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Author:

Sethi, Guneet

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF STRUCTURE-DIELECTRIC PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS IN ZIRCONIUM OXIDE, TANTALUM PENTOXIDE, AND OXIDE-POLYMER LAMINATE FILMS FOR HIGH ENERGY DENSITY CAPACITOR APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

monte carlo
energy density
dielectric breakdown
zirconium oxide
laminate composites
tantalum pentoxide
thin films
modeling
PVDF
polypropylene
capacitors
pulsed power

File:

Download Guneet_Sethi_PhD_Thesis_04_04_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member
Eugene Furman, Committee Member

Author:

Langston, Justin A

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Long Chain Branched Isotactic Polypropylene via a Metallocene Catalyst and T-Reagent

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polypropylene
branched
branching
gel permeation chromatography
rheology

File:

Download Langston_Thesis_Ver_6.pdf

Committee Members:

Tze Chiang Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

Author:

Hamad, Fawzi Ghassan

Title:

Flow-induced Crystallization in Isotactic Polypropylene

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

flow-induced crystallization
quiescent crystallization
polypropylene
rheology
microscopy
differential scanning calorimetry

File:

Download FawziHamad-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott Thomas Milner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member

Author:

Chen, Qin

Title:

Mesomorphic Phase Transitions in Semicrystalline Polymers

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Crystallization
polyethylene
polypropylene
strobl
rotator phase
nucleation
mesomorphic phase
molecular dynamics

File:

Download QinChen-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Ishihara, Hisaaki

Title:

Application of Bio-based Composites for the Automotive Industry: Material Characteristics of Switchgrass Biochar-Reinforced Polypropylene

Graduate Program:

Biorenewable Systems

Keywords:

biochar
switchgrass
polypropylene
surface modification
pyrolysis
thermal modification
Biochar
Switchgrass
Polypropylene
Surface modification
Pyrolysis
Thermal modification

File:

Download Hisaaki_Ishihara_Graduate_Thesis2.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey M Catchmark, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alicyn Marie Rhoades, Committee Member
Stephen C Chmely, Committee Member
Paul Heinz Heinemann, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Knappenberger, Daniel

Title:

The Use of Light-Mediated Hydrogen Atom Transfer to Modify Poly(styrene), Poly(methylmethacrylate), and Squalane

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Hydrogen atom transfer
polymer degradation
polymer oxidation
polymer functionalization
polystyrene
polymethylmethacrylate
squalane
polypropylene
tetrabutylammonium decatungstate
ferric chloride
FeCl3
TBADT

File:

Download DAK_Thesis4.5.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Robert John Hickey, III, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Eric Nacsa, Committee Member