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Title: A comprehensive study of the microstructure and mechanical behavior of HCP-based multilayered nanofilms
Author: Lu, Yuanyuan
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science
Description: Metallic multilayer films with the individual layer thickness h decreased to submicron or even less have attracted a great deal of attention over the past decades because of their impressive mechanical properties, especially the high strength. Mos...

Title: COMPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR OF BULK METALLIC GLASS UNDER DIFFERENT CONDITIONS - COUPLED EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND STRAIN RATE
Author: Yin, Weihua
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science
Description: Metallic glass was rst reported in 1960 by rapid quenching of Au-Si alloys. But, due to the size limitation, this material did not attract remarkable interest until the development of bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) with specimen sizes in excess of 1...

Title: Characterization of Individual Straight and Kinked Boron Carbide Nanowires
Author: Cui, Zhiguang
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Nanoscience, Physics
Description: Boron carbides represent a class of ceramic materials with p-type semiconductor natures, complex structures and a wide homogeneous range of carbon compositions. Bulk boron carbides have long been projected as promising high temperature thermoelect...

Title: Cognitive Spectrum Access for D2D Communications in Emerging Networks
Author: Liu, Xingya
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Computer engineering
Description: Device to device (D2D) Communication is essential in emerging networks, such as Internet of things (IoT). Cognitive radio (CR)-enabled device is a promising technology to address D2D Communications. However, existing work on CR networks suffers fr...

Title: Determining the Rate of Ligand-Induced Charge-Transfer Effects on Quantum Dots
Author: Bowman, Cale
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: In this report, charge carrier dynamics and rate of electron transfer is investigated between two bis(thioether)silane (R2BtsMe) ligands and 2.65 nm CdSe core quantum dots (QDs). Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) data is used to determine bin...

Title: Employing Surface Plasmon Resonances to Boost Effectiveness of Multiple Exciton Generation in Lead-Based Quantum Dots
Author: Dipple, Kathleen
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience
Description: Harvesting the sun’s energy at a high efficiency and low cost is a vital step towards replacing fossil fuels. Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are promising materials that have great potential for solar applications due to their size dependent optical...

Title: Experimental Study on Autocorrelated Femtosecond-Laser Ablation of Monolayer Transition Metal Dichalcogenides
Author: Obeid, Joseph
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Physics
Description: In this experimental study, we use a pair of 800 nm 180 fs ultrafast laser pulses to explore time-resolved enhanced ablation of two monolayer transitional metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). A 2D crystal structure gives monolayer TMDs their unique prope...

Title: Exploration of Structure-Property Relationship and Growth Mechanism of 1D Nanowires Using Transmission Electron Microscopy
Author: Akter, Manira
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Materials science
Description: One-dimensional (1D) nanostructured materials, e.g., nanowires (NWs) have fascinating properties and applications in various fields including electronic and energy conversion devices. Despite tremendous progress in the NW research field, a thoroug...

Title: INVESTIGATION OF THE CURRENT TRANSPORT MECHANISMS IN FIRE THROUGH DIELECTRIC CONTACT (FTDC) TO SILICON SOLAR CELLS BY SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSES
Author: Ren, Keming
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience
Description: This thesis work investigates the current transport mechanisms at the Si/gridline interface of the screen-printed commercial silicon (Si) solar cell with lowly doped emitter. The use of lightly doped emitter is one way to improve the efficiency of...

Title: LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS IN SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRES: LIGHT-EFFECT TRANSISTOR AND LIGHT-INDUCED CHANGES IN ELECTRON-PHONON COUPLING AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Author: Marmon, Jason
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Electrical engineering, Optics
Description: This dissertation explores three related embodiments of light–matter interactions at the micro– and nano–scales, and is focused towards tangible device applications. The first topic provides a fundamentally different transistor or electronic switc...

Title: Lithography-Free Growth of Silicon Microwires via Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition for Optoelectronic Applications.
Author: Thakur, Esha
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, Materials science
Description: Realizing the next-generation electronic devices with added features, i.e., flexibility, smaller dimension, higher density (transistors per unit area), lightweight, and low-power consumption, would require extensive work to optimize the processing...

Title: Long-term stability, vibrational and optical properties of β-ZnTe(en)0.5 and related organic-inorganic hybrid superlattices
Author: Ye, Tang
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Materials science, Chemistry
Description: Organic-inorganic hybrids may offer material properties enhanced compared to or not available from their inorganic and organic components. However, they are typically less stable and disordered. A group of highly ordered II-VI based hybrid structu...

Title: MECHANICAL BUCKLING OF INDIVIDUAL SILICON NANORIBBONS ON A COMPLIANT SUBSTRATE
Author: Chang, Siang Yee
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Materials science
Description: About a decade ago, mechanical buckling evolves as a promising metrology to rapidly measure the elastic moduli of thin films and one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures. This form of metrology translates the geometrical measurements of the buckling pr...

Title: MICROSTRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION WASTEWATER SEQUESTERED IN THE ALKALI-ACTIVATED FLY ASH MATRIX
Author: Ghaempanah Tajabadi, Morteza
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
Description: Geopolymers can be categorized as synthetic zeolitic monoliths. The amorphous structure of this material is developed by dissolution of an aluminate and silicate-rich source, like fly ash, in a highly alkaline solution and then interlinking and cr...

Title: Mechanical Instability of the Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries
Author: Yuan, Chunhao
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Engineering
Description: All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) are considered promising candidates for next-generation batteries due to their excellent safety performance guaranteed by inorganic solid electrolytes (SEs) with the non-flammability nature, as well as the greatly...

Title: Synthesis of Layered Double Hydroxides to Sequester Halides from Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater Concentrate
Author: Manikonda, Abhisek
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Environmental engineering
Description: An emerging strategy for the management of flue gas desulfurization wastewater involves volume reduction of the wastewater by concentrating to brine and then mixing the brine with fly ash and other chemical additives to form a paste suitable for l...

Title: The Influence of Reinforcement Size on the Microstructure and Mechanical Behavior of a Nanostructured Aluminum-Based Metal Matrix Composite
Author: Behm, Nathan
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Materials science, Nanoscience
Description: With increased availability and growing commercial applications, aluminum- based metal matrix composites show promise as high specific strength structural materials. Before they can be implemented however, they require thorough characterization an...