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1. Applications of Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Non-destructive Analysis of Plant Cell Walls and Engineered Soil Surrogates

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Author:
Werner, Mark Andrew
Title:
Applications of Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Non-destructive Analysis of Plant Cell Walls and Engineered Soil Surrogates
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
plant cell walls
cellulose
Engineered soil surrogates
hemicellulose
pectin
pesticides
probe molecules
cross polarization
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File:
Download Thesis_final_3.pdf
Committee Members:
Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

2. Modeling and predicting co-translational protein folding with chemical kinetic and molecular dynamic simulations

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Author:
Nissley, Daniel
Title:
Modeling and predicting co-translational protein folding with chemical kinetic and molecular dynamic simulations
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
co-translational folding
protein synthesis
protein folding
synonymous codon
non-equilibrium
File:
Download Nissley_Dan_PhD_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward P. O'Brien, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Patrick O'Brien Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
William George Noid, Committee Member
Reka Z Albert, Outside Member

3. Polymer-Based Experimental Model Systems for Intracellular Organization

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Author:
Marianelli, Allyson
Title:
Polymer-Based Experimental Model Systems for Intracellular Organization
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
liquid liquid phase separation
macromolecular crowding
coacervation
giant vesicle
protocell
microfluidics
File:
Download Thesis_vFinal_112930.pdf
Committee Members:
Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Scott Eugene Lindner, Outside Member

4. PROBING INTERFACIAL WATER STRUCTURE NEXT TO LIPID MEMBRANES USING VIBRATIONAL SUM FREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY

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Author:
Pullanchery Sankara Narayanan, Saranya
Title:
PROBING INTERFACIAL WATER STRUCTURE NEXT TO LIPID MEMBRANES USING VIBRATIONAL SUM FREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Vibrational Sum Frequency Spectroscopy
Interfacial Water Structure
Phospholipid monolayers
Ion-Lipid Interactions
File:
Download Saranya_Pullanchery_Dissertation_2018_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Paul S. Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Cremer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Outside Member

5. Sensing and Characterizing Interactions with Lipid Membranes

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Author:
Sun, Simou
Title:
Sensing and Characterizing Interactions with Lipid Membranes
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Lipid Membrane
Biosensor
Physical Chemistry
File:
Download Simou_Sun_Final_Dissertation_2019.pdf
Committee Members:
Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Cremer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Craig Eugene Cameron, Outside Member

6. SYNTHESIS AND METAL-INSULATOR TRANSITION PROPERTIES OF VANADIUM DIOXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES

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Author:
Li, Xuefei
Title:
SYNTHESIS AND METAL-INSULATOR TRANSITION PROPERTIES OF VANADIUM DIOXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
metal oxides
metal-insulator transition
vanadium dioxide
nanostructures
hybrid particles
interfaces
File:
Download Xuefei_Li_dissertation_xul125_20190109.pdf
Committee Members:
Raymond E. Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond E. Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine D. Keating, Committee Member
Thomas E. Mallouk, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Outside Member

8. NMR, X-RAY, AND INFRARED CHARACTERIZATION OF DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURE IN IONIC LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS

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Author:
Uitvlugt, Caleb
Title:
NMR, X-RAY, AND INFRARED CHARACTERIZATION OF DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURE IN IONIC LIQUIDS AND SOLIDS
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
NMR
IR
XRD
Ionic Liquids
Dynamics
Structure
File:
Download NMR_X-ray_and_Infrared_Characterization_of_Dynamics_and_Structure_in_Ionic_Liquids_and_Solids.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark Maroncelli, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

9. MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF IONIC LIQUIDS AND IONIC LIQUID - CONVENTIONAL SOLVENT MIXTURES

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Author:
Conway, Brian
Title:
MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF IONIC LIQUIDS AND IONIC LIQUID - CONVENTIONAL SOLVENT MIXTURES
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
molecular dynamics
ionic liquids
classical simulation
spectroscopy
chemistry
physical chemistry
mixtures
ions
diffusion
rotation
solvation dynamics
File:
Download final_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark Maroncelli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
William Noid, Committee Member
Janna Maranas, Outside Member

10. Analysis of Spin Probe Viability for Protein Structure Investigation Using Advanced Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Techniques

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Open Access
Author:
Ebersol, Lauren
Title:
Analysis of Spin Probe Viability for Protein Structure Investigation Using Advanced Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Techniques
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
EPR
site-directed spin labeling
unnatural amino acids
MTSSL
DEER
protein structure
File:
Download masters_thesis_LAE.pdf
Committee Members:
Alexey Silakov, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member

13. Kinetic Modeling of the Ensemble of Pathways Present in Conformational Dynamics

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Author:
Wolfe, David K
Title:
Kinetic Modeling of the Ensemble of Pathways Present in Conformational Dynamics
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Chemical Physics
Markov State Models
Chain-of-States
First Passage Time
Kramers Theory
File:
Download Wolfe_MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Edward Patrick O'Brien, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
William George Noid, Committee Member

14. Rate enhancement of chemical reactions using nanoscale heating generated by the photothermal effect of gold nanoparticles

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Author:
Van Burns, Emma Nicholson
Title:
Rate enhancement of chemical reactions using nanoscale heating generated by the photothermal effect of gold nanoparticles
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
photothermal heating
polyurethane
kinetics
gold nanoparticles
localized surface plasmon resonance
plasmonic heating
photothermal effect
File:
Download YourName-Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Outside Member

15. LOW-DOSE HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF CARBON NANOTHREADS SYNTHESIZED FROM BENZENE DERIVATIVES

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Author:
Juhl, Stephen
Title:
LOW-DOSE HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OF CARBON NANOTHREADS SYNTHESIZED FROM BENZENE DERIVATIVES
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Electron Microscopy
TEM
Carbon
Nanothreads
Diamondoid
Low Dose
Nanomaterials
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Member
Nasim Alem, Outside Member

17. Bioinspired mineralizing microenvironments based on liquid-liquid phase coexistance

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Author:
Gulley, Morgan
Title:
Bioinspired mineralizing microenvironments based on liquid-liquid phase coexistance
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Liquid-liquid phase separation
Biomineralization
ATPS
Artificial Mineralizing Vesicle
A3PS
File:
Download Gulley_Morgan_L_MS_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Christine Dolan Keating, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member

18. RUTHENIUM BASED HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS FOR THE HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTION IN HIGHLY ACIDIC ELECTROLYTES

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Author:
Seth, Kriti
Title:
RUTHENIUM BASED HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSTS FOR THE HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTION IN HIGHLY ACIDIC ELECTROLYTES
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Electrocatalysis
Water-Splitting
phosphides
intermetallics
File:
Download MS_Thesis_Penn_State_Kriti_Seth_3.pdf
Committee Members:
Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member

19. STRUCTURE-CORRELATED OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MONOLAYER-PROTECTED METAL CLUSTERS STUDIED THROUGH MAGNETO-OPTICAL AND TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIES

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Author:
Herbert, Patrick John
Title:
STRUCTURE-CORRELATED OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF MONOLAYER-PROTECTED METAL CLUSTERS STUDIED THROUGH MAGNETO-OPTICAL AND TIME-RESOLVED SPECTROSCOPIES
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy
Nanomaterials
Clusters
File:
Download ThesisPJH_PostDefense.pdf
Committee Members:
Kenneth L. Knappenberger Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth L. Knappenberger Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member