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Author:

Kaintz, Anne Elizabeth

Title:

Mechanistic Studies in Water Splitting Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

hydrogen reduction catalysts
RDE
niobium electrodes
fabrication
homemade
UME
ultramicroelectrodes
photodeposition
degradation
hexaniobate nanoscrolls

File:

Download masters_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mallouk/Maroncelli, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Latham, Andrew Howard

Title:

MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Microfluidics
Magnetism
Nanoparticles
Iron Oxide
TEM

File:

Download AHLathamDissertation.PDF

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Peter E Schiffer, Committee Member

Author:

Moore, Amanda Michelle

Title:

Creating and Probing Molecular Assemblies for Single-Molecule Devices

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

scanning tunneling microscopy
single-molecule devices
oligo(phenylene-ethynylene)
molecular switch
capture surfaces

File:

Download Moore_thesis08.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Mary Jane Irwin, Committee Member

Author:

Kurland, Adam Ross

Title:

Atomic-Scale Studies of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Substrate-Mediated Interactions and Interface Structures

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

substrate-mediated interactions
low temperature
STM
catalysis
spectroscopy

File:

Download KurlandPhDThesis2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member
Michael V Pishko, Committee Member

Author:

Mantooth, Brent Allen

Title:

Nanoscopic Analyses: Single Molecule Characterization In Molecular Electronics and Surface Science

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Scanning tunneling microscopy
single molecule
molecular electronics
benzene
digital image processing
substrate-mediated interactions
real-time measurements
image analysis

File:

Download Brent_Mantooth_thesis05.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member

Author:

Shorthill, Berkeley Jason

Title:

Molecular Tubes as Receptors for Biological Analytes

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

molecular recognition
lipid recognition
fluorescent chemosensors
calixarenes
calixnaphthalenes

File:

Download Shorthill_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Timothy E Glass, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
A Daniel Jones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Hydutsky, Bianca Will

Title:

THE DESIGN AND TRANSPORT OF ZEROVALENT IRON PARTICLES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Environmental emediation
zerovalent iron
iron nanoparticles
transport
dehalogenation
TCE
nanopartical surface modification
PAA

File:

Download Bianca_Hydutsky_Total_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Susan Louise Brantley, Committee Member

Author:

Gu, Bin

Title:

Synthesis and Fabrication of Polymeric Composites, Nanofilaments and Nanofibers

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

polymer
composite
fiber
nanowire
controlled radical polymerization
PTFE

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Supalo, Cary Alan

Title:

Teaching Chemistry and Other Sciences to Blind and Low-Vision Students through Hands-On Learning Experiences in High School Science Laboratories

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

chemistry
blind
low vision
hands-on
laboratory
science
multisensory
teach
students

File:

Download Cary_Supalo_Final_Dissertation_revised.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
William Carlsen, Committee Member
George Bodner, Committee Member

Author:

Thode, Christopher Jay

Title:

SYNTHETIC ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AT THE NANOPARTICLE MONOLAYER SOLUTION INTERFACE

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Grignard
FT-IR
Au nanoparticle
click
Monolayer

File:

Download Dissertation_1-13-2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Scott T Phillips, Committee Member
Richard W Ordway, Committee Member

Author:

McGuiness, Christine Lara

Title:

Molecular Assembly At Bare Semiconductor Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

GaAs surface
self assembled monolayers
organic thin films
alkanethiolate monolayers
chemical passivation
bare semiconductors

File:

Download 2006_07_24_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lawrence Allara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Myers, Carl Philip

Title:

AMINOETHYLGLYCINE-DERIVATIZED RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES: MODEL ARCHITECTURES FOR PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

photoinduced energy transfer
photoinduced electron transfer
peptide coupling chemistry
metal complex coordination chemistry
heterometallic
self-assembly
photocatalysis

File:

Download Carl_P._Myers_Doctoral_Final_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Fleming, David Andrew

Title:

Functional Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Application

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanoparticles
colloid

File:

Download DFlemingThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
William O Hancock, Committee Member

Author:

Hernandez-Pagan, Emil A

Title:

Template-Assisted Electrodeposition of One-Dimensional Nanostructures for Sensing and Solar Energy Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanowires
electrodeposition
template

File:

Download Official_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Joan Marie Redwing, Committee Member

Author:

Bowers, Geoffrey M

Title:

Structural Investigations of Strontium in Inorganic Crystals, Organic Crystals, and Phyllosilicate Minerals with Strontium-87 NMR

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

strontium
NMR
phyllosilicate
DOE

File:

Download GMB_ThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Brian Dempsey, Committee Member

Author:

Saavedra Garcia, Hector Miguel

Title:

CONTROLLING ADSORBATE INTERACTIONS FOR ADVANCED CHEMICAL PATTERNING

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

molecular exchange
chemical patterning
soft lithography
scanning tunneling microscopy
self assembled monolayers
cluster assembled materials
microcontact printing

File:

Download Saavedra-Thesis2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member

Author:

Sioss, James

Title:

Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials for Biosensing Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanowires
silica coating
optical properties
biosensors

File:

Download 7-23-07.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Monnell, Jason D.

Title:

MOLECULAR-SCALE PROPERTIES OF FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS AND MOLECULES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

piezoelectric
atomic force microscopy
scanning tunneling microscopy
ferroelectric
self-assembled monolayers

File:

Download JDMonnell-dissertation-etd-final.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member

Author:

Stapleton, Joshua J

Title:

SELF-ASSEMBLY AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CANDIDATE MOLECULES FOR MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC AND QUANTUM COMPUTING APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

SAMs
infrared spectroscopy
molecular electronics
XPS

File:

Download Stapleton-JJ_PhD.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lawrence Allara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Hohman , James Nathan

Title:

Self-Assembly by Design: From Structure and Function to Nanoscale Construction

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

self-assembly
nanoscience
nanotechnology
self-assembled monolayer
nanoparticle
supramolecular chemistry
chemical patterning
microcontact printing
soft lithography

File:

Download jnh-thesis-revised-pdf2.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Golightly, Justin Samuel

Title:

Formation and Characterization of Nanoparticles Via Laser Ablation in Solution

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Laser Ablation
Nanoparticles
irradiation
metal nanoparticles
synthesis

File:

Download JSG_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Henry Foley, Committee Member

Author:

Cederquist, Kristin Baine

Title:

Hairpin Nucleic Acid Probes for Metal Nanowire-Based Surface Studies and Biosensing.

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

surface characterization
spectroscopy
nanotechnology
fluorescence
bioconjugate synthesis
biochemical interactions
bioassays
multiplexed sensing

File:

Download kbcederquist_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Committee Member

Author:

Adams, Kelly

Title:

Biological and Artificial Model Systems to Investigate Fundamental Properties and Structures Related to Exocytosis

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

lipid nanotube
fusion pore
liposome artificial cell model
carbon fiber amperometry
exocytosis
microelectrode array

File:

Download KLA_FINAL_Thesis_3-30-2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr, Andrew G Ewing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Ewing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne M Andrews, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

Author:

Ohr, Kristi

Title:

The Design, Synthesis and Redox Properties of Metallated Artificial Oligopeptides

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

self-assembled monolayers
electron transfer
peptide
self-assembly
molecular electronics
multimetallic

File:

Download dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Cossey, Kimberly

Title:

Hypothesis Driven Assessment of an NMR Curriculum

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

NMR
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
chemical education
assessment
curriculum

File:

Download CosseyDissertationChem.pdf

Committee Members:

Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Rayne Audrey Sperling, Committee Member

Author:

Dillenback, Lisa

Title:

SELF-ASSEMBLY AND CONTROLLED ASSEMBLY OF NANOPARTICLES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

metal nanowire
nanowire assembly
nanoparticle assembly
DNA-directed assembly
self-assembly

File:

Download DillenbackThesisFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Gao, Lin

Title:

Studies of Cluster-Assembled Materials: From Gas Phase to Condensed Phase

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Zr6
Met-Cars
Assemble
Materials
Clusters
Au-MPC

File:

Download Jenny_Thesis_041408_C.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Elizabeth C Dickey, Committee Member

Author:

Sobhy, Mohamed Abdelmaboud

Title:

PHOTOELECTRON IMAGING OF METAL CLUSTERS AND THEORETICAL STUDIES OF METALLOCARBOHEDRYNES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

metallocarbohedrynes
photoelectron spectroscopy
photoelectron imaging
cluster anions

File:

Download Sobhy-thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Hindenlang, Mark David

Title:

Development of New Methods and Polyphosphazene Chemistries For Advanced Materials Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

proton conducting
radio opaque
biocompatible
Polyphosphazene

File:

Download Hindenlang_Doctoral_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Harry R Allcock, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Harry R Allcock, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
James Patrick Runt, Committee Member

Author:

Anderson, Mary Elizabeth

Title:

