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Author:

Fernandez, Laura Elizabeth

Title:

Proton-coupled Electron Transfer Reactions: Electrochemical Method Development and Applications

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer
PCET
Electrochemistry
Theoretical

File:

Download Thesis-FINAL.pdf

Committee Members:

Sharon Hammes Schiffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Committee Member

Author:

Kennedy, Paul Earl

Title:

Molecular Dynamics Investigations of Energetic Cluster Bombardment of Metal-organic Interfaces and Organic Solids

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

molecular dynamics simulations
MD
cluster bombardment
C60
secondary ion mass spectrometry
SIMS

File:

Download Thesis_Paul_Kennedy_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor

Author:

Silverstein, Daniel William

Title:

Applications of Time-dependent Quantum Mechanics to Resonantly-enhanced Linear and Nonlinear Optical Processes

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Time-Dependent Density Functional Theory
Linear Optical Properties
Nonlinear Optical Properties
Raman Scattering

File:

Download DanielSilverstein-PSUThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lasse Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Victor Nistor, Special Member

Author:

Sun, Junlei

Title:

Light harvesting and primary charge separation in cyanobacterial Photosystem I

Graduate Program:

Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Molecular Biology

Keywords:

Cyanobacterium
photosynthesis
Photosystem I
charge separation
light harvesting
electrochromic band shift
electron transfer

File:

Download Junlei_Sun_Disseration_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

John H Golbeck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John H Golbeck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Donald Ashley Bryant, Committee Member
B Tracy Nixon, Committee Member
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Edwards, Perry S.

Title:

Novel Raman Techniques for Imaging and Sensing

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Raman spectroscopy
coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering
holography
three-dimensional microscopy
resonators
optical sensing

File:

Download Edwards_2013_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Zhiwen Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Iam Choon Khoo, Committee Member
Julio Urbina, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
C Russell Philbrick, Special Member

Author:

Zhang, Yi

Title:

One-dimensional Fermi Gases with Rapid Control of Interactions: Toward the Observation of Dicke States and Exotic Superfluid Pairing

Graduate Program:

Physics

Keywords:

One-Dimensional Fermi Gases
Entangled Dicke States
Exotic Superfluid Pairing
FFLO Phase
Rapid Interaction Control.

File:

Download YiZhang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kenneth O'hara, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Weiss, Committee Member
Jainendra Jain, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Giordano, Andrea Nicole

Title:

Using Steady-state Vibrational Spectroscopy to Characterize the Effect that Molecular Environments have on the Kinetics of Chemical Systems

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Raman Spectroscopy
IR Spectroscopy
Molecular environments
Kinetics
Fe(CO)3(eta^4-norbornadiene)

File:

Download Andrea_Giordano_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Renee Denise Diehl, Special 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:

Goverapet Srinivasan, Sriram

Title:

Hyperthermal Oxidation and Pyrolysis of Carbon based Materials: Chemistry and Dynamics using the Reaxff Reactive Force Field

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

ReaxFF
Graphite oxidation
Diamond oxidation
Fullerene fragmentation
Gas surface interaction
hyperthermal etching

File:

Download Sriram_thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Adrianus C Van Duin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Zoubeida Ounaies, Committee Member
Randy Lee Vander Wal, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member

Author:

Thaplyal, Pallavi

Title:

Investigations of the Mechanistic Pathways of the Hepatitis Delta Virus Ribozyme

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Ribozyme
Kinetics
HDV
pKa
QM/MM
Thio Effects
Metal Ion Rescue

File:

Download Thesis_PTFinal.pdf

Committee Members:

Philip C. Bevilacqua, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Katsuhiko Murakami, Special Member