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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis
Ralph Waldo Emerson

2009

Crystallographic perturbations to valence charge density and hydrogen-surface interactions
James Ciston | Abstract | Download .pdf

2008

Thermally Activated Self-lubricating Nanostructured Coating for Cutting Tool Applications
Robin Koshy | Abstract | Download .pdf

Nanoscale Properties and Mechanics of Cementitious Materials
Paramita Mondal | Abstract | Download .pdf

2007

Real and Model Oxide Surfaces
Courtney Lanier | Abstract | Download .pdf

Tribological Interfaces Studied by an Analytical Dislocation Model and in-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy
Arno Merkle | Abstract | Download .pdf

2006

Electron Microscopy Studies of Real and Model Oxide Supported Au Catalysts
Yingmin Wang | Abstract | Download .pdf

Model catalytic oxide surfaces: a study of the LaAlO3(001) surface
James Rondinelli | Abstract | Download .pdf

2005

Structure and Thermodynamics of Model Catalytic Oxide Surfaces
Ann Chiaramonti Debay | Abstract | Download .pdf

System Design and Verification of the Precession Electron Diffraction Technique
Christopher Own | Abstract | Download .pdf

Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Surface Phenomena in Polar Oxides
Arun Subramanian | Abstract | Download .pdf

2004

Quasicrystalline Thin Films: Growth, Structure and Interface
Edy Widjaja

2002

Structure, morphology and chemistry of catalytic transition metal oxides.
Natasha Erdman

2001

Nucleation and growth of metastable phases in thin films
Quan Li

2000

Experimental and computational study of surfaces, interfaces and thin films
Erman Bengu

Initial growth of ultrathin metal films on semiconductors
Daniel Grozea

The local variation of the critical current along YBa2Cu3O7-x grainboundary and ramp-edge Josephson junctions
Michael Carmody

1998

Initial stages of thin film deposition : metal-induced surface reconstruction on semiconductors and the nucleation of cubic boron nitride
Christopher Collazo-Davila

Structural and chemical characterization of thin films and crystal surfaces
Eric Landree

1996

Gold induced Si(111) surface reconstructions studied by ultrahigh vacuum transmission electron microscopy
Richard Plass

Microstructure and composition of magnetic flux pinning defects in high-temperature superconductors
Brad Storey

1995

Morphology transformations in nanoparticles
Dorai Narayanaswamy

Ultrahigh vacuum transmission electron microscopy studies of semiconductor surfaces
Ganesh Jayaram

The formation, transport properties and microstructure of 45 degree [001] tilt grain boundaries in YBa2Cu307-X thin films
Boris Vuchic

1992

Ultra high vacuum transmission electron microscopy of the clean surfaces of Au and Ir (001)
Derren Dunn

Electron-induced surface radiation damage in V2O5, ReO3 and CaF2
Rebecca Ai

1991

Atomic structure and sintering behavior of ultrafine ceramic particles
John Bonevich

Electron radiation damage in transition metal oxides
Mary Buckett

1990

Dynamical theory for high energy electron reflection
Yiquan Ma

1989

Phase instabilities in small particles
Pulichek Ajayan