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Embedded Categories: Three Studies on the Institutional Shaping of Categories and Category Effects
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Over the past fifteen years, a rich program of research has emerged among scholars interested in the role of categories within fields and industries. In this context, studies have shown that categories shape organizational and market processes by grouping firms and products in ways that convey...
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Engineered ZnO‐TiO2 Nanospheres for High Performing Membrane Assimilated Photocatalytic Water Remediation and Energy Harvesting
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A highly efficient, reusable ZnO-TiO2 heterojunction nanoparticle-based photocatalyst has been successfully demonstrated as a simple and inexpensive way for water remediation. The highly porous membrane integrated with ZnO-TiO2 nanospheres showed significant improvement for removal of specific...
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Spring 2011
Advanced optical technologies profoundly impact countless aspects of modern life. At the heart of these technologies is the manipulation of light using optical materials. Currently, optical technologies are created using naturally occurring materials. However, a new and exciting approach is to...
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Spring 2020
On a perfect hydrogen-terminated Si(100)-2x1 surface, each surface silicon atom is capped with exactly one atom of hydrogen. When one of the capping hydrogen atoms is removed, the now unsatisfied orbital of the underlying silicon atom is exposed at that site. This site is better known as a...
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Fall 2011
This work investigates the use of nanoimprint lithography for creating nanoscale resonator devices for applications in mass sensing. A bilayer resist consisting of PMMA 495/LOR 3A allowed the ideal imprint yield for resonators with widths ranging from 300 nm down to 120 nm. Resonators with...
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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...