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Author:

Kragh-Buetow, Katherine Cora

Title:

Robust Electrical Contacts for Sensors and Electronics in Space Flight

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

silicon carbide (SiC)
indium nitride (InN)
polar semiconductors
high temperature
ohmic contacts
tungsten
nickel

File:

Download KCKragh-Buetow_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
Robert S Okojie, Special Member

Author:

Aldosari, Haila Mohammed

Title:

FACTORS CONTROLLING THE RESISTANCE OF OHMIC CONTACTS TO GERMANIUM TELLURIDE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

phase change material (PCM)
GeTe
Mo
Ni
Au
contact
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

File:

Download HailaMAldosariThesisETDFinal.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
S Ashok, Outside Member

Author:

Azizi, Amin

Title:

TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS BEYOND GRAPHENE: SYNTHESIS, ATOMIC-SCALE CHARACTERIZATION, AND APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Two-dimensional materials
Chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
Electron microscopy
Two-dimensional alloys
van der Waals heterostructures
Atomic Structure
Defects

File:

Download Dissertation-PhD-Amin_Azizi-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Nasim Alem, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nasim Alem, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, 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:

Download 170627_Lei_Zhang_Dissetation_2017.pdf

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:

Al Balushi, Zakaria Yahya

Title:

MOCVD Growth of Group-III Nitrides on Silicon Carbide: From Thin Films to Atomically Thin Layers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Group-III Nitrides
MOCVD
Thin Films
Graphene
2D Materials

File:

Download Zakaria_Y_Al_Balushi_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Sukwon Choi, Outside Member

Author:

Lin, Yu Chuan

Title:

PROPERTIES OF SYNTHETIC TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS AND HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Materials Science and Engineering
Thin Film Techniques
Material Process
Applied Physics
Electronic Materials
Two-dimensional Materials
Graphene
Transition Metal Dichalcogendies
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Surface Characterizations
Field-Effect Transistors
Diodes
Electrical Phenomena
Electronic Devices
Nanomaterials
Growth Mechanism
Proximity Effect
Atomically Thin Membranes
van der Waals Solids

File:

Download Yu-Chuan_Lin_Dissertation_Final_ver5.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua Alexander Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Outside Member

Author:

Alat, Ece

Title:

CERAMIC COATINGS FOR NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING TO ENHANCE ACCIDENT TOLERANCE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Accident tolerant fuel
corrosion resistance
oxidation resistance
ceramic coatings
nuclear fuel cladding
titanium aluminum nitride (TiAlN)
titanium nitride (TiN)
cathodic arc physical vapor deposition
substrate bias
cathode composition
titanium bond coating
substrate surface preparation method
substrate surface roughness
nitrogen partial pressure
coating deposition time
scratch testing
neutronic analysis
multilayer ceramic coatings
air oxidation
supercritical water testing (SCW)
X-ray diffraction (XRD)
scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
Raman spectroscopy
energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS)
differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
autoclave testing

File:

Download Ece_Alat_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Outside Member

Author:

Zhang, Kehao

Title:

LARGE SCALE SYNTHESIS, DOPING OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES AND THEIR HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

2D Materials
Synthesis
Doping
Heterostructures

File:

Download LARGE_SCALE_SYNTHESIS_DOPING_OF_TWO-DIMENSIONAL__2D__TRANSITION_METAL_DICHALCOGENIDES_AND_THEIR_HETEROSTRUCTURES_Kehao_Zhang_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua Alexander Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Member

Author:

Lei, Yu

Title:

DEFECT ENGINEERING IN LAYERED MATERIALS: ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS IN ENERGY CONVERSION AND BIO-SENSING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

2D materials
defects
electrochemistry
Hydrogen evolution reaction
Lithium-ion battery
Bio-sensing

File:

Download YuLei-FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member

Author:

Bersch, Brian

Title:

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT IN SYNTHETIC TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES AND NOVEL GRAPHENE/METAL HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Two-dimensional materials
MoS2
WSe2
graphene
2D-Ga
2D-metals
superconducting heterostructures
TMDs
transition metal dichalcogenides
confinement heteroepitaxy
CHet
intercalation
SiC
MOCVD
field-effect transistors
transport
2D superconductors
2D heterostructures

File:

Download Dissertation_Bersch_eTD_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua Alexander Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair