• Synthesis and Characterization of Lanthanide-Based Nanocrystals for Novel Quantum Information and Bio-Imaging Applications 

  Frencken, Adriaan (2023-03-21)

  Lanthanide ions show a wide variety of optical and magnetic properties due to their unique 4f-orbital occupations, allowing them use in e.g. telecommunication, ultra-strong magnets, and lasers. Incorporation of these ions ...
• Block Copolymer Assemblies of DNA and Gold Nanoparticles: Towards Applications in Photoinitiated Gene Delivery 

  Kly, Sundiata (2023-03-14)

  Gene therapies require transportation of fragile genetic material to the defective site within a body. Polymer-based micelles can provide protection while incorporated gold nanoparticles can add additional functionalities. ...
• Model compounds for monitoring surface reactivity in the gas phase 

  Thiessen, Tanner (2023-01-04)

  Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) is a cyclic process in which volatile precursors are reacted with a surface to generate a single layer of atoms or molecules and this process can be repeated to tune the thickness of these ...
• Five-Dimensional Hadamard-Transform Fluorescence Imaging 

  Katz, Oren G. (2022-12-16)

  A home-built imaging system is designed and characterized which can capture fluorescence over two spectral dimensions (excitation and emission wavelengths) and two spatial dimensions (x and y), at an acquisition rate fast ...
• Mechanism of the Pinacol Rearrangement of Thiele Cage Diols Over a C(sp3)-C(sp3) Bond 

  Burman, Austin (2022-12-07)

  In our previous publication of Thiele cage diols, we describe the first pinacol rearrangement to occur over a C(sp3)–C(sp3). Two mechanisms were initially proposed: a concerted mechanism and a stepwise mechanism, proceeding ...
• Explorations of the N-C Atropisomerism of Indigo Diimines and Related Complexes 

  Richard, Nicholas (2022-09-27)

  This study focused on the preparation and characterization of new indigo diimine (Nindigo) derivatives as a new atropisomeric scaffold. Trans- and cis- indigo diimines were studied and structure-property relationships were ...
• SERS Study of N-heterocyclic Carbenes Absorbed on a Silver Electrode 

  Ge, Mengxin (2022-09-26)

  SERS (surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy) has the potential to be used in a variety of commercial and basic applications, which often rely on molecules that are bound to a nanostructured metal surface. Thiols are usually ...
• Cp*M-Mediated P-H Activation Reactions: Activity and Mechanisms 

  Yang, Jin (2022-09-22)

  This thesis presented the synthesis and reactivity of metal complexes for the hydrophosphination of alkenes and dehydrocoupling of phosphines. The mechanism of these metal-catalyzed P-H activation reactions was explored. ...
• Kinetics of Electrochemical Oxidation on Platinum Single-Crystal Surfaces 

  Yuan, Chentian (2022-07-19)

  Understanding the structure and kinetics of electrochemical oxidation of platinum single-crystal surfaces at the atomic level is important to understanding and improving the electrocatalysis of platinum in fuel cells. This ...
• Development of an integrated microfluidic platform to evaluate radiotherapy response of tumour cells 

  Palacios Sánchez, América (2022-05-02)

  This thesis details the design, fabrication, and testing of two optofluidic platforms, a square fused silica capillary and a MgF2-PDMS microfluidic chip to detect radiation-induced biochemical changes in cells during ...
• Precision nanofibers for biomedical applications via living crystallization-driven self-assembly 

  Garcia Hernandez, Juan Diego (2022-04-25)

  Nature provides fascinating examples of functional materials with hierarchical structures. Nano and microscale materials have been prepared by synthetic approaches via the self-assembly of discrete building blocks with the ...
• Scalable 1D and 2D polymer-based nanoparticles via crystallization-driven self-assembly 

  Ellis, Charlotte Emily (2022-04-21)

  Self-assembly is ubiquitous in nature. A diverse range of materials with exceptional properties are accessed from a limited number of sub-units, through controlling structural order on all length-scales. Achieving the same ...
• Effect of cucurbit[6]uril on the structure and dynamics of NaDC gels 

  Talluri, Sree Gayathri (2022-04-04)

  Gels are colloidal states of matter in which a solid matrix is dispersed in a liquid phase. Supramolecular gels are formed due to the self-assembly of small gelator molecules in a suitable solvent as a result of specific ...
• Analytical techniques for reaction monitoring, mechanistic investigations, and metal complex discovery 

  Thomas, Gilian T. (2021-11-19)

  A variety of analytical techniques are showcased for their ability to provide insights into reaction mechanisms as well as active intermediate speciation. Pressurized Sample Infusion-Mass Spectrometry (PSI-ESI-MS), ion ...
• Probing the environmental response of charged aqueous surfaces 

  Cai, Canyu (2021-09-20)

  The molecular structure and charge on solid surfaces in aqueous environments is of fundamental importance to various scientific research and applications, yet remain not sufficiently understood. The research herein uses ...
• Droplet interface bilayers: microfluidic methods to model pharmacokinetics in artificial cell membranes 

  Stephenson, Elanna (2021-09-20)

  Modern drug development is an astronomically expensive and time consuming undertaking. Because of this, studying the pharmacokinetic properties of drugs in vitro has become an integral step early in the process of drug ...
• Nonlinear optical characterization of molecules adsorbed on metal surfaces 

  Yang, Wei-Chen (2021-09-15)

  The organic-metal interface is ubiquitous in a wide variety of natural environments and industrial applications. As a result, the interfacial chemistry has been studied for many decades. Specifically, ...
• Biomimetic artificial cell plasma membranes-on-a-chip for drug permeability prediction 

  Korner, Jaime L. (2021-09-02)

  The drug development process is notoriously long and expensive. During preclinical studies, inaccurate prediction of pharmacokinetic properties such as the ability of a drug candidate to passively permeate cell plasma ...
• Spatiotemporal analysis of criteria air pollutants and volatile organic compounds from a moving vehicle 

  Davidson, Jon (2021-08-31)

  This thesis describes the on-road analysis of criteria air pollutants (CAPs) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from a moving vehicle. CAPs and VOCs have numerous direct and indirect effects on the environment and public ...
• Chemometric analysis of full scan direct mass spectrometry data for the discrimination and source apportionment of atmospheric volatile organic compounds measured from a moving vehicle. 

  Richards, Larissa Christine (2021-08-30)

  Anthropogenic emissions into the troposphere can impact air quality, leading to poorer health outcomes in the affected areas. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are a group of chemical compounds, including some which are ...

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