Theses/Dissertations from 2015
A Study on Structural and Optical Properties of Vertically Aligned Zinc Oxide Nanorods, Priyanka Karnati
Construction of an Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition (iCVD) Reactor and Deposition of Polytetrafluoroethylene (Ptfe) Thin Films Using Perfluoro-1-Octanesulfonyl Fluoride as the Initiator, Edgar Kiprop Kosgey
Photometry Using Kepler ”superstamps” of Open Clusters NGC 6791 & NGC 6819, Charles A. Kuehn, Jason A. Drury, Beau R. Bellamy, Dennis Stello, Timothy R. Bedding, Mike Reed, and Breanna Quick
Synchronous growth of AB-stacked bilayer graphene on Cu by simply controlling hydrogen pressure in CVD process, Qingfeng Liu, Youpin Gong, Jamie Samantha Wilt, Ridwan Sakidja, and Judy Wu
Device optimization of CsSnI2.95F0.05-based all-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells with non-linear charge-carrier-density dependent photovoltaic behaviors, Shuai Ma, Mingwei Shang, Liyan Yu, and Lifeng Dong
Weather on Other Worlds. II. Survey Results: Spots are Ubiquitous on L and T Dwarfs, Stanimir A. Metchev, Aren Heinze, Dániel Apai, Davin Flateau, Jacqueline Radigan, Adam Burgasser, Mark S. Marley, Étienne Artigau, Peter Plavchan, and Bertrand Goldman
Low-gravity L Dwarfs Are Likely More Variable, Stanimir Metchev, Aren Heinze, Daniel Apai, Davin Flateau, Jacqueline Radigan, Adam Burgasser, Mark Marley, Étienne Artigau, Peter Plavchan, and Bertrand Goldman
High performance supercapacitor based on multilayer of polyaniline and graphene oxide, E. Mitchell, J. Candler, Felipe De Souza, R. K. Gupta, Bipin Kumar Gupta, and Lifeng F. Dong
Probing on the hydrothermally synthesized iron oxide nanoparticles for ultra-capacitor applications, E. Mitchell, F. De Souza, R. K. Gupta, P. K. Kahol, D. Kumar, Lifeng Dong, and Bipin Kumar Gupta
Planetary candidates observed by Kepler. VI. Planet sample from Q1--Q16 (47 months), F. Mullally; Jeffrey L. Coughlin; Susan E. Thompson; Jason Rowe; Christopher Burke; David Latham; Natalie M. Batalha; Stephen T. Bryson; Peter Plavchan; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
What is the Mass of α Cen B b?, Peter Plavchan, Xi Chen, and Garrett Pohl
YSOVAR: Mid-infrared Variability of Young Stellar Objects and Their Disks in the Cluster IRAS 20050+ 2720, Katja Poppenhaeger; A. M. Cody; K. R. Covey; H. M. Gunther; L. A. Hillenbrand; P. Plavchan; L. M. Rebell; J. R. Stauffer; S. J. Wolk; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Multiferroicity of Carbon-Based Charge-Transfer Magnets, W Qin, M Gong, X Chen, T A. Sastry, Ridwan Sakidja, Guoliang Yuan, M C. Hersam, Manfred Wuttig, and S Ren
Investigation of Lanthanide-Doped Anatase TiO2 Core-Shell Nanoparticles For Photocatalysis and Gas Sensing, Rezwanur Rahman
Detailed characterization of surface Ln-doped anatase TiO2 nanoparticles by hydrothermal treatment for photocatalysis and gas sensing applications, Rezwanur Rahman, Sean T. Anderson, Sonal Dey, and Robert A. Mayanovic
YSOVAR: Mid-Infrared Variability in NGC 1333, L. M. Rebull; J. R. Stauffer; A. M. Cody; H. M. Gunther; Peter Plavchan; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Progress in the study of pulsating subdwarf B stars, Michael D. Reed
Staining Block Copolymers using Sequential Infiltration Synthesis for High Contrast Imaging and STEM tomography, T. Segal-Peretz, J. Winterstein, M. Biswas, J. A. Liddle, Jeffrey W. Elam, N. J. Zaluzec, and P. F. Nealey
Effects of counter electrodes on photovoltaic performance of allsolid-state TiO2-based dye-sensitized solar cells, Mingwei Shang, Benjamin Liu, Zhenhua Dong, Zhenyu Dong, and Lifeng Dong
Photocatalytic Activity of Hydrothermally Synthesized ZnO-CuO Nanocomposite, Mohammad Fuad Nur Taufique
The fixity of prostate seed implants: The impact of the strand surface on its ability to migrate inside oil and gel medium, Randy Teye-Mensah, Ibrahim Abdalla, and Lifeng Dong
YSOVAR: Mid-infrared Variability Among YSOs in the Star Formation Region GGD12-15, Scott Wolk; H Moritz Gunther; Katja Poppenhaeger; A M. Cody; L M. Rebull; J Forbrich; R A. Gutermuth; L A. Hillenbrand; Peter Plavchan; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Iron Borophosphate as a Potential Cathode for Lithium- and Sodium-Ion Batteries, Hooman Yaghoobnejad, Patrick Stanley, Kartik Ghosh, and Amitava Choudhury
Demonstration of a Near-IR Laser Comb for Precision Radial Velocity Measurements in Astronomy, Xu Yi; K. Vahala; J. Li; S. Diddams; G. Ycas; P. Plavchan; S. Leifer; J. Sandhu; G. Vasisht; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Synthesis and nanostructure control of CIGS nanoparticles by solvothermal route, Liangmin Zhang and Lifeng Dong
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Chromium Oxide Nanomaterials Doped with Rhodium for Photocatalysis Applications, Lukmon O. Aminu
High-energy X-ray diffraction of a hydrous silicate liquid under conditions of high pressure and temperature in a modified hydrothermal diamond anvil cell, Alan J. Anderson, Hao Yan, Robert A. Mayanovic, Giulio Solferino, and Chris J. Benmore
Synthesis of Graphene, and Nitrogen-Doped Graphene as Catalysts and Catalyst Supports for Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Jincheng Bai
Synthesis of high quality few layer graphene from the exfoliation of graphite, Jincheng Bai, Daniel Soden, and Lifeng Dong
Synthesis and Characterization of 2D Materials: Graphene and Molybdenum Disulfide, Garrett Lynn Beaver
Spin Dynamics and Magnetoelectric Properties of the Coupled-Spin Tetrahedral Compound Cu2Te2O5Cl2, Tiglet Besara, E. S. Choi, K.-Y. Choi, P. L. Kuhns, A. P. Reyes, P. Lemmens, H. Berger, and N. S. Dalal
Single Crystal Synthesis and Magnetism of the BaLn2O4 Family (Ln=Lanthanide), Tiglet Besara; M. S. Lundberg; J. Sun; D. Ramirez; L. Dong; J. B. Whalen; R. Vasquez; F. Herrera; J. R. Allen; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Copper oxide based nanostructures for improved solar cell efficiency, Anagh Bhaumik, A. Haque, P. Karnati, M. F. Taufique, R. Patel, and K. Ghosh
Significant enhancement of optical absorption through nano-structuring of copper based oxide semiconductors: possible future materials for solar energy applications, Anagh Bhaumik, Austin M. Shearin, R. J. Patel, and Kartik Ghosh
Probing the interaction at the nano-bio interface using raman spectroscopy: ZnO nanoparticles and adenosine triphosphate biomolecules, A. Bhaumik, A. M. Shearin, Robert K. Delong, Adam K. Wanekaya, and Kartik C. Ghosh
New Insight into the Mechanism of Sequential Infiltration Synthesis from Infrared Spectroscopy, Mahua Biswas, Joseph A. Libera, Seth B. Darling, and Jeffrey W. Elam
A Monitoring Campaign for Luhman 16AB. I. Detection of Resolved Near-Infrared Spectroscopic Variability, Adam J. Burgasser, Michael Gillon, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Jacqueline Radigan, Amaury H M J Triaud, Peter Plavchan, Rachel Street, E Jehin, L Delrez, and C Opitom
Effects of annealing process on morphology, crystal structure, and photoelectrical properties of CZTS thin films, Lei Cao, Jing Sui, Qian Zhang, Qianqian Zhu, Hongzhou Dong, and Lifeng Dong
Ag2S-hollow Fe2O3 nanocomposites with NIR photoluminescence, Yingjie Chen, Lifeng Dong, Mei Zhao, and Hongzhou Dong
Validation of a computational docking methodology to identify the non-covalent binding site of ligands to DNA, Christos Deligkaris, Anthony Thomas Ascone, Kevin Joseph Sweeney, and Alan Jonathan Auentin Greene
Electrochromic and Structural Behaviors of MoO3 and WO3 Thin Films Using Lower Concentrations of HCl Electrolyte, Oladeji Taiwo Fadayomi
