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Author:

Kisselev, Alexei M.

Title:

Theoretical and Computer Simulation Insights into Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Systems

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

solution thermodynamics
aqueous polymer solutions
copolymers
polymer systems
light-responsive
temperature-responsive
stimuli-responsive
phase diagrams
equation of state
hydrogen bonding
molecular dynamics

File:

Download Kisselev-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Milton Walter Cole, Committee Member
Leonid Berlyand, Committee Member

Author:

Barbu, Corina Madalina

Title:

Modelling of synthetic molecular motors and self-assembled monolayers

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

self-assembled monolayers
rotary motors
electric field
dipolar rotor
power law

File:

Download Corina_Barbu-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul S Weiss, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Richard Wallace Robinett, Committee Member

Author:

Cai, Jianwei

Title:

THE THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF STRONGLY CORRELATED SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

thermoelectric
electron correlation
transport properies

File:

Download Jianwei_Cai-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Gerald Dennis Mahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gerald Dennis Mahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Jayanth R Banavar, Committee Member

Author:

Cetinkaya, Murat

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOSTRUCTURED POLY(P-XYLYLENE) FILMS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

PPX
polymer
paracyclophane
nanotechnology
materials
modeling
scaling

File:

Download CETINKAYA_PHD_THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Melik C Demirel, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Arthur Mallay Lesk, Committee Member
Ivica Smid, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Mantina, Manjeera

Title:

A FIRST-PRINCIPLES METHODOLOGY FOR DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS IN METALS AND DILUTE ALLOYS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

First-principles
tracer diffusion coefficients
metals
dilute alloys
fcc
bcc
hcp
self-diffusion
impurity diffusion

File:

Download Manjeera-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Schaut, Robert A

Title:

The effect of boron oxide on the composition, structure, and adsorptivity of glass surfaces

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

NEXAFS
XPS
TPD-IGC
Boron
Glass
Surfaces
XANES
coordination
adsorption
composition

File:

Download SCHAUT_-_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Victor Alexandrovich Bakaev, Committee Member