Search

Author:

Sengupta, Samudra

Title:

Enzyme Molecules as Nanomotors and Micropumps

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

enzyme
single-molecule
diffusion
nanomotor
chemotaxis
micropump

File:

Download 1-PhD_Dissertation_Samudra_Sengupta.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Special Member

Author:

Friesen, Stuart Aaron

Title:

Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Fabrication and light Trapping Modifications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

robust fabrication process
inverse opal
stop band
Wood's anomalies

File:

Download Friesen_absolutefinal_7.15.13.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Todd Mueller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Gallagher, Joy Ann

Title:

Recognition and Self... In Metal Directed Assembly of Palindromic Artificial Oligopeptides

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Self-Assembly
Supramolecular
Copper
Palindromic
Biomimetic
Artificial Oligopeptide
Inorganic Architectures

File:

Download Gallagher_JA_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Vaughn, Dimitri Duval

Title:

Nanosheets by Design: The Controllable Synthesis of Group IV-VI Layered Semiconductor Chalcogenide Nanostructures Using Colloidal Chemistry

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoscience
Layered Semiconductors
Nanosheets
Germanium
Colloidal Synthesis
Chalcogenide

File:

Download PhD-Dissertation_DVaughnII_Chemistry_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Ucci, Alexander

Title:

The Effect Of Crystal Structure on The Morphology Of Marine Aerosol And Design Of TPD Spectrometer for UHV Chamber

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

aerosol
AFM
TPDS
TEM
morphology
sea salt
ice nucleation
mass spectrometry
UHV
atmospheric chemistry
Feulner cap

File:

Download 1-Alexander_Ucci_Chemistry_Masters_Thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Winograd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry Y Harrington, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liddell, Kristi Lynn

Title:

Surface functionalization of oxides for biosensing applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

dielectric
surface functionalization
FET
surface regeneration

File:

Download Kristi_Liddell_PhD_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Member
Jun Zhu, Special 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:

Swierk, John R

Title:

Electron Transfer Kinetics in Water-splitting Dye-sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cells

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Photoelectrochemical
Water oxidation
catalysis
water-splitting
TiO2

File:

Download Thesis___Swierk_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Jackson, Lauren Marie

Title:

New Analytical Approaches to Understand Biological Systems with Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

SIMS
secondary ion mass spectrometry
analytical chemistry
mass spectrometry
trehalose
Botryococcus braunii
algae
biofuel

File:

Download lmj_complete_thesis_REVISED_new.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Winograd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member

Author:

Biacchi, Adam Joseph

Title:

The Colloidal Chemistry Synthesis and Electron Microscopy Characterization of Shape-controlled Metal and Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloidal nanocrystals
shape-controlled nanoparticles
rhodium
tin sulfide
solution synthesis
HRTEM

File:

Download Biacchi_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Yuwen, Yu

Title:

Modulating the response of optical nanostructure by integrating novel plasmonic building blocks

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Nanostructure
plasmonic
quasicrystal
nanoantenna
nanoparticle

File:

Download Yuwen_Thesis_Oct_26_Vfinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Dennis Kon Jin Lin, Committee Member
Kultegin Aydin, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Meng

Title:

Self-assemblies of Metal Cross-Linked Artificial Oligopeptides Substituted with Hydroxyquinoline Ligands

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

inorganic chemistry
self-assembly
metallic oligopeptide
electron and energy transfer
cooperativity
heterometallic complex

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Meng_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Duan, Wentao

Title:

Artificial Intelligence: Collective Behaviors of Synthetic Micromachines

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Micromotors
Micropumps
Collective Behaviors
COMSOL Simulation
Interaction
Self-assembly
Chemical Sensing

File:

Download Wentao_Duan_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Scott Trent Feldman, Special Member

Author:

Kirby, David Joseph

Title:

Assembly of Nanowire Arrays: Exploring Interparticle Interactions, Particle Orientation, and Mixed Particle Arrays