Facile synthesis and characterization of nanostructured chromium oxide, R. K. Gupta, E. Mitchell, J. Candler, P. K. Kahol, Kartik Ghosh, and Lifeng Dong
Surface roughness and critical exponent analyses of boron-doped diamond films using atomic force microscopy imaging: Application of autocorrelation and power spectral density functions, S. Gupta and G. P. Vierkant
Facile Synthesis of Ag-Coated Cu2O Nanospheres for Improved Photocatalytic Activity, D. Hall, S. Mishra, Anagh Bhaumik, and Kartik Ghosh
Clustering Based Gaussian Process Regression, Kimin Hong
Design of an Electronic Flash Thermal Measurement System for Biological and Organic Materials, La Shawn Antoinette Johnson
Novel remote sensor systems: Design, prototyping, and characterization, V. Kayastha, S. Gibbons, J. E. Lamb, and Ryan E. Giedd
Ultrafast integrated humidity and temperature sensor based on carbon nanotubes, and a sensor controller system, Vijaya Kayastha, Stephen Gibbons, and Ryan E. Giedd
Structural and magnetic studies of Y3Fe5-5xMo 5xO12, Soma Khanra, Anagh Bhaumik, Y. D. Kolekar, Pawan Kahol, and Kartik Ghosh
Enhanced performance of ferroelectric-based all organic capacitors and transistors through choice of solvent, G. Knotts, A. Bhaumik, Kartik Ghosh, and S Guha
Polarization switching characteristics of 0.5 BaTi0. 8Zr0. 2O3-0.5 Ba0. 7Ca0. 3TiO3 lead free ferroelectric thin films by pulsed laser deposition, Y. D. Kolekar, A Bhaumik, P. A. Shaikh, C. V. Ramana, and Kartik Ghosh
Magnetic and Electric Characteristic of Nickel-Nickel Oxide Nanocomposite Thin Films for Electronic Applications, Amrit Prasad Laudari
Investigations of Al-Doped LP-SBA-15 Periodic Mesoporous Silica Treated in Aqueous Fluids to High Temperatures and Pressures, Scott Randall Maasen
Research on charge accumulation and transport in hole-conductor-free perovskite (CH3NH3PbI2Cl) -based nanostructure solar cells, Shuai Ma, Lei Cao, Yang Li, Qiong Sun, Hongzhou Dong, and Lifeng Dong
Mechanical and hydrothermal stability of mesoporous materials at extreme conditions, Robert A. Mayanovic, Hao Yan, Adam Brandt, Zhongwu Wang, Manik Mandal, Kai Landskron, and William Bassett
Effect of Carbon Additives to the Negative Electrode of Sealed Lead Acid Batteries, Justin Alexander McCullough
Large Impacts around a Solar Analog Star in the Era of Terrestrial Planet Formation, Huan Y. A. Meng, Kate Y. L. Su, George H. Rieke, David J. Stevenson, Peter Plavchan, Wiphu Rujopakarn, Carey M. Lisse, Saran Poshyachinda, and Daniel E. Reichart
Enhancement of Superconducting Tc (33 K) by Entrapment of FeSe in Carbon Coated Au-Pd17Se15 Nanoparticles, Sukhada Mishra, Kai Song, Kartik C. Ghosh, and Manashi Nath
A Basic Monte Carlo Model of Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition Using Kinetic Theory, Hayley R. Osman and Saibal Mitra
Stochastic pulsations in the subdwarf-B star KIC 2991276, R H. Østensen, Michael D. Reed, A S. Baran, and J H. Telting
Asteroseismology revealing trapped modes in KIC 10553698A, R. H. Østensen, J. H. Telting, Michael D. Reed, A. S. Baran, P. Nemeth, and F. Kiaeerad
Near field modal noise reduction using annealed optical fiber, Steven N. Osterman, Gabriel G. Ycas, Chelsea Donaldson, Scott A. Diddams, Suvrath Mahadevan, Lawrence W. Ramsey, and Peter P. Plavchan
Periodic and Aperiodic Variability in the Molecular Cloud ρ Ophiuchus, J. Robert Parks, Peter Plavchan, Russel J. White, and Alan H. Gee
A structural, magnetic, and Mössbauer study of the Dy2Fe17-xNbx solid solutions, B K. Rai, K S. Syed, S. R. Mishra, S. Khanra, and Kartik Ghosh
