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Fabrication and Characterization of Gallium Nitride Based Diodes
(2011-05-06)
This dissertation describes research to the fabrication and characterization of Gallium nitride (GaN) based diodes. GaN is considered to be probably one of the most significant semiconductor material ever discovered ...
Fabrication and Characterization of High Temperature P-channel 4H-SiC MOSFETs
(2022-10-18)
Power devices are of paramount relevance with the emergence of greener technology to utilize renewable energy sources. Conventional Si devices are reaching their performance limit due to Silicon’s physical limitation of ...
Fabrication and Characterization of Thin Film Transistors based on Sol-Gel Derived Zinc Oxide Channel Layers
(2018-04-30)
This dissertation aims to explore film and device characteristics of zinc oxide (ZnO) based channel layers fabricated via the sol-gel spin-coating growth technique. ZnO is wide band gap semiconductor with a wide range of ...
Fabrication and Characterization of ZnO and GaN Devices for Electronic and Photonic Applications
(2013-12-04)
The research work presented in this dissertation is based on two direct and wide band gap semiconductors: ZnO and GaN. On the first part of the dissertation, the synthesis of ZnO nanorod array via the low temperature ...
Fabrication and Electrical/Optical Characterization of Bulk GaN-based Schottky Diodes
(2009-08-05)
As a wide bandgap semiconductor material, Gallium Nitride has long been
considered as promising in blue and UV Light Emitting Diodes. And recently, its great
potential in high power and high temperature applications is ...
Fabrication of 3-D Nanoscale Structures of Arbitrary Shape by a Single-step E-beam Grayscale Lithographic Process
(2010-04-09)
Three dimensional (3-D) structures are widely utilized and critical to device functionality in many applications, such as PBG (photonic band gap) crystals, DOE's (diffractive optical elements), blazed gratings, MEMS, NEMS ...
Fabrication of AlGaN/GaN MESFET And It’s Applications in Biosensing
(2010-09-29)
Gallium Nitride has been researched extensively for the past three decades for its application
in Light Emitting Diodes (LED’s), power devices and UV photodetectors. With the recent
developments in crystal growth ...
Fabrication of Macro Scale 3D Structures Using MEMS Technology
(2010-07-20)
The addition of Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE) in the fabrication of micro-electro-mechanical-systems(MEMS) has enabled the creation of many new structures that were not previously feasible. By combining this technique ...
Fabrication, Filling, Sealing and Testing of Micro Heat Pipes
(2006-12-15)
Micro heat pipes are small and passive heat transfer devices. Research is going on in its applications ranging from using them in high powered electronic devices to using them during brain surgeries. A combination of silicon ...
The Fabulous Nabob: Miscegenations of Empire and Vocation in Eighteenth Century British Literature
(2006-08-15)
This dissertation has grown out of my interest in literary representations of the Nabob, a British Returnee from India who appeared in the aftermath of the 1757 Battle of Plassey.The representations of the Nabob in popular ...
The 'Fabulous' Fox Theatre and Atlanta, 1929-1975
(2010-05-05)
The Fox Theatre, currently one of Atlanta’s most prestigious performance venues and architectural icons, has stood at the corner of Peachtree Street and Ponce de Leon Avenue since its construction in 1929. Its fantastical ...
The Face Value of Femininity- An Assessment of the Perceptions of Femininity in the Workplace
(2019-12-02)
The perception of femininity in the workplace has traditionally been viewed negatively by the general public. While many perceive femininity in the workplace as being unprofessional, changing generational values suggest a ...
Facile Fabrication of functional nanocomposites for supercapacitor applications
(2022-12-05)
To address the energy crisis and environmental pollution issues, urgently need to develop an inexpensive, environmentally-friendly, and safe electrochemical energy storage system (EES). Supercapacitors (SCs) are considered ...
Facility layout and emerging advanced material handling optimization
(2017-07-12)
This research explores the intersection of facility layout and vehicle routing, beginning with a study on a real-world semiconductor manufacturing facility layout problem (FLP), followed by a study of facility layout ...
Faction before Blood: Family Communication Patterns and Gender in the Dystopian Teen Drama Film Divergent (2014)
(2017-04-18)
This study examines the family communication and gender messages communicated in the dystopian teen drama Divergent (2014). Through application of family communication patterns theory and a family feminist perspective, the ...
A Factor Analytic Examination of Burnout
(2022-08-01)
With the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, burnout is an increasingly popular topic in the public discourse. However, scientific research displays a lack of consensus about burnout’s underlying factor ...
Factor Pair Latin Squares
(2015-05-05)
Sudoku has risen in popularity over the past few years. The rules are simple, yet the solutions are often less than trivial. Mathematically, these puzzles are interesting in their own right. This dissertation will use ...
Factors Affecting Arsenic Mobilization in Experimental Subsurface Systems
(2007-12-15)
Elevated concentrations of arsenic (As) in groundwater is a widespread problem
that affects millions of people around the world. Other than the adverse affects on human
health, this problem often raises economic, social ...
Factors Affecting Largemouth Bass Size Structure at Wheeler and Guntersville Reservoirs, Alabama
(2015-07-23)
Understanding the characteristics of a fish population is vital to the assessment and management of the stock. Size structure and abundance are two such characteristics of a population and they have the potential to vary ...
Factors Affecting Markets, Economic Growth and Economic Development: Three Essays in Applied Economics
(2016-08-01)
Abstract
This dissertation consists of three essays. The topics of the essays are not necessary related, and each essay constitutes a chapter in this dissertation. The first chapter presents farm and retail models ...