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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

File:

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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:

Drexler, Chad

Title:

Water-Mediated Interactions In Aqueous Salt Solutions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Electrolytes
Local Electric Fields
Ion Hydration
Ion Pairing
Proton Transfer
Hofmeister

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Cremer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Leininger, Sarah Elizabeth

Title:

Modeling the Mechanisms and Magnitudes of Cotranslationally-Generated Mechanical Forces and their Effects on Translation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Protein translation
cotranslational protein folding
mechanical force
allosteric feedback

File:

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Committee Members:

Edward Patrick O'Brien, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Edward Patrick O'Brien, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
William George Noid, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kim, Shi Ho

Title:

Super-resolution Optical Lithography with DNA

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Super-resolution optical mircoscopy
DNA hairpin kinetics
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer
Nanoparticles
Nucleic acid structure
Fluorophores

File:

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Committee Members:

Tae-Hee Lee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tae-Hee Lee, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Xin Zhang, Committee Member
Seong Han Kim, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Fares, Matthew

Title:

Fluorogenic Quantification of Proteome Stress

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Fluorogenic
Proteome Stress
Protien
Protein folding
Protein misfolding
Fluorescence

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Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Miriam Arak Freedman, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

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

File:

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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:

Dawson, Joseph

Title:

Water Uptake, Morphology, and Composition Measurements of Secondary Organic and Anthropogenic Aerosol Particles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Aerosols
Atmospheric Chemistry
Environment
Hygroscopicity
Spectroscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Donghyun Rim, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

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

File:

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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:

Chong, Esther

Title:

Ice Nucleation of Metal Oxides as Model Systems of Atmospheric Aerosol Particles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

aerosol
ice nucleation
immersion freezing
atmospheric chemistry
mineral dust

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Esther_Chong.pdf

Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Jerry Y Harrington, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Kucinski, Theresa M

Title:

Insights on Phase Transitions in Submicron Aerosol Particles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

liquid-liquid phase separation
atmospheric chemistry
aerosol particles
LLPS
submicron particles

File:

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Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
William Henry Brune, 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:

Download ConnerStultz_Dissertation.pdf

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:

Tansi, Benjamin

Title:

Light-Powered Fluid Micropumps for Assembly and Sensing

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoscience
Active Matter
Colloids
Photochemistry
Sensing
Self-Assembly

File:

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rose, Hannah

Title:

Structural Basis for Metallocofactor Assembly in Class Id Ribonucleotide Reductases

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ribonucleotide reductase
metalloenzyme
structural biology
crystallography

File:

Download Rose_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Amie Kathleen Boal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Alfred Cotruvo, Jr., Committee Member
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Outside Member
Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

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

File:

Download Master_s_Thesis_Final.pdf

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:

Li, Zehua

Title:

Nonlinear Chiroptical Responses from Plasmonic Nanostructures

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nonlinear optics
Plasmonic
Nanostructures
Chirality

File:

Download Master_s_thesis_Zehua_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jewell, Erik

Title:

Toward understanding collective behaviors in chemically autonomous active matter systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

micromotors
nanomotors
micropumps
chemistry

File:

Download 2021.06.29.Jewell.MS.Thesis.Resubmit2.pdf

Committee Members:

Tom Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Xiao, Weide

Title:

Investigating the Impact of Sugar Phosphate on Liquid-liquid Phase Separation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Liquid-liquid phase separation
RNA binding protein
sugar phosphates

File:

Download Master_Thesis-Weide_Xiao.pdf

Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tae-Hee Lee, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Geibel, Tanner

Title:

Applications in Supramolecular Chemistry: Polymer-based Anion Recognition and Polymorph Modification

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

supramolecular chemistry
anion sensor
polymers
synthesis
macrocycle
host-guest chemistry
hydrogen bonding
NMR spectroscopy
UV/vis spectroscopy
fluorescence spectroscopy
calix[4]pyrrole
BODIPY
cellulose
polymorphs

File:

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Committee Members:

Elizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Robert John Hickey, III, 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:

Download Dissertation_Suprita__Jharimune_2020.pdf

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