Hydrogen Adsorption by Alkali Metal Graphite Intercalation Compounds

There are many people that I would like to acknowledge for their help during my Ph.D. studies. First, I thank my thesis advisor, Prof. Brent Fultz, for his exceptionally thoughtful guidance and advice. It has been a privilege, and also a pleasure, to be able to discuss research with such a distinguished scientist each week. I am also deeply indebted to my co-advisor, Dr. Channing Ahn. In addition to providing exciting research projects to work on, he has also provided a great deal of practical research knowledge. There are many people at Caltech who helped to teach me new research techniques. I particularly thank Carol Garland for her time and patience in teaching me how to use the TEM. Other people to whom I owe gratitude include: Sonjong Hwang, for collecting the NMR measurements; Liz Miura, for collecting the Raman measurements; Houria Kabbour, who taught me how to use the Sieverts instrument and was always happy to answer my many questions; Mike Vondrus, for machining a number of neutron scattering sample cans; Itzhak Halevy, for providing insight into high-pressure spectroscopy measurements; Brandon Keith, for extensive help with the molecular dynamics simulations, particularly in setting up the potentials, and for the help in answering my many UNIX-related questions. Max,