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Computational Design Of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Alloys And Their Applications, John Douglas Cavin
Computational Design Of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Alloys And Their Applications, John Douglas Cavin
Arts & Sciences Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The discovery of bronze as an alloy of copper and tin is arguably the earliest form of material design, dating back thousands of years. In contrast, two-dimensional materials are new to the 21st century. The research presented in this dissertation is at the intersection of alloying and two-dimensional materials. I specifically study a class of two-dimensional materials known as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs). Because of the large number of transition metals, there are many combinations of TMDCs that can be alloyed, making experimental exploration of the phase space of possible alloys unwieldly. Instead, I have applied first-principles methods to study …
Flow-Induced Oscillations In Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Daniel Carlson
Flow-Induced Oscillations In Floating Offshore Wind Turbines, Daniel Carlson
Doctoral Dissertations
The goal of this thesis is to experimentally study the structural dynamics, wake interaction, and fluid forces on the multiple-degree of freedom systems typical of floating wind turbines. Vortex--surface alignment about flexibly-mounted prisms is studied to investigate the response of barges and semi-submersible hulls, and new results pertaining to the galloping response kink for a prism with dual inline--crossflow resonance is presented. Flow--induced oscillations of a spar model free to rotate in 3D space is replicated and observed as 2D figure--eight orbits about the center of the spar. Methods to suppress the flow from exciting the spar are proposed. The …
Methods Of Stacking Atomically Thin Materials Without High Temperature Heating, Hamilton Johnson, Hugh O.H. Churchill
Methods Of Stacking Atomically Thin Materials Without High Temperature Heating, Hamilton Johnson, Hugh O.H. Churchill
Physics Class Publications
We present three methods which were attempted for fabricating stacks of atomically thin materials without heating to the high temperatures required by previous techniques. The first two methods were deemed unsuitable for various reasons, but the third was used to create a stack of hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) encapsulated molybdenum (MoS2). The method was thus shown to work, but the relative quality of its result has not yet been determined.