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Author:

Zhang, Jingxian

Title:

PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS OF MICORSTRUCTURES INVOLVING LONG-RANGE ELASTIC, MAGNETOSTATIC AND ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

multiferroic
ferromagnetic
ferroelectric
phase-field

File:

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Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell G Scholm, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member

Author:

Masser, Kevin Allen

Title:

Dynamics of Hydrogen Bonding Polymer Blends Exhibiting Minimized Self Associations and Liquid Crystalline Polymers Of Unique Chemistry

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Hydrogen Bonding Polymer Blends
Dielectric Spectroscopy
Polymer Physics
Ion Dynamics
Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Infrared Spectroscopy
Fragility

File:

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Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James P Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Brosnan, Kristen H

Title:

PROCESSING, PROPERTIES, AND APPLICATION OF TEXTURED 0.72Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.28PbTiO3 CERAMICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PMN-PT
templated grain growth
ferroelectrics
piezoelectrics
ceramic
microstructure control

File:

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Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member

Author:

Guigley, Kevin Scott

Title:

HYDROGEN BONDED POLYMER BLENDS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

hydrogen bonding
Polymer
phophazene

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Michael M Coleman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Tze Chiang Chung, Committee Member
Paul C Painter, Committee Member

Author:

Chang, Kunok

Title:

QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION OF TOPOLOGICAL MEASURES FROM GRAIN STRUCTURES GENERATED BY LARGE-SCALE PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS OF GRAIN GROWTH

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase-field
Grain growth
Zener pinning
Topological measures

File:

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Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

Author:

Strawhecker, Kenneth Edward

Title:

AFM Studies of Semicrystalline Polymer/Inorganic Nanocomposites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymer
inorganic
nanocomposites
AFM
layered silicates
composites
materials

File:

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Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Sanat Kumar, Committee Member

Author:

Xu, Kui

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Polymer Electrolyte Membranes with Controlled Ion Transport Properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Fuel Cells
Polymer Electrolyte Membranes
Proton Conductivity
Methanol Permeability
Electrochemical Selectivity.

File:

Download Thesis_--_Kui_Xu.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Kun

Title:

FUNCTIONAL BLOCK COPOLYMERS CONTAINING PHOTOACTIVE AND ELECTROACTIVE SEGMENTS: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND SELF-ASSEMBLY STUDY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Block copolymers
self-assembly
conjugated polymers

File:

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Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Manokruang, Kiattikhun

Title:

DESIGN, SYNTHESES, AND PROPERTIES OF TUNABLE, DUAL-STIMULI (TEMPERATURE AND pH) RESPONSIVE COPOLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

alternating copolymers
aqueous phase behavior
phase diagram
hydrogel
stimuli responsive polymers
polyurethane
water soluble polymers
Lower Critical Solution Temperature (LCST)
microcapsules
segmented block copolymers
multicompartment micelles

File:

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Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Michael A Hicker, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

Author:

Edge, Lisa Friedman

Title:

GROWTH OF AMORPHOUS AND EPITAXIAL ALTERNATIVE GATE DIELECTRICS ON SILICON BY MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY AND THEIR CHARACTERIZATION

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

high-K
molecular-beam epitaxy
LaAlO3
LaScO3
Sc2O3
La2O3
molecular-beam deposition
alternative gate dielectrics

File:

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Committee Members:

Darrell G Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Berg, Lennart Paulmann

Title:

An Investigation of the Importance of Screening Effects in Polymer Solutions and Blends

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

intramolecular screening effects
thermodynamic modelling
concentration dependence of the interaction parame

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul C Painter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ronald C Hedden, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Ramanathan Nagarajan, Committee Member

Author:

Guo, Liang

Title:

GELATION AND MICELLE STRUCTURE CHANGES OF AQUEOUS POLYMER SOLUTIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

gelatin
gelation
rheology
percolation
micelle
SANS

File:

Download guothesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Member

Author:

Tian, Lili

Title:

NANOSCALE PROBING AND PHOTONIC APPLICATIONS OF FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN WALLS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectrics
SPM
PFM
nanoscale
lithium niobate
lithium tantalate

File:

Download LiliThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Fanton, Mark

Title:

Growth of single crystal silicon carbide by halide chemical vapor deposition

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

chemical vapor deposition
silicon carbide
epitaxy

File:

Download Fanton_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph R Flemish, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Mary A.

Title:

Optimization and Characterization of Vanadium-Based Contacts to n-Type Aluminum Gallium Nitride

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ohmic contacts
Vanadium
AlGaN
LEDs
HEMTs

File:

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Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Joseph Flemish, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Zurbuchen, Mark Alan

Title:

Transmission Electron Microscopy Investigation Of Defects And Domains In Epitaxial Films Of Aurivillius And Ruddlesden-Popper Phases

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectric domains
out-of-phase boundaries
OPBs
domains
ferroelectrics
microstructure
epitaxial films
transmission electron microscopy
defects
epitaxy

File:

Download Dissertation_Master.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell G Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Altaf H Carim, Committee Member
Ying Liu, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
Karl Eugene Spear Ii, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Abrams, Matthew Benjamin

Title:

Crack Propagation and Fracture in Engineered Stress Profile Glass

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ion exchange
r-curve
crack growth
fracture
glass

File:

Download 050704_R4_Full_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David John Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

Author:

Biegalski, Michael David

Title:

EPITAXIALY STRAINED STRONTIUM TITANATE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thin Film
Strontium Titante
Strain
Ferroelectric
Relaxor
Epitaxy

File:

Download Mike_Ph.D._THESIS.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Heidecker, Matthew J

Title:

HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMER/LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

exfoliated
intercalated
composite
modulated DSC
crystallization
ductility
mechanical properties
PC
PET
non-compatibilized
compatibilized
high-peformance nanocomposites
polymer nanocomposites
polymer physics
high temperature surfactants
imidazolium
quaternary ammonium surfactants
melt-blending
injection molding

File:

Download MJHDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Samantaray, Malay Milan

Title:

Effects of Microstructural Defects on the Performance of Base-metal Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

finite element modeling
microstructure
multilayer ceramic capacitors
degradation

File:

Download Thesis_Malay_Samantaray.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Gerald Dennis Mahan, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member