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Author:

Creek, John Aubrey

Title:

Nanoscale Self-Assembly of Starch: Phase Relations, Formation, and Structure

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

starch
amylose
phase separation
crystallization
spherulites
self-assembly

File:

Download JACThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Kun

Title:

FUNCTIONAL BLOCK COPOLYMERS CONTAINING PHOTOACTIVE AND ELECTROACTIVE SEGMENTS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND SELF-ASSEMBLY STUDY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Block copolymers
self-assembly
conjugated polymers

File:

Download kun_li_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Heidecker, Matthew J

Title:

HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMER/LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

exfoliated
intercalated
composite
modulated DSC
crystallization
ductility
mechanical properties
PC
PET
non-compatibilized
compatibilized
high-peformance nanocomposites
polymer nanocomposites
polymer physics
high temperature surfactants
imidazolium
quaternary ammonium surfactants
melt-blending
injection molding

File:

Download MJHDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, 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