Browsing RPI Theses Open Access by Author "Meunier, Vincent"
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Dynamical properties of nanocarbon
Daniels, Colin Robert (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2019-12)In this thesis, we give insight into this problem in two ways. In the first half, we investigate the mechanisms behind two processes that can be used for the engineering of graphene-based devices using a Monte-Carlo approach ... -
Exploiting microstructure and symmetry in new ferroelectric materials
Florio, Fred (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-12)Ferroelectric materials exhibit naturally occurring electronic polarization states, inspiring a wide array of potential use and function in technology. Charge separation from internal fields and the bulk photovoltaic effect ... -
First principles investigations of electronic structure and transport properties of graphitic structures and single molecular junctions
Owens, Jonathan R. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2014-12)The first two projects pertain to nitrogen doping in graphene nanoribbons (GNRs). We study nitrogen doping in two different schema: concentration-based (Nx$-doped) and structural based (N2AA-doped). -
First-principles studies of defect dynamics in crystalline solids
Yoshimura, Anthony (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-05)To this end, two classes of defect dynamics are considered. The first is passive dynamics, in which the evolution of defects is probabilistic, and its rate is dictated only by the environmental conditions in which the ... -
High energy reactor neutrinos
Raper, Neill (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2016-05)We present the first measurement of a nonzero reactor neutrino flux with energies above 8 MeV. Measurements are taken with the Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiments detectors, using the Guangdong Nuclear Power Station as ... -
Improved fermion actions for analysis of technicolor theories
Weinberg, Evan Solomon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2012-08) -
Large-scale atomistic computations of the phonons in twisted bilayer graphene
Lamparski, Michael (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-08)To help explore new combinations of techniques not available in existing software, a new code is written specialized to meet the unique demands of this problem. Details of the implementation are discussed in depth, ... -
The impact of heterogeneity on threshold-limited social contagion, and on crowd decision-making
Karampourniotis, Panagiotis Dimitrios (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-08)First, to capture the complex nature of social influencing we use a simple but classic model of contagion spreading in complex social systems, namely the threshold model. We investigate numerically and analytically the ... -
Vibrational properties of long linear carbon chains and hyperbolic graphene
Siegel, Ross (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2020-05)Carbon nanostructures exhibit important physical, chemical, and mechanical properties, however, not all of these have been fully explored. In this thesis I focus on two carbon morphologies, linear carbon chains and hyperbolic ...