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1. Investigation of the Fracture Behavior of cBN-Glass Composites

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Author:
Mendoza, Alfonso Julio
Title:
Investigation of the Fracture Behavior of cBN-Glass Composites
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
cBN
fracture behavior
mechanical properties
digital image analysis
SEM
File:
Download Investigation_of_the_Fracture_Behavior_of_cBN_Glass_Composites.pdf
Committee Members:
Carlo G Pantano, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David John Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Anthony Hickner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. TIME DEPENDENT DEFORMATION OF THIN FILM PLATINUM DURING NANOINDENTATION TESTING

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Author:
Tremper, Amber Leigh
Title:
TIME DEPENDENT DEFORMATION OF THIN FILM PLATINUM DURING NANOINDENTATION TESTING
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
nanoindentation
platinum
File:
Download Thesis_ARomasco_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Dr Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Muhlstein, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lawrence Friedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

3. GROWTH OF NANOSCALE BaTiO3/SrTiO3 SUPERLATTICES BY MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY

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Author:
Soukiassian, Arsen
Title:
GROWTH OF NANOSCALE BaTiO3/SrTiO3 SUPERLATTICES BY MOLECULAR-BEAM EPITAXY
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Ferroelectric thin films
ferroelectric superlattices
epitaxial growth
oxide MBE
ferroelectric phase transitions
UV Raman spectroscopy
File:
Download Thesis_updated5.pdf
Committee Members:
Xiaoxing Xi, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

5. Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Hydrogen Bonding in Phenolic Polymers

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Author:
Choperena Guerra, Andrea
Title:
Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Hydrogen Bonding in Phenolic Polymers
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
temperature
poly(vinyl phenol)
ethyl phenol
polymer
phenolic polymers
spectroscopy
IR
infrared
heat
miscibility
File:
Download Thesis_Choperena_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

6. SYNTHESIS-STRUCTURE-PROPERTY-PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS OF TiN, CrN, AND NANOLAYER (Ti,Cr)N COATINGS DEPOSTIED BY CATHODIC ARC EVAPORATION FOR HARD PARTICLE EROSION RESISTANCE

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Author:
Gabriel, Brian M.
Title:
SYNTHESIS-STRUCTURE-PROPERTY-PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIPS OF TiN, CrN, AND NANOLAYER (Ti,Cr)N COATINGS DEPOSTIED BY CATHODIC ARC EVAPORATION FOR HARD PARTICLE EROSION RESISTANCE
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
cathodic arc
erosion
titanium nitride
chromium nitride
hard particle impingement
File:
Download Brian_Gabriel_Masters.pdf
Committee Members:
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

7. PVDF-based copolymers, terpolymers and their multi-component material systems for capacitor applications

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Author:
Chu, Baojin
Title:
PVDF-based copolymers, terpolymers and their multi-component material systems for capacitor applications
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
nanocomposite
blend
PVDF-based polymers
dielectric
energy density
File:
Download thesischu.pdf
Committee Members:
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

8. Swelling and Mechanical Behavior of Ionizable Hydrogels Containing Highly Branched Polyamine Macromonomers

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Author:
Unal, Burcu
Title:
Swelling and Mechanical Behavior of Ionizable Hydrogels Containing Highly Branched Polyamine Macromonomers
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
end-linking
hydrogel
swelling
gel electrolyte
pH-dependence
dendrimer
rhizobia
File:
Download Burcu_Unal_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Erin Clare Hedden, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ronald C Hedden, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member
Bruce Ernest Logan, Committee Member

9. ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EPITAXIAL INTERFACE BETWEEN Ba0.7Sr0.3O AND SILICON

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Author:
Billman, Curtis A
Title:
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EPITAXIAL INTERFACE BETWEEN Ba0.7Sr0.3O AND SILICON
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
epitaxial interface
conductance technique
in situ probe station
File:
Download Billman_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Darrell Schlom, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Fredrick Walker, Committee Member

11. Temperature Dependence of Dielectric Breakdown in Polymers

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Author:
Min, Cheolhong
Title:
Temperature Dependence of Dielectric Breakdown in Polymers
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
PMMA
Polymer Dielectrics
P(VDF-TrFE-CTFE) terpolymer
Polypropylene
Polyimide
Electrical Properties
Temperature
Dielectric Breakdown
File:
Download M.S._Thesis_Cheolhong_Min__Summer_2008_.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas R Shrout, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael T Lanagan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

12. On the Permanent Life of Tissue Outside the Organism

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Author:
Ravi, Dhurjati
Title:
On the Permanent Life of Tissue Outside the Organism
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
bioreactors
bone tissue engineering
3D cell culture models
breast cancer metastasis
File:
Download PhD_Thesis_Ravi_Nov19_2007.pdf
Committee Members:
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Wencil Brown, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Kumble Sandeep Prabhu, Committee Member
Andrea Marie Mastro, Committee Member

13. THE INFLUENCE OF REINFORCEMENT HOMOGENEITY ON THE DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE OF A DISCONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED ALUMINUM MATRIX COMPOSITE

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Author:
Wilks, Garth Barrett
Title:
THE INFLUENCE OF REINFORCEMENT HOMOGENEITY ON THE DEFORMATION AND FRACTURE OF A DISCONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED ALUMINUM MATRIX COMPOSITE
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Homogeneity
Deformation
Fracture
Aluminum
Metal Matrix Composite
DRA
Clustering
File:
Download Garth_Wilks_Dissertation_v1.12.pdf
Committee Members:
Donald Albert Koss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christopher L Muhlstein, Committee Member
Clifford Jesse Lissenden Iii, Committee Member
Jonathan E Spowart, Committee Member

14. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NICKEL MANGANITE THIN FILMS FOR APPLICATION IN UNCOOLED MICROBOLOMETERS

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Author:
Schulze, Heidi M
Title:
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NICKEL MANGANITE THIN FILMS FOR APPLICATION IN UNCOOLED MICROBOLOMETERS
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
CHEMICAL SOLUTION DEPOSITION
MICROBOLOMETER
THIN FILM
SPINEL
INFRARED DETECTION
File:
Download Thesis-HSchulze-sm.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

15. INFLUENCE OF ARCHITECTURAL IMPERFECTIONS ON THE DYNAMIC MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF MAIN-CHAIN SMECTIC ELASTOMERS

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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

17. STRUCTURE - PROPERTY - COMPOSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE BaTiO3 - BiScO3 CERAMIC SYSTEM

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Author:
Ogihara, Hideki
Title:
STRUCTURE - PROPERTY - COMPOSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE BaTiO3 - BiScO3 CERAMIC SYSTEM
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
non-lead materials
tolerance factor
perovskite structure
relaxors
dielectrics
ferroelectrics
bismuth
scandium
barium titanate
permittivity
high energy density capacitor materials
dielectric relaxation
File:
Download MS_thesis_Hideki_Ogihara_200807.pdf
Committee Members:
Clive A Randall, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

18. Synthesis and Characterization of Long Chain Branched Isotactic Polypropylene via a Metallocene Catalyst and T-Reagent

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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