Dissertations from 2013
Impact Resistant Glassy Polymers: Pre-Stress And Mode Ii Fracture, Jared Steven Archer
Characterization of Self-Assembled Functional Polymeric Nanostructures: I. Magnetic Nanostructures from Metallopolymers II. Zwitterionic Polymer Vesicles in Ionic Liquid, Raghavendra Raj Maddikeri
Helical Ordering in Chiral Block Copolymers, Wei Zhao
Dissertations from 2012
Controlling Morphology in Swelling-Induced Wrinkled Surfaces, Derek Breid
Norbornene based polybetaines: Synthesis and biological applications, Semra Colak
Surface Instabilities for Adhesion Control, Chelsea Simone Davis
Fundamental studies of elastin-like oligo- and polypeptides, Adam P Hathorne
Tuning the Properties of Metal-Ligand Complexes to Modify the Properties of Supramolecular Materials, Ian Henderson
Porous Metal Oxide Materials Through Novel Fabrication Procedures, Nicholas Hendricks
Macroscopic Patterning via Dynamic Self-assembly and Wrinkling Instability, Hyun Suk Kim
Phosphorylcholine substituted polyolefins: New syntheses, solution assemblies, and polymer vesicles, Katrina A Kratz
Chemistry at Silicone - Inorganic Oxide Interfaces, Joseph W. Krumpfer
Kinetically Trapping Co-continuous Morphologies in Polymer Blends and Composites, Le Li
Interactions and Morphology of Triblock Copolymer - Ionic Liquid Mixtures and Applications for Gel Polymer Electrolytes, Daniel F. Miranda
Dynamics and Kinetics of Model Biological Systems, Stephen William Mirigian
Design of Hybrid Conjugated Polymer Materials: 1) Novel Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Semiconductors and 2) Surface Modification Via Grafting Approaches, Joseph J. Peterson
Systematic Synthesis of Organic Semiconductors with Variable Band Gaps, Christopher Thomas Scilla
Aspects of alternative network structure evolution, Naveen Kumar Singh
Using click chemistry to modify block copolymers and their morphologies, Xinyu Wei
Metal-containing functional polymers: (I) Room temperature magnetic materials and (II) Anion exchange membranes, Yongping Zha
Preparation, characterization, surface modification and applications of siloxane polymers, Peiwen Zheng
Organic Materials as Templates for the Formation of Mesoporous Inorganic Materials and Ordered Inorganic Nanocomposites, Christopher Ryan Ziegler
Dissertations from 2011
Phase Behavior of Block Copolymers in Compressed CO2 and as Single Domain-Layer, Nanolithographic Etch Resists For Sub-10 nm Pattern Transfer, Curran Matthew Chandler
Organic Photovoltaics Based on P3HT/PCBM: Correlating Efficiency and Morphology, Dian Chen
Electrostatic Effects in Aggregation of Crystallin Proteins, Deniz Elizabeth Civay
Aspects of Network Formation and Property Evolution in Glassy Polymer Networks, Andrew Thomas Detwiler
High resolution imprinting for microelectronics and photovoltaics, Burcin Erenturk
Functionalized bionanoparticles: Grafting chemistry and self-assembly, Yunxia Hu
Effects of Molecular Architecture on Crystallization Behavior of Pol(lactic Acid) and Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate, Jeffrey Paul Kalish
Multi-scale modeling of biophysical phenomena: ionic transport, biomineralization, and force spectroscopy, Mark A Kelly
Mechanically unstable hydrogel sheets: Formation of stimuli-responsive surfaces and structures, Jungwook Kim
Ion Mobility Studies of Functional Polymeric Materials for Fuel Cells and Lithium Ion Batteries, Shilpi Sanghi
Mechanical Evaluation Methods for Polymer and Composite Systems, Donna Theresa Wrublewski
In Situ Reinforced Polymers Using Low Molecular Weight Compounds, Onur Sinan Yordem
Dissertations from 2010
Structure-property Evolution During Polymer Crystallization, Deepak Arora
Diffusion and Structure in Complex Fluids: I. Axial Diffusion in Membranes II. Proteins in Ionic Liquids, Malvika Bihari
Correcting misconceptions in wettability theory and utilizing fluid surface tension to create complex hierarchical polymer structures, Dalton Frederick Cheng
Photocontrol over the ordering transitions in block copolymer thin films, Wei Chen
Pegylated and zwitterionic aliphatic polyesters: Novel polymers and pro-drugs, Beth M Cooper
Interaction of ionic liquid-dissolved polymers, John M Harner
Polymer brush-modified photopolymer network surfaces and their applications, Damla Koylu
Polymer Composites and Porous Materials Prepared by Thermally Induced Phase Separation and Polymer-Metal Hybrid Methods, Joonsung Yoon
Dissertations from 2009
Synthesis and Interfacial Behavior of Functional Amphiphilic Graft Copolymers Prepared by Ring-opening Metathesis Polymerization, Kurt E. Breitenkamp
Oligopeptide-functionalized Graft Copolymers: Synthesis and Applications in Nucleic Acid Delivery, Rebecca Boudreaux Breitenkamp
Composite fabrication and polymer modification using neoteric solvents, Scott A Eastman
Synthesis and Study of Hybrid Organic – Inorganic Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes (poss) Based Polymers, Gunjan A, Gadodia
