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Author:: Ghosh, Arnav
Title:: RELAXATION DYNAMICS OF BRANCHED POLYMERS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: dynamics
relaxation
rouse
star
branched
polymers
entangled
File:: Download ArnavGhosh-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, 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:: 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:: Larsen, Gregory Steven
Title:: SIMULATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS ON GAS ADSORPTION IN NOVEL MICROPOROUS POLYMERS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity
Simulations
Adsorption
File:: Download Larsen_Dissertation_Final1.pdf
Committee Members:: Coray M Colina, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Coray M Colina, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member

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Author:: Patil, Harshad Pandharinath
Title:: INFLUENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL IMPERFECTIONS ON THE DYNAMIC MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF MAIN-CHAIN SMECTIC ELASTOMERS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Liquid Crystals
Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Liquid Crystalline Elastomers
Smectic CA
Damping
File:: Download Dissertation-Harshad-P.-Patil.pdf
Committee Members:: Ronald C Hedden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

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Author:: Noh, Hyeran
Title:: Volumetric Interpretation of Protein Adsorption
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: Biomaterial
Surface Chemistry
Competitive Adsorption
Protein
Biocompatibility
File:: Download Hyeran_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Erwin A Vogler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Christopher Alan Siedlecki, Committee Member

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Author:: Langston, Justin A
Title:: Synthesis and Characterization of Long Chain Branched Isotactic Polypropylene via a Metallocene Catalyst and T-Reagent
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: polypropylene
branched
branching
gel permeation chromatography
rheology
File:: Download Langston_Thesis_Ver_6.pdf
Committee Members:: Tze Chiang Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

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Author:: Claude, Jason W.
Title:: Ferroelectric Polymers for Electrical Energy Storage
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: vinylidene fluoride
fluoropolymer
energy storage
electrical breakdown
capacitor
dielectric
File:: Download Claude_Jason_-_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Qing Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

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Author:: Lin, Junhong
Title:: NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATOR MATERIALS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: actuator
polymer
charge dynamics
ionic liquids
ionomer
File:: Download junhong_lin_dissertation_Aug_2011-_07263.pdf
Committee Members:: Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

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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

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