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  • Thermally-stable amorphous metal thin films

    Creator:
    McGlone, John M.
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    Amorphous metal thin films (AMTFs) are of potential use for metal-insulator-metal (MIM) tunnel diode applications due to their ultra-smooth surfaces, a consequence of their amorphous microstructure. The objective of this thesis is to design a thermally-stable AMTF capable of maintaining MIM tunnel diode performance after a post-deposition anneal in excess...
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    : Thermally-Stable Amorphous Metal Thin Films. Abstract approved: John F. Wager Amorphous metal thin films

  • Development of Amorphous Metal Thin Films for Thermal Inkjet Printing and Microelectronics

    Creator:
    McGlone, John M.
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    Due to a lack of grain boundaries, an amorphous metal thin film (AMTF) possesses advantageous mechanical properties and enhanced chemical stability that is potentially useful for thermal inkjet (TIJ) printing applications. The use of an AMTF as a TIJ resistor or cavitation plate could lead to a thinner TIJ cavitation...
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    . Abstract approved: John F. Wager Due to a lack of grain boundaries, an amorphous metal thin film (AMTF

  • 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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    Ni2+ in unconfined aqueous solution, estimated to be approximately 1x10-9 m2s-1. The addition of 10

  • Investigation of bipolar resistive switching in zinc-tin-oxide for resistive random access memory

    Creator:
    Murali, Santosh
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    Resistive random access memory (RRAM) is a non-volatile memory technology based on resistive switching in a dielectric or semiconductor sandwiched between two different metals. Also known as memristors, these devices are potential candidates for a next-generation replacement for flash memory. In this thesis, bipolar resistive switching is reported for the...
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    -Oxide for Resistive Random Access Memory Abstract approved: John F. Conley Jr

  • Development of Cu-based Thin Films for Optoelectronic Applications

    Creator:
    Angelos, Gregory S.
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    CIGS and CdTe based commercial thin-film solar cells (TFSCs) require an absorber thickness greater than 2 µm and 4 µm, respectively, to adequately absorb the solar spectrum. To efficiently extract photoexcited electrons, these TFSCs require relatively defect-free absorbers with high-minority carrier mobility (> 100 cm2V−1s−1) and long lifetime (> 10...
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    -based Thin Films for Optoelectronic Applications Abstract approved: John F. Wager CIGS and CdTe based

  • Heterojunction Assisted Impact Ionization at the ZnS/Si Interface and Cu_10Te_4S_13 Photodiodes

    Creator:
    Reidy, Christopher F.
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    Several topics are presented in this dissertation, each of which has applications to solar cells and photodetectors. First, we discuss the growth of Cu10Te4S13, copper tellurium tetrahedrite. This material has interesting optical properties; it has a large joint density of states at the conduction band maximum and valence band minimum,...
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    growth temperature between 400 C and 500 C. This was done under ultra-high vacuum (<5∙10-9 Torr) and

  • Gene Expression, Structure Elucidation, and Bioactivity of Aspergillus Natural Products

    Creator:
    Neuhaus, George F.
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    The study of natural products (NPs) and their application has shaped humanity. Starting with the idea of using plants as medicine, it has now grown into the science of purifying and identifying organic molecules from nature to study their inherent biological activities. Understanding the molecular structures of NPs is the...
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    Communications 2018, 9, 3940. (10) Dayan, F. E.; Cantrell, C. L.; Duke, S. O. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry

  • Thermal conductivity measurements of amorphous metal thin films via the 3ω method

    Creator:
    Zhan, Kai
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    Amorphous multicomponent metals have promising applications in novel electronic devices because of their atomically smooth surface morphology and lack of grain boundaries. It is important to understand the thermal transport properties of amorphous metals and an accurate measurement of their thermal conductivity will be essential for further improvement of device...
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.2 Analytic solution of heat equation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2.2.1 1D

  • Terahertz Imaging and Nonlinear Spectroscopy of Semiconductors using Plasmonic Devices

    Creator:
    Thompson, Zachary James
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    In this dissertation, a series of studies in the field of terahertz (THz) science are presented, specifically using nonlinear THz spectroscopy. We exploit huge field enhancement and subwavelength confinement in plasmonic structures. There are three distinct projects which will be discussed: nonlinear THz spectroscopy using plasmonic induced transparency (PIT), THz-triggered...
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    , a series of studies in the field of terahertz (THz) science are pre- sented, specifically using

  • Label free biosensing with carbon nanotube transistors

    Creator:
    Leyden, Matthew R.
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    As electronics reach nanometer size scales, new avenues of integrating biology and electronics become available. For example, nanoscale field-effect transistors have been integrated with single neurons to detect neural activity. Researchers have also used nanoscale materials to build electronic ears and noses. Another exciting development is the use of nanoscale...
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    …................................................................... 9 1.4 Carbon Nanotube Biosensors