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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:

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:

Spanjers, Charles Steven

Title:

Nickel-zinc Intermetallic Catalysts for Acetylene Semi-hydrogenation and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Techniques for Catalyst Characterization

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

catalysis
catalyst
hydrogenation
x-ray absorption spectroscopy
intermetallic

File:

Download Spanjers_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Seong Han Kim, Committee Member
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Phillip E Savage, Committee Member

Author:

Mukhopadhyay, Ahana

Title:

ADSORPTION OF TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES ON METAL OXIDE SUPPORTS: PROBING THE SOLID-LIQUID INTERFACE IN HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST SYNTHESIS

Graduate Program:

Chemical Engineering

Keywords:

solid-liquid interface
electrostatic adsorption
single atom catalysts
isothermal titration calorimetry
noble metals
reducible oxides
methane combustion

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Ahana_Mukhopadhyay.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael John Janik, Committee Member
Xueyi Zhang, Committee Member
Thomas E Mallouk, Outside Member

Author:

Fenton, Julie Lynn

Title:

Engineering Crystal Structure, Elemental Composition, and Interfaces in Inorganic Nanomaterials via Ion Exchange

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanomaterials
ion exchange
synthesis
colloidal nanoparticles
metastable crystal structures
inorganic materials

File:

Download JL_Fenton_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Member
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Outside Member