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Author:

Erwin, Brian M

Title:

Temperature Dependence of the Length Scale for Cooperative Motion in Glass-Forming Liquids

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

glass
dynamic scaling
indane
critical temperature

File:

Download BrianMErwin-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Larsen, Gregory Steven

Title:

SIMULATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS ON GAS ADSORPTION IN NOVEL MICROPOROUS POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity
Simulations
Adsorption

File:

Download Larsen_Dissertation_Final1.pdf

Committee Members:

Coray M Colina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Coray M Colina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Sinha, Kokonad

Title:

Segmental dynamics and ion association in poly(ethylene oxide) based single ion conductors

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer conduction
solid polymer electrolytes
single ion conductors
ionomers
quasi elastic neutron scattering
polymer dynamics

File:

Download Sinha-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
James Spiro Vrentas, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Atorngitjawat, Pornpen

Title:

DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY INVESTIGATION OF ION-CONTAINING AND INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN-BONDED POLYMER SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
ion-containing polymers
hydrogen-bonded polymers
polymer dynamics
sulfonated PS ionomers
poly(2-vinylpyridine)-lithium perchlorate mixtures

File:

Download PhDThesis_Atorngitjawat.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Klein, Robert James

Title:

Dielectric Properties of Conductive Ionomers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric spectroscopy
conductivity
ionomer
ionic conductivity
electrode polarization
impedance
electrical properties of polymers

File:

Download RobertKlein-Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Fullerton Shirey, Susan Karen

Title:

A unified approach to understanding conductivity enhancement in nanoparticle-filled solid polymer electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric spectroscopy
nanocomposite
QENS
SANS
neutron scattering
Al2O3
LiClO4
battery
conductivity
nanoparticle
polyethylene oxide
nanoparticle aggregation
concentration fluctuations

File:

Download Fullerton-Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Shih-Wa

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYURETHANE IONOMERS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

polyurethane
ionomers
dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
rheology

File:

Download SW_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Kuppa, Vikram Krishna

Title:

POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)/lAYERED-INORGANIC NANOCOMPOSITES: A MOLECULAR MODELING PERSPECTIVE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymer science
polymer physics
nanotechnology
polymer nanocomposites
computer simulations
molecular dynamics
behavior in extremen confinements

File:

Download VKKthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Castagna, Alicia Marie

Title:

Structure and Dynamics of Microphase Separated Polymers Containing Strong Associations

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymer
ionomer
Small-Angle X-ray Scattering
Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy
polyurea
polyurethane
molecular relaxation

File:

Download Castagna_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Jing-Han Helen

Title:

Conductivity, Morphology, and Dynamics of Single-Ion Conducting Random and Block Copolymers

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

single-ion conductors
ionomers
lithium ion battery
block copolymer electrolyte
ionic conductivity
ion aggregation
RAFT

File:

Download Dissertation_Jing-Han_Wang.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Edward Patrick O'brien Jr., Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Karen I Winey, Special Member