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Author:

Chanthapan, Sinthu

Title:

Sintering of refractory metal based materials by field assisted sintering technology (FAST)

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

tungsten
tantalum
field
assisted
sintering
TiC
WC
grain growth
inhibition
refractory
metals
nano
submicron
strengthening

File:

Download Dissertation_Sinthu.Chanthapan_Final_10-11-12.pdf

Committee Members:

Jogender Singh, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anil Kamalakant Kulkarni, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member
Douglas Edward Wolfe, Committee Member
Todd Palmer, Committee Member

Author:

Dey, Soham

Title:

A study of contacts to p- and n-type silicon nanowires synthesized via vapor-liquid-solid growth process

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

aluminide
silicide
nanowire
silicon
ohmic
contact
vapor-liquid-solid growth

File:

Download PhDThesis-SohamDey.pdf

Committee Members:

Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member
S Ashok, Committee Member

Author:

Ganeshan, Swetha

Title:

A first-principles study of elastic and diffusion properties of Magnesium based alloys

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

diffusion coefficients
First-principles
elastic properties
Magnesium

File:

Download Ganeshan_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member

Author:

Hu, Shenyang

Title:

Phase-field Models of Microstructure Evolution in a System with Elastic Inhomogeneity and Defects

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase-field model
microstructure evolution
precipitation in alloys
interfacial energy anisotropy
interface mobility anisotropy
dislocations
thin film and elastic inhomogeneity.

File:

Download PhDThesisSYHU.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David John Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Zi Kui Lui, Committee Member

Author:

Kochawattana, Sujarinee

Title:

Phase Formation and Sintering of YAG Ceramics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

phase formation
sintering
YAG

File:

Download thesis_sujarinee_sxk267.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Blaine White, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Pongkitwitoon, Suphannee

Title:

TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT MICROPHASE MIXING OF MODEL POLYURETHANES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

PDMS/PHMO-PUs
Synchrotron small angle x-ray scattering
microphase separation transition
microphase mixing
segmented polyurethane block copolymers

File:

Download Thesis_revised_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Joan Marie Redwing, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul C Painter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zhang, Shengjun

Title:

THERMODYNAMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECT OF ALKALI METAL IMPURIES ON THE PROCESSING OF AL AND MG ALLOYS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Mg alloys
High temperature embrittlement
alkali metal impurities
Al alloys
first-principles
Thermodynamics

File:

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Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
Robert Carl Voigt, Committee Member

Author:

Kamath, Sudesh

Title:

DYNAMIC HETEROGENEITIES IN GLASSES AND MISCIBLE POLYMER BLENDS: COMPUTER SIMULATIONS USING THE BOND FLUCTUATION MODEL

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

simulations
glass transition
Polymer Blends
bond fluctuation model.

File:

Download mythesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sanat K Kumar, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Jayanth R Banavar, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

Author:

Liang, Siwei

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FUNCTIONALIZED FLUORINATED POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

oligomeric aniline blocks
block copolymer
fluorinated polymers

File:

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Committee Members:

Qing Wang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Park, Sunyoung

Title:

CATALYTIC ASPECTS OF NON-NOBLE METALS ON HYDROGEN GENERATION FROM HYDROLYSIS OF SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Hydrogen
Sodium Borohydride
Catalyst
Co-PPX
Cobalt
Aluminum

File:

Download Sunyoung_Park_-_Master_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Melik C Demirel, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Yosenick, Timothy James

Title:

Synthesis and Colloidal Properties of Anisotropic Hydrothermal Barium Titanate

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Barium Titanate
hydrothermal synthesis
surface chemistry
colloidal properties

File:

Download Yosenick_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Thomas R Shrout, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Diggs, Tanisha

Title:

Contact Activation of Blood-Plasma Coagulation

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

plasma
coagulation
FXII
FXIIa
FXIIf
contact activation
blood
hemocompatible biomaterials

File:

Download Tanisha_Diggs_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Erwin A Vogler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Foley, Theresa

Title:

DESIGN AND REALIZATION OF STIMULI-RESPONSIVE REGIOREGULAR COPOLYMERS WITH TUNABLE ONSET OF RESPONSE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

water-soluble polymer
stimuli-responsive

File:

Download Theresa_Foley_Thesis_May_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Maiti, Tanmoy

Title:

