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Author:

Sheffield, Sarah

Title:

Using Single-Ion Conductors as Dielectrics in Organic Transistors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Organic Semiconductor
Organic Single Crystals
Single-Ion Conductors
Polymer Dielectric
Organic Transistor
Polymer Thin Films
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Rubrene
Nafion
Ionomers

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Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Enrique Gomez, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Larry Cheng, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Gerthoffer, Margaret

Title:

Design and Synthesis of Monomers toward Sequence-Controlled Polymers

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Nanothreads
Ar/ArF Co-Crystals
ROMP
phenylene(arylene)vinylenes
cyclophanes
polymers

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Robert Rioux, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Robert Hickey, Outside Field Member
Vincent Crespi, Outside Unit Member

Author:

Katzbaer, Julia

Title:

Development of Alkene Difunctionalization As A Versatile Method For Polymerization

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Polymerization
Difunctionalization
Ni-catalyzed

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Ramesh Giri, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Elacqua, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Nacsa, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Matta, Megan

Title:

Enhancements of the Synthesis and Fabrication of Anion Exchange Membranes

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Ion exchange membranes
Anion exchange membranes
AEM
IEM
Ionic Polymers
Fabrication of Anion Exchange Membrane
Fabrication of AEM
Ziegler-Natta Polymerization
AEM for ROMP
Quaternary Ammonium polymer

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Committee Members:

Ramesh Giri, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Ginder, Nathaniel

Title:

Enhancing the rates of chemical reactions through the photothermal heating of nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

photothermal
nanoparticle
gold nanoparticle
carbon black
AuNP
heat
polyurethane
urethane
polycaprolactone
laser
light to heat
light
extreme temperature
kinetics
dynamics
reaction kinetics
rate enhancement

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Koehler, Stephen

Title:

Rational Design and Synthesis of Sequence Defined Donor-Acceptor Poly(arylenevinylene)s as Singlet Fission Materials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Conjugated Polymers
Singlet Fission
Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Density Functional Theory
Molecular Switches

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Committee Members:

Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Asbury, Major Field Member
Michael Hickner, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Wickham, Laura

Title:

Nickel Catalyzed Dicarbofunctionalization of Alkenes with C(sp2) and C(sp3) Coupling Reagents

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

organic chemistry
method development
dicarbofunctionalization
organometallic

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Ramesh Giri, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Bert Chandler, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Piane, Jacob

Title:

New Catalytic Concepts for Electron-Transfer Promoted Reactions

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Catalysis
Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Phenothiazine
Photoredox
Pyrylium
Dehydration
Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles
Electron Transfer
Acyl Substitution
Amidation
Oxidation
Dimerization
Esterification

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Elizabeth Elacqua, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Eric Nacsa, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Christian Pester, Outside Unit & Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Jonathan Kuo, Major Field Member

Author:

Huss, Steven

Title:

Chemical Reactivity Under Confinement: High-Pressure Synthesis of Carbon Nanothreads and Polymer-Based Catalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Nanothreads
Polymers
Single-Chain Polymer Nanoparticles
Photoredox
Catalysis
Electron Transfer
Energy Transfer
High-Pressure

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Committee Members:

Ramesh Giri, Major Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member

Author:

Darling, Albert

Title:

Engineering Nanostructured Inorganic Materials and Nanoscale Stabilized Structural Features for Heterogeneous Catalysts

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Nanomaterials
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Nitroarene Hydrogenation
Catalysis
High Entropy Alloys
Bulk-Immiscible Alloys
Heterogeneous Catalysis

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Robert Rioux, Outside Unit & Field Member
Elizabeth Elacqua, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair