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  • 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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    Masters Thesis
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    Films via the 3ω Method AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Kai Zhan for the degree of Master of Science

  • Total synthesis of sparteine alkaloids from a common tetraoxobispidine intermediate

    Creator:
    Melbardis, John
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    In previous work (Blakemore et al. Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 4721; Heterocycles 2006, 70, 609), successful elaborations of the lupine alkaloids (±)-α-isosparteine (dl-2) and (±)-β-isosparteine (dl-3) were realized from a common tetraoxobispidine precursor, 3,7-diallyl -2,4,6,8-tetraoxo-3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (93). Herein, the tetraoxobispidine approach to lupine alkaloids was extended to a total synthesis of...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Chemistry presented on March 3, 2009. Title: Total Synthesis of Sparteine Alkaloids from a Common

  • 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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    Dissertation
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    ............................................................................................. 98 4.6 References

  • Functional Materials and Techniques for Additive Manufacturing in Soft Robotics

    Creator:
    Walker, Stephanie
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    This thesis outlines the development of new elastomeric materials and manufacturing processes for soft robotics. Specifically, this work describes the development of custom material formulations for use in additive manufacturing, additive manufacturing processing techniques for silicone elastomers, and multi-component additive manufacturing techniques. Material synthesis and processing is a gap in...
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    Dissertation
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    robots via 3D printing. The second work (Chapter 3) shows how liquid silicone thermoset polymers 3d

  • Fabrication and optical measurement of flip-chips for noninvasive electrostatic gating of nanomaterials

    Creator:
    Nichols, Dublin MacCray
    Abstract:
    Electrostatic gating of nanomaterials allows researchers to control carrier density and shape potential barriers that confine carriers. Lithographic patterning followed by metal deposition is the standard technique to define electrostatic gates; however, the methods of fabricating these devices often involve harsh processing. For example, taking a material to high temperatures...
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    Capstone Project
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    ............................................................................................................................ 7 3. Optical interference spectroscopy

  • Growth and characterization of the p-type semiconductors SnS and BiCuOSe

    Creator:
    Francis, Jason
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    BiCuOSe and SnS are layered, moderate band gap (ε[subscript G] ≈ 1 eV) semiconductors that exhibit intrinsic p type conductivity. Doping of BiCuOSe with Ca results in a slight expansion of the lattice and an increase of the hole concentration from 10¹⁸ cm⁻³ to greater than 10²⁰ cm⁻³. The large...
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    Dissertation
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    results in a slight expansion of the lattice and an increase of the hole concentration from 1018 cm−3 to

  • Electronic and Optical Properties of Defects in Amorphous Oxide and Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Semiconductors

    Creator:
    Vogt, Kyle
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    The optical and electronic properties of amorphous oxide thin films depend crucially on chemical composition, and deposition process variations which give rise to sub-gap defect states. Consequently, there is a need for a reliable, high-throughput method to extract sub-gap defect densities of states in amorphous oxide thin films. We present...
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    Dissertation
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    defect concentration in the sub-gap. The measured defect concentration increases from ~1016 cm-3 - 1020

  • Evaluating the response of bees to visual attractants in resource-poor environments

    Creator:
    Parvin, Lucas
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    Bee populations are declining around the globe, while the need for their pollination services is increasing with growing food demands by an expanding population. There is a need for innovative practices to increase pollination in agricultural environments without harming wild bee populations. However, the use of artificial visual attractants has...
    Resource Type:
    Honors College Thesis
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    levels (1 BVT or 3 BVTs) to determine how surface area and location of attractants may affect the rate at

  • Synthesis and Analysis of Heterostructural Semiconductor Alloy Sn1-xCaxCh (Ch=S, Se) and Nitrides Zn1-xWxN and Zn1-x(W1-yMoy)xN

    Creator:
    Matthews, Bethany E.
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    This work explores the synthesis and characterization of the metastable alloys Sn1-xCaxCh (Ch= S, Se) and nitride compounds Zn-W-Mo-N, which have recently been predicted by theorists. Single phase thin films of Sn1-xCaxS are prepared by pulsed laser deposition and radio-frequency magnetron sputtering and of Sn1-xCaxSe are prepared by pulsed laser...
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    Dissertation
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    the Zn-W-N system in Chapter 3. Sebastian Siol at National Renewable Energy Laboratory did all the

  • Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Environmental Air-Water Matrices and Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids (LNAPL)

    Creator:
    Schwichtenberg, Trever J.
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    The presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), organic contaminants first synthesized in the 1940s, has been reported worldwide in a variety of environmental matrices and ultimately in biological systems including humans. Ongoing research into PFAS has included identifying novel PFAS, assessing their fate and transport in the environment, and...
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    Dissertation
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    . In Chapter 3, existing methods for sampling the surface microlayer (SML) were deployed on a PFAS