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Author:

Fujii, Ichiro

Title:

Dielectric Nonlinearity of Ferroelectrics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectrics

File:

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Committee Members:

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

Author:

Creek, John Aubrey

Title:

Nanoscale Self-Assembly of Starch: Phase Relations, Formation, and Structure

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

starch
amylose
phase separation
crystallization
spherulites
self-assembly

File:

Download JACThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Nicole Robitaille Brown, 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:

Langston, Justin A

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Long Chain Branched Isotactic Polypropylene via a Metallocene Catalyst and T-Reagent

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polypropylene
branched
branching
gel permeation chromatography
rheology

File:

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Committee Members:

Tze Chiang Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, 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:

Nino, Juan Claudio

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

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

File:

Download 01jnthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Acord, Jeremy Daniel

Title:

IN SITU STRESS MEASUREMENTS DURING MOCVD GROWTH OF ALUMINUM GALLIUM NITRIDE ON SILICON CARBIDE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

METAL ORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
III-V NITRIDES
STRESS MEASUREMENT
EPITAXY

File:

Download JD_Acord_Ph._D._Thesis_August_2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, 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:

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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:

Rankinen, Jeffrey L

Title:

Microwave Characterization of Thin Film Titania

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin film characterization
high frequency dielectric constant
titanium dioxide
titania
microwave thin film characterization
high frequency permittivity

File:

Download ThesisMaster_071905.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark William Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lynn A Carpenter, Committee Member
Xiaoxing Xi, 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:

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:

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:

Zhu, Jie

Title:

Optimization of Matching Layer Design for Medical Ultrasonic Transducer

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Medical Ultrasonic Transducer
Matching Layer

File:

Download ThesisZhu.pdf

Committee Members:

Wenwu Cao, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member

Author:

Ryan, Joseph V

Title:

FREE CARBON STRUCTURE IN SILICON OXYCARBIDE THIN FILMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

fluctuation electron microscopy
thin films
sputtering
silicon oxycarbide
carbon nanoparticles
tribology

File:

Download Ryan_PhD_Thesis_-_FINAL_VERSION.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Paul Voyles, Committee Member
Paolo Colombo, Committee Member
Joseph Patrick Stitt, Committee Member

Author:

Claude, Jason W.

Title:

Ferroelectric Polymers for Electrical Energy Storage

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

vinylidene fluoride
fluoropolymer
energy storage
electrical breakdown
capacitor
dielectric

File:

Download Claude_Jason_-_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Junhong

Title:

NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATOR MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

actuator
polymer
charge dynamics
ionic liquids
ionomer

File:

Download junhong_lin_dissertation_Aug_2011-_07263.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, June Hyuk

Title:

GROWTH OF MULTIFERROIC OXIDES BY MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular-beam epitaxy
Multiferroics
Ferroelectrics
Ferromagnet

File:

Download Thesis-2010-v10.pdf

Committee Members:

L Q Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member

Author:

Sturgeon, Jacqueline Lee

Title:

Formation of hydroxyapatite in various aqueous solutions

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

hydroxyapatite
calcium phosphate cement
biomaterials
fluorapatite
carbonated apatite
phosphonate

File:

Download JSturgeonThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Wencil Brown, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Della M Roy, Committee Member
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member
Neil Sharkey, Committee Member

Author:

Van Tassel, Jonathan J.

Title:

Electrophoretic Deposition: Fundamentals, Mechanisms and Examples with an In Depth Examination of the Ion Depletion Effect

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Electrophoretic Deposition
Alumina Surface Charge
Electroconvection
PZT Films
Ion Depleted Conduction

File:

Download _Thesis-_Complete.pdf

Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member