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Chemistry and Biochemistry Theses and Dissertations

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Structure-Function Relationship In Dual Function Hemoglobin/Dehaloperoxidase From Amphitrite Ornata, Chunxue Wang

Single Crystal to Single Crystal Polymerization of a Columnar Assembled Diacetylene Macrocycle, Weiwei Xu

Renewable Bio-Based Polymers and Degradable Functional Polymers, Kejian Yao

Iridium-Ruthenium/Osmium-Gold Cluster Complexes: Unique Structures and Properties, QIANG ZHANG

Silylation-Based Kinetic Resolution of Α-Hydroxy Carbonyl Compounds and Synthesis of Chiral Isothiourea Catalysts, Yan Zhang

Investigations of the Non-Covalent CH-Π Interactions Using Molecular Torsional Balances, Chen Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Environmental Causes of Pigment Heterogeneity In Phytoplankton Species, Elizabeth Ann Abernathy

The Mechanism of N10-Formyltetrahydrofolate Synthetase. Use of Human Thymidylate Synthase Variants to Characterize Asymmetric Ligand Binding and to Identify Novel Allosteric Inhibitors., Lesa Rachel Celeste

Investigation of the Structure and Kinetics of Heme-Containing Proteins Using Magnetic Circular Dichroism and Rapid-Scan, Stopped-Flow Spectroscopy, Daniel Patrick Collins

Functional Nanomaterials From Bis-Urea Macrocycles, Sandipan Dawn

Synthesis, Structure and Properties of Metal–Organic Framework Materials Organized by the 1,8–Naphthalimide π–stacking Synthon, AGOTA DEBRECZENI

Molecular Devices: Brakes, Rotors, Sensors, and Balances and the Non-Covalent Interactions That Power Them, Brent Dial

Studies of Iridium Carbonyl Cluster Complexes, Fang Fang

The Development of A Spatial Heterodyne Spectrometer For Raman Spectroscopy, Nathaniel Richard Gomer

Penetration of Carcinogen Across Porcine Esophagus and Applications of Disposable Pipette Extraction for Forensic Toxicology and Food Safety by Gas and Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, Pakritsadang Kaewsuya

Activity Studies of NI-AU And CO-AU Bimetallic Clusters on TIO2 (110), Mara Suzanne Levine

Development of Conjugated Boronate Ester-Linked Materials For Optical Sensing Applications Targeting Small Molecules, Xiaoning Li

Producing Enantiopure Secondary Alcohols via a Silylation based Kinetic Resolution and a One-Pot Polishing Sequence, Maggie Iris Moore

Does Sulfide Affect Short Term Iron Oxidation?, Sarah Ann Murphy

Characterization of Complex Transcriptional Regulation Within the YQJH-YQJI Intergenic Region, Katherine Philipkosky

Power Dependent Study of CDSE-ZNS Quantum Dot Relaxation Dynamics by 2D Muppets, David Christopher Phillips

Mechanisms of Enhancement in Dual Pulse Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Quantitative Measurements of Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy in Bulk Aqueous Solution, Janna Kathleen Register

Synthesis and Recognition Properties of Functionalized Nanomaterials From Pyridyl Urea Macrocycles, Kinkini Roy

Microenvironmental Modulation of Breast Cancer Stem Cells Through Biological Matrix, Sharmistha Saha

Separation and Coordination Chemistry of Actinides, Rachel Charlotte Severance

Development and Validation of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Methods for the Analysis of Aqueous Solutions, Amelia Simms Taylor-Perry

Characterization and Chemical Activity of Titania-Supported AU-Based Bimetallic Clusters, Samuel Adam Tenney

Synthesis of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials Designed For Radiation Detection, Luminescence, and Gas Storage, Shae Anne Vaughn

Genetic and Biochemical Studies of YqjH and YqjI: Cross-talk between Iron Homeostasis and Nickel Homeostasis in Escherichia Coli, Suning Wang

Applications of Disposable Pipette Extraction for Analysis of Drugs of Abuse Vitamin D Metabolism Testosterone and Inborn Errors of Metabolism by Gas and Liquid Chromatography/mass Spectrometry, Yujing Wen

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

Applications of ROMP Polymers, Xiaolong Bai

Forensic Analysis of Trace Evidence Fibers and Drugs of Abuse In Biological Matrices Using Chromatographic and Mass Spectrometric Methods, Oscar Gilberto Cabrices

The Chemistry of Methanol On Gold and Gold Based Bimetallic Clusters On TiO2 (110) Single Crystal, Brett Allen Cagg

Characterizing the Roles of Sufb and Sufa in Fe-S Cluster Assembly and Trafficking in Suf Pathway, Harsimranjit Kaur Chahal

Tracking Electrons Through Element Cycles: Linking Fe, C, and O Cycles Through Shared Reactive Oxygen Species, Rebekkah Pat Dudgeon

Synthesis and Chacterization of Novel Polybenzimidazoles and High-Solids Meta-Polybenzimidazoles, Jessica Sara Frankel

In-Situ Spectrocopy: Gas Mixture Analysis Using A Simplified Multi-Pass Capillary Cell and Optical Considerations In Dual-Pulse Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Analysis of Bulk Aqueous Solutions, Christopher Michael Gordon

System Design, Construction, Implementation, and Validation For Rapid Single-Cell Classification Using Imaging Multivariate Optical Computing, Laura Sabra Hill

Boronic Acid-Terminated Polymers and Formation of Porosity from Cleavable Block Copolymers of PS-Block-PEG, HAO JING

Multidimensional Spectroscopy With Femtosecond Pulses, Sean James Kern

Quantum Chemical Calculations of Fermi Contact Coupling Constants In Large Organic Radicals, Liyuan Liang

Characterization and Functional Studies of Fe-S Cluster Binding In Monothiol Glutaredoxin-Bola Complexes Regulating Iron Homeostasis, HAORAN LI

Synthesis, Characterization, Properties and Computational Studies of Linear Boronate Diester-Linked Materials, Jie Liu

Conjugation of Biological and Carbon Nanoparticles For Applications In Electronics and Cell Imaging, Jerry Richard Oxsher

Rapid Classification of Imaged Objects Using Molecular Factor and Multivariate Optical Computing, Megan Renee Pearl

A Study of The Role of The Human Complement C8α AND C9 MACPF Domains in Membrane Pore Formation, YU QIAN

Designing and Introducing New Startegies to Optimize the Molecualr Imprinting Process, Diana Rishmawi

Surface Modification of Nanoparticles Using Controlled Radical Polymerization For Designed Interfaces, Atri Rungta

Characterization of Fe-S Cluster Assembly On the Sufbc2D Complex, Avneesh Kumar Saini

Study of Porous Materials Incorporating Boronate Esters, Kevin Scott Sapp

Photoluminescence Properties of Rare Earth Niobium Containing Oxides and Flux Synthesis of Rare Earth Transition Metal Containing Oxides, Zhichao Shan

Synthetic Lectins For Glycoprotein Recognition: towards the Identification and Classification of Cancer Associated Cell Lines, JING SUN

Development of Polymer-Biomolecule Core-Shell Particles For Biomedical Applications, Nisaraporn Suthiwangcharoen

Bismuth-, Tin-, and Lead-Containing Metal-Organic Materials: Synthesis, Structure, Photoluminescence, Second Harmonic Generation, and Ferroelectric Properties, Arief Cahyo Wibowo

Synthesis and Microscopic Characterizations of Virus Nanoparticle-Based Composite Materials, Laying Wu

A bacterial biofilm study: from molecular regulation mechanisms in Escherichia coli to the role of biofilms in mammalian colon cancer development, Yun Wu

Using GFP-Based Redox and pH Sensors to Monitor Glutathione Metabolism In the Mitochondrial Intermembrane Space, ZUQIN XUE

Functional Materials From Self-Assembled Macrocycles, Yuewen Xu

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

Implications For the Role of the Peroxoferric Intermediate In the Second Step of Nitric Oxide Synthase Derived From the Reactivity of P450-Cam With Camphor-5-Oxime and Characterization of the Heme Iron Coordination Structures of Tyrosine- and Histidine-Ligated Heme Enzymes Using Magnetic Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy, D.M. Indika Bandara

Synthesis and Characterization of Mixed-Metal Phosphonates For Polymer Dielectric Composite Materials, Arthur Peter Barber III

Bead Based Peptidyl Libraries for the Selective Recognition of Glycoproteins, Differentiation of Carcinogenic Cell Types, and Determination of Enzyme Substrate Specificity, Kevin Lee Bicker

Characterizing Factors That Influence Intracellular Thiol-Disulfide Equilibrium, Samantha Diane Bouldin

Bridging the Modeling-Sampling Gap for Mid-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy of Small Particles, Films, and Fibers, Heather Brooke

Investigations of the Non-Covalent Interactions of Arenes Using Phencyclone Based Molecular torsion Balances, William R. Carroll

Human Complement Protein C8: Crystal Structure and Analysis of Binding Interactions, Christopher Langston Cooper

Microwave Beam Diagnostic of Laser-Induced Plasmas, Ardis Copenhaver

The Influence of Changes In theMolecular Structure of N-Acylhomoserine Lactones On the Complexation and Dna-Binding of Luxr Protein, Yiling Cui

Investigation of Resonant Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization of Solid State High Explosives With Laser Ablation, Maria Augustina Damian

Components of the Membrane Attack Complex (Mac) of Human Complement: Functional Studies of Their Macpf Domains, Megan Spain Damour

Characterization of the Role of Glutaredoxin 3 and Its Binding Partners In Maintaining Iron Homeostasis In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Nin Nin Dingra

Spectroscopic Characterization of H93G Myoglobin Cavity Mutant As A Versatile Protein Scaffold For Modeling Native Heme Iron Coordination Structures and Investigation of the Structure and Mechanism of the Dual-Function Enzyme, Amphitrite Ornata Dehaloperoxidase, Jing Du

Chemical Processes That Govern the Natural Attenuation of Microbial Signals: Environments That Simulate Photosynthetic Biofilms, Rebecca Leeray Frey

Raman Studies of Acyl-Homoserine Lactones, Katie Francis Glenn

Preparation of Polymer Composites As Dielectric Materials For Capacitors, Shushan Gong

Synthesis and Characterization of Metal-Organic Frameworks Organized by the Strong π...π Stacking 1,8-Naphthalimide Synthon, Jacob Horger

Replacement of Val3 In Human Thymidylate Synthase Affects Its Kinetic Properties and Intracellular Stability, Complexes of Sperm Whale Myoglobin G65T With Phenol and Ethylene Glycol, and Structure of A Fragment of Human End-Binding Protein 1 (Eb1), Xiao Huang

Investigating Subcellular Thiol Redox Chemistry With Gfp-Based Redox Sensors, Jingjing Hu

Kinetic, Mechanistic, and Inhibition Studies On the Deiminase Family of Enzymes, Justin Edward Jones

Bionanoparticles as Viable Substrates to Promote Osteogenic Differentiation of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells, Gagandeep Kaur

Design, Synthesis, Characterization, and Evaluation of Boronate Ester-Linked Porous Materials: Covalent Organic Frameworks and Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity, Laura Marie Lanni

A Multivalent Ligand Display System with Plant Viruses: A Novel Approach Towards Studying Spatial Effects of Cell Adhesion Ligands, Lim Andrew Lee

Determination of Iron and Iron-Binding Ligands In Seawater With Flow Injection Analysis and Voltammetry, Hai Lin

Forensic Discrimination, Age Estimation, and Spectral Optimization For Trace Detection of Blood On Textile Substrates Using Infrared Spectroscopy and Chemometrics, Jessica N. McCutcheon

Asymmetric Allylation of Aldehydes Catalyzed by Formamide Organocatalysts. Studies Towards The Synthesis of L- Domoic Acid Side Chain, Thi-Ngoc Dieu Nguyen

Single-Cell Measurements of Element Concentration In Phytoplankton Using Synchrotron X-Ray Fluorescence, Daliangelis Rubi Nunez Milland

Kinetic Characterization, Inhibition, and Activity-Based Protein Profiling of Protein Arginine Methyltransferase 1, Obiamaka Obianyo

The Kinetic Resolution of Secondary Alcohols Through A Tandem Enantioselective Silylation and the Synthesis of Bis(Oxazolidinyl)Pyridine Metal-Organic Complexes, Sachin Girish Patel

Applications of Antimony and Bismuth for Cluster Synthesis and Heterogeneous Catalysts, William Cecil Pearl Jr.

Materials Discovery by Crystal Growth: Synthesis, Structure Determination and Physical Properties of Complex Oxides of Niobium, Tantalum, Iron and Uranium, Irina P. Roof

Novel Polyphenylquinoxaline and Polybenzimidazole Proton Exchange Membranes For High Temperature Fuel Cell Systems, Darren Christopher Seel

Unlocking thePadlock: Elucidation of Protein Arginine Deiminase 4 Function, Activity and Activation Dynamics, Jessica Slack

Molecularly Imprinted Polymers--New Insights and Strategies, Yagang Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

Synthesis and Characterization of Transition Metal Complexes of Multitopic, Third-Generation, Phenylene-Linked Bis(1-Pyrazolyl)Methane Ligands, Elizabeth Ann Foley

Synthesis of Highly Functional Poly(Thiophene)S and Progress Towards Generating Solid State Chemosensors, Theppawut Israsena na ayudhya

Distinguishing Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Origins of Nonexponential Dynamics Using Multiple Population Period Transient Spectroscopy, Champak Khurmi

Kinetic Characterization of the Protein Arginine Deiminase Family: Mechanistic and Inhibition Studies, Bryan Knuckley

Synthesis and Characterization of Protein-Polymer Core-Shell Structures, Tao Li

Molecular Dissection of the Ubiquitin-Independent Degradation Signal At the Unstructured Amino Terminal End of Human Thymidylate Synthase, Sandra Patricia Melo Carlos

Synthesis and Characterization of New Platinum Group Metal Cluster Complexes Containing Tin and Germanium Ligands, Eszter Trufan

Molecular Interactions of Human C9: The Pore Forming Protein of the Complement System, Mitch Henry Weiland

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