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3. Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Refractory Metal Alloys Formed by Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST)

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Author:
Browning, Paul Nathan
Title:
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Refractory Metal Alloys Formed by Field Assisted Sintering Technique (FAST)
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Refractory Metals
Field Assisted Sintering
Spark Plasma Sintering
Mechanical Properties
File:
Download Compiled_Thesis__Browning_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Jogender Singh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anil Kulkarni, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Todd Palmer, Committee Member
Ivica Smid, Committee Member
Ivica Smid, Outside Member

4. Pulsed-Laser Crystallization of Ferroelectric/Piezoelectric Oxide Thin Films

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Open Access
Author:
Rajashekhar, Adarsh
Title:
Pulsed-Laser Crystallization of Ferroelectric/Piezoelectric Oxide Thin Films
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Ferroelectric Thin Films
Piezoelectric Thin Films
Laser Annealing
Pulsed-Laser Heating
Pulsed Laser Deposition
Laser Crystallization
Integration with polymeric substrates
Low Substrate Temperature Processing
In situ Laser Annealing
PZT Thin Films
File:
Download Adarsh_Rajashekhar_PhD_Dissertation_Penn_State.pdf
Committee Members:
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Outside Member

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

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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

6. ENGINEERING OHMIC CONTACTS TO III-V, III-N AND 2D DICHALCOGENIDES: THE IMPACT OF ANNEALING AND SURFACE PREPARATION ON CONTACT RESISTANCE

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Author:
Abraham, Michael
Title:
ENGINEERING OHMIC CONTACTS TO III-V, III-N AND 2D DICHALCOGENIDES: THE IMPACT OF ANNEALING AND SURFACE PREPARATION ON CONTACT RESISTANCE
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
MoS2
GaN
InGaAs
Ohmic contacts
surface preparation
annealing
alloyed
silver
TiAl
Ni
silicide
self-aligned
MoS2 FETs
intercalation
Nickel
Titanium Aluminum
GaN HEMTs
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_170507_MAbraham.pdf
Committee Members:
Suzanne E. Mohney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E. Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
S. Ashok, Committee Member
Joan Redwing, Committee Member
Roman Engel-Herbert, Outside Member

7. MAGNETIC RESONANCE AND MAGNETORESISTANCE FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF DEFECT CHEMISTRY AND SPIN-TRANSPORT IN AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS AND DIELECTRICS

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Author:
Mutch, Michael James
Title:
MAGNETIC RESONANCE AND MAGNETORESISTANCE FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF DEFECT CHEMISTRY AND SPIN-TRANSPORT IN AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS AND DIELECTRICS
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Magnetic Resonance
electrical engineering
materials engineering
electronic transport
quantum tunneling
trap-assisted tunneling
defects
low-k dielectrics
silicon nitride
magnetoresistance
File:
Download Mutch_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Patrick M. Lenahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M. Lenahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Horn, Committee Member
S. Ashok, Committee Member
Jerzy Ruzyllo, Outside Member

8. GROWTH AND TEM INVESTIGATION OF TWO DIMENSIONAL TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES AND THEIR HETEROSTRUCTURES

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Author:
Zhang, Fu
Title:
GROWTH AND TEM INVESTIGATION OF TWO DIMENSIONAL TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES AND THEIR HETEROSTRUCTURES
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
two dimensional materials
transmission electron microscopy
synthesis
transfer
transition metal dichalcogenides
File:
Download MS-Thesis_Fu_Zhang.pdf
Committee Members:
Nasim Alem, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

9. Effects Of Ionizing Radiation On The Layered Semiconductor Tungsten Diselenide

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Author:
Walker, Roger Craig
Title:
Effects Of Ionizing Radiation On The Layered Semiconductor Tungsten Diselenide
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
two-dimensional materials
tungsten diselenide
radiation
X-ray
proton
ion
plasma
radiation materials science
nanomaterials
semiconductors
silicon carbide
layered materials
space electronics
radiation tolerance
File:
Download MS_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Saptarshi Das, Committee Member

10. Optical and Vibrational Properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Homo- and Heterostructures with Twisted Orientations

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Author:
Zhou, Chanjing
Title:
Optical and Vibrational Properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Homo- and Heterostructures with Twisted Orientations
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Heterostructure
Moire pattern
Electronic band engineering
File:
Download Dissertation-Chanjing_Zhou-final.pdf
Committee Members:
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Outside Member

11. Development of a knowledge base of Ti-alloys from first-principles and thermodynamic modeling

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Author:
Marker, Cassie Lou
Title:
Development of a knowledge base of Ti-alloys from first-principles and thermodynamic modeling
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Titanium
CALPHAD
DFT
Biomaterials
first-principles
thermodynamics
mechanical properties
File:
Download Cassie_Marker-Dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Zi-Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi-Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Allison Michelle Beese, Committee Member
Susan B Sinnott, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Outside Member
Michael Manley, Special Member

12. PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS OF TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND TOPOLOGICAL PHASE TRANSITIONS IN FERROELECTRIC OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES

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Author:
Hong, Zijian
Title:
PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS OF TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURES AND TOPOLOGICAL PHASE TRANSITIONS IN FERROELECTRIC OXIDE HETEROSTRUCTURES
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Phase-field simulation
Ferroelectrics
Topological structure and topological phase transition
Oxide thin films and superlattices
Materials by design
File:
Download Zijian_Hong-dissertation_final_.pdf
Committee Members:
Long-Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long-Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Outside Member

13. A New Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance Approach: Spin Dependent Charg Pumping Applied to the 4H-Silicon Carbide/Silicon Dioxide Interface

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Author:
Anders, Mark Andrew
Title:
A New Electrically Detected Magnetic Resonance Approach: Spin Dependent Charg Pumping Applied to the 4H-Silicon Carbide/Silicon Dioxide Interface
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Silicon carbide
electron paramagnetic resonance
defects
interface
electrically detected mangetic resonance
nitrogen
File:
Download Anders_dissertation_final_wvita.pdf
Committee Members:
Patrick M Lenahan, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Patrick M Lenahan, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
S Ashok, Outside Member

14. Bias Electric Field Dependence of High Power Characteristics in PZT Piezoelectric Ceramics

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Author:
Bansal, Anushka
Title:
Bias Electric Field Dependence of High Power Characteristics in PZT Piezoelectric Ceramics
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Piezoelectrics
DC Bias Field
PZT
High Power Characterization
Losses in Piezoelectrics
Burst Drive Method
File:
Download bansal_mastersthesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenji Uchino, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

16. Correlated metals as transparent conductors

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Author:
Zhang, Lei
Title:
Correlated metals as transparent conductors
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Transparent Conductors
Perovskite Oxide
Complex Oxide
Molecular Beam Epitaxy
File:
Download 170627_Lei_Zhang_Dissetation_2017.pdf
Committee Members:
Roman Engel-Herbert, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Roman Engel-Herbert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Srinivas A Tadigadapa, Outside Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

17. Measuring Hydration of Cationic Polymers using Azide as a Probe

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Author:
Lopez-Hallman, Raymond John
Title:
Measuring Hydration of Cationic Polymers using Azide as a Probe
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Anion Exchange Membrane
Azide
Hydration
FTIR
Hydration Probe
Polymer Membrane
File:
Download Raymond_Lopez-Hallman_MS-Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Michael Anthony Hickner, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey III, Committee Member

19. MOCVD Growth of Group-III Nitrides on Silicon Carbide: From Thin Films to Atomically Thin Layers

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Author:
Al Balushi, Zakaria Yahya
Title:
MOCVD Growth of Group-III Nitrides on Silicon Carbide: From Thin Films to Atomically Thin Layers
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Group-III Nitrides
MOCVD
Thin Films
Graphene
2D Materials
File:
Download Zakaria_Y_Al_Balushi_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Joan Marie Redwing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Sukwon Choi, Outside Member

20. Viscoelastic Surfactant/Fatty Acid Interfaces: Fluid Dynamics, Rheology, and Structure

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Author:
Niroobakhsh, Zahra
Title:
Viscoelastic Surfactant/Fatty Acid Interfaces: Fluid Dynamics, Rheology, and Structure
Graduate Program:
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:
Catanionic surfactant systems
Interfacial materials
Interfacial rheology
SAXS
Viscoelastic
Non-Newtonian Fluid Dynamics
microstructure
Ternary phase diagram
Lamellar
Fatty acid
Cationic surfactant
Microemulsion
File:
Download Zahra-Niroobakhsh-Dissertation-Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Andrew Leonard Belmonte, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Robert John Hickey III, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Russell Taylor Johns, Outside Member