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  • Geometric reasoning in an active-engagement upper-division E&M classroom

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    Cerny, Leonard Thomas
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    A combination of theoretical perspectives is used to create a rich description of student reasoning when facing a highly-geometric electricity and magnetism problem in an upper-division active-engagement physics classroom at Oregon State University. Geometric reasoning as students encounter problem situations ranging from familiar to novel is described using van Zee...
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    E&M Classroom Abstract approved: _____________________________________ Corinne A. Manogue

  • Structure-property relationships in oxides containing tellurium

    Creator:
    Siritanon, Theeranun
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    Oxides of post-transition metals often show unique structures and properties due to the presence of lone pair electrons and the diffused s orbitals. The present work focuses on synthesis and characterizations of oxides containing Te, a heavy post transition metal. New series of pyrochlore oxides of the formula Cs(M,Te)₂O₆ (M...
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    metal. New series of pyrochlore oxides of the formula Cs(M,Te)2O6 (M = Al, Ga, Cr, Fe, Co, In, Ho

  • Evaluation of Materials for Use in Open-Cycle Magnetohydrodynamic Power Generation

    Creator:
    Bowen, Michael S.
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    Recent interest in oxy-fuel combustion for carbon capture, as well as advancements in technologies such as magnetics, materials, and computational modeling has sparked renewed interest in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) power generation. The increased temperatures of oxy-fuel combustion versus air-fuel combustion poses a challenge in the selection of materials for plasma exposed...
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    Masters Thesis
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    exceeding 100 S/m at 1300˚C while magnesia exhibits electrical conductivities well below 1 S/m for

  • Structure-property Relationships of Transition Metal Oxides Containing Precious Metals

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    Hapuraja Pathirannehelage, Vidhara H. P.
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    This dissertation presents a study of structure-property relationships within 3d/4d metal oxides containing precious metals through detailed structure refinements using high-resolution neutron and X-ray diffraction data along with exploration of the resultant properties. Oxides of 4d or 5d transition metals tend to show new topological phases due to significant spin-orbit...
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    + or with 1/3 Li+ and 2/3 M 4+ in an octahedral environment of oxygen anions. According to literature

  • New luminescent materials and high-performance solution-processed oxide thin films

    Creator:
    Jiang, Kai
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    Crystals of an incongruent-melting compound, Ba₃MgSi₂O₈, were grown by the flux method and its structure was determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction methods. Ba₃MgSi₂O₈ crystallizes in trigonal space group P-3[bar]m1 with a = 5.6123(3) Å, c = 7.2667(9) Å and Z = 1. Eu²⁺ ions prefer one crystallographic Ba site...
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    .; Teich, M. C. Fundamental of Photonics, 2nd edition, Wiley: New Jersey, 2007. [3] McIntyre, D. H

  • Monte Carlo simulations of magnetic semiconducting Superlattices

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    Scott, Silas Menlo
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    Computer simulations invoking the Metropolis Algorithm and Monte Carlo techniques were constructed to model the behavior ofvarious systems of magnetic semiconductors. Among the systems modeled were bulk type II FCC antiferromagnets and simple cubic thin films and superlattices. Studies of bulk antiferromagnets revealed dependence of Neel Temperature on nearest neighbor...
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    Magnetic Semiconducting Superlattices Abstract Approved: Tomasz M. Giebultowicz Computer simulations

  • Metallic nanoscale conductors

    Creator:
    Nebergall, Nathan Sky
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    A new, reproducible method of using electromigration to form metallic nano-conductors is developed using gold and a tin-silver alloy. Measurements revealed a quantization of the electrical conductance consistent with the theory of quantum conductance. The theory of quantum conductance is applied to show that a nano-conductor with a cross-section of...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : ___________________________ William M. Hetherington III A new, reproducible method of using electromigration to form

  • Measurement of optical bandgap energies of semiconductors

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    Russell, Joshua A.
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    A method for bandgap energy determination using di use re ection is presented and compared to the traditional integrating sphere method. We have found the bandgap energies of ZnO, TiO₂, Cu₂O, Si, SnZrS₃, SnZrSe₃, Sn₂S₃, and BiCuOSe powders with both methods and found they agree within 0.03 eV. We have...
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    Energies of Semiconductors Abstract approved: David H. McIntyre A method for bandgap energy

  • 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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    . This suggests that hydrogen hybridizes with oxygen vacancy sites resulting in metal-hydrogen (M-H

  • Copper and iron chalcogenides for efficient solar absorption

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    Platt, Heather A. S.
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    This dissertation outlines two approaches for improving the efficiency and reducing the cost of photovoltaic energy generation. First, the structures of known binary copper and iron compounds are used to choose the promising compositions Fe₂XS₄ (X = Si, Ge), Cu₃TaQ₄ (Q = Se, Te), and BaCuQ'F (Q' = S, Se,...
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    /4 and b) vs 1000/T for Fe2SiS4 pellet. ............ 34 2.6 a) Log resistivity vs 1/T1/4 and b) vs