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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:

Leamy, Kathleen Alyce

Title:

INVESTIGATING RNA FOLDING AND ADAPTATION IN CELLULAR CONDITIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA Folding
RNA Adaptation
RNA Thermodynamics
Cotranscriptional Foling

File:

Download Leamy_PhD_Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Alfred Cotruvo Jr., Committee Member
Xin Zhang, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Outside Member

Author:

Piotrowski, Paulina Karolina

Title:

ENHANCING ANALYTICAL METHODS TOWARDS THE GEOCHEMICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING OF SHALE GAS SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Analytical Chemistry
Hydraulic Fracturing
GCxGC

File:

Download Thesis_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Franklin Lewis Dorman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
William D Burgos, Outside Member

Author:

Ritchey, Laura Elizabeth

Title:

PROBING RNA STRUCTURAL CHANGES GENOME-WIDE IN THREE IN VIVO SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA structure
Structure-seq
StructureFold
DMS

File:

Download Ritchey_LE_2018.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Edward Patrick O'Brien Jr., Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Sarah Mary Assmann, Outside Member
Paul Lee Babitzke, Outside Member

Author:

Diaz, Krystal

Title:

Thermodynamic Characterization of the Interaction of the Transcription Factor Pdx1 and its Regulatory Partner SPOP

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

pdx1
spop
protein-protein interaction
biophysics
fluorescence
isothermal titration calorimetry
intrinsically disordered proteins

File:

Download kdiaz_thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Scott A Showalter, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Member

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:

Download ABaxter_thesis_.pdf

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:

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

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:

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

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:

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

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:

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

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

Author:

Messina, Kyle

Title:

Influence of biological small molecules on the twister ribozyme and development of methodologies to study and discover small ribozymes

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

RNA
Twister Ribozyme
Kinetics
Small Molecule
Cryo-EM
Bioinformatics

File:

Download Messina_KJ_2019_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Craig Eugene Cameron, 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:

Download thesis__Xi_Zhao_final_formatting.pdf

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:

Livada, Jovan

Title:

Class Ic Ribonucleotide Reductases: Expansion of the Subclass and Insight into the Multi-Step Inter-Subunit Radical Translocation Mechanism

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

EPR
ribonucleotide reductase
DFT
Bioinorganic

File:

Download Livada_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Alexey Silakov, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rowland, Andrew

Title:

BIO-INSPIRED LIPOSOME-STABILIZED MULTI-PHASE ALL-AQUEOUS EMULSIONS FOR DIRECTED MINERAL SYNTHESIS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

artificial mineralizing vescile
amorphous calcium carbonate
bioinspired
liquid-liquid phase separation
coacervate
aqueous two phase separation
stabilized emulsion

File:

Download Rowland_Andrew_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Zhao, Tian

Title:

Single Nanostructure Nonliear Behavior of Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles Studied Using Ultrafast Correlated Light and Electron Microscopy

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanostructure
Plasmonic
3D imaging
electronic dynamic
Ultrafast Microscopy
Super-resolution

File:

Download Dissertation_Tian_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member
Dr. Tae-Hee Lee, Committee 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:

Uppuluri, Ritesh

Title:

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

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Layered oxides
Perovskite
Nanosheets

File:

Download Uppuluri_Dissertation-FINAL.pdf

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:

Gorman, Scott

Title:

Insight into mechanisms of allosteric regulation and cooperativity from yeast chorismate mutase

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Enzyme
Allostery
Dynamics
NMR
ITC
Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Protein
Biophysics
Chorismate Mutase
ScCM

File:

Download Thesis_SDG_v2.pdf

Committee Members:

David D Boehr, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Amie Kathleen Boal, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Collins, Matthew D

Title:

Interaction-Driven Transport of Molecules and Colloids in Microfluidic Devices

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Microfluidics
Transport
Nanomotors
Colloids
Macromolecules
Volume Exclusion
Acoustic

File:

Download Matthew_Collins_Dissertation.pdf

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:

Gumkowski, James

Title:

Biochemical Characterization of Phylogenetically Diverse Homologs of the Antibiotic Resistance Protein Cfr and Related Genome Neighbors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Antibiotic resistance
Cfr
KTR

File:

Download JDG_Dissertation_March2020.pdf

Committee Members:

Amie Kathleen Boal, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Amie Kathleen Boal, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Ken Keiler, 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:

Hendrickson, Alexander

Title:

Synthesis and Design of Zinc Selenide and Multi-Material Optical Fibers for High Power Mid-Infrared Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Zinc Selenide
Optical Fiber
High Pressure
Chemical Vapor Deposition
Chemical Vapor Transport
Laser Annealing
Bragg Fiber
Annealing
Laser
Mid-Infrared
Fiber Laser

File:

Download 2020_Dissertation_Hendrickson_Alex.pdf

Committee Members:

John B Asbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John B Asbury, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jaramillo, Roman

Title:

Thermodynamic Modeling of Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography Separations: Applications in Method Development and Analyte Identification

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

GCxGC
thermodynamic indices
retention indices
method development
gas chromatography
analytical chemistry

File:

Download Jaramillo__Roman._Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Frank Dorman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Frank Dorman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Edward Patrick O'Brien, Jr., Committee Member
Andrew David Patterson, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

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:

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

File:

Download Mieke_Peels_Dissertation_-_Final_Submission.pdf

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:

Piane, Jacob

Title:

Single-Chain Photocatalytic Nanoparticles: Toward a New Class of Polymeric Nanoreactors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

single-chain polymer nanoparticles
homogeneous catalysis
nanoreactor
photoredox catalysis
catalyst design

File:

Download Piane_Masters_Thesis-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Elizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Christian W. Pester, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Robert Rioux, Committee Member

Author:

Holder, Cameron

Title:

Discovery of Materials for Renewable Energy Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Energy
Nanomaterials
Characterization
Electrocatalysis

File:

Download HolderCameron_FinalDissertation_20201220.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Robert Rioux, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rosas, Alyssa

Title:

The Application of Soft Chemical Reactions to Inorganic Layered Materials and the Characterization of the Thermodynamics using Isothermal Titration Calorimetry

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

soft chemistry
inorganic layered materials
two-dimensional materials
layered
materials
isothermal titration calorimetry
titanate
niobate
mxene

File:

Download Rosas_Dissertation_2021_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, He

Title:

Functionalization of two dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

chemical functionalization
single atom synthesis
2D materials
coordination chemical functionalization

File:

Download thesis_He_Liu-V9.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Kenneth Luther Knappenberger, Jr., Committee Member
Joshua Alexander Robinson, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

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:

Download Lucas_Alameda_Dissertation_Final.pdf

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:

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:

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:

Download Leininger_Dissertation_v4.pdf

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:

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:

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:

Download Joseph_Dawson_Thesis_Paper_Format_Changes.pdf

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:

Download Munson_Kyle_PSU_Chemistry_Thesis_2020_Final_no_blank_pages.pdf

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:

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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:

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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:

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:

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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:

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

Author:

Ogueri, Kennedy

Title:

Organic Semiconducting Oligothiophenes and Thiophene-Based Polyphosphazenes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Organic synthesis
Polymer synthesis
Thiophene-based materials
Polyphosphazene
Organic semiconductor
Optoelectronic properties
Fluorescence quenching
Structural characterization
Structure-property relationships

File:

Download Kennedy_Ogueri_s_Dissertation__Main_.pdf

Committee Members:

Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry R Allcock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member
Enrique Daniel Gomez, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

De Lyser, Michael

Title:

Systematic Coarse-Graining of Interfaces

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Molecular Dynamics
Structure Based Coarse-Graining
Interfaces
Local Density Potentials

File:

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Committee Members:

William George Noid, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
William George Noid, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Kristen Fichthorn, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Famularo, Nicole

Title:

Particle Fabrication and Assembly Strategies for Optical Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Particle Assembly
Electric Fields
3D Printing
Directed Self Assembly
Electrodeposition
Nanofabrication
Metamaterials
Optical Metamaterials
Segmented
Dielectrophoresis
Chirality
Metamaterial absorber
Particle Fabrication
Perfect absorber
Additive manufacturing
Nanoscribe
Partially Etched Nanowires

File:

Download Thesis_20201004_6pm.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Douglas Henry Werner, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Saladin, Marissa

Title:

Electron Transfer in Ionic Liquids: Intramolecular and Transer-to-Solvent Reactions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

electron transfer
ionic liquids
ultrafast spectroscopy

File:

Download Saladin_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Maroncelli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Hoelzel, Conner

Title:

Controlling the Environmental Sensitivity of Small Molecule Fluorophores for Cellular Imaging

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

fluorescence
solvatochromism
brightness
excited state
non-radiative decay
internal conversion
external conversion
twisted intramolecular charge transfer
rhodamine
proteostasis
cell imaging
protein misfolding
aggregation
neurodegenerative disease
microscopy

File:

Download Hoelzel_Thesis-Final_V2.pdf

Committee Members:

Xin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Emily E Weinert, Outside Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair