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Author:: Browning, Paul Nathan
Title:: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Refractory Metal Alloys Formed by Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST)
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Refractory Metals
Field Assisted Sintering
Spark Plasma Sintering
Mechanical Properties
File:: Download Compiled_Thesis__Browning_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Jogender Singh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anil Kulkarni, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Todd Palmer, Committee Member
Ivica Smid, Committee Member
Ivica Smid, Outside Member

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Author:: Rajashekhar, Adarsh
Title:: Pulsed-Laser Crystallization of Ferroelectric/Piezoelectric Oxide Thin Films
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Ferroelectric Thin Films
Piezoelectric Thin Films
Laser Annealing
Pulsed-Laser Heating
Pulsed Laser Deposition
Laser Crystallization
Integration with polymeric substrates
Low Substrate Temperature Processing
In situ Laser Annealing
PZT Thin Films
File:: Download Adarsh_Rajashekhar_PhD_Dissertation_Penn_State.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Outside Member

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Author:: Bhimanapati, Ganesh Rahul
Title:: Scalable Synthesis of Graphene Based Heterostructures and their use in Energy Sensing, Conversion and Storage
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: graphene
molybdenum disulfide
heterostructures
radiation
hydrogen evolution reactions
HERs
lithium ion batteries
LiBs
transition metal dichalcogenides
tungsten diselenide
File:: Download Final_Thesis_V2.pdf
Committee Members:: Joshua A Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua A Robinson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Adair, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member

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Author:: Abraham, Michael
Title:: ENGINEERING OHMIC CONTACTS TO III-V, III-N AND 2D DICHALCOGENIDES: THE IMPACT OF ANNEALING AND SURFACE PREPARATION ON CONTACT RESISTANCE
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: MoS2
GaN
InGaAs
Ohmic contacts
surface preparation
annealing
alloyed
silver
TiAl
Ni
silicide
self-aligned
MoS2 FETs
intercalation
Nickel
Titanium Aluminum
GaN HEMTs
File:: Download PhD_Dissertation_170507_MAbraham.pdf
Committee Members:: Suzanne E. Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E. Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Ashok, Committee Member
Joan Redwing, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Outside Member

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Author:: Mutch, Michael James
Title:: MAGNETIC RESONANCE AND MAGNETORESISTANCE FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF DEFECT CHEMISTRY AND SPIN-TRANSPORT IN AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS AND DIELECTRICS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Magnetic Resonance
electrical engineering
materials engineering
electronic transport
quantum tunneling
trap-assisted tunneling
defects
low-k dielectrics
silicon nitride
magnetoresistance
File:: Download Mutch_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Patrick M. Lenahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M. Lenahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Horn, Committee Member
S. Ashok, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Outside Member

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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:: Download Dissertation-Chanjing_Zhou-final.pdf
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

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Author:: Marker, Cassie Lou
Title:: Development of a knowledge base of Ti-alloys from first-principles and thermodynamic modeling
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Titanium
CALPHAD
DFT
Biomaterials
first-principles
thermodynamics
mechanical properties
File:: Download Cassie_Marker-Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Zi-Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Susan B Sinnott, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Outside Member
Michael Manley, Special Member

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Author:: Hong, Zijian
Title:: PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS OF TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND TOPOLOGICAL PHASE TRANSITIONS IN FERROELECTRIC OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Phase-field simulation
Ferroelectrics
Topological structure and topological phase transition
Oxide thin films and superlattices
Materials by design
File:: Download Zijian_Hong-dissertation_final_.pdf
Committee Members:: Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member

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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:: Download Anders_dissertation_final_wvita.pdf
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

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Author:: Zhang, Lei
Title:: Correlated metals as transparent conductors
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Transparent Conductors
Perovskite Oxide
Complex Oxide
Molecular Beam Epitaxy
File:: Download 170627_Lei_Zhang_Dissetation_2017.pdf
Committee Members:: Roman Engel-Herbert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Outside Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

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