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401. DEVELOPMENT OF STABLE ANODE AND CATHODE MATERIALS FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES

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Open Access
Author:
Chen, Tianhang
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF STABLE ANODE AND CATHODE MATERIALS FOR RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
LIBs
High nickel layered cathode
Zinc-ion batteries
File:
Download Dissertation_of_Tianhang_Chen.pdf
Committee Members:
Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Hojong Kim, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

402. Stimuli-Responsive Complex Droplets and Polymeric Materials for Micro-optical Systems

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Open Access
Author:
Goodling, Amy
Title:
Stimuli-Responsive Complex Droplets and Polymeric Materials for Micro-optical Systems
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
soft materials
micro-optics
structural color
droplets
whispering gallery mode
microlenses
emulsions
File:
Download A_Goodling_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

403. Exploration of the Cold Sintering Process for the Functional Metal Oxide Electroceramics

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Open Access
Author:
Tsuji, Kosuke
Title:
Exploration of the Cold Sintering Process for the Functional Metal Oxide Electroceramics
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Cold Sintering
Ceramics
Ferroelectrics
Piezoelectrics
File:
Download PhD_dissartation_final_KT_20211104.pdf
Committee Members:
Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

404. Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides: additive-mediated synthesis, doping and related applications

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Open Access
Author:
Zhang, Tianyi
Title:
Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides: additive-mediated synthesis, doping and related applications
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
2D materials
transition metal dichalcogenides
chemical vapor deposition
doping
van der Waals heterostructures
File:
Download Dissertation-Tianyi_Zhang.pdf
Committee Members:
Nasim Alem, Major Field Member
Mauricio Terrones, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

405. Correlated Metals as Visible and Ultraviolet Transparent Conductors

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Open Access
Author:
Roth, Joseph Dennis
Title:
Correlated Metals as Visible and Ultraviolet Transparent Conductors
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Transparent conductor
Correlated metal
Molecular beam epitaxy
Thin film
Perovskite oxide
File:
Download J_Roth_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Rongming Chu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

406. Illuminating Spin-Lattice Coupling Pathways in Layered Magnets

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Open Access
Author:
Padmanabhan, Hari
Title:
Illuminating Spin-Lattice Coupling Pathways in Layered Magnets
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
magnetism
phonons
topological insulator
ultrafast optics
raman spectroscopy
nonequilibrium
electron-phonon coupling
File:
Download Hari_Padmanabhan_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Zhiwen Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Special Member
Jorge Sofo, Outside Field Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

407. Phase-Field Modeling of Mobile Species Coupled with Reactions and Phase Microstructures

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Open Access
Author:
Wang, Rui
Title:
Phase-Field Modeling of Mobile Species Coupled with Reactions and Phase Microstructures
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Phase-field modeling
mobile species
charge
dielectric degradation
ferroelectric
alloy oxidation
File:
Download Rui_Wang-Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Clive Randall, Major Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

408. MULTIDIMENSIONAL COMPOSITION SPACE EXPLORATION: HIGH-ENTROPY CARBIDES SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES

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Author:
Hossain, Mohammad Delower
Title:
MULTIDIMENSIONAL COMPOSITION SPACE EXPLORATION: HIGH-ENTROPY CARBIDES SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
High entropy carbides
Valence electron concentration
Ultra-high temperature ceramics
Sputtering
Density functional theory
File:
Download MDHDissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Stefano Curtarolo, Special Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

409. Development of the Analytic Capabilities of Near-Zero Field Magnetoresistance Spectroscopy Through Experiment and Modeling of the Stochastic Quantum Liouville Equation

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Open Access
Author:
Frantz, Elias B
Title:
Development of the Analytic Capabilities of Near-Zero Field Magnetoresistance Spectroscopy Through Experiment and Modeling of the Stochastic Quantum Liouville Equation
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
EPR
Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance
EDMR
Near-Zero Field Magnetoresistance
NZFMR
Spin Transport
Spin Transport Modeling
Stochastic Quantum Liouville Equation
Quantum Liouville Equation
Open Quantum Systems
File:
Download Elias_Frantz_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sahin Ozdemir, Major Field Member
Patrick Lenahan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saptarshi Das, Major Field Member
Arthur H. Edwards, Special Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

410. First-principles design of metal oxides for renewable energy applications

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Open Access
Author:
Xiong, Yihuang
Title:
First-principles design of metal oxides for renewable energy applications
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Density functional theory
Photocatalyst
Hydrogen
File:
Download FIRST_PRINCIPLES_DESIGN_OF_METAL_OXIDES_FOR_RENEWABLE_ENERGY_APPLICATIONS.pdf
Committee Members:
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Michael Janik, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

411. TWO-DIMENSIONAL LAYERED CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILM ELECTRONICS FOR FLEXIBLE, BEOL, AND 3D APPLICATIONS

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Open Access
Author:
Lee, Sora
Title:
TWO-DIMENSIONAL LAYERED CHALCOGENIDE THIN FILM ELECTRONICS FOR FLEXIBLE, BEOL, AND 3D APPLICATIONS
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Back end of line
Flexible electronics
Atomic layer deposition
Two-dimensional materials
Transition metal dichalcogenides
3D fabrication
Metal oxides
High-temperature-capable lift-off
File:
Download Sora_Lee_-_Ph.D._dissertation__final_.pdf
Committee Members:
Tom Jackson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

412. METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF 3D AND 2D GROUP-III NITRIDES

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Author:
Bansal, Anushka
Title:
METALORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF 3D AND 2D GROUP-III NITRIDES
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
chemical vapor deposition
group III nitrides
2D materials
gallium nitride
boron nitride
2-dimensional gallium nitride
thin film deposition
semiconductor thin films
File:
Download Bansal_dissertation_08242021.pdf
Committee Members:
Nasim Alem, Major Field Member
Sukwon Choi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

413. Field Strength Effect on the Elastoplastic and Mechanical Properties of Single Modifier Aluminoborosilicate Glasses

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Open Access
Author:
Fry, Aubrey
Title:
Field Strength Effect on the Elastoplastic and Mechanical Properties of Single Modifier Aluminoborosilicate Glasses
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Glass
field strength
mechanical properties
elastoplastic properties
crack resistance
structure
aluminoborosilicate
glasses
compositional design
strength
toughness
fracture toughness
Young's modulus
File:
Download Fry__Aubrey_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Seong Kim, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Wolfe, Outside Unit & Field Member

414. Low-Temperature Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Electronic-Grade Molybdenum Disulfide on Multicomponent Glass Substrates

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Author:
Simonson, Nicholas
Title:
Low-Temperature Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of Electronic-Grade Molybdenum Disulfide on Multicomponent Glass Substrates
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
2D materials
MoS2
molybdenum disulfide
MOCVD
CVD
chemical vapor deposition
metalorganic chemical vapor deposition
electronic and photonic materials
materials synthesis
two-dimensional materials
transition metal dichalcogenides
glass
multicomponent glass
alkali aluminosilicate
alkaline earth boroaluminosilicate
low-temperature CVD
low-temperature synthesis
transparent electronics
flexible electronics
File:
Download Simonson_Nicholas_Dissertation_submission.pdf
Committee Members:
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Todd St.Clair, Special Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

415. Modulating Infrared Optical Response in CdO by Transport Properties and Heterostructure Design

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Open Access
Author:
Cleri, Angela
Title:
Modulating Infrared Optical Response in CdO by Transport Properties and Heterostructure Design
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
plasmonics
cadmium oxide
infrared
optics
materials
transport properties
sputtering
thin film
defect chemistry
plasmon polariton
transparent conducting oxide
nanophotonics
hyperbolic
ion irradiation
high-power impulse magnetron sputtering
HiPIMS
physical vapor deposition
PVD
doping
metamaterials
File:
Download Cleri_Dissertation_20230601.pdf
Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Noel Giebink, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joshua Caldwell, Special Member
Joshua Robinson, Major Field Member

416. Fundamental Understanding of Crystallographic Texturing and Defect Engineering for High Power Piezoelectric Ceramics

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Open Access
Author:
Leng, Haoyang
Title:
Fundamental Understanding of Crystallographic Texturing and Defect Engineering for High Power Piezoelectric Ceramics
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Crystallographic texturing
Defect engineering
High power
Piezoelectric
File:
Download PHD_dissertation-Haoyang_Leng.pdf
Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Qiming Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Shashank Priya, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Clive Randall, Major Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Major Field Member

417. Computational design of additively manufactured functionally graded materials by thermodynamic modeling with uncertainty quantification

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Open Access
Author:
Bocklund, Brandon
Title:
Computational design of additively manufactured functionally graded materials by thermodynamic modeling with uncertainty quantification
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
thermodynamics
CALPHAD
alloys
additive manufacturing
uncertainty quantification
functionally graded materials
File:
Download Bocklund-Dissertation-final.pdf
Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Michael Janik, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member
Richard Otis, Special Member

418. Extrinsic contributions in lead zirconate titanate films: From defects to devices

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Open Access
Author:
Peters, Travis
Title:
Extrinsic contributions in lead zirconate titanate films: From defects to devices
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
ferroelectrics
piezoelectrics
films
clustering
domain mobility
grain boundaries
interfaces
Rayleigh Law
flexoelectric
barrier layer capacitors
microelectromechanical systems
sensing
biomedical monitoring
File:
Download Peters_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Clive Randall, Major Field Member
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Major Field Member
Liam Collins, Special Member

419. Design and Discovery of High-Performance Nonlinear Optical Crystals for Laser Applications

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Open Access
Author:
He, Jingyang
Title:
Design and Discovery of High-Performance Nonlinear Optical Crystals for Laser Applications
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
nonlinear optics
second harmonic generation
nonlinear optical crystal
crystal synthesis
File:
Download JingyangHe_Ph.D._Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Sahin Ozdemir, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zhiqiang Mao, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr

420. Processing-Structure-Property Relations In Phase Separated Calcium Aluminosilicate Glasses

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Open Access
Author:
Clark, Nicholas Lamar
Title:
Processing-Structure-Property Relations In Phase Separated Calcium Aluminosilicate Glasses
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Glass
Phase-sparation
Indentation Hardness
Vickers
Microstructure
File:
Download NLC_Dissertation_Oct_20.pdf
Committee Members:
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Robert Kimel, Major Field Member

421. Electrochemical and Thermodynamic Properties of Neodymium Alloys in Molten Salts for Their Recovery

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Open Access
Author:
Im, Sanghyeok
Title:
Electrochemical and Thermodynamic Properties of Neodymium Alloys in Molten Salts for Their Recovery
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Molten Salt Electrochemistry
Neodymium
Nd alloy
Thermodynamic Property
Emf Measurement
Rare-Earth Recovery
File:
Download Sanghyeok_Im_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Major Field Member
Sarma Pisupati, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Feifei Shi, Outside Field Member

422. Inelastic Light Scattering and Lattice Dynamics of 2-Dimensional Polar Metals

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Open Access
Author:
Wetherington, Maxwell Turner
Title:
Inelastic Light Scattering and Lattice Dynamics of 2-Dimensional Polar Metals
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Raman Spectroscopy
Polarized Raman
2-Dimensional Materials
Polar Metals
Epitaxial Graphene
Silicon Carbide
Intercalation
File:
Download Inelastic_Light_Scattering_and_Lattice_Dynamics_of_2D_Polar_Metals.pdf
Committee Members:
Mauricio Terrones, Major Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Sukwon Choi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

423. Chemical Partitioning and the Role of Asymmetry in the Design of Droplet Microswimmers

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Open Access
Author:
Meredith, Caleb
Title:
Chemical Partitioning and the Role of Asymmetry in the Design of Droplet Microswimmers
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
droplets
active matter
solubilization
emulsions
active droplets
File:
Download Caleb_Meredith_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Ayusman Sen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

424. Ultralow-Temperature Densification of Ceramic, Ionic, and Hybrid Materials via Cold Sintering and Cold Flow

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Open Access
Author:
Lowum, Sarah
Title:
Ultralow-Temperature Densification of Ceramic, Ionic, and Hybrid Materials via Cold Sintering and Cold Flow
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
cold sintering
cold flow
hydroflux-assisted densification
sintering
ceramics
hybrid perovskites
halide perovskites
magnetic
File:
Download SarahLowum-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Gary Messing, Major Field Member
Clive Randall, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

425. Synthesis and Modification of High-Nickel Cathode Materials for next generation Lithium ion Batteries

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Open Access
Author:
Nguyen, Au
Title:
Synthesis and Modification of High-Nickel Cathode Materials for next generation Lithium ion Batteries
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
energy storage
lithium ion batteries
high-Nickel cathode material
synthesis
electrochemistry
File:
Download Au_Nguyen_PS_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Sulin Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Donghai Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
Chao-Yang Wang, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

426. New Avenues to Hybrid Polymer/Inorganic Nanoparticle Materials Using Surface-Initiated Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization and Reaction-Induced Phase Transitions

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Open Access
Author:
LaNasa, Jacob
Title:
New Avenues to Hybrid Polymer/Inorganic Nanoparticle Materials Using Surface-Initiated Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization and Reaction-Induced Phase Transitions
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Hybrid materials
polymer
nanoparticle
synthesis
File:
Download LaNasa_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Hickey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Gomez, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Outside Unit & Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

427. Microconcentrators for Space Photovoltaics and Sputtered Nanoporous SiO2 Antireflection Coatings

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Open Access
Author:
Ruud, Christian John
Title:
Microconcentrators for Space Photovoltaics and Sputtered Nanoporous SiO2 Antireflection Coatings
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
CPV
photovoltaics
non-imaging optics
antireflection
File:
Download Christian_Ruud_Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Sven Bilén, Outside Unit & Field Member
Noel Giebink, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

428. Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers Using Lead Zirconate Titanate Films

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Open Access
Author:
Cheng, Christopher
Title:
Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers Using Lead Zirconate Titanate Films
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
PMUT
Piezoelectrics
Acoustics
Ultrasound
Transducers
MEMS
Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers
File:
Download Thesis_Draft_Final_Cheng_-_Final_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan Trolier-Mckinstry, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tom Jackson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Outside Field Member
Clive Randall, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

429. ♯SHAARP, an Open-source Package For Modeling Nonlinear Optical Processes For Integrated Photonics

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Open Access
Author:
Zu, Rui
Title:
♯SHAARP, an Open-source Package For Modeling Nonlinear Optical Processes For Integrated Photonics
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Nonlinear Optics
Electromagnetic waves
Single crystal
Thin films
Second harmonic generation
Ferroelectricity
Polarization
Optics
Modeling
Thin film
File:
Download V6_Rui_Zu_Dissertation_2.pdf
Committee Members:
Zhiwen Liu, Outside Unit Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Outside Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

430. Investigation of the cold sintering densification kinetics and microstructural evolution

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Open Access
Author:
Bang, Sun Hwi
Title:
Investigation of the cold sintering densification kinetics and microstructural evolution
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Cold sintering process
Zinc oxide
Densification
Sintering kinetics
Grain growth
File:
Download SunHwiBang_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Clive Randall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

431. Fundamentals of Nonexponential Relaxation in Glass Forming Systems

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Open Access
Author:
Doss, Karan
Title:
Fundamentals of Nonexponential Relaxation in Glass Forming Systems
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Glass Relaxation
Kinetics
Viscosity
Stretched Exponentials
Complex Systems
File:
Download Doss_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Clive Randall, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

432. Mechanistic modeling of heat transfer and fluid flow during fusion-based additive manufacturing of structural alloys

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Open Access
Author:
Knapp, Gerald
Title:
Mechanistic modeling of heat transfer and fluid flow during fusion-based additive manufacturing of structural alloys
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
numerical modeling
heat transfer
mass transfer
additive manufacturing
alloys
File:
Download Dissertation_Knapp_2021.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward Reutzel, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jingjing Li, Outside Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Tarasankar Debroy, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Todd Palmer, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

433. A Study on the Effects of High Temperature Annealing of Borazine Based hBN Films

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Open Access
Author:
Kronz, Jeffrey
Title:
A Study on the Effects of High Temperature Annealing of Borazine Based hBN Films
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Boron Nitride
hBN
Borazine
Chemical Vapor Deposition
2D Materials
File:
Download J.Kronz_PhD.Thesis_December2021.pdf
Committee Members:
Nasim Alem, Major Field Member
Mark Horn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
David Snyder, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

434. Investigation of Charge Transport and Mechanical Properties in Ion Associating Polymeric Materials

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Open Access
Author:
Bostwick, Joshua Everett
Title:
Investigation of Charge Transport and Mechanical Properties in Ion Associating Polymeric Materials
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
polymer electrolyte
ionic liquids
ionic conductivity
dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
rheology
stress-strain behavior
surface morphology
File:
Download Joshua_Bostwick_Ph.D._Thesis_vfinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Ralph Colby, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Bryan Vogt, Outside Unit & Field Member

435. Additive Manufacturing of Polymer-Derived Ceramics

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Open Access
Author:
Gupta, Shruti
Title:
Additive Manufacturing of Polymer-Derived Ceramics
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Polymer derived ceramics
Additive manufacturing
Stereolithography
Polymer pyrolysis
High temperature ceramics
silicon carbide
File:
Download SGupta_dissertation_sent.pdf
Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Benjamin Lear, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

436. Lithium Disilicate Glass-Ceramics Containing Lithium Tantalate As A Secondary Phase

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Open Access
Author:
De Ceanne, Anthony
Title:
Lithium Disilicate Glass-Ceramics Containing Lithium Tantalate As A Secondary Phase
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Glass-ceramics
Lithium disilicate
Lithium tantalate
Machine learning
File:
Download DeCeanneDissertationFinal.pdf
Committee Members:
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Robert Kimel, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member

437. Cold Sintering of of Solid-State Sodium-Ion Battery Composites

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Open Access
Author:
Grady, Zane
Title:
Cold Sintering of of Solid-State Sodium-Ion Battery Composites
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
ceramics
solid-state batteries
composites
cold sintering
impedance spectroscopy
File:
Download Grady_Dissertation_Final_PDF.pdf
Committee Members:
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Feifei Shi, Outside Field Member
Xiaolin Li, Special Member
Clive Randall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

438. Design, Fabrication, and Analysis of Additively Manufactured Functionally Graded Materials

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Open Access
Author:
Bobbio, Lourdes Del
Title:
Design, Fabrication, and Analysis of Additively Manufactured Functionally Graded Materials
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
additive manufacturing
functionally graded materials
CALPHAD
Ti-6Al-4V
Stainless Steel
Equilibrium calculations
Scheil-Gulliver simulations
File:
Download Lourdes_Bobbio_PhD_Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Zi-Kui Liu, Major Field Member
Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Voigt, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

439. MOCVD Synthesis and Doping of FRONT-END-OF-LINE (FEOL) and BACK-END-OF-LINE (BEOL) Compatible Two-Dimensional WSe2

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Author:
Kozhakhmetov, Azimkhan
Title:
MOCVD Synthesis and Doping of FRONT-END-OF-LINE (FEOL) and BACK-END-OF-LINE (BEOL) Compatible Two-Dimensional WSe2
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
two-dimensional materials
2D materials
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
TMDCs
Chemical Vapor Deposition
CVD
Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
MOCVD
Doping
WSe2
Rhenium doping
Vanadium doping
Front-end-of-line compatible
Back-end-of-line compatible
Re-WSe2
V-WSe2
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Committee Members:
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

440. Change in bond parameters & induced stress in the alteration layer of corroded boro-aluminosilicate glass revealed by structural analysis

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Author:
Kaya, Huseyin
Title:
Change in bond parameters & induced stress in the alteration layer of corroded boro-aluminosilicate glass revealed by structural analysis
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
glass
glass corrosion
nuclear waste glass
optical spectroscopy
ellipsometry
thin films
porous materials
File:
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Committee Members:
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Jorge Sofo, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

441. Novel Techniques and Modern Applications of Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Near-Zero-Field Magnetoresistance

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Author:
Myers, Kenneth
Title:
Novel Techniques and Modern Applications of Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Near-Zero-Field Magnetoresistance
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Semiconductors
Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance
Near Zero Field Magnetoresistance
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
Electron Nuclear Double Resonance
Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy
Silicon
Silicon Dioxide
Negative Bias Temperature Instability
FinFET
Hafnium Dioxide
Amorphous Boron
File:
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Committee Members:
Suzanne Mohney, Outside Unit & Field Member
Patrick Lenahan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mark Horn, Major Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

442. Magneto-Optics of Plasmas, Bipolarons in Organic Semiconductors, and Electro-Optics of 2D Metals

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Author:
Schrecengost, Jonathon
Title:
Magneto-Optics of Plasmas, Bipolarons in Organic Semiconductors, and Electro-Optics of 2D Metals
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Faraday Rotation
Magneto-Optic
Transparent Conducting Oxides
Plasmonics
Organic Electronics
Bipolarons
Magnetoresistance
OLED
2D Polar Metals
Confinement Heteroepitaxy
Electric-Double-Layer Gating
File:
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Noel Giebink, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Robinson, Major Field Member
Sahin Ozdemir, Outside Unit & Field Member

443. Thermodynamic modeling of alkaline and rare earth metal with antimonides for applications in power generation

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Author:
Paz Soldan Palma, Jorge
Title:
Thermodynamic modeling of alkaline and rare earth metal with antimonides for applications in power generation
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
CALPHAD
Density Functional Theory
Modified Quasichemical Model
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator
Nuclear waste recycling
File:
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Committee Members:
Zi-Kui Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

444. Exploring Emerging Device Physics for Efficient Spin-Based Neuromorphic Computing

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Author:
Yang, Kezhou
Title:
Exploring Emerging Device Physics for Efficient Spin-Based Neuromorphic Computing
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Neuromorphic computing
Spintronic devices
Spiking neural networks
Bayesian neural networks
Magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ)
Stochasticity
Crossbar array
Sneak path current
Voltage-controlled magnetic anisotropy (VCMA)
Hall bar
File:
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Swaroop Ghosh, Major Field Member
Joseph Najem, Outside Unit & Field Member
Abhronil Sengupta, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Saptarshi Das, Major Field Member

445. Multiscale Modeling of Materials for Clean Energy Storage and Conversion

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Author:
Goff, James
Title:
Multiscale Modeling of Materials for Clean Energy Storage and Conversion
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
computational
electrochemistry
materials science
energy
atomistic simulation
cluster expansion
density functional theory
molecular dynamics
Monte Carlo
alloy
catalyst
battery
surface science
File:
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Committee Members:
Kristen Fichthorn, Minor Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Michael Janik, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

446. Measurements of Thermochemical Properties of Alloys for Applications in Energy Systems

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Author:
Nigl, Thomas
Title:
Measurements of Thermochemical Properties of Alloys for Applications in Energy Systems
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Thermodynamics
Electromotive force measurements
Electrochemical separation
Electrorefining
Sr-Pb
Alkaline-earth metals
Ni-Al
Hot corrosion
Combustion
File:
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Committee Members:
Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Arthur Motta, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

447. ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS OF BOROSILICATE GLASSESS: MECHANICAL RESPONSE UNDER DIFFERENT LOADING CONDITIONS

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Author:
Lee, Kuo Hao
Title:
ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS OF BOROSILICATE GLASSESS: MECHANICAL RESPONSE UNDER DIFFERENT LOADING CONDITIONS
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
molecular dynamics
deformation
plastic flow
shear flow
borosilicate glass
densification
fracture toughness
File:
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Committee Members:
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

448. “structured” multi-filler nanocomposites with novel dielectric properties

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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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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

449. ENABLING SAFE AND HIGH-ENERGY DENSITY ALL SOLID-STATE SULFUR BATTERIES

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Alzahrani, Atif
Title:
ENABLING SAFE AND HIGH-ENERGY DENSITY ALL SOLID-STATE SULFUR BATTERIES
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Li-ion battery
Li-S battery
Solid-state electrolyte
Solid-state battery
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Committee Members:
Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chao-Yang Wang, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

450. A Study of Metal Interactions with Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

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Agyapong, Ama Duffie
Title:
A Study of Metal Interactions with Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
TMDS
physical vapor deposition
2D materials
MoS2
WS2
contact metals
Raman spectroscopy
intermetallics
alloys
interfacial reactions
monolayer
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Robert Rioux, Outside Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Unit & Field Member

451. ELECTROCHEMICAL RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN MOLTEN SALT SYSTEMS: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRODE MATERIALS

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Castro Baldivieso, Stephanie
Title:
ELECTROCHEMICAL RECOVERY OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN MOLTEN SALT SYSTEMS: DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRODE MATERIALS
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
electrochemical recovery
electromotive force measurements
Gd-Bi alloys
oxide reduction
recovery efficiency of rare earth elements
Gd-Bi kinetic properties
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Feifei Shi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zi-Kui Liu, Major Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member

452. Probing the Interfaces in Two-dimensional Heterostructures Using Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy

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Bachu, Saiphaneendra
Title:
Probing the Interfaces in Two-dimensional Heterostructures Using Advanced Transmission Electron Microscopy
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
two-dimensional materials
vertical heterostructures
in-plane heterostructures
transmission electron microscopy
cathodoluminescence
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Committee Members:
Nasim Alem, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

453. Chemistry-structure-property relations in the AlCrFeMnNi alloy system

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Gesualdi, Jarrod
Title:
Chemistry-structure-property relations in the AlCrFeMnNi alloy system
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
electrochemistry
metallurgy
corrosion
microstructure
thermodynamics
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Amanda Johnsen, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

454. Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy for Nanostructure Interpretation in High-Entropy Oxides and Beyond

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Miao, Leixin
Title:
Analytical Transmission Electron Microscopy for Nanostructure Interpretation in High-Entropy Oxides and Beyond
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Transmission Electron Mircoscopy
High Entropy Oxides
Ferroelectric
Domain Structure
Nanostructure
Image Processing
Ferrovalley Materials
Hybrid Improper Ferroelectric
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Nasim Alem, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Zhiqiang Mao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

455. Nanostructured block copolymer films with responsive photonic band gap and nonlinear optical properties

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Xu, Yifan
Title:
Nanostructured block copolymer films with responsive photonic band gap and nonlinear optical properties
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Block copolymer
Photonic band gap property
Nonlinear optical property
Responsive materials
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Robert Hickey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ralph Colby, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

456. Novel Bio-inspired Halide Perovskite Optoelectronics

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Hou, Yuchen
Title:
Novel Bio-inspired Halide Perovskite Optoelectronics
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Halide perovskite
Photovoltaic
Optoelectronic system
Biomolecular engineering
Bio-inspiration
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Shashank Priya, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Noel Giebink, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

457. Understanding the composition–structure–property relationships and enhancing the electromechanical responses in ferroelectric polymers

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Han, Zhubing
Title:
Understanding the composition–structure–property relationships and enhancing the electromechanical responses in ferroelectric polymers
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Ferroelectric polymers
Piezoelectric polymers
PVDF
Dielectrics
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Committee Members:
Qiming Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Outside Field Member
Qing Wang, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

458. Atomistic Simulations: Atomistic level investigation of the dissolution, precipitation, and surface diffusion dynamics at the aqueous metal interface for renewable energy applications and the oxidation of silicon carbide for aero-propulsion

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Slapikas, Robert
Title:
Atomistic Simulations: Atomistic level investigation of the dissolution, precipitation, and surface diffusion dynamics at the aqueous metal interface for renewable energy applications and the oxidation of silicon carbide for aero-propulsion
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Molecular Dnamics
Pt
Platinum nanoparticles
ultra-high temperature ceramics
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Committee Members:
Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Wesley Reinhart, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Wolfe, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zuleima T Karpyn, Special Signatory

459. Phonons at Phase Boundaries in Electronic and Structural Transitions

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Wang, Huaiyu
Title:
Phonons at Phase Boundaries in Electronic and Structural Transitions
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Structural perturbation
Phonons
Ultrafast
X-ray Diffraction
Raman spectroscopy
Quantum Materials
Ferroelectric Nanotextures
Phase Transition
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Committee Members:
Venkatraman Gopalan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Haidan Wen, Special Member

460. Influence of Composition on the Post-Processing Response of Additively Manufactured Precipitation Hardening Stainless Steels

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Shaffer, Derek
Title:
Influence of Composition on the Post-Processing Response of Additively Manufactured Precipitation Hardening Stainless Steels
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Additive Manufacturing
Precipitation Hardening
17-4 PH
Martensitic Stainless Steel
Solution Heat Treatment
Aging
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Jay Keist, Outside Field Member
Amrita Basak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tarasankar Debroy, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

461. Elucidating the Growth Kinetics of Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy: An Experimental and Computational Approach

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Fazlioglu Yalcin, Benazir
Title:
Elucidating the Growth Kinetics of Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy: An Experimental and Computational Approach
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
hybrid molecular beam epitaxy
thin films
oxide
ReaxFF
metal organics
thermogravimetric analysis
chalcogenide
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Sahin Ozdemir, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Special Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

462. Zwitterion as Additives to Boost Dielectric Constant and Increase Conductivity for Single-ion Conducting Ionomers

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Mei, Wenwen
Title:
Zwitterion as Additives to Boost Dielectric Constant and Increase Conductivity for Single-ion Conducting Ionomers
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
ion-containing polymer
zwitterion
dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
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Robert Hickey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Scott Milner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Ralph Colby, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

463. Ferroelectric Materials by Design at the Mesoscale: Thermodynamic and Phase-Field Modeling

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Zorn, Jacob
Title:
Ferroelectric Materials by Design at the Mesoscale: Thermodynamic and Phase-Field Modeling
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
phase-field
thermodynamic
ferroelectric
landau theory
TDGL
Cahn-Hilliard
Allen-Cahn
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Jinchao Xu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Major Field Member

464. Multi-scale computational modeling of the effects of defects and microstructural anomalies on mechanical response of parts resulting from additive manufacturing

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Jiang, Panwei
Title:
Multi-scale computational modeling of the effects of defects and microstructural anomalies on mechanical response of parts resulting from additive manufacturing
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Crystal plasticity model
Fatigue Indicator Parameter
DAMASK
Microstructure-sensitive
Lattice strutcture
Gibson-Ashby model
Texture
Grain morphology
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Saurabh Basu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Todd Palmer, Major Field Member
Darren Pagan, Major Field Member
Amrita Basak, Outside Unit Member
Ed De Meter, Outside Field Member

465. SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF CARBON PRECURSORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN CARBON FIBER, CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES, AND GAS SORPTION SYSTEMS

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Sengeh, Joseph
Title:
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF CARBON PRECURSORS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS IN CARBON FIBER, CARBON-CARBON COMPOSITES, AND GAS SORPTION SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Carbon Fibers
Carbon-Carbon Composites
Methane Storage
Carbon Precursors
Polymer Precursors
Oxidative Stability
Carbon Yield
Volumetric and Gravimetric Capacity
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Ralph Colby, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member
Semih Eser, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tze-Chiang Chung, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

466. Synthesis and Integration of 2D Materials and ALD Dielectrics

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Chen, Cindy
Title:
Synthesis and Integration of 2D Materials and ALD Dielectrics
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
2D Materials
Atomic Layer Deposition
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Semiconductors
Dielectrics
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Outside Field Member

467. Microstructural Evolution in Additively Manufactured Duplex Stainless Steel Alloys

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Iams, Andrew
Title:
Microstructural Evolution in Additively Manufactured Duplex Stainless Steel Alloys
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
additive manufacturing
duplex stainless steel
microstructure
mechanical properties
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Tarasankar Debroy, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lucille Giannuzzi, Special Member
Robert Voigt, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

468. Property degradation and microstructure damage of tungsten in ultra high temperature environments

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Ding, Dazhong
Title:
Property degradation and microstructure damage of tungsten in ultra high temperature environments
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
tungsten
plasma
microstructure
fusion materials
ultrashort pulsed laser
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jean Paul Allain, Major Field Member
Sean Knecht, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
Leigh Winfrey, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

469. Discovering Photocatalytic Materials From First Principles

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Hall, Nicole
Title:
Discovering Photocatalytic Materials From First Principles
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Density-functional theory
Photocatalyst
DFT+U
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Raymond Schaak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Wesley Reinhart, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

470. High-Entropy Oxides: Epitaxial Growth, Kinetic Dependencies, and Linear Optical Properties

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Kotsonis, George
Title:
High-Entropy Oxides: Epitaxial Growth, Kinetic Dependencies, and Linear Optical Properties
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Oxides
Entropy
Epitaxy
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Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Brian Foley, Outside Unit & Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

471. Experimental and Computational Investigations of Platinum and Gallium Nitride Vapor Deposition Processes

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Campbell, Ian
Title:
Experimental and Computational Investigations of Platinum and Gallium Nitride Vapor Deposition Processes
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
atomic layer deposition
chemical vapor deposition
platinum
gallium nitride
density functional theory
mesoporous nitrogen doped carbon
nuclei
particle
thin film
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Suzanne Mohney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Feifei Shi, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

472. Using the semidilute unentangled concentration regime to determine the molecular weights of polyelectrolytes

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Han, Aijie
Title:
Using the semidilute unentangled concentration regime to determine the molecular weights of polyelectrolytes
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Polyelectrolyte solutions
polymer physics
rheology
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Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ralph Colby, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Urara Hasegawa, Major Field Member

473. Dynamics of ion transport and charge compensation in thermally poled glasses

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Nieves Sanabria, Cesar
Title:
Dynamics of ion transport and charge compensation in thermally poled glasses
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
glass
ion migration
thermal poling
tsdc
comsol
dielectric breakdown
acid leaching
polymer coating
electrical properties
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Michael Lanagan, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member

474. Exploring the fundamental contributions to the dielectric properties of LiNbO3 and NaNbO3 glass-ceramics with microwave frequency measurements

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Gerace, Katy
Title:
Exploring the fundamental contributions to the dielectric properties of LiNbO3 and NaNbO3 glass-ceramics with microwave frequency measurements
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
glass
glass-ceramics
dielectric properties
microwave frequency
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Clive Randall, Major Field Member

475. Microstructural Evolution Under Loss of Lubriction Conditions in Aerospace Gear Steels

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Isaacson, Aaron
Title:
Microstructural Evolution Under Loss of Lubriction Conditions in Aerospace Gear Steels
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Aerospace Gear Steel Failure
Friction
Surface Oxidation
Hot Hardness
Loss of Lubrication Gear Failure
Microstructural Evolution
Scuffing
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Tarasankar Debroy, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Todd Palmer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Robert Voigt, Outside Unit & Field Member

476. Enhancing properties of perovskite ferroelectrics and correlated metals via precise stoichiometry control

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Kuznetsova, Tatiana
Title:
Enhancing properties of perovskite ferroelectrics and correlated metals via precise stoichiometry control
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Molecular beam epitaxy
Complex oxides
Transparent conductors
Thin films
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Qi Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Special Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

477. PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS OF CONTROLLING AND DESIGNING FERROELECTRIC TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND HIDDEN PHASES IN SUPERLATTICE SYSTEMS

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Dai, Cheng
Title:
PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS OF CONTROLLING AND DESIGNING FERROELECTRIC TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND HIDDEN PHASES IN SUPERLATTICE SYSTEMS
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Topological phase
Hidden phase
Superlattice
Design strategy
Control
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Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Sulin Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Long-Qing Chen, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

478. Semiconductor Surface Passivation and Metallization for Schottky Diodes

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Molina, Alex
Title:
Semiconductor Surface Passivation and Metallization for Schottky Diodes
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Schottky diodes
contacts
transition metals
semiconductor structures
gallium nitride
rhenium
molybdenum carbonitride
atomic layer deposition
energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy
transmission electron microscopy
x-ray diffraction
hydrobromic acid
x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
electron beam evaporation
sputtering
surface passivation
metallization
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Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Rongming Chu, Outside Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Suzanne Mohney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

479. Engineering Defects, Dopants, and Layering in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

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Author:
Torsi, Riccardo
Title:
Engineering Defects, Dopants, and Layering in 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
2D Materials
2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition
MoS2
Doping
Point Defects
Defect Engineering
Epitaxy
Chemical Vapor Deposition
MOCVD
CVD
Electronic and Photonic Materials
Surface Characterization
2D Semiconductors
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kenneth Knappenberger, Outside Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

480. Studies on Quantum Transport and Magnetic Properties of Novel Materials

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Min, Lujin
Title:
Studies on Quantum Transport and Magnetic Properties of Novel Materials
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Quantum transport
Magnetism
Nonlinear Hall effect
High entropy material
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Chaoxing Liu, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Co-Advisor
Zhiqiang Mao, Chair & Co-Dissertation Advisr
Morteza Kayyalha, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

481. Computational materials design by thermodynamic modeling

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Author:
Sun, Hui
Title:
Computational materials design by thermodynamic modeling
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
CALPHAD
FGM
Thermodynamic modeling
Cr-Fe-Mo-Nb-Ni
Materials Design
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jingjing Li, Outside Unit & Field Member
Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

482. EHANCEMENT OF CONJUGATED POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; FROM THE INDIVIDUAL CHAIN TO MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES

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Author:
Fair, Ryan
Title:
EHANCEMENT OF CONJUGATED POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; FROM THE INDIVIDUAL CHAIN TO MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Conjugated polymers
TEM
Persistence Length
Gel Permeation Chromatorgraphy
Light Scattering
GIWAXS
SANS
4D STEM
Organic Photovoltaic
Organic Field Effect Transistor
Organic Electronics
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Robert Hickey, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christian Pester, Outside Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Ralph Colby, Outside Unit Member

483. MATERIALS DESIGN OF DIELECTRIC POLYMERS FOR ENERGY STORAGE, ELECTROCALORIC COOLING, AND ELECTRO-ACTUATORS

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Chen, Xin
Title:
MATERIALS DESIGN OF DIELECTRIC POLYMERS FOR ENERGY STORAGE, ELECTROCALORIC COOLING, AND ELECTRO-ACTUATORS
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Dielectric polymer
PVDF-based polymers
Electrocaloric cooling
electromechanical coupling
capacitors
energy storage
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Qiming Zhang, Co-Chair of Committee
Michael Lanagan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Qing Wang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Weihua Guan, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Qiming Zhang, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor

484. Mixed Modifier Effect in Aluminosilicate Glasses

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Author:
Lin, Yinan
Title:
Mixed Modifier Effect in Aluminosilicate Glasses
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
aluminosilicate-based glass
dissolution
dynamic
mixed modifier effect.
aluminosilicate glass
mixed modifier effect
mechanical
glass transition
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Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Robert Kimel, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member

485. COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERACTION OF MULTI-FUNCTIONALIZED POROUS AROMATIC FRAMEWORKS WITH PURE SO2 AND GAS MIXTURES

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Wang, Yuxiang
Title:
COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION OF THE INTERACTION OF MULTI-FUNCTIONALIZED POROUS AROMATIC FRAMEWORKS WITH PURE SO2 AND GAS MIXTURES
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Functionalized Porous Aromatic Frameworks
Acid Gas Adsorption
Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Simmulations
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Committee Members:
Susan Sinnott, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Outside Field Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair

486. Growth and Ferroelectric Properties of Sputtered Aluminum Nitride-Based Thin Films

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Author:
Hayden, John
Title:
Growth and Ferroelectric Properties of Sputtered Aluminum Nitride-Based Thin Films
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Ferroelectrics
Wurtzite
Nitride
Thin Film
Sputtering
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Tom Jackson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

487. Cold sintering of ceramic matrix composites for varistors and microwave dielectric substrates

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Author:
Mena Garcia, Javier
Title:
Cold sintering of ceramic matrix composites for varistors and microwave dielectric substrates
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
cold sintering
ceramic matrix composite
microwave substrate
varistor
File:
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Qiming Zhang, Outside Unit & Field Member
Andrea Arguelles, Major Field Member
Clive Randall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

488. Growth of the III-VI Two Dimensional Chalcogenide Layered Semiconductors for Electronic Device Applications by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

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Author:
Liu, Derrick Shao
Title:
Growth of the III-VI Two Dimensional Chalcogenide Layered Semiconductors for Electronic Device Applications by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Molecular Beam Epitaxy
thin film
2D materials
indium selenide
growth kinetics
chalcogens
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Suzanne Mohney, Major Field Member
Joan Redwing, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Robinson, Major Field Member
Ying Liu, Outside Unit & Field Member

489. Investigation of Atomic Environments by Computational Thermodynamics: Applications in Intermetallic Catalysts and Molten Salts

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Author:
Gong, Rushi
Title:
Investigation of Atomic Environments by Computational Thermodynamics: Applications in Intermetallic Catalysts and Molten Salts
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
CALPHAD
Thermodynamics
First-principles calculations
Catalysts
Intermetallics
Molten salts
Short-range ordering
Software
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
Michael Janik, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member

490. Integrated Experimental and Computational Approach for Heterogeneous Microstructures of Martensitic Functional Gradients

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Britt, Cole
Title:
Integrated Experimental and Computational Approach for Heterogeneous Microstructures of Martensitic Functional Gradients
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
additive manufacturing
functionally graded materials
CALPHAD
high-strength low-alloy steels
stainless steel
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Jay Keist, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Hojong Kim, Major Field Member
Allison Beese, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Todd Palmer, Outside Unit & Field Member

491. Modeling and optimization of wurtzite ferroelectrics in memory applications

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Author:
Baksa, Steven Michael
Title:
Modeling and optimization of wurtzite ferroelectrics in memory applications
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Ferroelectrics
heterostructures
device scaling
energy efficiency
Ferroelectrics
Heterostructures
Device scaling
Energy efficiency
Ceramics
Semiconductors
Thin films
First principles
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit, Field & Minor Member

492. Oxygen Triclusters in Aluminosilicate Glasses: A Computational Approach

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Author:
Welch, Rebecca
Title:
Oxygen Triclusters in Aluminosilicate Glasses: A Computational Approach
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
glass structure
oxygen triclusters
molecular dynamics
modeling
aluminosilicate
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Seong Kim, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Wesley Reinhart, Major Field Member

493. Synthesis of Air-Stable 2-Dimensional Heavy Metal Crystals

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Author:
Vera, Alexander
Title:
Synthesis of Air-Stable 2-Dimensional Heavy Metal Crystals
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
monolayer Pb
spintronics
confinement heteroepitaxy
2D materials
superconductivity
CHet
2D-metals
2D-Pb
2D-Bi
2D alloys
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Jun Zhu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Maxwell Wetherington, Major Field Member

494. Atomistic Materials Modeling Applied to 2D Heterostructures and Electrocatalysis

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Author:
Holoviak, Stephen
Title:
Atomistic Materials Modeling Applied to 2D Heterostructures and Electrocatalysis
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Density functional theory
molecular dynamics
platinum
gallium oxide
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Unit & Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Robinson, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

495. Released Piezoelectric Thin Films for Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers (PMUT)

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Author:
Tipsawat, Pannawit
Title:
Released Piezoelectric Thin Films for Piezoelectric Micromachined Ultrasound Transducers (PMUT)
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Piezoelectric thin films
PMUT
MEMS
Effective longitudinal piezoelectric coefficient
PZT
Neurostimulation
Released piezoelectric thin films
Acoustic
Ultrasound
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Tom Jackson, Major Field Member
Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, Outside Unit & Field Member
Andrea Arguelles, Major Field Member

496. A first-principles study of low dimensional transition metal carbides and transition metal dichalcogenides

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Author:
Wang, Jiayang
Title:
A first-principles study of low dimensional transition metal carbides and transition metal dichalcogenides
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
2D materials
transition metal carbides
transition metal dichalcogenides
DFT
superconductivity
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member
Joshua Robinson, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

497. Efficient Materials Informatics between Rockets and Electrons

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Author:
Krajewski, Adam
Title:
Efficient Materials Informatics between Rockets and Electrons
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
materials informatics
materials discovery
scientific computing
machine learning
artificial intelligence
database design
high entropy alloys
compositionally complex materials
functionally graded materials
extreme environments
hypersonics
data driven
thermodynamics
graphs
compositional spaces
python
nim
CALPHAD
HEA
FGM
ULTERA
pySIPFENN
MPDD
alloy design
inverse design
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Committee Members:
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Chair, Minor Member & Dissertation Advisor
Allison Beese, Major Field Member
Wenrui Hao, Outside Unit & Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Major Field Member

498. Oxygen Vacancy Dynamics and Their Impact on Reliability of BaTiO3-based Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors

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Author:
Yousefian, Pedram
Title:
Oxygen Vacancy Dynamics and Their Impact on Reliability of BaTiO3-based Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs)
BaTiO3
Reliability
Oxygen Vacancy
Lifetime Prediction
Machine Learning
Common Cause Failure
HALT
TSDC
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Major Field Member
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Clive Randall, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Yang Yang, Outside Unit & Field Member

499. Magnetron Sputtering of III-N Thin Films

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Nordlander, Josh
Title:
Magnetron Sputtering of III-N Thin Films
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
GaN
III-N
sputter deposition
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Rongming Chu, Outside Unit & Field Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joan Redwing, Major Field Member
Stephanie Law, Major Field Member

500. Predictive Crystal Plasticity Modeling of Face-Centered Cubic Metals using Multiscale Computational Techniques

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Shimanek, John
Title:
Predictive Crystal Plasticity Modeling of Face-Centered Cubic Metals using Multiscale Computational Techniques
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
crystal plasticity
density functional theory
dislocation dynamics
finite element method
graph theory
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John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Reuben Kraft, Outside Unit & Field Member
Allison Beese, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Wesley Reinhart, Major Field Member