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SURVEY OF CATALYST AND REDUCTANT EFFECTS ON OXORHENIUM CATALYZED DEOXYDEHYDRATION OF GLYCOLS
(2015-02-06)
Sustainable and renewable carbon sources are of great interest for long term succession of humankind. The sugars and polyols derived from cellulosic biomass offer such a sustainable feedstock considering cellulosic biomass ...
Study of Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence of Dye-Doped Silica Nanoparticles
(2012)
Enhancement of molecular fluorescence is of great interest due to the widespread popularity of fluorescence-based detection techniques available today. Although fluorescence-based detection is considered to be more sensitive ...
Solid Acid Catalyzed Polysaccharide Hydrolysis
(2012)
In addition to the rising costs of gasoline and the depletion of fossil fuels, air pollution caused by burning fossil fuels has increased the need to develop alternative renewable fuels. One possible alternative is the ...
IN VIVO FLUORESCENCE CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ESCHERICHIA COLI OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN FEPA
(2012)
Opportunistic microbial pathogens rely heavily on acquisition of nutrients to survive hostile environments. The complexity and redundancy of iron acquisition systems in bacteria illustrates the importance of iron in cellular ...
A STUDY OF HYPOSELENOCYANITE AND THE KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF THE LACTOPEROXIDASE SYSTEM
(2018-12-14)
The lactoperoxidase system, defined as lactoperoxidase in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and thiocyanate, is a powerful method of host defense, particularly in mammalian secretory mucosae. The product of this system, ...
Enhanced Sampling Methods for Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Proteins
(2018-12)
Due to the many folds existing in nature, proteins are able to perform a multitude of functions within cells. This relationship between structure and function is one of great importance and has added to the understanding ...
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, ELECTROCHEMISTRY, AND SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY OF GROUP 8 METALLOPORPHYRIN COMPLEXES
(2012)
This dissertation describes the investigations of nitric oxide (NO) and possible NO donors with group 8 metalloporphyrins.
X-RAY CRYSTAL STRUCTURES AND CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PRODUCTS FROM THE INTERACTIONS OF MYOGLOBIN WITH NITROGEN OXIDES AND ARYLHYDRAZINES, AND NITROREDUCTASE INTERACTIONS WITH ORGANIC NITRO COMPOUNDS
(2016-05)
This thesis describes research into the roles that metalloproteins and non-metalloproteins play in the biological inorganic/organic chemistry of common nitrogen oxides. There are three main chapters on this work: the first ...
THE DEVELOPMENT OF FERROCENE-MODIFIED LINEAR POLY(ETHYLENIMINE) REDOX POLYMERS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN AMPEROMETRIC GLUCOSE BIOSENSORS AND COMPARTMENT-LESS BIOFUEL CELLS
(2010)
A series of redox polymers was synthesized by attaching various ferrocene derivatives to linear poly(ethylenimine) (LPEI). These polymers displayed a remarkable ability to shuttle electrons from the active site of the ...
VARIABLE TEMPERATURE DIFFUSE REFLECTION INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY AND THERMOGRAVIMETRY- MASS SPECTROMETRY INVESTIGATIONS OF BENZOIC ACID INTERACTIONS WITH SODIUM AND CALCIUM MONTMORILLONITE CLAYS
(2015-05-08)
Molecular interactions between benzoic acid and cations and water contained within montmorillonite clay interlayer spaces and processes involved in thermal desorption of benzoic acid from sodium and calcium montmorillonite ...