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Author:

Levin, Scott M

Title:

Heterogeneous Integration of III-V and II-IV Semiconductor Sheets onto Silicon Substrate through Electric-Field Assisted Assembly for Device Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

III-V semiconductors
electric-field assisted assembly
heterogeneous integration
FinFET
GeSe

File:

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Committee Members:

Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Roman Engel Herbert, Committee Member
Suman Datta, Committee Member
Timothy John Eden, Special 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:

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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:

Chuayprakong, Sunanta

Title:

Synthesis, Morphology And Dynamics of Polyureas And Their Lithium Ionomers

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polyureas
Ionomers
Synthesis
Morphology
Dynamics
Nanotechnology

File:

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Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Kragh-Buetow, Katherine Cora

Title:

Robust Electrical Contacts for Sensors and Electronics in Space Flight

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

silicon carbide (SiC)
indium nitride (InN)
polar semiconductors
high temperature
ohmic contacts
tungsten
nickel

File:

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Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
Robert S Okojie, 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:

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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:

Zhu, Liang

Title:

Design of New Anion Exchange Membranes for Electrochemical Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Anion exchange membranes
poly(2
6-dimethyl-1
4-phenylene oxide)s
fuel cells
fluorene side chains
Suzuki-Miyaura coupling

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Park, Mansu

Title:

development of lithium powder based anode with conductive carbon materials for lithium batteries

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

lithium batteries
lithium powder
lithium dendrite
lithium cycling efficiency
Cycling performance
Internal short

File:

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Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee 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:

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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:

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:

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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:

Bock, Jonathan Anton

Title:

Investigation of Reduced (SrxBa1-x)Nb2O6 as a Ferroelectric-based Thermoelectric

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thermoelectric
Ferroelectrics
Tungsten-Bronze

File:

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Committee Members:

Clive Randall And Susan Trolier Mc Kinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Otis, Richard Albert

Title:

Software architecture for CALPHAD modeling of phase stability and transformations in alloy additive manufacturing processes

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

CALPHAD
software
Python
thermodynamics
alloys
additive manufacturing
uncertainty quantification

File:

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Committee Members:

Zi-Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Ismaila Dabo, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Outside Member
Bryan McEnerney, Special Member

Author:

Gray, Zachary R

Title:

TOWARDS LIGHTWEIGHT AND FLEXIBLE HIGH PERFORMANCE NANOCRYSTALLINE SILICON SOLAR CELLS THROUGH LIGHT TRAPPING AND TRANSPORT LAYERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

light trapping
nano-element array
hole transport layer
electron blocking layer
nickel oxide
nanocrystalline silicon
aluminum doped zinc oxide
atomic layer deposition
plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition
electron beam lithography
ANSYS HFSS

File:

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Committee Members:

Wook Jun Nam, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wook Jun Nam, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne Mohney, Committee Member
Osama O. Awadelkarim, Committee Member
Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Outside Member

Author:

Sohrabi baba heidary, Damoon

Title:

NOVEL PROCESSING COATING TECHNIQUES TOWARD IMPROVED ELECTRO-CERAMICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

ALD
MLCC
Nickel
Hydrogen
Degradation
Conductivity Preservation

File:

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Committee Members:

Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member
Nasim Alem, Committee Member

Author:

Hu, Yongjie

Title:

DESIGN OF ADVANCED W-BASED AND FE-BASED ALLOYS VIA COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF CRYSTALLINE DEFECTS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

W-based alloys; Fe-based alloys; Crystalline defects; Mechanical properties; Thermodynamic; First-principles calculations;

File:

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Committee Members:

Zi-Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Hojong Kim, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Outside Member
Laszlo J. Kecskes, Special Member
Kristopher A. Darling, Special Member

Author:

Aldosari, Haila Mohammed

Title:

FACTORS CONTROLLING THE RESISTANCE OF OHMIC CONTACTS TO GERMANIUM TELLURIDE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

phase change material (PCM)
GeTe
Mo
Ni
Au
contact
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

File:

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Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Member
S Ashok, Outside Member

Author:

Berbano, Seth S

Title:

Low Temperature Processing of Sulfide and Oxide Lithium Solid Electrolytes to Bridge Ionically Resistive Boundaries

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ionic conductivity
Impedance spectroscopy
Lithium solid electrolyte
Grain boundary
Ceramic-polymer composites

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael T Lanagan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donghai Wang, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Member
Dinesh Kumar Agrawal, Outside Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Pulickal Rajukumar, Lakshmy

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF 3-DIMENSIONAL NETWORKS OF DIFFERENT NANOCARBONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Carbon nanotubes
three-dimensional networks
nanocomposite
Covalent interconnections
synthesis
chemical vapor deposition

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Nasim Alem, Committee Member
John V Badding, Outside 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:

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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

Author:

Schmitt, Michael Powell

Title:

Advanced Thermal Barrier Coating Materials and Design Architectures for Improved Durability

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thermal Barrier Coating
YSZ
gadolinium zirconate
design architecture
composite
multilayer
PS-PVD
Gd2Zr2O7
rare earth

File:

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Committee Members:

Douglas Edward Wolfe, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Md Amanul Haque, Outside Member
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee 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:

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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:

Nam, Changwoo

Title:

POLYOLEFIN INTERPENETRATED NETWORK FOR OIL SPILL RECOVERY: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND APPLICATION

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polyolefin
crude oil
interpenetrated polymer network
decene/DVB
oil cleanup

File:

Download submit_dissertation_20161110.pdf

Committee Members:

Tze-Chiang Chung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tze-Chiang Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Fred Scott Cannon, Outside Member

Author:

Kushner, Douglas Ian

Title:

THIN FILM DYNAMICS OF ION-CONTAINING POLYMERS UNDER CONFINEMENT

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Thin Polymer Films
Nafion
Water Sorption
Fuel Cells
Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
Quartz Crystal Microbalance

File:

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Committee Members:

Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Outside Member

Author:

Yang, Jung In

Title:

Reliability and Aging in Patterned Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3 Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ferroelectric
Reliability
Aging
HALT
Conduction mechanism
Patterned PZT thin film

File:

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Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Bo

Title:

“structured” multi-filler nanocomposites with novel dielectric properties

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

dielectric constant and loss
polymer clay composites
dielectric breakdown
structured composites
barrier properties

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Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Special Member