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Author:

Mc Gee, Shannon

Title:

A SINGLE-STEP LASER DIRECT WRITING METHOD FOR CATALYSIS APPLICATION

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

laser direct writing
water electrolysis
catalysis
oxygen evolution reaction
hydrogen evolution reaction
transition metal materials

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Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Asbury, Major Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Rhoden, Zachary

Title:

Surface Chemistry Characterization and Control of the Electronic Structure of Gold Nanosystems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Magnetic spectroscopy
Gold nanoparticles
Nanoparticles
Electronic structure
Ligands
Surface chemistry
Thermogravimetric analysis

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
James Adair, Outside Unit & Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Alexey Silakov, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Katzbaer, Rowan

Title:

Rational Discovery of Inorganic Material Properties

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Catalysis
Inorganic
Chemistry

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Committee Members:

Kenneth Knappenberger, Major Field Member
Zhiqiang Mao, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
John Asbury, Major Field Member
Ismaila Dabo, Outside Unit & Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Graff, Erica

Title:

The Study of Protein and Polymer Phase Separation Kinetics and Thermodynamics Using Temperature Gradient Microfluidics

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

phase separation
monoclonal antibodies
temperature gradient microfluidics
apparent activation energies

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Major Field Member
Alexey Silakov, Major Field Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Jeffries, William Ray

Title:

Coherent Multidimensional Spectroscopy as a Probe for Femtosecond Relaxation Dynamics of Metal Colloids

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Nonlinear Spectroscopy
Dynamics
Gold
Metals
Clusters
Plasmons
Polarization
Ultrafast

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Kenneth Knappenberger, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Joshua Robinson, Outside Unit & Field Member
Raymond Schaak, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Reynolds, Christopher

Title:

Copper (II) Interactions with Phosphatidylserine in Membranes: Biophysical Insights, Binding Mechanisms, and Physiological Consequences

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

biophysical chemistry
transition metal ions
membranes
copper (II)
oxidative damage
supported lipid bilayer
microfluidic systems
binding
phosphatidylserine
lipids
stepwise
constants
stoichiometry
densities
concentrations
Gouy-Chapman theory
ionic strength
surface charge density
chelation
complexes
buffer molecules
physiological implications
HeLa cells
plasma membrane
necrotic cell death
hydrogen peroxide
harmful effects
mechanistic explanation
future experiments.
hrmful effects
Phospholipid membranes
oxidation
copper
membrane oxidation
membrane binding model
bivalent binding
Debye-Hukel Theory
Electrostatic screening
electric double layer
Necrotic cell death
copper induced cell death
Alzheimer's disease
Neurodegeneration
microfluidic devices
high-throughput microfluidics

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Hancock, Outside Unit & Field Member
Alexey Silakov, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

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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Committee Members:

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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Committee Members:

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:

Persichetti, Joseph

Title:

Understanding the Role of Multiple Pathways in Enzyme Catalysis with a Hierarchical Markov State Model

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

molecular dynamics
markov state model
QM/MM
enzyme kinetics
alanine dipeptide
dihydrofolate reductase
computational
free-energy simulations
finite-temperature string method

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Committee Members:

Lasse Jensen, Major Field Member
Howard Salis, Outside Unit & Field Member
Edward O'Brien, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Squire Booker, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair