Browsing by Author "D. Greg Walker"

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    • Thermal transport in individual nanowires of fine structures 
      Zhang, Qian (2017-07-10)
      Department: Mechanical Engineering
      In the past two decades, nanowires have attracted a lot of attention because of their novel physical properties and promising applications. This dissertation explores thermal properties of several different kinds of nanowires ...
    • Tribological Examination of Alkylsilane Monolayer Films via Molecular Dynamics Simulation 
      Summers, Andrew Zachary (2019-01-16)
      Department: Chemical Engineering
      The lifetimes of micro- and nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS/NEMS), devices featuring both electronic and mechanical components with feature lengths on the micro- to nanoscale, are threatened by friction and wear, often ...
    • Zinc Oxide Nanowire Gamma-Ray Detector with High Spatiotemporal Resolution 
      Mayo, Daniel Craig (2017-04-06)
      Department: Interdisciplinary Materials Science
      This research is focused on developing a new type of gamma-ray scintillator and is motivated by the need for more accurate positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. PET scans are used to display regions of high-metabolic ...