Browsing by Author "Wang, Haiyan"
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Xia, Ning (2013-04-26)As an important type of organic semiconductors, organic small molecule crystals have great potential for low-cost applications such as plastic solar cells (PSC), organic light emitting diodes (OLED) and organic field-effect ...
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Khatkhatay, Fauzia (2015-03-24)As conventional memory technologies approach their limit of scalability, there is a quest to find new technologies to replace existing memories. Of the emerging switching phenomena, ferroelectric switching and resistive ...
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Chen, Aiping (2013-04-04)Vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN) oxide thin films are unique nanostructures with two-phase self-assembled, heteroepitaxially grown on single-crystal substrates. Both phases tend to grow vertically and simultaneously ...
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Pu, Xiong (2014-05-29)Lithium batteries are receiving increasing interest worldwide due to the urgent demand for higher energy density, longer cycling life, cheaper price, and better safety, so that long-distance electric vehicles and stationary ...
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Choo, Gihoon (2013-08-06)Development of nanoimprint lithography(NIL) has enabled high-throughput and high-resolution patterning over the optical limitation. In recent years, thermal nanoimprint has been used to directly pattern functional materials ...
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Parkison, Adam Joseph (2009-05-15)The experiments performed for this thesis were designed to define the primary process variables of time, temperature, and atmosphere for an engineering system that will produce metal powder from recycled nuclear fuel ...
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Gao, Huili (2016-08-01)Ti2AlC and Ti3AlC2 belong to the family of MAX phase and they are considered to be good candidates for high-temperature structural materials as they show excellent oxidation resistance up to 1450oC, good damage tolerance ...
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Lee, Joon Hwan 1977- (2012-11-27)With the recent development of in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterization techniques, the real time study of property-structure correlations in nanomaterials becomes possible. This dissertation reports ...
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Zhang, Dawei (2013-04-16)The ultimate goal of this research was to develop a “self-fitting” shape memory polymer (SMP) scaffold for the repair of craniomaxillofacial (CMF) bone defects. CMF defects may be caused by trauma, tumor removal or congenital ...
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Kim, Ickchan (2012-07-16)Titanium nitride coatings have been widely applied and studied as high temperature diffusion barrier for silicon devices in microelectronics, wear resistant coatings in turbine blade materials, and materials for future ...
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Jacob Clement, . (2016-01-25)Lithium ion battery is the dominant secondary storage technology for portable electronics, electric vehicles, medical devices and grid storage. While it has gained widespread acceptance, current generation battery materials ...
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Priolo, Morgan Alexander (2012-07-16)Thin layers with high barrier to oxygen and other gases are a key component to many packaging applications, such as flexible electronics, food, and pharmaceuticals. Vapor deposited thin films provide significant gas barrier, ...
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Wilde, Scott Colton (2016-05-10)Among the elements, Helium has the largest steps among its internal energy structure that can keep for long periods of time, hence the metastable helium moniker. It is referred to as a “nano-grenade” in some circles because ...
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Mechanical Behavior and Irradiation Response in Nanostructured Metals with Low Stacking Fault Energy Li, Jin (2017-08-03)High-energy particles introduce significant damage to nuclear structural materials and eventually lead to the failure of the materials. Austenitic stainless steels, as a widely used structural material in current nuclear ...
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Chen, Youxing (2015-05-11)Material performance in irradiation environments is central to the design of advanced nuclear reactors, which call for advanced materials that can sustain hundreds of displacements-per-atom (dpa) at elevated temperatures. ...
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Fan, Zhe (2017-07-25)Amorphous alloys (also referred to as metallic glasses) demonstrate superior mechanical strength, elastic limit and wear resistance. However, macroscopically the ductility of amorphous alloys is very limited, hindering ...
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Li, Nan (2011-08-08)High energy neutron and proton radiation can induce serious damage in structural metals, including void swelling and embrittlement. Hence the design of advanced metallic materials with significantly enhanced radiation ...
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Sun, Cheng (2013-04-26)Austenitic stainless steels are commonly used in nuclear reactors and have been considered as potential structural materials in fusion reactors due to their excellent corrosion resistance, good creep and fatigue resistance ...
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Lim, Wendy (2011-02-22)Scandia doped zirconia has been considered a candidate for electrolyte material in intermediate temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFCs) due to its high ionic conductivity, chemical stability and good electrochemical ...
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Song, Miao (2014-08-04)The dramatically increasing demand for energy stimulates scientists all over the world to consider the possible ways to meet future energy needs. The application of atomic energy has been demonstrated to be a reliable, ...