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Author:

Vlahos, Eftihia

Title:

Phase Transitions and Domain Structures in Multiferroics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

confocal microscopy
thin films
multiferroics
nonlinear optics
phase transitions
symmetry

File:

Download EVlahosDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Gladden, III, Joseph Rhea

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF THIN FILMS AND NOVEL MATERIALS USING RESONANT ULTRASOUND SPECTROSCOPY

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

alumina
dentin
nanotubes
phase transitions
thin films
elastic constants
acoustics
attenuation

File:

Download jrg_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Julian Decatur Maynard Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter C Eklund, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Committee Member
Jayanth R Banavar, Committee Member

Author:

Kostov, Milen Kalushkov

Title:

Adsorption of gases in carbon nanotubes

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

carbon nanotubes
adsorption
hydrogen
phase transitions

File:

Download phd_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Milton Walter Cole, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Peter C Eklund, Committee Member
Paul E Sokol, Committee Member
Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Committee Member

Author:

Mei, Zhigang

Title:

First-principles Thermodynamics of Phase Transition: from Metal to Oxide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

First-principles
thermodynamics
phase transitions
Ti
TiO2
BiFeO3

File:

Download ZhigangMei_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member

Author:

Godzieba, Daniel

Title:

Numerical Studies in Lattice QCD

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

physics
particle physics
computational physics
qcd
lattice qcd
thermodynamics
quantum field theory
phase transitions

File:

Download godzieba_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Program Head/Chair
Sarah Shandera, Major Field Member
Anna Stasto, Major Field Member
Hyungsuk Tak, Outside Unit & Field Member
Zoltan Fodor, Chair & Dissertation Advisor