METAMATERIALS ׃ NOVEL RELAXOR AND MAGNETOELECTRIC NANOCOMPOSITE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Relaxor Ferroelectrics
Magnetoelectrics
Nanocomposite
Electroceramics
Metamaterial

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_Tanmoy_Maiti.pdf

Committee Members:

Amar S Bhalla, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ruyan Guo, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Dinesh Kumar Agrawal, Committee Member
Jiping Cheng, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Tao

Title:

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH FOR MICROSTRUCTURE SIMULATION: APPLICATION TO NI-AL-MO ALLOYS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Microstructure evolution
Ni-base superalloy
First-principle
CALPHAD
Phase-field

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_TaoWang.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Dechakupt, Tanawadee

Title:

Microstructure-Processing-Property Relations in Chemical Solution Deposited Barium Titanate Films

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

barium titanate
thin film capacitors
chemical solution deposition
microstructure
interface

File:

Download Tana_full_thesis6.pdf

Committee Members:

Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member
Amar S Bhalla, Committee Member

Author:

Kandil, Usama

Title:

NOVEL FUNCTIONAL ETHYLENE/PROPYLENE ELASTOMERS: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Functional Polyolefins
Metallocene Catalysts
Chain Transfer
Reactive Approach
Reactive Rubber Particles

File:

Download PhD_Thesis_-_Final_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

T C (Mike) Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian Roland Harrison, Committee Member
Q Wang, Committee Member
Chunshan Song, Committee Member

Author:

Choi, U Hyeok

Title:

MEASUREMENT OF CONDUCTING ION MOBILITY AND CONCENTRATION IN ION-CONTAINING POLYMERS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ion-containing polymers
Ion concentration
Ion Mobility

File:

Download MSThesis_UHyeokChoi.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Suriyapraphadilok, Uthaiporn

Title:

CHARACTERIZATION OF COAL- AND PETROLEUM-DERIVED BINDER PITCHES AND THE INTERACTION OF PITCH/COKE MIXTURES IN PRE-BAKED CARBON ANODES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

pitch-coke interaction
coal tar pitch
petroleum pitch
1H high temperature NMR
pitch characterization
pre-baked carbon anode

File:

Download Suriyapraphadilok_Summer2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Erwin A Vogler, Committee Member
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member

Author:

Kuppa, Vikram Krishna

Title:

POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE)/lAYERED-INORGANIC NANOCOMPOSITES: A MOLECULAR MODELING PERSPECTIVE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymer science
polymer physics
nanotechnology
polymer nanocomposites
computer simulations
molecular dynamics
behavior in extremen confinements

File:

Download VKKthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Tomer, Vivek

Title:

POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITES FOR ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE: EFFECT OF STRUCTURING, INTERFACES AND FILLER TYPES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

High Energy Density
Polymer Nanocomposites
Dielectric Breakdown

File:

Download TomerPhDthesis2010-uploaded.pdf

Committee Members:

C A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member

Author:

Vaithyanathan, Venugopalan

Title:

Phase-field Simulations of Coherent Precipitate Morphologies and Coarsening Kinetics

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

phase-field model
3D simulation
first-principles phase-field coupling
coarsening of gamma-prime precipitates
multiscale model
anomalous coarsening

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Darrell G Schlom, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member

Author:

Luscher, Walter Gordon

Title:

Role of Composition and Oxygen Partial Pressure on Microstructural and Crystalline Phase Evolution in Aluminosilicate Derived Aggregates

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Bauxite
Kaolinite
Diametral Compression
Petroleum Industry
Fossil Fuel Extraction

File:

Download PhD_Revised_Full_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

John Richard Hellmann Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barry Earl Scheetz, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert Eliot Segall, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Golumbfskie, William Joseph

Title:

Modeling of the Al-rich Region of the Al-Co-Ni-Y System Via Computational and Experimental Methods for the Development of High Temperature Al-Based Alloys

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Alloy Development
Thermodynamic Modeling
First-Principles Calculations
Al-based Alloy

File:

Download Golumbfskie_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Maurice Francis Amateau, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Timothy John Eden, Committee Member

Author:

Fadgen, William

Title:

Ferromagnetic and Exchange Bias Studies in the Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Mn)As
(Ga
exchange bias
MOKE

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Nitin Samarth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Qi Li, Committee Member

Author:

Feng, Weiming

Title:

PHASE-FIELD MODELS OF MICROSTRUCTURE EVOLUTION AND NEW NUMERICAL STRATEGIES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

phase-field
microstructure
moving mesh
anisotropic mobility

File:

