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Author:

Baxter, Alexis Juliette

Title:

DETECTION OF METAL IONS AT BIOLOGICAL INTERFACES USING NOVEL BIOSENSOR STRATEGIES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

microfluidics
fluorescence assay
lipid bilayers
metallomembranes
Phosphatidylserine
sphingosine-1-phosphate
Phosphatidylethanolamine

File:

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Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member
Esther Winter Gomez, Outside Member

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

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

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

Author:

Zhao, Xi

Title:

Enzyme Dynamics

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Enzyme Diffusion
Enzyme Chemotaxis
Cascade Reaction
Enzyme Assembly
Aggregation
Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
Microfluidics
Active Matter
Nanoscale Motility

File:

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Igor S Aronson, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rogers, Bradley Allen

Title:

Conformational and Colloidal Stability of Macromolecules in Aqueous Salt Solutions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Ion-Specific Effects
Interfacial Water Structure
Protein-Protein Interactions
Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation
Hydrophobicity
Thermoresponsive Polymers
Temperature Gradient Microfluidics

File:

Download Dissertation_Rogers_v11.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Cremer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Cremer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Mountain, Gregory

Title:

Diversifying Interaction Types in Multi-Compartment Models for Intracellular Organization

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Liquid-Liquid phase separation
phase separation
coacervate
complex coacervate
membraneless organelle
cellular condensate
phase
granule
liquid phase
polyelectrolyte
ITC
isothermal titration calorimetry
fluorescent labeling

File:

Download Final_Thesis_GMountain_March_27_final.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
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Pir Cakmak, Fatma

Title:

UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSITION FROM NON-LIVING TO LIVING: CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTOCELL SYSTEMS BASED ON AQUEOUS PHASE COEXISTENCE

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

phase separation
coacervate
protocell
artificial cell models

File:

Download Thesis_March_10_Final-_fixed__.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
Peter J Butler, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Pengchong

Title:

Interpreting High-Resolution Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Images

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
Gap Plasmonics
Raman Polarizability Density
Frozen Density Embedding
Atomistic Electrodynamics
Near Field

File:

Download PengchongLiu-PSUThesis-submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Lasse Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William George Noid, Committee Member
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Adri C.T. van Duin, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Murrell, Kyra

Title:

An examination of analytical methods towards the complete analysis of contaminants of emerging concern in wastewater and wastewater impacted surface water, soils, and crops.

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Contaminants of Emerging Concern
Wastewater Analysis
Comprehensive Two Dimensional Gas Chromatography
Microplastics
Living Filter
Groundwater
Crop Uptake
Benzotriazole Corrosion Inhibitors

File:

Download KMurrell_Dissertation_Final_July12_2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Dorman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
John Earl Watson, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Frank Dorman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Miriam Arak Freedman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bian, Yujia

Title:

Mixed Osmolyte Effects in Solution and Air/Water Interface

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

osmolyte
surface tension
simple toy model
protein folding

File:

Download Master_s_thesis_Yujia_final.pdf

Committee Members:

William George Noid, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Cremer, Committee Member
Xin Zhang, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee 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:

Download Drexler_Chad_Water_Mediated_Interactions_in_Aqueous_Salt_Solutions_Dissertation_in_Chemistry_Final.pdf

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:

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:

Download SHK_Final_Thesis_1.7_.pdf

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

File:

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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:

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:

Download tmk-thesis-5-29-2020.pdf

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:

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:

Download Tanner_Geibel_Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf

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