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Author:: Kisselev, Alexei M.
Title:: Theoretical and Computer Simulation Insights into Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Systems
Graduate Program:: Physics
Keywords:: solution thermodynamics
aqueous polymer solutions
copolymers
polymer systems
light-responsive
temperature-responsive
stimuli-responsive
phase diagrams
equation of state
hydrogen bonding
molecular dynamics
File:: Download Kisselev-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Milton Walter Cole, Committee Member
Leonid Berlyand, Committee Member

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Author:: Sharma, Ambuj
Title:: CONTROLLING DISPERSION AND ELECTRIC-FIELD-ASSISTED ALIGNMENT OF CARBON NANOTUBES AND NANOFIBERS FOR MULTI-FUNCTIONAL EPOXY COMPOSITES
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:: Carbon nanotube
alignment
nanocomposite
electric field
electrical conductivity
epoxy
dispersion
File:: Download PhD_dissertation_-_Ambuj_Sharma.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles E Bakis, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles E Bakis, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Member
Renata S Engel, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

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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

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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

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Author:: Scrymgeour, David A
Title:: Local Structure and Shaping of Ferroelectric Domain Walls for Photonic Applications
Graduate Program:: Materials
Keywords:: piezoelectric force microscopy
optical devices
lithium tantalate
lithium niobate
ferroelectrics
scanner
QPM
File:: Download thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Kenji Uchino, Committee Member

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Author:: Triplett, Derek Adam
Title:: Self-Assembly of Two-Dimensional Non-Spherical Particles: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: liquid crystal
Monte Carlo
assembly
nematic
non-spherical particles
smectic
File:: Download Derek_Triplett_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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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

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Author:: Hsiao Liao, Erik
Title:: CATIONIC POLYMER LUBRICANT (CPL): A NEW BOUND AND MOBILE BOUNDARY LUBRICANT WITH SELF-HEALING CAPABILITIES
Graduate Program:: Chemical Engineering
Keywords:: Self-healing
Lubricant
Polymer
Tribology
AFM
File:: Download Erik_Hsiao_Liao_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Seong Han Kim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seong Han Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Themis Matsoukas, Committee Member
Joseph Manuel Perez Sr., Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Tajiri, Kazuya
Title:: Startup Characteristics of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells under Subzero Temperatures
Graduate Program:: Mechanical Engineering
Keywords:: polymer electrolyte fuel cell
cold start
automotive
File:: Download dissertation_kazuya_tajiri.pdf
Committee Members:: Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Stefan Thynell, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

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