Dissertations from 2014
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Small Molecule-based, Profluorogenic Activatable Substrate Probes for Detection and Visualization of Human Cancer Enzyme NAD(P)H:Quinone Oxidoreductase-1, Suraj Uditha Hettiarachchi
Characterization of a water soluble, non-ionic, helical poly(α-amino acid), Wayne Huberty
Improved Synthesis, Separation, Transition Metal Coordination and Reaction Chemistry of a New Binucleating Tetraphosphine Ligand, Ekaterina Kalachnikova
Synthesis, Characterization, and Theoretical Studies of Fluorescent GUMBOS and NanoGUMBOS, Chengfei Lu
Ionic Liquids and GUMBOS for Biomedical and Sensing Applications, Paul Kipkorir Sang Magut
Design, synthesis, and exploration of a chimeric antioxidant and new crosslinkers for molecular imprinting, Danielle Songe Meador
Particle formation in ambient mass spectrometry, Thabiso Musapelo
The Contribution of Fly Ash Components to PCDD/F Formation, Phillip M. Potter
Polymer Micro- and Nanofluidic Systems for In Vitro Diagnostics: Analyzing Single Cells and Molecules, Swathi Reddy Pullagurla
GUMBOS- and Ionic Liquid-Coated Quartz Crystal Microbalance Sensors for Detection and Molecular Weight Determination of Organic Vapors, Bishnu Prasad Regmi
Reductive Alkylation of Proteins Towards Structural and Biological Applications, Kevin Jerome Roberson
Substitution and Disorder Effects in Ternary Intermetallics, LaRico Juan Treadwell
Application of Scanning Probe Microscopy to Characterize Physical Properties of Polymer Brushes, Photoactive Polymers and Rare Earth Oxide Nanostructures, Susan Denise Verberne-Sutton
Microfluidic and Nanofluidic Devices - Mixed Scale Systems For Bioanalytical Applications, Michael David Vincent
Syntheses and characterization of isoporphyrins and BODIPYs for PDT and imaging, Haijun Wang
Dissertations from 2013
Microfluidics for the Analysis of Integral Membrane Proteins: A Top-down Approach, Katrina Nychole Battle
Synthesis, characterization and biological studies of carboranyl-porphyrin bioconjugates for treatment of brain tumors, Naga Venkata Satya Dinesh Kumar Bhupathiraju
The development of capillary electrophoresis assays to study enzyme inhibition, Sherrisse Kelly Bryant
Phase behavior of silica-polypeptide hybrid particles immersed in cholesteric liquid crystals, Melissa Elizabeth Collins
Luminescence studies : Part I. Lanthanide nanoGUMBOS Part II. Near infrared photothermal nanoGUMBOS, Jonathan Carver Dumke
Crystal Growth and an Investigation of Structural Stability: Synthesis, Structure, and Physical Properties of Yb(Mn,M)xAl12-x (M = Fe, Ru; x < 2.5) and LnMnxGa3 (Ln = Ho-Tm; x < 0.15), Bradford Wesley Fulfer
Super-aptamer bio-imprinted hydrogels : an investigation into the optimization and characterization of cross-linked polymeric materials displaying macromolecular amplified responses, Nicholas Alexander Gariano
Environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) in PM₂.₅ : their contribution to hydroxyl radical formation and atmospheric transformation, William Micheal Gehling, Jr.