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

van der Waals
electrostatics
sedimentation
gold
nanotube
silica
vertical array
horizontal array
microwells

File:

Download Kirby_Dissertation_2015_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, 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:

Download Strayer_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

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:

Vargas-barbosa, Nella Marie

Title:

Insights Into Electrochemical And Photoelectrochemical Water-splitting

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

electrochemistry
iridium oxide
solar fuels
catalysis
membrane
buffer
photo-electrochemistry
heterogeneous kintetics

File:

Download VargasBarbosaNM_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Special Member

Author:

Yadav, Vinita

Title:

Self-propelled Systems For Versatile Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nano-motors
Micro-pumps
Drug-delivery
Crack-repair
Enzyme cascades

File:

Download Vinita_Yadav-Ph._D._Chemistry-Thesis-2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, 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:

Spanjers, Charles Steven

Title:

Nickel-zinc Intermetallic Catalysts for Acetylene Semi-hydrogenation and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Techniques for Catalyst Characterization

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

catalysis
catalyst
hydrogenation
x-ray absorption spectroscopy
intermetallic

File:

Download Spanjers_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member

Author:

Ahmed, Suzanne

Title:

The Control, Assembly, Shape-dependent and Material-dependent Studies of Ultrasonically Propelled Nano- and Micromotors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanorod
Nanomotor
Ultrasonically Propelled Nanomotor
Acoustic Nanomotor

File:

Download SuzanneAhmed_Dissertation_6July2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Juyeong

Title:

Ligand-controlled electronic properties in inorganic materials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Ruthenium complex
hydroxypyridine
TCNQ
pi-stacking
zinc oxide
coumarin 153
metal-organic framework
electronic property

File:

Download Juyeong_Kim-Dissertation-Final_very_version-0726_for_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Chia Hui

Title:

Tungsten Ditelluride (wte2): An Atomic Layered Semimetal

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

2D materials; Layered Materials; WTe2; Tungsten Ditelluride; Td

File:

Download CHLee_Thesis_ver.AfterDef_ver.2_2015.12_.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua Alexander Robinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Haas, Kaitlin Mary

Title:

Driving thermally-activated chemical reactions with molecular-scale control using the photothermal effect of gold nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

gold nanoparticles
photothermal effect
plasmon

File:

Download Haas_2015_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Special Member

Author:

Gong, Shushan

Title:

Mechanical Reinforcement and Segmental Dynamics of Polymer Nanocomposites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polymer Nanocomposites
Mechanical Reinforcement
glassy bridge
rheology
dielectric
network

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Veghte, Rosemary Marie

Title:

Insights into the Synthetic Mechanisms behind Ligand-free Metal Nanoparticle Formation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanoparticle
sintering
transmission electron microscopy
x-ray diffraction
solid state

File:

Download Rosemary_Veghte_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liu, Liu

Title:

engineering optical materials with metal nanostructures

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

surface-plasmon-polariton waves
solar energy
reconfigurable metamaterials
vanadium dioxide

File:

Download LiuLiu-Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Douglas Henry Werner, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Bischof, Angela Maria

Title:

Spectroscopic Investigation of Ground State Charge Transfer in Organic Mixed-valence and Charge-transfer Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

organic mixed-valence
organic charge-transfer
electron transfer

File:

Download Bischof_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Li Li, Special Member

Author:

Sen Gupta, Arnab

Title:

Topochemical Synthesis & Characterization of Octahedral Rotation Induced Noncentrosymmetric Layered Perovskites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

noncentrosymmetry
octahedral rotations
perovskites
second harmonic generation

File:

Download Tuesday_-_4-19-2016_Dissertation_ASG.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Mccool, Nicholas S

Title:

Understanding and Controlling the Kinetics of Electron Transfer Events in the Water-Splitting Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cell

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Water-splitting
Solar energy
electron transfer
charge recombination
sensitized metal oxides

File:

Download McCool_NS_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Coimbatore Balram, Ajit

