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Author:

Hogshead, Charles Gregory

Title:

Tunable Temperature-Responsive Tethered Polymer Gradients

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

atomic force microscopy
switchable adhesion
grafting density gradient
temperature-responsive
tethered polymer
human serum albumin

File:

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Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, David Kim Yong

Title:

ION CONDUCTION MECHANISMS IN POLYMER ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES AND FUEL CELLS, AND CRYSTAL ENGINEERING OF CYCLOPHOSPHAZENES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

polymer electrolytes
fuel cells
lithium batteries
phosphazenes
ion conduction mechanism
crystal engineering

File:

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Committee Members:

Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry R Allcock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

McLafferty, Jason

Title:

ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH IN CHEMICAL HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIALS: SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE AND ORGANOTIN HYDRIDES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

organic electrochemistry
electroreduction
hydrogen storage
sodium borohydride

File:

Download Jason_McLafferty_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Masser, Kevin Allen

Title:

Dynamics of Hydrogen Bonding Polymer Blends Exhibiting Minimized Self Associations and Liquid Crystalline Polymers Of Unique Chemistry

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Hydrogen Bonding Polymer Blends
Dielectric Spectroscopy
Polymer Physics
Ion Dynamics
Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Infrared Spectroscopy
Fragility

File:

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Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James P Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Kui

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Polymer Electrolyte Membranes with Controlled Ion Transport Properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Fuel Cells
Polymer Electrolyte Membranes
Proton Conductivity
Methanol Permeability
Electrochemical Selectivity.

File:

Download Thesis_--_Kui_Xu.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Cho, Kyu Taek

Title:

Study of multiphase water transport and removal phenomena from fuel cell during gas purge

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer electrolyte fuel cell
water management
gas purge
evaporation
gas diffusion media
neutron radiography

File:

Download dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Clinton Matthew Mench, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Member
Seungjin Kim, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Karen Ann Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Majireck, Max Michael

Title:

INTERMOLECULAR CONJUGATE ADDITION OF CARBON NUCLEOPHILES TO NITROSOALKENES AND STUDIES TOWARD A TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF ANGUSTILODINE, ALSTILOBANINE A, AND ALSTILOBANINE E

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

indole
total synthesis
Michael addition
Nitrosoalkene
alkaloid

File:

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Committee Members:

Steven M Weinreb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Trent Feldman, Committee Member
Steven M Weinreb, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Lee Funk, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Kwon, Ou Jung

Title:

Probing Anode Degradation in Automotive Li-ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal effect at low temperature
Li-ion battery
Electric vehicle
Rapid charge
Lithium deposition
Anode degradation

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_OuJung_Kwon_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Soowhan

Title:

PHYSICAL DAMAGE OF POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS SUBJECT TO FREEZING

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Water transport
Freeze damage
Polymer electrolyte fuel cell
Thermo-osmosis
Phase-change induced flow

File:

Download Thesis_SoowhanKim_1124.pdf

Committee Members:

Matthew M Mench, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Stephen R Turns, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Seunghyun

Title:

IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY AND THE STABILITY OF DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOCHEMICAL SOLAR CELLS AND WATER SPLITTING SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

dye-sensitized solar cells
photonic crystals
non-volatile electrolytes
dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical water splittin
core-shell electrodes

File:

Download ThesisMaster1.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Jung, Seung Hun

Title:

Modeling and Control of Two-Phase Flow in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

fuel cell
direct methanol fuel cell
two-phase flow

File:

Download Ph.D_Thesis_Seung_Hun_Jung.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Cimbala, Committee Member
Seungjin Kim, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Wenjuan

Title:

Designing Ion-containing polymers for facile ion transport

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium ion batteries
ab initio calculations
ionic conductors
polymeric materials
dielectric spectroscopy
electrode polariz

File:

Download WenjuanLiu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

JEONG, YOUMI

Title:

SUPER ACTIVATED CARBON CONTAINING SUBSTITUTIONAL BORON: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS IN HYDROGEN STORAGE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

hydrogen storage
boron substitution

File:

Download YOUMI_JEONG_Dissertation4.pdf

Committee Members:

T C Mike Chung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
T C Mike Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member

Author:

Pensack, Ryan

Title:

Measuring the Barrier to Charge Transfer State Dissociation in Organic Photovoltaic Materials with Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy
charge transfer state
organic photovoltaics

File:

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Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, 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:

Tudryn, Gregory John

Title:

Molecular Mobility, Morphology, and Ion Conduction in Ionomers for Electroactive Devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ionomer
PEO
polymer physics
actuator
battery
dielectric spectroscopy
X-ray scattering
rheology
ionic liquid
counterion

File:

Download Tudryn_Dissertation_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Karen I Winey, Special Member

Author:

Bondi, James Fumiya

Title:

Synthesis of early transition metal and non-equilibrium intermetallic nanoparticles using n-butyllithium

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanoparticle
n-butyllithium
early transition metal
non-equilibrium
intermetallic
solid state

File:

Download Bondi_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Member
Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Chanthad, Chalathorn

Title:

Synthesis and Characterizations of Novel Polymer Electrolytes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polymer electrolyte
Proton exchange membrane
Proton conductivity
Ionic liquid
ionic conductivity
Ion conductive membrane

File:

Download Thesis_JessChalathorn_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Fang

Title:

Development of novel cathode materials and optimization of electrode performance towards scaling-up applications of microbial fuel cells

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

microbial fuel cells
poly(dimethylsiloxane)
electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
current collector
activated carbon
set anode potential
separator electrode assembly
pre-acclimated culture inoculum

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Fang_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce Ernest Logan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Xie, He

Title:

Transport and Surface Properties of Ion-containing Polymer Membranes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Desalination
Ionic Polymer Membranes
Transport Properties
Water Binding
Zeta Potential
Layer-by-Layer Assembly
Antifouling

File:

Download Dissertation_He_Xie_TRANSPORT_AND_SURFACE_PROPERTIES_OF_ION-CONTAINING_POLYMER_MEMBRANES.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
John Michael Regan, Committee Member