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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: 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: 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: 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...

Title: Green Synthesis of Cellulose Graft Copolymers for Anion Exchange Water Purification
Author: Schmal, Stephen
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: This thesis describes the synthesis and characterization of novel cellulose graft copolymers that are used for the purification of drinking water. These nanomaterials function as bottle-brush anion-exchange resins with repeating quaternary ammoniu...

Title: A WATER-SOLUBLE COBALT SULFIDE SUPERATOM FOR FLOW BATTERY APPLICATIONS AND CRYSTALLINE FRAMEWORK SYNTHESIS
Author: Freeman, Matthew
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: Metal sulfide clusters are attractive components for flow batteries owing to the abundance of their constituent atoms and their tunable size, solubility, and redox properties. We prepared an atomically precise cobalt sulfide cluster, Co6S8(PTA)6•4...

Title: Complex Glycan Synthesis in Bacteria
Author: Wallen, Timothy
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: Glycans, which are assembled through a process known as glycosylation, are critical for creating biological structures important for the function and vitality of bacterial cells. In order to study the synthesis of glycans, enzymes and intermediate...

Title: Chemical Tools for Biology
Author: Fessler, Adam
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: Reagents for biotinylation that are innately water-soluble and can be tracked by both UV-vis spectroscopy and fluorescence (330nm/420nm) have been developed. These reagents are based on the isatoic anhydride platform, which gives rise to their val...

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...