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Author:

Hedrick, Brittany Lynn

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF LASER FIRED CONTACTS, LASER DOPED EMITTERS, AND FIXED CHARGE PASSIVATION FOR IMPROVED SILICON SOLAR CELLS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Laser Doped Emitter
Silicon Solar Cells
Fixed Charge Passivation
Laser Fired Contacts

File:

Download FINAL_THESIS_MASTERS_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph R Flemish, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Downey, Brian P

Title:

High Current Density Stability of Ohmic Contacts to Silicon Carbide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

high current
electromigration
Pd
contact
ohmic
SiC
stability

File:

Download BPDowneyDissertation_2011.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, 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:

Eichfeld, Chad M

Title:

NANOFABRICATION OF STRUCTURES FOR THE STUDY OF NANOWIRE DOPING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanowire
silicon nanowire
selective plating
junction delenation
growth in place
nanofabrication
atom probe
local electrode atom probe
LEAP

File:

Download THESIS_DOCUMENT_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Meyer, David J.

Title:

Surface Passivation Studies of AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

passivation
plasma
silicon nitride
SiNx
pulsed I-V
current recovery
XPS
RF

File:

Download MeyerPhDThesis2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Professor Joseph R Flemish, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Professor Joan M Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Won, Hyosig

Title:

THE MEASUREMENTS OF SHEET CONDUCTANCE OF METALLIZED SILICON SURFACE BY TWO POINT TUNNELING PROBE

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Scattering
Sheet conductance
Thin Metallic Film
Schottky Barrier
Mean Free Path

File:

Download thesis_final22.pdf

Committee Members:

Roy F Willis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald Dennis Mahan, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Hsiao-an Sammy

Title:

DESIGN OF SHALLOW AND THERMALLY STABLE CONTACTS ON ANTIMONIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

metal/semiconductor contact
ohmic contact
Schottky barrier height
gate metallization
shallow reaction
thermal stability
aging
wet processing
surface passivation
antimonide based compound semiconductors
InGaSb
InAs
AlGaAsSb
HBT
HEMT
I-V characteristics
cross-sectional TEM

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Howell, Jane

Title:

Deposition, Characterization, and Thermomechanical Fatigue of Nickel Aluminide and Ruthenium Aluminide Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Intermetallic
aluminide
thin film
thermomechanical fatigue
NiAl
RuAl

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_-_final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Joseph Flemish, Committee Member

Author:

Robinson, Joshua Alexander

Title:

Study of Palladium/Gallium Antimonide Rections and Ohmic Contacts to n-type Gallium Antimonide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ohmic Contact
Palladium
GaSb

File:

Download JARobinson_-_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
S Ashok, 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:

Ryan, Jason Thomas

Title:

Magnetic Resonance Observations of Defects Involved in Bias Temperature Instabilities and Stress Induced Leakage Currents in HfO2 and SiO2 Based Metal-Oxide-Silicon Structures

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

stress induced leakage current
negative bias temperature instabilitiy
electron spin resonance
spin dependent tunneling
magnetic resonance

File:

Download Thesis_V4_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Lenahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member

Author:

Sarpatwari, Karthik

Title:

Toward Understanding the Electrical Properties of Metal/Semiconductor Schottky Contacts: the Effects of Barrier Inhomogeneities and Geometry in Bulk and Nanoscale Structures

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Schottky barrier diodes
Nanowire

File:

Download Sarpatwari_Compre_backup.pdf

Committee Members:

Osama O Awadelkarim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Osama O Awadelkarim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Samia A Suliman, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member

Author:

Fanton, Mark

Title:

Growth of single crystal silicon carbide by halide chemical vapor deposition

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

chemical vapor deposition
silicon carbide
epitaxy

File:

Download Fanton_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph R Flemish, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Mary A.

Title:

Optimization and Characterization of Vanadium-Based Contacts to n-Type Aluminum Gallium Nitride

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ohmic contacts
Vanadium
AlGaN
LEDs
HEMTs

File:

Download Miller_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Joseph Flemish, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, 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:

Dellas, Nicholas S

Title:

Silicide and Germanide Contacts to Silicon and Germanium Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

silicide
Schottky barrier
nanowire
kinetics
nickel

File:

Download NSDellas_PhD_Thesis_Corrections_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Drummond, Patrick John

Title:

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NEAR-SURFACE REGION OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS BY PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DECAY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

recombination lifetime
minority carrier lifetime
photoconductive decay
surface electrical properties

File:

Download Drummond-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jerzy Ruzyllo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Joseph R Flemish, Committee Member

Author:

Burke, Robert

Title:

MOCVD Growth and Characterization of Gallium Nitride and Gallium Antimonide Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

GaSb
nanowires
MOCVD
GaN

File:

Download RobertBurkeThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jian Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Dormaier, Robert A

Title:

Ohmic contacts to compound semiconductor transistors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

high electron mobility transistor
heterojunction bipolar transistor
surface preparation
indium arsenide
Indium gallium arsenide
Ohmic contacts
antimonide based compound semiconductor

File:

Download R_Dormaier_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Rai, Rohit

Title:

MODELING OF HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID FLOW IN KEYHOLE MODE WELDING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

genetic algorithm
numerical modeling
keyhole mode welding
electron beam
laser

File:

Download Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tarasankar Debroy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ivica Smid, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Todd Palmer, Committee Member

Author:

Eichfeld, Sarah M

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Photovoltaic Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

SiNWs
nanowire solar cells
SiNW growth

File:

Download Synthesis_and_Characterization_of_SiNW_Arrays_for_Photovoltaic_Applications_Eichfeld_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member

Author:

Dey, Soham

Title:

A study of contacts to p- and n-type silicon nanowires synthesized via vapor-liquid-solid growth process

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

aluminide
silicide
nanowire
silicon
ohmic
contact
vapor-liquid-solid growth

File:

Download PhDThesis-SohamDey.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member

Author:

Ho, Tsung ta

Title:

Silicon Nanowire Field Effect Devices

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

VLS
silicon nanowire
MOSFET

File:

Download TTH_PHD_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Xi

Title:

SIZE EFFECTS IN ALLOY AND HETEROSTRUCTURED Si1-xGex NANOWIRES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanowires
SiGe
size effect diffusion

File:

Download Xi_Zhang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Xin

Title:

CHARGED POINT DEFECT IN RUTILE TIO2: FROM DEFECT CHARGE DISTRIBUTION TO DEFECT PHONON FREE ENERGY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

TiO2
defect formation energy
phonon free energy
thermodynamics
defect phase diagram

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Cui, Yi

Title:

MAGNESIUM DIBORIDE THIN FILMS AND DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

MgB2
thin film
device

File:

Download Yi_Cui-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaoxing Xi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yanfeng

Title:

Integration and Characterization of Silicon Nanowire Field Effect Devices

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

thermal oxidation
silicon nanowire
field effect device
vapor-liquid-solid

File:

Download Thesis-YZW111.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
William Kenneth Jenkins, Committee Member

Author:

Blecher, Jared Jacob

Title:

Numerical Modeling of Laser-silicon Interactions during Formation of Selective Emitters

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

laser doping
solar cell
photovoltaics
laser diagnostic
beam characterization

File:

Download Blecher_Masters_Thesis_Rev_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Todd Palmer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Tarasankar Deb Roy, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Heinrichs, Holly E

Title:

Parameter Optimization of Laser-doped Selective Emitters for Applications in the Silicon Photovoltaic Industry

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science

Keywords:

Laser Doped Selective Emitters
Laser Doping
Q-switched
Continuous wave
Electrical comparison
Parameter Optimization

File:

Download Holly_Heinrichs_-_Parameter_Optimization_of_Laser_Doped_Selective_Emitters_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

S Ashok, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward William Reutzel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Aliyaru Kunju, Ashkar Ali

Title:

Design Fabrication and Characterization of Antimonide MOS Transistors

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

MOS
Low Power
Antimonide
MOSFET
High-k Dielectric
Quantum Well
CV

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_AshkarAli.pdf

Committee Members:

Suman Datta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suman Datta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Domask, Anna Catherine

Title:

The Development and Modeling of a Simulated Test Structure for Rapidly Testing Microelectromechanical Switch Contacts

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MEMS
Switch
Modeling
Materials
Contacts
Testing
FEA
bending

File:

Download DomaskMastersThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yashinski , Melisa Sue

Title:

Effect of Large Elastic Strains on Phonons in GaP Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Nanowires
Gallium Phosphide
GaP
Mechanical behavior
stress
strain
phonon
vibrational mode
Raman spectroscopy
tension

File:

Download MSYashinski-Dissertation_Final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Muhlstein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member

Author:

Schuh, Carolyn Jeanne

Title:

