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Creator:: Taylor, Melissa J.
Abstract:: The development of a transient electric birefringence (TEB) apparatus for macroparticle characterization is herein discussed. The experimental difficulties encountered were related largely to poor data resolution. Misalignment and strain birefringence in optical components further complicated results. Improved data digitization methods were developed, and precise mathematical models were derived in order...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Abstract approved: John Simonsen The development of a transient electric birefringence (TEB) apparatus

Creator:: Mangalam, Anand Paul
Abstract:: The fabrication of nano-scale devices is a challenging, but potentially important, technology that has drawn a great deal of interest among researchers. Such nanoscale constructions utilizing a bottom-up approach for device building have many foreseeable applications in areas as diverse as miniaturized electronics, sensors, and biomedical devices. One of the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : _____________________________________________________________________ John Simonsen The fabrication of nano-scale devices is a challenging, but potentially

Creator:: Shir Mohammadi, Meisam
Abstract:: Today nano scale materials are being used for wide range of applications. One promising topic in nano scale materials is using them for reinforcement of different polymeric materials to reach desirable stiffness properties. The stiffness of these materials is mostly found experimentally because the nanocomposite community lacks a decent analytical...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Simonsen John Nairn Today nano scale materials are being used for wide range of applications. One promis

Creator:: Buesch, Christian
Abstract:: Aerogels are interesting material systems with outstanding properties such as low density, high surface area, and low thermal conductivity. They can be used for a variety of applications, such as solar cells, sensors, or catalysts. Additionally they provide a unique model system to study the properties of small particles. Cellulose...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , 2015. Title: Analysis of Cellulose Nanocrystal Aerogels Abstract approved: John Simonsen Sundar Atre

Creator:: Geng, Yu
Abstract:: Wood-plastic composites (WPCs) are one of the fastest-growing sectors of the wood composites industry. However, the strengths of WPCs are typically low because of the poor interfacial adhesion between hydrophilic wood and hydrophobic thermoplastics. A compatibilizer that can form bridges between wood and plastics is required to give WPCs desirable...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Compatibilizer Systems for Wood-Polyethylene Composites Abstract approved: Kaichang Li John Simonsen Wood

Creator:: Zhang, Cheng
Abstract:: In wood-plastic composites (WPCs) a compatibilizer is often used to improve the interfacial adhesion between the hydrophilic wood filler and the hydrophobic plastic matrix. At present, while the basic concepts of compatibilization are understood, the optimized chemical structures of an effective compatibilizer, including the ideal structures of the wood-binding domain...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: to my major professors, Dr. Kaichang Li and Dr. John Simonsen, for their guidance and support of my

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