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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: 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: 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 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: Investigations into the Reactivity and Structure of Organocuprates
Author: Morse, Jared
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry
Description: While organocuprate reagents have been a staple in synthetic organic chemistry in the formation of carbon-carbon bonds, there has been a dearth of investigations into its use in forming carbon-heteroatom bonds. In previous cases of complexes betwe...

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: 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: 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: 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...