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Thermal And Structual Properties Of Candidate Moldable Glass Types, Scott Gaylord Aug 2008

Thermal And Structual Properties Of Candidate Moldable Glass Types, Scott Gaylord

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This thesis contains results of our efforts to develop a method for defining key glass material properties that must be known and modeled for the design and experimental validation of a precision glass molding (PGM) process for optical glasses. Viscosity, calorimetric, and thermal expansion properties of two commercial glass types N-BK7 and P-SK57 of SCHOTT were characterized to establish a proof-of-concept protocol for the experimental determination of meaningful material properties. Experimental results were determined in order to be incorporated into a computational model predicting final glass size and shape following a molding cycle. Experimental methods were confirmed on the two …


The Role Of Crystallographic Relationships Between Alpha(Α) And Beta(Β) Phases On The Elevated Temperature Isothermal Phase Transformation Kinetics In Timetal Lcb (Ti-6.5mo-4.5fe-1.5al), Basak Kokuoz Jul 2008

The Role Of Crystallographic Relationships Between Alpha(Α) And Beta(Β) Phases On The Elevated Temperature Isothermal Phase Transformation Kinetics In Timetal Lcb (Ti-6.5mo-4.5fe-1.5al), Basak Kokuoz

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This investigation has examined the mechanisms controlling the precipitation of various alpha (α) phase morphologies which form during the elevated temperature beta(β)beta(β)+alpha(α) phase transformations in TIMETAL LCB (Ti-6.8Mo-4.5Fe-1.5Al, in wt.%).
Alpha (α) phase precipitation was promoted by aging the TIMETAL LCB specimens in the α+β two phase region. The temperature range considered was between 700-745oC.The specimens were isothermally aged for successively increasing times, starting at 30 seconds until the equilibrium microstructure was achieved. Solution treated and aged TIMETAL LCB specimens were investigated using x-ray diffraction (XRD), optical (OM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM), electron backscattered diffraction (EBSD) and quantitative image …


Protein Interactions With Mixed Poly(Ethylene Glycol)/Polyacrylic Acid Brushes, Zhenqing Li Jun 2008

Protein Interactions With Mixed Poly(Ethylene Glycol)/Polyacrylic Acid Brushes, Zhenqing Li

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Tethered polymer chains that are grafted to a solid substrate by one chain end (polymer brushes) may be distinguished from other anchored polymer layers by the relatively high grafting densities gained. Potential uses of polymer brushes for interfacial modification to regulate interactions between proteins and substrates, such as drug delivery and protein separation, are widely recognized. Therefore, it is important to investigate interactions between proteins and surfaces modified with a polymer brush.
In this study, the 'grafting-to' method has been used to graft mixed poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and polyacrylic acid (PAA) brushes onto poly(glycidyl methacrylate) (PGMA)-modified silicon wafers/glass slides to …


Surface Functionalized Colloidal Particles And Polymer Synthesis For Led Based Applications, Zachary Hunt May 2008

Surface Functionalized Colloidal Particles And Polymer Synthesis For Led Based Applications, Zachary Hunt

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Over the last decade atom transfer radical polymerization, ATRP, has become a commonplace route by which tailored polymers can be synthesized. The advent of this polymerization mechanism has enabled the controlled synthesis of block and multi-block polymer systems that maintain a terminal bromine functionality that adds further versatility to the synthesized polymers.
Additionally, in the last few years 'click' chemistry has come to light as an efficient method of selectively linking molecules under mild conditions (e.g. room temperature and aqueous systems). In particular, the copper(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reaction has become more and more popular, and provides another route by …


Synthesis And Dielectric Properties Of Nanocrystalline Barium Titanate And Silver/Barium Titanate Particles, Hiroki Maie May 2008

Synthesis And Dielectric Properties Of Nanocrystalline Barium Titanate And Silver/Barium Titanate Particles, Hiroki Maie

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The increasing needs for further functionality, higher performance, and miniaturization of electronic devices have highly demanded down-size and volume-efficiency of electronic components such as multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCCs). To meet this demand, the use of high dielectric constant material with nanometer size and spherical shape is considered as requirements. Embedded capacitors are an important emerging technology for meeting the performance and functionality requirements of next-generation electronic devices. One major obstacle for implementing this technology is the scarcity of dielectric materials with appropriate dielectric and mechanical properties was mainly discussed

Considering these backgrounds, this research is devoted to synthesis of high …