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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, 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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 of Asymmetric Thiazolo[5,4-d] Thiazole Derivatives for Molecular Sensing Applications
- Author
- Meadows, Jared
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Chemistry, Biochemistry, Materials science
- Description
- This thesis outlines the synthesis and characterization of new asymmetrically substituted thiazolo[5,4-d]thiazole (TTz) compounds. This class of compounds contains a central bicyclic heteroaromatic system that is electron-deficient, and when subst...
- 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...