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Author:

Clark, Anthony C

Title:

Superflow in Quantum Solids

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

supersolid
helium
vortices

File:

Download Dissertation-Clark-072407.pdf

Committee Members:

Moses Hung Wai Chan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Milton Walter Cole, Committee Member
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Kaintz, Anne Elizabeth

Title:

Mechanistic Studies in Water Splitting Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

hydrogen reduction catalysts
RDE
niobium electrodes
fabrication
homemade
UME
ultramicroelectrodes
photodeposition
degradation
hexaniobate nanoscrolls

File:

Download masters_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mallouk/Maroncelli, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Latham, Andrew Howard

Title:

MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Microfluidics
Magnetism
Nanoparticles
Iron Oxide
TEM

File:

Download AHLathamDissertation.PDF

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Amanda Michelle

Title:

Creating and Probing Molecular Assemblies for Single-Molecule Devices

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

scanning tunneling microscopy
single-molecule devices
oligo(phenylene-ethynylene)
molecular switch
capture surfaces

File:

Download Moore_thesis08.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Mary Jane Irwin, Committee Member

Author:

Sun, Adan

Title:

GROWTH AND PROPERTIES OF ANODIC OXIDE FILMS ON PLATINUM

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Mott-Schottky
EIS
nanooxide
platinum
Point Defect Model

File:

Download adan-dissertation_07_23_06.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Kurland, Adam Ross

Title:

Atomic-Scale Studies of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Substrate-Mediated Interactions and Interface Structures

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

substrate-mediated interactions
low temperature
STM
catalysis
spectroscopy

File:

Download KurlandPhDThesis2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Michael V Pishko, Committee Member

Author:

Mantooth, Brent Allen

Title:

Nanoscopic Analyses: Single Molecule Characterization In Molecular Electronics and Surface Science

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Scanning tunneling microscopy
single molecule
molecular electronics
benzene
digital image processing
substrate-mediated interactions
real-time measurements
image analysis

File:

Download Brent_Mantooth_thesis05.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member

Author:

Shorthill, Berkeley Jason

Title:

Molecular Tubes as Receptors for Biological Analytes

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

molecular recognition
lipid recognition
fluorescent chemosensors
calixarenes
calixnaphthalenes

File:

Download Shorthill_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy E Glass, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
A Daniel Jones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Marx, Brian M.

Title:

Exploring the Mechanisms of Passivity on Iron: Experimental Methods for Characterizing and Developing Models to Describe Nano-oxide Growth

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Point Defect Model
XPS
Impedance
Iron Oxide
Iron
Passive layer

File:

Download BrianMarx-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Howard W Pickering, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Hydutsky, Bianca Will

Title:

THE DESIGN AND TRANSPORT OF ZEROVALENT IRON PARTICLES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Environmental emediation
zerovalent iron
iron nanoparticles
transport
dehalogenation
TCE
nanopartical surface modification
PAA

File:

Download Bianca_Hydutsky_Total_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member

Author:

Gu, Bin

Title:

Synthesis and Fabrication of Polymeric Composites, Nanofilaments and Nanofibers

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

polymer
composite
fiber
nanowire
controlled radical polymerization
PTFE

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Min, Booki

Title:

PERCHLORATE REMEDIATION USING PACKED-BED BIOREACTORS AND ELECTRICITY GENERATION IN MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS (MFCs)

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

Microbial fuel cell
Bioreactors
Remediation
Perchlorate
Electricity generation

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Michael Regan, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Roh, Bumwook

Title:

Defect Properties of Anodic Oxide Films on Titanium and Impact of Oxygen Vacancy on Oxygen Electrode Reaction

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PDM
Point Defect Model
Titanium
Anodic Oxide

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Bumwook_Roh.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Howard W Pickering, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Supalo, Cary Alan

Title:

Teaching Chemistry and Other Sciences to Blind and Low-Vision Students through Hands-On Learning Experiences in High School Science Laboratories

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

chemistry
blind
low vision
hands-on
laboratory
science
multisensory
teach
students

File:

Download Cary_Supalo_Final_Dissertation_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
William Carlsen, Committee Member
George Bodner, Committee Member

Author:

Thode, Christopher Jay

Title:

SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AT THE NANOPARTICLE MONOLAYER SOLUTION INTERFACE

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Grignard
FT-IR
Au nanoparticle
click
Monolayer

File:

Download Dissertation_1-13-2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Scott T Phillips, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member

Author:

McGuiness, Christine Lara

Title:

Molecular Assembly At Bare Semiconductor Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

GaAs surface
self assembled monolayers
organic thin films
alkanethiolate monolayers
chemical passivation
bare semiconductors

File:

Download 2006_07_24_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lawrence Allara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Myers, Carl Philip

Title:

AMINOETHYLGLYCINE-DERIVATIZED RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES: MODEL ARCHITECTURES FOR PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

photoinduced energy transfer
photoinduced electron transfer
peptide coupling chemistry
metal complex coordination chemistry
heterometallic
self-assembly
photocatalysis

File:

Download Carl_P._Myers_Doctoral_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Fleming, David Andrew

Title:

Functional Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Application

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanoparticles
colloid

File:

Download DFlemingThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Lentz, Daniel Michael

Title:

Nanostructured Elastomers: From Smectic Liquid Crystals to Noble Metal Nanocomposites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

main chain liquid crystalline elastomers
noble metal nanoparticles
nanocomposites

File:

Download D._Lentz_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ronald C Hedden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

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:

Bowers, Geoffrey M

Title:

Structural Investigations of Strontium in Inorganic Crystals, Organic Crystals, and Phyllosilicate Minerals with Strontium-87 NMR

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

strontium
NMR
phyllosilicate
DOE

File:

Download GMB_ThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Gugang

Title:

Optical properties of carbon nanotubes

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

reflectance
SWNTs
chemical doping
optical properties
DWNTs
peapods
nanotubes
transmission
Raman
HiPCO

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Peter C Eklund, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gerald Dennis Mahan, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Saavedra Garcia, Hector Miguel

Title:

CONTROLLING ADSORBATE INTERACTIONS FOR ADVANCED CHEMICAL PATTERNING

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

molecular exchange
chemical patterning
soft lithography
scanning tunneling microscopy
self assembled monolayers
cluster assembled materials
microcontact printing

File:

Download Saavedra-Thesis2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member

Author:

Elavambedu Prakasam, Haripriya

Title:

Towards Highly Efficient Water Photoelectrolysis

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Anodization
Iron (III) Oxide
Hematite
Ethylene Glycol
Water Photolysis
Metal oxide semiconductors

File:

Download EPHP_PSU.pdf

Committee Members:

Craig A Grimes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Divliansky, Ivan Borissov

Title:

Fabrication of 2D and 3D Photonic Crystals and Templates

Graduate Program:

Materials

Keywords:

replication
interference lithography
photonic crystals
holographic lithography

File:

Download Ph.D._Thesis_-_I._Divliansky.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Sioss, James

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials for Biosensing Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanowires
silica coating
optical properties
biosensors

File:

Download 7-23-07.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Monnell, Jason D.

Title:

MOLECULAR-SCALE PROPERTIES OF FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS AND MOLECULES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

piezoelectric
atomic force microscopy
scanning tunneling microscopy
ferroelectric
self-assembled monolayers

File:

Download JDMonnell-dissertation-etd-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Sloppy, Jennifer D.

Title:

ANODIZATION MECHANISM AND PROPERTIES OF BI-LAYER TANTALUM OXIDE FORMED IN PHOSPHORIC ACID

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Anodic Film
Tantalum anodization
Point Defect Model
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
Kinetics of Anodization
spectroscopic ellipsometry
anodic growth laws

File:

Download sloppy_7_16_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Nikolas J Podraza, Committee Member

Author:

Basham, James Ian

Title:

BROADENING SPECTRAL RESPONSE IN SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS VIA FÖRSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Forster
DSSC
Dye sensitized solar cell
resonance energy transfer
FRET

File:

Download J.I.Basham_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

James Kenneth Breakall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
James Kenneth Breakall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member

Author:

Stapleton, Joshua J

Title:

SELF-ASSEMBLY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CANDIDATE MOLECULES FOR MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC AND QUANTUM COMPUTING APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

SAMs
infrared spectroscopy
molecular electronics
XPS

File:

Download Stapleton-JJ_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lawrence Allara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Hohman , James Nathan

Title:

Self-Assembly by Design: From Structure and Function to Nanoscale Construction

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

self-assembly
nanoscience
nanotechnology
self-assembled monolayer
nanoparticle
supramolecular chemistry
chemical patterning
microcontact printing
soft lithography

File:

Download jnh-thesis-revised-pdf2.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Lettieri, James

Title:

Critical Issues of Complex, Epitaxial Oxide Growth and Integration with Silicon by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Graduate Program:

Materials

Keywords:

oxides
silicon
molecular beam epitaxy

File:

Download Lettierithesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Xiaoxing Xi, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Darrell Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Golightly, Justin Samuel

Title:

Formation and Characterization of Nanoparticles Via Laser Ablation in Solution

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Laser Ablation
Nanoparticles
irradiation
metal nanoparticles
synthesis

File:

Download JSG_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Henry Foley, Committee Member

Author:

West, Joshua T

Title:

THE EFFECTS OF DISORDER ON SUPERFLOW IN THE QUANTUM SOLID He-4

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

supersolid
solid helium
quantum solids

File:

Download West_thesis_final_pdf.pdf

Committee Members:

Moses Hung Wai Chan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Moses Hung Wai Chan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member
Jayanth R Banavar, Committee Member

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:

Huang, Junbin

Title:

NONLINEAR LIQUIDS AND MECHANISMS FOR ALL-TIME-SCALE OPTICAL LIMITING EFFECTS

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

optical limiting
nonlinear liquid
L34
metallic nanopartilce dopants

File:

Download FINAL_ver607.pdf

Committee Members:

Iam Choon Khoo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Jun

Title:

Synthesis of Particulates for Functional Applications: Examples of Nanocomposites and Hematite

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Nanocomposite
Nanoparticle
Optical properties
Synthesis
Dispersion
Hematite

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Wang.pdf

Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Blaine White, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Jaekyun

Title:

Deterministic Assembly of Functional Nanodevices onto Silicon Circuits

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanotechnology
Nanowire

File:

Download Jaekyun_Kim_Final_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Craig Grimes, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member

Author:

Cederquist, Kristin Baine

Title:

Hairpin Nucleic Acid Probes for Metal Nanowire-Based Surface Studies and Biosensing.

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

surface characterization
spectroscopy
nanotechnology
fluorescence
bioconjugate synthesis
biochemical interactions
bioassays
multiplexed sensing

File:

Download kbcederquist_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Adams, Kelly

Title:

Biological and Artificial Model Systems to Investigate Fundamental Properties and Structures Related to Exocytosis

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

lipid nanotube
fusion pore
liposome artificial cell model
carbon fiber amperometry
exocytosis
microelectrode array

File:

Download KLA_FINAL_Thesis_3-30-2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr, Andrew G Ewing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Ewing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne M Andrews, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

Author:

Ohr, Kristi

Title:

The Design, Synthesis and Redox Properties of Metallated Artificial Oligopeptides

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

self-assembled monolayers
electron transfer
peptide
self-assembly
molecular electronics
multimetallic

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Cossey, Kimberly

Title:

Hypothesis Driven Assessment of an NMR Curriculum

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

NMR
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
chemical education
assessment
curriculum

File:

Download CosseyDissertationChem.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member

Author:

Holliday, Kito S

Title:

The Mechanical and Optical Properties of and Disordered Materials

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

photonic crystal
optimization
order-disorder phase transition
foldy-lax

File:

Download Kito-Holliday-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Shankar, Karthik

Title:

Effect of Architecture and Doping on the Photoelectrochemical Properties of Titania Nanotubes

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Photovoltaic
Nanotubes
Anodization
Electrochemical
formamide
protophilic solvents
solar cells
dye sensitized
photocatalyst
quantum efficiency
Incident Photon Conversion Efficiency
Flame Annealing
Anionic Doping
Electron Transport in TiO2
Open circuit voltage decay technique
high surface area nanostructures
ordered heterojunction

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Craig A Grimes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member

Author:

Dillenback, Lisa

Title:

SELF-ASSEMBLY AND CONTROLLED ASSEMBLY OF NANOPARTICLES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

metal nanowire
nanowire assembly
nanoparticle assembly
DNA-directed assembly
self-assembly

File:

Download DillenbackThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Gao, Lin

Title:

Studies of Cluster-Assembled Materials: From Gas Phase to Condensed Phase

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Zr6
Met-Cars
Assemble
Materials
Clusters
Au-MPC

File:

Download Jenny_Thesis_041408_C.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member

Author:

Sobhy, Mohamed Abdelmaboud

Title:

PHOTOELECTRON IMAGING OF METAL CLUSTERS AND THEORETICAL STUDIES OF METALLOCARBOHEDRYNES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

metallocarbohedrynes
photoelectron spectroscopy
photoelectron imaging
cluster anions

File:

Download Sobhy-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Hindenlang, Mark David

Title:

Development of New Methods and Polyphosphazene Chemistries For Advanced Materials Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

proton conducting
radio opaque
biocompatible
Polyphosphazene

File:

Download Hindenlang_Doctoral_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry R Allcock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Anderson, Mary Elizabeth

Title:

Chemically Advanced Nanolithography

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanolithography
self-assembled monolayers
molecular rulers
chemical patterning
photolithography

File:

Download Chemically_Advanced_Nanolithography_11-13-06mea.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member

Author:

Ibele, Michael Edward

Title:

Catalytic Micromotors and Micropumps and their Collective Behavior

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloids
nanoparticles
silver chloride
oscillating reaction
nanomotors

File:

Download Michael_Ibele_Doctoral_Dissertation.pdfDownload Supporting_Videos_Part_1_of_3.zipDownload Supporting_Videos_Part_2_of_3.zipDownload Supporting_Videos_Part_3_of_3.zip

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member

Author:

Santillo, Michael

Title:

Microfluidic systems for high-throughput single-cell assays

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Microfluidics
lab-on-a-chip
confocal
fluorescence
cell assay
bioanalytical chemistry
computational fluid dynamics
CFD
PDMS

File:

Download mf_santillo_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Ewing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Ewing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Kang, Myeongsoon

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

late transition metal
catalysis
polymerization
polar vinyl monomer

File:

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Baril, Neil F.

Title:

HIGH-PRESSURE MICROFLUIDIC CHEMICAL DEPOSITION: REPLACING THE AIR WITHIN MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

optical fiber
Silicon

File:

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Committee Members:

John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, 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:

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:

Abrams, Neal Mathew

Title:

EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT IN DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS THROUGH LIGHT MANIPULATION

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

dye sensitized solar cell
Gratzel cell
photonic crystal
solar cell

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, 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:

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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
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member

Author:

Kumar, Nitesh

Title:

Electrical properties of superconducting and hybrid superconductor-ferromagnet nanowires

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

superconductivity
nanowires
electrodeposition
ferromagnets
superconductor-ferromagnet
one-dimensional

File:

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Committee Members:

Moses Hung Wai Chan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Moses Hung Wai Chan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Jayanth R Banavar, Committee Member

Author:

Parajuli, Omkar R.

Title:

NANOMATERIAL PLATFORMS FOR ENHANCED BIOMOLECULAR DETECTION

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Zinc Oxide nano rod array
Copper silicide
polymer thin film

File:

Download ORP_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Jong In Hahm, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jong In Hahm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John V Badding, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Peihong

Title:

THEORY OF ELECTRONIC AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS: NOVEL GROUP-IV MATERIALS AND REAL SPACE METHODS

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

multigrid
finite element methods
Electronic structure
real-space methods
carbon nanotubes
ab initio
band structure
semiconductor
planewave
pseudopotential

File:

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Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Renee Denise Diehl, Committee Member
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Rachel Katherine

Title:

PRECISE NANO-SCALE ASSEMBLIES: GOLD CLUSTERS AND SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)
nanotechnology
nanoparticles
monolayers (SAMs)
self-assembly
infrared spectroscopy (IR)

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member

Author:

Stoermer, Rebecca Louise

Title:

BARCODED METAL NANOWIRES FOR MULTIPLEXED DNA HYBRIDIZATION ASSAYS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

barcoded metal nanowires
DNA
multiplexed
beacons
glass
silver
fluorophores
nanowires
metal
fluorescence
tags

File:

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Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Paul S Weiss, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

HERNANDEZ, ROSE MARIE

Title:

INTEGRATED CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS IN NANOWIRE STRUCTURES TOWARDS NANO-SCALE SENSORS

Graduate Program:

Materials

Keywords:

Nanowires
nanosensors
conducting polymer nanowires

File:

Download edt.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Blaine White, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Paul S Weiss, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Ruifang

Title:

GEOMETRICAL MAGNETIC FRUSTRATION AND DEMAGNETIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL SPIN ICE

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

geometrical magnetic frustration
spin ice

File:

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Committee Members:

Peter E Schiffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Ramanathan, Ramnarayanan

Title:

Synthesis and Characerization of Catalysts and Electrocatalysts Using Combinatorial Methods

Graduate Program:

Materials

Keywords:

split pool
electrocatalysis
combinatorial chemistry
catalysis
physical intuition
directed sorting

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chunshan Song, Committee Member
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Dean, Stacey Lynne

Title:

Functionalization and Characterization of Nanostructured Materials for Sensing Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

surface chemistry
proteins
nucleic acids
colloid
nanoparticles
SERS
FETs
nanowires
sol-gel
silica

File:

Download StaceyDean_PhDdissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, 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:

Boonyarattanakalin, Siwarutt

Title:

SYNTHETIC MIMICS OF MAMMALIAN CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

chemistry
synthetic organic
synthesis
organic
bioorganic
medicinal
chemical biology
biological chemistry
synthetic receptors
receptors
delivery
drug delivery
fluorescence
fluorescent
probes
cellular probes
cellular surface
protein uptake
synthetic receptor targeting
endocytosis
lipid rafts
fluorescent probes
his tag
receptor-mediated endocytosis
vancomycin
IgG
Fc
Pennsylvania Green
lipid bilayers
biomolecules
cholesterylamine
cholesterol
steroids
3ƒÒ-cholesterylamine
endosomes
lysosomes
listeria
mimicking
mimic
design and synthesis
antibody
antibodies

File:

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Committee Members:

Blake R Peterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Trent Feldman, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Avery August, Committee Member

Author:

Sundararajan, Shakuntala

Title:

Micromotors Powered by Catalytic Reactions and Their Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

autonomous micro/nanomotors
applications for micro/nanomotors
catalytic micro/nanomotors

File:

Download Shakuntala_Sundararajan__Dissertation_March_15_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member

Author:

Yoriya, Sorachon

Title:

FABRICATION OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOTUBE ARRAYS USING ORGANIC ELECTROLYTES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Titanium dioxide
titania nanotubes
anodization
anodic oxidation
fabrication
porosity
organic electrolytes
in-situ crystallization
photoelectrochemical properties
biomedical applications

File:

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Committee Members:

Prof Craig A Grimes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prof Craig A Grimes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Seunghyun

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

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

File:

Download ThesisMaster1.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Daniel, Thomas Addison

Title:

INVESTIGATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NATURE OF THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS IN MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONSTRUCTIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Molecular Electronics
Vapor deposition
CPAFM
UHV AFM
Self Assembled Monolayers
molecular contacts

File:

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Committee Members:

David Lawrence Allara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Tighe, Timothy Bernard

Title:

Metal Atom-Molecule Interactions in Self-Assembled Monolayers

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

metal organic interface
alkane thiol
self-assembled monolayers
metallization

File:

Download tbtighe2003.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lawrence Allara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

LaTempa, Thomas Joseph

Title:

Visible Light Active, Nano-Architectured Metal Oxide Photo-Catalysts for Solar Fuel Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

solar fuel
photo-catalyst
nano-structure
anodization

File:

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Committee Members:

Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Member

Author:

Kline, Timothy R

Title:

The Design and Control of Catalytic Motors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

heterogeneous catalysis
colloids. nanotechnology
interface
autonomous
microfluidics
pumping
fluids

File:

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member

Author:

Sambhy, Varun

Title:

ANTIBACTERIAL POLYMERS AND FUNCTIONAL NANOCOMPOSITES; CARBON DIOXIDE POISONING IN ALKALINE FUEL CELLS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

silver
nanocomposites
antibacterial
polymer
fuel cells
lipid membrane

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Blake R Peterson, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Paxton, Walter

Title:

Autonomous Motion of Catalytic Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloids
autonomous
micropumps
nanomotors
electrophoresis
catalysis
energy transduction

File:

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Xiaowei

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF PHOSPHORUS LIGANDS IN RHODIUM-CATALYZED HYDROFORMYLATION AND HYDROGENATION

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Hydroformylation
Phosphorus ligand
Rhodium
Catalysis
Hydrogenation

File:

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Committee Members:

Professor Xumu Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xumu Zhang, Committee Member
Gong Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Xi

Title:

SPECIFIC HEAT OF SOLID 4HE

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

specific heat
helium
supersolid

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_XiLin_06192008.pdf

Committee Members:

Moses Hung Wai Chan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Cao, Yanyan

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND INTEGRATION OF CONJUGATED POLYMER NANOSTRUCTURES FOR SENSING AND OTHER APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

charge transport
conducting polymer
nanopartical integration
sensor
nanowires

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Gong, Yanming

Title:

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND PERFORMANCE TESTING OF PT- BASED ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE PEM FUEL CELLS

Graduate Program:

Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

electrocatalyst
cathode
PtCr
PtFe
Methanol
PEM fuel cell

File:

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Committee Members:

Yaw D Yeboah, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Serguei Lvov, Committee Member
Andre Louis Boehman, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Hong, Yiying

Title:

1. Self-Propelled Synthetic Particles— From Microscopic Randomness to Macroscopic Control. 2. Selective Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation by Recyclable Poly(allylamine) Gel-Supported Palladium(0) Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

micromotor
nanomotor
self-propulsion
phototaxis
diffusiophoresis
catalysis
titanium dioxide

File:

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yang

Title:

POWERED MOTION AT MICRO/NANOSCALES AND CONTROLLED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CATALYTIC MOTORS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanofabrication
electroanalysis
colloidal science
microfluids
microscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Kobayashi, Yoji

Title:

FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS FROM LAYERED OXIDES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

layered double hydroxide
Nb2O5
nanotube
proton conductivity
Dion-Jacobson
layered perovskite
layered oxide
spinel
superparamagnetism
oxyfluoride
WIEN2k

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Zihua

Title:

USING TIME-OF-FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY TO INVESTIGATE BEHAVIOR OF VAPOR-DEPOSITED METAL ON ALKANETHIOL SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ToF-SIMS
self-assembled monolayer
vapor metal deposition
surface
metal behavior
molecular electronics

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Winograd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Gunaratne, K. Don Dasitha

Title:

Photoelectron Imaging Spectroscopic Investigations of Transition Metal Silicides and Oxides

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Photoelectron spectroscopy
Electron Imaging
Photoelectron Angular Distribution
Transition metal
Silicon
Zinc Oxide

File:

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Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Coppock, Matthew Bradford

Title:

Self-complementary Heterofunctional and Chiral Artificial Oligopeptides Substituted with Metal Binding Ligands

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

artificial oligopeptide
ligandoside
self-assembly
PNA

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Penn_State_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, 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:

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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:

Nourhani, Amir

Title:

Dynamics of Electrocatalytic Nanomotors and Powered Random Walkers

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

nanomotor
nanorotor
random walker
electrocatalytic
effective diffusion

File:

Download Amir-final-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ali Borhan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ali Borhan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Spiro Vrentas, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Chia, Cheng Ing

Title:

Geometrically constrained nanoscale materials

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

DFT
graphene
topological frustration
nanoribbon

File:

Download CIChia-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Jun Zhu, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Singh, Meenakshi

Title:

Quantum transport in superconducting, ferromagnetic and normal nanowires

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

superconductivity
transport
confined geometry
nanowires
anti-proximity effect
proximity effect
ferromagnetic nanowires

File:

Download MS_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Moses Hung Wai Chan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Chaoxing Liu, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Puls, Conor P

Title:

Electronic Band Structure Effects in Monolayer, Bilayer, and Hybrid Graphene Structures

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

graphene
bilayer
hybrid
band gap engineering
impurity scattering
Ca3Ru2O7

File:

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Committee Members:

Dr Ying Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Larrabee, Thomas James

Title:

A Quantified Dosing ALD Reactor with In-situ Diagnostics for Surface Chemistry Studies

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

atomic layer deposition
quartz crystal microbalance
quadrupole mass spectrometer
in-situ diagnostics
adsorption
reactivity

File:

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Committee Members:

David Lawrence Allara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Roman Engel Herbert, Committee Member

Author:

Ma, Yi

Title:

electro-optics and nonlinear optics of liquid crystal-plasmonic materials and structures

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

liquid crystal

File:

Download yi_ma_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Iam Choon Khoo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Timothy Joseph Kane, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Benjamin David

Title:

The Self- and Directed Assembly of Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanowires
Nanotubes
Gold
Silica
Self-Assembly
Sedimentation
van der Waals
Aspect Ratio
Density
Electrostatics
Particle

File:

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Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Wei

Title:

Understanding the propulsion and assembly of autonomous nano- and micromotors powered by chemical gradients and ultrasound

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanomotors
Numerical simulation
Energy efficiency
Ultrasound
Particle interactions
Self-assembly

File:

Download Wei_Wang_thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Cheng, Zhigang

Title:

Thermodynamic Properties of Helium in Porous Media

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

helium
heat capacity
thermal conductivity
porous media

File:

Download Dissertation_Zhigang_Cheng.pdf

Committee Members:

Moses Hung Wai Chan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, 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:

Pavlick, Ryan Anthony

Title:

Organometallics For The Development Of Self-motile And Crack Repair Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

organometallics
motors
nanomotors
catalysis

File:

Download Thesis_RyanPavlick_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Special Member