu Cao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member

Author:

Van Tassel, Jonathan J.

Title:

Electrophoretic Deposition: Fundamentals, Mechanisms and Examples with an In Depth Examination of the Ion Depletion Effect

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Electrophoretic Deposition
Alumina Surface Charge
Electroconvection
PZT Films
Ion Depleted Conduction

File:

Download _Thesis-_Complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

Author:

Samantaray, Malay Milan

Title:

Effects of Microstructural Defects on the Performance of Base-metal Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

finite element modeling
microstructure
multilayer ceramic capacitors
degradation

File:

Download Thesis_Malay_Samantaray.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Gerald Dennis Mahan, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Ugorek, Michael S

Title:

Patterned Solid State Growth of BaTiO3 Crystals

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Barium Titanate
single crystal growth
patterning

File:

Download MSUgorek_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member

Author:

OZGUL, METIN

Title:

POLARIZATION SWITCHING AND FATIGUE ANISOTROPY IN RELAXOR-LEAD TITANATE FERROELECTRIC SINGLE CRYSTALS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

FERROELECTRIC
PIEZOELECTRIC
POLARIZATION
SWITCHING
DOMAIN WALLS
NONVOLATILE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES
POLARIZATION FATIGUE
ELECTRICAL FATIGUE
BIPOLAR DRIVE
SINGLE CRYSTAL
RELAXOR
STRAIN
POLARIZATION RELAXATION
FATIGUE ANISOTROPY
CURRENT

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Bassiri Gharb, Nazanin

Title:

Dielectric and piezoelectric nonlinearities in oriented PYbN-PT thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectric
thin film
nonlinearities
extrinsic contributions
domain walls

File:

Download Thesis-Bassiri-Dec2005.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Dragan Damjanovic, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Qinglei

Title:

Grain Boundary Segregation and Blocking Effects in Polycrystalline TiO2

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

grain boundary segregation
TiO2

File:

Download Thesis_QingleiWang_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Eitel, Richard Edward

Title:

NOVEL PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS: DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH TEMPERATURE, HIGH PERFORMANCE PIEZOELECTRICS ON THE BASIS OF STRUCTURE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric
ferroelectric
bismuth
lead titanate
perovskite
ceramic
tolerance factor
Curie temperature

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David John Green, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member

Author:

Polcawich, Ronald Gene

Title:

DESIGN, FABRICATION, TEST, AND EVALUATION OF RF MEMS SERIES SWITCHES USING LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE (PZT) THIN FILM ACTUATORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
RF MEMS
Switch

File:

Download Thesis_PZT_RF_MEMS_Switch_RPolcawich_2007_07_19_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Madan Dubey, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Raegan

Title:

Phase transitions in Ag(TaxNb1-x)O3 thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectrics
thin film
octahedral tilting
perovskite

File:

Download RJohnson_thesis_ATN_v8.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Ian Reaney, Committee Member

Author:

Ural, Seyit Onurhan

Title:

High Power Piezoelectric Characterization for Piezoelectric Transformer Development

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

High Power
Piezoelectric
Transformer
Quality Factor
Jump Phenomena
Constant vibration velocity
Antiresonance
Piezoelectric Loss

File:

Download URAL_DISSERTATION_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenji Uchino, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenji Uchino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Matthew M Mench, Committee Member

Author:

LEE, SOON IL

Title:

Defect-Phase Equilibrium and Ferroelectric Phase Transition Behavior in Non-Stoichiometric BaTiO3 Under Various Equilibrium Conditions

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

BaTiO3
defect chemistry
ferroelectric phase transition
phase equilibria
Landau theory
ferroelectric properties

File:

Download Thesis_final_version__soonil_lee_.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Dr Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Dr Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Sung Hoon

Title:

A STUDY OF IONIC MATERIALS FOR THE ENERGY APPLICATIONS THROUGH FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS AND CALPHAD MODELING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ionic materials
energy
CALPHAD
first-principles

File:

Download Sunghoon.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Zi Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Yosenick, Timothy James

Title:

Synthesis and Colloidal Properties of Anisotropic Hydrothermal Barium Titanate

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Barium Titanate
hydrothermal synthesis
surface chemistry
colloidal properties

File:

Download Yosenick_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Dechakupt, Tanawadee

Title:

Microstructure-Processing-Property Relations in Chemical Solution Deposited Barium Titanate Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

barium titanate
thin film capacitors
chemical solution deposition
microstructure
interface

File:

Download Tana_full_thesis6.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Amar S Bhalla, 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:

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

Author:

Mei, Zhigang

Title:

First-principles Thermodynamics of Phase Transition: from Metal to Oxide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