Chemically Advanced Nanolithography

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanolithography
self-assembled monolayers
molecular rulers
chemical patterning
photolithography

File:

Download Chemically_Advanced_Nanolithography_11-13-06mea.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark William Horn, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier Mckinstry, Committee Member

Author:

Ibele, Michael Edward

Title:

Catalytic Micromotors and Micropumps and their Collective Behavior

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloids
nanoparticles
silver chloride
oscillating reaction
nanomotors

File:

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member

Author:

Santillo, Michael

Title:

Microfluidic systems for high-throughput single-cell assays

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Microfluidics
lab-on-a-chip
confocal
fluorescence
cell assay
bioanalytical chemistry
computational fluid dynamics
CFD
PDMS

File:

Download mf_santillo_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Andrew Ewing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Ewing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

Author:

Kang, Myeongsoon

Title:

INVESTIGATION OF LATE TRANSITION METAL BASED CATALYTIC SYSTEMS FOR POLYMERIZATION OF POLAR VINYL MONOMERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

late transition metal
catalysis
polymerization
polar vinyl monomer

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Committee Member

Author:

Baril, Neil F.

Title:

HIGH-PRESSURE MICROFLUIDIC CHEMICAL DEPOSITION: REPLACING THE AIR WITHIN MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

optical fiber
Silicon

File:

Download Baril_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

John V Badding, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Venkatraman Gopalan, Committee Member

Author:

Henderson, Nathaniel Lee

Title:

Low-Temperature Synthesis of Transition/Post-Transition Metal Intermetallics and Rare Earth Oxide Perovskites

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

intermetallics
perovskites
second harmonic generation
europium titanate
low-temperature
solid state
solution synthesis

File:

Download Henderson_-_Dissertation_-_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Abrams, Neal Mathew

Title:

EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT IN DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS THROUGH LIGHT MANIPULATION

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

dye sensitized solar cell
Gratzel cell
photonic crystal
solar cell

File:

Download thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member

Author:

Chou, Nam Hawn

Title:

CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF SIZE- AND SHAP-CONTROLLED INTERMETALLIC AND METAL NANOCRYSTALS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

chemical synthesis
size- and shape-controlled nanocrystals
intermetallic

File:

Download Chou_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member

Author:

Parajuli, Omkar R.

Title:

NANOMATERIAL PLATFORMS FOR ENHANCED BIOMOLECULAR DETECTION

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Zinc Oxide nano rod array
Copper silicide
polymer thin film

File:

Download ORP_2010.pdf

Committee Members:

Jong In Hahm, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jong In Hahm, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John V Badding, Committee Member
Jian Xu, Committee Member

Author:

Smith, Rachel Katherine

Title:

PRECISE NANO-SCALE ASSEMBLIES: GOLD CLUSTERS AND SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

scanning tunneling microscopy (STM)
nanotechnology
nanoparticles
monolayers (SAMs)
self-assembly
infrared spectroscopy (IR)

File:

Download rksthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Paul S Weiss, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Vincent Henry Crespi, Committee Member

Author:

Stoermer, Rebecca Louise

Title:

BARCODED METAL NANOWIRES FOR MULTIPLEXED DNA HYBRIDIZATION ASSAYS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

barcoded metal nanowires
DNA
multiplexed
beacons
glass
silver
fluorophores
nanowires
metal
fluorescence
tags

File:

Download thesis-Allchapters_this_one_newer_.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Paul S Weiss, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Dean, Stacey Lynne

Title:

Functionalization and Characterization of Nanostructured Materials for Sensing Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

surface chemistry
proteins
nucleic acids
colloid
nanoparticles
SERS
FETs
nanowires
sol-gel
silica

File:

Download StaceyDean_PhDdissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Boonyarattanakalin, Siwarutt

Title:

SYNTHETIC MIMICS OF MAMMALIAN CELL SURFACE RECEPTORS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

chemistry
synthetic organic
synthesis
organic
bioorganic
medicinal
chemical biology
biological chemistry
synthetic receptors
receptors
delivery
drug delivery
fluorescence
fluorescent
probes
cellular probes
cellular surface
protein uptake
synthetic receptor targeting
endocytosis
lipid rafts
fluorescent probes
his tag
receptor-mediated endocytosis
vancomycin
IgG
Fc
Pennsylvania Green
lipid bilayers
biomolecules
cholesterylamine
cholesterol
steroids
3ƒÒ-cholesterylamine
endosomes
lysosomes
listeria
mimicking
mimic
design and synthesis
antibody
antibodies

File:

Download Boonyarattanakalin.pdf

Committee Members:

Blake R Peterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Scott Trent Feldman, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Avery August, Committee Member

Author:

Sundararajan, Shakuntala

Title:

Micromotors Powered by Catalytic Reactions and Their Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

autonomous micro/nanomotors
applications for micro/nanomotors
catalytic micro/nanomotors

File:

Download Shakuntala_Sundararajan__Dissertation_March_15_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member

Author:

Lee, Seunghyun

Title:

IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY AND THE STABILITY OF DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOCHEMICAL SOLAR CELLS AND WATER SPLITTING SYSTEM

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

dye-sensitized solar cells
photonic crystals
non-volatile electrolytes
dye-sensitized photoelectrochemical water splittin
core-shell electrodes

File:

Download ThesisMaster1.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

Author:

Daniel, Thomas Addison

Title:

INVESTIGATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE NATURE OF THE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS IN MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONSTRUCTIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Molecular Electronics
Vapor deposition
CPAFM
UHV AFM
Self Assembled Monolayers
molecular contacts

File:

Download Thesis_Complete_Final_Version.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lawrence Allara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mark William Horn, Committee Member

Author:

Tighe, Timothy Bernard

Title:

Metal Atom-Molecule Interactions in Self-Assembled Monolayers

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

metal organic interface
alkane thiol
self-assembled monolayers
metallization

File:

Download tbtighe2003.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lawrence Allara, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Kline, Timothy R

Title:

The Design and Control of Catalytic Motors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

heterogeneous catalysis
colloids. nanotechnology
interface
autonomous
microfluidics
pumping
fluids

File:

Download Thesis_TimothyKline_Phd_2006.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Jeffrey M Catchmark, Committee Member

Author:

Sambhy, Varun

Title:

ANTIBACTERIAL POLYMERS AND FUNCTIONAL NANOCOMPOSITES; CARBON DIOXIDE POISONING IN ALKALINE FUEL CELLS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

silver
nanocomposites
antibacterial
polymer
fuel cells
lipid membrane

File:

Download Varun_Thesis_MAIN-shivji999.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Blake R Peterson, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Paxton, Walter

Title:

Autonomous Motion of Catalytic Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloids
autonomous
micropumps
nanomotors
electrophoresis
catalysis
energy transduction

File:

Download Paxton_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Seong H Kim, Committee Member

Author:

Zhang, Xiaowei

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS OF PHOSPHORUS LIGANDS IN RHODIUM-CATALYZED HYDROFORMYLATION AND HYDROGENATION

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Hydroformylation
Phosphorus ligand
Rhodium
Catalysis
Hydrogenation

File:

Download Dissertation-Xiaowei_Zhang.pdf

Committee Members:

Professor Xumu Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Xumu Zhang, Committee Member
Gong Chen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Qing Wang, Committee Member

Author:

Cao, Yanyan

Title:

SYNTHESIS AND INTEGRATION OF CONJUGATED POLYMER NANOSTRUCTURES FOR SENSING AND OTHER APPLICATIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

charge transport
conducting polymer
nanopartical integration
sensor
nanowires

File:

Download Yanyan_Cao_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Theresa Stellwag Mayer, Committee Member

Author:

Hong, Yiying

Title:

1. Self-Propelled Synthetic Particles— From Microscopic Randomness to Macroscopic Control. 2. Selective Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation by Recyclable Poly(allylamine) Gel-Supported Palladium(0) Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

micromotor
nanomotor
self-propulsion
phototaxis
diffusiophoresis
catalysis
titanium dioxide

File:

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Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Alan James Benesi, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yang

Title:

POWERED MOTION AT MICRO/NANOSCALES AND CONTROLLED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CATALYTIC MOTORS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanofabrication
electroanalysis
colloidal science
microfluids
microscopy

File:

Download _Yang_Wang__PSU_Chemistry_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Kobayashi, Yoji

Title:

FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS FROM LAYERED OXIDES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

layered double hydroxide
Nb2O5
nanotube
proton conductivity
Dion-Jacobson
layered perovskite
layered oxide
spinel
superparamagnetism
oxyfluoride
WIEN2k

File:

Download Yoji_Kobayashi.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Digby D Macdonald, Committee Member

Author:

Zhu, Zihua

Title:

USING TIME-OF-FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY TO INVESTIGATE BEHAVIOR OF VAPOR-DEPOSITED METAL ON ALKANETHIOL SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

ToF-SIMS
self-assembled monolayer
vapor metal deposition
surface
metal behavior
molecular electronics

File:

Download Thesis-Zhu.pdf

Committee Members:

Nicholas Winograd, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member

Author:

Gunaratne, K. Don Dasitha

Title:

Photoelectron Imaging Spectroscopic Investigations of Transition Metal Silicides and Oxides

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Photoelectron spectroscopy
Electron Imaging
Photoelectron Angular Distribution
Transition metal
Silicon
Zinc Oxide

File:

Download Thesis_-_Don_Gunaratne.pdf

Committee Members:

Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Coppock, Matthew Bradford

Title:

Self-complementary Heterofunctional and Chiral Artificial Oligopeptides Substituted with Metal Binding Ligands

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

artificial oligopeptide
ligandoside
self-assembly
PNA

File:

Download Dissertation_-_Penn_State_FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member

Author:

Motl, Nathan Edward

Title:

Synthesis and Applications of Gold and Gold-copper Alloy Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloidal hybrid nanoparticles
nanoparticle heterodimers
chemical transformations
AuCu
Au
Cu2S
plasmon
alloy nanoparticle
composition tunable

File:

Download Nathan_Motls_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Larrabee, Thomas James

Title:

A Quantified Dosing ALD Reactor with In-situ Diagnostics for Surface Chemistry Studies

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

atomic layer deposition
quartz crystal microbalance
quadrupole mass spectrometer
in-situ diagnostics
adsorption
reactivity

File:

Download Larrabee_to_upload.pdf

Committee Members:

David Lawrence Allara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Roman Engel Herbert, 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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

Download lmj_complete_thesis_REVISED_new.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Download Biacchi_Dissertation.pdf

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:

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:

Download Final_Dissertation_Meng_Zhang.pdf

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:

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:

Download Wentao_Duan_PhD_Dissertation_Final.pdf

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:

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:

Download Kirby_Dissertation_2015_final.pdf

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:

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:

Download Strayer_Dissertation_FINAL.pdf

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:

Download Vinita_Yadav-Ph._D._Chemistry-Thesis-2015.pdf

Committee Members:

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

Author:

Mcenaney, Joshua M

Title:

Colloidal Nanochemistry Applied to the Discovery and Characterization of Earth-abundant Nanoparticles as Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction and Co2 Photoreduction

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanosynthesis
Water Electrolysis
Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
CO2 Photoreduction
Electrocatalyst
Metal Phosphide

File:

Download Joshua_M_McEnaney_Final_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Special Member

Author:

Ahmed, Suzanne

Title:

The Control, Assembly, Shape-dependent and Material-dependent Studies of Ultrasonically Propelled Nano- and Micromotors

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanorod
Nanomotor
Ultrasonically Propelled Nanomotor
Acoustic Nanomotor

File:

Download SuzanneAhmed_Dissertation_6July2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Jun Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Kim, Juyeong

Title:

Ligand-controlled electronic properties in inorganic materials

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Ruthenium complex
hydroxypyridine
TCNQ
pi-stacking
zinc oxide
coumarin 153
metal-organic framework
electronic property

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Thomas Nelson Jackson, Committee Member

Author:

Haas, Kaitlin Mary

Title:

Driving thermally-activated chemical reactions with molecular-scale control using the photothermal effect of gold nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

gold nanoparticles
photothermal effect
plasmon

File:

Download Haas_2015_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Special Member

Author:

Veghte, Rosemary Marie

Title:

Insights into the Synthetic Mechanisms behind Ligand-free Metal Nanoparticle Formation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanoparticle
sintering
transmission electron microscopy
x-ray diffraction
solid state

File:

Download Rosemary_Veghte_MS_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Bischof, Angela Maria

Title:

Spectroscopic Investigation of Ground State Charge Transfer in Organic Mixed-valence and Charge-transfer Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

organic mixed-valence
organic charge-transfer
electron transfer

File:

Download Bischof_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Li Li, Special Member

Author:

Mccool, Nicholas S

Title:

Understanding and Controlling the Kinetics of Electron Transfer Events in the Water-Splitting Dye-Sensitized Photoelectrochemical Cell

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Water-splitting
Solar energy
electron transfer
charge recombination
sensitized metal oxides

File:

Download McCool_NS_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Wiltrout, Alex Michael

Title:

Nanostructured Transition Metal Sulfide Catalysts for Electrochemical Water Splitting

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanoscience
Metal sulfide
Water splitting
Electrocatalysis
Hydrogen evolution
Oxygen evolution

File:

Download M.S._Thesis_-_Alex_Wiltrout.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

das, sambeeta

Title:

Designs for Directing Motion at Nano and Microscale

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Micromotor
nanomotor
Active Matter
colloid
Enzymes

File:

Download dissertation_sambeeta_das.pdf

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, Outside Member

Author:

Callejas, Juan Francisco

Title:

NANOSTRUCTURED EARTH-ABUNDANT ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR THE HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Nanomaterials
Electrocatalyst
Nanoparticle
Water-Splitting

File:

Download Thesis_Callejas_092016.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
Susan E Trolier-Mckinstry, Outside Member

Author:

Wong, Flory

Title:

Catalytic Nanomotors and Micropump Systems Utilizing Alternate Fuels

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanomotors
micropumps
electrophoretic
electrokinetic
active colloids
self-electrophoresis
density-driven flows
self-powered

File:

Download FWong_PhD_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Outside Member

Author:

Loc, Welley Siu

Title:

Encapsulation of phosphorylated chemotherapeutics in calcium phosphosilicate nanoparticles and the translational perspective to nanoparticle drug delivery

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanomedicine
drug delivery
nanoparticles
CPSNPs
chemotherapeutics
phospho-drug
gold

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Loc_2017.pdf

Committee Members:

James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Outside Member

Author:

Morse, James R

Title:

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND PURIFICATION OF FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanoparticles
Nanoparticle purification
Colloidal Synthesis
pyrite
selective hydrogenation
heterostructure
hybrid nanoparticles

File:

Download Morse_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Mary Elizabeth Williams, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Outside Member

Author:

Dasgupta, Archi

Title:

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND ADSORPTION APPLICATIONS OF 1-, 2-, AND 3-DIMENSIONAL sp2-HYBRIDIZED NANOCARBONS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

carbon nanotubes
graphene
graphitic nanoribbons
graphene based adsorbents
3-D networks
mechanical properties
adsorption properties
gas and liquid phase adsorption

File:

Download Archi_Dasgupta_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
John V Badding, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, Outside Member

Author:

Donahue, Philip P

Title:

Alternating Current Electric Field Driven Reconfigurable Random Lasing

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Random Laser
Lasing
Assembly
Dielectrophoresis
Nanoparticle
Microparticle
Photonics

File:

Download Thesis_Donahue.pdf

Committee Members:

Christine Dolan Keating, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member

Author:

Russell, Jennifer Lynn

Title:

VERTICAL EVAPORATIVE ASSEMBLY AND DOUBLE REPLICATION OF UNARY AND BINARY SILICA COLLOIDAL CRYSTAL FILMS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

colloidal crystal
silica
nanoparticle
template replication
self-assembly
polymer

File:

Download JenniferRussellDissertationF.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Committee Member
Suzanne E Mohney, Outside Member

Author:

Li, Yuguang C

Title:

THE DESIGN OF EFFICIENT CO2 REDUCTION ELECTROCATALYSTS AND ELECTROLYSIS CELL

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

CO2 reduction reaction
electrochemistry
heterogeneous catalysis
electrolyzer
bipolar membrane
products crossover

File:

Download Dissertation_Chris_Li.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
John V Badding, Committee Member
Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Committee Member
Donghai Wang, Outside Member

Author:

Valdez, Lyanne

Title:

DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS OF ENZYME-POWERED DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Enzymes
Micropumps
Nanomotors
Fluid Motion

File:

Download thesis_L.Valdez-final_rev.pdf

Committee Members:

Ayusman Sen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ayusman Sen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Outside Member

Author:

Zhu, Haoyue

Title:

LIQUID-BASED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION SYNTHESIS OF GRAPHENE WITH VARIATIONS ON THE DOPANTS AND THE NUMBER OF LAYERS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

graphene
solar cell
raman
GERS
surface enhanced raman
sensing
sensor
heterostructure
heterolayer
CVD
chemical vapor deposition
doping
dopant

File:

Download Haoyue_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones Maldonado, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Harry R Allcock, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
James Hansell Adair, 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:

Sun, Yifan

Title:

ACCESSING GROUP 6 TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDE NANOSTRUCTURES WITH COLLOIDAL SYNTHESIS: FROM DITELLURIDES TO ALLOYS AND HETEROSTRUCTURES

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

transition metal dichalcogenide
colloidal synthesis

File:

Download 090418_Yifan_Sun.pdf

Committee Members:

Mauricio Terrones, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mauricio Terrones, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Shengxi Huang, Outside Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor