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\setlength\parindent{0pt}
\setlength{\parskip}{1em}
\usepackage{enumitem}
+\setlist{noitemsep, topsep=0pt, parsep=0pt, partopsep=0pt}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}
\newcommand{\RomanNumeral}[1]{\textrm{\uppercase\expandafter{\romannumeral #1\relax}}}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
@@ -95,13 +96,23 @@
\makeglossaries
\include{glossary}
+
+\usepackage{tocloft}
+
+\setlength\cftparskip{0pt}
+\setlength\cftbeforechapskip{-5pt}
+\setlength\cftbeforesecskip{-7pt}
+\setlength\cftbeforesubsecskip{-10pt}
+
\begin{document}
+% pre ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
\begin{centering}
\thispagestyle{empty}
% TITLE PAGE
-Strategies for Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy of Semiconductors \\
+\textbf{Spectroscopy and Such (Working Title)} \\
\vspace{80 pt}
By \\
Blaise Jonathan Thompson \\
@@ -136,8 +147,6 @@ This dissertation is approved by the following members of the Final Oral Committ
\listoffigures
\listoftables
-\doublespacing % double spacing required for body of paper
-
% ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
\cleardoublepage
\chapter*{Acknowledgments}
@@ -152,46 +161,55 @@ This dissertation is approved by the following members of the Final Oral Committ
\pagenumbering{gobble}
\cleardoublepage
-\begin{singlespace}
-
\setlength{\parskip}{\baselineskip}
\vspace*{2 cm}
-\noindent \emph{The explanatory stories that people find compelling are simple; are concrete rather than abstract; assign a larger role to talent, stupidity and intentions than to luck; and focus on a few striking events that happened rather than on the countless events that failed to happen.}
+\noindent \emph{The explanatory stories that people find compelling are simple; are concrete rather
+ than abstract; assign a larger role to talent, stupidity and intentions than to luck; and focus
+ on a few striking events that happened rather than on the countless events that failed to
+ happen.}
-\noindent \emph{The ultimate test of an explanation is whether it would have made the event predictable in advance.}
+\noindent \emph{The ultimate test of an explanation is whether it would have made the event
+ predictable in advance.}
-\noindent \emph{Paradoxically, it is easier to construct a coherent story when you know little, when there are fewer pieces to fit into the puzzle. Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.}
+\noindent \emph{Paradoxically, it is easier to construct a coherent story when you know little,
+ when there are fewer pieces to fit into the puzzle. Our comforting conviction that the world
+ makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.}
\hfill -- Daniel Kahneman \cite{KahnemanDaniel2013.000}
\cleardoublepage
-\end{singlespace}
-
\pagebreak
+\doublespacing % double spacing required for body of paper
\pagenumbering{arabic}
-%chapters
-\include{introduction}
-\include{spectroscopy}
-\include{materials}
-\include{software}
-\include{instrument}
-\include{PbSe}
-\include{MX2}
-\include{BiVO4}
-
-%appendix
+% chapters ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\include{introduction/chapter}
+\include{spectroscopy/chapter}
+\include{materials/chapter}
+\include{software/chapter}
+\include{instrument/chapter}
+\include{PbSe/chapter}
+\include{MX2/chapter}
+\include{BiVO4/chapter}
+
+% appendix -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
\begin{appendix}
-\include{public}
-\include{procedures}
-\include{hardware}
-\include{readme}
+\include{public/chapter}
+\include{procedures/chapter}
+\include{hardware/chapter}
+\include{colophon/chapter}
\end{appendix}
+% post --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+\pagenumbering{gobble}
+
\singlespacing
\renewcommand{\arraystretch}{2} % there is probably a better way...
\printglossaries