Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Chemistry, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Missouri University of Science and Technology and University of Missouri--St. Louis, 2008. / Vita. The entire thesis text is included in file. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed August 28, 2008) Thesis completed as part of a cooperative degree program with Missouri University of Science & Technology and the University of Missouri--St. Louis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-142).

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2008. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 49-50).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Victoria University of Wellington, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Polymer, Textile and Fiber Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. / Committee Chair: Dr. Haskell W. Beckham; Committee Member: Dr. Anselm Griffin; Committee Member: Dr. Johannes Leisen; Committee Member: Dr. Sankar Nair; Committee Member: Dr. Uwe Bunz.

Thesis (Ph.D)--Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. / Committee Chair: Wong, C. P.; Committee Member: Jacob, Karl; Committee Member: Liu, M. L.; Committee Member: Tannenbaum, Rina; Committee Member: Wang, Z. L.. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rutgers University, 2008. / "Graduate Program in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering." Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-153).

Thesis (Ph. D. in Interdisciplinary Materials Science)--Vanderbilt University, Aug. 2007. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Nanostructured materials with high specific surface areas and high pore volumes are of interest for applications in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). This study describes the use of novel preparative methods for obtaining nanostructured samarium-doped ceria (SDC) with a view to its application as an anode material in SOFCs. The strategy employed in this work was based on the nanocasting concept. Template materials with a polymer, carbon or silica framework are first obtained using a self-assembly process. These materials have long range networks of ordered mesopore channels and so act as templating moulds. From a three step procedure of precursor impregnation, in-situ formation of SDC by calcination and template removal, SDC with the inverse pore structure of the template is created. Novel methods for producing such SDC materials were applied and the products evaluated. As silica templates have wide ranging applications involving exposure to high temperatures -not least in nanocasting- it was desirable to understand the thermal stability of these materials over a range of temperatures. A systematic study was conducted on three representative silica templates. An inherent problem in nanocasting from silica templates is retention of residual silica after the template removal step. A detailed investigation into these alternative wet chemistry procedures was undertaken. To circumvent the silica problem completely, a number of alternative templates made of mesoporous carbon were considered. A range of ordered mesoporous carbons were prepared and evaluated as templates. To provide a comparator for the ordered SDC materials, a simple combustion method was used to prepare an SDC product without the influence of a structure directing template. The techniques of TEM, SEM-EDX, UV–Vis spectroscopy, MAS-NMR, PXRD and gas physisorption were used to characterise the physical and chemical properties of the products in the bulk and at the nanoscale.