Sector 7: Theses

Find below a list of theses where work was done in part at Sector 7.
They may be viewed in pdf format by clicking on the links.

• Structural and Electromechanical Properties of Epitaxial BiFeO3 Thin Films
  Rebecca J. Sichel
  Thesis Advisor: Paul G. Evans
  PhD Thesis, August 2011 University of Wisconsin, Madison
  
• Studies of Structure and Behavior in Polymer Thin Films: Insights Into Self-Assembly and Thermodynamic Stability
  Yan Sun
  Thesis Advisor: Ken Shull
  PhD Thesis, June 2011 Northwestern University
  
• Chemical Dynamics in the Condensed Phase: Time-resolved X-ray Imaging and Ultrafast X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
  Brian C. Ahr
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Christoph Rose-Petruck
  PhD Thesis, May 2011 Brown University
  
• Control of ignition and reaction behavior in gasless reactive systems via microstructural modification
  Robert Veeh Reeves
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Steven F. Son
  PhD Thesis, May 2011 Purdue University
  
• Thin film and chemical ordering effects on the magnetic anisotropy in binary alloys
  Jonathan R. Skuza
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Alexandra Lukaszew
  PhD Thesis, Defended Feb. 2011 College of Williams and Mary
  
• Spin and Lattice Dynamics in Thin Films: From Femtoseconds to Nanoseconds
  Vladimir Alexandru Stoica
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Roy Clarke
  PhD Thesis, University University
  September, 2010.
  Available on Deep Blue in 2011
• Probing Impulsive Strain and Lattice Dynamics by Time-Resolved Ultrafast X-ray Diraction
  G. Jackson Williams
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Eric Landahl
  MSc Thesis, DePaul University
  June, 2010.
• Ultrafast Dynamics of Photoexcited Bismuth Films (From Michigan's Deep Blue)
  Yu-Miin Sheu
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. David Reis
  PhD Thesis, University of Michigan
  January, 2010.
• Coherent X-ray Diffraction Imaging of Zinc Oxide Crystals
  Steven John Leake
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Ian Robinson
  University College London
  January 13, 2010. This thesis is nearly all done on 34 ID. See Section 8.2.3 for 7ID laser experiment results.
• Direct X-Ray Studies of Epitaxial Semiconductor Quantum Dots (from Deep Blue)
  Divine Philip Kumah
  PhD Thesis, University of Michigan, June 2009.
• Ultrafast Dynamics of folded acoustic phonons from semiconductor superlattices
  Mariano Trigo
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Roberto Merlin
  Department of Physics, the University of Michigan, February 2008.
  
• Studies of Nanoparticle Marker Motion in Ultra Thin Polymer Films With X-ray Standing Waves
  Aleta Hagman
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Kenneth Shull
  Department of Material Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, December 2007.
  
• Investigation of Ferroelectricity and Piezoelectricicty in Ferroelectric Thin Film Capacitors
  Using Synchrotron X-ray Microdiffraction
  Dal-Hyun Do
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Paul Evans
  Department of Material Science, University of Wisconsin, Dec. 2006.
  Click here for Dal-Hyun's thesis on his UofW Web site.
• Time-Resolved X-ray Measurements of Energy Relaxation in Ultrafast Laser Excited Semiconductors
  Soo Heyong Lee
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. David Reis
  Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Feb. 2006.
• A study of MR materials with XPCS.
  Jevne Michaud-Cunningham
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Roy Clarke
  Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 2005.
• Focusing Optics for X-ray Applications
  Kristina Young
  Thesis Advisor: Philip Nash and Ali Khounsary
  Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering
  Illinois Institute of Technology
  July 2005
• Imaging Interfaces in Epitaxial Heterostructures.
  C. Cionca
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Roy Clarke
  Department of Physics, University of Michigan, 2005.
• Investigation of solid-solid interface structure using a novel X-ray diffraction method.
  M. Sowwan
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Y. Yacoby
  November 2002
  Department of Physics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
• Seeing Sound: Dynamical Effects in Ultrafast X-ray Diffraction
  Matthew F. Decamp
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Phil Bucksbaum
  Ph.D Thesis, The University of Michigan, 2002
  
• Studies of Static and Dynamic Critical Behavior of Simple Binary Fluids and Polymer Mixtures
  Using X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy(full text) or its abstract
  T.S. Nurushev
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. S.B. Dierker
  October 2000
  Department of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI USA.