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Fundamentals of Film Growth by Glancing Angle Deposition for Inorganic and Inorganic/Liquid Crystal Hybrid Optical Systems
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This thesis investigates two facets of thin film growth via glancing angle deposition. The first half of the work focuses on the fundamentals of film growth with a focus on uniformity and optical design. This portion of the thesis addresses important engineering questions that are relevant to...
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Heterostructured HfO2/TiO2 spherical nanoparticles for visible photocatalytic water remediation
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Photocatalytic activity of low band gap hydrogenated HfO2 doped TiO2 (H-HfO2/TiO2), HfO2 doped TiO2 (HfO2/TiO2) and TiO2 (pristine) were investigated by photocatalytic degradation of five different industrial dyes. The current study envisages the effect of doping hydrogen and HfO2 up on TiO2 for...
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Fall 2017
Despite offering advantages such as physical flexibility and cost-effectiveness, thin-film optoelectronic devices are held back by their lackluster efficiency in competition with their traditional counterparts. Since one major factor in low performance of these devices is known to be their...
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High Surface Area Nanoelectromechanical Systems via the Integration of Glancing Angle Deposition Thin Films
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High surface area nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) are fabricated using glancing angle deposition (GLAD) thin films as the high surface area layer. The GLAD films are deposited on already-released NEMS cantilevers and doubly clamped beams (DCBs) with good uniformity. The resonance frequencies...
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Spring 2011
Graphene is a recently created truly two-dimensional carbon material with promising properties. It is a prospective candidate for the next generation of microelectronics. Current carriers in graphene have relativistic properties, its lattice is very strong and yet flexible, granting...
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Molecular separations using nanostructured porous thin films fabricated by glancing angle deposition
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Biomolecular separation techniques are an enabling technology that indirectly influence many aspects of our lives. Advances have led to faster analyses, reduced costs, higher specificity, and new analytical techniques, impacting areas such as health care, environmental monitoring, polymer...
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2022-09-26
The development of efficient energy conversion devices offers new opportunities to address world energy demands; however, the advancement in this field is limited by the lack of suitable materials to drive effective conversion. In this perspective, multifunctional nanomaterials with their unique...
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Fall 2009
Extending electronic devices beyond the limitations of current micro-electronics manufacturing will require detailed knowledge of how to make contacts to semiconductor surfaces. In this work, we investigated several methods by which such connections to silicon surfaces could be achieved. Scanning...
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Fall 2016
The lead sulfide colloidal quantum dots (PbS CQD) solar cell has attracted wide attention in recent years for its facile fabrication process and low cost. However, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of PbS CQD cell is still low due to the trade-off between light absorption and carrier...
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Fall 2013
Modern integrated and system-on-chip electronics require high-quality on-chip passive components. Existing inductor designs for microwave and millimetre-wave applications are typically prohibitively large and have low quality factors, requiring circuit designers to avoid integrating them or to...