Dissertations from 2024
Developing Nanostructured Carbonaceous Material (Graphene and Porous Carbon) from Polymers for Energy Storage Devices, Ayush Bhardwaj, Polymer Science and Engineering
Harnessing Nanocellulose for Sustainable Carbon Capture: Synthesis, Processing, and Performance Evaluation, Jerred C. Wassgren, Polymer Science and Engineering
Effects of Polymer-Nanoparticle Interactions on the Dynamics of Attractive Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane Nanocomposites, Walter W. Young, Polymer Science and Engineering
Dissertations from 2023
Vapor Deposition of Self-Wrinkling Polymer Films, Robert N. Enright, Polymer Science and Engineering
EFFECT OF CHEMICAL IDENTITY AND MORPHOLOGY ON AMPHIPHILIC-ZWITTERIONIC BLOCK COPOLYMER MEMBRANES, Ria Ghosh, Polymer Science and Engineering
Self-Limiting Morphologies in Geometrically Frustrated Assemblies, Douglas M. Hall, Polymer Science and Engineering
BOTTOM-UP MORPHOLOGICAL CONTROL OF BIPHASIC POLYMER PARTICLES VIA HETEROGENEOUS POLYMERIZATION, Heather S.C. Hamilton, Polymer Science and Engineering
HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS FROM FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS: DESIGN, FABRICATION AND PERFORMANCE, Sravya M. Nuguri, Polymer Science and Engineering
Designer Functional Hybrid Materials: From Zwitterists to Freeze-Burn Method, James Nicolas Pagaduan, Polymer Science and Engineering
Controlling Mechanical Properties of Well-Defined Polymer Networks, Ipek Sacligil, Polymer Science and Engineering
OPEN LIQUID ELECTRON MICROSCOPY: IMAGING CRYSTALLINE POLYMERS AND POLYMER-GRAFTED ANISOTROPIC NANOPARTICLES, Satyam Srivastava, Polymer Science and Engineering
DYNAMICS OF POLYELECTROLYTE TRANSPORT IN OPPOSITELY CHARGED HYDROGELS, Yu-Lin Wang, Polymer Science and Engineering
Rational Design of Porous Material: from Fundamental to Applications, Hsin-Jung Yu, Polymer Science and Engineering
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF SEMICRYSTALLINE POLY(AZOBENZENE) FOR NEXT GENERATION PHOTOMECHANICAL EFFECTS, Hantao Zhou, Polymer Science and Engineering
MERGING SYNTHETIC AND NATURAL COMPONENTS INTO FUNCTIONAL POLYMER ZWITTERIONS, Le Zhou, Polymer Science and Engineering
Dissertations from 2022
SYNTHESIS, FABRICATION, AND ASSEMBLY OF MESOSCALE POLYMER FILAMENTS, Dylan M. Barber, Polymer Science and Engineering
Expanding the Polymer Zwitterion Library – Novel Phosphonium-based Polymer Zwitterions and Analogous Structures, Marcel U. Brown, Polymer Science and Engineering
Ultrathin polymer film mechanics: the role of entanglements and morphology, Cynthia Bukowski, Polymer Science and Engineering
NEW ISOMERIC SILICONES: SYNTHESIS, COMPOSITIONS AND SURFACE PROPERTIES, Yan Cong, Polymer Science and Engineering
Designing Polymer-Protein Complexes for Intracellular Delivery, Hazel Davis, Polymer Science and Engineering
ENABLING NANOIMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY TECHNIQUES ACROSS MULTIPLE MANUFACTURING PROCESSES, Vincent Einck, Polymer Science and Engineering
QUANTIFYING ELASTO-ADHESION AND FLUID-ELASTIC DYNAMICS FOR ULTRA-SOFT HYDROGEL INTERFACES, Hongbo Fu, Polymer Science and Engineering
PHASE BEHAVIOR OF OPPOSITELY CHARGED POLYMERIZED IONIC LIQUIDS IN SOLUTION, BULK, AND CROSSLINKED NETWORK STATES, Minjung Lee, Polymer Science and Engineering
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF SUB-MICRON FEATURES AND MECHANICAL LINKAGES, David K. Limberg, Polymer Science and Engineering
Frontiers in the Self-Assembly of Charged Macromolecules, Khatcher O. Margossian, Polymer Science and Engineering
