• Transport in a Strongly Coupled Charged Relativistic Quantum Fluid in the Presence of a Chiral Anomaly & a Strong Magnetic Field Via Hydrodynamics & Holography 

  Koirala, Roshan Nmn (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Motivated by applications to the quark gluon plasma state generated in heavy ion collisions, I study a 4-dimensional supersymmetric conformal field theory in the thermal state, carrying axial charge, and subject to a strong ...
• Investigation of Magnetic Anisotropies and Magnetization Dynamics in Soft Magnetic Materials 

  Srivastava, Abhishek (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Magnetic anisotropy and damping are two main properties that determine the characteristics of many magnetic devices such as inductors, transformers, hard drives, GMR sensors, MRAM etc. The magnetic materials used in these ...
• Magnetic Anisotropies and Damping in Multilayered Thin Films 

  Rai, Anish (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Magnetic materials are ubiqutous in technology that we use on a daily basis. They are used as storage medium in hard drives, to read out the information with the hard drive read head, and to design sensors used in cars and ...
• Tailoring Structural and Magnetic Properties of Fe-Based Epitaxial Thin-Film Alloys Grown by Sputter Beam Epitaxy 

  Budhathoki, Sujan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Thin films are an excellent option to realize new materials for scientific discovery, newmaterial properties, and applications development. Amongst thin film deposition techniques, magnetron sputter deposition boasts ...
• Accelerated Design of Novel Heusler Compounds for Spintronics Applications 

  KC, Shambhu (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Material discovery could be defined as the identification of a previously unexplored phases/composition which may exhibit properties that are unique or similar to that of previously explored composition. Historically, this ...
• Magnetization Dynamics in Ultrathin Films and Multilayers 

  Sapkota, Arjun (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Robust understanding of magnetization dynamics is very crucial to design and fabricate novelmaterials for next generation spintronic applications. A combination of experimental techniques and theoretical modeling facilitates ...
• Thermal radiation from the sun at 8.6 millimeters wavelengths 

  Weaver, Richard Reid (University of Alabama Libraries, )
• Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Linear Carbon Chains Encapsulated by Multi- and Double -Walled Carbon Nanotubes 

  Sharma, Keshav (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  As a field of study, optics have been a critical to the development of material’s science. The interaction between light and matter is often non-destructive and non-invasive; making it powerful in the determination of ...
• Holographic Techniques Applied to Rotating Fluids and Non-Relativistic Fluids 

  Amano, Markus Antonio (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  With the advent of the influential AdS/CFT correspondence, as a concrete realization of the holographic principle, theoreticians can construct models of strongly coupled quantum systems. In practice the holographic community ...
• Assessing and Enhancing Seawater Corrosion Performance of Aluminum Alloy 7075 and 2024 Additive Repairs Produced by Cold Gas Dynamic Spray Deposition 

  Agar, Ozymandias (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  The purpose of this research is to investigate the corrosion behavior of cold sprayed (CS) aluminum alloys 2024 and 7075 in an immersed seawater environment, and improve understanding of CS processing-microstructure-corrosion ...
• Photopolymerization-Based Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Embedded PNIPAM Nanogels for Biomedical Applications 

  Denmark, Daniel J.; Hyde, Robert H.; Gladney, Charlotte; Phan, Manh-Huong; Bisht, Kirpal S.; Srikanth, Hariharan; Mukherjee, Pritish; Witanachchi, Sarath (2017)

  Conventional therapeutic techniques treat patients by delivering biotherapeutics to the entire body. With targeted delivery, biotherapeutics are transported to the afflicted tissue reducing exposure to healthy tissue. ...
• Laser assisted cold spray of ferritic alloys: oxide dispersion strengthened fe91ni8zr1 and aisi 4340 steel 

  Barton, Dallin James (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020-08)

  Oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) Fe91Ni8Zr1 (at. %) and AISI 4340 steel were successfully deposited via laser assisted cold spray. The laser assisted cold spray technique includes accelerating powder particles such that ...
• Investigation and rational design of the catalyst-support interface in redox catalysis by ceria 

  Liu, Zhongqi (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Investigating and controlling the catalyst-support interfacial interaction/structure and their effects on catalytic performance are crucial for optimizing the activity, selectivity, and durability of catalytic materials, ...
• Search for neutrinoless double-beta decay and 42Ar in enriched xenon using the EXO-200 dataset 

  Hughes, Mitchell (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Observation of neutrinoless double-beta decay (0νββ) would constitute discovery of a new class of particle (the Majorana neutrino), violate lepton number conservation, and provide a constraint on the neutrino mass scale. ...
• Raman spectroscopy of double- and triple-walled carbon nanotubes: fundamental, combination, and overtone modes 

  Hue, Jia Wern (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  A single-walled carbon nanotube (SWNT) is a graphene sheet rolled up into a tube. Double-walled (DWNT) and triple-walled carbon nanotubes (TWNT) are two and three coaxial SWNTs respectively. Isolated species of DWNTs and ...
• Production, modification, and characterization of natural bamboo fiber 

  Rocky, AMK Bahrum Prang (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  In an effort to extract natural bamboo fiber (NBF) from bamboo for textiles and other uses, four bamboo species Bissetii, Giant Gray, Moso, and Red Margin were chosen for investigation. Conventional fibers such as cotton, ...
• The spin Seebeck effect in magnetic insulating oxides 

  Li, Zhong (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The spin Seebeck effect (SSE), the generation of a spin current from a thermal gradient, is a novel effect which involves the interaction between charge, spin and heat. Insulating magnetic materials, like yttrium iron ...
• Solution-processed doping in CdTe thin film solar cells 

  Montgomery, Angeqlique (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Cadmium Telluride (CdTe) is one of the leading photovoltaic (PV) technologies in the world with a world record ~ 22.1%. With a bandgap of 1.45eV and a high absorption coefficient, the theoretical power conversion efficiency ...
• Nanostructural characterization of geopolymers 

  Tuinukuafe, Atolo Aaron (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Three investigations were conducted in this article-style dissertation, all sharing the common goal of achieving improved characterization of geopolymers in a manner that provides nanostructural information. The first study ...
• A study of white dwarfs: cataclysmic variables and double-detonation supernovae 

  Caldwell, Spencer (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Novae, be it classical, dwarf, or supernovae, are some of the most powerful and luminous events observed in the Universe. Although they share the same root, they are produced by different physical processes. We research ...

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