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Author:

Smith, Nicholas J

Title:

Novel Approaches to the Surface Modification of Glass by Thermo-electric Poling

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermal poling
surface
glass

File:

Download THESIS-NSmith-vFINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Abdel-Motalib, Nageh Khalaf Allam

Title:

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE DOPING AND CRYSTALLINITY OF ANODICALLY FABRICATED TiO2 NANOTUBE ARRAYS: TOWARDS AN EFFICIENT MATERIAL FOR SOLAR ENERGY APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Fluoride-free
Photocurrent
Nanorode
Tantala Nanotubes
Crystallinity
Doping
Hydrogen Production
Solar Energy Conversion
Titania nanotubes
Anodization
Solar Cells

File:

Download Nageh-PhD_Thesis-2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Craig Grimes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Craig A Grimes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Sherlock, Nevin Paul

Title:

RELAXOR-PT SINGLE CRYSTALS FOR BROAD BANDWIDTH, HIGH POWER SONAR PROJECTORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectric
piezoelectric
single crystal
sonar
transducer

File:

Download Sherlock-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shujun Zhang, Committee Member
Thomas B Gabrielson, Committee Member

Author:

Dellas, Nicholas S

Title:

Silicide and Germanide Contacts to Silicon and Germanium Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

silicide
Schottky barrier
nanowire
kinetics
nickel

File:

Download NSDellas_PhD_Thesis_Corrections_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Barnthip, Naris

Title:

VOLUMETRIC INTERPRETATION OF PROTEIN ADSORPTION KINETICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Interfacial Energetics
Protein Adsorption
Adsorption Kinetics
Adsorption Competition
Interphase
Surface

File:

Download Naris_Barnthip_PhD_Final_Dissertation_SP2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Erwin A Vogler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Wencil Brown, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Committee Member

Author:

Pulati, Nuerxida

Title:

Examination of Coal Solubility and Fragmentation with Various Ionic Liquids

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

coal dissolution
coal
ionic liquid
coal fragmentation

File:

Download Nuerxida_Pulati_master_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Professor Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bassiri Gharb, Nazanin

Title:

Dielectric and piezoelectric nonlinearities in oriented PYbN-PT thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectric
thin film
nonlinearities
extrinsic contributions
domain walls

File:

Download Thesis-Bassiri-Dec2005.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member
Dragan Damjanovic, Committee Member

Author:

Kwon, Ou Jung

Title:

Probing Anode Degradation in Automotive Li-ion Batteries

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal effect at low temperature
Li-ion battery
Electric vehicle
Rapid charge
Lithium deposition
Anode degradation

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_OuJung_Kwon_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Christopher Rahn, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Rosas-Camacho, Omar

Title:

Deterministic Modeling of the Corrosion of a Low-Carbon Steel by Carbon Dioxide and the Effect of Acetic Acid.

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Electrochemical Impedance
Point Defect Model
CO2-corrosion

File:

Download Omar_Rosas-Camacho_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Member
Luis F Ayala H, Committee Member
George Engelhardt, Committee Member

Author:

Raynaud, Patrick A.C.

Title:

Crack Growth Through the Thickness of Thin-Sheet Hydrided Zircaloy-4

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

zircaloy
cladding
fracture
toughness
hydride
crack
thickness
RIA
sheet
hydrogen

File:

Download Patrick_AC_Raynaud_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Arthur Thompson Motta, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Albert Koss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Kwai S Chan, Committee Member

Author:

Drummond, Patrick John

Title:

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NEAR-SURFACE REGION OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS BY PHOTOCONDUCTIVE DECAY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

recombination lifetime
minority carrier lifetime
photoconductive decay
surface electrical properties

File:

Download Drummond-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jerzy Ruzyllo, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Joseph R Flemish, Committee Member

Author:

Williams, Phillip S

Title:

A NOVEL METHOD FOR THE SEPARATION OF HYDROCARBONS FROM OIL SANDS AND OTHER SAND CONTAINING MATERIALS USING IONIC LIQUIDS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

FTIR
tar sands
oil sands
bitumen extraction
ionic liquids

File:

Download ThesisMasters.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kolluru, Pavan Venkata Narayana

Title:

EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE HISTORY ON THE SURFACE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF FLOAT GLASS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Float glass
tin diffusion
aging
weathering
leaching
surface cleaning
pH
nanoindentation
reduced elastic modulus
hardness

File:

Download Thesis_-_Final__Macros_.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher L Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David John Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Atorngitjawat, Pornpen

Title:

DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY INVESTIGATION OF ION-CONTAINING AND INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN-BONDED POLYMER SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
ion-containing polymers
hydrogen-bonded polymers
polymer dynamics
sulfonated PS ionomers
poly(2-vinylpyridine)-lithium perchlorate mixtures

File:

Download PhDThesis_Atorngitjawat.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Bintachitt, Patamas

Title:

Local Origin of Macroscopic Properties and Patterning in PbZr(1-x)Ti(x)O(3) Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectrics
Piezoelectric
Thin Films
Piezoelectric Force Microscopy (PFM)
MEMS
Lead Zirconate Titanate PZT

File:

Download PhD_thesis_patamas_bintachitt.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Dasgupta, Prateek

Title:

The Nature of Ferrite in Iron-Nickel Meteorites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Iron-Nickel Meteorites
Three Dimensional Reconstructions
Ferrite

File:

Download Final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Raymond Howell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Raymond Howell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Khanchaitit, Paisan

Title:

Ferroelectric Polymer Thin Films with High Energy Density and Low Loss

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric
P(VDF-CTFE)
Crosslink
Energy Density

File:

Download Khanchaitit_Paisan_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Special Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Lim, Peck Cheng

Title:

Development and Characterization of Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells Using Alkaline Anion-Exchange Membranes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Membrane-Electrode Assembly
Anion-Exchange Membrane
Alkaline Membrane Fuel Cell
Hydrogen
Ethanol

File:

Download PCLim_PSU_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member

Author:

Opaprakasit, Pakorn

Title:

INTERACTION AND THE STRUCTURES OF COAL

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

extraction
coal network
ionic structure
structural transition
thermal properties
coal interaction
coal structure
infrared spectroscopy

File:

Download Pakorn.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul C Painter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan W Scaroni, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael M Coleman, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Pilyeon

Title:

APPLICATION OF NANO-STRUCTURED CONDUCTING POLYMERS TO HUMIDITY SENSING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

conducting polymers
humidity sensors
Nanotechnology

File:

Download Ph.D_THESIS2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Fonash, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Stephen Joseph Fonash, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Member
Barbara Shaw, Committee Member
Sanjay B Joshi, Committee Member