Title:

Exotic emergent phenomena in the fractional quantum Hall effect

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

FQHE
topological phases
composite fermions

File:

Download ACB_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Jainendra Jain, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jainendra Jain, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Wiltrout, Alex Michael

Title:

Nanostructured Transition Metal Sulfide Catalysts for Electrochemical Water Splitting

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoscience
Metal sulfide
Water splitting
Electrocatalysis
Hydrogen evolution
Oxygen evolution

File:

Download M.S._Thesis_-_Alex_Wiltrout.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

das, sambeeta

Title:

Designs for Directing Motion at Nano and Microscale

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Micromotor
nanomotor
Active Matter
colloid
Enzymes

File:

Download dissertation_sambeeta_das.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member

Author:

Wang, Yuanxi

Title:

Theory of two-dimensional materials: synthesis, properties, and structural engineering

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

two-dimensional materials
density functional theory

File:

Download main.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, 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:

Haislmaier, Ryan Cory

Title:

Strain-induced phenomenon in complex oxide thin films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Molecular beam epitaxy
ferroelectrics
superlattices
thin films
second harmonic generation
complex oxides
perovskites

File:

Download Haislmaier_PhD_Disseration_11_21_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member

Author:

Callejas, Juan Francisco

Title:

NANOSTRUCTURED EARTH-ABUNDANT ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR THE HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanomaterials
Electrocatalyst
Nanoparticle
Water-Splitting

File:

Download Thesis_Callejas_092016.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Outside Member

Author:

Wong, Flory

Title:

Catalytic Nanomotors and Micropump Systems Utilizing Alternate Fuels

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanomotors
micropumps
electrophoretic
electrokinetic
active colloids
self-electrophoresis
density-driven flows
self-powered

File:

Download FWong_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member

Author:

Loc, Welley Siu

Title:

Encapsulation of phosphorylated chemotherapeutics in calcium phosphosilicate nanoparticles and the translational perspective to nanoparticle drug delivery

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanomedicine
drug delivery
nanoparticles
CPSNPs
chemotherapeutics
phospho-drug
gold

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Loc_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Outside Member

Author:

Bhimanapati, Ganesh Rahul

Title:

Scalable Synthesis of Graphene Based Heterostructures and their use in Energy Sensing, Conversion and Storage

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

graphene
molybdenum disulfide
heterostructures
radiation
hydrogen evolution reactions
HERs
lithium ion batteries
LiBs
transition metal dichalcogenides
tungsten diselenide

File:

Download Final_Thesis_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Joshua A Robinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joshua A Robinson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Adair, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member

Author:

Cooper, Brian C

Title:

NOVEL SYNTHETIC METHODS AND CHARACTERIZATION STUDIES OF NIOBIUM-DISULFIDE IN MULTIPLE GEOMETRIES

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

NbS2
Layered Transition Metal Dichalcogenide

File:

Download BrianCCooperDissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Nitin Samarth, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member

Author:

Sabrina, Syeda

Title:

Shape-directed Actuation and Collective Dynamics of Spinners

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

acoustic micro-rotors
ultrasound
active rotation
active particles
active liquid

File:

Download SS_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Anthony A Atchley, Outside Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member
Kyle J M Bishop, Special 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:

Yu, Zhaoxin

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED ANODE MATERIALS AND SOLID-STATE ELECTROLYTES FOR SODIUM-ION BATTERY

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

Sodium ion battery
red phosphorus
solid state electrolyte
solid state battery
anode

File:

Download Ph.D_Thesis-Zhaoxin_Yu_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member
Sulin Zhang, Outside Member

Author:

Dasgupta, Archi

Title:

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND ADSORPTION APPLICATIONS OF 1-, 2-, AND 3-DIMENSIONAL sp2-HYBRIDIZED NANOCARBONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

carbon nanotubes
graphene
graphitic nanoribbons
graphene based adsorbents
3-D networks
mechanical properties
adsorption properties
gas and liquid phase adsorption

