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Development of superhydrophobicity in silane treated diatomaceous earth and polymer coatings
(2016-12)
This dissertation describes the development of superhydrophobicity in fluorosilane treated diatomaceous earth (DE) particles and polymer coatings. The amount of silane coupling agent on the surface of DE particles has been ...
Development and design of nanomaterial reagents in conjunction with new methods for their synthetic applications
(2014-07)
This Ph.D. deals with the integration of nanotechnology with organometallic/ organic synthetic technologies. The first part of this research sought to develop a library of novel molecular gears programmed to exploit ...
Modular synthesis of amphiphilic networks with guest-host capabilities
(2015-05)
Herein is described a controlled modular method for nanoscopic polymer network synthesis. Nodal points, such as cyclodextrins, are well defined, as are the cross-linking tie chains (e.g. polyethylene oxide), which are of ...
Synthetic, structural, spectroscopic, catalytic and mechanistic studies of palladium complexes with bidentate carbene ligands
(2011-05)
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Oxidative behavior and thermal stability of C60 colloidal suspensions in water and C60/gamma-cyclodextrin polymer networks
(2014-12)
Since its discovery in 1985, buckminsterfullerene (C60) has been extensively studied due to its unique properties and it's now being produced in multi-ton quantities. The ability to form stable aqueous C60 colloids (known ...
Variable selection to improve classification in structure-activity studies and spectroscopic analysis
(2016-05)
A genetic algorithm for variable selection to improve classifications is explored and validated on a wide range of data. In one study, 147 tetralin and indan musks and nonmusks compiled from the literature for the purpose ...
Structural and physical investigations of novel germanium compounds: Aryloxides, nanomaterials, and photolysis of oligogermanes
(2014-05)
The work described in this dissertation will explore the synthesis and characterization of novel germanium containing compounds in order to gain a better understanding of the organometallic chemistry of germanium. These ...
Development and applications of novel monolithic stationary phases for liquid phase separations
(2016-07)
This dissertation aims at developing novel monolithic stationary phases for HPLC, in which three different materials were fabricated for different modes of separation, such as hydrophilic liquid interaction chromatography ...
Functional studies on the n-terminal region of photoactive yellow protein
(2015-07)
Stimulus-induced release of helical elements attached to a PAS core is a recurring feature in PAS domain protein signaling. Photoactive yellow protein (PYP) is a bacterial PAS domain photoreceptor, which contains p-coumaric ...
Pattern recognition studies of complex spectroscopic data sets
(2016-12)
Profiling of complex samples using spectroscopic techniques continues to be an active area of research with a large and burgeoning literature. The overall goal of profile analysis is to correlate a characteristic fingerprint ...