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Author:

Torres, Vincent

Title:

Polymer grafting of unsaturated polymers to provide new material properties: A new avenue for polymer upcycling

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Polymer upcycling
Grafted polymers
Polymer chemistry
Tensile properties
Nanostructure
Allylic radical
Post-polymerization functionalization

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Committee Members:

Robert Hickey, Co-Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Enrique Gomez, Outside Unit & Field Member
David Boehr, Co-Chair of Committee
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Julie Fenton, Major Field Member

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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Committee Members:

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:

Santos, Alyssa

Title:

An Exploration of Potential Energy Surfaces with an Application in N-Heterocyclic Carbenes on Metal Nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Potential Energy Surface
Geometry Optimization
Density Functional Theory
N-heterocyclic Carbenes
Metal Nanoparticles
Sigma Donation
Pi Backbonding
Graduate Education

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Committee Members:

Gerald Knizia, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Major Field Member
Adri van Duin, Outside Unit & Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Liu, Chang

Title:

A Fluorescence-Based Investigation into the Mechanisms of Biomimetic-Membrane Component Translocation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

chemotaxis
lipid flip-flop
membrane component translocation
microfluidics
lipid bilayer

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Committee Members:

Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
William Hancock, Outside Unit & Field Member
Tae-Hee Lee, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Swartzfager, John

Title:

Understanding how the Local Environment Influences the Optoelectronic Properties of Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence
Photoluminescence Spectroscopy
Time-Resolved Spectroscopy
Organic Optoelectronics
Organic Light Emitting Diodes
Molecular Conformation

File:

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Committee Members:

Benjamin Lear, Major Field Member
Mark Maroncelli, Major Field Member
Noel Giebink, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Asbury, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Szukalo, Ryan

Title:

Predictive and Thermodynamically Transferable Coarse-Grained Models

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

coarse-graining
transferability
representability
local density

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Committee Members:

William Noid, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Major Field Member
Susan Sinnott, Outside Unit & Field Member
John Asbury, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair

Author:

Park, Jennifer

Title:

Development of genetically encoded fluorescent sensors for cellular manganese(II)

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

genetically encoded FRET-based sensors
probing cellular manganese homeostasis

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Committee Members:

Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Joseph Cotruvo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amie Boal, Major Field Member
Emily Weinert, Outside Unit & Field Member
Mark Hedglin, Major Field Member

Author:

Glaid, Andrew

Title:

Interesting Interface Interactions: The Synthesis of Metal Metalattices and the Binding of Ions to Lipid Membranes

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Metalattice
Supercritical Fluid Deposition
Supported Lipid Bilayer
Ion Binding
Microfluidic Assay

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Committee Members:

Venkatraman Gopalan, Outside Unit & Field Member
Kenneth Knappenberger, Major Field Member
Lauren Zarzar, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Paul Cremer, Chair & Dissertation Advisor

Author:

Featherston, Emily

Title:

Biochemical and structural factors governing metal selectivity in lanthanide-binding proteins

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

Lanthanide
Rare earth element
Protein
Protein structure
Luminescence

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Committee Members:

Scott Showalter, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair
Scott Lindner, Outside Unit & Field Member
Joseph Cotruvo, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Amie Boal, Major Field Member

Author:

Sieg, Jacob

Title:

Thermodynamic Corrections to RNA Folding Models in Cells

Graduate Program:

Chemistry (PHD)

Keywords:

RNA
metabolites
Magnesium
Thermodynamics
Nearest neighbor model

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Committee Members:

Andrew Patterson, Outside Field Member
Paul Babitzke, Outside Unit & Field Member
Scott Showalter, Major Field Member
Edward O'Brien, Major Field Member
Philip Bevilacqua, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Philip Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair