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Author:

Mei, Zhigang

Title:

First-principles Thermodynamics of Phase Transition: from Metal to Oxide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

First-principles
thermodynamics
phase transitions
Ti
TiO2
BiFeO3

File:

Download ZhigangMei_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member

Author:

Heo, Tae Wook

Title:

Phase-field modeling of microstructure evolution in elastically inhomogeneous polycrystalline materials

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase-field model
Microstructure evolution
Polycrystalline materials
Diffusional processes
Structural transformations
Inhomogeneous elasticity

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_TaeWookHeo_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
David John Green, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member

Author:

Zacherl, Chelsey Leanne

Title:

A computational investigation of the effect of alloying elements on the thermodynamic and diffusion properties of fcc Ni alloys, with application to the creep rate of dilute Ni-X alloys.

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ni-base superalloys
thermodynamic modeling
self-diffusion
impurity diffusion
non-dilute impurity diffusion
first-principles

File:

Download Zacherl-Dissertation-Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Winchester, Benjamin Michael

Title:

A Phase-field Investigation of Domain Structures in Ferroelectric Bismuth Ferrite Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectric
diffuse interface
phase-field
bismuth ferrite

File:

Download Bens_awesome_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Roman Engel Herbert, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Special Member

Author:

Xing, Wenting

Title:

Phase-field Models of iron phosphate and lithium iron phosphate binary system

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium-ion battery
lithium iron phosphate
coherency strain energy

File:

Download Wenting_Xing_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Duan, Chen

Title:

computer simulations of ferroelectric local switching by phase-field approach

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ferroelectric phase-field approach

File:

Download finalthesis_chenduan.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lee, Che-hui

Title:

MBE Growth and Properties of Sr(n+1)Ti(n)O(3n+1) Ruddlesden-Popper Phases

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MBE
oxide
Ruddlesden-Popper
strain
tunable dielectrics

File:

Download Che-Hui_thesis_v5.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Renee Denise Diehl, Committee Member
Darrell Schlom, Special Member
Xiaoxing Xi, Special Member

Author:

Brooks, Charles M

Title:

The growth of strontium titanate and lutetium ferrite thin films by molecular-beam epitaxy

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

oxide
thin film
MBE
epitaxy
SrTiO3
LuFe2O4
molecular-beam epitaxy
strontium titanate
lutetium ferrite

File:

Download 1-CMBrooks-Dissertaton.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Darrell Schlom, Special Member