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Author:

Schaefer, Zachary Louis

Title:

Low-Temperature Chemical Synthesis of Intermetallic, Carbide, Borocarbide, and Carbonaceous Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Boron-doped Carbons
Carbides
Carbonaceous Materials
Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Nanoparticle Synthesis
High Surface Area Materials

File:

Download Schaefer_Dissertation_Rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member

Author:

Beveridge, Jacob Stanley

Title:

Differential Magnetic Catch and Release: Separation, Purification, and Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Particles Assemblies

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Magnetic Nanoparticles
Differential Magnetic Catch and Release
Hybrid Nanocrystals
Nanoparticles

File:

Download thesis_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member

Author:

Sines, Ian Thomas

Title:

Chemical synthesis and modification of target phases of chalcogenide nanomaterials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoparticles
Conversion chemistry
Chalcogenides
Non-equilibrium phases
Superconductors
Single crystals

File:

Download Sines_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member

Author:

Morozowich, Nicole Lynn

Title:

The Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Polyphosphazenes for Hard Tissue Engineering

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Polyphosphazne
Bioerodible
Biomimetic
Hard Tissue Engineering
Vitamin
Antioxidant
Hydroxyapatite
Hydrogel
ToF-SIMS

File:

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Committee Members:

Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Bradley, Matthew Joseph

Title:

Developing New Synthetic Methods for Colloidal Hybrid Nanoparticles: Conversion Chemistry and Chemoselectivity

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Hybrid Nanoparticles
Conversion Chemistry
Chemoselectivity
Nanoparticle Synthesis
Heterodimers

File:

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Strayer, Megan Elizabeth

Title:

Design of functional layered oxide materials through understanding structure-property relationships

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

layered oxides; metal nanoparticles; isothermal titration calori
X-ray diffraction

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Mcenaney, Joshua M

Title:

Colloidal Nanochemistry Applied to the Discovery and Characterization of Earth-abundant Nanoparticles as Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Co2 Photoreduction

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanosynthesis
Water Electrolysis
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
CO2 Photoreduction
Electrocatalyst
Metal Phosphide

File:

Download Joshua_M_McEnaney_Final_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Special Member

Author:

Popczun, Eric John

Title:

Nanostructured Earth-abundant Materials as Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoscience
Metal phosphide
Hydrogen evolution
Nanoparticles
Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Earth-abundant
Catalysis

File:

Download Dissertation_PopczunE_FA_15.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Read Rodríguez, Carlos G.

Title:

Nanostructured Materials for Solar Fuels Production: Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

phosphides
hydrogen evolution
HER
OER
nanoparticles
electrochemistry
electrocatalysis
earth-abundant
synthesis
hybrid
heterostructure

File:

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member

Author:

Sun, Du

Title:

SYNTHESIS OF COMPLEX NANOSTRUCTURES OF LAYERED METAL CHALCOGENIDES AND OTHER NANOMATERIALS USING COLLOIDAL CHEMISTRY

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoscience
Layered Chalcogenides
Colloidal Synthesis
Molybdenum Diselenide
Germanium Selenide

File:

Download PhD-Dissertation_Du_Sun_Chemistry_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member

Author:

Johnson, Robert J

Title:

The Efficacy of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles as a Robust and Effective Alternative to Gold Nanoparticles as Photothermal Agents to Drive High-Barrier Reactions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Magnetite Nanoparticles
Iron oxide nanoparticles
Gold nanoparticles
Photothermal
Light to heat
Nanoparticles

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member

Author:

Morse, James R

Title:

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND PURIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanoparticles
Nanoparticle purification
Colloidal Synthesis
pyrite
selective hydrogenation
heterostructure
hybrid nanoparticles

File:

Download Morse_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Outside Member

Author:

Aro, Stephen Christopher

Title:

Novel Chemical Routes to Crystalline ZnSe Fiber Optics and Fiber Lasers

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Cr:ZnSe
Zinc Selenide
Transition-metal doped
HPCVD
High Pressure
HPCVT

File:

Download Stephen_Aro_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

Author:

Mondschein, Jared Scott

Title:

Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction and the Hydrolysis of Ammonia Borane

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Electrocatalysis
Ammonia Borane
Water Splitting
Hydrogen

File:

Download Mondschein_Jared_PhDThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member

Author:

Sun, Yifan

Title:

ACCESSING GROUP 6 TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE NANOSTRUCTURES WITH COLLOIDAL SYNTHESIS: FROM DITELLURIDES TO ALLOYS AND HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

transition metal dichalcogenide
colloidal synthesis

File:

Download 090418_Yifan_Sun.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Shengxi Huang, Outside Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kindle, Cody

Title:

MATERIAL DEPOSITION VIA LASER INDUCED THERMAL VOXELS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Direct laser write
laser lithography
solvothermal synthesis

File:

Download Cody_Kindle_Master_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lauren Dell Zarzar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Ackerman, Jonathan

Title:

Controlling selectivity of platinum deposition on partially exchanged Cu2-xS-CdS nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanoparticle
Chalcogenide
Cation exchange
partial cation exchange
Seeded growth

File:

Download Ackerman__Jonathan_Master_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Widstrom, Andrea Lyn

Title:

Applicability of standard kinetic parameters for describing a photothermally driven reaction

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Diels-Alder
photothermal
gold nanoparticle
solvent
kinetic
viscosity
retro Diels-Alder
dipole
activation
thermodynamic
Arrhenius

File:

Download Widstrom_Andrea_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Uppuluri, Ritesh

Title:

Structure-Property Relationships in Functional Layered Metal Oxides and Metal Oxide Nanosheets

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Layered oxides
Perovskite
Nanosheets

File:

Download Uppuluri_Dissertation-FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Alameda, Lucas Thomas

Title:

The Soft Chemistry of MoAlB

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

MoAlB
MBenes
Solid-State Synthesis
Soft Chemistry
Topochemical
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Mesoporosity
Metal Borides
Two-Dimensional Materials
Heterostructures

File:

Download Lucas_Alameda_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair