Search

Author:

Gauntt, Bryan Douglas

Title:

The nano-composite nature of vanadium oxide thin films used for infrared microbolometers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

vanadium oxide
thin films
nano-composites
microbolometer
infrared detection
transmission electron microscopy
microstructure

File:

Download BDGauntt_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan�Trolier�McKinstry, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Vlahos, Eftihia

Title:

Phase Transitions and Domain Structures in Multiferroics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

confocal microscopy
thin films
multiferroics
nonlinear optics
phase transitions
symmetry

File:

Download EVlahosDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member

Author:

Griggio, Flavio

Title:

Local Piezoelectric Behavior in PZT-Based Thin Films for Ultrasound Transducers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PZT
thin films
ultrasound transducer
piezo-force microscopy

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Flavio_Griggio.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, 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:

Ryan, Joseph V

Title:

FREE CARBON STRUCTURE IN SILICON OXYCARBIDE THIN FILMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

fluctuation electron microscopy
thin films
sputtering
silicon oxycarbide
carbon nanoparticles
tribology

File:

Download Ryan_PhD_Thesis_-_FINAL_VERSION.pdf

Committee Members:

Carlo G Pantano, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Paul Voyles, Committee Member
Paolo Colombo, Committee Member
Joseph Patrick Stitt, Committee Member

Author:

Levi, Roni Daniel

Title:

SOLID SOLUTION TRENDS THAT IMPACT ELECTRICAL DESIGN OF SUBMICRON LAYERS IN DIELECTRIC CAPACITORS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin films
dielectrics
barium titanate
solid solutions

File:

Download Roni_D_Levi_Thesis_2.pdf

Committee Members:

C A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
C A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan�Trolier�McKinstry, Committee Member
L Q Chen, Committee Member
E C Dickey, Committee Member
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member

Author:

Tremper, Amber Leigh

Title:

Effects of Nanoscale Coatings on Reliability of MEMS Ohmic Contact Switches

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

MEMS
ohmic
thin films
nanoindentation
coatings
ruthenium
gold
platinum
contact resistance

File:

Download Tremper_Doctoral_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Christopher Muhlstein, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member

Author:

Wallace, Margeaux Louise

Title:

Performance of PZT Based MEMS Deviceds With Integrated ZnO Electronics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thin films
piezoelectrics
integrated electronics

File:

Download Margeaux_Wallace_Completed_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member
Raegan Johnson Wilke, Special Member

Author:

Welsh, Aaron Joel

Title:

damage-free patterning of ferroelectric lead zirconate titanate thin films for microelectromechanical systems via contact printing

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

soft lithography
thin films
dry etching
piezoresponse force microscopy
electroceramics
piezoelectrics
ferroelectrics

File:

Download Aaron_J_Welsh_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Keech, Ryan Robert

Title:

Dimensional Scaling of Perovskite Ferroelectric Thin Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric
piezoelectric
thin films
nanotechnology
patterning
logic device
materials science
perovskite
PMN-PT
declamping
lead magnesium niobate lead titanate
scaling

File:

Download Ryan_Keech_Ph.D._Dissertation_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Mehdi Kiani, Outside Member
Glenn Martyna, Special Member