University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Open Access Dissertations 2-2012 Design of Hybrid Conjugated Polymer Materials: 1) Novel Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Semiconductors and 2) Surface Modification Via Grafting Approaches Joseph J. Peterson University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations Part of the Engineering Commons, and the Polymer Chemistry Commons Recommended Citation Peterson, Joseph J., "Design of Hybrid Conjugated Polymer Materials: 1) Novel Inorganic/Organic Hybrid Semiconductors and 2) Surface Modification Via Grafting Approaches" (2012). Open Access Dissertations. 534. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/open_access_dissertations/534 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Open Access Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. DESIGN OF HYBRID CONJUGATED POLYMER MATERIALS: 1) NOVEL INORGANIC/ORGANIC HYBRID SEMICONDUCTORS AND 2) SURFACE MODIFICATION VIA GRAFTING APPROACHES A Dissertation Presented by JOSEPH J. PETERSON Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY February 2012 Polymer Science and Engineering Department © Copyright by Joseph J. Peterson 2012 All Rights Reserved DESIGN OF HYBRID CONJUGATED POLYMER MATERIALS: 1) NOVEL INORGANIC/ORGANIC HYBRID SEMICONDUCTORS AND 2) SURFACE MODIFICATION VIA GRAFTING APPROACHES A Dissertation Presented by JOSEPH J. PETERSON Approved as to style and content by: Kenneth R. Carter, Chair E. Bryan Coughlin, Member Paul M. Lahti, Member David A. Hoagland, Head Polymer Science and Engineering For my loving wife and Family ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am grateful to the many people who encouraged, helped, and enabled me on this journey in my life.