MODELING CHAIN PACKING IN COMPLEX PHASES OF SELF-ASSEMBLED BLOCK COPOLYMERS, Anugu Abhiram Reddy, Polymer Science and Engineering
Synthesis of Next-Generation Block Copolymer Architectures, Christian Dietmar Steinmetz, Polymer Science and Engineering
Designing Nonflammable Polymers and Blends Containing Deoxybenzoin Derivatives, Elizabeth Stubbs, Polymer Science and Engineering
Developing Injectable and Implantable Polymer Zwitterion Platforms for Glioblastoma Treatment, Sarah Ward, Polymer Science and Engineering
SYNTHESIS AND ASSEMBLY OF POLYMER MATERIALS AT INTERFACES, Xiaoshuang Wei, Polymer Science and Engineering
Organic Photovoltaic Devices: Active Layers, Transport Layers and Morphology, Yao Wu, Polymer Science and Engineering
Dissertations from 2021
HYDROGEN BOND ASSISTED ASSEMBLY IN BLOCK COPOLYMER BLENDS AND THE INFLUENCE OF NITRILE ADDITIVES ON SOLID AND GEL POLYMER ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES, eric r. anderson, Polymer Science and Engineering
ADVANCED MATERIALS DESIGN USING APPLICATION-BASED PROCESSING TECHNIQUES, Daniel S. Camarda, Polymer Science and Engineering
MODELING STRUCTURES AND DYNAMICS OF POLYELECTROLYTES, Sadhana Chalise, Polymer Science and Engineering
Surface Modification of Cellulose Nanocrystals: Imparting Non-native Properties on Sustainable Substrates, Allen C. Chang, Polymer Science and Engineering
RADICAL POLYMERIZATION: CHEMISTRIES, APPLICATIONS, DEVELOPMENTS, AND PERSPECTIVES, Yifeng Du, Polymer Science and Engineering
Enhancing the Intracellular Availability of Protein Cargoes in Polymer-Mediated Delivery, Christopher R. Hango, Polymer Science and Engineering
DIRECT PRINTING/COATING/PLATING OF KEY COMPONENTS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES, xiyu hu, Polymer Science and Engineering
ENGINEERING ADVANCED MATERIAL PROPERTIES FOR POLYMERIC MATERIALS THROUGH MISCIBLE AND IMMISCIBLE ADDITIVES, Chinmay M. Saraf, Polymer Science and Engineering
FUNCTIONAL COPOLYMERS FOR MATERIALS CHEMISTRY AND INTERFACES: POLYAMIDES AND POLYZWITTERIONS, Ashlin Sathyan, Polymer Science and Engineering
Designing Stimuli-Responsive Nanocomposites to Investigate Interface Dynamics, Huyen Vu, Polymer Science and Engineering
Dissertations from 2020
Theory And Improved Methods For Probing The Cavitation To Fracture Transition, Christopher Barney, Polymer Science and Engineering
Quantifying the Mechanical Properties of Ultra-Thin Glassy Polymer Films, R. Konane Bay, Polymer Science and Engineering
MOLECULAR DESIGN OF ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS FOR INTERFACIAL AND EMISSIVE MATERIAL APPLICATIONS, Marcus David Cole, Polymer Science and Engineering
NANOPARTICLE ASSEMBLIES AT LIQUID INTERFACES AS REVEALED BY SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY, Yige Gao, Polymer Science and Engineering
SYNTHESIS OF FUNCTIONAL NANOCOMPOSITES AND STUDIES OF LIGHT-INDUCED ASSEMBLIES AT INTERFACES, Hyunki Kim, Polymer Science and Engineering
PHOTOTHERMAL AND PHOTOCHEMICAL STRATEGIES FOR LIGHTINDUCED SHAPE-MORPHING OF SOFT MATERIALS, Alexa Simone Kuenstler, Polymer Science and Engineering
Nano- and micro-structured temperature-sensitive hydrogels for rapidly responsive devices, Qi Lu, Polymer Science and Engineering
CHARACTERIZING NON-LINEAR STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, AND VOLUMETRIC PROPERTIES OF ALIPHATIC AND AROMATIC THERMOSETS, Brendan Robert Ondra, Polymer Science and Engineering
Dissertations from 2019
CAPILLARY WRINKLING AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES: SINGLE LAYERS, BILAYERS, AND COMPOSITES, Jooyoung Chang, Polymer Science and Engineering
Flow Coating Mesoscale Assemblies: (i) Size and Geometry Scaling, (ii) Rapid Processing, and (iii) Double Helix Transformations, Satyan Choudhary, Polymer Science and Engineering
DIRECT PATTERNING OF NATURE-INSPIRED SURFACES FOR BIOINTERFACIAL APPLICATIONS, Feyza Dundar, Polymer Science and Engineering
Designing Ion-Containing Polymers with Controlled Structure and Dynamics, Joshua Enokida, Polymer Science and Engineering
MORPHOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR OF MIKTOARM POLYMERS IN THIN FILMS AND THE BULK, Hyeyoung Kim, Polymer Science and Engineering
Self-Exfoliating and Reactive Polymer (SERP) as A Protection Against Chemical Warfare Agents (CWAs), SOEUN KIM, Polymer Science and Engineering
POLYMERIC IMPULSIVE ACTUATION MECHANISMS: DEVELOPMENT, CHARACTERIZATION, AND MODELING, Yongjin Kim, Polymer Science and Engineering
Amorphous-Crystalline Brush Block Copolymers: Phase Behavior, Rheology and Composite Design, gayathri kopanati, Polymer Science and Engineering
Providing Molecular Insight for Understanding Anion Exchange Membrane Conductivity, Michael Kwasny, Polymer Science and Engineering
DOUBLE-NETWORK MATERIALS VIA FRONTAL POLYMERIZATION & SUPERCRITICAL CO2 PROCESSING, Matthew Joseph Lampe, Polymer Science and Engineering
Bioinspired Complex Nanoarchitectures by DNA Supramolecular Polymerization, Laura A. Lanier, Polymer Science and Engineering
Top-Down and Bottom-Up Fabrication of Key Components in Miniature Energy Storage Devices, Wenhao Li, Polymer Science and Engineering
CHEMICAL STABILITY AND PERFORMANCE INFLUENCE OF CHOICE SUBSTITUENTS AND CORE CONJUGATION OF ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS, Jack Ly, Polymer Science and Engineering
DIRECT PRINTING OF CONDUCTIVE INKS FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONICS AND WEARABLE MICROFLUIDICS, Aditi Naik, Polymer Science and Engineering
COMPETITION BETWEEN WRINKLING, BUCKLING, AND CREASING INSTABILITY MODES ON THE SURFACES OF SOFT MATERIALS AND PATTERNED BILAYERS, Tetsu Ouchi, Polymer Science and Engineering
Bio-inspired Polymers that Bind and Deliver Protein Cargo, Nicholas D. Posey, Polymer Science and Engineering
REACTIVE AND STIMULI-RESPONSIVE SULFONIUM-BASED POLYMER ZWITTERIONS, Cristiam Santa Chalarca, Polymer Science and Engineering
MODIFICATION OF 2D MATERIALS UTILIZING FUNCTIONAL POLYMER INTERFACIAL LAYERS, Ryan Selhorst, Polymer Science and Engineering
Interfacial Interactions and Dynamic Adhesion of Synthetic and Living Colloids in Flow, Molly Shave, Polymer Science and Engineering
Rheological Investigations of Self-Assembled Block Copolymer Nanocomposites with Complex Architectures, Benjamin Yavitt, Polymer Science and Engineering
SOLID-STATE TRANSFORMATIONS OF BLOCK COPOLYMERS: SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING Χ AND IMPARTING FUNCTIONALITY, Duk Man Yu, Polymer Science and Engineering
TARGETED DESIGN OF CO-CONTINUOUS NANOSTRUCTURES IN COPOLYMERS, Di Zeng, Polymer Science and Engineering
Direct Printing/Patterning of Key Components for Biosensor Devices, Yiliang Zhou, Polymer Science and Engineering
Dissertations from 2018
Polymeric Peptide Mimics for Protein Delivery, Coralie Backlund, Polymer Science and Engineering
INCREASING ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR PERFORMANCE THROUGH CHEMICAL AND PROCESSING MODIFICATIONS, Edmund Burnett, Polymer Science and Engineering