Download Dissertation_Weiming_Feng.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member
Padma Raghavan, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Wei-En

Title:

IMPEDANCE/THERMALLY STIMULATED DEPOLARIZATION CURRENT AND MICROSTRUCTURAL RELATIONS AT INTERFACES IN DEGRADED PEROVSKITE DIELECTRICS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermally stimulated depolarization current
Impedence
defect chemistry
electrical degradation

File:

Download final_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Prof Clive A Randall, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Clive A Randall, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Leslie Eric Cross, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Wei

Title:

Probing Heat Transfer, Fluid Flow and Microstructural Evolution during Fusion Welding of Alloys

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

fusion welding
phase transformation
fluid flow
heat transfer
diffusion
free surface

File:

Download thesis_weizhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
John W Elmer, Committee Member
Panagiotis Michaleris, Committee Member
Judith Todd Copley, Committee Member

Author:

Liu, Wenjuan

Title:

Designing Ion-containing polymers for facile ion transport

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Lithium ion batteries
ab initio calculations
ionic conductors
polymeric materials
dielectric spectroscopy
electrode polariz

File:

Download WenjuanLiu_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Xi

Title:

SIZE EFFECTS IN ALLOY AND HETEROSTRUCTURED Si1-xGex NANOWIRES

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

nanowires
SiGe
size effect diffusion

File:

Download Xi_Zhang_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Guan, Xueyong

Title:

ELECTROCHEMICAL STUDY OF CORROSION PROCESSES IN HIGH SUBCRITICAL AND SUPERCRITICAL AQUEOUS SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

supercritical water oxidation
high subcritical and supercritical aqueous systems
electrochemical noise analysis
electrochemical corrosion mechanism
chemical corrosion mechanism
pressure
volume of activation
corrosion rates
energy of activation of corrosion processes

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Paul Raymond Howell, Committee Member
Fan Bill B Cheung, Committee Member

Author:

He, Xiuli

Title:

HEAT TRANSFER, FLUID FLOW AND MASS TRANSFER IN LASER WELDING OF STAINLESS STEEL WITH SMALL LENGTH SCALE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Heat transfer and fluid flow
stainless steel
Laser welding

File:

Download Thesis_Xiuli.pdf

Committee Members:

Tarasankar Debroy, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Christopher Muhlstein, Committee Member
Stephen M Copley, Committee Member

Author:

Huang, Xiaoming

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSMEBLY OF DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS USING HYDROCARBON MEMBRANES AND SUPPORTED CATALYSTS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

DMFC
electrolyte membrane
supported catalyst

File:

Download All.pdf

Committee Members:

Chao Yang Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chao Yang Wang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Jin, Xing

Title:

BROADBAND DIELECTRIC STUDY OF THE RELAXATION DYNAMICS OF AMORPHOUS AND SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER BLENDS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Dielectric
Relaxation
Dynamics
Semi-crystalline
Polymer Blends.

File:

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Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian Roland Harrison, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Qiming Zhang, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Xin

Title:

CHARGED POINT DEFECT IN RUTILE TIO2: FROM DEFECT CHARGE DISTRIBUTION TO DEFECT PHONON FREE ENERGY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

TiO2
defect formation energy
phonon free energy
thermodynamics
defect phase diagram

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sarah Elizabeth Dickey, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Committee Member

Author:

Zhong, Yu

Title:

Investigation in Mg-Al-Ca-Sr-Zn System by Computational Thermodynamics Approach Coupled with First-Principles Energetics and Experiments

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Computational Thermodynamics
Mg Alloy
Creep Resistance
First-Principles

File:

Download The_Pennsylvania_State_University.pdf

Committee Members:

Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

JEONG, YOUMI

Title:

SUPER ACTIVATED CARBON CONTAINING SUBSTITUTIONAL BORON: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS IN HYDROGEN STORAGE

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

hydrogen storage
boron substitution

File:

Download YOUMI_JEONG_Dissertation4.pdf

Committee Members:

T C Mike Chung, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
T C Mike Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul C Painter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Harold Harris Schobert, Committee Member

Author:

Ling, Yan

Title:

FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS AND THERMODYNAMIC MODELING OF THE HF-RE BINARY SYSTEM WITH EXTENSION TO THE HF-NI-RE TERNARY SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermodynamics
Ni-Hf-Re
hafnium
rhenium
Hf-Re
CALPHAD
first-principles
Ni-based superalloys
modeling

File:

Download Ling_MS_final5.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul Raymond Howell, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Matsuyama, Yuichi

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Polypropylene Systems for High Energy Capacitor Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

non-polar polymers
hydroxylation
dielectric constant
long chain branched polypropylene
film capacitor

File:

Download Matsuyama_-_Thesis_2009_Vr2.pdf

Committee Members:

T C Chung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tze Chiang Chung, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chen, Yingzi

Title:

THE OXIDATION AND HYDRIDING OF ZIRCALOY FUEL CLADDING IN HIGH TEMPERATURE AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

oxidation/hydriding mechanism
Zircaloy-4
zirconium
passive film
point defect model

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Earle Richard Ryba, Committee Member
W Murray Small, Committee Member

Author:

Yuan, Ying

Title:

METAL NANOPLATELET SYNTHESIS AND DISPERSION IN SUSPENSION: SILVER, COPPER, NICKEL AND RELATED ALLOYS

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

SILVER
DISPERSION
SYNTHESIS
BILAYER
NANOPLATELET
COPPER
NICKEL

File:

Download YingYuan_PhD_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kwadwo Osseo Asare, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Lu, Zijie

Title:

STATE OF WATER IN PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID MEMBRANES STUDIED BY MICROWAVE DIELECTRIC RELAXATION SPECTROSCOPY

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

proton exchange membranes
Microwave dielectric relaxation spectroscopy
Water state
fuel cells

File:

Download ThesisMaster.pdf

Committee Members:

Digby D Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Zhiming

Title:

Synthesis of Chain-end Functionalized Polyolefins and Fluoropolymers and Applications in Nanocomposites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Polyolefins
fluoropolymer
nanocomposite
metallocene catalyst

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Tze Chiang Chung, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ian Roland Harrison, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

Author:

Mei, Zhigang

Title:

First-principles Thermodynamics of Phase Transition: from Metal to Oxide

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

First-principles
thermodynamics
phase transitions
Ti
TiO2
BiFeO3

File:

Download ZhigangMei_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Zi Kui Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member

Author:

Jin, Jiezhu

Title:

Thermal Conductivity and Multiferroics Of Electroactive polymers and Polymer Composites

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

thermal conductivity
conducting polymer
multiferroic
piezoelectric
PVDF-based polymer

File:

Download Jiezhu_Jin_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Md Amanul Haque, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qing Wang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

Author:

Heo, Tae Wook

Title:

Phase-field modeling of microstructure evolution in elastically inhomogeneous polycrystalline materials

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Phase-field model
Microstructure evolution
Polycrystalline materials
Diffusional processes
Structural transformations
Inhomogeneous elasticity

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_TaeWookHeo_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Long Qing Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zi Kui Liu, Committee Member
David John Green, Committee Member
Qiang Du, Committee Member

Author:

Poterala, Stephen F

Title:

Closing The Performance Gap Between <001>c Textured Pmn-pt ceramics And Single Crystals

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Textured ceramic
PMN-PT
piezoelectric
texture
ceramic
templated grain growth

File:

Download Poterala_Thesis_revision_1f.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Lynn Messing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Richard Joseph Meyer Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member

Author:

Michael, Elizabeth Kathleen

Title:

Nanocomposite Synthesis and Characterization of Kesterite Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) for Photovoltaic Applications

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Nanocomposite
CZTS
Thin Film Photovoltaic

File:

Download EKM-MSThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Jeffrey Brownson, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Komarneni, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Castagna, Alicia Marie

Title:

Structure and Dynamics of Microphase Separated Polymers Containing Strong Associations

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

polymer
ionomer
Small-Angle X-ray Scattering
Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy
polyurea
polyurethane
molecular relaxation

File:

Download Castagna_Dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

James Patrick Runt, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Tudryn, Gregory John

Title:

Molecular Mobility, Morphology, and Ion Conduction in Ionomers for Electroactive Devices

Graduate Program:

Materials Science and Engineering

Keywords:

Ionomer
PEO
polymer physics
actuator
battery
dielectric spectroscopy
X-ray scattering
rheology
ionic liquid
counterion

File:

Download Tudryn_Dissertation_2012.pdf

Committee Members:

Ralph H Colby, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Scott Thomas Milner, Committee Member
Karen I Winey, Special Member