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Author:

Dameron, Arrelaine Allen

Title:

Controlling Molecular Assemblies

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

self-assembled monolayers
molecular patterning
microdisplacement printing
microcontact printing
dip-pen nanolithography
scanning tunneling microscopy
atomic force microscopy
molecular electronics
adamantanethiol

File:

Download AAD_phdthesis_013006.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Hogshead, Charles Gregory

Title:

Tunable Temperature-Responsive Tethered Polymer Gradients

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

atomic force microscopy
switchable adhesion
grafting density gradient
temperature-responsive
tethered polymer
human serum albumin

File:

Download Hogshead-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Winslow III, Charles John

Title:

Bacterial Adhesion to Metal Oxide Surfaces in the Presence of Natural Organic Matter

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

natural organic matter
metal oxides
atomic force microscopy
AFM
bacterial adhesion

File:

Download Winslow_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce Ernest Logan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce Ernest Logan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
William D Burgos, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James David Kubicki, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Monnell, Jason D.

Title:

MOLECULAR-SCALE PROPERTIES OF FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS AND MOLECULES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

piezoelectric
atomic force microscopy
scanning tunneling microscopy
ferroelectric
self-assembled monolayers

File:

Download JDMonnell-dissertation-etd-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Camesano, Terri Anne

Title:

An Investigation of Bacterial Interaction Forces and Bacterial Adhesion to Porous Media

Graduate Program:

Environmental Engineering

Keywords:

AFM
atomic force microscopy
bacterial interaction forces
bacterial adhesion

File:

Download territhe.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member
Richard Frederick Unz Sr., Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member

Author:

Xi, Xiaoning

Title:

NANO-LEVEL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SURFACE PROPERTIES OF ENGINEERED SILICON WAFER

Graduate Program:

Engineering Mechanics

Keywords:

direct bonding
wetting properties
surface roughness
atomic force microscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Bernhard R Tittmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bernhard R Tittmann, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Sankhe, Chinmay

Title:

Regulation of Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition via Matrix Stiffness and Histone Methyltransferases

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Hyaluronic acid
atomic force microscopy
cytoskeleton
integrin-linked kinase
apoptosis
hydrogels
Hyaluronic Acid
Atomic Force Microscopy
Cytoskeleton
Apoptosis
Hydrogels
epigenetics
H3K9Me2
chromatin
Hippo Signaling
nuclear localization
biosensor

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Committee Members:

Andrew Zydney, Major Field Member
Esther Gomez, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amir Sheikhi, Major Field Member
Sergei Grigoryev, Outside Unit & Field Member
Robert Rioux, Professor in Charge/Director of Graduate Studies