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Author:

Jain, Abhishek

Title:

MOCVD growth and study of thin films of Indium Nitride

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MOCVD
InN
polarity
graded buffer
in-situ stress analysis
growth mechanism

File:

Download A_Jain_PhD_Thesis_Su_2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
Joseph R Flemish, Committee Member

Author:

Sun, Adan

Title:

GROWTH AND PROPERTIES OF ANODIC OXIDE FILMS ON PLATINUM

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Mott-Schottky
EIS
nanooxide
platinum
Point Defect Model

File:

Download adan-dissertation_07_23_06.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Saengdeejing, Arkapol

Title:

A Computational Study of Superconducting Materials: A Case Study in Carbon-Doped MgB₂

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermodynamic modeling
density functional theory
superconductor
CALPHAD
MgB₂

File:

Download Saengdeejing-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member

Author:

Bittel, Brad

Title:

STUDY OF DEFECT STRUCTURE AND ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT IN BACK END OF LINE DIELECTRICS AND SIC MOSFETS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

magnetic resonance
EPR
low-k
BEOL
SiC

File:

Download thesis_after_defense.pdf

Committee Members:

Patrick M Lenahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suman Datta, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member

Author:

DeForce, Brian

Title:

REVISITING THE CREVICE CORROSION OF STAINLESS STEEL AND ALUMINUM IN CHLORIDE SOLUTIONS – THE ROLE OF ELECTRODE POTENTIAL

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

IR mechanism
304
chloride
stainless steel
aluminum
crevice corrosion
corrosion
localized corrosion

File:

Download DeForce_PhD_Dissertation_rev2.pdf

Committee Members:

Howard W Pickering, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Barbara Shaw, Committee Member
Timothy John Eden, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Eichfeld, Chad M

Title:

NANOFABRICATION OF STRUCTURES FOR THE STUDY OF NANOWIRE DOPING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanowire
silicon nanowire
selective plating
junction delenation
growth in place
nanofabrication
atom probe
local electrode atom probe
LEAP

File:

Download THESIS_DOCUMENT_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Won, Dong Jin

Title:

MOCVD GROWTH OF GALLIUM NITRIDE WITH INDIUM SURFACTANT

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

GaN
AlN
nitrides
MOCVD
Indium surfactant
epitaxy
heteroepitaxy
XRD
PL
AFM
Raman

File:

Download Dongjin-Won-dissertation-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member

Author:

Mourey, Devin A

Title:

Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition ZnO For Multifunctional Thin Film Electronics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Zinc Oxide
ZnO
ALD
PEALD
Thin Film Transistor
Thin Film Circuit

File:

Download D_A_Mourey_PhD_Thesis-Final_eTD.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas Nelson Jackson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member

Author:

Scopelianos, George Evan

Title:

Fabrication of Nanostructured Copper Oxide via Anodization in Organic Electrolytes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

foil
copper oxide
potentiostatic
anodization
anodic oxidation
electrochemistry
nanotube
nanowire
nanostructure
photoelectrochemical
photocurrent
solar cell
water splitting
metal oxide
electrolyte
ethylene glycol
dimethyl sulfoxide
aqueous

File:

Download GES_M.S._Thesis_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Manning, Ian

Title:

Evolution of stress and microstructure in Si-doped aluminum gallium nitride thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

OMVPE
wide bandgap semiconductors
doping
strain
stress
thin films
MOCVD
AlGaN

File:

Download Ian_Manning_Dissertation_021611.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Professor Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
David Snyder, Committee Member

Author:

Evey, Jeffrey

Title:

FABRICATION OF RADIAL P-N GERMANIUM NANOWIRES FOR THERMOPHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

germanium
photovoltaic
thermophotovoltaic
template
porous
gold-seeded
nanowire
metalorganic
chemical vapor deposition

File:

Download EVEY_Thesis_2009-08-20_-_following_eTD_fixes.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Acord, Jeremy Daniel

Title:

IN SITU STRESS MEASUREMENTS DURING MOCVD GROWTH OF ALUMINUM GALLIUM NITRIDE ON SILICON CARBIDE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

METAL ORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION
III-V NITRIDES
STRESS MEASUREMENT
EPITAXY

File:

Download JD_Acord_Ph._D._Thesis_August_2007.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Fanton, Mark

Title:

Growth of single crystal silicon carbide by halide chemical vapor deposition

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

chemical vapor deposition
silicon carbide
epitaxy

File:

Download Fanton_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph R Flemish, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member

Author:

Miller, Mary A.

