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Structural Characterization and Impedance Spectroscopy of Substituted, Fused-Ring Organic Semiconductors.
(2011)
Organic materials present a number of advantages over silicon that make them ideal candidates for modest performance devices like active matrix backplanes and RFID tags. The work detailed here describes both structural ...
Structure-Property Relationships in Clay/Polymer Dispersions: Characterizing Bulk and Nanoscale Changes.
(2013)
Colloids and polymers are often used in industrial applications such as pharmaceuticals, food, paints, cosmetics and drilling fluids to achieve the desired properties. The work presented in this thesis focuses on the study ...
Understanding the Optical and Photophysical Properties of Organic and Hybrid Macromolecules and Polymers for Solar Cell Application
(2021)
Organic solar cell materials represent a better sustainable alternative relative to inorganic materials in terms of lower cost, ease of large-scale processing, better absorptivity, ease of tunability, and unique flexibility ...
Continuum-Scale Modeling of Rechargeable Batteries
(2020)
During the operation of a rechargeable battery, the electrochemical reactions occur at the interface between the electrolyte and the active material in the electrode. The electrochemical performance of such batteries is ...
Growth, Characterization and Assembly of Lead Chalcogenide Nanosemiconductors for Ionizing Radiation Sensors
(2022)
The demand for precise and efficient nuclear radiation detection has increased dramatically, particularly in numerous scientific disciplines, as well as homeland security and medical imaging applications. Modern methods ...
Fundamental and Applied Electrochemistry for Photonic Applications
(2020)
Photonic devices that selectively transmit or reflect light are highly desirable in a wide variety of applications, including energy harvesting, aesthetic decorations and optical displays. However, most of these high ...
Modeling Morphology Evolution for Nanostructured Electrochemical Systems.
(2015)
In this dissertation, we examine the morphological evolution of two nanostructured electrochemical systems, the growth of anodic alumina and the electrodeposition/electrodissolution of magnesium. These systems are investigated ...
All-Electron Ground-State and Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory: Fast Algorithms and Better Approximations
(2019)
Density functional theory (DFT), in its ground-state as well as time-dependent variant, have enjoyed incredible success in predicting a range of physical, chemical and materials properties. Although a formally exact theory, ...
Organic Room-Temperature Phosphorescence Materials: from Fundamental Triplet Exciton Modulations to Novel Applications in Biosensing and Bioimaging
(2021)
Metal-free purely organic phosphors are an emerging class of room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials and have attracted great attention over the past decade, owning to their potentials in a variety of advanced ...
Purely Organic Triplet Emitters: From Fundamental Molecular Design to Performance Amplification in Modern Applications
(2022)
Emissive materials are the essential functional components in many modern and emerging technologies such as organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), solid-state lighting, sensors, and data encryption. Metal-free purely organic ...