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Title: SYNTHESIS AND REACTIVITY OF HETEROCYCLIC THIONE AND SELONE LIGANDS WITH A SATURATED BACKBONE
Author: Patterson, John
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: ABSTRACTJOHN R. PATTERSON Synthesis and Reactivity of Heterocyclic Thione and Selone Ligands with a Saturated Backbone (Under the direction of DR. DANIEL RABINOVICH) The field of coordination chemistry is so pervasive that it finds use in nearly e...

Title: SYNTHESIS AND REACTIVITY STUDIES OF METAL CARBONYL COMPLEXES WITH PYRIDINE/THIONE MIXED-DONOR LIGANDS
Author: Oian, Casey
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: A new synthetic route to o (mercaptoimidazolyl)pyridine ligands (R = Me, Bun) through a neutral intermediate o (imidazolyl)pyridine (o-impy) has been developed. The n-butyl-substituted ligand shows improved solubility in organic solvents. The alky...

Title: SYNTHESIS OF THIAZOLOTHIAZOLE FUNCTIONALIZED PORPHYRINS FOR ORGANIC SOLAR CELL APPLICATIONS
Author: Grubich, Nicholas
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Chemistry, Chemistry, Organic
Description: Porphyrin light-harvesting systems have recently shown promising solar energy conversion properties in organic photovoltaic devices. Porphyrins, which absorb a broad portion of the solar spectrum and can be easily tuned with peripheral substituent...

Title: Synthesis and Optical Properties of Hybrid Gold Nanoparticles Coupled with Quantum Dots and Porphyrins
Author: Tobias, Andrew
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Chemistry, Nanotechnology
Description: Coupling of optically active materials, or chromphores, to plasmonic nanoparticles represents a new research area which has the ability to produce higher efficiency lighting and photovoltaic materials. The main goal of this project was to create n...

Title: Synthesis and Reactivity of Benzodiazepine-Derived Heterocyclic Thiones and Selones
Author: Clinkscales, Alexander
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemistry, Organic, Analytical chemistry
Description: This thesis outlines the synthesis, characterization and coordination chemistry of new N-heterocylic benzodiazepine thione (NHT) and selone (NHSe) ligands. This new family of ligands, SBzDzArE (Ar = Xy, Mes, Dipp; E = S, Se), contain various bulky...

Title: Synthesis and Reactivity of N-Heterocyclic Chalcogenone Complexes of Copper and Silver
Author: Allen, Alexander
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemistry, Organic, Analytical chemistry
Description: This presentation outlines the synthesis and characterization of several unusual two-coordinate copper(I) and silver(I) complexes supported by bulky N-heterocyclic thione (NHT) and selone (NHSe) ligands. More specifically, copper(I) complexes of t...

Title: Synthesis and Reactivity of Six-Membered N-Heterocyclic Chalcogenones
Author: Flanagan, Jerrod
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Chemistry, Inorganic
Description: The synthesis and coordination chemistry of N-heterocyclic thione (NHT) and selone (NHSe) ligands containing a saturated pyrimidine ring and bulky aromatic substituents on the nitrogen atoms is described in this thesis. To further understand the e...

Title: Synthesis and characterization of single-walled carbon nanotubes for use in water purification
Author: Johnson, Billy
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Nanoscience, Chemistry
Description: As human health concerns over disinfection byproducts (DBPs) in drinking water increase, so does the need to development new materials that remove them rapidly and at high-efficiency. Ion exchange (IEX) is an effective method for the removal of na...

Title: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Applications of Benzimidazole Thiones and Selones
Author: Hernandez, Lizeth
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: Benzimidazole-2-thiols and their transition metal complexes have been the focus of intense research due to their potential applications in bioinorganic and organometallic chemistry. Within this field of research, the synthesis and reactivity of be...

Title: Synthesis, photophysical characterization, and application of asymmetric thiazolothiazoles as molecular sensors
Author: Sayresmith, Nickolas
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Chemistry
Description: Small molecule fluorophores are critical for fluorescence spectroscopy, and enable the measurement of a wide array of biological processes and dynamics. For many biological sensing applications, the overall efficacy of the fluorophore is closely c...

Title: THE SYNTHESIS AND PHOTOPHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PORPHYRIN PHOTOACTIVE MATERIALS FOR USE AS SENSITIZERS IN ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS AND PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
Author: Marin, Dawn
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Chemistry
Description: Solar energy conversion and photodynamic therapy (PDT) are very different applications. However, both utilize very similar photoactive molecules called porphyrins. Porphyrins are structural analogs of chlorophyll and also function as prosthetic gr...

Title: Terahertz optical properties of metamaterials and optical components fabricated using polymer-based additive manufacturing
Author: Park, Serang
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Continuous advancement in terahertz technologies have drawn interest in manufacturing and rapid prototyping of optical components suitable for the terahertz spectral range. One of the approaches of realizing such optical components is additive man...

Title: The Role of Film Morphology and Defects on the Photostability and Carrier Transport of Methylammonium Lead Triiodide
Author: Castaneda, Jose
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Materials science, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
Description: Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites are viewed as a cost-effective alternative for photovoltaic devices, among other applications. Solution and low-temperature processing have gathered much attention for this class of materials. However, the stab...

Title: UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECTS OF PERIPHERAL ALKYL SUBSTITUENTS ON EXCITON DIFFUSION PROPERTIES OF PORPHYRIN THIN FILMS FOR ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS
Author: Kaushal, Meesha
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Chemistry
Description: Understanding exciton diffusion is a crucial step in the engineering and fabrication of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices. We studied a variety of organic dyes in our research lab including various derivatives of carboalkoxyphenylporphyrins in so...