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1. Brush-shaped Hybrid Polyphosphazenes for Advanced Biomaterial Applications And Substituent Exchange Reactions Based on Cyclic, Oligomeric And Polymeric Phosphazenes

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Author:
Liu, Xiao
Title:
Brush-shaped Hybrid Polyphosphazenes for Advanced Biomaterial Applications And Substituent Exchange Reactions Based on Cyclic, Oligomeric And Polymeric Phosphazenes
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
polyphosphazene
exchange reaction
brush polymer
antibacterial
drug release
File:
Download PhD_Dissertation_Xiao_Liu_Chemistry__Allcock_group_.pdf
Committee Members:
Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry R Allcock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John V Badding, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

2. High Pressure Chemical Deposition in Extreme Aspect Ratio Templates for Semiconductor Optical Fiber Applications

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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

3. The Self- and Directed Assembly of Nanowires

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Author:
Smith, Benjamin David
Title:
The Self- and Directed Assembly of Nanowires
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Nanowires
Nanotubes
Gold
Silica
Self-Assembly
Sedimentation
van der Waals
Aspect Ratio
Density
Electrostatics
Particle
File:
Download Smith_Benjamin_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Kristen Ann Fichthorn, Committee Member

4. Methods to Accelerate the Rate of Head-to-tail Depolymerization of Poly(carbamates) in Low Polarity Environments

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Author:
Schmid, Kyle M
Title:
Methods to Accelerate the Rate of Head-to-tail Depolymerization of Poly(carbamates) in Low Polarity Environments
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
depolymerization
amplification
poly(carbamate)
azquinone methide
controlled release
File:
Download KMS_THESIS_CORRECTED_FINAL_2.pdf
Committee Members:
Scott T Phillips, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Trent Feldman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
RAYMOND LEE FUNK, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

5. Understanding the propulsion and assembly of autonomous nano- and micromotors powered by chemical gradients and ultrasound

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Author:
Wang, Wei
Title:
Understanding the propulsion and assembly of autonomous nano- and micromotors powered by chemical gradients and ultrasound
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Nanomotors
Numerical simulation
Energy efficiency
Ultrasound
Particle interactions
Self-assembly
File:
Download Wei_Wang_thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

6. Monte Carlo simulations of enzyme catalyzed single and multistep reactions

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Author:
Nangia, Shivangi
Title:
Monte Carlo simulations of enzyme catalyzed single and multistep reactions
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Monte Carlo
enzyme catalyzed reactions
activation energy
temperature
diffusion
colocalization
File:
Download Shivangi_Nangia_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:
James Bernhard Anderson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member

7. Proton-coupled Electron Transfer Reactions: Electrochemical Method Development and Applications

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Author:
Fernandez, Laura Elizabeth
Title:
Proton-coupled Electron Transfer Reactions: Electrochemical Method Development and Applications
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer
PCET
Electrochemistry
Theoretical
File:
Download Thesis-FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

8. Molecular Self-Assembly For Biological Investigations and Nanoscale Lithography

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Author:
Cheunkar, Sarawut
Title:
Molecular Self-Assembly For Biological Investigations and Nanoscale Lithography
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
self-assembled monolayers
g-protein coupled receptors
alkanethiols
lithography
and microcontact insertion printing
File:
Download Sarawut_Final_Dissertation_Submission_fixed.pdf
Committee Members:
Paul S Weiss, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Anne M Andrews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
David John Vandenbergh, Special Member

9. Molecular Dynamics Investigations of Energetic Cluster Bombardment of Metal-organic Interfaces and Organic Solids

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Author:
Kennedy, Paul Earl
Title:
Molecular Dynamics Investigations of Energetic Cluster Bombardment of Metal-organic Interfaces and Organic Solids
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
molecular dynamics simulations
MD
cluster bombardment
C60
secondary ion mass spectrometry
SIMS
File:
Download Thesis_Paul_Kennedy_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

11. Mechanistic, Spectroscopic and Structural Characterization of Two Novel Reactions Catalyzed by Radical S-adenosylmethionine Dependent Enzymes

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Author:
Grove, Tyler L
Title:
Mechanistic, Spectroscopic and Structural Characterization of Two Novel Reactions Catalyzed by Radical S-adenosylmethionine Dependent Enzymes
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Radical
Radical SAM
Fe/S
SPASM
5'-dA
SAM
Methylation
Antibiotic Resistance
Cfr
RlmN
anSMEcpe
radical SAM dehydrogenas
File:
Download TG_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:
Squire J Booker, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Squire J Booker, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Christopher Howard House, Special Member

12. Translational and Rotational Diffusion in Ionic Liquids

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Author:
Kaintz, Anne Elizabeth
Title:
Translational and Rotational Diffusion in Ionic Liquids
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
diffusion
hydrodynamic
Inversion Recovery
ionic liquid
PFG-NMR
rotation
Stokes Einstein Debye
translation
viscosity
File:
Download Diffusion_in_Ionic_Liquids.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark Maroncelli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Special Member

13. New Advances in the Controlled-Release of Alcohols: (O,O)-Acetal Reagents for Activity-Based Detection and the Controlled-Release of Alcohols

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Author:
Nunez, Sean Andrew
Title:
New Advances in the Controlled-Release of Alcohols: (O,O)-Acetal Reagents for Activity-Based Detection and the Controlled-Release of Alcohols
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Controlled release
self-immolation
acetal
quinone methide
stimuli-responsive
detection
alcohols
File:
Download S-NunezThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Scott T Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. The Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Polyphosphazenes for Hard Tissue Engineering

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Author:
Morozowich, Nicole Lynn
Title:
The Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Polyphosphazenes for Hard Tissue Engineering
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Polyphosphazne
Bioerodible
Biomimetic
Hard Tissue Engineering
Vitamin
Antioxidant
Hydroxyapatite
Hydrogel
ToF-SIMS
File:
Download Morozowich_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

15. Specific and Non-specific Interaction of M13 Bacteriophage Proteins with Inorganic Nanomaterials

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Author:
Essinger-hileman, Elizabeth Ruth
Title:
Specific and Non-specific Interaction of M13 Bacteriophage Proteins with Inorganic Nanomaterials
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
inorganic nanomaterials
M13 bacteriophage
specific peptides
material specificity
nanoparticles
specific peptides
File:
Download Final_Thesis_EEH.pdf
Committee Members:
Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

16. Applications of Time-dependent Quantum Mechanics to Resonantly-enhanced Linear and Nonlinear Optical Processes

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Author:
Silverstein, Daniel William
Title:
Applications of Time-dependent Quantum Mechanics to Resonantly-enhanced Linear and Nonlinear Optical Processes
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
Linear Optical Properties
Nonlinear Optical Properties
Raman Scattering
File:
Download DanielSilverstein-PSUThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Lasse Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Victor Nistor, Special Member

17. Strategies for the Total Synthesis of Inorganic Nanostructures

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Author:
Buck, Matthew Robert
Title:
Strategies for the Total Synthesis of Inorganic Nanostructures
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
materials
synthesis
nanoscience
hybrid
nanoparticles
colloids
File:
Download Buck_Dissertation_FINAL_5_30_13.pdf
Committee Members:
Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

19. Studies on the Exfoliation, Reassembly and Applications of Layered Materials

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Author:
Henderson, Camden Neil
Title:
Studies on the Exfoliation, Reassembly and Applications of Layered Materials
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Layered Perovskites
Perchlorate Rememdiation
Tungsten Disulfide Exfoliation
Proton Conductivity
File:
Download CamdenHenderson-Dissertation_sequence.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Clive A Randall, Committee Member

20. Organometallics For The Development Of Self-motile And Crack Repair Systems

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Author:
Pavlick, Ryan Anthony
Title:
Organometallics For The Development Of Self-motile And Crack Repair Systems
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
organometallics
motors
nanomotors
catalysis
File:
Download Thesis_RyanPavlick_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Special Member

21. Expansion Of The Class Ic Ribonucleotide Reductase, Conversion of A Class Ic To A Class Ia, And Subunit Swapping Between The classes

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Author:
Zrelak, Gordon Michael
Title:
Expansion Of The Class Ic Ribonucleotide Reductase, Conversion of A Class Ic To A Class Ia, And Subunit Swapping Between The classes
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Ribonucleotide Reductase
iron and manganese dependent
Tyrosyl radical
File:
Download GZ_MSThesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

23. Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Fabrication and light Trapping Modifications

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Author:
Friesen, Stuart Aaron
Title:
Dye-sensitized Solar Cell Fabrication and light Trapping Modifications
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
robust fabrication process
inverse opal
stop band
Wood's anomalies
File:
Download Friesen_absolutefinal_7.15.13.pdf
Committee Members:
Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Todd Mueller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

24. Recognition and Self... In Metal Directed Assembly of Palindromic Artificial Oligopeptides

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Author:
Gallagher, Joy Ann
Title:
Recognition and Self... In Metal Directed Assembly of Palindromic Artificial Oligopeptides
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Self-Assembly
Supramolecular
Copper
Palindromic
Biomimetic
Artificial Oligopeptide
Inorganic Architectures
File:
Download Gallagher_JA_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