Title:

Optimization and Characterization of Vanadium-Based Contacts to n-Type Aluminum Gallium Nitride

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ohmic contacts
Vanadium
AlGaN
LEDs
HEMTs

File:

Download Miller_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Joseph Flemish, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Bresnehan, Michael Stephen

Title:

Microwave Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition of Homoepitaxial Diamond for M-i-P Diodes: A Study of Reactor Design, Growth Kinetics, and Surface Morphology

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MPCVD
Diamond
Surface Morphology
Growth Kinetics
M-i-P Diode
CVD Diamond

File:

Download MBresnehan_-_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David W Snyder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Krishnamurthi, Mahesh

Title:

Optoelectronic materials for sub wavelength imaging and laser beam manipulation

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

near-field imaging
silicon photonics
optical fiber devices
electro-optic devices
infrared imaging
chemical vapor deposition

File:

Download mxk463_PhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John V Badding, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, 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:

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:

Burke, Robert

Title:

MOCVD Growth and Characterization of Gallium Nitride and Gallium Antimonide Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

GaSb
nanowires
MOCVD
GaN

File:

Download RobertBurkeThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jian Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Dormaier, Robert A

Title:

Ohmic contacts to compound semiconductor transistors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

high electron mobility transistor
heterojunction bipolar transistor
surface preparation
indium arsenide
Indium gallium arsenide
Ohmic contacts
antimonide based compound semiconductor

File:

Download R_Dormaier_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Kirkpatrick, Rebecca

Title:

Flexure Strength and Failure Probability of Silicon Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

silicon
mechanical characterization
nanowire
bend testing
Weibull statistics

File:

Download Kirkpatrick_Doctoral_Dissertation_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Muhlstein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Committee Member

Author:

Eichfeld, Sarah M

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Silicon Nanowire Arrays for Photovoltaic Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

SiNWs
nanowire solar cells
SiNW growth

File:

Download Synthesis_and_Characterization_of_SiNW_Arrays_for_Photovoltaic_Applications_Eichfeld_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member

Author:

Yoriya, Sorachon

Title:

FABRICATION OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOTUBE ARRAYS USING ORGANIC ELECTROLYTES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Titanium dioxide
titania nanotubes
anodization
anodic oxidation
fabrication
porosity
organic electrolytes
in-situ crystallization
photoelectrochemical properties
biomedical applications

File:

Download SYoriya_Dissertation2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Craig A Grimes, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Prof Craig A Grimes, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Dey, Soham

Title:

A study of contacts to p- and n-type silicon nanowires synthesized via vapor-liquid-solid growth process

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

aluminide
silicide
nanowire
silicon
ohmic
contact
vapor-liquid-solid growth

File:

Download PhDThesis-SohamDey.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member

Author:

Pongkitwitoon, Suphannee

Title:

TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT MICROPHASE MIXING OF MODEL POLYURETHANES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PDMS/PHMO-PUs
Synchrotron small angle x-ray scattering
microphase separation transition
microphase mixing
segmented polyurethane block copolymers

File:

Download Thesis_revised_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Xi

Title:

SIZE EFFECTS IN ALLOY AND HETEROSTRUCTURED Si1-xGex NANOWIRES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanowires
SiGe
size effect diffusion

File:

Download Xi_Zhang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Yashinski , Melisa Sue

Title:

Effect of Large Elastic Strains on Phonons in GaP Nanowires

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Nanowires
Gallium Phosphide
GaP
Mechanical behavior
stress
strain
phonon
vibrational mode
Raman spectroscopy
tension

File:

Download MSYashinski-Dissertation_Final2.pdf

Committee Members:

Christopher Muhlstein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Francesco Costanzo, Committee Member

Author:

Lin, Joyce Chia-i

Title:

An Investigation of Local Nanomorphology and Doping at the Metal-semiconductor Interface

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ohmic contacts
compound semiconductors
transmission electron microscopy
InGaAs
GaAs
III-V compounds
transistors

File:

Download LinJoyce_Dissertation_May2013.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suman Datta, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Choi, Won Hyuck

Title:

passivation of InGaN/GaN nanopillar light emitting diodes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanopillar
light emitting diode
passivation
InGaN/GaN

File:

Download 070813_Masters_thesis_Won_Hyuck_Choi.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jian Xu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yearsley, Joshua David

Title:

Novel Ohmic Contact Schemes for Iii-v Semiconductors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ohmic contacts
metal/semiconductor contacts
doping
materials science

File:

Download Yearsley_J_ThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Engel Herbert, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bresnehan, Michael Stephen

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Hexagonal Boron Nitride for Integration with Graphene Electronics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Graphene
Epitaxial Graphene
Boron Nitride
h-BN
Dielectric
Field Effect Transistor
CVD
High Mobility

File:

Download MBresnehan_-_PhD_Thesis_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

David Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Member

Author:

Shen, Haoting

Title:

Radial junction solar cells based on heterojunction with intrinsic thin lay (HIT) Structure

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

solar cell
amorphous silicon
PECVD
photovoltaic
nanowire
silicon

File:

Download Haoting_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Jeffrey Brownson, Special Member

Author:

Gagnon, Jarod Christopher

Title:

MOCVD growth of GaN on Si through novel substrate modification techniques

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

III/Nitride
MOCVD
Silicon
substrate modification

File:

Download Gagnon_--_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member

Author:

Brom, Joseph Edward

Title:

Growth and Characterization of Bismuth Selenide Thin Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

CVD
Bi2Se3
bismuth selenide
topological insulator

File:

Download Full_Document_Final_-_Revised_05272014.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Banai, Rona Elinor

Title:

Tin Sulfide Phase Exploration: Dependence of Optoelectronic Properties on Microstructural Growth and Chemical Variations in Thin Film Material

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin film
optical properties
electronic properties
microstructure
photovoltaic
sputtering
semiconductor

File:

Download RonaBanai-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Brownson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark William Horn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jeffrey Brownson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Kragh-Buetow, Katherine Cora

Title:

Robust Electrical Contacts for Sensors and Electronics in Space Flight

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

silicon carbide (SiC)
indium nitride (InN)
polar semiconductors
high temperature
ohmic contacts
tungsten
nickel

File:

Download KCKragh-Buetow_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
Robert S Okojie, Special Member

Author:

Aldosari, Haila Mohammed

Title:

FACTORS CONTROLLING THE RESISTANCE OF OHMIC CONTACTS TO GERMANIUM TELLURIDE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

phase change material (PCM)
GeTe
Mo
Ni
Au
contact
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

File:

Download HailaMAldosariThesisETDFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
S Ashok, Outside Member

Author:

Azizi, Amin

Title:

TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS BEYOND GRAPHENE: SYNTHESIS, ATOMIC-SCALE CHARACTERIZATION, AND APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Two-dimensional materials
Chemical vapor deposition (CVD)
Electron microscopy
Two-dimensional alloys
van der Waals heterostructures
Atomic Structure
Defects

File:

Download Dissertation-PhD-Amin_Azizi-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Nasim Alem, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nasim Alem, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Outside Member

Author:

Bansal, Anushka

Title:

Bias Electric Field Dependence of High Power Characteristics in PZT Piezoelectric Ceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Piezoelectrics
DC Bias Field
PZT
High Power Characterization
Losses in Piezoelectrics
Burst Drive Method

File:

Download bansal_mastersthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenji Uchino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Kozhakhmetov, Azimkhan

Title:

CVD GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 2D NbS2

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

NbS2
TMD
2D materials

File:

Download Azimkhan_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Lei

Title:

Correlated metals as transparent conductors

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Transparent Conductors
Perovskite Oxide
Complex Oxide
Molecular Beam Epitaxy

File:

Download 170627_Lei_Zhang_Dissetation_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Roman Engel-Herbert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Outside Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Al Balushi, Zakaria Yahya

Title:

MOCVD Growth of Group-III Nitrides on Silicon Carbide: From Thin Films to Atomically Thin Layers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Group-III Nitrides
MOCVD
Thin Films
Graphene
2D Materials

File:

Download Zakaria_Y_Al_Balushi_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Sukwon Choi, Outside Member

Author:

Lin, Yu Chuan

Title:

PROPERTIES OF SYNTHETIC TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS AND HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Materials Science and Engineering
Thin Film Techniques
Material Process
Applied Physics
Electronic Materials
Two-dimensional Materials
Graphene
Transition Metal Dichalcogendies
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Surface Characterizations
Field-Effect Transistors
Diodes
Electrical Phenomena
Electronic Devices
Nanomaterials
Growth Mechanism
Proximity Effect
Atomically Thin Membranes
van der Waals Solids

File:

Download Yu-Chuan_Lin_Dissertation_Final_ver5.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua Alexander Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Outside Member

Author:

Alat, Ece

Title:

CERAMIC COATINGS FOR NUCLEAR FUEL CLADDING TO ENHANCE ACCIDENT TOLERANCE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Accident tolerant fuel
corrosion resistance
oxidation resistance
ceramic coatings
nuclear fuel cladding
titanium aluminum nitride (TiAlN)
titanium nitride (TiN)
cathodic arc physical vapor deposition
substrate bias
cathode composition
titanium bond coating
substrate surface preparation method
substrate surface roughness
nitrogen partial pressure
coating deposition time
scratch testing
neutronic analysis
multilayer ceramic coatings
air oxidation
supercritical water testing (SCW)
X-ray diffraction (XRD)
scanning electron microscopy (SEM)
Raman spectroscopy
energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS)
differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)
thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)
autoclave testing

File:

Download Ece_Alat_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Arthur Thompson Motta, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Outside Member

Author:

Zhang, Kehao

Title:

LARGE SCALE SYNTHESIS, DOPING OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES AND THEIR HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

2D Materials
Synthesis
Doping
Heterostructures

File:

Download LARGE_SCALE_SYNTHESIS_DOPING_OF_TWO-DIMENSIONAL__2D__TRANSITION_METAL_DICHALCOGENIDES_AND_THEIR_HETEROSTRUCTURES_Kehao_Zhang_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua Alexander Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Member

Author:

Lei, Yu

Title:

DEFECT ENGINEERING IN LAYERED MATERIALS: ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS IN ENERGY CONVERSION AND BIO-SENSING

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

2D materials
defects
electrochemistry
Hydrogen evolution reaction
Lithium-ion battery
Bio-sensing

File:

Download YuLei-FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member

Author:

Bersch, Brian

Title:

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT IN SYNTHETIC TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES AND NOVEL GRAPHENE/METAL HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Two-dimensional materials
MoS2
WSe2
graphene
2D-Ga
2D-metals
superconducting heterostructures
TMDs
transition metal dichalcogenides
confinement heteroepitaxy
CHet
intercalation
SiC
MOCVD
field-effect transistors
transport
2D superconductors
2D heterostructures

File:

Download Dissertation_Bersch_eTD_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua Alexander Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhang, Fu

Title:

Defect Engineering of Two-Dimensional Electronically Functional Materials

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Two-dimensional materials
Material synthesis
Transmission electron microscopy
Defect engineering
Optical and electronic properties

File:

Download PhD_thesis_Fu_Zhang_final_version.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan B Sinnott, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Outside Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mirabito, Timothy

Title:

Physical Vapor Deposition of Zinc Phthalocyanine Nanostructures on Graphene Templated Substrates: A Study of Reactor Design, Growth Kinetics, and Surface Morphology

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Physical Vapor Deposition
Graphene
Zinc Phthalocyanine
ZnPc
Nanostructures

File:

Download TMirabito_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

David W Snyder, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Moradifar, Parivash

Title:

Plasmonic resonances in 2D and 3D nanostructures investigated by monochromated electron energy loss spectroscopy (mono-EELS)

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Plasmonic
Topological Insulator
Metamaterials
Metalattice
Si-Ge Core-Shell
Silver Plasmonic
Electron Energy loss Spectroscopy
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy
In-situ TEM
Mono-EELS
S/TEM
Defects
Polygonal Defects
Confinement
Interconnectivity
In-Plane Heterostructure
Bi2Te3
Sb2Te3
2D Chalcongenide
Hollow Structure
Cavity Arrays
Long-Range Ordering
High Pressure Confined Chemical Vapor Deposition
HPcCVD
Low-Loss EELS

File:

Download Parivash_Moradifar-PhD_thesis-FV.pdf

Committee Members:

Nasim Alem, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nasim Alem, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Christopher Noel Giebink, Outside Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Special Member
John C Mauro, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Briggs, Natalie

Title:

Novel Synthesis of 2-Dimensional Group III and IV Metals and Binary Compounds

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

2D materials
Silicon carbide
Intercalation
Epitaxial graphene
2D metals
Confinement heteroepitaxy
2D nitrides

File:

Download Briggs_dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua Alexander Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Susan B Sinnott, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Member
Thomas Mallouk, Special Member
Susan B Sinnott, Program Head/Chair