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Many industrially important heterogeneous catalytic reactions are not well understood. This lack is mainly due to the high reactivity and transient nature of the reactive sites and chemical intermediates involved. Monolithic, sol-gel...
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) possess excellent tensile strength and electron transport properties that make them a promising component in future materials and technologies. The covalent cross-linking of carbon nanotubes is one avenue of...
Polyelectrolyte complexes were formed on mixing equimolar solutions of sodium poly(4-styrene sulfonate) (NaPSS) and poly(diallyldimethylammonium chloride) (PDADMAC) at relatively high polymer and salt concentrations. The complex...
This dissertation describes the synthetic utility of tandem addition / C-C bond cleavage reactions of vinylogous acyl triflates. The first chapter provides background into carbon-carbon bond breaking reactions that have been applied in...
There has been a considerable interest in the fabrication and characterization of molecular magnets. A complex that has garnered a great deal of attention is Prussian blue, Fe(III)4[Fe(II)(CN)6]3, and its transition metal cyanide...
The Morita-Baylis-Hillman reaction dates back to German and Japanese patents where both Morita, and Baylis and Hillman, discovered a new carbon-carbon bond forming reaction involving a nucleophilic catalyst, an activated alkene, and an...
Nanoparticles are at the forefront of science and technology today. This dissertation will expand the basic fundamental understanding of the phenomenon known as resonant energy transfer. A number of analytical techniques were utilized to...
This dissertation describes the methodology for using microwave chemistry to control the reaction kinetics and/or thermodynamics of semiconductor nanocrystalline materials. The introduction provides a background of synthetic methods for...
Discovering new carbon-carbon bond forming reactions is not only fundamental for the construction of organic molecular frameworks but is vital for the advancement of synthetic organic chemistry. The Morita–Baylis–Hillman reaction (MBH), ...
This research discussed in this dissertation is comprised of three distinct projects. The first is the fabrication of carbon-silica nanocomposites from the pyrolysis of acrylonitrile in a porous Vycor® glass to form dispersed carbon...
Multiply-bonded metal-ligand systems such as akylidyne, amido, and imido groups have long been proposed as key intermediates in heterogeneous catalytic reactions such as olefin metathesis1, 2, polymerization1, and ammoxidation.1, 3, 4...
The use of binary inorganic solid-state fuel/oxidant redox processes typified by the classic aluminum/iron(III) oxide thermite reaction in combination with traditional energetic materials such as 2, 4, 6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), hexahydro-1...
This work describes a simple route for the production of carbon nanotube mats without high pressure processing or irradiation techniques that are generally used to produce Buckypaper. The Michael addition pathway was used to covalently...
This work describes the design, construction and operation of a sustainable building, the Off-Grid Zero Emissions Building (OGZEB), and its subsystems. The OGZEB is a completely solar-powered building that will achieve LEED-NC ...
This dissertation describes the characterization of the magnetic and electrical properties of a unique class of transition metal complexes known as single-molecule magnets (SMMs). The experimental work of this dissertation is focused on...
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