Detection of Microorganisms using MALDI and ion mobility mass spectrometry, Juaneka Monet Hayes
Studies of Enzyme Kinetics and Inhibition Through Capillary Electrophoretic Enzyme Assays, Rachel Henken
New strategies for the synthesis of porphyrinoids, Moses Inyanje Ihachi
Fluorescent Materials for Chemical Sensing, Brian Gerard Imsick
Design, synthesis, and characterization of porphyrin derivatives for biological applications, Raja Gabadage Waruna Eranga Jinadasa
GUMBOS and NanoGUMBOS: Applications as Photosensitizers in Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, Atiya Nicole Jordan
Polymer Microsystems for the Enrichment of Circulating Tumor Cells and their Clinical Demonstration, Joyce W. Kamande
Structural and synthesis studies of the Pro¹⁴³ region Skp1 in Dictyostelium discoideum, Chamini V. Karunaratne
Molecular Products from the Thermal Degradation of Selected Tobacco Components: Lignin, Tyrosine, Glutamic Acid, and Modeling of Lignin Pyrolysis using CHEMKIN Combustion Suite, Joshua Kiprotich Kibet
Experimental and Computational Studies of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals (EPFRs) Formation, Lucy W. Kiruri
Advancing the field of polypeptoids through the synthesis of novel architectures and thermoresponsive polymers, Samuel Henry Lahasky
Cyclic block copolypeptoids : synthesis, self-assembly and macroscopic properties, Chang-Uk Lee
Surface studies of organic thin films using scanning probe microscopy and nanofabrication, Venetia DeNae Lyles
A microfluidic bacteria culturing device with MALDI mass spectrometry detection, Pratap reddy machavaram siva
Challenges and Rewards of Single Crystal Flux Growth: Physical Properties of Structurally Related Ln-Ru-Al Intermetallics, Gregory Morrison
Amplifying Conjugated Polymers for Fluorescent Chemosensing, Deepa Pangeni
Laser ablation sample transfer for mass spectrometry, Sung-Gun Park
Toward the advancement of tetraphosphine ligand synthesis for homogeneous bimetallic catalysis, Marc Anthony Peterson
Analysis of Protein Aggregates and Synthetic Nanoparticles Using Capillary Electrophoresis with Light Scattering and Fluorescence Detection, Suresh Chandra Regmi
Silica Polypeptide-Based Colloids: Physical Properties and Novel Materials, Cornelia Rosu
Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry for identificaiton of shrimp, Venkatesulu Salla
Molecular-Level Investigations Combining Nanoscale Lithography and Atomic Force Microscopy, ChaMarra Karmelia Saner
Complexity-driven properties of the intermetallic compounds Gd₁₁₇Co₅₆Sn₁₁₂ and Ln₃₀Ru₄Sn₃₁ (Ln = Gd and Tb), Devin Charles Schmitt
Investigations into alkene hydration and alkene oxidation catalysis, William Schreiter
Synthetic efforts toward the eastern hemisphere of theonellamide C, Douglas D. Wong
Studies of core-shell nanoGUMBOS and liposomal ionogels, Ashleigh Renee' Wright
Synthesis of the western hemisphere of theonellamide C, Saroj Yadav
Dissertations from 2012
Studies of a dirhodium tetraphosphine catalyst for hydroformylation and aldehyde-water shift catalysis, Aaron Rider Barnum
Beta-diketone and beta-ketoenamine based molecular squares, Jackson Kiplagat Cherutoi
Chemical and biological evaluation of antibiotic-based ionic liquids and GUMBOS against pathogenic bacteria, Marsha Rae Cole
Detection and characterization of environmentally persistent free radicals (EPFRs) in soils and sediments from superfund sites, Albert Leo N. dela Cruz
Ionic Materials for Applications in Sensing and Optoelectronics, Sergio L. de Rooy
Total synthesis of a virotoxin and analogs for conformational studies, Benson Jumba Edagwa
Design, Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Peptides as Different Medical Treatment, Krystal Renee Fontenot
Novel nonresonant and resonant mechanisms leading to the breakdown of the Franck-Condon approximation in photoionization, David Adam Hardy
Synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly of porphyrins conjugated to superparamagnetic colloidal particles for enhanced photodynamic therapy, Javoris Hollingsworth
Infrared laser ablation for biological mass spectrometry, Fan Huang
Synthesis of fluorescent poly(styrene sulfonate), Wayne Alfred Huberty
On the synthesis, characterization, and magnetization of Ln-M-X (Ln = lanthanide; M = Ti-Cr, Cu, Mo, Pd; X = Al, Ga) intermetallics, Michael James Kangas
Investigation of electroosmotic flow dynamics and reproducibility in capillary electrophoresis, Funda Kizilkaya
Synthesis, cellular studies, and computational analysis of porphyrin and BODIPY conjugates with affinity for epidermal growth factor receptor, Alecia Michelle McCall
Chemical crystallography at the interface of physics, chemistry, and in engineering: structure determination of highly correlated extended solids, main group compounds, coordination complexes, and bioceramics, Gregory Todd McCandless
Development of innovative stationary phases for chiral and protein separations in open tubular capillary electrochromatography, Leonard Moore, Jr.