First-principles
thermodynamics
phase transitions
Ti
TiO2
BiFeO3

File:

Download ZhigangMei_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, 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:

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:

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:

Topbasi, Cem

Title:

microstructural evolution of ferritic-martensitic steels under heavy ion irradiation

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nuclear materials
steels
ion irradiation
iron
defects

File:

Download FINAL_VERSION_THESIS_CEM.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Brian D Wirth, Special Member

Author:

Cao, Ye

Title:

Phase-field simulation of defect transport, current evolution and piezoelectric response in dielectric and ferroelectric oxides

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase-field model
defect transport
resistance degradation
ferroelectric oxides

File:

Download Ye_Cao_PhD_thesis_v4.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Gerald Dennis Mahan, Committee Member

Author:

Maier, Russell Alan

Title:

Dynamics of Oxygen Vacancies and Defect Complexes in the Perovskite Oxide Structure

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

oxygen vacancy
EPR
impedance
defect complex
ionic conductivity

File:

Download Russell_Maier_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan�Trolier�McKinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
Shujun Zhang, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, 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:

Marincel, Daniel Michael

Title:

The influence of crystal defects on domain wall motion in thin film Pb(zr,ti)o3

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectrics
domain walls
nonlinear response
piezoresponse force microscopy
transmission electron microscopy

File:

Download Marincel_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Dr Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Sergei V Kalinin, Special Member
Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

GU, YIJIA

Title:

Phase-field Modeling of Flexoelectric Effect in Perovskite Ferroelectrics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Flexoelectric effect
ferroelectrics
phase-field method

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Yijia_Gu__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
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member
James Chen, Special Member

Author:

Wallace, Margeaux Louise

Title:

Performance of PZT Based MEMS Deviceds With Integrated ZnO Electronics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin films
piezoelectrics
integrated electronics

File:

Download Margeaux_Wallace_Completed_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Raegan Johnson Wilke, Special Member

Author:

Yeager, Charles B

Title:

Pzt Thin Films for Piezoelectric Mems Mechanical Energy Harvesting

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectric domain
e31f
energy harvesting figure of merit

File:

Download C_Yeager_Ph.D_THESIS_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, 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:

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:

Xue, Fei

Title:

Landau Theory and Phase-field Simulations on the Phase Transitions and Domain Structures in Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite and Hexagonal Manganites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Landau Theory
Phase-field Simulation
Phase Transitions
Domain Structures
Bismuth Ferrite
Hexagonal Manganites

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Fei_Xue__final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Chan, Jason Hl

Title:

Study of Filled Tungsten Bronze Strontium Barium Niobate for Thermoelectric Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermoelectric
SBN
strontium barium niobate
defect
nonstoichiometry
filled bronze

File:

Download Jason_Chan_Masters_Thesis_Final_12-4-15.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Tsuji, Kosuke

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF LOCALIZED ELECTRONIC STRUCTURES ENABLING COLOSSAL PERMITTIVITY CERAMIC CAPACITORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ceramic capacitors
Grain boundaries
Schottky barriers
Tunneling

File:

Download Tsuji_Thesis-final_reviced.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Download Damoon_Thesis_revised_3_High_qulity.pdf

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:

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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:

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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:

Keech, Ryan Robert

Title:

Dimensional Scaling of Perovskite Ferroelectric Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric
piezoelectric
thin films
nanotechnology
patterning
logic device
materials science
perovskite
PMN-PT
declamping
lead magnesium niobate lead titanate
scaling

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Mehdi Kiani, Outside Member
Glenn Martyna, Special Member

Author:

Borman, Trent Mitchell

Title:

{001} Textured Growth of Doped, Gradient Free, Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films by Chemical Solution Deposition

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
piezoelectrics
ferroelectrics
thin films
mems

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member

Author:

Yang, Jung In

Title:

Reliability and Aging in Patterned Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric
Reliability
Aging
HALT
Conduction mechanism
Patterned PZT thin film

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Outside Member

Author:

Rajashekhar, Adarsh

Title:

Pulsed-Laser Crystallization of Ferroelectric/Piezoelectric Oxide Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric Thin Films
Piezoelectric Thin Films
Laser Annealing
Pulsed-Laser Heating
Pulsed Laser Deposition
Laser Crystallization
Integration with polymeric substrates
Low Substrate Temperature Processing
In situ Laser Annealing
PZT Thin Films

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Outside 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:

Zhang, Lei

Title:

Correlated metals as transparent conductors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Transparent Conductors
Perovskite Oxide
Complex Oxide
Molecular Beam Epitaxy

File:

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Committee Members:

Roman Engel-Herbert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Outside Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Yeo, Hong Goo

Title:

