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Author:

Kurland, Adam Ross

Title:

Atomic-Scale Studies of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Substrate-Mediated Interactions and Interface Structures

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

substrate-mediated interactions
low temperature
STM
catalysis
spectroscopy

File:

Download KurlandPhDThesis2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Michael V Pishko, Committee Member

Author:

Schaefer, Zachary Louis

Title:

Low-Temperature Chemical Synthesis of Intermetallic, Carbide, Borocarbide, and Carbonaceous Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Boron-doped Carbons
Carbides
Carbonaceous Materials
Oxygen Reduction Reaction
Nanoparticle Synthesis
High Surface Area Materials

File:

Download Schaefer_Dissertation_Rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, 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:

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:

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

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

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

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

Author:

Swierk, John R

Title:

Electron Transfer Kinetics in Water-splitting Dye-sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cells

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Photoelectrochemical
Water oxidation
catalysis
water-splitting
TiO2

File:

Download Thesis___Swierk_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

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:

Nichol, Jessica Lee

Title:

Polyphosphazene Design, Synthesis, and Characterization for Potential Ligament and Tendon Scaffolds

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

polyphosphazene
biomedical
polymer
elastomer

File:

Download JLNichol_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Meng

Title:

Self-assemblies of Metal Cross-Linked Artificial Oligopeptides Substituted with Hydroxyquinoline Ligands

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

inorganic chemistry
self-assembly
metallic oligopeptide
electron and energy transfer
cooperativity
heterometallic complex

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Meng_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Bradley, Matthew Joseph

Title:

Developing New Synthetic Methods for Colloidal Hybrid Nanoparticles: Conversion Chemistry and Chemoselectivity

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Hybrid Nanoparticles
Conversion Chemistry
Chemoselectivity
Nanoparticle Synthesis
Heterodimers

File:

Download Matthew_Bradleys_Final_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Strayer, Megan Elizabeth

Title:

Design of functional layered oxide materials through understanding structure-property relationships

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

layered oxides; metal nanoparticles; isothermal titration calori
X-ray diffraction

File:

Download Strayer_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Vargas-barbosa, Nella Marie

Title:

Insights Into Electrochemical And Photoelectrochemical Water-splitting

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

electrochemistry
iridium oxide
solar fuels
catalysis
membrane
buffer
photo-electrochemistry
heterogeneous kintetics

File:

Download VargasBarbosaNM_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Special Member

Author:

Modzelewski, Tomasz

Title:

Design And Synthesis Of Polyphosphazenes:hard Tissue Scaffolding Biomaterials And Physically Crosslinked Elastomers

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Polymer
Polyphosphazene
Hard Tissue Engineering Scaffold
Fluorinated Elastomers

File:

Download Tomasz_Modzelewski_Dissertation_Final_Draft_06-22-15.pdf

Committee Members:

Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Tian, Zhicheng

Title:

DESIGN, SYNTHESIS, AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NEW PHOSPHAZENE RELATED MATERIALS, AND STUDY THE STRUCTURE PROPERTY CORRELATIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Polymer Chemistry
Organic Synthesis
Polyphosphazenes
Structure Property Correlations
Biomaterials
Elastomers

File:

Download Doctoral_Dissertations.pdf

Committee Members:

Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mike Hickner, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member

Author:

Mcenaney, Joshua M

Title:

Colloidal Nanochemistry Applied to the Discovery and Characterization of Earth-abundant Nanoparticles as Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Co2 Photoreduction

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanosynthesis
Water Electrolysis
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
CO2 Photoreduction
Electrocatalyst
Metal Phosphide

File:

Download Joshua_M_McEnaney_Final_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Special Member

Author:

Ahmed, Suzanne

Title:

The Control, Assembly, Shape-dependent and Material-dependent Studies of Ultrasonically Propelled Nano- and Micromotors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanorod
Nanomotor
Ultrasonically Propelled Nanomotor
Acoustic Nanomotor

File:

Download SuzanneAhmed_Dissertation_6July2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Popczun, Eric John

Title:

Nanostructured Earth-abundant Materials as Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoscience
Metal phosphide
Hydrogen evolution
Nanoparticles
Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Earth-abundant
Catalysis

File:

Download Dissertation_PopczunE_FA_15.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Kim, Juyeong

Title:

Ligand-controlled electronic properties in inorganic materials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Ruthenium complex
hydroxypyridine
TCNQ
pi-stacking
zinc oxide
coumarin 153
metal-organic framework
electronic property

File:

Download Juyeong_Kim-Dissertation-Final_very_version-0726_for_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Haas, Kaitlin Mary

Title:

Driving thermally-activated chemical reactions with molecular-scale control using the photothermal effect of gold nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

gold nanoparticles
photothermal effect
plasmon

File:

Download Haas_2015_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Special Member

Author:

Sun, Sha

Title:

OLIGOPEPTIDE DERIVATIZED [Ru(bpy)3]2+ COMPLEXES AS SCAFFOLDS FOR ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHETIC PROCESSES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

[Ru(bpy)3]2+
Artificial Photosynthesis

File:

Download Thesis_Sha_Sun.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Beth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Justin Edward

Title:

Describing the Electronic Structure of Molecules on Metal Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Electronic Structure
DFT
SERS
LC Functionals
Orbital Renormalization
QMR

File:

Download JustinMoore-PSUThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lasse Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Gerald Knizia, Committee Member

Author:

Pong, Frances Ying

Title:

Catalytic Systems used for Polymerization, Biomass Conversion, and Enhancing Diffusion

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Organometallic
Diffusion
Catalyst
NMR
Polymer

File:

Download Pong_-_Thesis_-_April_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
T C Mike Chung, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member

Author:

Bischof, Angela Maria

Title:

Spectroscopic Investigation of Ground State Charge Transfer in Organic Mixed-valence and Charge-transfer Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

organic mixed-valence
organic charge-transfer
electron transfer

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Li Li, Special Member

Author:

Cirri, Anthony

Title:

Surface chemical control over the valence electronic structure of gold nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

gold nanoparticle
surface chemistry
electron spin resonance
ligand
thiolate

File:

Download A_Cirri_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kennedy, Steven Robert

Title:

USING THE INTERVALENCE CHARGE TRANSFER BAND IN MIXED VALENCE MIXED PROTONATED METAL DITHIOLENE COMPLEXES TO FOLLOW GROUND STATE PROTON-COUPLED ELECTRON TRANSFER

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

mixed valence
proton-coupled electron transfer
mixed valence mixed protonated
metal dithiolene
electronic spectroscopy
intervalence charge transfer
solar energy
ground state electron transfer

File:

Download Kennedy_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Outside Member

Author:

Rimshaw, Adam

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF VISIBLE, NEAR-INFRARED, AND MID-INFRARED TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY ON A FEMTOSECOND TO MILLISECOND TIMESCALE AND ITS APPLICABILITY TO ORGANIC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Nanosecond Spectroscopy
Organic Photovoltaics
Organic Solar Cells

File:

Download Rimshaw__Adam_Final_Dissertation_for_Submission_to_Grad_School.pdf

Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Outside Member

Author:

Read Rodríguez, Carlos G.

Title:

Nanostructured Materials for Solar Fuels Production: Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

phosphides
hydrogen evolution
HER
OER
nanoparticles
electrochemistry
electrocatalysis
earth-abundant
synthesis
hybrid
heterostructure

File:

Download Carlos_Read_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member

Author:

Sun, Du

Title:

SYNTHESIS OF COMPLEX NANOSTRUCTURES OF LAYERED METAL CHALCOGENIDES AND OTHER NANOMATERIALS USING COLLOIDAL CHEMISTRY

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoscience
Layered Chalcogenides
Colloidal Synthesis
Molybdenum Diselenide
Germanium Selenide

File:

Download PhD-Dissertation_Du_Sun_Chemistry_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member

Author:

Johnson, Robert J

Title:

The Efficacy of Fe3O4 Nanoparticles as a Robust and Effective Alternative to Gold Nanoparticles as Photothermal Agents to Drive High-Barrier Reactions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Magnetite Nanoparticles
Iron oxide nanoparticles
Gold nanoparticles
Photothermal
Light to heat
Nanoparticles

File:

Download Johnson_Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member

Author:

Morse, James R

Title:

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND PURIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanoparticles
Nanoparticle purification
Colloidal Synthesis
pyrite
selective hydrogenation
heterostructure
hybrid nanoparticles

File:

Download Morse_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Outside Member

Author:

Brooks, Adam Dustin

Title:

Reagents for Improved Sensitivity in Point-of-Need Diagnostic Assays

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Organic Chemistry
Diagnostic Assay
Amplification
point-of-need
depolymerization
hyper-branched polymer
autoinductive

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott T Phillips, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott T Phillips, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ken S Feldman, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member

Author:

Aro, Stephen Christopher

Title:

Novel Chemical Routes to Crystalline ZnSe Fiber Optics and Fiber Lasers

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Cr:ZnSe
Zinc Selenide
Transition-metal doped
HPCVD
High Pressure
HPCVT

File:

Download Stephen_Aro_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

Author:

Russell, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

VERTICAL EVAPORATIVE ASSEMBLY AND DOUBLE REPLICATION OF UNARY AND BINARY SILICA COLLOIDAL CRYSTAL FILMS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloidal crystal
silica
nanoparticle
template replication
self-assembly
polymer

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Outside Member

Author:

Nagle, Brittney Nicole

Title:

Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Reveals Dynamic and Structural Characterization of Zea Mays Primary Cell Walls

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

solid-state NMR
maize
cell walls
primary cell walls
Zea mays

File:

Download Dissertation_BNN.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Daniel J Cosgrove, Outside Member

Author:

Cheng, Hiu Yan

Title:

HIGH PRESSURE CONFINED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF ELECTRONIC METALATTICES AND SEMICONDUCTORS IN EXTREME GEOMETRIES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

High Pressure
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Nanomaterials
Silicon
Germanium
Metalattices

File:

Download Thesis_HiuYanCheng_Final_HPcCVD_Metalattices_C.pdf

Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

Author:

Mondschein, Jared Scott

Title:

Heterogeneous Catalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction and the Hydrolysis of Ammonia Borane

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Oxygen Evolution Reaction
Electrocatalysis
Ammonia Borane
Water Splitting
Hydrogen

File:

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Outside Member

Author:

Sun, Yifan

Title:

ACCESSING GROUP 6 TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE NANOSTRUCTURES WITH COLLOIDAL SYNTHESIS: FROM DITELLURIDES TO ALLOYS AND HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

transition metal dichalcogenide
colloidal synthesis

File:

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Shengxi Huang, Outside Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liu, Yunzhi

Title:

Magnetic and Metallic Metalattices: A Transferrable Nanocasting by Confined Supercritical Fluid Chemical Deposition

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

3D artificial lattices
inverse opal
supercritical fluid chemical deposition
chemical fluid deposition
spin-engineered meta-materials
plasmonic meta-materials
metalattices
nanocasting

File:

Download Y.Liu_PhD_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

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
INADEQUATE

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member

Author:

Koeplinger, Daniel Brian

Title:

The Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Nanothreads

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanothread
Benzene
Compression
Polymerization
Diamond Anvil Cell
Exfoliation
AFM

File:

Download Daniel_Koeplinger_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John V Badding, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member

Author:

Kindle, Cody

Title:

MATERIAL DEPOSITION VIA LASER INDUCED THERMAL VOXELS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Direct laser write
laser lithography
solvothermal synthesis

File:

Download Cody_Kindle_Master_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lauren Dell Zarzar, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

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

Author:

Fagan, Jonathan

Title:

THE ROLE OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IN INSPECTING SURFACES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

CESR
solvent dielectric
gold

File:

Download Fagan_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member
Robert Rioux, Outside Member

Author:

Mitra, Utsab

Title:

UNDERSTANDING STRUCTURAL INFLUENCES IN GOLD MONOLAYERED-PROTECTED CLUSTERS USING MAGNETO-OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRONIC SPECTROSCOPY

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoclusters
Ultrafast Spectroscopy
Two-dimensional Electronic Spectroscopy
Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy
Superatoms
Gold Clusters
Zeeman Effect

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Updated_07242019_3.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Ackerman, Jonathan

Title:

Controlling selectivity of platinum deposition on partially exchanged Cu2-xS-CdS nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanoparticle
Chalcogenide
Cation exchange
partial cation exchange
Seeded growth

File:

Download Ackerman__Jonathan_Master_s_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Swartzfager, John

Title:

Investigation of the Optoelectronic Properties of Formamidinium Lead Bromide Perovskites Using Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Time-resolved spectroscopy
Formamidinium lead bromide
Lead halide perovskites
Time-resolved infrared spectroscopy
Optoelectronic
Photovoltaics
Fano resonance
Transient absorption
Polaron
Electron-phonon coupling
Excited state dynamics
Charge carriers

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Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Committee Member

Author:

Widstrom, Andrea Lyn

Title:

Applicability of standard kinetic parameters for describing a photothermally driven reaction

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Diels-Alder
photothermal
gold nanoparticle
solvent
kinetic
viscosity
retro Diels-Alder
dipole
activation
thermodynamic
Arrhenius

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Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Uppuluri, Ritesh

Title:

Structure-Property Relationships in Functional Layered Metal Oxides and Metal Oxide Nanosheets

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Layered oxides
Perovskite
Nanosheets

File:

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Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Peels, Mieke

Title:

Development of Integration Techniques for Semiempirical Quantum Chemistry Methods and Density Functional Theory

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

quantum chemistry
theoretical chemistry
density functional theory

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Committee Members:

Gerald Knizia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gerald Knizia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fortenbaugh, Robert

Title:

MOLECULAR-SCALE CONTROL OVER REACTION RATE AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES OF PHOTOTHERMALLY CURED SILICONE

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Photothermal
photothermal effect
nanoparticles
silicone
photothermal heat
PDMS
polymer
3D printing
paints and coatings
thermoset polymer

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Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member

Author:

Alameda, Lucas Thomas

Title:

The Soft Chemistry of MoAlB

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

MoAlB
MBenes
Solid-State Synthesis
Soft Chemistry
Topochemical
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Mesoporosity
Metal Borides
Two-Dimensional Materials
Heterostructures

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Lafemina, Nikki Hunter

Title:

Investigations of single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes
ionomers
diffusion
NMR
lithium diffusion
batteries
conductivity

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Committee Members:

Karl Todd Mueller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Professor Michael A Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Munson, Kyle Thomas

Title:

Investigating the Electronic and Structural Properties of Halide Perovskite Semiconductors via Time-Resolved Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

halide perovskites
polarons
time-resolved spectroscopy
charge carrier recombination
ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy
infrared spectroscopy
inorganic semiconductors
transient absorption spectroscopy
dynamic disorder

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Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Stultz, Conner

Title:

Characterization and Implementation of Analytical Methods for Dioxin Analysis: Implications and Improvements for Future Analyses and Methodologies

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Analytical Chemistry
Gas Chromatography
Mass Spectrometry
Dioxin Analysis
Environmental Analysis
Chemistry
Separations
Chromatography

File:

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Committee Members:

Frank Dorman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Committee Member
Andrew David Patterson, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Frank Dorman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Di Domizio, Gabriella

Title:

Understanding Competing Reaction Pathways in Nanoparticle Cation Exchange Processes Using the Tyndall Effect

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Tyndall effect
Cation Exchange
Structure-Selective
Nanoparticle
Manganese Sulfide
MnS
Digenite

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jharimune, Suprita

Title:

Mechanistic insights into transformation and growth of chalcogenide and noble metal nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Noble metal nanoparticles
Chalcogenide nanoparticles
Thermodynamics
Shape-controlled synthesis
Nanoparticle growth and transformation
Silver Nanoparticles
Cadmium Selenide Quantum Dots
Isothermal titration calorimetry

File:

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Committee Members:

Robert Rioux, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Rioux, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair