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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:

Hogshead, Charles Gregory

Title:

Tunable Temperature-Responsive Tethered Polymer Gradients

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

atomic force microscopy
switchable adhesion
grafting density gradient
temperature-responsive
tethered polymer
human serum albumin

File:

Download Hogshead-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, 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:

Creek, John Aubrey

Title:

Nanoscale Self-Assembly of Starch: Phase Relations, Formation, and Structure

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

starch
amylose
phase separation
crystallization
spherulites
self-assembly

File:

Download JACThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gregory Ray Ziegler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Nicole Robitaille Brown, 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:

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:

Heidecker, Matthew J

Title:

HIGH-PERFORMANCE POLYMER/LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

exfoliated
intercalated
composite
modulated DSC
crystallization
ductility
mechanical properties
PC
PET
non-compatibilized
compatibilized
high-peformance nanocomposites
polymer nanocomposites
polymer physics
high temperature surfactants
imidazolium
quaternary ammonium surfactants
melt-blending
injection molding

File:

Download MJHDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Charles E Bakis, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Kanchanasopa, Mantana

Title:

SOLID-STATE STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS OF LACTIDE COPOLYMERS AND BLENDS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

lactide
crystallinity
copolymer
blends
AFM
dielectric relaxation

File:

Download Mantana_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian Roland Harrison, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Committee Member

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:

Songtipya, Ponusa

Title:

NANOCOMPOSITES OF POLYMERS WITH LAYERED INORGANIC NANOFILLERS: ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY, THERMO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, MORPHOLOGY, AND DISPERSION

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ION-EXCHANGE REACTIONS
CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES
MECHANICAL-PROPERTIES
MONTMORILLONITE NANOCOMPOSITES
MODIFIED LAYERED SILICATES
POLYMER/LAYERED SILICATE NANOCOMPOSITES
ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY
HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY

File:

Download Ponusa_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maria Del Mar Jimenez Gasco, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

Author:

Patel, Romesh J

Title:

FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES OF GLASS/POLYCARBONATE INTERFACE FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS APPLICATION

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polycarbonate
glass fibers
pullout test

File:

Download rjpatel_MSc_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

Tomer, Vivek

Title:

POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE: EFFECT OF STRUCTURING, INTERFACES AND FILLER TYPES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

High Energy Density
Polymer Nanocomposites
Dielectric Breakdown

File:

Download TomerPhDthesis2010-uploaded.pdf

Committee Members:

C A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

Author:

Lu, Zijie

Title:

STATE OF WATER IN PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID MEMBRANES STUDIED BY MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC RELAXATION SPECTROSCOPY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

proton exchange membranes
Microwave dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
Water state
fuel cells

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Zhiming

Title:

Synthesis of Chain-end Functionalized Polyolefins and Fluoropolymers and Applications in Nanocomposites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polyolefins
fluoropolymer
nanocomposite
metallocene catalyst

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Tze Chiang Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian Roland Harrison, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, 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:

Pulati, Nuerxida

Title:

Bitumen Recovery from Oil Sands Using Deep Eutectic Solvent and Its Aqueous Solutions

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Oil Sands
Bitumen
Oil Recovery
Atomic Force Microscopy
Peakforce Tapping QNM
Force Measurement
Deep Eutectic Solvent

File:

Download Nuerxida_Pulati_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul C Painter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Khodaparast, Payam

Title:

Dispersion Strategies And Role Of Interfacial Phenomena In Dielectric Polymer Nanocomposites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymer nanocomposite
dispersion
dielectric

File:

Download Full-Dissertation-corrected_after_thesis_office_comments-v2.pdf

Committee Members:

Zoubeida Ounaies, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Liang

Title:

Design of New Anion Exchange Membranes for Electrochemical Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Anion exchange membranes
poly(2
6-dimethyl-1
4-phenylene oxide)s
fuel cells
fluorene side chains
Suzuki-Miyaura coupling

File:

Download Liang_Zhu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee 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

Author:

Saadawi, Majed Nabil

Title:

POLYMER-POLYMER COMPOSITES: MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF INTER-REINFORCED THERMOPLASTICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polymer-Polymer Composites
thermoplastic composite
3D printing
additive manufacturing
dual extrusion

File:

Download Thesis_Polymer-Polymer_Composites_Majed_Saadawi.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey, III, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Bo

Title:

“structured” multi-filler nanocomposites with novel dielectric properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric constant and loss
polymer clay composites
dielectric breakdown
structured composites
barrier properties

File:

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Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Special Member