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Measurement Of Electron Spin Transport In Graphene On 6h-Silicon Carbide(0001), Joseph Abel
Measurement Of Electron Spin Transport In Graphene On 6h-Silicon Carbide(0001), Joseph Abel
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
The focus of this thesis is to demonstrate the potential of wafer scale graphene spintronics. Graphene is a single atomic layer of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that has high carrier mobilities, making it a desirable material for future nanoscale electronic devices. The vision of spintronics is to utilize the spin of the electron to produce novel high-speed low power consuming devices. Materials with long spin relaxation times and spin diffusion lengths are needed to realize these goals. Graphene is an ideal material as it meets these requirements and is amenable to planar device geometries.
A Novel Fabrication Technique For Three-Dimensional Nanostructures, Ravi Kiran Bonam
A Novel Fabrication Technique For Three-Dimensional Nanostructures, Ravi Kiran Bonam
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Three dimensional micro- and nano-structures are commonly used in the field of Photonics, Optoelectronics, Sensors and Biological applications. Although numerous physical models are developed, a major challenge has been in their fabrication which is commonly limited to conventional layer-by-layer techniques. In this dissertation, a novel method for fabricating three dimensional structures using Electron Beam Lithography (EBL) will be presented.
Virus Capsids As Nanoscale Delivery Vessels Of Photoactive Compounds For Site-Specific Photodynamic Therapy, Brian Alexander Cohen
Virus Capsids As Nanoscale Delivery Vessels Of Photoactive Compounds For Site-Specific Photodynamic Therapy, Brian Alexander Cohen
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
The research presented in this work details the use of a viral capsid as an addressable delivery vessel of photoactive compounds for use in photodynamic therapy. Photodynamic therapy is a treatment that involves the interaction of light with a photosensitizing molecule to create singlet oxygen, a reactive oxygen species. Overproduction of singlet oxygen in cells can cause oxidative damage leading to cytotoxicity and eventually cell death. Challenges with the current generation of FDA-approved photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy primarily stem from their lack of tissue specificity. This work describes the packaging of photoactive cationic porphyrins inside the MS2 bacteriophage capsid, followed …
Generality In Nanotechnologies And Its Relationship To Economic Performance, Fernando Gomez Baquero
Generality In Nanotechnologies And Its Relationship To Economic Performance, Fernando Gomez Baquero
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
In the history if economic analysis there is perhaps no more important question than the one of how economic development is achieved. For more than a century, economists have explored the role of technology in economic growth but there is still much to be learned about the effect that technologies, in particular emerging ones, have on economic growth and productivity. The objective of this research is to understand the relationship between nanotechnologies and economic growth and productivity, using the theory of General Purpose Technology (GPT)-driven economic growth. To do so, the Generality Index (calculated from patent data) was used to …
The Development And Simulation Of Piezoelectric Surface Acoustic Wave Devices For Euv Mask Particle Removal, Anthony Rae Davis
The Development And Simulation Of Piezoelectric Surface Acoustic Wave Devices For Euv Mask Particle Removal, Anthony Rae Davis
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUVL) is a critical semiconductor fabrication process which uses 13.5 nanometer wavelength light reflected from a mask to print features on various wafers used for IC fabrication. An extensive amount of research is currently underway to make EUVL prevalent in efforts to allow for efficient sub-22 nm feature size fabrication. A number of challenges must be overcome before EUVL usage becomes feasible in terms of cost, wafer output, reliability, and throughput. One notable challenge in EUVL is the removal of mask contamination. EUV masks are required to be free of contamination to ensure precise feature printing. Particles …
Molecular Vapor Deposition Of Organosilanes, Sarah Kirsten Goulet
Molecular Vapor Deposition Of Organosilanes, Sarah Kirsten Goulet
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Current strategies for low temperature bonding (<300 C) and 3D integration employ polymer interfaces (1-3 um) with low thermal conductivity which can result in poor heat transfer between bonded elements. The introduction of thinner interfaces to improve heat transfer is desirable; however, deposition of thin polymer films (<100 nm) for bonding applications can lead to reduced film uniformity and negatively affect bonding strength. Self-assembled monolayer (SAM) chemistries provide a potential solution and can yield nanometer control of the interfacial layer thickness without a significant effect on surface roughness. Siloxanes are one available option to realize these nanometer thin reactive layers. Due to their propensity to crosslink and form multilayers, careful control of the reaction conditions is required. Considering this, we have evaluated the molecular vapor deposition of siloxane precursors to generate molecular layers with reactive end-groups for potential use in bonding applications. Film stability, morphology, thickness, and composition were monitored after deposition using atomic force microscopy, ellipsometry and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
Materials Engineering For Near-Infrared Light Emission From Silicon Compatible Mos Structures, Himani Suhag Kamineni
Materials Engineering For Near-Infrared Light Emission From Silicon Compatible Mos Structures, Himani Suhag Kamineni
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Silicon-based photonics requires several components, such as a light source, an amplifier/waveguide to transfer the signal, and a photodetector to detect the signal. The motivation for using these silicon-based technologies in photonics applications is two-fold: economic advantages offered by the compatibility with mature silicon IC manufacturing and its excellent material properties for photonic devices (high thermal conductivity, high optical damage threshold, etc.). One of the major challenges in the realization of this technology is the Si-based light source. Because of its indirect bandgap, silicon has very inefficient band-to-band radiative electron-hole recombination. To overcome this obstacle, tremendous research efforts have been …
Al/Cuxo/Cu Memristive Devices : Fabrication, Characterization, And Modeling, Nathan Mcdonald
Al/Cuxo/Cu Memristive Devices : Fabrication, Characterization, And Modeling, Nathan Mcdonald
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Memristive devices have become very popular in recent years due to their potential to dramatically alter logic processing in CMOS circuitry. Memristive devices function as electrical potentiometers, allowing for such diverse applications as memory storage, multi-state logic, and reconfigurable logic gates.
Development Of Iii-V P-Mosfets With High-Kappa Gate Stack For Future Cmos Applications, Padmaja Nagaiah
Development Of Iii-V P-Mosfets With High-Kappa Gate Stack For Future Cmos Applications, Padmaja Nagaiah
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
As the semiconductor industry approaches the limits of traditional silicon CMOS scaling, non-silicon materials and new device architectures are gradually being introduced to improve Si integrated circuit performance and continue transistor scaling. Recently, the replacement of SiO2 with a high-k material (HfO2) as gate dielectric has essentially removed one of the biggest advantages of Si as channel material. As a result, alternate high mobility materials are being considered to replace Si in the channel to achieve higher drive currents and switching speeds. III-V materials in particular have become of great interest as channel materials, owing to their superior electron transport …
Study Of The Dielectric Function Of Graphene From Spectroscopic Ellipsometry And Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy, Florence Joan Nelson
Study Of The Dielectric Function Of Graphene From Spectroscopic Ellipsometry And Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy, Florence Joan Nelson
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
For more than 60 years, semiconductor research has been advancing up the periodic table. The first transistor was made from germanium. This later gave way to silicon-based devices due to the latter's ability to form an excellent interface with thermally-grown oxide. Now for the last ~8 years, the focus has moved up one more row to carbon for post-CMOS devices in order to comply with the scaling limitations of Moore's law. However, for each of these, the measurements of film properties and dimensions have always been required for technological applications. These measurement methods often incorporate the use of light or …
The Influence Of Copper Substrate Orientation On Graphene Growth, Zachary Robert Robinson
The Influence Of Copper Substrate Orientation On Graphene Growth, Zachary Robert Robinson
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This dissertation is focused on determining the influence of the copper substrate on graphene grown by \ac{CVD}. Graphene, which can be grown in single atomic layers on copper substrates, has potential applications in future electronic devices. One of the key issues for the use of graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition for device applications is the influence of defects on the transport properties of the graphene. For instance, growth on metal foil substrates results in multi-domain graphene growth because the foil substrates themselves have a variety of different surface terminations. Therefore, they don't serve as a very good template for …
