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Author:: Omiatek, Donna M.
Title:: Electrochemical Cytometry: A Novel Technique to Quantitatively Probe Individual Neurosecretory and Artificial Vesicles
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: electrochemical cytometry
exocytosis
neurotransmitter
vesicle
electrochemistry
microfluidics
capillary electrophoresis
File:: Download dmo_dissertation_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Ewing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Ewing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Scott T Phillips, Committee Member
Michael L Heien, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

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Author:: Chiang, Homer H.
Title:: Effect of Rigidifying and Fluidizing Agents on Membrane Raft Stability
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: plasma membrane
membrane rafts
tocopherol
model membranes
triton-X
File:: Download HHC_MS_Thesis_2010.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter J Butler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Butler, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Muddana, Hari Shankar
Title:: Molecular scale spectroscopy and simulation of stressed lipid bilayers
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: lipid bilayers
molecular dynamics
fluorescence spectroscopy
membranes
File:: Download Muddana_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter J Butler, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Peter J Butler, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William O Hancock, Committee Member
Cheng Dong, Committee Member
Sulin Zhang, Committee Member

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Author:: Yuan, Hongyan
Title:: A SOLVENT-FREE COARSE-GRAINED MODEL FOR BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMIMETIC FLUID MEMBRANES
Graduate Program:: Engineering Science and Mechanics
Keywords:: lipid bilayer
fluid membranes
bending rigidity
coarse-grained
solvent-free
membrane models
molecular dynamics simulations
anisotropic interparticle interaction
liquid crystal
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Committee Members:: Sulin Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sulin Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Long Qing Chen, Committee Member
Bruce Gluckman, Committee Member
Bernhard R Tittmann, Committee Member

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Author:: Keighron, Jacqueline D
Title:: NANOPARTICLE BIOCONJUGATES AS “BOTTOM-UP” ASSEMBLIES OF ARTIFICAL MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: multienzyme complex
specific activity
bioconjugate
File:: Download keighronfinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

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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

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Author:: Manokruang, Kiattikhun
Title:: DESIGN, SYNTHESES, AND PROPERTIES OF TUNABLE, DUAL-STIMULI (TEMPERATURE AND pH) RESPONSIVE COPOLYMERS
Graduate Program:: Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords:: alternating copolymers
aqueous phase behavior
phase diagram
hydrogel
stimuli responsive polymers
polyurethane
water soluble polymers
Lower Critical Solution Temperature (LCST)
microcapsules
segmented block copolymers
multicompartment micelles
File:: Download thesis_manokruang.pdf
Committee Members:: Evangelos Manias, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Evangelos Manias, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Qing Wang, Committee Member
Michael A Hicker, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Gary Lynn Messing, Committee Member

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Author:: Gao, Lujia
Title:: COMPOSITION OF THE ENDOTHELIAL GLYCOCALYX AND ITS EFFECT ON TRANSVASCULAR EXCHANGE OF SMALL SOLUTES
Graduate Program:: Bioengineering
Keywords:: Glycocalyx
Inflammation
Glycosaminoglycan
File:: Download Dissertation_Lujia_Gao_2010.pdf
Committee Members:: Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Herbert Herling Lipowsky, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Cheng Dong, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Andrew Zydney, Committee Member

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Author:: Kuklinski, Nicholas John
Title:: New Approaches to Analyze Neurometabolites of <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> with Capillary Electrophoresis
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: fruit fly
capillary electrophoresis
Drosophila Melanogaster
dopamine
biogenic amines
salsolinol
File:: Download NJK_FINAL_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Ewing, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Ewing, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Anne M Andrews, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member
Michael Thomas Green, Committee Member

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Author:: Morgan, Thomas Theodore
Title:: SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIORESORBABLE CALCIUM PHOSPHOSILICATE NANOCOMPOSITE PARTICLES FOR FLUORESCENCE IMAGING AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Fluorescence
Nanoparticle
Calcium Phosphosilicate
Bioimaging
Dispersion
File:: Download Morgan_Thesis_Final_Edited.pdf
Committee Members:: James Hansell Adair, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Hansell Adair, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Committee Member

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