Graduate Program: Materials Science and Engineering

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Author:: Sheng, Guang
Title:: PHASE-FIELD SIMULATION OF PHASE TRANSITIONS, DOMAIN STABILITIES AND STRUCTURES IN FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: thin film
ferroelectric
phase-field
domain stability
File:: Download Guang_Sheng_PhD_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Long Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member

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Author:: Moore, Hunter David
Title:: MORPHOLOGY AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES OF ION-CONTAINING TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: ion-containing polymers
block copolymers
File:: Download Hunter_Moore_-_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Schulze, Heidi M
Title:: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NICKEL MANGANITE THIN FILMS FOR APPLICATION IN UNCOOLED MICROBOLOMETERS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: CHEMICAL SOLUTION DEPOSITION
MICROBOLOMETER
THIN FILM
SPINEL
INFRARED DETECTION
File:: Download Thesis-HSchulze-sm.pdf
Committee Members:: Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Patil, Harshad Pandharinath
Title:: INFLUENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL IMPERFECTIONS ON THE DYNAMIC MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF MAIN-CHAIN SMECTIC ELASTOMERS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Liquid Crystals
Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
Smectic CA
Damping
File:: Download Dissertation-Harshad-P.-Patil.pdf
Committee Members:: Ronald C Hedden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

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Author:: Deng, Hongqi
Title:: STUDY OF THE INTERFACE BEHAVIOR IN DIRECTIONALLY SOLIDIFIED LaB6-ZrB2 EUTECTICS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: directionally solidified eutectic
interface
File:: Download ThesisHDeng.pdf
Committee Members:: Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Judith Todd Copley, Committee Member

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Author:: Lee, Hyeong Jae
Title:: HIGH PERMITTIVITY RELAXOR-LEAD TITANATE PIEZOELECTRICS FOR HIGH FREQUENCY ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: pmn-pt
composite
high frequency
transducer
piezoelectric properties
thickness
File:: Download HJLee.pdf
Committee Members:: Shujun Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shujun Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas R Shrout, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Noh, Hyeran
Title:: Volumetric Interpretation of Protein Adsorption
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Biomaterial
Surface Chemistry
Competitive Adsorption
Protein
Biocompatibility
File:: Download Hyeran_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Erwin A Vogler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Committee Member

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Author:: Zhang, Hui
Title:: THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF MG BASED ALLOYS BY CALPHAD APPROACH COUPLED WITH FIRST-PRINCIPLES: APPLICATION TO MG-AL-CA-CE-SI SYSTEM
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Mg alloys
Intermetallics
First-principles
Calculation of phase diagram
File:: Download Hui_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Zi Kui Liu And Dr Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Member

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Author:: Ogihara, Hideki
Title:: STRUCTURE - PROPERTY - COMPOSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE BaTiO3 - BiScO3 CERAMIC SYSTEM
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: non-lead materials
tolerance factor
perovskite structure
relaxors
dielectrics
ferroelectrics
bismuth
scandium
barium titanate
permittivity
high energy density capacitor materials
dielectric relaxation
File:: Download MS_thesis_Hideki_Ogihara_200807.pdf
Committee Members:: Clive A Randall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Wang, Hsiao-an Sammy
Title:: DESIGN OF SHALLOW AND THERMALLY STABLE CONTACTS ON ANTIMONIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTORS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: metal/semiconductor contact
ohmic contact
Schottky barrier height
gate metallization
shallow reaction
thermal stability
aging
wet processing
surface passivation
antimonide based compound semiconductors
InGaSb
InAs
AlGaAsSb
HBT
HEMT
I-V characteristics
cross-sectional TEM
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

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