Modified Statistical Dynamical Diffraction Theory : A Novel Metrological Analysis Method For Partially Relaxed And Defective C Doped Si And Sige Heterostructures, Paul Kenneth Shreeman
Modified Statistical Dynamical Diffraction Theory : A Novel Metrological Analysis Method For Partially Relaxed And Defective C Doped Si And Sige Heterostructures, Paul Kenneth Shreeman
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
The statistical dynamical diffraction theory, which has been initially developed by late Kato remained in obscurity for many years due to intense and difficult mathematical treatment that proved to be quite challenging to implement and apply. With assistance of many authors in past (including Bushuev, Pavlov, Pungeov, and among the others), it became possible to implement this unique x-ray diffraction theory that combines the kinematical (ideally imperfect) and dynamical (the characteristically perfect diffraction) into a single system of equations controlled by two factors determined by long range order and correlation function within the structure. The first stage is completed by …
Graphene-Based Post-Cmos Architecture, Sansiri Tanachutiwat
Graphene-Based Post-Cmos Architecture, Sansiri Tanachutiwat
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
The semiconductor industry relies on CMOS technology which is nearing its scaling limitations. In order to continue the historical growth rate of the device density of digital logic chips, novel nanomaterials and nanodevices will need to be developed.
(In, Al) Co-Doped Zinc Oxide As A Novel Material System For Quantum-Well Multilayer Thermoelectrics, Sean C. Teehan
(In, Al) Co-Doped Zinc Oxide As A Novel Material System For Quantum-Well Multilayer Thermoelectrics, Sean C. Teehan
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Waste heat recovery from low efficiency industrial processes requires high performance thermoelectric materials to meet challenging requirements. The efficiency such a device is quantified by the dimensionless figure of merit ZT=S2σT/қ, where S is the Seebeck coefficient, σ is the electrical conductivity, T is the absolute temperature and қ is the thermal conductivity. For practical applications these devices are only cost-effective if the ZT is higher than 2.
Experimental And Theoretical Analysis Of Strain Engineered Aluminium Nitride On Silicon For High Quality Aluminium(X)Indium(Y)Gallium(1-X-Y)Nitride Epitaxy, Mihir Hemant Tungare
Experimental And Theoretical Analysis Of Strain Engineered Aluminium Nitride On Silicon For High Quality Aluminium(X)Indium(Y)Gallium(1-X-Y)Nitride Epitaxy, Mihir Hemant Tungare
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
III-Nitrides on Si are of great technological importance due to the availability of large area, epi ready Si substrates and the ability to heterointegrate with mature silicon micro and nanoelectronics. The major roadblock with realizing this is the large difference in thermal expansion coefficients and lattice constants between the two material systems. A novel technique developed in our research lab shows the potential of simultaneous and substantial reduction in dislocation and crack density in GaN on Si (111). Research undertaken in the current doctoral dissertation, validates the superior GaN quality on Si obtained using our technique and determines the factors …
Evaluation Of Chemical Mechanical Planarization (Cmp) For The Removal Of Surface Defects In Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (Euvl) Mask Substrates, Bradley Halligan Wood
Evaluation Of Chemical Mechanical Planarization (Cmp) For The Removal Of Surface Defects In Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (Euvl) Mask Substrates, Bradley Halligan Wood
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
A modified CMP process was investigated and developed with the goal of removing surface defects (nanoscale depressions or `pits') from quartz mask blank substrates. Initially, quartz glass wafers were evaluated to observe surface roughness and defect introduction due to low down-force CMP processing. Following analysis of quartz glass wafers subjected to such processing it was determined that a CMP-based processing for pit removal of maskblank substrates was potentially viable. Consequently, a specially-designed mask carrier for investigating and developing CMP-based defect removal from EUV maskblank substrates was mounted on a Strasbaugh 6DS-SP CMP laboratory tool. A series of experiments was performed …
Development Of An Industrial Fabrication Process For Next Generation, Thinner And Larger Crystalline Silicon (C-Si) Wafer-Based Solar Cells, Anh Viet Nguyen
Development Of An Industrial Fabrication Process For Next Generation, Thinner And Larger Crystalline Silicon (C-Si) Wafer-Based Solar Cells, Anh Viet Nguyen
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
The world's solar cell production has grown rapidly and steadily with an annual average of 30% over the last two decades. Single and micro-crystalline silicon solar cells have been the major reason for this production increase. In 2009, silicon-based solar cells comprised almost 90% of worldwide photovoltaic module shipments.
Development Of A Gas-Based Spectral Filter For Carbon Dioxide Laser Produced Plasma Extreme Ultraviolet Sources, Chimaobi Mbanaso
Development Of A Gas-Based Spectral Filter For Carbon Dioxide Laser Produced Plasma Extreme Ultraviolet Sources, Chimaobi Mbanaso
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
Currently, extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is a promising next generation lithography technique for enabling the scaling of device features beyond 22 nm. Out-of-band radiation in EUV exposure tools remains one of the critical issues that must be addressed before the implementation of this lithography technique for high volume manufacturing. Laser produced plasmas which use a carbon dioxide (CO2) drive laser pulse are more likely to be used to generate EUV radiation because of their scalability to higher source power. The out-of-band spectrum at the intermediate focus of EUV sources that use a CO2 laser produced plasma is …
Investigations Of Oxidative Stress Effects And Their Mechanisms In Rat Brain After Systemic Administration Of Ceria Engineered Nanomaterials, Sarita S. Hardas
Investigations Of Oxidative Stress Effects And Their Mechanisms In Rat Brain After Systemic Administration Of Ceria Engineered Nanomaterials, Sarita S. Hardas
Theses and Dissertations--Chemistry
Advancing applications of engineered nanomaterials (ENM) in various fields create the opportunity for intended (e.g. drug and gene delivery) or unintended (e.g. occupational and environmental) exposure to ENM. However, the knowledge of ENM-toxicity is lagging behind their application development. Understanding the ENM hazard can help us to avoid potential human health problems associated with ENM applications as well as to increase their public acceptance. Ceria (cerium [Ce] oxide) ENM have many current and potential commercial applications. Beyond the traditional use of ceria as an abrasive, the scope of ceria ENM applications now extends into fuel cell manufacturing, diesel fuel additives …
Nanoparticle Additives For Multiphase Systems: Synthesis, Formulation And Characterization, Vinod Kanniah
Nanoparticle Additives For Multiphase Systems: Synthesis, Formulation And Characterization, Vinod Kanniah
Theses and Dissertations--Chemical and Materials Engineering
Study on nanoparticle additives in multiphase systems (liquid, polymer) are of immense interest in developing new product applications. Critical challenges for nanoparticle additives include their synthesis, formulation and characterization. These challenges are addressed in three application areas: nanofluids for engine lubrication, ultrathin nanocomposites for optical devices, and nanoparticle size distribution characterization.
Nanoparticle additives in oligomer mixtures can be used to develop extended temperature range motor oils. A model system includes poly(α-olefin) based oligomers with a modest fraction of poly(dimethylsiloxane) oligomers along with graphite as nanoparticle additive. Partition coefficients of each oligomer are determined since the oligomer mixture phase separated at …
Cryogenic Machining And Burnishing Of Az31b Magnesium Alloy For Enhanced Surface Integrity And Functional Performance, Zhengwen Pu
Cryogenic Machining And Burnishing Of Az31b Magnesium Alloy For Enhanced Surface Integrity And Functional Performance, Zhengwen Pu
Theses and Dissertations--Mechanical Engineering
Surface integrity of manufactured components has a critical impact on their functional performance. Magnesium alloys are lightweight materials used in the transportation industry and are also emerging as a potential material for biodegradable medical implants. However, the unsatisfactory corrosion performance of Mg alloys limits their application to a great extent. Surface integrity factors, such as grain size, crystallographic orientation and residual stress, have been proved to remarkably influence the functional performance of magnesium alloys, including corrosion resistance, wear resistance and fatigue life.
In this dissertation, the influence of machining conditions, including dry and cryogenic cooling (liquid nitrogen was sprayed to …