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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

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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

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Author:: Rodriguez, Laura Elise
Title:: THE REACTIVITY OF NITROGEN HETEROCYCLES IN COMPLEX PREBIOTIC MIXTURES: USING CHEMICAL TRENDS TO EVALUATE PLAUSIBLE STRUCTURES OF PRIMITIVE GENETIC MATERIAL ON EARLY EARTH
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Astrobiology
Origins of life
Nucleobases
RNA World
Pre-RNA
Mass spectrometry
Michael addition
File:: Download Dissertation_Rodriguez_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Christopher Howard House, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christopher Howard House, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Katherine Haines Freeman, Committee Member
James Kasting, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Outside Member

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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

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Author:: Santoro, Leeann
Title:: PROTEIN AGGREGATION DETECTION USING BODIPY-BASED FLUORESCENT PROBES
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: protein
aggregate
fluorophore
Alzheimer's
neurodegeneration
fluorescence
molecular rotor
Huntington's
ALS
File:: Download Thesis_Revised.pdf
Committee Members:: Xin Zhang, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member

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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

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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
File:: Download Widstrom_Andrea_Dissertation.pdf
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

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Author:: Kennehan, Eric Ronald
Title:: INVESTIGATION OF EXCITONIC PROPERTIES AND HOT-CARRIER COOLING IN LEAD SULFIDE QUANTUM DOTS
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Spectroscopy
Transient Absorption
Quantum Dots
Lead Sulfide
Perylene Diimide
Phonon
electron-phonon
PbS
Flash photolysis
electro-optical
exciton
File:: Download Kennehan_Eric_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: John B Asbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Gray, Christopher
Title:: Oligomeric Ruthenium Light Absorbers and Nanostructured Lenses for Improved Harvesting of Solar Energy
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: photoelectrochemical cells
water-splitting
solar energy
solar fuels
nanomaterials
oligomer
ruthenium polypyridal
File:: Download Gray__Chris_-_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Thomas Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Zheng, Hongjun
Title:: ELECTRON DYNAMICS IN NANOSCALE METALS: FROM ATOMICALLY PRECISE CLUSTERS TO PLASMONIC NANOMATERIALS
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: transient absorption spectroscopy
2DES
monolayer protected clusters
MPCs
gold nanorod
carrier dynamics
spatially resolved spectroscopy
File:: Download Dissertation_of_Hongjun_Zheng_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:: Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Xin Zhang, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

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