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Author:

Fleeger, Claire Rene

Title:

Characterization of Cesium Sites Within Zeolites using Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

NMR
zeolites
cesium

File:

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Committee Members:

Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Todd Mueller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Tyo, Eric Christopher

Title:

EXPLORING CATALYTIC ACTIVE SITES: INVESTIGATIONS OF ACTIVATED OXYGEN SPECIES AND SUPERATOMIC MIMICS IN THE GAS-PHASE

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

clusters
superatom
catalysis

File:

Download EricCTyoDissertationFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

Author:

Koback, Meghan Jo

Title:

Giant Lipid Vesicles Encapsulating A Synthetic Cytoplasm As A Model System To Investigate Cellular Fission and Differentiation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ATPS
Aqueous phase separation
Aqueous Two-Phase System
Polyethylene glycol
Dextran
Giant Vesicles (GVs)
lipid bilayer
vesicles
liposomes

File:

Download thesis_4_9_12_130pm.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Special Member

Author:

Nangia, Shivangi

Title:

Molecular Dynamics Simulations of MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION (MALD)

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI)
Chemistry at HARvard Molecular Mechanics (CHARMM)

File:

Download MS_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara Jane Garrison, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Brenes, Daniel A

Title:

Fundamental studies of the interaction between energetic C60 ion beams with inorganic and organic solid surfaces

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Time-of-flight secondary neutral mass spectrometry
sputtering
c60 ion beams
angular distribution
kinetic energy distribution

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Winograd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member

Author:

Li, Wei

Title:

Design and Synthesis of Chiral Ligands and Their Applications in Transition Metal-catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

synthesis
chiral ligand
asymmetric catalysis
transition metal

File:

Download Doctoral_Disseration.Wei_Li.Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Gong Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Dr Qing Wang, Committee Member
Dr Xumu Zhang, Special Member

Author:

Nilson, Mark G

Title:

Total Syntheses of the Marine Natural Products (‒)-nakadomarin A and (±)-cortistatin J via Iminium Ion Cyclizations

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

total synthesis
nakadomarin
enecarbamate
Michael addition
N-acyliminium ion
metathesis
cortistatin
(4 + 3) cyclization

File:

Download Mark_G_Nilson_Chemistry_PhD_final_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

RAYMOND LEE FUNK, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Trent Feldman, Committee Member
Steven M Weinreb, Committee Member
John Patrick Vanden Heuvel, Committee Member

Author:

Pensack, Ryan

Title:

Measuring the Barrier to Charge Transfer State Dissociation in Organic Photovoltaic Materials with Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy
charge transfer state
organic photovoltaics

File:

Download Ryan_Pensack_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Gunaratne, K. Don Dasitha

Title:

Photoelectron Imaging Spectroscopic Investigations of Transition Metal Silicides and Oxides

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Photoelectron spectroscopy
Electron Imaging
Photoelectron Angular Distribution
Transition metal
Silicon
Zinc Oxide

File:

Download Thesis_-_Don_Gunaratne.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Sacher, Joshua Ryan

Title:

Progress Toward a Total Synthesis of the Lycopodium Alkaloid Lycopladine H

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

organic
synthesis
lycopodium
lycopladine
quinone ketal
oxidative dearomatization
hydroaminomethylation
Henry reaction

File:

Download Sacher_-_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven M Weinreb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Lee Funk, Committee Member
Gong Chen, Committee Member
Ryan John Elias, Committee Member

Author:

Beveridge, Jacob Stanley

Title:

Differential Magnetic Catch and Release: Separation, Purification, and Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Particles Assemblies

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Magnetic Nanoparticles
Differential Magnetic Catch and Release
Hybrid Nanocrystals
Nanoparticles

File:

Download thesis_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member

Author:

Langston, Matthew Carroll

Title:

Spectroscopic Investigation of Helicobacter pylori Catalase Compound Ii

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

catalase
compound II
Mossbauer
EXAFS

File:

Download mcl_hpc-II_spectroscopic_studies.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Thomas Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Chertok, Aleksandr

Title:

Diffusiophoresis of microspheres in competing electrolyte gradients and diffusiophoresis driven migration of nanospheres and quantum dots into porous rock formations

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

diffusiophoresis
colloidal transport

File:

Download Chertok_Masters_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liang, Min

Title:

Solvation and electron transfer in ionic liquids

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Solvation dynamics
ionic liquids
bimolecular electron transfer

File:

Download Min_Liang_final_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Maroncelli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member

Author:

Sines, Ian Thomas

Title:

Chemical synthesis and modification of target phases of chalcogenide nanomaterials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoparticles
Conversion chemistry
Chalcogenides
Non-equilibrium phases
Superconductors
Single crystals

File:

Download Sines_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member

Author:

Stephens, Jason Robert

Title:

Measuring and Controlling the Transport of Magnetic Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Magnetic Nanoparticles
Separation
Transport
Linked Assembly

File:

Download Thesis_Edits.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Committee Member

Author:

Coppock, Matthew Bradford

Title:

Self-complementary Heterofunctional and Chiral Artificial Oligopeptides Substituted with Metal Binding Ligands

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

artificial oligopeptide
ligandoside
self-assembly
PNA

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Penn_State_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member

Author:

Bondi, James Fumiya

Title:

Synthesis of early transition metal and non-equilibrium intermetallic nanoparticles using n-butyllithium

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanoparticle
n-butyllithium
early transition metal
non-equilibrium
intermetallic
solid state

File:

Download Bondi_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Member
Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Motl, Nathan Edward

Title:

Synthesis and Applications of Gold and Gold-copper Alloy Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloidal hybrid nanoparticles
nanoparticle heterodimers
chemical transformations
AuCu
Au
Cu2S
plasmon
alloy nanoparticle
composition tunable

File:

Download Nathan_Motls_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Wostenberg, Christopher William

Title:

The role of dsRBDs in the miRNA maturation pathway

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

dsRBD
miRNA
NMR
MD
DGCR8
Dicer
Drosha
IDP
FCP1
RAP74

File:

Download Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott A Showalter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Andrey S Krasilnikov, Committee Member