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Author:

Ozcelik, Adem

Title:

VANADIUM-TRANSITION METAL OXIDE ALLOY THIN FILMS FOR MICROBOLOMETER APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ALD
co-sputtering
sputtering
thin films
Vanadium oxide
microbolometer
Atomic Layer Deposition
VTIP
Alloying of vanadium oxide

File:

Download Adem_Ozcelik_MS_MATSE.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lawrence Allara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lawrence Allara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gauntt, Bryan Douglas

Title:

The nano-composite nature of vanadium oxide thin films used for infrared microbolometers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

vanadium oxide
thin films
nano-composites
microbolometer
infrared detection
transmission electron microscopy
microstructure

File:

Download BDGauntt_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan�Trolier�McKinstry, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Kaoumi, Djamel

Title:

MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION OF NANOCRYSTALLINE METALLIC THIN-FILMS UNDER ION-BEAM IRRADIATION

Graduate Program:

Nuclear Engineering

Keywords:

nanocrystalline metals
in-situ TEM
thin films
irradiation induced phase tranformation
grain growth
ion beam irradiation

File:

Download final_thesis_draft_2.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenan Unlu, Committee Member
Jack Brenizer Jr., Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Robert C Birtcher, Committee Member

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:

Griggio, Flavio

Title:

Local Piezoelectric Behavior in PZT-Based Thin Films for Ultrasound Transducers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
thin films
ultrasound transducer
piezo-force microscopy

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Flavio_Griggio.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member

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:

Manning, Ian

Title:

Evolution of stress and microstructure in Si-doped aluminum gallium nitride thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

OMVPE
wide bandgap semiconductors
doping
strain
stress
thin films
MOCVD
AlGaN

File:

Download Ian_Manning_Dissertation_021611.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Professor Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
David Snyder, Committee Member

Author:

Collins, James Grayson

Title:

ELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF NICKEL FILMS DURING MONOTONIC AND CYCLIC LOADING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanocrystalline
nickel
thin films
electrodeposition
fatigue

File:

Download J_G_Collins_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Ryan, Joseph V

Title:

FREE CARBON STRUCTURE IN SILICON OXYCARBIDE THIN FILMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

fluctuation electron microscopy
thin films
sputtering
silicon oxycarbide
carbon nanoparticles
tribology

File:

Download Ryan_PhD_Thesis_-_FINAL_VERSION.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Paul Voyles, Committee Member
Paolo Colombo, Committee Member
Joseph Patrick Stitt, Committee Member

Author:

Deily, Kevin John

Title:

Dielectric and Optical Characterization of Polar Polymeric Materials: Chromophore Entrained PMMA Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electro-optic effect
PMMA
DR-1
thin films

File:

Download Kevin_Deily_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ruyan Guo, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph Patrick Dougherty, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Levi, Roni Daniel

Title:

SOLID SOLUTION TRENDS THAT IMPACT ELECTRICAL DESIGN OF SUBMICRON LAYERS IN DIELECTRIC CAPACITORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin films
dielectrics
barium titanate
solid solutions

File:

Download Roni_D_Levi_Thesis_2.pdf

Committee Members:

C A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan�Trolier�McKinstry, Committee Member
L Q Chen, Committee Member
E C Dickey, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member

Author:

Zhou, Xin

Title:

High Energy/Capacitance Density Poly(Vinylidene Fluoride) Based Polymers for Energy Storage Capacitor Applications

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

energy storage
thin films
polymers
electrical properties
dielectric. ferroelectric
energy density

File:

Download Xin_Zhou-Dissertation4.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Heath Hofmann, Committee Member
Craig Grimes, Committee Member

Author:

Tremper, Amber Leigh

Title:

Effects of Nanoscale Coatings on Reliability of MEMS Ohmic Contact Switches

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MEMS
ohmic
thin films
nanoindentation
coatings
ruthenium
gold
platinum
contact resistance

File:

Download Tremper_Doctoral_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Christopher Muhlstein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

Author:

Motyka, Michael

Title:

Effects of Microstructure and Oxidation State of Multi-valent Vanadium Oxide Thin Films for use in Infrared Microbolometers

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Vanadium oxide
thin films
spectroscopic ellipsometry
thin film deposition
magnetron sputtering

File:

Download MM-thesis-fulldraft-FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark William Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nikolas Podraza, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Special Member
S Ashok, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Charles Allen

Title:

Optical Optimization of the Light and Carrier Collection Management Solar Cell Architecture

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

nanoscale device
numerical simulation
photovoltaic cell
silicon
thin films
light management
LCCM

File:

Download Charles_A._Smith_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Stephen Fonash, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wook Jun Nam, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
S Ashok, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Jiang, Zhihao

Title:

anisotropic metamaterials for microwave antennas and infrared nanostructured thin films

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

electromagnetic
metamaterial
antenna
microwave
nanophotonics
thin films

File:

Download 1-Zhihao_Jiang_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Douglas Henry Werner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Pingjuan Li Werner, Committee Member
Brian Lewis Weiner, Committee Member

Author:

Wallace, Margeaux Louise

Title:

Performance of PZT Based MEMS Deviceds With Integrated ZnO Electronics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin films
piezoelectrics
integrated electronics

File:

Download Margeaux_Wallace_Completed_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Raegan Johnson Wilke, Special Member

Author:

Welsh, Aaron Joel

Title:

damage-free patterning of ferroelectric lead zirconate titanate thin films for microelectromechanical systems via contact printing

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

soft lithography
thin films
dry etching
piezoresponse force microscopy
electroceramics
piezoelectrics
ferroelectrics

File:

Download Aaron_J_Welsh_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Pulavarthy, Raghu

Title:

Size Effects on Thermal Transport in Materials and Interfaces

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

thermal conductivity
interfacial thermal resistance
multi-domain coupling
thin films
size effect
thermoelectric

File:

Download Raghu_Doctoral_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus Van Duin, Committee Member
Tak Sing Wong, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
Karen Thole, Committee Member

Author:

Keech, Ryan Robert

Title:

Dimensional Scaling of Perovskite Ferroelectric Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric
piezoelectric
thin films
nanotechnology
patterning
logic device
materials science
perovskite
PMN-PT
declamping
lead magnesium niobate lead titanate
scaling

File:

Download Ryan_Keech_Ph.D._Dissertation_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Mehdi Kiani, Outside Member
Glenn Martyna, Special Member

Author:

Meirom, Roi Arie

Title:

Mechanical Behavior of Nanocrystalline Platinum Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

pt
platinum
thin films
materials science
mechanical behavior
nanocrystalline

File:

Download Roi_Arie_Meirom_Doctoral_Dissertation_Complete_and_Revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Green, Committee Member
Suzanne Mohney, Committee Member
Mary Frecker, Committee Member

Author:

Borman, Trent Mitchell

Title:

{001} Textured Growth of Doped, Gradient Free, Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films by Chemical Solution Deposition

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
piezoelectrics
ferroelectrics
thin films
mems

File:

Download TrentBorman-Thesis-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member

Author:

Haislmaier, Ryan Cory

Title:

Strain-induced phenomenon in complex oxide thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular beam epitaxy
ferroelectrics
superlattices
thin films
second harmonic generation
complex oxides
perovskites

File:

Download Haislmaier_PhD_Disseration_11_21_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member

Author:

Borman, Trent Mitchell

Title:

Magnetron sputtering of multicomponent refractory thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

UHTCs
sputtering
HiPIMS
reactive sputtering
refractory
thin films
UHTC
carbide
carbides

File:

Download TrentBormanDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jon-Paul Maria, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jon-Paul Maria, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan B Sinnott, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Brian Foley, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fazlioglu Yalcin, Benazir

Title:

Elucidating the Growth Kinetics of Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy: An Experimental and Computational Approach

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

hybrid molecular beam epitaxy
thin films
oxide
ReaxFF
metal organics
thermogravimetric analysis
chalcogenide

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Committee Members:

John Mauro, Program Head/Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Major Field Member
Sahin Ozdemir, Outside Unit & Field Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Special Member
Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Kaya, Huseyin

Title:

Change in bond parameters & induced stress in the alteration layer of corroded boro-aluminosilicate glass revealed by structural analysis

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering (PHD)

Keywords:

glass
glass corrosion
nuclear waste glass
optical spectroscopy
ellipsometry
thin films
porous materials

File:

Download Huseyin_Kaya_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jon-Paul Maria, Major Field Member
Seong Kim, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Mauro, Major Field Member
Jorge Sofo, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Mauro, Program Head/Chair