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Author:

Dwivedi, Akansha

Title:

Structure-Property Relationships of New Bismuth and Lead Oxide Based Perovskite Ternary Solid Solutions

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MPB
High temperature ferroelectrics
Perovskite
Ternary solid solution

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Akansha.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Shujun Zhang, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member

Author:

Billman, Curtis A

Title:

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EPITAXIAL INTERFACE BETWEEN Ba0.7Sr0.3O AND SILICON

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

epitaxial interface
conductance technique
in situ probe station

File:

Download Billman_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Fredrick Walker, Committee Member

Author:

Stringer, Craig Joseph

Title:

Structure-Property-Performance Relationships of New High Temperature Relaxors for Capacitor Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Relaxor ferroelectrics
High temperature capacitors
Vogel-Fulcher
Perovskite

File:

Download Stringer2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member

Author:

Mourey, Devin A

Title:

Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition ZnO For Multifunctional Thin Film Electronics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Zinc Oxide
ZnO
ALD
PEALD
Thin Film Transistor
Thin Film Circuit

File:

Download D_A_Mourey_PhD_Thesis-Final_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Nelson Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member

Author:

Hong, Eunki

Title:

Surface Micromachined Peristaltic Pumps Using Lead Zirconate Titanate Film

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

surface micromachining
micropump
interdigitated electrode
diaphragm actuator
MEMS
PZT

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
S V Krishnaswamy, Committee Member

Author:

Medina, Francelys A

Title:

IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES OF SILICA-TITANIA GLASSES AND GLASS-CERAMICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric properties
glass
glass-ceramic
impedance spectroscopy
silica-titania

File:

Download fam116_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member

Author:

Griggio, Flavio

Title:

Local Piezoelectric Behavior in PZT-Based Thin Films for Ultrasound Transducers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
thin films
ultrasound transducer
piezo-force microscopy

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Flavio_Griggio.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member

Author:

Schulze, Heidi M

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NICKEL MANGANITE THIN FILMS FOR APPLICATION IN UNCOOLED MICROBOLOMETERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

CHEMICAL SOLUTION DEPOSITION
MICROBOLOMETER
THIN FILM
SPINEL
INFRARED DETECTION

File:

Download Thesis-HSchulze-sm.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ogihara, Hideki

Title:

STRUCTURE - PROPERTY - COMPOSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE BaTiO3 - BiScO3 CERAMIC SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

non-lead materials
tolerance factor
perovskite structure
relaxors
dielectrics
ferroelectrics
bismuth
scandium
barium titanate
permittivity
high energy density capacitor materials
dielectric relaxation

File:

Download MS_thesis_Hideki_Ogihara_200807.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Fujii, Ichiro

Title:

Dielectric Nonlinearity of Ferroelectrics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectrics

File:

Download Ichiro_Thesis_v6.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Wenwu Cao, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member

Author:

Nino, Juan Claudio

Title:

Fundamental Structure-Property Relationships towards Engineering of an Integrated NP0 Capacitor for Bismuth Pyrochlore Systems

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dispersion analysis
crystal structure
NP0 capacitors
dielectric relaxation
low fire ceramics
phase refinement
Bismuth pyrochlores

File:

Download 01jnthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaoxing Xi, Committee Member
William Blaine White, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Bao, Jianer

Title:

FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF ELECTROCATALYSIS OF THE HYDROGEN ELECTRODE REACTION AND OXYGEN ELECTRODE REACTION ON PLATINUM

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

tunneling current
electrocatalysis
platinum
platinum oxide film
Fuel cells
quantum electrochemistry

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member

Author:

Brosnan, Kristen H

Title:

PROCESSING, PROPERTIES, AND APPLICATION OF TEXTURED 0.72Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.28PbTiO3 CERAMICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PMN-PT
templated grain growth
ferroelectrics
piezoelectrics
ceramic
microstructure control

File:

Download PhDBrosnan.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member

Author:

Biegalski, Michael David

Title:

EPITAXIALY STRAINED STRONTIUM TITANATE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thin Film
Strontium Titante
Strain
Ferroelectric
Relaxor
Epitaxy

File:

Download Mike_Ph.D._THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Samantaray, Malay Milan

Title:

Effects of Microstructural Defects on the Performance of Base-metal Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

finite element modeling
microstructure
multilayer ceramic capacitors
degradation

File:

Download Thesis_Malay_Samantaray.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Gerald Dennis Mahan, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Ugorek, Michael S

Title:

Patterned Solid State Growth of BaTiO3 Crystals

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Barium Titanate
single crystal growth
patterning

File:

Download MSUgorek_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member

Author:

OZGUL, METIN

Title:

POLARIZATION SWITCHING AND FATIGUE ANISOTROPY IN RELAXOR-LEAD TITANATE FERROELECTRIC SINGLE CRYSTALS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

FERROELECTRIC
PIEZOELECTRIC
POLARIZATION
SWITCHING
DOMAIN WALLS
NONVOLATILE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES
POLARIZATION FATIGUE
ELECTRICAL FATIGUE
BIPOLAR DRIVE
SINGLE CRYSTAL
RELAXOR
STRAIN
POLARIZATION RELAXATION
FATIGUE ANISOTROPY
CURRENT

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Abdel-Motalib, Nageh Khalaf Allam

Title:

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DOPING AND CRYSTALLINITY OF ANODICALLY FABRICATED TiO2 NANOTUBE ARRAYS: TOWARDS AN EFFICIENT MATERIAL FOR SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Fluoride-free
Photocurrent
Nanorode
Tantala Nanotubes
Crystallinity
Doping
Hydrogen Production
Solar Energy Conversion
Titania nanotubes
Anodization
Solar Cells

File:

Download Nageh-PhD_Thesis-2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Craig Grimes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Craig A Grimes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Bassiri Gharb, Nazanin

Title:

Dielectric and piezoelectric nonlinearities in oriented PYbN-PT thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectric
thin film
nonlinearities
extrinsic contributions
domain walls

File:

Download Thesis-Bassiri-Dec2005.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Dragan Damjanovic, Committee Member

Author:

Bintachitt, Patamas

Title:

Local Origin of Macroscopic Properties and Patterning in PbZr(1-x)Ti(x)O(3) Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectrics
Piezoelectric
Thin Films
Piezoelectric Force Microscopy (PFM)
MEMS
Lead Zirconate Titanate PZT

File:

Download PhD_thesis_patamas_bintachitt.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Eitel, Richard Edward

Title:

NOVEL PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS: DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH TEMPERATURE, HIGH PERFORMANCE PIEZOELECTRICS ON THE BASIS OF STRUCTURE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

piezoelectric
ferroelectric
bismuth
lead titanate
perovskite
ceramic
tolerance factor
Curie temperature

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David John Green, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member

Author:

Polcawich, Ronald Gene

Title:

DESIGN, FABRICATION, TEST, AND EVALUATION OF RF MEMS SERIES SWITCHES USING LEAD ZIRCONATE TITANATE (PZT) THIN FILM ACTUATORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
RF MEMS
Switch

File:

Download Thesis_PZT_RF_MEMS_Switch_RPolcawich_2007_07_19_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Madan Dubey, Committee Member

Author:

Johnson, Raegan

Title:

Phase transitions in Ag(TaxNb1-x)O3 thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectrics
thin film
octahedral tilting
perovskite

File:

Download RJohnson_thesis_ATN_v8.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Ian Reaney, Committee Member

Author:

Yosenick, Timothy James

Title:

Synthesis and Colloidal Properties of Anisotropic Hydrothermal Barium Titanate

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Barium Titanate
hydrothermal synthesis
surface chemistry
colloidal properties

File:

Download Yosenick_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Dechakupt, Tanawadee

Title:

Microstructure-Processing-Property Relations in Chemical Solution Deposited Barium Titanate Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

barium titanate
thin film capacitors
chemical solution deposition
microstructure
interface

File:

Download Tana_full_thesis6.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Amar S Bhalla, Committee Member

Author:

Tomer, Vivek

Title:

POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE: EFFECT OF STRUCTURING, INTERFACES AND FILLER TYPES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

High Energy Density
Polymer Nanocomposites
Dielectric Breakdown

File:

Download TomerPhDthesis2010-uploaded.pdf

Committee Members:

C A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Wei-En

Title:

IMPEDANCE/THERMALLY STIMULATED DEPOLARIZATION CURRENT AND MICROSTRUCTURAL RELATIONS AT INTERFACES IN DEGRADED PEROVSKITE DIELECTRICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermally stimulated depolarization current
Impedence
defect chemistry
electrical degradation

File:

Download final_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Poterala, Stephen F

Title:

Closing The Performance Gap Between <001>c Textured Pmn-pt ceramics And Single Crystals

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Textured ceramic
PMN-PT
piezoelectric
texture
ceramic
templated grain growth

File:

Download Poterala_Thesis_revision_1f.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Shay, Dennis Patrick

Title:

Development and Characterization of High Temperature, High Energy Density Dielectric Materials to Establish Routes towards Power Electronics Capacitive Devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Dielectric
Energy Density
Ceramic
Impedance Spectroscopy
Breakdown Strength
Ellipsometry
Power Electronics

File:

Download Shay_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member
Nikolas J Podraza, Special Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member

Author:

Garten, Lauren M

Title:

Residual Ferroelectricity, Piezoelectricity, and Flexoelectricity in Barium Strontium Titanate Tunable Dielectrics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Piezoelectricity
Ferroelectricity
Flexoelectricity
Barium Strontium Titanate
Tunable Dielectrics

File:

Download L._Garten_Dissertaion.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Special Member

Author:

GU, YIJIA

Title:

Phase-field Modeling of Flexoelectric Effect in Perovskite Ferroelectrics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Flexoelectric effect
ferroelectrics
phase-field method

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Yijia_Gu__final_.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member
James Chen, Special Member

Author:

Wallace, Margeaux Louise

Title:

Performance of PZT Based MEMS Deviceds With Integrated ZnO Electronics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin films
piezoelectrics
integrated electronics

File:

Download Margeaux_Wallace_Completed_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Raegan Johnson Wilke, Special Member

Author:

Yeager, Charles B

Title:

Pzt Thin Films for Piezoelectric Mems Mechanical Energy Harvesting

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectric domain
e31f
energy harvesting figure of merit

File:

Download C_Yeager_Ph.D_THESIS_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Special Member

Author:

Michael, Elizabeth Kathleen

Title:

Bismuth Pyrochlore-Based Thin Films for Dielectric Energy Storage

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric energy storage
pyrochlore
thin film
bismuth zinc niobate
nanocomposite
flexible electronics

File:

Download Michael_FullThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Eaton, Craig Ernest

Title:

Engineering the Electronic Properties of Strongly Correlated Metal Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MBE
SrVO3
CaVO3
epitaxy
Hybrid

File:

Download Eaton_2015_Submit.pdf

Committee Members:

Roman Engel Herbert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Chan, Jason Hl

Title:

Study of Filled Tungsten Bronze Strontium Barium Niobate for Thermoelectric Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermoelectric
SBN
strontium barium niobate
defect
nonstoichiometry
filled bronze

File:

Download Jason_Chan_Masters_Thesis_Final_12-4-15.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Welsh, Aaron Joel

Title:

damage-free patterning of ferroelectric lead zirconate titanate thin films for microelectromechanical systems via contact printing

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

soft lithography
thin films
dry etching
piezoresponse force microscopy
electroceramics
piezoelectrics
ferroelectrics

File:

Download Aaron_J_Welsh_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Sen Gupta, Arnab

Title:

Topochemical Synthesis & Characterization of Octahedral Rotation Induced Noncentrosymmetric Layered Perovskites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

noncentrosymmetry
octahedral rotations
perovskites
second harmonic generation

File:

Download Tuesday_-_4-19-2016_Dissertation_ASG.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member