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Title: Utilizing fluorescently tagged undecaprenyl phosphate as a means to study lipid A modification in Bordetella pertussis.
Author: Black, Theresa
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: Bordetella pertussis is a gram-negative bacterium that is the causative agent of whooping cough, a highly contagious disease that can be fatal in very young children. The outer membrane of the bacteria consists mainly of lipolysaccharide (LPS), an...

Title: TRINUCLEAR METAL CHALCOGENIDE CLUSTERS AS PRECURSORS FOR SUPERATOMIC SOLIDS AND CLUSTER ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS
Author: Shott, Jessica
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience, Chemistry, Chemistry, Inorganic
Description: Inorganic molecular clusters Ni3(μ3-I)2(μ2-dppm)3 (1), Ni3(μ3-Te)2(μ2-dppm)3 (2), Ni3(μ3-Se)2(μ2-dppm)3 (3), Ni3(μ3-S)2(μ2-dppm)3 (4), Co4(μ3-S)4(PPri3)4 (5), and Mo3(μ3-S)2(μ2-S)3(PMe3)6 (6) have been used as building block precursors in the form...

Title: THE SYNTHESIS OF PHOTOSENSITIZERS FOR THE PHOTODYNAMIC INACTIVATION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI
Author: Hurst, Alexandra
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: The development of antibiotic resistance is a natural phenomenon that occurs when bacteria cells exchange resistant traits amongst each other or when mutations occur during replication. This causes bacteria to be able to withstand attack by antibi...

Title: Synthetic Approaches to Novel (Oxa)cages From a Polycyclic Hydrocarbon Framework
Author: Faussett, Matthew
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Organic
Description: Organic cage chemistry, an incredibly diverse sect of organic synthesis, has alwaysintrigued chemists to push the limits of synthetic knowledge, to explore novel structural elements, and to understand unique reactivity patterns. Organic cage compo...

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: 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, Characterization, and Reactivity of Cross-Conjugated Frameworks
Author: Hamilton, Victoria
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Chemistry, Organic
Description: ABSTRACTVICTORIA LEIGH HAMILTON. Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Cross-Conjugated Frameworks. (Under the direction of MARKUS ETZKORN)Molecules with cross-conjugated -systems possess unique structures and reactivity due to their dis...

Title: Synthesis, Characterization and Functionalization of Anti-Bisarene Scaffolds
Author: Franklin, Joseph
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: Since the advent of rational organic synthesis, practitioners in the field have been refining their craft to target compounds of immense complexity. Synthetic methodologies discovered through these pursuits have provided a fertile ground to expand...

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: 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 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 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 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 Electrochemical Characterization of [3]Radialene-based Catholytes for Aqueous Organic Redox Flow Batteries
Author: Turner, Nicholas
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: The unsubstituted [n]radialenes are a unique class of alicyclic hydrocarbons with radiating alkenes. These compounds are typically difficult to handle and polymerize rapidly. A number of stable radialene derivatives that exhibit reversible electro...

Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Electroactive Organosilanes
Author: Lee, David
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: Siloles, or silacyclopentadienes, have unique electronic properties due to interaction between the butadiene π* orbital and the silylene σ* orbital. Consequently they have drawn interest for use in a variety of organic electronic interactions. A s...

Title: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND APPLICATION OF SILICA-BASED NANOPARTICULATE PLATFORMS FOR THE DELIVERY OF PHOTOSENSITIZERS IN THE USE OF PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY FOR CANCER TREATMENT
Author: Lyles, Zachary
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Nanoscience
Description: Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a subtype of breast cancer which lacks expressions of hormonal receptors (ER/PR/HER2) and other meaningful targets. TNBC is characterized by intra-tumoral heterogeneities, high proliferative activity, poor p...

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 OF PORPHYRIN-BASED POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANE MOLECULES FOR IMPROVED PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY OF CANCER CELLS
Author: Siano, Paolo
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) materials are a class of nanostructured compounds based on Si-O linkages forming a cage with a silicon atom at each vertex, where substituents are bound tetrahedrally determining the physical and chemica...

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 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...