• Surface chemistry of iodine on platinum (111) 

  Furman, Scott Anthony (2017-09-11)

  The adsorption of iodine on a platinum(111) single-crystal surface has been investigated using LEED, Auger spectroscopy, and work function measurements. The phase transformations and work function changes have also been ...
• Development of mass spectrometry techniques for real-time reaction monitoring 

  Janusson, Eric (2017-09-01)

  Electrospray ionization (ESI) facilitates the transfer of ions in solution into the gas-phase for analysis by mass spectrometry. The ionization process is intricate and required further investigation, especially because ...
• Design, fabrication, and electrochemical surface plasmon resonance analysis of nanoelectrode arrays 

  Atighilorestani, Mahdieh (2017-08-30)

  Recent advances in nanofabrication techniques have opened up new avenues and numerous possible applications in both nanoscale electrochemistry and analytical nanoscience by enabling the fabrication of reproducible ...
• Phosphinoorganosilane synthesis and Bis(phosphinoorgano)silyl complexes of ruthenium 

  Zhou, Xiaobing (2017-08-23)

  Hydrozirconation and subsequent phosphination have been developed into a versatile synthetic methodology leading to formation of phosphorus-carbon bonds. A family of phosphinoalkylsilane ligand precursors SiHMen(CH₂C ...
• Synthesis and reactivity of palladium complexes that contain redox-active verdazyl ligands 

  Sanz, Corey A. (2017-08-22)

  This thesis presents the synthesis, characterization and reactivity of a series of palladium complexes that contain redox-active verdazyl ligands. This work was motivated by the possibility of discovering new and interesting ...
• The coordination chemistry of tripodal phosphine chalcogenide ligands with platinum group metals 

  Wang, Sherrie Fang (2017-08-11)

  This work set out to develop synthetic routes to transition metal complexes containing the ligands of general type [PPh₂(X)][PPh₂(Y)][PPh₂(Z)]CH and [PPh₂(X)][PPh₂(Y)][PPh₂(Z)]C⁻, where X, Y, Z = various combinations ...
• Molecular beam laser stark spectroscopy of highly vibrationally excited molecules 

  Stoer, Marcell (2017-08-04)

  The Stark field perturbed spectra of near infrared vibrational overtones of hydrogen fluoride and acetylene have been measured with a high resolution molecular beam laser spectrometer. A high performance laser power ...
• Phosphorus (III) tricationic and dicationic complexes 

  Sinclair, Hannah (2017-08-01)

  Coordination chemistry usually applies to transition metals, but has recently been extended to the p-block elements. For the pnictogen atoms (group 15), this type of coordination chemistry has already been applied to ...
• The synthesis and characterization of macrocyclic ligands and investigations of the thermo and photo reactivity of their transition metal ion complexes 

  Mackay, Ian Douglas (2017-06-28)

  The mono protection of 1,4,7-triazacyclononane ([9]-aneN₃) was accomplished efficiently through the formation of an orthoamide derivative. The orthoamide was used to form three mono protected derivatives of [9]-aneN₃ which ...
• Deprotonated aza-crown ligands as simple and effective alternatives to C₅Me₅ in group 3, 4, and lanthanide chemistry 

  Lee, Lawrence Way Mung (2017-06-26)

  The ability of a deprotonated aza-crown ether to allow isolation of soluble lanthanide and yttrium complexes has been investigated. A convenient route to these complexes has been demonstrated by the protonolysis reactions ...
• The Dynamics of benzylic radical pairs in organized media : binding and mobility 

  Kleinman, Mark Howard (2017-06-23)

  Through the use of laser flash photolysis and product studies, the photochemistry of dibenzyl ketone and its derivatives in SDS micelles shows that these aggregates impart some constraint on the dynamics of benzylic radical ...
• Synthesis, characterization and group modification of carbosilane based dendrimers 

  Hooper, Richard (2017-06-21)

  Carbosilane dendrimers have been prepared via iterative hydrosilylation/alkenylation reactions using a variety of chlorosilanes (HSiMe₃₋nC1n)and alkenyl nucleophiles (CH₂=CHCH₂MgBr and CH₂=CHMgBr). Characterization by ...
• Flexible ditopic receptors 

  Zeng, Binqui (2017-06-05)

  This thesis comprises three parts united by a single theme: development of flexible ditopic receptors. In part 1, two bis(crown ether)s were synthesized and their binding selectivities with alkali, alkaline earth and ...
• The use of 10b, 10c-dimethyldihydropyrene (DHP) as a probe to study the Mills-Nixon effect 

  Lau, Yee-Kwan (Danny) (2017-05-12)

  The syntheses of many cycloalkene and cycloalkeneone annelated DHPs have been achieved. A late ring formation approach was used to synthesize the dicycloalkeneone annelated DHP 63 (Scheme 4) and the unsymmetrical ...
• Intramolecular interactions in rhodium monoxide and halogen azides 

  Jensen, Roy Henry (2017-05-05)

  Part A. Vibronic transitions of rhodium monoxide (Rh¹⁶O and Rh¹⁸O) were observed in the 380 to 700 nm region. Laser-induced fluorescence identified two ²[pi]r - X⁴Σ⁻ progressions with origins at {15 667, 15 976} and {15 ...
• Real-time mass spectrometric analysis of catalytic reaction mechanisms 

  Yunker, Lars Peter Erasmus (2017-05-01)

  Mass spectrometry was used to study two disparate transformations: in an applied project, the supposed degradation of perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS); and in a fundamental study, the Suzuki-Miyaura (SM) reaction was ...
• The syntheses and photochromic properties of several substituted and condensed benzo[e]dimethyl-dihydropyrenes 

  Wang, Yunxia (2017-05-01)

  The symmetric multistate photo-switchable molecule 72, which contains two DHP units with a dibenzocyclophane as a spacer, was successfully synthesized by different routes using aryne-furan type Diels-Alder reactions. In ...
• Selective analysis of petroleum fractions by mass spectrometry 

  Zhu, Haoxuan (2017-03-22)

  Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is a fast and sensitive technique that is ideal for detecting low concentration species of interest within complex mixtures. Because ESI-MS simply transfers charged species ...
• Label-free plasmonic detection using nanogratings fabricated by laser interference lithography 

  Hong, Koh Yiin (Plasmonics, 2017-01-02)

  Plasmonics techniques, such as surface plasmon resonance (SPR) and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), have been widely used for chemical and biochemical sensing applications. One approach to excite surface plasmons ...
• Curcumin-loaded block copolymer nanoparticles for drug delivery using microfluidics 

  Chen, Ruyao (2017-03-09)

  This thesis includes three stages of experiments. The goal of the thesis was to prepare nanoparticle-encapsulated curcumin for the purpose of drug delivery. The first step was the nanoparticle preparation. The self-assembly ...

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