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Author:

Hernandez-Pagan, Emil A

Title:

Template-Assisted Electrodeposition of One-Dimensional Nanostructures for Sensing and Solar Energy Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanowires
electrodeposition
template

File:

Download Official_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Tyo, Eric Christopher

Title:

EXPLORING CATALYTIC ACTIVE SITES: INVESTIGATIONS OF ACTIVATED OXYGEN SPECIES AND SUPERATOMIC MIMICS IN THE GAS-PHASE

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

clusters
superatom
catalysis

File:

Download EricCTyoDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

Author:

Dawood, Farah

Title:

Template Directed Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Metal Oxides and Chalcogenides

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

chalcogenides
oxides
nanoparticles
semiconductors

File:

Download Dawood_dissertation_04_05_10_NEW.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member

Author:

Avery, Kendra Nicole

Title:

UTILIZATION OF SPECIFIC AND NON-SPECIFIC PEPTIDE INTERACTIONS WITH INORGANIC NANOMATERIALS ON THE SURFACE OF BACTERIOPHAGE M13: METHODOLOGIES TOWARDS PHAGE SUPPORTED BI-FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

phage display
biomineralization
multi-functional materials
biotemplated materials
magnetically recoverable catalyst

File:

Download Dissertation_in_template_111909.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Michael Thomas Green, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member

Author:

Henderson, Nathaniel Lee

Title:

Low-Temperature Synthesis of Transition/Post-Transition Metal Intermetallics and Rare Earth Oxide Perovskites

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

intermetallics
perovskites
second harmonic generation
europium titanate
low-temperature
solid state
solution synthesis

File:

Download Henderson_-_Dissertation_-_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Chou, Nam Hawn

Title:

CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF SIZE- AND SHAP-CONTROLLED INTERMETALLIC AND METAL NANOCRYSTALS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

chemical synthesis
size- and shape-controlled nanocrystals
intermetallic

File:

Download Chou_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member

Author:

Brunker, Sarah Elizabeth

Title:

SURFACE IMMOBILIZED DNA FOR USE IN BIOSENSING

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

surfaces
encoded nanoparticles
polymerase chain reaction
ligase chain reaction
nucleic acids
biosensing
amplification
soft lithography
microcontact printing
general chemistry lab

File:

Download brunkerfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Morgan, Thomas Theodore

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIORESORBABLE CALCIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE NANOCOMPOSITE PARTICLES FOR FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Fluorescence
Nanoparticle
Calcium Phosphosilicate
Bioimaging
Dispersion

File:

Download Morgan_Thesis_Final_Edited.pdf

Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

Author:

Phan, Ting-Hao

Title:

POLYOL SYNTHESIS OF PALLADIUM HYDRIDE: BULK POWDERS VS. NANOCRYSTALS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

polyol synthesis
nanocrystal
palladium hydride

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

SUN, XIANFENG

Title:

HIGHLY ENANTIOSELECTIVE TRANSITION METAL-CATALYZED HYDROGENATION EACTIONS: AN EFFICIENT TOOL FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF PHARMACEUTICALS AND OTHER BIOACTIVE MOLECULES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

asymmetric hydrogenation
chiral ligand

File:

Download ALL_IN_ONE_DISSERTATION.pdf

Committee Members:

Xumu Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Schaefer, Zachary Louis

Title:

Low-Temperature Chemical Synthesis of Intermetallic, Carbide, Borocarbide, and Carbonaceous Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Boron-doped Carbons
Carbides
Carbonaceous Materials
Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Nanoparticle Synthesis
High Surface Area Materials

File:

Download Schaefer_Dissertation_Rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member

Author:

Beveridge, Jacob Stanley

Title:

Differential Magnetic Catch and Release: Separation, Purification, and Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Particles Assemblies

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Magnetic Nanoparticles
Differential Magnetic Catch and Release
Hybrid Nanocrystals
Nanoparticles

File:

Download thesis_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member

Author:

Sines, Ian Thomas

Title:

Chemical synthesis and modification of target phases of chalcogenide nanomaterials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoparticles
Conversion chemistry
Chalcogenides
Non-equilibrium phases
Superconductors
Single crystals

File:

Download Sines_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member

Author:

Stephens, Jason Robert

Title:

Measuring and Controlling the Transport of Magnetic Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Magnetic Nanoparticles
Separation
Transport
Linked Assembly

File:

Download Thesis_Edits.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Committee 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:

Motl, Nathan Edward

Title:

Synthesis and Applications of Gold and Gold-copper Alloy Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloidal hybrid nanoparticles
nanoparticle heterodimers
chemical transformations
AuCu
Au
Cu2S
plasmon
alloy nanoparticle
composition tunable

File:

Download Nathan_Motls_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Brooks, Charles M

Title:

The growth of strontium titanate and lutetium ferrite thin films by molecular-beam epitaxy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

oxide
thin film
MBE
epitaxy
SrTiO3
LuFe2O4
molecular-beam epitaxy
strontium titanate
lutetium ferrite

File:

Download 1-CMBrooks-Dissertaton.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Darrell Schlom, Special Member

Author:

Zhang, Sheng

Title:

Tuning geometries and interactions of artificial frustrated nanomagnets

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Geometrical frustration
Artificial spin ice
Nanomagnetism

File:

Download Dissertation_Sheng_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter E Schiffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Special Member

Author:

Morozowich, Nicole Lynn

Title:

The Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Polyphosphazenes for Hard Tissue Engineering

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Polyphosphazne
Bioerodible
Biomimetic
Hard Tissue Engineering
Vitamin
Antioxidant
Hydroxyapatite
Hydrogel
ToF-SIMS

File:

Download Morozowich_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Essinger-hileman, Elizabeth Ruth

Title:

Specific and Non-specific Interaction of M13 Bacteriophage Proteins with Inorganic Nanomaterials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

inorganic nanomaterials
M13 bacteriophage
specific peptides
material specificity
nanoparticles
specific peptides

File:

Download Final_Thesis_EEH.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Buck, Matthew Robert

Title:

Strategies for the Total Synthesis of Inorganic Nanostructures

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

materials
synthesis
nanoscience
hybrid
nanoparticles
colloids

File:

Download Buck_Dissertation_FINAL_5_30_13.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Henderson, Camden Neil

Title:

Studies on the Exfoliation, Reassembly and Applications of Layered Materials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Layered Perovskites
Perchlorate Rememdiation
Tungsten Disulfide Exfoliation
Proton Conductivity

File:

Download CamdenHenderson-Dissertation_sequence.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member

Author:

Friesen, Stuart Aaron

Title:

Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Fabrication and light Trapping Modifications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

robust fabrication process
inverse opal
stop band
Wood's anomalies

File:

Download Friesen_absolutefinal_7.15.13.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Todd Mueller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Konarske, Alison Marie

Title:

Adaptations of Electrical Field Flow Fractionation For Use With Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ElFFF
Field Flow Fractionation
Nanoparticles
separation

File:

Download A_Konarske_Vermilya_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Vaughn, Dimitri Duval

Title:

Nanosheets by Design: The Controllable Synthesis of Group IV-VI Layered Semiconductor Chalcogenide Nanostructures Using Colloidal Chemistry

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoscience
Layered Semiconductors
Nanosheets
Germanium
Colloidal Synthesis
Chalcogenide

File:

Download PhD-Dissertation_DVaughnII_Chemistry_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Hall, Anthony Shoji

Title:

Template Replication of Nanomaterials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Plasmonics
Porous Materials
Replication
Metal Organic Frameworks
Light Trapping
Nanocasting
Photonic Crystals

File:

Download 1-thesis_shoji_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tom Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Douglas Henry Werner, Special Member

Author:

Chang, Ji Woong

Title:

MOLECULAR-LEVEL STUDIES OF FORMATION OF TRANSITION METAL NANOPARTICLES AND DEVELOPMENTS OF CONTINUOUS METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanoparticle synthesis
Anion
Hollow nanoparticle
Kirkendall effect
Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
Continuous method

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Biacchi, Adam Joseph

Title:

The Colloidal Chemistry Synthesis and Electron Microscopy Characterization of Shape-controlled Metal and Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloidal nanocrystals
shape-controlled nanoparticles
rhodium
tin sulfide
solution synthesis
HRTEM

File:

Download Biacchi_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Kirby, David Joseph

Title:

Assembly of Nanowire Arrays: Exploring Interparticle Interactions, Particle Orientation, and Mixed Particle Arrays

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

van der Waals
electrostatics
sedimentation
gold
nanotube
silica
vertical array
horizontal array
microwells

File:

Download Kirby_Dissertation_2015_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Bradley, Matthew Joseph

Title:

Developing New Synthetic Methods for Colloidal Hybrid Nanoparticles: Conversion Chemistry and Chemoselectivity

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Hybrid Nanoparticles
Conversion Chemistry
Chemoselectivity
Nanoparticle Synthesis
Heterodimers

File:

Download Matthew_Bradleys_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Strayer, Megan Elizabeth

Title:

Design of functional layered oxide materials through understanding structure-property relationships

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

layered oxides; metal nanoparticles; isothermal titration calori
X-ray diffraction

File:

Download Strayer_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Mcenaney, Joshua M

Title:

Colloidal Nanochemistry Applied to the Discovery and Characterization of Earth-abundant Nanoparticles as Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Co2 Photoreduction

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanosynthesis
Water Electrolysis
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
CO2 Photoreduction
Electrocatalyst
Metal Phosphide

File:

Download Joshua_M_McEnaney_Final_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Special Member

Author:

Popczun, Eric John

Title:

Nanostructured Earth-abundant Materials as Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoscience
Metal phosphide
Hydrogen evolution
Nanoparticles
Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Earth-abundant
Catalysis

File:

Download Dissertation_PopczunE_FA_15.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Shin, Sun

Title:

Adaptive nanoparticle amphiphiles as multifunctional particle surfactants

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanoparticle
Amphiphile
Self-assembly

File:

Download Dissertation_Sun_Hae_Ra_Shin.pdf

Committee Members:

Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Powell, Anna Elizabeth

Title:

Phase-Determining Factors in the Colloidal Synthesis of Metastable Transition-Metal Chalcogenide Nanocrystals

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Colloidal Synthesis
Nanomaterial
Metastable Crystal Phase
Cation Exchange
MnS
CoS
Roxbyite
Wurtzite
XRD
TEM
HRTEM
EDS

File:

Download Anna_E_Powell_Thesis_-_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sturgis, Nicholas Phillip

Title:

Developing Microfluidic Systems for In Situ Characterization of High Temperature Colloidal Nanoparticle Synthesis

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

microfluidic
nanoparticle synthesis
in-situ
cation exchange

File:

Download NickSturgisDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Special Member

Author:

Wiltrout, Alex Michael

Title:

Nanostructured Transition Metal Sulfide Catalysts for Electrochemical Water Splitting

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoscience
Metal sulfide
Water splitting
Electrocatalysis
Hydrogen evolution
Oxygen evolution

File:

Download M.S._Thesis_-_Alex_Wiltrout.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Stewart, Robert J

Title:

Investigation of Charge-Carrier Dynamics in Organo-halide Perovskite and Colloidal Quantum Dot Semiconductors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

physical chemistry
spectroscopy
semiconductor
solar cell
quantum dot
organo-halide perovskite

File:

Download Robert_Stewart_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Outside Member

Author:

Read Rodríguez, Carlos G.

Title:

Nanostructured Materials for Solar Fuels Production: Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

phosphides
hydrogen evolution
HER
OER
nanoparticles
electrochemistry
electrocatalysis
earth-abundant
synthesis
hybrid
heterostructure

File:

Download Carlos_Read_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member

Author:

Sun, Du

Title:

SYNTHESIS OF COMPLEX NANOSTRUCTURES OF LAYERED METAL CHALCOGENIDES AND OTHER NANOMATERIALS USING COLLOIDAL CHEMISTRY

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoscience
Layered Chalcogenides
Colloidal Synthesis
Molybdenum Diselenide
Germanium Selenide

File:

Download PhD-Dissertation_Du_Sun_Chemistry_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member

Author:

Biltek, Scott Russell

Title:

Synthesis, Structural Characterization, and Analysis of an Isostructural Bimetallic Cluster Series

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanocluster
Silver
Bimetallic
Thiol Protected

File:

Download Scott_Biltek_Dissertation_Final_Edits.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member

Author:

Sathe, Ajay Arun

Title:

CHEMISTRY OF SUSTAINABILITY – PART I: CARBON DIOXIDE AS AN ORGANIC SYNTHON AND PART II: STUDY OF THERMODYNAMICS OF CATION EXCHANGE REACTIONS IN SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Carbon dioxide conversion
Flow Chemistry
Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
Cation Exchange Reactions in Nanoparticles

File:

Download Ajay_Sathe_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Chunshan Song, Outside Member

Author:

Callejas, Juan Francisco

Title:

NANOSTRUCTURED EARTH-ABUNDANT ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR THE HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanomaterials
Electrocatalyst
Nanoparticle
Water-Splitting

File:

Download Thesis_Callejas_092016.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Outside Member

Author:

Wong, Flory

Title:

Catalytic Nanomotors and Micropump Systems Utilizing Alternate Fuels

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanomotors
micropumps
electrophoretic
electrokinetic
active colloids
self-electrophoresis
density-driven flows
self-powered

File:

Download FWong_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member

Author:

Johnson, Robert J

Title:

The Efficacy of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles as a Robust and Effective Alternative to Gold Nanoparticles as Photothermal Agents to Drive High-Barrier Reactions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Magnetite Nanoparticles
Iron oxide nanoparticles
Gold nanoparticles
Photothermal
Light to heat
Nanoparticles

File:

Download Johnson_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member

Author:

Morse, James R

Title:

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND PURIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanoparticles
Nanoparticle purification
Colloidal Synthesis
pyrite
selective hydrogenation
heterostructure
hybrid nanoparticles

File:

Download Morse_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Outside Member

Author:

Aro, Stephen Christopher

Title:

Novel Chemical Routes to Crystalline ZnSe Fiber Optics and Fiber Lasers

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Cr:ZnSe
Zinc Selenide
Transition-metal doped
HPCVD
High Pressure
HPCVT

File:

Download Stephen_Aro_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

Author:

Liu, Shih Hsien

Title:

Shape-Selective Syntheses of Gold and Copper Nanostructures: Insights from Density-Functional Theory and Molecular Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

hexadecylamine
copper
nanostructure
force field
molecular dynamics
hexadecylamine
copper
nanostructure
density-functional theory
force field
molecular dynamics
polyvinylpyrrolidone
gold
reconstruction

File:

Download Shih-Hsien_Liu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Outside Member

Author:

Donahue, Philip P

Title:

Alternating Current Electric Field Driven Reconfigurable Random Lasing

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Random Laser
Lasing
Assembly
Dielectrophoresis
Nanoparticle
Microparticle
Photonics

File:

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Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Jinandra, Amisha Madhu

Title:

FUNCTIONALIZATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TUNGSTEN DISULFIDE WITH 2-AMINOETHANETHIOL

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Two-dimensional materials
chemical functionalization
thiol
chemistry
ws2
tmd
transition metal dichalcogenide
2-aminoethanethiol
Raman Spectroscopy
AFM
SEM
ToF-SIMS
XPS
Physisorption
layered material

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member

Author:

Bischof, Jesse Lee

Title:

High Pressure Enabled Synthesis of Ultrahigh Aspect Ratio Materials for Superconductive and Optoelectronic Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

1D Superconductivity
Superconducting nanowires
Ultralong nanowires
High pressure materials
Pressure assisted melt filling
gallium-indium eutectic
High pressure chemical vapor deposition

File:

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Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Moses HW Chan, Outside Member

Author:

Chen, Zhifeng

Title:

FUNDAMENTAL UNDERSTANDING THE MECHANISM OF SHAPE CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS OF SILVER NANOPARTICLES

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Silver nanoparticles
shape control
kinetic control
thermodynamic control

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Outside Member

Author:

Mondschein, Jared Scott

Title:

Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction and the Hydrolysis of Ammonia Borane

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Electrocatalysis
Ammonia Borane
Water Splitting
Hydrogen

File:

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member

Author:

Sun, Yifan

Title:

ACCESSING GROUP 6 TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE NANOSTRUCTURES WITH COLLOIDAL SYNTHESIS: FROM DITELLURIDES TO ALLOYS AND HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

transition metal dichalcogenide
colloidal synthesis

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Shengxi Huang, Outside Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fenton, Julie Lynn

