Theses

PhD Theses


Determining the surface ground state in YbB6 and developing ultra-sensitive nanoscale dissipation measurements in scanning probe microscopy

Extending STM Capabilities: Multi-Frequency Lock-In Amplification for Closed-Cycle STM and Tip-Controlled Lattice Distortions in WTe2

Exploring 2D Quantum and Acoustic Systems Using Scanning Probes

Nanoscale Investigations of Monolayer Thin Films and Heavy Element Materials

Oxide thin films and surfaces for electro-optics and superconductivity

Nanoscale Spin-polarized Imaging of Magnetic Weyl Semimetal CeBi

Using non-contact AFM to study the local doping and damping through the transition in an ultrathin VO2 film

Interacting Quantum Materials and their Acoustic Analogs

The Nanoscale Structure of Charge Order in Cuprate Superconductor Bi2201

Nanoscale Investigations of High-Temperature Superconductivity in a Single Atomic Layer of Iron Selenide

Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Study on Strongly Correlated Materials

Nanopatterning and Transport Properties of Cuprate Superconductors

Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Topological Insulators and Cuprate Superconductors

Visualizing the Interplay of Structural and Electronic Disorders in High-Temperature Superconductors using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

A Nanoscale Probe of the Quasiparticle Band Structure for Two Dimensional Electron Systems

Nanoscale Imaging of Phase Transitions with Scanning Force Microscopy

Investigating Atomic Scale Disordered Stripes in the Cuprate Superconductors with Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Nanoscale Electronic Structure of Cuprate Superconductors Investigated with Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy

The Investigation of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy on High-Tc Superconductors: Cuprates and Pnictides

A Search for Alternative Electronic Order in the High Temperature Superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Masters Theses


Van der Waals Epitaxy of the Transition Metal Dichalcogenide WTe2

The importance of Joule heating on the voltage-triggered insulator-to-metal transition in VO2

Unexpected Zero Bias Conductance Peak on the Topological Semimetal Sb(111) with a Single Broken Layer

Study of Magnetic Features of Nd2Fe14B through the Spin Reorientation Transition by Magnetic Force Microscopy

Bachelors Theses


Two-Way Vacuum Transfer Device for the Thermo Fisher Scientific X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Systems

A Tight-Binding Approach to Creating van der Waals Metamaterials

Vibration Mitigation for Atomic Resolution Imaging (II)

Vibration Mitigation for Atomic Resolution Imaging (I)

Compact Telescoping Sample Manipulator for Ultra-High Vacuum