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  • Evaluation of amorphous oxide semiconductors for thin film transistors (TFTs) and resistive random access memory (RRAM) applications

    Creator:
    Rajachidambaram, Jaana Saranya
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    Thin-film transistors (TFTs) are primarily used as a switching element in liquid crystal displays. Currently, amorphous silicon is the dominant TFT technology for displays, but higher performance TFTs will become necessary to enable ultra-definition resolution high-frequency large-area displays. Amorphous zinc tin oxide (ZTO) TFTs were fabricated by RF magnetron sputter...
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    annealing were found to have a significant impact on TFT properties. X-ray diffraction data indicated that

  • Method development for characterizing the hydrophobicity of engineered nanoparticles

    Creator:
    Lee, Fang Yu
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    Characterizing the hydrophobicity of nanoparticles can help us understand their fate and transport in the environment, as well as how nanoparticles may interact with biological systems. However, contact angle and partition coefficient have limitations in measuring the hydrophobicity of nanoparticles, thus promising methods to measuring the hydrophobicity of nanoparticles are...
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    on my committee. I certainly thank the whole research team, especially Aaron Anderson a nd Zheng

  • Evaluation of Stress Corrosion Cracking of 316L Stainless Steel in FLiNaK Using the Slow Strain Rate Technique

    Creator:
    Quintana, Xavier A.
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    Molten salts have been targeted as a promising coolant for next generation reactors due to their high boiling point, heat capacity, and thermal conductivity. Despite these benefits, molten salt systems present unique materials compatibility issues, highlighted by the aggressive corrosion attack and dealloying typically seen on materials in these environments....
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 3.6.2 Sample Mass Change Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 3.6.3 X-ray

  • Broadband modeling of on-chip transformers for silicon RFICs

    Creator:
    Rapolu, Kavitha
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    Magnetically coupled passive transformers are increasingly integrated on-chip for various analog and radio frequency (RF) applications including direct current (DC) isolation, impedance transformation/matching, and conversion between single-ended and differential signals. A primary motivation for the on-chip integration of transformers is the overall size reduction and reduced cost. However, the performance...
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    A ∈ CN×N is a matrix (MNA stamp) which contains the known circuit elements, x∈ CN×1 contains the

  • Optical trapping and acoustical probing of ultrasound contrast agent microbubbles confined in capillaries

    Creator:
    Almaqwashi, Ali
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    In an effort to develop an optical-acoustical understanding of ultrasound contrast agent microbubble dynamics in a micro-environment that resembles blood vessels, this thesis presents experimental work on optical trapping and acoustical probing of ultrasound contrast agent microbubbles confined in regenerated cellulose capillaries. First, we showed by acoustical means that the...
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    shown in figure 1.1b where kx is called the trap stiffness in x axis, similarly ky and kz in y and z

  • Influence of processing parameters on diffusion of divalent nickel in wet silica sol-gel monoliths

    Creator:
    Dickson, David J.
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    The diffusion of divalent nickel (Ni²⁺) from wet silica gels was investigated. Silica gel is gaining interest as an encapsulation matrix for biological components. The transport of biologically relevant species within the gel is determined by the structural characteristics of the gel, which are in turn governed by synthesis parameters....
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    , in the form of X(OH)n, where X is the metal and n is the number of hydroxyl groups bound to the