Title:

Engineering Crystal Structure, Elemental Composition, and Interfaces in Inorganic Nanomaterials via Ion Exchange

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanomaterials
ion exchange
synthesis
colloidal nanoparticles
metastable crystal structures
inorganic materials

File:

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Outside Member

Author:

Bull, Margeaux

Title:

EXAMINING THE SURFACE CHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR OF COLLOIDALLY-SYNTHESIZED VANADIUM DIOXIDE

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

vanadium dioxide
VO2
colloidal synthesis

File:

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Gao, Yue

Title:

DESIGN STABLE SOLID-ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE FOR ANODES IN RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERIES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Rechargeable batteries
Electrochemical interface
Solid-electrolyte interphase

File:

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Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Outside Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Spencer, Mychal

Title:

Tailorable Manufacturing of Polymer Nanocomposites using Oscillating Magnetic Fields

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

Nanocomposites
Nanoparticles
Magnetic assembly
Oscillating field
Polymer-matrix composites

File:

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Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Namiko Yamamoto, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Outside Member

Author:

Kindle, Cody

Title:

MATERIAL DEPOSITION VIA LASER INDUCED THERMAL VOXELS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Direct laser write
laser lithography
solvothermal synthesis

File:

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Committee Members:

Lauren Dell Zarzar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Gulley, Morgan

Title:

Bioinspired mineralizing microenvironments based on liquid-liquid phase coexistance

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Liquid-liquid phase separation
Biomineralization
ATPS
Artificial Mineralizing Vesicle
A3PS

File:

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Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member

Author:

Seth, Kriti

Title:

RUTHENIUM BASED HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS FOR THE HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTION IN HIGHLY ACIDIC ELECTROLYTES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Electrocatalysis
Water-Splitting
phosphides
intermetallics

File:

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member

Author:

Ackerman, Jonathan

Title:

Controlling selectivity of platinum deposition on partially exchanged Cu2-xS-CdS nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanoparticle
Chalcogenide
Cation exchange
partial cation exchange
Seeded growth

File:

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Widstrom, Andrea Lyn

Title:

Applicability of standard kinetic parameters for describing a photothermally driven reaction

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Diels-Alder
photothermal
gold nanoparticle
solvent
kinetic
viscosity
retro Diels-Alder
dipole
activation
thermodynamic
Arrhenius

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Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Gray, Christopher

Title:

Oligomeric Ruthenium Light Absorbers and Nanostructured Lenses for Improved Harvesting of Solar Energy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

photoelectrochemical cells
water-splitting
solar energy
solar fuels
nanomaterials
oligomer
ruthenium polypyridal

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rowland, Andrew

Title:

BIO-INSPIRED LIPOSOME-STABILIZED MULTI-PHASE ALL-AQUEOUS EMULSIONS FOR DIRECTED MINERAL SYNTHESIS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

artificial mineralizing vescile
amorphous calcium carbonate
bioinspired
liquid-liquid phase separation
coacervate
aqueous two phase separation
stabilized emulsion

File:

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Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Uppuluri, Ritesh

Title:

Structure-Property Relationships in Functional Layered Metal Oxides and Metal Oxide Nanosheets

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Layered oxides
Perovskite
Nanosheets

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hendrickson, Alexander

Title:

Synthesis and Design of Zinc Selenide and Multi-Material Optical Fibers for High Power Mid-Infrared Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Zinc Selenide
Optical Fiber
High Pressure
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Chemical Vapor Transport
Laser Annealing
Bragg Fiber
Annealing
Laser
Mid-Infrared
Fiber Laser

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Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Shi, Yin

Title:

Phase-Field Study of Metal-Insulator Transition in Strongly Correlated Vanadium Dioxide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase-field method
Metal-insulator transition
Strongly correlated material

File:

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Committee Members:

Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Outside Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Piane, Jacob

Title:

Single-Chain Photocatalytic Nanoparticles: Toward a New Class of Polymeric Nanoreactors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

single-chain polymer nanoparticles
homogeneous catalysis
nanoreactor
photoredox catalysis
catalyst design

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Christian W. Pester, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Robert Rioux, Committee Member

Author:

