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Author:

Livada, Jovan

Title:

A Pulsed EPR Investigation of the Hydroxyl 1H Nucleus of Myoglobin Hydroxide

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

EPR
Myoglobin
Heme
Hyperfine

File:

Download JLivada_Masters.pdf

Committee Members:

Michael Thomas Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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

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

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

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

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

Author:

Zhang, Can

Title:

Enhanced Electrophoresis Based On Redox Electrochemistry Of Electroactive Electrode Materials And Fabrication Of A Self-powered Electrophoresis System Based On Discharging A Battery.

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Supercapacitor
Electrophoresis.

File:

Download Masters_Final_Thesis_Can_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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

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

Author:

Yu, Yinxi

Title:

Hydrogen production catalyzed by earth-abundant metal complexes

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

hydrogen production
catalyst
cobalt
nickel
iron

File:

Download PS_Thesis_Yinxi.pdf

Committee Members:

Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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

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

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:

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

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

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

Author:

Witek, Jason Anthony

Title:

Nitrosoalkene Alkylation and Stereochemical Studies

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nitrosoalkenes
michael additions
oximes
deoximation
enolonium ion
umpolung

File:

Download mastersthesisformat.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven M Weinreb, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Lee Funk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott T Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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:

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

Author:

Sengupta, Samudra

Title:

Enzyme Molecules as Nanomotors and Micropumps

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

enzyme
single-molecule
diffusion
nanomotor
chemotaxis
micropump

File:

Download 1-PhD_Dissertation_Samudra_Sengupta.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Special Member

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

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

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

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

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

Author:

Byrne, Ryan Michael

Title:

Development of Group Vi Compounds as Potential Catalysts for Deoxydehydration

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Molybdenum
Tungsten
Deoxydehydration

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

Author:

Zhang, Hua

Title:

POLYMER ANTIMICROBIAL AND SELF-POWERED MICRODEVICES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

antimicrobial polymer
antibacterial polymer
stimuli responsive polymer
micromotor
micropump

File:

Download PhD_thesis_reformatted.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Gong Chen, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

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

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

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

Author:

Konarske, Alison Marie

Title:

Adaptations of Electrical Field Flow Fractionation For Use With Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ElFFF
Field Flow Fractionation
Nanoparticles
separation

File:

Download A_Konarske_Vermilya_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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

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:

Li, Puhui

Title:

Intermolecular And Intramolecular Conjugate Addition Of Carbon And Hetero Nucleophiles To Nitrosoalkene And An approach To A Total Synthesis Of Tronocarpine

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nitrosoalkenes
tronocarpine

File:

Download Dissertation_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven M Weinreb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Przemyslaw Maslak, Committee Member
Gong Chen, Committee Member
Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Committee Member

Author:

Cacace, David Neal

Title:

Biomimetic Mineralization of Calcium Carbonate in Aqueous Biphasic Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Aqueous two-phase systems
calcium carbonate
intermediate chelation
mineralization vesicles

File:

Download DNC_THESIS_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Vaughn, Dimitri Duval

Title:

Nanosheets by Design: The Controllable Synthesis of Group IV-VI Layered Semiconductor Chalcogenide Nanostructures Using Colloidal Chemistry

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoscience
Layered Semiconductors
Nanosheets
Germanium
Colloidal Synthesis
Chalcogenide

File:

Download PhD-Dissertation_DVaughnII_Chemistry_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Kwok, Chun Kit

Title:

Structural and Functional Roles of RNA Structure in Regulatory Processes in Plants

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
RNA structure
RNA folding
Plants
Arabidopsis thaliana
G-quadruplex
regulation
DMS
SHAPE
LMPCR
Structure-Seq

File:

Download Thesis_CKK_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sarah Mary Assmann, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Tae Hee Lee, Committee Member
Song Tan, Committee Member

Author:

Ucci, Alexander

Title:

The Effect Of Crystal Structure on The Morphology Of Marine Aerosol And Design Of TPD Spectrometer for UHV Chamber

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

aerosol
AFM
TPDS
TEM
morphology
sea salt
ice nucleation
mass spectrometry
UHV
atmospheric chemistry
Feulner cap

File:

Download 1-Alexander_Ucci_Chemistry_Masters_Thesis_2014.pdf

Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Winograd, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jerry Y Harrington, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Day, Todd Douglas

Title:

High Pressure Chemical Deposition of Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon in Extreme Geometries

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

hydrogenated amorphous silicon
high pressure
chemical vapor deposition
optoelectronics
optical fiber

File:

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Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Ali Borhan, Committee Member

Author:

Feng, Yiqing

Title:

Part I. Total synthesis of celogentin C via a stereoselective C-H functionalization Part II. Divergent total syntheses of the unusual monoterpenoid indole alkaloids alstilobanines A, E and angustilodine

