Theses from 2023
Supramolecular pi-Donor/Acceptor Arrays Based on Redox-Active Metal-Organic Coordination Assemblies, Paola Benavides
Electron-Transfer Mediated Photo-Switching in Nanoparticles, Liaoran Cao
The Influence of Allostery Governing the Changes in Protein Dynamics Upon Substitution, Joseph Hess
Composite and Polymer Formulation Employing Sulfur and Bio-olefin Feedstocks, Claudia V. Lopez
ATOM ECONOMICAL REACTIONS OF TERPENOIDS AND POST-CONSUMER PLASTICS WITH SULFUR, Charini Maladeniya
Expansion of the Diazacyclobutene Motif for Antiparasitic Evaluation, Brock Alexander Miller
Designing Noncentrosymmetric Multifunctional Materials, Ebube Oyeka
Hydrothermal Synthesis of Frustrated Lanthanide Pyrochlores and Transition Metal Double Perovskites and Germanates, Matthew S. Powell
Studies on Electrochemical Hydrogen Isotope Separation, Liyanage Mayura Sankalpa Silva
Hydrothermal Synthesis of First-Row Transition Metal Polyanions Towards the Design of Frustrated Magnetic Materials, Megan Smart
Multidimensional Chromatographic Coupling Strategies Implementing Capillary-Channeled Polymer Fiber Stationary Phases, Sarah Wysor
Theses from 2022
Light Harvesting and Electrically Conducting Metal-Organic Frameworks, Monica Gordillo Varela
Synthesis of Fluorinated Monomers and Polymers for Various Applications, Cassandra J. Hager
Understanding Dynamics of Polymers Under Confinement: A Molecular Dynamics and Neutron Scattering Study, Supun Samindra Kamkanam Mohottalalage
Sustainable Composites from Agricultural and Petroleum Waste, Menisha S. Karunarathna
Developing Hydrogel-Based X-Ray Visualized Implantable Sensors to Non-invasively Measure pH for Tracking Tumor Response and Detecting Peritoneal Infections, Kiridena Mudiyanselage Sachindra Dulashini Kiridena
Valorization of Biopolymers and Biomass to Produce Materials for a More Circular Economy, Moira Lauer
Automated Parallel Optimization of Simulation Parameters using Modified Nelder-Mead Simplex Algorithm, Erina Mills
COMPETITION BETWEEN HALOGEN AND CHALCOGEN BONDING AND THEIR ROLE IN PROBING ORGANIC TRANSFORMATIONS, Andrew Peloquin
X-Ray Interrogated Implantable Chemical and Strain Sensors for Monitoring Implant Associated Infections And Fracture Healing, Apeksha Rajamanthrilage
Development of Plasmonic and X-Ray Luminescence Nanoparticles for Bioimaging and Sensing Applications, Meenakshi Ranasinghe
Radioluminescence Based Biochemical Sensing and Imaging Strategies to Measure Local Drug Release and pH, Gretchen B. Schober
Developing Implantable Hydrogel-Based Sensors to Measure Biomarkers in Synovial Joint Fluid Using Plain Radiography, Uthpala N. Wijayaratna
Theses from 2021
Synthesis of Nanoparticles in a Silicate Matrix, Tatiana Alexandra Estrada-Mendoza
Stimuli-Responsive and Electrically Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks, Amina Khatun
Progress Toward the Development of Inhibitory Small Molecules for the Bacteroides and Toxoplasma Microorganisms, Kerrick Connor Rees
Small Molecule Disruption of Starch Utilization in Bacteroides as a Non-Bactericidal Therapeutic Method, Anthony Daniel Santilli
Computational Study of Catalytic Activity of a H-D-Pro-Pro-Glu-NH2 Derivatives in an Emulsion, Lisi Wang
Diverse Mass Spectrometric Couplings and Applications of the Liquid Sampling–Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge as a Combined Atomic and Molecular Ionization Source, Tyler J. Williams
Theses from 2020
Guanidinium Sulfation Crystallization: Strategy for Enantiomeric Identification and Diastereomeric Resolution, Beau Ryan Brummel
Nano-Scintillators as Next Generation Tools for Optogenetics, Ashley Dickey
Investigating Metal-Mediated DNA Damage Prevention by Antioxidants and Examining the Role of Metals in Fluconazole-Mediated DNA Damage, Andrea A. E. Gaertner
Applying Statistical Mechanics to Improve Computational Sampling Algorithms and Interatomic Potentials, Mariia Karabin
X-Panding Halogen Bonding Interactions: Hybrid Cocrystals Composed of Ionic Halides, Iodine and Organoiodines, Khadijatul Kobra
Hydrothermal Crystal Growth and Characterization of Refractory Oxides Containing 4d, 5d Transition Metal Ions and Lanthanides, Mudithangani Kolambage
Electron-rich Alkynes and Azodicarboxylates Chemistry Towards Vicinal Diamine Motif Containing Small Molecules and N-Heterocycles, Chandima Jeewantha Narangoda
Solvent as a Tool to Tune the Association of Structured Ionic Block Co-Polymers: Neutron Scattering and Computational Study, Manjula Senanayake
Conformational Studies Pertaining to Richman-Atkins Cyclization of Azamacrocycle Ligands and Developing Routes for Efficient Synthesis of 3:1 Cyclens, Megan Marie Sibley
High Sulfur-Content Materials from Free Fatty Acids, Ashlyn Dennis Smith
Synthesis and Characterization of High Sulfur-Content Polymers with Petrochemical and Microbial Comonomers, Timmy Thiounn
Bench-Top Electrochemical Crystal Growth: In-Situ Synthesis of Extended Solids Containing Polyoxometalate Anions, Qiuying Zhang
Theses from 2019
Synthesis, Characterizations, and Study of the Antioxidant Activity of Novel Ruthenium-Thione and -Selone Complexes, Mohammed Abdulali Abbas
The Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Pentafluorosulfanyl-Containing Heterocycles and Pentafluorosulfanyldifluoromethane, Steven Paul Belina
Electrically-Driven Ion Transmission Through Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials, Saheed Abidemi Bukola
Developing Iodoarene Derivatives for Useful Oxidative Transformations and Biodegradable X-ray Materials, Timothy R. Lex
Assessing the Adsorption of Various Proteins with Conformational Screening Utilizing k-Means Clustering and CHARMM Potential Energy Calculations, Richard Edwin Overstreet
The influence of substituted aryl isocyanides on molybdenum(0) complexes, Christian Uwe Rausch
Development of Peptides for Enantioselective Hypervalent Iodine(III)-Mediated Chemistry and Functional Materials for Environmental Remediation, Maria I. Swasy
Development of Functionalized Capillary-Channeled Polymer (C-CP) Fibers as Stationary Phase for Affinity Chromatography, Hung Khiem Trang
Nanomaterials-Based Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries and Alcohol Fuel Cells, Lakshman K. Ventrapragada
Theses from 2018
Interfacing the Liquid Sampling- Atmospheric Pressure Glow Discharge Ion Source with Orbitrap Mass Spectrometers for High Accuracy High Precision Isotope Ratio Measurements of Uranium, Edward Dexter Hoegg
Carbon Dots: Synthesis, Characterization, and Investigation of Optical Properties, Gregory LeCroy
Study on Optical Properties of Carbon Dots and Their Composites, Yamin Liu
Understanding the Interactions of Anions with Lewis Acids and π-Acids to Develop Efficient Ion-Pair Receptors, Krishnendu Maity
High Precision Fret to Study Bimolecular Dynamics with High Temporal Resolution, Junyan Ma
Complexation of Copper and Iron by Biologically Relevant Sulfur- and Selenium-Containing Small Molecules, Jaime Melissa Murphy
Multidentate Ligand Design for the F-Elements, Ashleigh Kirstin Smith Sockwell
Hydrothermal Crystal Growth of Tetrahedral Framework Oxides for Optical Applications, Rylan James Terry
Novel Methods for Monitoring Glucose Metabolism in Trypanosoma brucei Using Fluorescent Biosensors, Charles Voyton
Main Group Element-containing Chromophores and Polyelectrolytes: Sulfur, Phosphorus and Gallium, Wang Wan
Structure and Dynamics of Soft Materials in Confined Geometry: Molecular Dynamics Simulation Insight, Sidath Wijesinghe
Preparation and Studies of Carbon Dots, Fan Yang
Theses from 2017
Conjugate Addition of Grignard Reagents to Dienones and Thioldienoates, and Copper-Mediated Allylic Substitutions, Emmanuel Amoah
Carbon and Boron Nitride Nanocomposites for Electrically and/or Thermally Conductive Materials, Ankoma Dihon Anderson Sr.
Computational Insight into Structured Ionic Co-polymers from Molecule to Membrane, Dipak Aryal
Exploratory Hydrothermal Synthesis and Crystal Growth of Refractory Rare-Earth Oxides with Tetravalent and Pentavalent Metal Oxide Building Blocks, Kyle Raymond Fulle
A Targeted Drug Delivery Strategy for Trypanosomiasis Towards a Diastereoselective Boronate Ester Mediated Intramolecular Diels-Alder Cycloaddition, Heeren Manoj Gordhan
Development of Linear and Branched Pre-pegylated Amino Acids for Site-specific Peptide Incorporation, Paris L. Hamilton
Polaron Dynamics in Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles and Applications in Superresolution Imaging, Yifei Jiang
Fast Tracking of Single Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles with High Spatial Resolution, Teeranan Nongnual
New Advances in Perfluoroalkoxyl Co- and Terpolymers with Tetrafluoroethylene, Cameron A. Parrish
Syntheses and Applications of Trifluoromethyl- and Pentafluorosulfanyl-Containing Organic Molecules, Siyan Qing
Targeting Duplex and Higher Order Nucleic Acids Using Neomycin / Neomycin-Hoechst 33258 Conjugates, Nihar Ranjan
Synthesis and Structure-Property Relationship of Phosphonium Polymers, Xiaoyan Yang
Theses from 2016
Understanding Allosteric Modulation of G-Protein Coupled Receptors, Vibhor Agrawal
Investigating Materials that Promote New Organic Methodology and Remediation of Volatile Organic Compounds, McKenzie Louise Campbell
Molecular Mechanics Study of Protein Folding and Protein-Ligand Binding, Tingting Han
Development of a Pilot-Scale Polymerization Facility and Monomer Preparation for the Determination of Reactivity Ratios for Tetrafluoroethylene (TFE)-Based Copolymers, Daniel A. Hercules
Surface Modifications of Capillary-Channeled Polymer (C-CP) Fiber Stationary Phases for Protein Separations, Liuwei Jiang
Molecular Mechanics Studies of Protein Signaling and Conformation Change, Zhe Jia
Solution Processed Solar Cells, Yi Jin
FLUORESCENT METHODS FOR INVESTIGATING METABOLIC PROCESSES IN TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI, Sheng Lin
Effect from Substrate Binding and Selected Mutations for Allosteric Communication in Atm1 Type ABC Exporter, Yinling Liu
Conjugated Polymers Under Confinement: Molecular Dynamics Simulations Study, Sabina Maskey
Studies in Organic Synthesis: Copper Mediated Allylic Substitutions, Synthesis of Spiro 3(2H)-Furanones, Intermolecular Halofunctionalization of Alkenes and Synthesis of Difluorovinyl Ethers, Alfredo Picado-Valenzuela
Development of Position-Dependent Luminescent Sensors: Spectral Rulers and Chemical Sensing Through Tissue, Melissa M. Rogalski
Advanced Cathode Materials and Electroanalytical Techniques for Proton Exchange Membrane Hydrogen-Oxygen Fuel Cells, Jamie A. Shetzline
Interfacial Properties of Siloxane Containing Semifluorinated Diblock Copolymer and Nanocomposite Under Confinement, Umesh M. Shrestha