Molecular Design, Characterization, and Implementation of Organic Semiconducting Oligothiophenes, Benjamin Cherniawski, Polymer Science and Engineering
Investigating the Role of Topological Frustration on Morphology of Novel Multiblock Copolymers, Rohit Gupta, Polymer Science and Engineering
FABRICATION OF HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX, PERIODIC, COMPOSITE NANOSTRUCTURES FOR PHOTONIC AND SENSING APPLICATIONS, Irene Howell, Polymer Science and Engineering
ENGINEERING NEXT GENERATION ANISOTROPIC MATERIALS AND COMPOSITES, Nihal Kanbargi, Polymer Science and Engineering
FILM STABILIZAITON AND PHOTOPHYSICS OF UNCONVENTIONAL CONJUGATED POLYMERS, Kara Martin, Polymer Science and Engineering
THE BALANCE BETWEEN DIPOLE-DIPOLE INTERACTIONS AND STERIC EXCLUSION ON ORDERING IN CATIONIC POLYMERS, Chinomso Nwosu, Polymer Science and Engineering
ENGINEERING HIGH PERFORMANCE EPOXY THERMOSETS USING NEXT-GENERATION IMPACT MODIFICATION, Madhura Pawar, Polymer Science and Engineering
EXTREME INDENTATION AND FRACTURE OF SOFT POLYMER GELS, Shruti Rattan, Polymer Science and Engineering
Synthesis of Novel Zwitterionic Polymers: From Functional Surfactants to Therapeutics, Matthew Skinner, Polymer Science and Engineering
Biopolymers in Ionic Liquids and their Mixtures with Water, Stephen Strassburg, Polymer Science and Engineering
RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF A MODEL SOFT SOLID NANOCOMPOSITE, Vijesh Tanna, Polymer Science and Engineering
SWELLING INDUCED DEFORMATION OF THERMALLY RESPONSIVE HYDROGELS, Ying Zhou, Polymer Science and Engineering
Dissertations from 2017
Solution-Based Assembly of Conjugated Polymers into Nanofibers for Organic Electronics, Daniel E. Acevedo Cartagena, Polymer Science and Engineering
Non-Euclidean Shells: A Study of Growth-Induced Fabrication and Mechanical Multi-Stability, Nakul Bende, Polymer Science and Engineering
New Synthetic Platforms for Functional Polymer Zwitterions and Degradable Materials, ChiaChih Chang, Polymer Science and Engineering
Guiding the Self-Assembly of Block Copolymers in 2D and 3D with Minimal Patterning, Jaewon Choi, Polymer Science and Engineering
POLYORGANOSILOXANES: MOLECULAR NANOPARTICLES, NANOCOMPOSITES AND INTERFACES, Daniel H. Flagg, Polymer Science and Engineering
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATION OF BLOCK COPOLYMER AND NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITES, Yue Gai, Polymer Science and Engineering
SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF IMIDAZOLE-CONTAINING CONJUGATED POLYMERS, Jared D. Harris, Polymer Science and Engineering
Nanocomposite Polymer Networks for Reconfigurable Materials, Adam W. Hauser, Polymer Science and Engineering
Deformation and Adhesion of Soft Composite Systems for Bio-inspired Adhesives and Wrinkled Surface Fabrication, Michael Imburgia, Polymer Science and Engineering
Reducing the Size Sale of the Block Copolymer Microdomains and Morphology Study of Brush Block Copolymers Containing Homopolymer, Gajin Jeong, Polymer Science and Engineering
Particles Confined by Fluid Interfaces: Imaging Particle Motion, Interface Deformation and Capillary Forces, Paul Y. Kim, Polymer Science and Engineering
Conducting Polyelectrolyte Complexes: Assembly, Structure, and Transport, Michael A. Leaf, Polymer Science and Engineering
Vitreous Gel Physics, Svetlana Morozova, Polymer Science and Engineering
ANALYSES OF DENSELY CROSSLINKED PHENOLIC SYSTEMS USING LOW FIELD NMR, Jigneshkumar Patel, Polymer Science and Engineering