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Nanodielectric Properties Of High Conductivity Carbon-Loaded Polyimide Under Electron-Beam Irradiation, Amberly Evans, J. R. Dennison, Gregory Wilson, Justin Dekany Jun 2013

Nanodielectric Properties Of High Conductivity Carbon-Loaded Polyimide Under Electron-Beam Irradiation, Amberly Evans, J. R. Dennison, Gregory Wilson, Justin Dekany

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Electron irradiation experiments were conducted to investigate the electron transport, charging, discharging, cathodoluminescence and emission properties of high-conductivity carbon-loaded polyimide (Black KaptonTM). We discuss how these results are related to the nanoscale structure of the composite material. Measurements were conducted in an ultrahigh vacuum electron emission test chamber from <40 K to 290 K, using a monoenergetic beam with energies ranging from 3 keV to 25 keV and flux densities from 0.1 nA/cm2 to 100 nA/cm2 to deposit electrons in the material surface layer. Various experiments measured transport and displacement currents to a rear grounded electrode, absolute electron emission yields, absolute electron-induced photon emission yields and photon emission spectra (~250 nm to 1700 nm), and arcing rates and location. Numerous …


Oxidative Aliphatic Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage Reactions, Caleb J. Allpress May 2013

Oxidative Aliphatic Carbon-Carbon Bond Cleavage Reactions, Caleb J. Allpress

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The work presented in this dissertation has focused on the activation and cleavage of chemical bonds between two carbon atoms. The selective oxidative activation of carbon-carbon bonds is important due to potential applications in the utilization of biomass for fuel production, applications in wastewater treatment and bioremediation, and in developing new reactions for organic synthesis of fine chemicals including pharmaceuticals. Ideally these reactions would be carried out with high atom economy at low temperatures and pressures, and using earth-abundant elements as reagents and catalysts. With these points in mind, nature provides an ideal model framework, carrying out its chemistry at …