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Synthesis of organic biaryl and aryl silyl ether linkers for surface functionalization of silicon semiconductors
(2017-02-07)
Functional organic materials for use in inorganic semiconductor applications is of high scientific interest due to the need for flexible, conductive materials that can be utilized in solar energy applications. Herein is ...
Synthesis & characterization of new amethyrin-based expanded porphyrin metal complexes
(2017-09-27)
New expanded porphyrins are of interest in terms of understanding the electrochemical features of oligopyrroles and the determinants of aromaticity. They can also act as ligands to stabilize metal complexes whose structures ...
Synthesis of top coat surface treatments for the orientation of thin film block copolymers
(2013-08)
Block copolymer self-assembly has demonstrated sub-optical lithographic resolution . High values of chi, the block copolymer interaction parameter, are required to achieve next-generation lithographic resolution . ...
Interactions of anticancer therapeutics with DNA investigated via mass spectrometry
(2012-08)
Many chemotherapeutic drugs interact with DNA to induce cytotoxicity. Mass spectrometry has become an essential technique in the investigation and identification of anticancer DNA adducts. Traditionally, identification ...
Synthesis of dibenzo[a,e]cyclooctatetraene based conducting polymer : a potential molecular polymer actuator
(2010-12)
A new polymer with dibenzo[a,e]cyclooctatetraene as the actuation center and one of the thiophene derivatives, 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene, as polymer chain is successfully synthesized. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum ...
Synthesis and characterization of PtNi dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticles
(2011-12)
This thesis reports on the synthesis and characterization of PtNi dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticles (DENs) containing on average 147 atoms. This is significant because PtNi DENs have not yet been reported. The DENs were ...
Electrostatic fields at the functional interface of the protein Ral guanine nucleotide dissociation stimulator determined by vibrational Stark effect spectroscopy
(2011-12)
Noncovalent factors, such as shape complementarity and electrostatic driving forces, almost exclusively cause the affinity and specificity for which two or more biological macromolecules organize into a functioning complex. ...
Tetrathiafulvalene as a molecular building block in various systems
(2015-12)
Tetrathiafulvalene (TTF), a classic electron rich donor system, has received renewed attention within the supramolecular and complex ligand chemical communities. As the result of recent synthetic advances, TTF and its ...
High-accuracy ab initio thermochemistry : application to hydrocarbons
(2013-08)
This work focuses on an examination of the high-accuracy extrapoloated ab initio thermochemistry (HEAT) protocol of determining molecular atomization energies. The HEAT protocol does not utilize experimental data or empirical ...
Synthesis and stabilities of mononuclear iron (II) dicarbonyls derived from neutral NNS ligands : structural models of the apo-active site of mono-iron (Hmd) hydrogenase
(2014-08)
Herein is described the syntheses and characterization of iron dicarbonyl complexes derived from tridentate ortho-substituted Schiff base pyridine/thioether ligands ([subscript R]NNS) and (Fe(CO)₄(Br)₂). Two general synthetic ...