Holder, Cameron

Title:

Discovery of Materials for Renewable Energy Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Energy
Nanomaterials
Characterization
Electrocatalysis

File:

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Robert Rioux, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rosas, Alyssa

Title:

The Application of Soft Chemical Reactions to Inorganic Layered Materials and the Characterization of the Thermodynamics using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

soft chemistry
inorganic layered materials
two-dimensional materials
layered
materials
isothermal titration calorimetry
titanate
niobate
mxene

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, He

Title:

Functionalization of two dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

chemical functionalization
single atom synthesis
2D materials
coordination chemical functionalization

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Di Marco, Rebecca

Title:

Stability of Gold-25 Nanoclusters during Ligand Exchange from Aliphatic to Aromatic Thiolates

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Gold-25
Stability
Ligand Exchage
Aromatic Thiolates
Chain-Length

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Alameda, Lucas Thomas

Title:

The Soft Chemistry of MoAlB

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

MoAlB
MBenes
Solid-State Synthesis
Soft Chemistry
Topochemical
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Mesoporosity
Metal Borides
Two-Dimensional Materials
Heterostructures

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Dawson, Joseph

Title:

Water Uptake, Morphology, and Composition Measurements of Secondary Organic and Anthropogenic Aerosol Particles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Aerosols
Atmospheric Chemistry
Environment
Hygroscopicity
Spectroscopy

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Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Donghyun Rim, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kanyak, Jenna

Title:

Topochemical Construction of Catalytic Active Sites with Atomic-Level Control

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

catalysis
synthesis
nanoparticles
CO2 reduction
cation exchange
topochemistry

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Zhiqiang Mao, Committee Member

Author:

Cintron Rodriguez, Nicohl

Title:

Investigation of the Optoelectronic Properties and Surface Chemistry of Cesium Lead Bromide using Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

Cesium Lead Bromide
Lead Halide Perovskites
TRIR
Surface Chemistry
Polarons

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Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey, III, Committee Member

Author:

Ogozaly, Susanna

Title:

Determining the Effect of Silver Concentration on the Formation of Shape Controlled Silver Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (MS)

Keywords:

nanoparticles
nanomaterials
silver
catalysis
nanoparticle synthesis
silver nanocubes
silver octahedron
nanocubes
octahedron
inorganic chemistry
materials chemistry

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Robert Rioux, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Di Domizio, Gabriella

Title:

Understanding Competing Reaction Pathways in Nanoparticle Cation Exchange Processes Using the Tyndall Effect

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Tyndall effect
Cation Exchange
Structure-Selective
Nanoparticle
Manganese Sulfide
MnS
Digenite

File:

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fanghanel, Julian

Title:

Semiconductor Photoelectrodes For Photocatalytic Energy Conversion & Semiconductor Nanorods For Solid State Lighting

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Photocatalysis
Photocatalytic
Hydrogen
Water Splitting
Quantum Wells
Solid State Lighting
Nanorods
Optoelectronics
Heterojunctions
Energy
Photoelectrodes

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jharimune, Suprita

Title:

Mechanistic insights into transformation and growth of chalcogenide and noble metal nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Noble metal nanoparticles
Chalcogenide nanoparticles
Thermodynamics
Shape-controlled synthesis
Nanoparticle growth and transformation
Silver Nanoparticles
Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots
Isothermal titration calorimetry

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Rioux, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Ogueri, Kennedy

Title:

Organic Semiconducting Oligothiophenes and Thiophene-Based Polyphosphazenes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Organic synthesis
Polymer synthesis
Thiophene-based materials
Polyphosphazene
Organic semiconductor
Optoelectronic properties
Fluorescence quenching
Structural characterization
Structure-property relationships

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Committee Members:

Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry R Allcock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Famularo, Nicole

Title:

Particle Fabrication and Assembly Strategies for Optical Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Particle Assembly
Electric Fields
3D Printing
Directed Self Assembly
Electrodeposition
Nanofabrication
Metamaterials
Optical Metamaterials
Segmented
Dielectrophoresis
Chirality
Metamaterial absorber
Particle Fabrication
Perfect absorber
Additive manufacturing
Nanoscribe
Partially Etched Nanowires

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Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Douglas Henry Werner, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair