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Author:: Li, Chunlai
Title:: DISPERSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF OPTICAL INDEX OF REFRACTION IN FERROELECTRIC RELAXOR CRYSTAL
Graduate Program:: Electrical Engineering
Keywords:: PBN
transmission
birefringence
refractive index
optical properties
relaxor ferroelectics
polar region
FTIR
PZN-PT
File:: Download mythesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Ruyan Guo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Amar S Bhalla, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
William Blaine White, Committee Member
Shizhuo Yin, Committee Member

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Author:: Williams, Phillip S
Title:: A NOVEL METHOD FOR THE SEPARATION OF HYDROCARBONS FROM OIL SANDS AND OTHER SAND CONTAINING MATERIALS USING IONIC LIQUIDS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: FTIR
tar sands
oil sands
bitumen extraction
ionic liquids
File:: Download ThesisMasters.pdf
Committee Members:: Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Tweed-Kent, Sean Patrick
Title:: UNDERSTANDING CURE INHIBITION IN CARBON FIBER REINFORCED VINYL ESTER RESIN COMPOSITES
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: FTIR
NEXAFS
XPS
DSC
inhibit
free radical
cure
inhibition
composite
composites
carbon fiber
vinyl ester
differential scanning calorimetry
x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
near edge X-ray absorption fine structure
File:: Download STK_Thesis_final_submission_2.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas David Juska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas David Juska, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Rembert, Kelvin B
Title:: Ion Specificity at the Polypeptide Backbone: molecular Mechanisms of the Hofmeister Effect
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Hofmeister Series
Ions
Polymers
Water
NMR
LCST
FTIR
File:: Download Dissertation_102714.pdf
Committee Members:: Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William George Noid, Committee Member
Craig Eugene Cameron, Special Member

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Author:: Smedley, Sarah Black
Title:: Water hydrogen bonding in proton exchange and neutral polymer membranes
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: hydrogen bonding
proton exchange membrane
FTIR
vibrational spectroscopy
superacid
water treatment membrane
File:: Download SSmedley_Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Special Member

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Author:: Nunez, Sean Andrew
Title:: Alkaline Degradation Studies of Anion Exchange Polymers to Enable New Membrane Designs
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: fuel cell
polymer chemistry
exchange membrane
FTIR
NMR
File:: Download SNUNEZ-PhDThesisFinal4.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
T C Mike Chung, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Special Member

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Author:: Ling, Florence T
Title:: Mineralogical and Geochemical Analyses of Synthetic and Natural Birnessites
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: birnessite
manganese oxide
FTIR
EXAFS
XRD
lead
File:: Download Ling_DissertationMnOxides_Draft5_Compiled.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter J. Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J. Heaney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James D. Kubicki, Committee Member
Christopher H. House, Committee Member
William D. Burgos, Outside Member

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Author:: Lopez-Hallman, Raymond John
Title:: Measuring Hydration of Cationic Polymers using Azide as a Probe
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Anion Exchange Membrane
Azide
Hydration
FTIR
Hydration Probe
Polymer Membrane
File:: Download Raymond_Lopez-Hallman_MS-Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey III, Committee Member

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Author:: Khichar, Mayank
Title:: Thermal decomposition and combustion modeling of RDX monopropellant and RDX-TAGzT pseudo-propellant
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Thermal decomposition
Combustion
modeling
RDX
TAGzT
Quantum chemical calculation
TGA
DSC
FTIR
Mechanism
Liquid Phase
Diffusion
Deflagration
File:: Download Dissertation_MayankKhichar_eTD.pdf
Committee Members:: Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard A Yetter, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Robert Graham Melton, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Chatterjee, Tanusree
Title:: Chemical kinetic investigation of the thermal decomposition of energetic materials: ammonia borane, ammonium perchlorate & hmx-tagzt
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: Ammonia borane
Quantum mechanics
Hydrogen release
Reaction pathway
perchloric acid
oxygen release
numerical simulation
HMX
TAGzT
TGA
FTIR
thermal decomposition
nitramine-based energetic materials
File:: Download Tanusree_Chatterjee_Dissertation_final2.pdf
Committee Members:: Stefan Thynell, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stefan Thynell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adri van Duin, Committee Member
Jacqueline O’Connor, Committee Member
Joseph F. Horn, Outside Member
Daniel Connell Haworth, Program Head/Chair

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