File:

Download Archi_Dasgupta_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member

Author:

Rahimi, Mohammad

Title:

Thermally regenerative ammonia batteries for converting low-grade waste heat to electricity

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

electrochemical energy storage
battery
thermall battery
waste heat recovery
ion exchange membrane
energy conversion
electrochemistry
flow battery
electrodeposition

File:

Download Mohammad_Rahimi-PhD_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Bruce Ernest Logan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Manish Kumar, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member
Christopher Aaron Gorski, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Domask, Anna Catherine

Title:

Reactivity and Epitaxy of Metal Thin-Films on Few-Layer Molybdenum Disulfide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Contacts
Thermodynamics
van der Waals Solid
Transition Metal Dichalcogenide
Raman spectroscopy
Transition electron microscopy

File:

Download DomaskAnna_FinalThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Nasim Alem, Committee Member
Jun Zhu, Outside Member

Author:

Donahue, Philip P

Title:

Alternating Current Electric Field Driven Reconfigurable Random Lasing

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Random Laser
Lasing
Assembly
Dielectrophoresis
Nanoparticle
Microparticle
Photonics

File:

Download Thesis_Donahue.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Russell, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

VERTICAL EVAPORATIVE ASSEMBLY AND DOUBLE REPLICATION OF UNARY AND BINARY SILICA COLLOIDAL CRYSTAL FILMS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloidal crystal
silica
nanoparticle
template replication
self-assembly
polymer

File:

Download JenniferRussellDissertationF.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Outside Member

Author:

Mukhopadhyay, Ahana

Title:

ADSORPTION OF TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES ON METAL OXIDE SUPPORTS: PROBING THE SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACE IN HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST SYNTHESIS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

solid-liquid interface
electrostatic adsorption
single atom catalysts
isothermal titration calorimetry
noble metals
reducible oxides
methane combustion

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Ahana_Mukhopadhyay.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Yuguang C

Title:

THE DESIGN OF EFFICIENT CO2 REDUCTION ELECTROCATALYSTS AND ELECTROLYSIS CELL

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

CO2 reduction reaction
electrochemistry
heterogeneous catalysis
electrolyzer
bipolar membrane
products crossover

File:

Download Dissertation_Chris_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John V Badding, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Outside Member

Author:

Valdez, Lyanne

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF ENZYME-POWERED DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Enzymes
Micropumps
Nanomotors
Fluid Motion

File:

Download thesis_L.Valdez-final_rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Outside Member

Author:

Zhu, Haoyue

Title:

LIQUID-BASED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE WITH VARIATIONS ON THE DOPANTS AND THE NUMBER OF LAYERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

graphene
solar cell
raman
GERS
surface enhanced raman
sensing
sensor
heterostructure
heterolayer
CVD
chemical vapor deposition
doping
dopant

File:

Download Haoyue_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member

Author:

Piotrowski, Paulina Karolina

Title:

ENHANCING ANALYTICAL METHODS TOWARDS THE GEOCHEMICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING OF SHALE GAS SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Analytical Chemistry
Hydraulic Fracturing
GCxGC

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Franklin Lewis Dorman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
William D Burgos, 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:

Fenton, Julie Lynn

Title:

Engineering Crystal Structure, Elemental Composition, and Interfaces in Inorganic Nanomaterials via Ion Exchange

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanomaterials
ion exchange
synthesis
colloidal nanoparticles
metastable crystal structures
inorganic materials

File:

Download JL_Fenton_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Outside Member

Author:

Bull, Margeaux

Title:

EXAMINING THE SURFACE CHEMISTRY AND BEHAVIOR OF COLLOIDALLY-SYNTHESIZED VANADIUM DIOXIDE

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

vanadium dioxide
VO2
colloidal synthesis

File:

Download Margeaux_Bull_Master_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Nathan Douglas

Title:

