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Author:

Weiss, Philip Andrew

Title:

Theoretical Simulations of Sum-frequency Generation spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Sum-frequency generation
theory
plasmonics

File:

Download 1-PhilipWeiss-PSUThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lasse Jensen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Giordano, Andrea Nicole

Title:

Using Steady-state Vibrational Spectroscopy to Characterize the Effect that Molecular Environments have on the Kinetics of Chemical Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Raman Spectroscopy
IR Spectroscopy
Molecular environments
Kinetics
Fe(CO)3(eta^4-norbornadiene)

File:

Download Andrea_Giordano_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Renee Denise Diehl, Special Member

Author:

Biacchi, Adam Joseph

Title:

The Colloidal Chemistry Synthesis and Electron Microscopy Characterization of Shape-controlled Metal and Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloidal nanocrystals
shape-controlled nanoparticles
rhodium
tin sulfide
solution synthesis
HRTEM

File:

Download Biacchi_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Thaplyal, Pallavi

Title:

Investigations of the Mechanistic Pathways of the Hepatitis Delta Virus Ribozyme

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Ribozyme
Kinetics
HDV
pKa
QM/MM
Thio Effects
Metal Ion Rescue

File:

Download Thesis_PTFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Special Member