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Author:

Erwin, Brian M

Title:

Temperature Dependence of the Length Scale for Cooperative Motion in Glass-Forming Liquids

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

glass
dynamic scaling
indane
critical temperature

File:

Download BrianMErwin-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member

Author:

Lentz, Daniel Michael

Title:

Nanostructured Elastomers: From Smectic Liquid Crystals to Noble Metal Nanocomposites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

main chain liquid crystalline elastomers
noble metal nanoparticles
nanocomposites

File:

Download D._Lentz_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ronald C Hedden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Strawhecker, Kenneth Edward

Title:

AFM Studies of Semicrystalline Polymer/Inorganic Nanocomposites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymer
inorganic
nanocomposites
AFM
layered silicates
composites
materials

File:

Download Strawhecker.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Sanat Kumar, Committee Member

Author:

Kamath, Sudesh

Title:

DYNAMIC HETEROGENEITIES IN GLASSES AND MISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS: COMPUTER SIMULATIONS USING THE BOND FLUCTUATION MODEL

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

simulations
glass transition
Polymer Blends
bond fluctuation model.

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sanat K Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Jayanth R Banavar, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

Author:

Foley, Theresa

Title:

DESIGN AND REALIZATION OF STIMULI-RESPONSIVE REGIOREGULAR COPOLYMERS WITH TUNABLE ONSET OF RESPONSE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

water-soluble polymer
stimuli-responsive

File:

Download Theresa_Foley_Thesis_May_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Kuppa, Vikram Krishna

Title:

POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)/lAYERED-INORGANIC NANOCOMPOSITES: A MOLECULAR MODELING PERSPECTIVE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymer science
polymer physics
nanotechnology
polymer nanocomposites
computer simulations
molecular dynamics
behavior in extremen confinements

File:

Download VKKthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Salcedo Galan, Felipe

Title:

Polyolefin-blend/Inorganic Nanocomposites: Morphology, Rheological and Thermomechanical Properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polymer nanocomposites
rheology
polyolefin blends
montmorillonite
heat-sealants
thermomechanical properties
polyethylene

File:

Download Dissertation_Felipe_Salcedo-Galan.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Member

Author:

Roach, David Jason

Title:

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation Of Dynamics In Poly(ethylene Oxide) Based Polyether-ester-sulfonate Ionomers

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

NMR
Polymer Electrolytes
Single-ion Conductors
Ionomers
Polymer Dynamics
Cation Dynamics

File:

Download DJRoach_Dissertation_120112.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Todd Mueller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Special Member

Author:

Kushner, Douglas Ian

Title:

THIN FILM DYNAMICS OF ION-CONTAINING POLYMERS UNDER CONFINEMENT

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thin Polymer Films
Nafion
Water Sorption
Fuel Cells
Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
Quartz Crystal Microbalance

File:

Download Kushner_Douglas_Dissertation_final_for_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Outside Member