25. mechanistic analysis of the tryptophan biosynthetic enzyme indole-3-glycerol phosphate synthase

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Author:
Zaccardi, Margot Joan
Title:
mechanistic analysis of the tryptophan biosynthetic enzyme indole-3-glycerol phosphate synthase
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
indole-3-glycerol phosphate synthase
enzyme kinetics
mechanism of IGPS
thermophilic enzymes
enzyme engineering
File:
Download Zaccardi_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
David D Boehr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Craig Eugene Cameron, Special Member

26. Charge Transport in Colloidal Quantum Dot Solids

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Author:
Kim, Jihye
Title:
Charge Transport in Colloidal Quantum Dot Solids
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
charge transport
lead sulfide quantum dot
transient infrared absorption spectroscopy
quantum dot photovoltaics
File:
Download Jihye_Kim_final_PhD_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:
John B Asbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Tom Mallouk, Committee Member

27. Transient Infrared Spectroscopy of Charge Transport in Emerging Photovoltaic Materials.

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Open Access
Author:
Jeong, Kwang Seob
Title:
Transient Infrared Spectroscopy of Charge Transport in Emerging Photovoltaic Materials.
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Transient infrared spectroscopy
PbS CQD
Nanomaterials
Organic photovoltaic materials
Solar cell.
File:
Download Dissertation_Kwang_Seob_Jeong_Final.pdf
Committee Members:
John B Asbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member

29. Development and utilization of spectroscopic and chemical methodologies for investigating pKa shifting in nucleic acids

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Open Access
Author:
Wilcox, Jennifer Lynn
Title:
Development and utilization of spectroscopic and chemical methodologies for investigating pKa shifting in nucleic acids
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
RNA
nucleic acids
2-aminopurine fluorescence
pKa shifting
File:
Download Wilcox_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Andrey S Krasilnikov, Committee Member

31. Studies toward (i) a depolymerizable poly(vinylcarbamate) and (ii) a turn-off fluorescent sensor for β-D-galactosidase

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Author:
Kaweesi, Henry
Title:
Studies toward (i) a depolymerizable poly(vinylcarbamate) and (ii) a turn-off fluorescent sensor for β-D-galactosidase
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
depolymerization
poly(carbamates)
stimulus responsive end-cap
fluorescence
turn-off sensor
anthracene diboronic acid
File:
Download Henry_Kaweesi__Final_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Scott T Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

32. DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL METHODOLOGY TO DETERMINE THE FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF DISORDER IN THE FCP1/RAP74 BINDING INTERACTION

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Author:
Lawrence, Chad William
Title:
DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL METHODOLOGY TO DETERMINE THE FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF DISORDER IN THE FCP1/RAP74 BINDING INTERACTION
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
FCP1
Intrinsically Disordered Proteins
IDP
NMR
13C-direct detection
File:
Download Chad_Lawrence_Thesis_2013.pdf
Committee Members:
Scott A Showalter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member

33. The Photophysics of Anthracene and Bianthryl as Indicators of Nanoscale Structural Effects in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids

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Author:
Schesser, Jacob Glenn
Title:
The Photophysics of Anthracene and Bianthryl as Indicators of Nanoscale Structural Effects in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Ionic Liquids
Structure in Ionic Liquids
Electron Transfer
Spectroscopy
Bianthryl
Anthracene
File:
Download JSchesser_MSThesis_Combined.pdf
Committee Members:
Mark Maroncelli, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

34. Development of a Novel Electro-optical Vibrational Spectroscopy Technique to Inform Organic Electronic Materials Design

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Author:
Averill, Christopher Michael
Title:
Development of a Novel Electro-optical Vibrational Spectroscopy Technique to Inform Organic Electronic Materials Design
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Organic Electronics
Infrared Spectroscopy
Electro-Optical Spectroscopy
Flexible Electronics
File:
Download Averill_Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
John B Asbury, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

35. Development of a photoacoustic instrument for the determination of the photothermal properties of nanoparticles

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Author:
Wrubel, Joshua Michael
Title:
Development of a photoacoustic instrument for the determination of the photothermal properties of nanoparticles
Graduate Program:
Chemistry
Keywords:
chemistry
analytical
photoacoustic
nanoparticles
gold
iron oxide
laser
TEM
File:
Download Wrubel_Joshua_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:
Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lawrence Allara, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor