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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:

Download rksthesis.pdf

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:

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:

Download Smith_Benjamin_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

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:

Smith, Jordan Cesar

Title:

Tailoring and Scaling Energetic Aluminum Clusters into Cluster Assembled Materials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

aluminum
cluster
reactivity
matrix isolation
cavity ring down spectroscopy

File:

Download Dissertation_For_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Special Member