Determination of Fundamental Thermodynamic Properties of Alkali/Alkaline-Earth Elements in Liquid Metals for Recovery from Molten Salt Solutions

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Electrochemical Separations
Liquid Metals
Alkali/Alkaline-Earths
Sr-Bi
Sr-Sb
Sr-Sn
Electromotive Force Method

File:

Download Nathan_D_Smith--Dissertation--FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Hojong Kim, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Hojong Kim, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Member
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member

Author:

Gao, Yue

Title:

DESIGN STABLE SOLID-ELECTROLYTE INTERPHASE FOR ANODES IN RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERIES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Rechargeable batteries
Electrochemical interface
Solid-electrolyte interphase

File:

Download Dissertation_Yue_Gao.pdf

Committee Members:

Donghai Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Donghai Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Outside Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Werner, Mark Andrew

Title:

Applications of Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Non-destructive Analysis of Plant Cell Walls and Engineered Soil Surrogates

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
plant cell walls
cellulose
Engineered soil surrogates
hemicellulose
pectin
pesticides
probe molecules
cross polarization
INADEQUATE

File:

Download Thesis_final_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee 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:

Brooks, Allan

Title:

Programming the Dynamics of Active Colloids via Shape

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

micromotors
active matter
colloids

File:

Download Brooks_Dissertation_2019-11-07_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ali Borhan, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell Velegol, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Phillip E Savage, 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:

Altemose, Alicia

Title:

Microscale collective behavior: Catalytic micropumps and reversible colloidal assembly

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Active matter
Collective behavior
Catalytic micropumps
Colloidal motors
Oscillatory dynamics
Schooling

File:

Download Dissertation-Altemose-final.pdfDownload Video_2-1.mp4Download Video_2-2.aviDownload Video_2-3.mp4Download Video_2-4.mp4Download Video_3-1.aviDownload Video_3-2.aviDownload Video_3-3.aviDownload Video_3-4.aviDownload Video_3-5.aviDownload Video_4-1.aviDownload Video_4-2.aviDownload Video_4-3.avi

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member
Scott A Showalter, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Collins, Matthew D

Title:

Interaction-Driven Transport of Molecules and Colloids in Microfluidic Devices

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Microfluidics
Transport
Nanomotors
Colloids
Macromolecules
Volume Exclusion
Acoustic

File:

Download Matthew_Collins_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, 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:

Rosas, Alyssa

Title:

The Application of Soft Chemical Reactions to Inorganic Layered Materials and the Characterization of the Thermodynamics using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

soft chemistry
inorganic layered materials
two-dimensional materials
layered
materials
isothermal titration calorimetry
titanate
niobate
mxene

File:

Download Rosas_Dissertation_2021_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tang, Xiaomeng

Title:

DYE-DOPED CALCIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE NANOPARTICLES FOR EARLY DETECTION OF HUMAN CANCERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Calcium phosphosilicate
Cancer diagnosis
Bioimaging
Bioconjugation
Targeted delivery

File:

No files available due to restrictions.

Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member

Author:

Maheshwari, Sharad

Title:

Interfacial Design Strategies for Enhanced Nitrogen Reduction Electrocatalysis

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

Electrocatalysis
Density Functional Theory
Electrochemical Nitrogen Reduction
Interfacial Effects
Computational Catalysis
Electrokinetics

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Sharad_Maheshwari.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael John Janik, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Robert Rioux, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Member
Phillip E Savage, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Tansi, Benjamin

Title:

Light-Powered Fluid Micropumps for Assembly and Sensing

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoscience
Active Matter
Colloids
Photochemistry
Sensing
Self-Assembly

File:

Download Tansi_Dissertation_Light-Based_Fluid_Micropumps.pdfDownload Supporting_Video_3-1.mp4Download Supporting_Video_4-1.mp4Download Supporting_Video_4-2.mp4Download Supporting_Video_4-3.mp4Download Supporting_Video_5-1.mp4

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair