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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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DIFFERENTIAL GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS: GENOMIC RESPONSE IN HUMAN PERIPHERAL BLOOD FOLLOWING NEUTRON EXPOSURE FOR RADIATION BIODOSIMETRY APPLICATIONS, Rashmi Basavaraj

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THERMAL AND ISOTHERMAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE NI(110) SURFACE WITH LEED AND IPES, Christopher Lee Carruba Jr.

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DESIGN AND APPLICATION OF PH SENSITIVE PEPTIDES FOR FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AND THERAPY OF TUMORS, Michael DuPont

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THERMAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF NI(110) SURFACE USING INVERSE PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY, Lakshitha Dinusha Lathpandura

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ULTRAFAST DYNAMICS OF INTRINSIC AND HYBRID PHONON MODES IN WIDE-BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTORS, Chandra Prasad Neupane

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PREDICTION OF RADIATION EXPOSURE FROM GENETIC EXPRESSION AND TREATMENT OF RESULTING CANCERS, Adam Vanasse

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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FEMTOSECOND TIME-RESOLVED COHERENT RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY OF EQUILIBRIUM PHONONS IN CUBIC PEROVSKITES, Jeremy Sylvester

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BIOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PHLIP AND PHLIP-CARGO CONJUGATES DEVELOPED FOR IMAGING AND THERAPY, Hannah Visca

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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SELF-GRAVITATING FERMI-DIRAC AND BOSE-EINSTEIN CLUSTERS WITH PLANAR, CYLINDRICAL, AND SPHERICAL SYMMETRY, Michael A. Kirejczyk

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF ONE DIMENSIONAL QUATERNARY PHOTONIC CRYSTALS AND ASSOCIATED HETEROSTRUCTURES, Nicholas J. Bianchi

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ICG- AND GNP-PHLIP: NOVEL AGENTS FOR IMAGING AND THERAPY, Troy M. Crawford

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GOLD AND COPPER-CYSTEAMINE NANOPARTICLES FOR RADIATION THERAPY ENHANCEMENT ON CANCER, Bindeshwar Sah

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MOLECULAR MECHANISM OF POLYPEPTIDE INSERTION INTO BILAYER AND EXIT, Gregory Slaybaugh

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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ULTRAFAST COHERENT SPECTROSCOPIES AND LASER SOURCES BASED ON THIRD-ORDER NONLINEAR OPTICAL PHENOMENA, Adam D. Card

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MOLECULAR CHAINS UNDER TENSION AND TORQUE: ACTIVATION OF STATISTICALLY INTERACTING EXTENSION, TWIST, AND CONTACT PARTICLES, Aaron C. Meyer

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Diffusion of Ultra-Cold Neutrons in Randomly Rough Channels, Sarah Elizabeth Brent

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PROBING TWO-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR AND BIOLOGICAL TISSUE BY NONLINEAR OPTICAL MICROSPECTROSCOPY, Mohammad A. Mokim

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CONFORMATIONS, ENERGETICS, AND KINETICS OF PEPTIDES IN MEMBRANE ENVIRONMENT, Ganga P. Sharma

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USE OF RADIATION TO KILL CANCER BY NANOPARTICLES AND IN A BIODOSIMETER USING GENE EXPRESSION ANALYSIS, Samana Shrestha

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PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WARBURG EFFECT IN CANCER CELLS, Da Wei

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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Using the Energy of Membrane-Associated Folding for Tumor Targeting and Intracellular Cargo Delivery, Linden C. Wyatt

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Synthesis, Characterization, and Tumor Targeting of Novel pH Sensitive Nanoparticles, Jennifer L. Daniels

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Improved Modeling of Image-Guided Thermal Ablation Procedures Towards Patient-Specific Treatment Planning Applications, Garron Deshazer

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Design and Development of pH Sensitive Nanomedicine for Targeted Drug Delivery, Mohan C. Pereira

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Development of New Tools for Study of Tumor Microenvironment, Michael D. Anderson

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QUANTUM DIFFUSION OF ULTRA-COLD NEUTRONS IN A ROUGH WAVEGUIDE IN A GRAVITY FIELD, Mauricio Escobar

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ION-BOMBARDMENT OF NICKEL (110) AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE, Vijay Kumar Peddinti

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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DEVELOPING A TEST FOR RANDOM NUMBER GENERATORS USING A SIMULATION OF THE HIERARCHICAL POTTS DIAMOND MODEL AT THE CRITICAL POINT, Joshua W. Liberty

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ELECTRONIC AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SURFACE AND INTERFACIAL ZONES, Benjamin Thomas Young

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Study of pH(Low) Insertion Peptides (pHLIPS) Interaction with Lipid Bilayer of Membrane, Dhammika Anuradha Weerakkody

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN RESTRICTED SYSTEMS, Swarbhanu Chatterjee

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SELECTIVE TRANSLOCATION OF CELL-IMPERMEABLE TOXINS INTO CANCER CELLS: pHLIP MEDIATED DELIVERY OF PHALLOTOXINS INHIBITS CANCER PROLIFERATION, Dayanjali Diluka Wijesinghe

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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EXTENSIONS FOR THE RIGID-BODY QUANTUM MONTE CARLO METHOD, Chris P. Smith

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Quasiparticles in quantum spin chains with strong axial exchange anisotropy, Ping Lu

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Interface dosimetry for electronic brachytherapy Xoft Axxent intracavitary breast balloon applicators, and, Fluorescence anisotropy imaging of quantum dots, James J. Segala

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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An efficient Fourier transform based method for computing backscattering from arbitrarily shaped born objects, Edward H. Pees

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Statistically interacting quantum gases in D dimensions, Geoffrey G. Potter

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Fabrication, characterization and application of the novel bionanomaterials, Lan Yao

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Characterization of electromigration in semiconductor device interconnects using microscopic techniques, Narahara C. Dingari

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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A new instrumentation for particle velocity and velocity related measurements under water, Weijia Zhu

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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Quasi-elastic scattering of ultracold neutrons, Oh-Sun Kwon

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Using the optical microscopy imaging method for studying electromigration, Linghong Li

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Angular dependent interaction of metastable helium molecules on the surfaces of helium nanodroplets, Raghuram Petluri

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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Parallel computations in quantum Monte Carlo simulation of the van der Waals cluster vibrational eigenstates, Haisen Li

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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Hierarchy of N-body correlations in different dimensions, Mervlyn Moodley

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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Electromigration characterization of aluminum-copper alloy interconnects, Brian Joseph Setlik

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

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Theoretical and experimental study of fiber-optic fluorescence immunosensors, He Cao

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Impedance analysis of an enhanced piezoelectric biosensor, Gi-Ho Kim

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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Evaluation of transient and highly localized acoustic fields using acoustooptic phase contrast imaging, Gregory T. Clement

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Study of the magnetic structure of multilayers and of an ultracold neutron storage anomaly, Dmitry Sarkisov

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

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Photodetachment of metastable helium molecules from helium clusters, Chih-Ching Hu

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Transport phenomena in nanoscale systems, Armen Boris Stepaniants

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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Photodetachment studies of negatively charged and metastably excited helium nanodroplets, Cheolkyu Kim

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Fiber-optic sensors for acoustic studies and biological applications, Chonghua Zhou

Theses/Dissertations from 1996

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Study of liquid surfaces and interfaces using neutron reflection, U-Ser Jeng

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Dynamics of one-dimensional quantum spin systems with competing interactions at zero temperature, Yongmin Yu

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Dynamical properties of systems of localized electron spins and systems of itinerant electrons at zero temperature, Shu Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 1995

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Neutron optical study of ferromagnetic multilayers, Lakshmi R. Iyengar

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Wave-functions of small quantum clusters, Andrei M. Mushinski

Theses/Dissertations from 1994

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X-ray and polarized neutron powder diffraction investigation of the magnetization density distribution in colloidal magnetic fine particles, Di Lin

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The recursion method applied to one-dimensional spin systems, V. S. Viswanath

Theses/Dissertations from 1993

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An experimental study of the electronic surface bands of bismuth overlayers on III-V compound semiconductors, David Nevil McIlroy

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Transverse dynamics in spin-polarized and binary Fermi liquids, Karen Albert Musaelian

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Acoustic scattering from a laminar plume, John Willet Oeschger

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Core level photoemission investigations of alkali atoms on metal surfaces, Xiaorong Shi

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The properties of alkali metal and alkali-coadsorbate overlayers on metal surfaces, Daixing Tang

Theses/Dissertations from 1992

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High-temperature dynamics of classical spin systems, Jian-Min Liu

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

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A theoretical and experimental study of the fiber optic lever sensors, Gang He

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Fiber optic sensors for static fracture studies and dynamic wave propagation problems, Nadarajah Narendran

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Manifestations of Hamiltonian chaos in classical and quantum spin clusters, Niraj Srivastava

Theses/Dissertations from 1990

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Optical responses of linear and nonlinear superlattices, Kelan Huang

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Calculation of the cross-section for the elastic scattering of photons from calcium 40 nuclei, Friedrich George Ludecke

Theses/Dissertations from 1988

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Some analytic investigations of two-nucleon S matrices and wave functions, Prince Van Abdulai Yidana

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Particle size distribution and magnetic structure of colloidal ferrite particles, Zhong Chen Yu

Theses/Dissertations from 1987

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Tomographic reconstruction of sound fields of ultrasonic transducers by means of schlieren visualization techniques, Michael James Forbes

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Theoretical and experimental study of the optical fiber microphone, Andong Hu

Theses/Dissertations from 1985

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Magnetic Field Dependence of the Small-Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) in Amorphous DyCu and NdFe2, Donna Marie Andrauskas

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A STUDY OF NONPERIODIC FLOW IN THE NUMERICAL INTEGRATION OF A NONLINEAR DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION OF FLUID DYNAMICS (CHAOS, TURBULENCE, BIFURCATION), EDMUND XAVIER DEJESUS

Theses/Dissertations from 1984

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ULTRASONIC RESPONSE OF THIN FILM LIQUID CRYSTAL CELLS WITH NORMAL AND OBLIQUE ATTACHMENT ANGLE (NEMATIC, CHOLESTERIC, IMAGING), WALI AHMAD HAMIDZADA

Theses/Dissertations from 1983

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STUDIES IN THE THEORY OF COOPERATIVE PHENOMENA, JAMES HENRY TAYLOR

Theses/Dissertations from 1982

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THE STRUCTURE OF HELIUM IONS IN CRYOGENIC HELIUM VAPOR, GULDEN AKINCI

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The Structure of +He Ions in Cryogenic Helium Vapor, Gulden Akinci

Theses/Dissertations from 1981

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AN INVESTIGATION OF A NUMERICAL ALGORITHM FOR THE COMPUTATION OF EIGENVALUES OF INHOMOGENEOUS DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES, JONATHAN WHIPPLE ROSE

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DENSE RANDOM PACKED MODELS FOR AMORPHOUS MONATOMIC AND BINARY SYSTEMS, CHENG KIONG SAW

Theses/Dissertations from 1980

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FLUCTUATIONS OF ACOUSTIC SIGNALS DURING PROPAGATION THROUGH THE OCEAN, SANTHA KANNAN UNNI

Theses/Dissertations from 1978

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COHERENT SINGLE-PHONON EFFECTS IN NIOBIUM, CHARLES FRANCIS MAJKRZAK

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BAND STRUCTURE OF SOLIDS: THE EFFECTS OF ELECTRIC FIELD AND DISORDER, A. VAIDYANATHAN

Theses/Dissertations from 1977

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NEGATIVE ION CURRENTS IN TURBULENT COUNTERFLOW OF SUPERFLUID HELIUM, ROBERT ALAN ASHTON

Theses/Dissertations from 1974

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ULTRASONIC PROPAGATION IN NEMATIC LIQUID-CRYSTALS, KENNETH A. KEMP

Theses/Dissertations from 1973

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INTEGRAL PHONON EFFECTS IN THE THERMAL NEUTRON SCATTERING FROM VANADIUM LATTICE, KAMAL MOHAMMAD

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CHARGE-SYMMETRY BREAKING IN THE LAMBDA-NUCLEON INTERACTION, MAURICE C. WALSTED

Theses/Dissertations from 1972

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Ultrasonic Measurements in Binary Solutions of Na-K and Na-Rb, Joseph Ernest Amaral

Theses/Dissertations from 1971

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THERMAL NEUTRON FOCUSING BY REFLECTIVE DISPERSION, PRANAB K. BANDOPADHYAY

Theses/Dissertations from 1970

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MEASUREMENT OF ABSORPTION AND VELOCITY OF ULTRASOUND IN LIQUID ALKALI METALS AND THEIR ALLOYS, MIN GON KIM

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AN INVESTIGATION OF CHARGE-SYMMETRY-BREAKING IN THE LAMBDA-NUCLEON INTERACTION, EDMUND JOSEPH SULLIVAN JR.