MECHANICAL ENERGY HARVESTERS UTILIZING {001} TEXTURED PZT FILMS ON FLEXIBLE METAL FOILS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Piezoelectric material
PZT film
Piezoelectric energy harvesting
Flexible metal substrates

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Outside Member

Author:

Morandi, Carl Sebastian

Title:

Bismuth Magnesium Titante - Lead Titanate Thin FIlms for High Temperature Ferroelectric Memory

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Bismuth Magnesium Titanate - Lead Titanate
Ferroelectric Random Access Memory
FeRAM
Pulsed Laser Deposition
BiMT-PT
High Temperature Ferroelectric Thin Films

File:

Download Morandi_PHD_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Outside Member

Author:

Choi, Minkyu

Title:

Polarization Orientation Dependence of Piezoelectric Loss and Proposed Crystallographic Characterization Methodology

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
piezoelectric loss
piezoelectric characterization
anisotropy
negative loss

File:

Download Choi_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenji Uchino, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenji Uchino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Wenwu Cao, 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:

Shetty, Smitha

Title:

ELECTROMECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF LEAD MAGNESIUM NIOBATE BASED THIN FILMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

relaxor ferroelectricity
PMN
D33
single beam laser interferometer

File:

Download Smitha_Shetty_Dissertation_final_1.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Chris Giebink, Outside Member
Thomas Shaw, Special 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:

Keilbart, Nathan Daniel

Title:

Understanding the pseudocapacitive response of transition metal oxide and carbide electrodes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Pseudocapacitor
DFT
Monte Carlo
First-principles
Energy Storage

File:

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Committee Members:

Ismaila Dabo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan B Sinnott, Committee Member
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Committee Member
Kwadwo Asare Osseo-Asare, Outside Member

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:

Wang, Dixiong

Title:

low temperature processing of electro-ceramic materials and devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Dielectric energy storage
Cold sintering process
Bismuth niobate
Lead zirconate titanate
Ceramic processing
Energy harvesting

File:

Download Dixiong_Wang_Thesis_submission_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Sengul, Mert Yigit

Title:

ATOMISTIC LEVEL INVESTIGATION OF DISSOLUTION, PRECIPITATION AND SURFACE DIFFUSION DYNAMICS AT THE AQUEOUS INTERFACES USING REAXFF AND APPLICATION OF DEEP LEARNING TO FORCE FIELD PARAMETERIZATION

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Cold Sintering Process
ReaxFF
Aqueous Interfaces
Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Molecular Dynamics
Surface Diffusion
Langmuir Model

File:

Download Sengul_MY_Dissertation_MatSE.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A. Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Outside Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Coleman, Kathleen Patricia

Title:

Influences of Stress on the Performance of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric
thin film
ferroelectric
PZT
stress
electromechanical

File:

Download KColeman_PhDThesis_August2020_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jon-Paul Maria, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Brian Foley, Outside Member
Raul Bermejo, Special Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ferri, Kevin

Title:

FERROELECTRICITY IN MAGNESIUM SUBSTITUTED ZINC OXIDE THIN FILMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ZnO
Ferroelectriccs
MgO
ZnMgO
wakeup
room temperature
sputtering

File:

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Committee Members:

Jon-Paul Maria, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jon-Paul Maria, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Brian Foley, Outside 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:

Seo, Joo Hwan

Title:

Cold Sintering Process for Materials and Their Integration Enabling All-Solid-State Li-ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Cold sintering process
All-solid-state Li-ion battery
Solid-state electrolyte
Densification
Volumetric capacity
Ionic conductivity
Interface

File:

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Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Member
Thomas E. Mallouk, Special Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gurdal, Erkan Ahmet

Title:

High Power Characterization Oflead-free Piezoelectric Ceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Lead-Free Piezoelectric Ceramics
High Power Characterization
Piezoelectric Transformer
Hardening
Doping

File:

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Committee Members:

Kenji Uchino, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenji Uchino, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Shujun Zhang, Committee Member
Wenwu Cao, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Lin

Title:

Static and Dynamic Wetting on Bio-inspired Compact Nano-Textured Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

hydrophobic surface
bio-inspired
water-repellent insects
high solid fraction
contact time
bouncing droplets
reentrant pillars
hoodoo pillars
pressure stability

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation-Lin_Wang-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tak Sing Wong, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Pak Kin Wong, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jacques, Leonard

Title:

CHEMICAL SOLUTION DEPOSITION OF POTASSIUM SODIUM NIOBATE THIN FILMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Chemical Solution Deposition
Thin Film
KNN
Processing
Metal Oxide
Activation Energy
Nucleation
Composition Segregation
Kinetics

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Veronika Kovacova, Committee 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