Formation and Kinetics of Axially Intruded Iron Silicide and Nickel Silicide Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

iron
nickel
silicide
nanowire
kinetics
phase formation
intruded silicide
spin injection
spintronics

File:

Download carolynschuh.rtf.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hwang, Euichul

Title:

Device modeling, analysis and fabrication of In0.53Ga0.47As Field-effect transistors

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

InGaAs FinFET
Ballistic transport
Injection velocity
InGaAs QWFET
Solid phase regrowth
Contact

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Euichul__final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suman Datta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suman Datta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Patrick M Lenahan, Special Member

Author:

Tremper, Amber Leigh

Title:

Effects of Nanoscale Coatings on Reliability of MEMS Ohmic Contact Switches

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MEMS
ohmic
thin films
nanoindentation
coatings
ruthenium
gold
platinum
contact resistance

File:

Download Tremper_Doctoral_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Christopher Muhlstein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

Author:

Andre, Kalissa Lauren

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Zn1-xmnxse and Bi2se3 Nanowires and Nanoribbons

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanowire
thermal evaporation
diluted magnetic semiconductor
topological insulator
Bi2Se3
ZnMnSe
ordering

File:

Download AndreThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lin, Joyce Chia-i

Title:

An Investigation of Local Nanomorphology and Doping at the Metal-semiconductor Interface

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ohmic contacts
compound semiconductors
transmission electron microscopy
InGaAs
GaAs
III-V compounds
transistors

File:

Download LinJoyce_Dissertation_May2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suman Datta, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Choi, Won Hyuck

Title:

passivation of InGaN/GaN nanopillar light emitting diodes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanopillar
light emitting diode
passivation
InGaN/GaN

File:

Download 070813_Masters_thesis_Won_Hyuck_Choi.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Xu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yearsley, Joshua David

Title:

Novel Ohmic Contact Schemes for Iii-v Semiconductors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ohmic contacts
metal/semiconductor contacts
doping
materials science

File:

Download Yearsley_J_ThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Engel Herbert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liang, Wentao

Title:

in situ TEM study on anode materials in lithium-ion batteries

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

in situ TEM
lithium ion battery
gallium nanodroplets
nanovoid
germanium nanoparticles
fracture

File:

Download doctoral_dissertation_wentaoliang.pdf

Committee Members:

Sulin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sulin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Barbara Shaw, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yi

Title:

A FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY OF STACKING FAULTS AND LONG PERIODIC STACKING ORDER STRUCTURES IN MG AND MG ALLOYS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Stacking fault
Long periodic stacking order (LPSO)
Deformation electron density
Atomic array/cluster

File:

Download 2013-BillYiWang-PhD-Dissertation-Mg-SF-LPSOs--V3.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Suveen N Mathaudhu, Special Member

Author:

Liu, Jie

Title:

Colloidal Quantum Dot-enabling and Alternating Current Driven Gallium Nitride Based Light Emitting Diode Technology

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

light emitting diodes
LED
quantum dots
gallium nitride
alternating current LED
AC LED
optoelectronics

File:

Download Dissertation_Jie_Liu.pdf

Committee Members:

Jian Xu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member
Stephen Fonash, Committee Member
Osama O Awadelkarim, Committee Member

Author:

Pomorski, Thomas Anthony

Title:

defect structure and electronic transport in low-k films used for back end of line dielectrics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

electronic materials
EPR
low-k
back end of line

File:

Download Pomorski_thesis_final_submission_edits.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Lenahan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S Ashok, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Raghavan, Ashwin Sreekant

Title:

Laser-fired contact formation on metallized and passivated silicon wafers under short pulse durations

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

laser-fired contact
silicon wafer
photovoltaic device
heat transfer and fluid flow
laser-material interaction behavior

File:

Download ARaghavan_Dissertation2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Tarasankar Debroy, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Todd Palmer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member
Edward William Reutzel, Special Member

Author:

Gagnon, Jarod Christopher

Title:

MOCVD growth of GaN on Si through novel substrate modification techniques

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

III/Nitride
MOCVD
Silicon
substrate modification

File:

Download Gagnon_--_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member

Author:

Brom, Joseph Edward

Title:

Growth and Characterization of Bismuth Selenide Thin Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

CVD
Bi2Se3
bismuth selenide
topological insulator

File:

Download Full_Document_Final_-_Revised_05272014.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Agrawal, Ashish

Title:

Physics and Technology of Strained Germanium Quantum Well FinFET for Low Power P-channel Application

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Semiconductor
Germanium
FinFET
CMOS

File:

Download Ashish-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Suman Datta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Roman Engel Herbert, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member

Author:

Levin, Scott M

Title:

Heterogeneous Integration of III-V and II-IV Semiconductor Sheets onto Silicon Substrate through Electric-Field Assisted Assembly for Device Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

III-V semiconductors
electric-field assisted assembly
heterogeneous integration
FinFET
GeSe

File:

Download Scott_Levin_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Roman Engel Herbert, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member
Timothy John Eden, Special Member

Author:

Rape, Aaron M

Title:

Copper Matrix Composites Fabricated via Field Assisted Sintering Technology for Thermal Management Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal Conductivity
Thermal Transport
Copper-diamond
copper-tungsten
composite materials
SPS
FAST
Thermal Simulation

File:

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Committee Members:

Jogender Singh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Special Member

Author:

Banai, Rona Elinor

Title:

Tin Sulfide Phase Exploration: Dependence of Optoelectronic Properties on Microstructural Growth and Chemical Variations in Thin Film Material

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin film
optical properties
electronic properties
microstructure
photovoltaic
sputtering
semiconductor

File:

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Committee Members:

Jeffrey Brownson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark William Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Kragh-Buetow, Katherine Cora

Title:

Robust Electrical Contacts for Sensors and Electronics in Space Flight

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

silicon carbide (SiC)
indium nitride (InN)
polar semiconductors
high temperature
ohmic contacts
tungsten
nickel

File:

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Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
Robert S Okojie, Special Member

Author:

Haibat, Jatin Pramod

Title:

PROCESSING OF MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES AS MAGNETIC ADDITIVES FOR POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Aerospace Engineering

Keywords:

carbon nanotubes
manufacturing
nanocomposites
magnetic assembly

File:

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Committee Members:

Namiko Yamamoto, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
George A Lesieutre, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Sohrabi baba heidary, Damoon

Title:

NOVEL PROCESSING COATING TECHNIQUES TOWARD IMPROVED ELECTRO-CERAMICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ALD
MLCC
Nickel
Hydrogen
Degradation
Conductivity Preservation

File:

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Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
Nasim Alem, Committee Member

Author:

Aldosari, Haila Mohammed

Title:

FACTORS CONTROLLING THE RESISTANCE OF OHMIC CONTACTS TO GERMANIUM TELLURIDE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

phase change material (PCM)
GeTe
Mo
Ni
Au
contact
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

File:

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Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
S Ashok, Outside Member

Author:

Walker, Roger Craig

Title:

Effects Of Ionizing Radiation On The Layered Semiconductor Tungsten Diselenide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

two-dimensional materials
tungsten diselenide
radiation
X-ray
proton
ion
plasma
radiation materials science
nanomaterials
semiconductors
silicon carbide
layered materials
space electronics
radiation tolerance

File:

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Committee Members:

Joshua Alexander Robinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Committee Member

Author:

Zhou, Chanjing

Title:

Optical and Vibrational Properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Homo- and Heterostructures with Twisted Orientations

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Heterostructure
Moire pattern
Electronic band engineering

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Outside Member

Author:

Anders, Mark Andrew

Title:

A New Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance Approach: Spin Dependent Charg Pumping Applied to the 4H-Silicon Carbide/Silicon Dioxide Interface

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Silicon carbide
electron paramagnetic resonance
defects
interface
electrically detected mangetic resonance
nitrogen

File:

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Committee Members:

Patrick M Lenahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
S Ashok, Outside Member

Author:

Kozhakhmetov, Azimkhan

Title:

CVD GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 2D NbS2

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

NbS2
TMD
2D materials

File:

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Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Al Balushi, Zakaria Yahya

Title:

MOCVD Growth of Group-III Nitrides on Silicon Carbide: From Thin Films to Atomically Thin Layers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Group-III Nitrides
MOCVD
Thin Films
Graphene
2D Materials

File:

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Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Sukwon Choi, Outside Member

Author:

Domask, Anna Catherine

Title:

Reactivity and Epitaxy of Metal Thin-Films on Few-Layer Molybdenum Disulfide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Contacts
Thermodynamics
van der Waals Solid
Transition Metal Dichalcogenide
Raman spectroscopy
Transition electron microscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Nasim Alem, Committee Member
Jun Zhu, Outside Member

Author:

Russell, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

VERTICAL EVAPORATIVE ASSEMBLY AND DOUBLE REPLICATION OF UNARY AND BINARY SILICA COLLOIDAL CRYSTAL FILMS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloidal crystal
silica
nanoparticle
template replication
self-assembly
polymer

