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Author:

Indrakanti, Ananth

Title:

Interplay Between Kinetics and Apparent Thermodynamics in Thin Polymer Blend Films

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

single chain mean field theory
neutron scattering
polymer blends
phase behavior

File:

Download ananth_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Sanat K Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Margaret K Duda, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Jones, Ronald Leland

Title:

Chain conformation and phase behavior in polymer blend thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

neutron scattering
finite size effects
polymer thin films

File:

Download phdthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jayanth R Banavar, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Sanat Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Fullerton Shirey, Susan Karen

Title:

A unified approach to understanding conductivity enhancement in nanoparticle-filled solid polymer electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric spectroscopy
nanocomposite
QENS
SANS
neutron scattering
Al2O3
LiClO4
battery
conductivity
nanoparticle
polyethylene oxide
nanoparticle aggregation
concentration fluctuations

File:

Download Fullerton-Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Glanville, Yvonne

Title:

X-ray and Neutron Scattering Studies of Methyl Iodide and Hydrogen Confined in Porous Media

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

methyl iodide
hydrogen
neutron scattering
x-ray diffraction
confinement
diffusion
MCM-48
GelTech

File:

Download Glanville_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Milton Walter Cole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Renee Denise Diehl, Committee Member
Karen Eklund, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member

Author:

Castellanos Mantilla, Maria Monica

Title:

Aggregation in concentrated protein solutions: insights from rheology, neutron scattering and molecular simulations

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

protein aggregation
protein rheology
neutron scattering
monoclonal antibody
molecular dynamics
viscosity
yield stress

File:

Download Castellanos2014_Dissertation_vFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Coray M Colina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member
Jai A Pathak, Special Member

Author:

Huang, Shih-chun

Title:

Study of structure and dynamics of plant cell wall polysaccharides via neutron scattering

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

plant cell wall
cellulose
hemicellulose
neutron scattering
structure
dynamics

File:

Download Huang_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Daniel J Cosgrove, Committee Member

Author:

Zhan, Pengfei

Title:

STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF SOFT MATERIALS FOR FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer
neutron scattering
organic semiconductor
li ion battery
solid polymer electrolyte

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Janna Kay Maranas, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Outside Member

Author:

Schantz, Allen Benjamin

Title:

Analysis of Biomimetic Block Copolymer Membranes Used for Protein Incorporation

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

biomimetic membranes
membrane proteins
molecular dynamics
neutron scattering
reverse osmosis
detergent dialysis

File:

Download Thesis_11142017.pdf

Committee Members:

Manish Kumar, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Manish Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey III, Outside Member

Author:

Gu, Xin

Title:

CHARACTERIZING STRUCTURE AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF SHALE PORES BY NEUTRON SCATTERING

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

neutron scattering
shale
weathering
microfracture
porosity
Marcellus shale

File:

Download PS-Thesis-Xin_20171105.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan L. Brantley, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan L. Brantley, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter J. Heaney, Committee Member
Terry Engelder, Committee Member
Jason Kaye, Outside Member

Author:

Chen, Si

Title:

THE FORMATION OF IRON (HYDR)OXIDES IN SURFACE ENVIRONMENTS: A CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AND KINETIC

Graduate Program:

Geosciences

Keywords:

hematite
goethite
ferrihydrite
hydrohematite
iron oxides
iron hydroxides
transformation
XRD
X-ray diffraction
synchrotron
neutron
neutron scattering
geochemistry
low temperature
kinetics
crystallographic
surface environment
DFT
First principle study
hydrous hematite
hydrous
deficient
vacancy
mineralogy
iron oxyhydroxides

File:

Download ChenSi2021-Thesis-draft-100121-v7.pdf

Committee Members:

William Burgos, Outside Unit & Field Member
Peter Heaney, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Susan Brantley, Major Field Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair
Jennifer Macalady, Major Field Member