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

total synthesis
natural products
C-H functionalization
nitrosoalkene

File:

Download PhD_Dissertation_Feng.pdf

Committee Members:

Steven M Weinreb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gong Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gong Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Steven M Weinreb, Committee Member
Raymond Lee Funk, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Yanming Wang, Special Member

Author:

Murphy, Kelly Ann

Title:

Characterizing the Alteration Layers on Nuclear Waste Glasses by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

NMR
Alteration layers
Surface structure
Nuclear waste glasses
Corrosion

File:

Download KA_Murphy_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Todd Mueller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carlo G Pantano, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Danny Glynn Sykes, Committee Member
James David Kubicki, Committee Member

Author:

Strulson, Christopher A

Title:

toward understanding RNA structure, folding, and function in cells

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
ribozyme
molecular crowding
macromolecular crowding
catalysis
compartmentalization
folding cooperativity

File:

Download Christoper_Strulson_Thesis_Toward_Understanding_RNA__Structure_Folding_and_Function_in_Cells.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Tae Hee Lee, Committee Member
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Committee Member

Author:

Liddell, Kristi Lynn

Title:

Surface functionalization of oxides for biosensing applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

dielectric
surface functionalization
FET
surface regeneration

File:

Download Kristi_Liddell_PhD_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Member
Jun Zhu, Special Member

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:

Weiss, Philip Andrew

Title:

Theoretical Simulations of Sum-frequency Generation spectroscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Sum-frequency generation
theory
plasmonics

File:

Download 1-PhilipWeiss-PSUThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lasse Jensen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Ai, Zhaoyan

Title:

fast copper-catalyzed aryl c(sp2)-h amination with n-(2-pyridyl)sulfonyl directing group at ambient temperature

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

c-h activation
cu catalysis
aryl amination
room temperature

File:

Download Master_Thesis_Zhaoyan_Ai_Rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Gong Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Lu, Chengxi

Title:

Palladium-catalyzed Halogenation Of Ortho-c-h Bonds Of Benzylamine Picolinamides And Arylethylamine Picolinamides

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Pd-catalyzed
C-H activation
Halogenation

File:

Download Master_Thesis_of_Chengxi_Lu.pdf

Committee Members:

Gong Chen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Trent Feldman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kucher, Andrew

Title:

Femtosecond Infrared Lasers Applied to Fundamental and Bio-imaging Studies in Time-of-flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

SIMS
SNMS
SFI
LPI
Estradiol
Imaging
Botryococcus braunii

File:

Download A_Kucher_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Winograd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Member

Author:

Hall, Anthony Shoji

Title:

Template Replication of Nanomaterials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Plasmonics
Porous Materials
Replication
Metal Organic Frameworks
Light Trapping
Nanocasting
Photonic Crystals

File:

Download 1-thesis_shoji_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Tom Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Douglas Henry Werner, Special Member

Author:

Hanoian, Philip

Title:

Computer Simulations Of Enzymes

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

molecular dynamics simulations
enzymes
computational
ketosteroid isomerase
dihydrfolate reductase
empirical valence bond

File:

Download Philip_Hanoian_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

William George Noid, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Special Member

Author:

Ellis, Christopher Ross

Title:

Simulation studies of the glycosylation code

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

glycosylation
toluene
ubiquitin

File:

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Committee Members:

William George Noid, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William George Noid, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Coray M Colina, Special Member

Author:

Jackson, Lauren Marie

Title:

New Analytical Approaches to Understand Biological Systems with Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

SIMS
secondary ion mass spectrometry
analytical chemistry
mass spectrometry
trehalose
Botryococcus braunii
algae
biofuel

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Winograd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Wayne Roger Curtis, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member

Author:

Robbins, Jessica Sloane

Title:

Increasing the Rate of End-to-end Depolymerization of Poly(benzyl carbamates) in Low Polarity Environments

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

stimuli-responsive materials
depolymerization
polymer synthesis
point-of-care diagnostics
paper-based microfluidic devices

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott T Phillips, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott T Phillips, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Special Member

Author:

Davis, Bradley William

Title:

Characterization of Intracellular Organization within Aqueous Biphasic Systems Serving as Cellular Mimics

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

aqueous phase separation
partitioning
sequential enzymes
coacervate
macromolecular crowding

File:

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Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

Author:

Baker, Matthew S

Title:

Design and Applications of an Autoinductive, Chemical Amplification Reagent

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Chemical Amplification
Autoinductive
Stimuli-Responsive

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott T Phillips, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Special Member

Author:

Fitzgibbons, Thomas Christopher

Title:

Synthesis of Carbon Materials via the Cold Compression of Aromatic Molecules and Carbon Nanostructures

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Chemistry
Carbon
High Pressure
Solid-State
Aromatic

File:

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Committee Members:

John V Badding, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Member
William Blaine White, Special 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:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Renee Denise Diehl, Special Member

Author:

Okur, Halil Ibrahim

Title:

Hofmeister Chemistry: weak Cation Binding To Protein Backbones & biomolecular Size Influence On Specific Ion Effects

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Hofmeister
Ions
Aqueous Solution
Macromolecules

File:

Download Hofmeister_Chemistry-Halil_Okur.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Cremer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Sheereen Majdzarringhalamaraghy, Committee 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:

Breffke, Jens

Title:

Ultrafast molecular rotor and proton transfer dynamics in solution

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

fluorescence
solvent effect
ultrafast spectroscopy
malononitriles
Thioflavin T
4-diethylamino-3-hydroxyflavone

File:

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Committee Members:

Mark Maroncelli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member

Author:

Biacchi, Adam Joseph

Title:

The Colloidal Chemistry Synthesis and Electron Microscopy Characterization of Shape-controlled Metal and Semiconductor Nanocrystals

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloidal nanocrystals
shape-controlled nanoparticles
rhodium
tin sulfide
solution synthesis
HRTEM

File:

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Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

Author:

Yeung, Kimy

Title:

Stimuli-responsive Reagents for the Detection of Glycosidases

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

stimuli-responsive reagents
glycosidases
diagnostic assays
depolymerizable polymers
point-of-care diagnostics

File:

Download KimyYeung_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott T Phillips, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Edward G Dudley, Committee Member

Author:

Mohapatra, Hemakesh

Title:

Design of reagents for trace-level chemical detection and signal amplification

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

chemical detection
signal amplification
clinical diagnostics
selective and sensitive
odor-based assay
glucose meter

File:

Download Mohapatara_dissertation2.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott T Phillips, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ken S Feldman, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair

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:

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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:

Munson, Paul Jonathan

Title:

Mechanical Investigations Of The Primary Cell Wall And Attempts At Modification Of Novel Core Adhesives For Use In Iron Foundries

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Primary Cell Wall
DMA
Pectin
Binders
MEMS

File:

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Committee Members:

Danny Glynn Sykes, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicole Robitaille Brown, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Liu, Yi

Title:

Vibrational Sum Frequency spectroscopy of Osmolytes and Ions at Aqueous Interface

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

vibrational sum frequency generation
trimethylamine N-oxide
maximum entropy method
ionic specific binding

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Cremer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Kurt Gibble, Committee Member
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member

Author:

Thaplyal, Pallavi

Title:

Investigations of the Mechanistic Pathways of the Hepatitis Delta Virus Ribozyme

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Ribozyme
Kinetics
HDV
pKa
QM/MM
Thio Effects
Metal Ion Rescue

File:

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Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Special Member

Author:

Rudzinski, Joseph F

Title:

Hierarchical Coarse-graining via a Generalized yvon-born-green Framework: Many-body Correlations, mappings, and Structural Accuracy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

molecular simulations
multiscale modeling
coarse-grained modeling
generalized Yvon-Born-Green
many-body correlations

File:

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Committee Members:

William George Noid, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William George Noid, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Committee Member
Janna Kay Maranas, Special Member

Author:

Rembert, Kelvin B

Title:

Ion Specificity at the Polypeptide Backbone: molecular Mechanisms of the Hofmeister Effect

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Hofmeister Series
Ions
Polymers
Water
NMR
LCST
FTIR

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William George Noid, Committee Member
Craig Eugene Cameron, Special Member

Author:

Beiswenger, Kristin Marie

Title:

The Design Of Substituted Poly(benzyl carbamates) for Depolymerization in the Solid State

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

depolymerization
poly(benzyl carbamates)
polyurethanes
solid state
smart materials
responsive polymer

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott T Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Damiano, Samantha Frances

Title:

Carbon-carbon Bond Forming Reactions Facilitated by Kukhtin-ramirez Adducts

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Oxyphosphoranes
Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions

File:

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Committee Members:

Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Applegate, Amanda Marie

Title:

Characterization and Extension of a Bio-hybrid Photosystem I-hydrogenase Nanoconstruct Device For Hydrogen Generation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Photosystem I
hydrogenase
hydrogen
solar fuels

File:

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Committee Members:

John H Golbeck, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Duan, Wentao

Title:

Artificial Intelligence: Collective Behaviors of Synthetic Micromachines

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Micromotors
Micropumps
Collective Behaviors
COMSOL Simulation
Interaction
Self-assembly
Chemical Sensing

File:

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Scott Trent Feldman, Special Member

Author:

Sennett, Michael A

Title:

STRUCTURAL INVESTIGATION OF CENP-A CONTAINING NUCLEOSOMES UTILIZING SINGLE-MOLECULE FÖRSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

smFRET
nucleosome
CenP-A

File:

Download MAS-Thesis-Final_Corr.pdf

Committee Members:

Tae Hee Lee, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Hess, Andrew R

Title:

Phosphazenes for Energy Production and Storage: Applied and Exploratory Synthesis

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

phosphazene
polyphosphazene
polymer electrolytes
DSSC
dye sensitized solar cell
lithium battery
lithium-ion battery

File:

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Committee Members:

Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Special Member

Author:

Chauhan, Pradeep Singh

Title:

Part I - Synthesis of the Tetracyclic Skeleton of the Lycopodium Alkaloid Lycopladine H part Ii - Synthesis of the Tetracyclic Core of the Apparicine Class of Indole Alkaloids via a Key Intermolecular Nitrosoalkene Conjugate Addition

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

synthesis
lycopodium
alkaloids
apparicine
nitrosoalkene
hydroformylation
indole
chlorooxime
dialdehyde
dialkene

File:

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Committee Members:

Steven M Weinreb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott T Phillips, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Special Member

Author:

Wei, Sijie

Title:

Nucleosome structure and dynamics studied with single-molecule methods

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nucleosome breathing
CENP-A
dinucleosome
single molecule FRET
MLE
FCS
SUMO
Sumolyation

File:

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Committee Members:

Tae Hee Lee, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Song Tan, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Seung-yi

Title:

Investigating the hydrophobic collapse and secondary structure formation of model polypeptides in aqueous salts solutions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

hydrophobic
collpase
pepdide
salt

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Veghte, Daniel Philip

Title:

Morphology and Optical Properties of Aerosol Particles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Aerosol
Atmospheric
Chemistry
Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy
CRD
Electron Microscopy
TEM
SEM
Mineral Dust
Organic

File:

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Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Jose Dolores Fuentes, Committee Member

Author:

Quarles, Kaycee Andrea

Title:

The Impact of Primary MicroRNA Structure on Recognition by the Microprocessor Complex in MicroRNA Maturation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA structure
Microprocessor
microRNA
protein binding
DGCR8
EMSA

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott A Showalter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Committee Member

Author:

Axe, Jennifer Michelle

Title:

Investigations of the dynamic amino acid networks in the alpha-subunit of tryptophan synthase

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

tryptophan synthase
NMR
CHESCA
amino acid networks

File:

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Committee Members:

David D Boehr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Lerach, Jordan Oswald

Title:

Strong-field ionization applied to sputtered neutral molecules from varied chemical environments

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

SIMS
Mass Spectrometry
Laser post ionization
depth profile
C60
secondary ion
secondary neutral mass spectrometry
laser

File:

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Committee Members:

Nicholas Winograd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Matthew Scott Fantle, Committee Member

Author:

Haines, Joshua David

Title:

Morphology and Optical Properties of Aerosol Particles Coated with Palmitic Acid

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

aerosol particles
mineral dust
organic coating
optical properties
particle morphology
cavity ring-down

File:

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Committee Members:

Miriam Arak Freedman, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Zidell, Anthony Wallace

Title:

The relationship between latent secondary structure within an unbound intrinsically disordered protein and the thermodynamics of complexation with a target molecule

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

intrinsically disordered protein
thermodynamics
isothermal titration calorimetry
circular dichroism spectroscopy

File:

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Committee Members:

Scott A Showalter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Landis, Emily Marie

Title:

Processing of Nanoscale Metal and Inorganic Particulates into Components

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

dispersion
nanoparticles
ultrasonication
templated copper synthesis
carbon fiber reinforced composites
nanofiller

File:

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Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Todd Mueller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Kirby, David Joseph

Title:

Assembly of Nanowire Arrays: Exploring Interparticle Interactions, Particle Orientation, and Mixed Particle Arrays

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

van der Waals
electrostatics
sedimentation
gold
nanotube
silica
vertical array
horizontal array
microwells

File:

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Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, 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:

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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:

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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:

Yadav, Vinita

Title:

Self-propelled Systems For Versatile Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nano-motors
Micro-pumps
Drug-delivery
Crack-repair
Enzyme cascades

File:

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Dewey, Daniel Carroll

Title:

Kinetic Stabilization of Interfaces in Biologically Inspired Phase Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ATPS
aqueous biphasic systems
biomimetic
bioreactor
vesicle
emuslion

File:

Download Dewey_Daniel_PhD_disseration2.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Prof Peter Butler, Committee Member

Author:

Lewis, Gregory Gerald

Title:

Plastics and diagnostic assays with selective and sensitive macroscopic responses

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

diagnostics
assay
point-of-care
analytical
polymers
depolymerization
additive manufacturing

File:

Download GGL_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott T Phillips, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Jordan Cesar

Title:

Tailoring and Scaling Energetic Aluminum Clusters into Cluster Assembled Materials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

aluminum
cluster
reactivity
matrix isolation
cavity ring down spectroscopy

File:

Download Dissertation_For_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, 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:

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Committee Members:

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