Investigations into the Role of Humic Acid in Biomembrane Permeability and the Effects of Naturally Formed Gold and Silver Nanoparticles on These Interactions, Loice Marklyne Ojwang
Syntheses and characterization of water-soluble phythalocyanines for diagnosis and treatment of cancer, Benson Getenga Ongarora
Single-molecule detection of molecular beacons generated from LDR on thermoplastic microfluidic device for bioanalysis, Zhiyong Peng
Kinetic Studies on Lactonization of Quinone Propionic Acid Derivatives for the Development of Redox Responsive Liposomes, K. L. Iresha Sampathi Perera
Challenges in the Discovery and Characterization of Magnetic Intermetallics, William A. Phelan
Studies on a dirhodium tetraphosphine hydroformylation catalyst, Darina Polakova
Geometrical and electronic structure of metal oxide nanoparticles on silica and alumina, Udaya Indike Rodrigo
Investigations into the Role of Natural Organic Matter as an Interface between Aquatic Organisms and Environmental Pollutants, Caroline Lillian Schneider
Design and Analysis of Cloaked Fluorophores for Rapid Detection and Visualization of Cancer Cells Containing NAD(P)H:Quinone Oxidoreductase-1, William Silvers
Synthesis and Characterization of Red and Near-Infrared BODIPY-based fluorophores for various Biological Applications, Timsy Kaur Uppal
Dissertations from 2011
Preparation and Studies of Ratiometric Fluorescent Chemosensors Based on the Attenuation of Excitation Energy Transfer, Jiba Raj Acharya
Synthesis, biological and photophysical studies of novel compounds for cancer therapy, Edith Khavwajira Amuhaya
Redox-active Liposome Delivery Agents With Highly Controllable Stimuli-responsive Behavior, Nicole Hollabaugh Carrier
Fully integrated microsystem for bacterial genotyping, Hui-Wen Chen
Semiconducting Polymers and Block Copolymers Prepared by Chain-Growth Living Polymerization, JinWoo Choi
Application of Scanning Probe Microscopy for New Physical Measurements and Studies of Surface Chemical Reactions of Materials at the Molecular Level, Stephanie Loletha Daniels
Proteomic Analysis of the Blood of Alligator mississippiensis, Lancia Nadinia Fallen Darville-Bowleg
Crystal Growth of Complex Intermetallics in Search for Heavy Electron Systems, Brenton L. Drake
Kinetics and Mechanisms of Release by Redox-Active Liposomes in Drug Delivery, Jerimiah Forsythe
Cure-on demand wood adhesives using frontal polymerization of acrylates, TreyVon Holt
Surface-initiated Polymerization as a Novel Strategy towards Preparation of Organic Semiconducting Polymer Thin Films, Euiyong Hwang
Fabrication of Organosilane Nanostructures as Selective Sites for Surface Chemical Reactions, Kathie Lee Lusker
Exotic Ground States: A Study in the Structural Effects on Frustration and Dimensionality, Melissa C. Menard
Characterization of Triggerable Quinones for the Development of Enzyme-Responsive Liposomes, Maria Fabiana Mendoza
Integrated modular microfluidic system for forensic Alu DNA typing, Samuel Kimani Njoroge
Analysis of amyloid beta (A [beta]) peptides by capillary electrophoresis and laser-induced fluorescence anisotropy detection, Ryan Andrew Picou
Selection and enumeration of low EpCAM expressing breast cancer CTCs using a high throughput microfluidic device, Brandy Charon Snowden
Structure-Function Relationships in Poly(3-hexylthiophene)s Formed via Manipulation of Oxidative Coupling Routes, Warren James Solfiell