Nanoparticle functionalization and grafting-from chemistry for controlling surface properties and nanocomposite behavior, Elizabeth M Glogowski
Directing synthetic and bio-nanoparticle self-assembly at liquid and polymer interfaces, Jinbo He
Wrinkling, Folding, and Snapping Instabilities in Polymer Films, Douglas Peter Holmes
Effect of Loading and Process Conditions on the Mechanical Behavior in SEBS Thermoplastic Elastomers (TPEs), Mohit Mamodia
High Temperature Proton Conducting Materials and Fluorescent-Labeled Polymers for Sensor Applications, Surangkhana Martwiset
Assembly, cross-linking and encapsulation using functionalized nanoparticles at liquid interfaces, Ravisubhash Tangirala
Polymer Confinement and Translocation, Chiu Tai Andrew Wong
Nanofabrication Techniques for Nanophotonics, Ozgur Yavuzcetin
Mechanics of Hydrogels and Biological Tissues, Jessica A. Zimberlin
Dissertations from 2008
Water-soluble polymers from norbornene monomers, Sterling F Alfred
Fabrication of nanomaterials using porous templates, Jiun-Tai Chen
PLA-PEO-PLA triblock copolymer hydrogels for soft tissue engineering: Properties, assembly, and structure, Naomi Sanabria DeLong
Molecular modeling and Langevin dynamics simulations of viral genome packaging and DS-DNA translocation, Christopher Forrey
Manipulating polymers and composites from the nanoscopic to microscopic length scales, Suresh Gupta
Nanostructured Polymer electrolyte membranes for fuel cell applications: Structure vs properties, Akinbode I Isaacs-Sodeye
Self-consistent field theory for polyelectrolytes and its applications, Rajeev Kumar
Ionic and nonionic polymer gels, Jessica L McCoy
Nano and microscale silica chemistry in block copolymer templates using supercritical carbon dioxide as a reaction medium, Sivakumar Nagarajan
Structure and thermodynamics of polyelectrolyte complexes: Simulation and experiment, Zhaoyang Ou
Complexation of polyelectrolytes, Joanna G Pool
The frictional response of patterned soft polymer surfaces, Charles J Rand
Synthesis and characterization of novel thermoplastic elastomers employing polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane physical crosslinks, Bradley Seurer
Developing carborane-based functional polymeric architectures, Yoan C Simon
Simulations of polymer crystallization and amyloid fibrillization, Jianing Zhang
Surface-functionalized semiconducting nanoparticles in polymers: From self-assembly to functional materials, Qingling Zhang
Dissertations from 2007
Hierarchical nanostructures and self-assembly of polymers containing metal complex in the side chain, Khaled A Aamer
Adhesion of patterned polymer interfaces, Edwin Pak-Nin Chan
Morphological control in nanostructured polymers, Shujun Chen
Nanoscale physics of polymeric liquid on silicon dioxide nanotemplates from block copolymer thin films, Narupol Intasanta
Synthesis and characterization of ortho-phenylene ethynylene oligomers: A new scaffold for foldamer research, Ticora V Jones
Polymer nanorods: Preparation, analysis, and chemical modification, Taehyung Kim
Studies on polyurethane adhesives and surface modification of hydrophobic substrates, Jayaraman Krishnamoorthy
Deformation and failure mechanism of nanostructured polymer thin films, Jong-Young Lee
Translocation of synthetic polyelectrolytes through protein and synthetic nanopores, Ryan J Murphy
Formation and growth of polyelectrolyte-surfactant complexes: An in-depth structural and thermodynamic investigation, Richard G Nause
Assessing polyelectrolyte effective charge, Alexei Popov
Hierarchical organization in polymeric systems, Dongseok Shin
Aspects of environmental degradation and fracture in polymer films and fibers, Peter J Walsh
Anhydrous proton conducting materials for use in high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, Richard C. Woudenberg
Dissertations from 2006
Surface modification by adsorption of macromolecules; organosilane/metal oxide chemistry, Ilke Anac
Catalytic hydrogenation of heteroaromatic polymers, Yoko Aoyama
Molecular aspects of yield and fracture in glassy thermosets and their nano-composites, Kevin J Calzia
Model organic-inorganic hybrid copolymers based on polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane, Gregoire Cardoen
Continuous carbon nanofibers prepared from electrospun polyacrylonitrile precursor fibers, Sian F Fennessey
Transport polymerization for materials synthesis, Zhixiang Lu
Solvent enhanced block copolymer ordering in thin films, Matthew J Misner
Aliphatic polyesters with pendent unsaturation and poly(ethylene glycol) groups: Synthesis, characterization, and encapsulation studies, Bryan K Parrish
Selective metallization of well aligned block copolymers in thin films and confined geometries, James D Sievert
Quantum dot - polymer nanocomposites: New materials for dispersion, encapsulation, and electronic applications, Kevin N Sill