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Outside Member

Author:

Kally, James Cameron

Title:

TOPOLOGICAL INSULATOR/MAGNETIC INSULATOR HETEROSTRUCTURES: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Topological insulator
ferromagnetic insulator
MnAl

File:

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Committee Members:

Nitin Samarth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Outside Member

Author:

Doucette, Grayson S

Title:

COARSE TO FINE: TUNING MOLECULAR PACKING TO PINPOINT TRIPLET PAIR SEPARATION MECHANISMS AND THE ROLE OF MOLECULAR COUPLING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Singlet Fission
High Pressure
Intermolecular Coupling
Photophysics
Pentacene
Polymorph

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Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Outside Member

Author:

Bersch, Brian

Title:

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT IN SYNTHETIC TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES AND NOVEL GRAPHENE/METAL HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Two-dimensional materials
MoS2
WSe2
graphene
2D-Ga
2D-metals
superconducting heterostructures
TMDs
transition metal dichalcogenides
confinement heteroepitaxy
CHet
intercalation
SiC
MOCVD
field-effect transistors
transport
2D superconductors
2D heterostructures

File:

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Committee Members:

Joshua Alexander Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Walter, Timothy Noah

Title:

Processing of two-dimensional molybdenum disulfdie: oxidation, etching, and deposition on the basal plane for novel nanofabrication processes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MoS2
contact engineering
oxidation
ALD
nanofabrication

File:

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Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Akkopru Akgun, Betul

Title:

The Role of Defect Chemistry in DC Resistance Degradation of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
thin film
defect chemistry
electrical degradation

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Zoubeida Ounaies, Outside Member
Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Kahn, Ethan Lewis

Title:

SUBSTRATE ENGINEERING FOR IMPROVED SYNTHESIS OF TWO DIMENSIONAL CHALCOGENIDES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MoS2
WS2
Bi2Te3
2D
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Surfactant

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member
Susan B Sinnott, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mirabito, Timothy

Title:

Physical Vapor Deposition of Zinc Phthalocyanine Nanostructures on Graphene Templated Substrates: A Study of Reactor Design, Growth Kinetics, and Surface Morphology

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Physical Vapor Deposition
Graphene
Zinc Phthalocyanine
ZnPc
Nanostructures

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Committee Members:

David W Snyder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Talreja, Disha

Title:

Time-Domain Thermoreflectance Probing of Tunable Thermal Transport in Silicon Metalattices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Time-domain thermoreflectance
Silicon metalattices
Ballistic transport
Mie transition
Thermal transport metalattices
Delay stage configuration
High pressure confined chemical vapor deposition
Thermal rectification

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Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Brian Foley, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Cooley, Kayla Anne

Title:

The Effect of Metal Incorporation on Properties and Critical Interfaces in Germanium Telluride Based Devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase Change Materials
Electrical Contacts
GeTe
Solid-State Reactions
Contact Resistance
Metal-Incorporation
Ternary Phase Diagrams
Transmission Electron Microscopy
Thin Films

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Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
Nasim Alem, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Howsare, Casey Alan

Title:

Synthesis, Processing, And Electrical Characterization of Graphene Synthesized by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

graphene
chemical vapor deposition
ohmic contacts
electron transport
device fabrication

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Committee Members:

Joshua Alexander Robinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mc Kay, Colin

Title:

A near zero field magnetoresistance study of spin dependent currents in semiconductor and dielectric materials

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Near Zero Field Magnetoresistance
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
Electrically detected magnetic resonance
Hyperfine
amorphous carbon
amorphous silicon carbide

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Committee Members:

Patrick M Lenahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Sahin K Ozdemir, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Elbaar, Nadia A

Title:

High Temperature Electromotive Force Measurements of Al-rich Binary Ni-Al Alloys

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

electromotive force
NiAl alloys
electrochemistry

File:

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Committee Members:

Hojong Kim, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Li, Bo

Title:

“structured” multi-filler nanocomposites with novel dielectric properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric constant and loss
polymer clay composites
dielectric breakdown
structured composites
barrier properties

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Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Special Member

Author:

Terosky, Justin

Title:

Using Three-Electrode Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Sensors to Monitor Paint Degradation in Seawater

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics (MS)

Keywords:

Corrosion
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Albert Segall, Program Head/Chair
Barbara Shaw, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elzbieta Sikora, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member