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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:

Vargas-barbosa, Nella Marie

Title:

Insights Into Electrochemical And Photoelectrochemical Water-splitting

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

electrochemistry
iridium oxide
solar fuels
catalysis
membrane
buffer
photo-electrochemistry
heterogeneous kintetics

File:

Download VargasBarbosaNM_dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member
Barbara Jane Garrison, Special Member

Author:

Moore, Justin Edward

Title:

Describing the Electronic Structure of Molecules on Metal Surfaces

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

Electronic Structure
DFT
SERS
LC Functionals
Orbital Renormalization
QMR

File:

Download JustinMoore-PSUThesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Lasse Jensen, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Lasse Jensen, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Adrianus C Van Duin, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Gerald Knizia, Committee Member

Author:

Read Rodríguez, Carlos G.

Title:

Nanostructured Materials for Solar Fuels Production: Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

phosphides
hydrogen evolution
HER
OER
nanoparticles
electrochemistry
electrocatalysis
earth-abundant
synthesis
hybrid
heterostructure

File:

Download Carlos_Read_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Raymond Edward Schaak, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Michael Anthony Hickner, Outside Member

Author:

Van Burns, Emma Nicholson

Title:

Rate enhancement of chemical reactions using nanoscale heating generated by the photothermal effect of gold nanoparticles

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

photothermal heating
polyurethane
kinetics
gold nanoparticles
localized surface plasmon resonance
plasmonic heating
photothermal effect

File:

Download YourName-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Benjamin James Lear, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Noel Christopher Giebink, Outside Member

Author:

Peels, Mieke

Title:

Development of Integration Techniques for Semiempirical Quantum Chemistry Methods and Density Functional Theory

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

quantum chemistry
theoretical chemistry
density functional theory

File:

Download Mieke_Peels_Dissertation_-_Final_Submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Gerald Knizia, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Gerald Knizia, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Benjamin James Lear, Committee Member
Lasse Jensen, Committee Member
Adrianus C Van Duin, Outside Member
Philip C Bevilacqua, Program Head/Chair