Molecular Photovoltaics in Nanoscale Dimension

This review focuses on the intrinsic charge transport in organic photovoltaic (PVC) devices and field-effect transistors (SAM-OFETs) fabricated by vapor phase molecular self-assembly (VP-SAM) method. The dynamics of charge transport are determined and used to clarify a transport mechanism. The 1,4,5,8-naphthalene-tetracarboxylic diphenylimide (NTCDI) SAM devices provide a useful tool to study the fundamentals of polaronic transport at organic surfaces and to discuss the performance of organic photovoltaic devices in nanoscale. Time-resolved photovoltaic studies allow us to separate the charge annihilation kinetics in the conductive NTCDI channel from the overall charge kinetic in a SAM-OFET device. It has been demonstrated that tuning of the type of conductivity in NTCDI SAM-OFET devices is possible by changing Si substrate doping. Our study of the polaron charge transfer in organic materials proposes that a cation-radical exchange (redox) mechanism is the major transport mechanism in the studied SAM-PVC devices. The role and contribution of the transport through delocalized states of redox active surface molecular aggregates of NTCDI are exposed and investigated. This example of technological development is used to highlight the significance of future technological development of nanotechnologies and to appreciate a structure-property paradigm in organic nanostructures

Righteous Gentile and Divine Daughter: An Analysis of Bat Pharaoh's Character and Identity in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Times

RELIGION RIGHTEOUS GENTILE AND DIVINE DAUGHTER: AN ANALYSIS OF BAT PHARAOH’S CHARACTER AND IDENTITY IN ANCIENT, MEDIEVAL, AND MODERN TIMES DANIELLA PRESSNER Thesis under the direction of Professor Annalisa Azzoni This thesis explores the character of Bat Pharaoh in the Exodus 2:1-10 narrative and the interpretations of this story in traditional Jewish scholarship. By analyzing myths as dynamic and changing depending on the societies that create and promulgate their variations, it investigates how earlier traditions shape and perpetuate the social and cultural expectations of their time and how foundational myths function to create identity, meaning, and purpose for the societies in which they are imagined. The extent to which the commentators are willing to address the conflicts presented in the biblical narrative is, in many ways, reflective of the societies and cultures for which they write and the anxieties and aspirations of their times. While the rabbis of the Talmud and Midrash present an ongoing struggle between Bat Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Moses, God, and Israel, the commentators in the medieval time period are more interested in viewing the textual ambiguities as part of the divine plan or inner logic of the story. Feminist scholarship focuses on finding ways to make the stories of old relevant and purposeful for the communities for which the myth is being retold today. By focusing on the nuances contributed by each commentary to the myth, this work offers a new perspective regarding the characteristics that are considered less crucial, as well as those that are vital in creating the boundary lines of our existence and our self-identification as a nation. Approved _________________________________________________ Date ______________

CONTINGENT AND NONCONTINGENT FEEDBACK, EXPECTANCIES, AND THEIR EFFECTS IN EEG BIOFEEDBACK TRAINING.

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