Browsing by Author "Qian, Xiaofeng"
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Dong, Mingxin (2020-04-22)The fact that hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) has remarkable thermal transport property, mechanical property and chemical stability provides endless possibilities in nanoscale thermal device designing. In this study, we ...
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Palughi, Andrew Joseph (2022-07-10)Polymer materials can be an effective resource for thermal management applications. Polymers are generally thermal insulators in their bulk form (amorphous or partially crystalline), but they can have a large range of ...
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Leng, Han (2017-12-04)Palladium hydrogen system has unique catalytic activities and up to 1:1 hydrogen adsorption capability. It is studied in the context of hydrogen embrittlement, which is a subset of stress corrosion cracking, with classical ...
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Ordonez Ferrer, Ernesto Andres (2021-04-27)Polyvinyl toluene (PVT) based detectors are used in radiation portal monitors (RPM) to detect the illicit trafficking of nuclear materials. These detectors have been observed to internally fog after being subjected to ...
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Shyikh, Mohammed (2021-11-19)Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites have drawn much attention over the past decade because of their excellent electrical properties, which have allowed for their implementation in photovoltaics, optoelectronics, and other ...
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Wilson, Nathan Robert (2022-08-17)The advancements in materials have driven significant progress in humanity which is largely enabled by a deeper understanding of fundamental materials science. For materials, the potential energy surface of the atomistic ...
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Parija, Abhishek (2019-07-22)The known crystal structures of solids often correspond to the most thermodynamically stable arrangements of atoms. Yet, oftentimes there exist a richly diverse set of alternative structural arrangements that lie at only ...
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Yuan, Shuai (2018-07-27)Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are an emerging class of porous materials constructed from metal-containing nodes and organic linkers. Due to their structural and functional tunability as well as their ever-expanding ...
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Hong, Hyeonki (2023-07-05)The use of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) in Texas bridges has the potential to add substantial improvements to bridge construction. Advanced material properties and superior durability of UHPC can result in ...
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Kotasthane, Vrushali Sandeep (2023-04-27)MXenes are two-dimensional nanomaterials that have garnered immense attention since their discovery in 2011. These transition metal carbides/nitrides are typically synthesized by selectively etching the “A” element from ...
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Gundi, Mukund Shastry (2016-05-04)Thermoplastic Olefins (TPO) possessing properties such as low density and recyclability are widely used in the automotive industry as a material of choice for numerous car parts and components. Scratch and mar damage reduces ...
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Hsu, Jui-Hung (2018-04-30)Composites made of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrenesulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and carbon nanotube (CNT) have shown unchanged or even increased thermopower when electrical conductivity was raised by altering the ...
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Wu, Fanglue (2021-02-24)Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has attracted tremendous attention over the past decade due to their exciting mechanical, electronic and frictional properties. Heterostructures of semiconductors and metals are the fundamental ...
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First Principles Investigation of Structural, Mechanical and Thermodynamic Properties of MAX Phases Son, Woongrak (2018-07-26)MAX phases are layered carbides or nitrides with general formula of Mvn+1AXvn. In this work we present a first principles investigation of structural, mechanical, and thermodynamic properties of MAX phases. Up to date ...
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First-principles Electronic Structure and Defect Physics in Photovoltaic and Neuromorphic Materials Zhang, Baiyu (2021-04-23)The last decade has witnessed the increasing demand for renewable energy and new information technology, largely due to the reduction in the conventional nonrenewable energy resources and the von Neumann bottleneck in the ...
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Qian, Xiaofeng; Umari, Paolo; Marzari, Nicola (Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 2015)
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Pranada, Jaybelle Dannah A (2021-05-19)The discovery of graphene and other 2D materials has led to extensive research on the effect of reduced dimensionality on the physical properties of van der Waals layered materials. In this thesis study, we explored the ...
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Wang, Hua (2020-04-06)Nonlinear light-matter interaction plays a key role in the understanding, probing, and ultimately controlling light and matter. In particular, materials with strong nonlinear optical responses are highly desirable for many ...
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Soleymaniha, Mohammadreza (2019-05-23)This dissertation demonstrates the design, simulation, fabrication and characterization processes of a novel heated atomic force microscope cantilever for polymer based additive nanomanufacturing. Fabrication and integration ...
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Lin, Wen-Shan (2020-11-30)The electrical and optical characteristics of the ZrHfO, WOx, WOx embedded ZrHfO solid state incandescent light emission devices (SSI-LED) have been explored. SSI-LED is made from the high-k MOS capacitor after the dielectric ...