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Author:: Sambhy, Varun
Title:: ANTIBACTERIAL POLYMERS AND FUNCTIONAL NANOCOMPOSITES; CARBON DIOXIDE POISONING IN ALKALINE FUEL CELLS
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: silver
nanocomposites
antibacterial
polymer
fuel cells
lipid membrane
File:: Download Varun_Thesis_MAIN-shivji999.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Blake R Peterson, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

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Author:: Clayton, William B
Title:: STUDIES TOWARD THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF STREPTORUBIN B
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: streptorubin
iodonium salts
metathesis
File:: Download Clayton_Final_Thesis_pdf.pdf
Committee Members:: Ken S Feldman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Gong Chen, Committee Member
Scott T Phillips, Committee Member
Ronald Hedden, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

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Author:: Paxton, Walter
Title:: Autonomous Motion of Catalytic Nanoparticles
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: colloids
autonomous
micropumps
nanomotors
electrophoresis
catalysis
energy transduction
File:: Download Paxton_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member

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Author:: Yang, Weiran
Title:: TRANSITION METAL CATALYZED BIOMASS CONVERSION AND POLYMER SYNTHESIS
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: ethylene polymerization
biomass conversion
transition metal
biofuel production
2.5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran
2-methylfurfural
File:: Download Weiran-Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ken S Feldman, Committee Member
Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Chunshan Song, Committee Member

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Author:: Cao, Yanyan
Title:: SYNTHESIS AND INTEGRATION OF CONJUGATED POLYMER NANOSTRUCTURES FOR SENSING AND OTHER APPLICATIONS
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: charge transport
conducting polymer
nanopartical integration
sensor
nanowires
File:: Download Yanyan_Cao_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

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Author:: Hong, Yiying
Title:: 1. Self-Propelled Synthetic Particles— From Microscopic Randomness to Macroscopic Control. 2. Selective Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation by Recyclable Poly(allylamine) Gel-Supported Palladium(0) Nanoparticles
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: micromotor
nanomotor
self-propulsion
phototaxis
diffusiophoresis
catalysis
titanium dioxide
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Committee Members:: Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

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Author:: Wang, Yang
Title:: POWERED MOTION AT MICRO/NANOSCALES AND CONTROLLED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CATALYTIC MOTORS
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: nanofabrication
electroanalysis
colloidal science
microfluids
microscopy
File:: Download _Yang_Wang__PSU_Chemistry_2009.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

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Author:: Chen, Ying
Title:: COPOLYMERIZATION OF POLAR/NON-POLAR MONOMERS: FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION AND PALLADIUM CATALYZED POLYMERIZATION
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Palladium catalyst
Lewis acid
insertion polymerization
Radical polymerization
File:: Download thesis-ying_chen.pdf
Committee Members:: Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
T C Mike Chung, Committee Member

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Author:: Yan, Yongjun
Title:: DEVELOPMENT OF EFFICIENT PHOSPHORUS LIGANDS FOR TRANSITION METAL CATALYZED REACTIONS
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Rhodium
Hydroformylation
Hydrogenation
Phosphorus Ligand
Catalyst
File:: Download YongjunYanThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Xumu Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Trent Feldman, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member

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Author:: Sparks, Justin Ryan
Title:: High Pressure Chemical Deposition in Extreme Aspect Ratio Templates for Semiconductor Optical Fiber Applications
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Optical Fibers
Photonics
High Pressure
Templated Growth
ZnSe
File:: Download Sparks_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

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