Young Stellar Object Variability (YSOVAR): Long Timescale Variations in the Mid-Infrared, L. M. Rebull; A. M. Cody; K. R. Covey; H. M. Gunther; L. A. Hillenbrand; P. Plavchan; K. Poppenhaeger; J. R. Stauffer; S. J. Wolk; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Analysis of the rich frequency spectrum of KIC 10670103 revealing the most slowly rotating subdwarf B star in the Kepler field, Michael D. Reed, Heather M. Foster, J H. Telting, R H. Østensen, L H. Farris, R. Oreiro, and Andrzej Baran
Fabrication and Characterizations of Cu2O/ZnO P-N Heterojunction and TiO2-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Mingwei Shang
Effects of electrolytes on the photoelectric properties of TiO 2-based dye-sensitized solar cells, Mingwei Shang, Benjamin Liu, Zhenhua Dong, Zhenyu Dong, Qiong Sun, and Lifeng Dong
CSI 2264: Characterizing Accretion - Burst Dominated Light Curves for Young Stars in NGC 2264, John Stauffer; Ann Marie Cody; Annie Baglin; Silvia Alencar; Luisa Rebull; Lynne A. Hillenbrand; Laura Venuti; Neal J. Turner; Peter Plavchan; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Application of N-doped graphene modified carbon ionic liquid electrode for direct electrochemistry of hemoglobin, Wei Sun, Lifeng Dong, Ying Deng, Jianhua Yu, Wencheng Wang, and Qianqian Zhu
Electrochemical detection of rutin on nitrogen-doped graphene modified carbon ionic liquid electrode, Wei Sun, Lifeng Dong, Yongxi Lu, Ying Deng, Jianhua Yu, Xiaohuan Sun, and Qianqian Zhu
Miniature Exoplanet Radial Velocity Array I: Design, Commissioning, and Early Photometric Results, Jon Swift; Michael Bottoms; John Johnson; Jason Wright; Nate McCrady; Rob Wittenmeyer; Peter Plavchan; Reed Riddle; Philip Muirhead; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
A simple method to synthesize Multi-branched carbon fibers using cupric chloride aqueous solution as catalyst precursor, Qiuxiang Wang, Qian Zhang, Liping Chen, Liyan Yu, and Lifeng Dong
Synthesis and microwave absorption properties of graphene/nickel composite materials, Xiaoxia Wang, Mingxun Yu, Wei Zhang, Baoqin Zhang, and Lifeng Dong
Self-organized platinum nanoparticles on freestanding graphene, Peng Xu; Lifeng Dong; Mehdi Neek-Amal; Matthew L. Ackerman; Jianhua Yu; Steven D. Barber; James Kevin Schoelz; Dejun Qi; Fangfang Xu; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Development of physical super-turing analog hardware, A. Steven Younger, Emmett Redd, and Hava Siegelmann
Synthesis of Y-shaped carbon nanofiber films by the decomposition of acetylene with copper catalysts, Liyan Yu, Guowei Fan, Lina Sui, Hongzhou Dong, and Lifeng Dong
A simple method to synthesize carbon nanofibers with a parallel growth mode and their capacitive properties, Qian Zhang, Qiuxiang Wang, Meijuan Tian, Jianhua Yu, Jing Sui, and Lifeng Dong
Influence of the amount of hydrogen fluoride on the formation of (001)-faceted titanium dioxide nanosheets and their photocatalytic hydrogen generation performance, Yuliang Zhang, Mingwei Shang, Yifan Mi, Ting Xia, Petra Wallenmeyer, James Murowchick, Lifeng Dong, Qiao Zhang, and Xiaobo Chen
Structural evolution from TiO2 nanoparticles to nanosheets and their photocatalytic performance in hydrogen generation and environmental pollution removal, Yuliang Zhang, Ting Xia, Mingwei Shang, Petra Wallenmeyer, Dakota Katelyn, Appie Peterson, James Murowchick, Lifeng Dong, and Xiaobo Chen
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Raman Analysis of Hot Wire Chemical Vapor Deposited Molybdenum Oxide for Electrochromic Applications / Construction of an Initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition Reactor, Sandeep Akkanapragada
Science under Extreme Conditions of Pressures and Temperatures at the ESRF, D Andrault; D Antonangeli; V Dmitriev; Y Filinchuk; M Hanfland; M Hazemann; M. Krisch; R. Mauanovic; M. Mezouar; and For complete list of authors, see publisher's website.
Nitrogen-doped graphene as catalysts and catalyst supports for oxygen reduction in both acidic and alkaline solutions, Jingcheng Bai, Qianqian Zhu, Zhexin Lv, Hongzhou Dong, Jianhua Yu, and Lifeng Dong
Mt. Suhora survey - Searching for pulsating m dwarfs. Ill, Andrzej S. Baran, M. Winiarski, M. Siwak, L. Fox-Machado, D. Kozieí-Wierzbowska, J. Krzesinski, M. Drózdz, and A. Winans
Spurious frequencies in the Kepler short cadence data, A. S. Baran
Detection of Multiplets of Degree ℓ = 3 and ℓ = 4 in the Subdwarf-B Pulsator KIC10139564, A. S. Baran and R. H. Østensen
Structural and Optical Properties of Undoped and Doped ZnO Nanorods, Nayan Das
Decoupled temperature and moisture sensor made of CNT-based nanomaterials on flexible plastic substrates, Liyong Diao, James Lamb, Stephen Gibbons, Wu Sheng Shih, and Ryan Giedd
N-doped graphene-supported Pt and Pt-Ru nanoparticles with high electrocatalytic activity for methanol oxidation, Hongzhou Dong, Jincheng Bai, Qianqian Zhu, Jianhua Yu, Liyan Yu, and Lifeng Dong
Role of defects in enhancing room temperature ferromagnetism of Mn doped ZnO nanoparticles, L. V. Ekhande, V. V. Dhas, Y. D. Kolekar, Kartik C. Ghosh, S. K. Date, and S. I. Patil
Template-assisted synthesis and catalytic property of copper nanowires, Guowei Fan, Liyan Yu, and Lifeng Dong
Neutron scattering studies of glassy solid-state lithium ion based electrolytes, Tom Heitmann, Syed Ali S. Zaidi, Leo Zella, Munesh Rathore, Anshuman Dalvi, and Saibal Mitra
Development of Thin Films of Amorphous Silicon for Anode Applications in Lithium Ion Batteries, Shaikh Tofazzel Hossain
Effect of Laser Irradiation of Structural and Electrical Properties of CVD Grown Graphene, Michelle Nicole Langhoff
Arrays Fabrication and Photoelectrochemical Properties of Sn-doped Vertically Oriented Hematite Nanorods for Solar Cells, Chunting Liu, Hongzhou Dong, Qian Zhang, Qiong Sun, Liyan Yu, and Lifeng Dong
Synthesis of nanocoral structured TiO2 and its photoelectrical performance in dye sensitized solar cells, Yang Li, Qiong Sun, Xianmiao Sun, and Lifeng Dong
Electrocatalytic activity of graphene-supported Pt-Cu catalysts prepared by an impregnation method for methanol and ethanol oxidations, Zhexin Lv, Hongzhou Dong, Jincheng Bai, and Lifeng Dong
Electrochemical impedance analysis of methanol oxidation on carbon nanotube-supported Pt and Pt-Ru nanoparticles, Bo Ma, Jincheng Bai, and Lifeng Dong
Investigation of the structural environment of Ta in a silicate glass and water system under high P-T conditions, Robert A. Mayanovic, Hao Yan, Alan J. Anderson, and Giulio Solferino
