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Near Surface Evaluation of Structural, Electronic and Chemical Properties of Templated Pt Monolayers
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-07-29)Platinum group metals are the choice catalysts for a wide variety of catalytic reactions, including oxygen reduction. The focus of this study is to explore the dimensional aspect of both electronic and structure-driven ... -
Effect of Thiosulfate on Passivity and Corrosion Properties of Stainless Steels
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-07-27)The effect of thiosulfate on different aspects of pitting corrosion in chloride containing environments as well as the interaction between thiosulfate and stainless steels were studied in this research. Cyclic potentiodynamic ... -
Oligomer Spin-Solvent Gel-Fiber Spinning
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-07-23)A fundamental process design for gel-spinning semi-crystalline polymers was developed. An oligomer-spin solvent was shown to fulfill the requirements of an ideal gel-spinning spin-solvent. The concept was tested on two ... -
Application of Highly Porous Carbons for Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-07-13)Highly porous carbon plays an important role in the fabrication of electrode materials, both for high-power supercapacitors and Li-ion batteries. It qualifies as suitable electrodes for high-power supercapacitors. The first ... -
Nanogenerators for mechanical energy harvesting and self-powered sensor networks
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-06-26)Energy crisis and internet of things have attracted long term interests due to rapid development of modern society. In this regard, the invention of nanogenerators provide us new insights on scavenging wasted mechanical ... -
PATTERNED THIN-FILM TRIBOELECTRIC GENERATOR FOR HARVESTING MICRO-MESO SCALE AMBIENT ENERGY FOR KINEMATIC SENSING
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-07-20)Harnessing random micro-meso scale ambient energy (M2SAE), which is widely available in human motions, wind driven vibrations, water surface fluctuations, etc., is not only clean and sustainable, but it also enables ... -
DEPENDENCE OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PARTIALLY ORIENTED POLYMERIC SYSTEMS ON CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-05-15)Partially oriented polymeric structures such as semi-crystalline polymers and liquid crystalline polymers/elastomer cover a wide range of synthetic and natural polymeric materials. Owing to the significant differences ... -
Development and Characterization of Tunable Hydrogel Nanoparticle Assemblies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-05-15)Microgels are colloidally stable, hydrogel nanoparticles that have previously been used in biomaterial applications due to their tunable mechanical and chemical properties. In particular, this work focuses on developing ... -
Design, fabrication, and characterization of nano-scale cross-point hafnium oxide-based resistive random access memory
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-05-02)Non-volatile memory (NVM) is a form of computer memory in which the logical value (1 or 0) of a bit is retained when the computer is in its’ powered off state. Flash memory is a major form of NVM found in many computer-based ... -
Modeling, design, fabrication and reliability characterization of ultra-thin glass BGA package-to-board interconnections
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-04-26)Recent trends to miniaturized systems such as smartphones and wearables, as well as the rise of autonomous vehicles relying on all-electric and smart in-car systems, have brought unprecedented needs for superior performance, ... -
Implementing the materials genome initiative: Best practice for developing meaningful experimental data sets in aluminum-zinc-magnesium-copper alloys
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-04-11)The Materials Genome Initiative was announced by the White House in June of 2011, and is a multi-agency initiative which calls the materials community to find ways to discover, develop, manufacture, and deploy advanced ... -
Nanoscale electrode and dielectric materials, processes and interfaces to form thin-film tantalum capacitors for high-frequency applications
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-04-15)Today’s thin-film passive components such as capacitors and inductors are limited to low volumetric density and large form-factors that pose as major roadblock to miniaturization of the power modules. These components are ... -
Processing-structure-property relationships of surface porous polymers for orthopaedic applications
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-04-12)The use of polymers in orthopaedics is steadily increasing. In some markets, such as spinal fusion and soft tissue anchors, the polymer polyetheretherketone (PEEK) is already the material of choice in the majority of ... -
Atomic force microscopy probing methods for soft viscoelastic synthetic and biological materials and structures
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-04-18)The focus of this dissertation is on refining atomic force micrscopy (AFM) methods and data analysis routines to measure the viscoelastic mechanical properties of soft polymer and biological materials in relevant fluid ... -
Polymer materials, processes, and structures for optical turning in 3D glass photonic interposers
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-04-25)Increasing bandwidth demands for cloud computing and autonomous applications push the need for system scaling instead of transistor scaling as predicted by Moore’s Law. Optoelectronic interconnections have the potential ... -
Triboelectric nanogenerators
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-02-23)With the threatening of global warming and energy crises, searching for renewable and green energy resources with reduced carbon emissions is one of the most urgent challenges to the sustainable development of human ... -
Theory of triboelectric nanogenerators for self-powered systems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-02-22)Energy science is becoming an increasingly important multi-disciplinary area, for not only addressing the worldwide energy crisis, but also realizing desired power sources with advanced features for portable electronic ... -
Flow enabled self assembly of polymers
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-03-10)Self-assembly of nanoscale materials to form intriguing structures has garnered considerable attention due to their potential applications in optical, electronic, magnetic and information storage devices. Among all the ... -
Decomposition and its effects on mechanical properties in Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-01-12)The effects of variations in composition on the decomposition process in Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys (i.e. – 7xxx-series aluminum alloy) were studied emphasizing their effect on mechanical properties. Several experimental quaternary ... -
Gel spun PAN and PAN/CNT based carbon fibers: From viscoelastic solution to elastic fiber
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-04-06)This study focuses on the processing, structure, and properties of gel spun polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and polyacrylonitrile/carbon nanotube (PAN/CNT) carbon fibers. Gel spun PAN based carbon fibers are manufactured beginning ...
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