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Nanotechnology is a new frontier for the advancement of science and technology. Nanomaterials are playing a crucial role and that they will continue to do so is beyond doubt. They are being used in electronic, magnetic, optical and...
Electron transfer dynamics at the nanocrystalline semiconducting metal oxide interface plays a pivotal role in diverse applications such as dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), dye-sensitized photoelectric solar cells (DSPECs), sensors...
Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2-DE) is used to compare the protein profiles of different crude biological samples. Narrow pH range Immobilized pH Gradient (IPG) strips were designed to increase the resolution of these separations....
Box H/ACA ribonucleoprotein particle (RNP), an RNA-guided RNA modification enzyme, is comprised of four conserved proteins (Cbf5, Nop10, Gar1 and L7Ae) and one guide RNA. This complex recognizes the substrates by the guide RNA and...
Nanoparticle based cellular therapies hold great promise for clinical applications and medicinal use in human patients by allowing for targeted delivery of a personalized medicine payload to specific cells and tissues in a variety of...
The focus of this dissertation is the study of the magnetic properties of several novel lanthanide and actinide metal complexes, of particular concentration is the use of SQUID magnetochemistry coupled with electron paramagnetic...
The need for cheaper, stronger permanent magnets is becoming more vital, as clean-energy technologies and commercial electronics rely heavily on Nd₂Fe₁₄B and SmCo₅ for energy conversion. The Nd and Sm metals, however, are expensive rare...
The work described in this thesis includes research done on two major projects, chemical heterogeneity and sequence length heterogeneities in copolymers. In the chemical heterogeneity project, we present a method by which to obtain the...
As green technology advances, the need for cheaper, stronger permanent magnets becomes more and more vital everyday. Electric motors, like those used in wind turbines and electric cars, rely heavily on Dy doped Nd2Fe14B in order to...
This dissertation investigates the synthesis and characterization of new bioderived polymers from a variety of different biomass sources. In one thrust, a series of new monomers and polymers are synthesized from a toxic and inedible...
Prostate cancer is the most prevalent cancer diagnosed among men in the United States. The major green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3 gallate (EGCG) has been shown to exert remarkable preventive effects against various types of cancer...
The work in this dissertation presents methods developed for the measurement of small molecules in islets of Langerhans, including reactive oxygen species and amino acids. Reactive oxygen species were measured using fluorescence imaging....
Photon upconversion (UC) is a unique process that has garnered increased interest in the past decade as a way to harness lower energy photons and convert them to higher energy for use in a host of applications. In molecular UC, a...
Chromatography, as a separation technique, has received wide acceptance and achieved widespread application. Reversed-phase liquid chromatography (RPLC) is a versatile separation mode utilized in biotechnology, pharmaceutical and other...
In this dissertation, liquid chromatography and solid phase extraction – mass spectrometry (LC and SPE-MS) techniques are applied for rapid quantitation of four glucose-regulating hormones secreted from human islets of Langerhans. The...
Exploring the Relationship between Polymer Topology and Ionic Conductivity: Novel and Precise Five-Carbon Spacing Polymer Electrolytes in Lithium-Ion Battery Applications
This dissertation will be mainly exploring the relationship between polymer topology and ion transport properties of single-ion conductors (SICs) in lithium-ion battery application. Specifically, we strive to understand the impact of...
Interfacing inorganic nanoparticles with biological systems to develop a variety of novel imaging, sensing and diagnostic tools has generated great interest and much activity over the past two decades. However, the effectiveness of this...
This dissertation investigates the use of block copolymer self-assembly to create nanostructures with unique domain properties. Precise control over nanoscale feature size and properties of materials has become increasingly more...
Colloidal semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) are inorganic nanocrystals that possess several unique photophysical properties, including tunable narrow emission and remarkable photo- and chemical stability. They have large surface areas, ...
This thesis communicates the research of two projects: the investigation of the structural properties in polycyclododecene and the precision of polypentenamers with highly isotactic branching on every five carbons. High molecular weight...
This dissertation presents the concept, development, and characterization of a new methodology for both qualitative and quantitative analysis of protein digests in solution. Two beam fluorescence cross correlation spectroscopy is used to...
Thermal and Photochemical Reactions of Acetylenes: I-Ortho-Effect in the Bergman Cyclization of Benzannelated Enediynes II-Photocycloaddition of Diaryl Acetylenes to Cyclic Dienes Mechanisms and Applications
Four different sources of kinetic information were combined to study the effect of ortho substituents on the rate of Bergman cycloaromatization. All of these methods confirm that the cyclization barrier is highly sensitive to the nature...
Copolymers comprise two different functionalities within one chain, arranged in different patterns according to the type of copolymer: Diblock, alternating, or random. The presence of these two different functionalities within the same...
Due to their unique optical properties, luminescent quantum dots (QDs) offer a promising platform for developing sensors based on energy transfer or charge transfer interactions. They have a large fraction of their atoms arrayed on their...
The unique chemical, optical and physical properties of inorganic nanocrystals have generated tremendous interest to develop a variety of applications, most importantly as novel probes in biology. Recent developments have advertised them...
Different gel matrices were explored to extend the use of two dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis for peptide analysis. Excellent separations of peptides labeled with the fluorescent dye Cascade Yellow were achieved in one dimension on...
Residing in a host of tissues, including skin, muscle, liver, heart, and even hair follicles, non-embryonic stem cells, which are gaining a popularity rivaling that of their embryonic precursors, are capable of combating a number of...
Sandy soils are a major forest resource in the southeastern U.S and intensive forest management is escalating; yet the effect of forest management on soil organic carbon (SOC) is not well documented. It is unclear to what degree root and...
We have investigated optimum conditions for the Baylis-Hillman and ring-closing metathesis (RCM) reactions. In our experiments, we obtained the best results with quinuclidine (0.25 eq), and MeOH (0.75 eq) for the Baylis-Hillman reaction...
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