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Author:

Manokruang, Kiattikhun

Title:

DESIGN, SYNTHESES, AND PROPERTIES OF TUNABLE, DUAL-STIMULI (TEMPERATURE AND pH) RESPONSIVE COPOLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

alternating copolymers
aqueous phase behavior
phase diagram
hydrogel
stimuli responsive polymers
polyurethane
water soluble polymers
Lower Critical Solution Temperature (LCST)
microcapsules
segmented block copolymers
multicompartment micelles

File:

Download thesis_manokruang.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Michael A Hicker, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Shih-Wa

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYURETHANE IONOMERS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

polyurethane
ionomers
dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
rheology

File:

Download SW_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Melik C Demirel, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Castagna, Alicia Marie

Title:

Structure and Dynamics of Microphase Separated Polymers Containing Strong Associations

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymer
ionomer
Small-Angle X-ray Scattering
Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy
polyurea
polyurethane
molecular relaxation

File:

Download Castagna_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Vashisth, Aniruddh

Title:

Manufacturing and characterization of adaptive structures with fluidic flexible matrix composite tubes

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

FMC
F2MC
adaptive
structure
tubes
morphing
steerable stiffness
polyurethane
bilayer
multilayer

File:

Download MS_thesis__Aniruddh_Vashisth_Final_draft.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles E Bakis, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Rahn, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Francesco Costanzo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Van Burns, Emma Nicholson

Title:

Rate enhancement of chemical reactions using nanoscale heating generated by the photothermal effect of gold nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

photothermal heating
polyurethane
kinetics
gold nanoparticles
localized surface plasmon resonance
plasmonic heating
photothermal effect

File:

Download YourName-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Outside Member

Author:

Ginder, Nathaniel

Title:

Enhancing the rates of chemical reactions through the photothermal heating of nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

photothermal
nanoparticle
gold nanoparticle
carbon black
AuNP
heat
polyurethane
urethane
polycaprolactone
laser
light to heat
light
extreme temperature
kinetics
dynamics
reaction kinetics
rate enhancement

File:

Download Nate_Thesis_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair