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Title: Crystalline Silicon Interfaces with Adhesive Polymer Semiconducting Glue and Thiazolothiazole Redox Active Organic Small Molecules
Author: Cohen, Daniel
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Chemistry, Chemistry, Organic
Description: Crystalline silicon is an extremely versatile semiconductor material used for electronics and photovoltaic devices. An organic conductive glue based on a blend of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene):poly(styrene sulfonate) (PEDOT:PSS) and d-sorbitol ...

Title: Design and Modulation of Novel Chemical Probes for RNA SHAPE Analysis: Water Soluble Isatoic Anhydrides and Nicotinic Acid Imidazolides
Author: Fessler, Adam
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Biology
Description: The growing interest in RNA biology, along with an expansion in computational capabilities, throughput, and sensitivity has provided researchers new tools to probe RNA. RNA selective 2′-hydroxy acylation analyzed by primer extension (SHAPE) utiliz...

Title: PENETRATION RESISTANCE OF 4340 STEEL/POLYUREA LAMINATE
Author: Pajjuri, Vishnu Vardhan Kumar
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Military art and science, Chemistry, Polymers
Description: Enhancement of the penetration resistance of materials used in the defense industry is of great interest since such improvements can save human life and can reduce the loss of resources caused by high velocity projectiles penetrating through the w...

Title: Quantum Enhanced Electron Transfer in Coupled Porphyrins
Author: Pedersen, Andrew
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: The role of solar power as a renewable energy source is of ever increasing importance to our future. It is inevitable then that the focus of much research would be looking at nature’s solutions to solar power with photosynthesis. A theoretical pap...

Title: Development of nanoparticle-based approaches for the treatment and imaging of pancreatic cancer
Author: Tarannum, Mubin
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Chemistry
Description: Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is a type of exocrine pancreatic cancer which accounts for over 90% of cases. PDAC is the fourth-leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States with a 5-year survival rate of 9% with little t...

Title: Bis(bipyridyl)silicon(IV) Diols as Potential Dual Hydrogen Bond Donors for Catalysis
Author: Waters, Crystal
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: Hydrogen bond donors (HBDs) have been explored as potential catalysts for the 1,4-conjugate addition and Diels-Alder reactions. HBD catalysis, which relies on Brønsted acid catalytic sites, is being explored as an oxygen and moisture stable altern...

Title: Bis(bipyridyl)silicon(IV) compounds – synthesis, characterization, and catalytic properties.
Author: Maguylo, Christina
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Chemistry, Inorganic
Description: A series of novel hexacoordinate bis-bipyridylsilicon(IV) complexes have been synthesized by reacting [Si(bipy)2I2]I2 with the appropriate alcohol or diol. Characterization was done and crystal structures have been obtained for the complexes: [Si(...

Title: Conditioning of Platinum Nanoparticle Catalysts for Improved Hydrogen Generation on P3HT:PCBM Bulk Heterojunction Photocathodes
Author: Ivins, Reynolds
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Environmental engineering, Renewable energy sources
Description: This work aims to design, develop, and investigate the capacity of a metal catalyst-coated organic photoelectrode to produce molecular hydrogen when illuminated in acidic media. 3-5 nm platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) were synthesized, treated to re...

Title: ELUCIDATING THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHIBITION OF ENZYMES ESSENTIAL FOR BATERIALVIRULENCE: THE ACTIVITY OF THREE GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES AND A POTENTIAL DRUG TARGET, UNDECAPRENYL PYROPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE
Author: Okwei, Elleansar
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Biology, Biochemistry
Description: The fight against bacterial infection is one of the most important branches of modern medicine. Due to the emergence of strains of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, researchers have been presented with complex challenges in an effort to combat these ...

Title: Early Detection of Malaria Parasitic RNA Through an Amplification-Free Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Biosensor
Author: Blackwell, Ashley
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: Malaria retains its position as one of the most highly transferable diseases throughout the world today, with current efforts focused on controlling its spread. A sensitive, asymptomatic-stage detection method is needed to diagnose malaria before ...

Title: Effects of Weathering on Performance of Intumescent Coatings for Structure Fire Protection in the Wildland-Urban Interface
Author: Bahrani, Babak
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Polymers, Materials science, Wood
Description: The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of weathering on the performance of intumescent fire-retardant coatings on wooden products. The weathering effects included primary (solar irradiation, moisture, and temperature) and secon...

Title: Folate Receptor-Specific, Redox-Responsive Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles for the Simultaneous Delivery of Cisplatin and Gemcitabine to Treat Cancer
Author: Fink, Eric
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Chemistry, Biochemistry
Description: Nanoparticles are an innovative platform for cancer treatment that reduces systemic toxicity and allows for active targeting of tumor sites to enhance the therapeutic efficacy. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) have emerged as an attractive d...

Title: Hexacoordinate Silicon Complexes as Cathodic Colorants
Author: Peloquin, Derek
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Chemistry, Chemistry, Inorganic
Description: Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical characterization of hexacoordinate polypyridine silicon complexes show that they are fitting candidates for electrochromic applications. Tris(bipyridine)silicon(IV), [Si(bpy)3]+4, is colorless in acetonit...

Title: Hypercoordinate Silicon CNC-Pincer Complexes for Electronic Devices
Author: Earnhardt, Adam
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Chemistry, Organic, Materials science
Description: Previous studies have demonstrated hexacoordinate silicon pincer complexes to be attractive candidates for efficient electron and hole transport layers in organic electronic devices. This work expands the field by incorporating carbon-nitrogen-car...

Title: Long-term stability, vibrational and optical properties of β-ZnTe(en)0.5 and related organic-inorganic hybrid superlattices
Author: Ye, Tang
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Materials science, Chemistry
Description: Organic-inorganic hybrids may offer material properties enhanced compared to or not available from their inorganic and organic components. However, they are typically less stable and disordered. A group of highly ordered II-VI based hybrid structu...

Title: Development of a Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy-based Assay to Detect Malaria Biomarkers in Blood
Author: Hamm, Logan
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: Malaria is an infectious disease that affects many lives around the world and eradication efforts are focused on controlling the disease transmission; which requires early diagnosis of the infection before the onset of symptoms, i.e. at the asympt...

Title: DISTANCE-DEPENDENCE OF PLASMON-MULTIEXCITON COUPLING BETWEEN CDSE QUANTUM DOTS AND GOLD NANOSTRUCTURES
Author: Castaneda, Jose
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical
Description: Quantum confinement that semiconductors experience at the nanoscale facilitate the creation of multiexcitons. However, this same confinement also increases the efficiency of Auger recombination which result in low quantum yields from these states....

Title: Determining the Rate of Ligand-Induced Charge-Transfer Effects on Quantum Dots
Author: Bowman, Cale
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: In this report, charge carrier dynamics and rate of electron transfer is investigated between two bis(thioether)silane (R2BtsMe) ligands and 2.65 nm CdSe core quantum dots (QDs). Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) data is used to determine bin...

Title: DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL REDOX-RESPONSIVE PORPHYRIN-BASED POLYSILSESQUIOXANE NANOMATERIALS FOR PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY
Author: Vega, Daniel
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Materials science, Chemistry, Nanotechnology
Description: Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a minimally invasive clinically approved cancertreatment that was first applied in the early 20th century. PDT is an attractive alternative when compared to chemotherapy and radiation therapy due to the lack of harmfu...

Title: Exceptional New Reagents for Bioconjugation
Author: Garmon, Corey
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Biochemistry
Description: At about the turn of this century the term "click" chemistry came into the common vernacular amongst chemists. "Click" is used to describe reactions that are "spring-loaded" and proceed well in a predictable manner, with no offensive byproduct and...