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2. Interplay Between Kinetics and Apparent Thermodynamics in Thin Polymer Blend Films

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Author:
Indrakanti, Ananth
Title:
Interplay Between Kinetics and Apparent Thermodynamics in Thin Polymer Blend Films
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
single chain mean field theory
neutron scattering
polymer blends
phase behavior
File:
Download ananth_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Prof Sanat K Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret K Duda, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

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

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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

5. SEGMENTAL DYNAMICS IN POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)/POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) BLENDS

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Author:
Chen, Chunxia
Title:
SEGMENTAL DYNAMICS IN POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)/POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE) BLENDS
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
segmental dynamics
PEO/PMMA blend
File:
Download PhDThesis_Chen.pdf
Committee Members:
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Patrick Cirino, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

6. Nanostructured Elastomers: From Smectic Liquid Crystals to Noble Metal Nanocomposites

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Author:
Lentz, Daniel Michael
Title:
Nanostructured Elastomers: From Smectic Liquid Crystals to Noble Metal Nanocomposites
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
main chain liquid crystalline elastomers
noble metal nanoparticles
nanocomposites
File:
Download D._Lentz_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ronald C Hedden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

7. SIMULATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS ON GAS ADSORPTION IN NOVEL MICROPOROUS POLYMERS

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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

8. INFLUENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL IMPERFECTIONS ON THE DYNAMIC MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF MAIN-CHAIN SMECTIC ELASTOMERS

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Author:
Patil, Harshad Pandharinath
Title:
INFLUENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL IMPERFECTIONS ON THE DYNAMIC MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF MAIN-CHAIN SMECTIC ELASTOMERS
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Liquid Crystals
Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
Smectic CA
Damping
File:
Download Dissertation-Harshad-P.-Patil.pdf
Committee Members:
Ronald C Hedden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

10. AN ENERGETIC VARIATIONAL APPROACH TO MODELING COMPLEX FLUIDS AND ITS NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS

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Author:
Sun, Huan
Title:
AN ENERGETIC VARIATIONAL APPROACH TO MODELING COMPLEX FLUIDS AND ITS NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS
Graduate Program:
Mathematics
Keywords:
PDE
variational techniques
complex fluids
numerical simulations
File:
Download thesis_main.pdf
Committee Members:
Chun Liu And James Brannick, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chun Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Joseph Brannick, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xiantao Li, Committee Member
Yuxi Zheng, Committee Member
Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

11. Synthesis and Characterization of Long Chain Branched Isotactic Polypropylene via a Metallocene Catalyst and T-Reagent

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Author:
Langston, Justin A
Title:
Synthesis and Characterization of Long Chain Branched Isotactic Polypropylene via a Metallocene Catalyst and T-Reagent
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
polypropylene
branched
branching
gel permeation chromatography
rheology
File:
Download Langston_Thesis_Ver_6.pdf
Committee Members:
Tze Chiang Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

12. SYSTEMATIC STUDY ON THE STRUCTURE-DYNAMICS RELATIONSHIP OF POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)-BASED SINGLE-ION CONDUCTORS

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Author:
Wang, Jing-Han Helen
Title:
SYSTEMATIC STUDY ON THE STRUCTURE-DYNAMICS RELATIONSHIP OF POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)-BASED SINGLE-ION CONDUCTORS
Graduate Program:
Chemical Engineering
Keywords:
PEO-based ionomers
segmental relaxation
electrode polarization
ionic conductivity
File:
Download Master_Thesis_by_Helen_Wang.pdf
Committee Members:
Ralph H Colby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. Ferroelectric Polymers for Electrical Energy Storage

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Author:
Claude, Jason W.
Title:
Ferroelectric Polymers for Electrical Energy Storage
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
vinylidene fluoride
fluoropolymer
energy storage
electrical breakdown
capacitor
dielectric
File:
Download Claude_Jason_-_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

14. NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATOR MATERIALS

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Author:
Lin, Junhong
Title:
NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATOR MATERIALS
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
actuator
polymer
charge dynamics
ionic liquids
ionomer
File:
Download junhong_lin_dissertation_Aug_2011-_07263.pdf
Committee Members:
Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

15. AFM Studies of Semicrystalline Polymer/Inorganic Nanocomposites

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Author:
Strawhecker, Kenneth Edward
Title:
AFM Studies of Semicrystalline Polymer/Inorganic Nanocomposites
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
polymer
inorganic
nanocomposites
AFM
layered silicates
composites
materials
File:
Download Strawhecker.pdf
Committee Members:
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Sanat Kumar, Committee Member

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

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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

18. INVESTIGATION OF LATE TRANSITION METAL BASED CATALYTIC SYSTEMS FOR POLYMERIZATION OF POLAR VINYL MONOMERS

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Author:
Kang, Myeongsoon
Title:
INVESTIGATION OF LATE TRANSITION METAL BASED CATALYTIC SYSTEMS FOR POLYMERIZATION OF POLAR VINYL MONOMERS
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
late transition metal
catalysis
polymerization
polar vinyl monomer
File:
Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

19. VOLUMETRIC INTERPRETATION OF PROTEIN ADSORPTION KINETICS

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Author:
Barnthip, Naris
Title:
VOLUMETRIC INTERPRETATION OF PROTEIN ADSORPTION KINETICS
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Interfacial Energetics
Protein Adsorption
Adsorption Kinetics
Adsorption Competition
Interphase
Surface
File:
Download Naris_Barnthip_PhD_Final_Dissertation_SP2009.pdf
Committee Members:
Erwin A Vogler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Wencil Brown, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Committee Member

20. Dielectric Properties of Conductive Ionomers

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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