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1. Characterization of Cesium Sites Within Zeolites using Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

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Author:: Fleeger, Claire Rene
Title:: Characterization of Cesium Sites Within Zeolites using Solid State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: NMR
zeolites
cesium
File:: Download FleegerCR_MS_0808.pdf
Committee Members:: Peter J Heaney, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Todd Mueller, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

2. EXPLORING CATALYTIC ACTIVE SITES: INVESTIGATIONS OF ACTIVATED OXYGEN SPECIES AND SUPERATOMIC MIMICS IN THE GAS-PHASE

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Author:: Tyo, Eric Christopher
Title:: EXPLORING CATALYTIC ACTIVE SITES: INVESTIGATIONS OF ACTIVATED OXYGEN SPECIES AND SUPERATOMIC MIMICS IN THE GAS-PHASE
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: clusters
superatom
catalysis
File:: Download EricCTyoDissertationFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

3. Giant Lipid Vesicles Encapsulating A Synthetic Cytoplasm As A Model System To Investigate Cellular Fission and Differentiation

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Author:: Koback, Meghan Jo
Title:: Giant Lipid Vesicles Encapsulating A Synthetic Cytoplasm As A Model System To Investigate Cellular Fission and Differentiation
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: ATPS
Aqueous phase separation
Aqueous Two-Phase System
Polyethylene glycol
Dextran
Giant Vesicles (GVs)
lipid bilayer
vesicles
liposomes
File:: Download thesis_4_9_12_130pm.pdf
Committee Members:: Christine Dolan Keating, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Nicholas Winograd, Committee Member
Scott A Showalter, Committee Member
Peter J Butler, Special Member

4. Molecular Dynamics Simulations of MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION (MALD)

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Author:: Nangia, Shivangi
Title:: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION (MALD)
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI)
Chemistry at HARvard Molecular Mechanics (CHARMM)
File:: Download MS_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Barbara Jane Garrison, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

5. Fundamental studies of the interaction between energetic C60 ion beams with inorganic and organic solid surfaces

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Author:: Brenes, Daniel A
Title:: Fundamental studies of the interaction between energetic C60 ion beams with inorganic and organic solid surfaces
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Time-of-flight secondary neutral mass spectrometry
sputtering
c60 ion beams
angular distribution
kinetic energy distribution
File:: Download Brenes_Thesis_FINAL_version.pdf
Committee Members:: Nicholas Winograd, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Carlo G Pantano, Committee Member
Miriam Arak Freedman, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Committee Member

6. Design and Synthesis of Chiral Ligands and Their Applications in Transition Metal-catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions

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Author:: Li, Wei
Title:: Design and Synthesis of Chiral Ligands and Their Applications in Transition Metal-catalyzed Asymmetric Reactions
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: synthesis
chiral ligand
asymmetric catalysis
transition metal
File:: Download Doctoral_Disseration.Wei_Li.Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Dr Gong Chen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Committee Member
Dr Qing Wang, Committee Member
Dr Xumu Zhang, Special Member

7. Total Syntheses of the Marine Natural Products (‒)-nakadomarin A and (±)-cortistatin J via Iminium Ion Cyclizations

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Author:: Nilson, Mark G
Title:: Total Syntheses of the Marine Natural Products (‒)-nakadomarin A and (±)-cortistatin J via Iminium Ion Cyclizations
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: total synthesis
nakadomarin
enecarbamate
Michael addition
N-acyliminium ion
metathesis
cortistatin
(4 + 3) cyclization
File:: Download Mark_G_Nilson_Chemistry_PhD_final_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: RAYMOND LEE FUNK, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott Trent Feldman, Committee Member
Steven M Weinreb, Committee Member
John Patrick Vanden Heuvel, Committee Member

8. Measuring the Barrier to Charge Transfer State Dissociation in Organic Photovoltaic Materials with Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy

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Author:: Pensack, Ryan
Title:: Measuring the Barrier to Charge Transfer State Dissociation in Organic Photovoltaic Materials with Ultrafast Vibrational Spectroscopy
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: ultrafast vibrational spectroscopy
charge transfer state
organic photovoltaics
File:: Download Ryan_Pensack_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: John B Asbury, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Karl Todd Mueller, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

9. Photoelectron Imaging Spectroscopic Investigations of Transition Metal Silicides and Oxides

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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

10. Progress Toward a Total Synthesis of the Lycopodium Alkaloid Lycopladine H

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Author:: Sacher, Joshua Ryan
Title:: Progress Toward a Total Synthesis of the Lycopodium Alkaloid Lycopladine H
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: organic
synthesis
lycopodium
lycopladine
quinone ketal
oxidative dearomatization
hydroaminomethylation
Henry reaction
File:: Download Sacher_-_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Steven M Weinreb, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Lee Funk, Committee Member
Gong Chen, Committee Member
Ryan John Elias, Committee Member

11. Differential Magnetic Catch and Release: Separation, Purification, and Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Particles Assemblies

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Author:: Beveridge, Jacob Stanley
Title:: Differential Magnetic Catch and Release: Separation, Purification, and Characterization of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Particles Assemblies
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Magnetic Nanoparticles
Differential Magnetic Catch and Release
Hybrid Nanocrystals
Nanoparticles
File:: Download thesis_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary Beth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Siyang Zheng, Committee Member

12. Spectroscopic Investigation of Helicobacter pylori Catalase Compound Ii

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Author:: Langston, Matthew Carroll
Title:: Spectroscopic Investigation of Helicobacter pylori Catalase Compound Ii
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: catalase
compound II
Mossbauer
EXAFS
File:: Download mcl_hpc-II_spectroscopic_studies.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Thomas Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

13. Diffusiophoresis of microspheres in competing electrolyte gradients and diffusiophoresis driven migration of nanospheres and quantum dots into porous rock formations

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Author:: Chertok, Aleksandr
Title:: Diffusiophoresis of microspheres in competing electrolyte gradients and diffusiophoresis driven migration of nanospheres and quantum dots into porous rock formations
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: diffusiophoresis
colloidal transport
File:: Download Chertok_Masters_Thesis_Final_Version.pdf
Committee Members:: Ayusman Sen, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

14. Solvation and electron transfer in ionic liquids

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Author:: Liang, Min
Title:: Solvation and electron transfer in ionic liquids
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Solvation dynamics
ionic liquids
bimolecular electron transfer
File:: Download Min_Liang_final_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Mark Maroncelli, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
John H Golbeck, Committee Member

15. Chemical synthesis and modification of target phases of chalcogenide nanomaterials

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Author:: Sines, Ian Thomas
Title:: Chemical synthesis and modification of target phases of chalcogenide nanomaterials
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Nanoparticles
Conversion chemistry
Chalcogenides
Non-equilibrium phases
Superconductors
Single crystals
File:: Download Sines_Thesis_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Sridhar Komarneni, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member

16. Measuring and Controlling the Transport of Magnetic Nanoparticles

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Author:: Stephens, Jason Robert
Title:: Measuring and Controlling the Transport of Magnetic Nanoparticles
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Magnetic Nanoparticles
Separation
Transport
Linked Assembly
File:: Download Thesis_Edits.pdf
Committee Members:: Mary Elizabeth Williams, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Member
Christine Dolan Keating, Committee Member
Kyle Jeffrey Magnuson Bishop, Committee Member

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

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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

18. Synthesis of early transition metal and non-equilibrium intermetallic nanoparticles using n-butyllithium

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Author:: Bondi, James Fumiya
Title:: Synthesis of early transition metal and non-equilibrium intermetallic nanoparticles using n-butyllithium
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: nanoparticle
n-butyllithium
early transition metal
non-equilibrium
intermetallic
solid state
File:: Download Bondi_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
John V Badding, Committee Member
Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

