Theses

Tate lab research theses. Also included are student theses from collaborating groups when those works overlap significantly with our own.

• Matthew Oostman, M.S. Development of a Data Acquisition System for a 3ω-Thermal Experiment (project)

• Rachel Waite, B.S. The Seebeck Effect of BiCuOSe:Ca and a Comparison of the Carrier Concentration of ITO and BiCuOSe:Ca through Hall and Chaiken and Beni Analysis
• Annette Richard, Ph.D. Single crystal growth, powder synthesis and characterization of layered chalcogenide semiconductors
• Joshua Russell, M.S. Measurement of Optical Bandgap Energies of Semiconductors; see also Measurement of optical bandgap energies of semiconductors

• Daniel Harada, M.S. The Synthesis, Optical, and Transport Properties of ZnSnS3 see also The synthesis, optical, and transport properties of SnZrS₃
• Andriy Zakutayev, Ph.D. BaCuChF (Ch = S, Se, Te) p-type transparent conductors see also BaCuChF (Ch = S, Se, Te) p-type transparent conductors
• Dave Mack, B.S. Optical and Electrical Properties of Thin Film BaSnO3

• Evan deBlander, B.S. Hons. Characterization of BaCuSF Thin Films Grown in Excess Copper, by Pulsed Laser Deposition

• Paul Newhouse, Ph.D. Growth and Characterization of Wide–Gap Semiconducting Oxide and Chalcogenide Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition see also Growth and Characterization of Wide–Gap Semiconducting Oxide and Chalcogenide Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition
• Alden Jurling, B.S. Impedance Analysis and Breakdown Voltage of Dielectric Materials

• Robert Kykyneshi, Ph.D. Pulsed laser deposition and thin film properties of p-type BaCuSF, BaCuSeF, BaCuTeF and n-type Zn₂In₂O5 wide band-gap semiconductors
• Joe Kinney, B.S. Room Temperature Excitons in BaCuChF

• Briony Horgan, B.S. Investigating Grain Boundaries in BaCuS1-xSexF using Impedance Spectroscopy
• Dara Easley, M.S. Seebeck Coefficient in the High Temperature Limit
• Cheol-Hee Park, Ph.D. (Chemistry, Keszler group)Cheol-Hee's thesis

• Robert Kykyneshi, M.S. Transport Properties of CuSc1-xMgxO2+y and BaCu2S2 Transparent Semiconductors
• Ben Nielsen, M.S. Analysis of the Processing and Characterization of p-Type CuScO2 Thin Films

• Levi Kilcher, B.S. Optical Spectroscopy of Transparent Conducting Oxides from the UV to near-IR and a Method for Determining the Refractive Index of Transparent Thin Films, (D. H. McIntyre, co-supervisor)
• Dara Easley, B.S. Hons Room Temperature Seebeck Measurements on CuSc1-xMgxO2+y Transparent Conductive Thin Films

• Derek Tucker, B.S.Hons Optical Characterization of Transparent Conductive Thin Films, (D. H. McIntyre, co-supervisor)

• Ross Brody, B.S., “Band gap analysis of doped and undoped CuCrO2 thin films” (D. H. McIntyre, co-supervisor)

• Diedrich Schmidt, B.S., “P-type electrical conduction in transparent conducting oxides”

• Eric J. M. Moret, Ph.D. “Magnetization studies of layered TBCCO”
• Amy Droegemeier, M.S., “Critical current distributions in Co-doped YBaCuO single crystals” (project)
• Nate Bezayiff, B.S., “Circuit to observe quantum conductance”

• Irene D. Dumkow, Ph. D.,“Oxygen-deficient YBa2Cu3O6+x films investigated by perturbed angular correlation spectroscopy”

• Brandon van Leer, B.S., Analysis of YBa2Cu3O7 films by X-ray diffraction

• Joseph Neal, B.S., “Integrated Laboratory Experiences in Physics Education”

• Brandon R. Brown, Ph. D.,“Neutron irradiation and dc transport in YBaCuO single crystals: A study of vortex depinning”,

• Goran Karapetrov, Ph. D., “Flux creep in Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox and YBa2Cu3Ox thin films: Magnetization and susceptibility studies”

• Dennis W. Tom, Ph. D.,“Microstructural characterization of YBa2Cu3O7-δ thin films with time-differential perturbed angular correlation spectroscopy”

• Jeanette M. Roberts, Ph. D., “Critical scaling of thin-film YBaCuO and NdCeCuO resistivity-current isotherms: Implications for vortex phase transitions and universality”
• Andrew R. Fowler, B.S., “Current dependence of resistivity of YBaCuO in zero magnetic field”

• Amy J. Spofford, B.S., “An analysis of the current-voltage characteristics of YBa2Cu3O7 in the vortex state”

• Jeffrey Arasmith, B.S., “An introduction to superconductors for undergraduate research assistants”

• Bianca A. Hermann, M.S., “Resistance in superconductors - A comparison of Y1Ba2Cu3O6+x and Nd2–xCexCuO4–y thin films”,
• Anupama Bhat, B.S., “The temperature and magnetic field dependence of the activation energy in YBa2Cu3O7 in the flux creep region”