Thesis (Ph. D.)--Washington State University, May 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2010. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph.D)--Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. / Committee Chair: de Heer, Walter; Committee Member: Chou, Mei-Yin; Committee Member: First, Phillip; Committee Member: Whetten, Robert; Committee Member: Zangwill, Andrew. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.

Cheng Kwok Kei = 高分子電解質-膠體複合體系的相互作用和極化率 / 鄭國基. / Thesis submitted in: November 2004. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-73). / Text in English; abstracts in English and Chinese. / Cheng Kwok Kei = Gao fen zi dian jie zhi-jiao ti fu he ti xi de xiang hu zuo yong he ji hua lü / Zheng Guoji. / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Polyelectrolyte Colloid Complex --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Image charges --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Objective of the thesis --- p.3 / Chapter 2 --- Equations for induced image charges (Review) --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- Image effect --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- The potential --- p.6 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Surface charge density --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Potential energy --- p.9 / Chapter 3 --- Polarizability of a polyelectrolyte colloid complex --- p.11 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.11 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Simulation Model --- p.12 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Energy of the Complex --- p.13 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Dipole of the Complex --- p.15 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Thermal Energy --- p.18 / Chapter 3.3 --- Calculating Method --- p.18 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Monte Carlo Simulation --- p.19 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Partition Function Calculation --- p.20 / Chapter 3.4 --- Polarizability --- p.22 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Compare polarizability of the complex with a permanent dipole --- p.22 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Results and Discussion --- p.23 / Chapter 3.5 --- Effect of image charges for the complex --- p.33 / Chapter 3.6 --- Conclusion --- p.37 / Chapter 4 --- Correlation and Interaction of complexes - without induced charges --- p.38 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.38 / Chapter 4.2 --- The Simulation Model --- p.39 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Energy of the system --- p.40 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Dipole Moment --- p.42 / Chapter 4.3 --- Results and Discussion --- p.43 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Polarizability of complex --- p.43 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Correlations between two complexes --- p.46 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Potential of mean force --- p.50 / Chapter 4.4 --- Conclusion --- p.52 / Chapter 5 --- Correlation between Two Complexes - with induced charges --- p.53 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.53 / Chapter 5.2 --- Induced Surface Charges --- p.54 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Surface charges --- p.54 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Energy of system --- p.55 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Dipole Moment --- p.57 / Chapter 5.3 --- Results and Discussion --- p.58 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Polarizability of complexes --- p.59 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Correlation between two complexes --- p.61 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Potential of mean force --- p.63 / Chapter 5.4 --- Conclusion --- p.64 / Chapter 6 --- Summary --- p.66 / Bibliography --- p.68 / Chapter A --- Mathematical calculation of the dipole moment of a complex --- p.74 / Chapter A.1 --- Equation of mean squared dipole --- p.74 / Chapter A.2 --- z-component of dipole and squared dipole --- p.76

Thesis (M.Sc.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2004. / Bibliography: leaves 102-112.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1999. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-123).

Rotationally averaged polarizabilities and intrinsic electric dipole moments of sodium clusters are measured and reported. The experimental method is a molecular beam deflection. Our precision is the highest (<5%) and the range of the cluster sizes is the broadest to date (Na₁₀ ∼ Na₃₀₀). Compared to the earlier measurements, our data covers all sizes with no gaps up to the largest cluster. The fine structure in the polarizability curve is previously unobserved. We have carefully ruled out several possible explanations. And we find an earlier existing theory could explain the facts but will lead to magic numbers which were not seen in some previous experiments. A detailed theory is needed to understand the behaviors we see. Intrinsic electric dipole moments (EDM) of sodium clusters are probed to answer the intriguing question: Do metal clusters develop electric dipole moments like molecules? Some theories have predicted the existence of EDM in ground state sodium clusters and gave their magnitudes. We put upper bounds on the EDM of sodium clusters and find that they are orders of magnitude smaller than the predictions. This provokes an interesting question: how can one define metallicity in metal clusters? Our measurements are performed at cryogenic temperature 20 Kelvin. At this temperature the clusters are believed to be in their vibronic ground states.