19. Synthesis and Applications of Gold and Gold-copper Alloy Nanoparticles

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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

20. The role of dsRBDs in the miRNA maturation pathway

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Author:: Wostenberg, Christopher William
Title:: The role of dsRBDs in the miRNA maturation pathway
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: dsRBD
miRNA
NMR
MD
DGCR8
Dicer
Drosha
IDP
FCP1
RAP74
File:: Download Thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Scott A Showalter, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Scott A Showalter, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Philip C. Bevilacqua, Committee Member
David D Boehr, Committee Member
Andrey S Krasilnikov, Committee Member

21. Redox Reactivity of N-heterocycle Carbene Complexes of Chalcogens and Related Explorations of P-block-promoted Cross Coupling

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Author:: Liu, Shi
Title:: Redox Reactivity of N-heterocycle Carbene Complexes of Chalcogens and Related Explorations of P-block-promoted Cross Coupling
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Redox Reactivity
NHC Complexes of Chalcogens
p-block-promoted cross coupling
File:: Download Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Alexander Thomas Radosevich, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

22. Electrodynamic and Electronic Structure Methods to Model Surface Enhanced Spectroscopy and Molecule-metal Nanoparticle Optical Coupling

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Author:: Morton, Seth Michael
Title:: Electrodynamic and Electronic Structure Methods to Model Surface Enhanced Spectroscopy and Molecule-metal Nanoparticle Optical Coupling
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: surface enhanced
Raman
spectroscopy
electronic structure
hybridization
theory
plasmonics
plasmon
nanoparticle
electrodynamics
File:: Download SethMorton-PSUThesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Lasse Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
David Lawrence Allara, Committee Member
John B Asbury, Committee Member
Jorge Osvaldo Sofo, Special Member

23. Total Synthesis of (±)-isophellibiline and (±)-communesin F, and Design, Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Dihydro-β-erythroidine (DHβE) Analogs

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Author:: Belmar, Johannes
Title:: Total Synthesis of (±)-isophellibiline and (±)-communesin F, and Design, Synthesis and Pharmacological Evaluation of Dihydro-β-erythroidine (DHβE) Analogs
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: organic
synthesis
chemistry
erythrina
isophellibiline
communesin
communesin F
File:: Download Belmar_Chemistry_Dissertation_Dec_2012.pdf
Committee Members:: RAYMOND LEE FUNK, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Ks Feldman, Committee Member
Scott T Phillips, Committee Member
Robert Martin Rioux Jr., Committee Member

24. Total Synthesis of (±)-meloscine via an Allenyl Azide Cycloaddition/diradical Cyclization Cascade.

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Author:: Antoline, Joshua F
Title:: Total Synthesis of (±)-meloscine via an Allenyl Azide Cycloaddition/diradical Cyclization Cascade.
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: meloscine
diradical
total synthesis
cyclization cascade
alkaloid
allenyl azide
File:: Download JFA_Dissertation_2012.pdf
Committee Members:: Ken S Feldman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Lee Funk, Committee Member
Steven M Weinreb, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Committee Member

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

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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

26. Structural, electronic, and theoretical characterization of compound i in P450s, with a focus on x-ray absorption spectroscopy

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Author:: Krest, Courtney Marie
Title:: Structural, electronic, and theoretical characterization of compound i in P450s, with a focus on x-ray absorption spectroscopy
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Cytochrome P450
Compound I
Purification
EXAFS
XAS
Metal K-edge
Ligand K-edge
XANES
Mössbauer
Exchange coupling
File:: Download Krest_thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Thomas Green, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Michael Thomas Green, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
Carsten Krebs, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

27. Understanding C-H Bond Activation in Heme Proteins: The Importance of the Ferryl pKa

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Author:: Yosca, Timothy Howard
Title:: Understanding C-H Bond Activation in Heme Proteins: The Importance of the Ferryl pKa
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: cytochrome p450
compound II
ferryl pKa
File:: Download thesis_final.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Thomas Green, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Joseph M Bollinger Jr., Committee Member
Squire J Booker, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

28. Self-powered Fluorescence Assays in Paper-based Microfluidic Devices

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Author:: Thom, Nicole Kimberly
Title:: Self-powered Fluorescence Assays in Paper-based Microfluidic Devices
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Paper-Based
Microfluidic
Point-of-care
Battery
Fluorescence assay
File:: Download N_Thom_Masters_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Scott T Phillips, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

29. The Application of Intramolecular [4+3] Cyclizations of 2-(trialkylsilyloxy)enals to the Synthesis of Englerin A and Analogs

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Author:: Bisch, Amber
Title:: The Application of Intramolecular [4+3] Cyclizations of 2-(trialkylsilyloxy)enals to the Synthesis of Englerin A and Analogs
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: engerlin A
silyloxyenal
silyloxydioxin
dioxin
[4+3]
enals
File:: Download Bisch_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Raymond Lee Funk, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

30. Strong-field Ionization Leading To Coulomb Explosion of Small Clusters

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Author:: Ross, Matthew W
Title:: Strong-field Ionization Leading To Coulomb Explosion of Small Clusters
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: strong-field
clusters
coulomb explosion
ionization enhancement
ultrafast laser
superatom
File:: Download 1-ross_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Albert Welford Castleman Jr., Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
James Bernhard Anderson, Committee Member
William George Noid, Committee Member
Robert John Santoro, Committee Member

31. Part 1. Exploration of Braverman Diradical Cyclizations For Angucyclinone Synthesis Part 2. Efforts Toward The Synthesis of Lomaiviticinone A

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Author:: Selfridge, Brandon Robert
Title:: Part 1. Exploration of Braverman Diradical Cyclizations For Angucyclinone Synthesis Part 2. Efforts Toward The Synthesis of Lomaiviticinone A
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: organic
synthesis
diradical
cyclizations
angucyclinone
lomaiviticinone A
lomaiviticins
double Ireland-Claisen
File:: Download BrandonSelfridgeDissertation_merged.pdf
Committee Members:: Ken S Feldman, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Lee Funk, Committee Member
Steven M Weinreb, Committee Member
Bernhard Luscher, Special Member

32. Substrate Positioning and Channeling Of Escherichia Coli Quinolinate Synthase

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Author:: Sites, Lauren Anne
Title:: Substrate Positioning and Channeling Of Escherichia Coli Quinolinate Synthase
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Quinolinate Synthase
NadA
iron-sulfur cluster
NAD biosynthesis
File:: Download LASthesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Squire J Booker, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

33. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation Of Dynamics In Poly(ethylene Oxide) Based Polyether-ester-sulfonate Ionomers

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Author:: Roach, David Jason
Title:: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Investigation Of Dynamics In Poly(ethylene Oxide) Based Polyether-ester-sulfonate Ionomers
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: NMR
Polymer Electrolytes
Single-ion Conductors
Ionomers
Polymer Dynamics
Cation Dynamics
File:: Download DJRoach_Dissertation_120112.pdf
Committee Members:: Karl Todd Mueller, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Tom Mallouk, Committee Member
Mary Beth Williams, Committee Member
Evangelos Manias, Committee Member
Ralph H Colby, Special Member

34. A Pulsed EPR Investigation of the Hydroxyl 1H Nucleus of Myoglobin Hydroxide

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Author:: Livada, Jovan
Title:: A Pulsed EPR Investigation of the Hydroxyl 1H Nucleus of Myoglobin Hydroxide
Graduate Program:: Chemistry
Keywords:: EPR
Myoglobin
Heme
Hyperfine
File:: Download JLivada_Masters.pdf
Committee Members:: Michael Thomas Green, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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