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Chemistry Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

The Economic Benefits of Portable Instrumentation on the Criminal Justice System: A Comprehensive Return-on-Investment Analysis, Korina Menking-Hoggatt

Exploring Concentration and Duration Dependence in Hormesis, Maren S. Prediger

Comprehensive Modernization of Firearm Discharge Residue Analysis; Advanced Analytical Techniques, Complexing Agents, and Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Brittany Louise Stevens

Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity Studies of para-Substituted Triaryltin Cobaloximes, Elizabeth Marie Ward

Glow Discharge Mass Spectrometric Determination of Selected Biological Species, Xiaqing Xu

Detection and Persistence of Gunshot Residue (GSR) on Facial Features using SEMEDX, Samuel Yatzkan

Synchronization of Coupled Chemical Oscillators and Collective Behavior of Self-Propelled Particles, Desmond Tutu Soti Yengi

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Application of 1,2,3-Triazole in Gold Catalysis and Photoredox Catalysis, Rong Cai

Physicochemical modulation of huntingtin aggregation on lipid membranes: Implications for Huntington's disease, Maxmore Chaibva

Echo Phenomena in Populations of Chemical Oscillators, Tianran Chen

Expanding the Applications of Ion Mobility Spectrometry and Mass Spectrometry in Integrative 'Omics Analyses, Gregory C. Donohoe

Development of a Cobinamide-Based Optical Sensor for Hydrogen Cyanide and Hydrogen Sulfide, Lee Ann Greenawald

Syntheses and Structures of Functionalized Cycloparaphenylenes and Fused Cycloparaphenylene Precursors., Changfeng Huang

Role for protein prenylation and "CAAX" processing in photoreceptor neurons, Nachiket D. Pendse

Four-membered Metallacycles Arising from an Ambiphilic Ligand: Synthesis and Characterization of Group IX Complexes, Rachael Nichole Pickens

First Row Transition Metal Mediated Redox Reactions of Hydrazines and Isonitriles, John Riedesel

Reaction Kinetics of Hydroxyl Radical with Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Precursors, Juddha Thapa

Synthesis of 1,2,3-triazole ligands, their metal complexes, and applications in catalysis; Gold (I) catalyzed 1,n-enyne ester cycloisomerization reactions, Sravan Kumar Thummanapelli

Total synthesis of ht-13-A and ht-13-B, total synthesis of aurantioclavine, progress towards the synthesis of cycloclavine, Yilin Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Ion mobility-mass spectrometry for structural characterization and applied 'omics: A study in neurodegenerative diseases, James Russell Arndt III

New methods for copper-catalyzed decarboxylative C-H arylation reactions, Lijun Chen

Propagating Precipitation Waves in Hydrogels, Darrell Collison

Reversible Phospholipid Nanogels: An Alternative Matrix for Tunable High Resolution DNA Sieving with Enhanced Separation Efficiency and Accurate Extended Range Sizing by Capillary Gel Electrophoresis, Brandon C. Durney

Cholesterol Modulates Huntingtin Binding to and Aggregation on Lipid Membranes, Xiang Gao

Copper-Mediated Oxidative Decarboxylative Coupling Reactions: Trifluoromethylation of Heteroarene C-H bonds with Trifluoroacetic Acid as the CF3 Source and C-H Arylation of Benzoxazoles with Benzoic Acids, Lin Ju

Pyrolytic Fate of Synthetic Cannabinoids, Corey Andrew Nida

Using enhanced sampling molecular dynamics to probe the binding process of the membrane insertion peptide pHLIP, Yue Ren

Synchronization of Coupled and Periodically Forced Chemical Oscillators, Razan Snari

Utilizing early cellular changes to explore biological responses to individual chemical and mixture exposures, Julie Anne Vrana

Variations in selenium concentrations by photochemical and temperature-controlled iron cycles, Kendi L. Waltemyer

1, 2, 3-triazole as the Directing Group for Metal-Catalyzed C-H Activation, Xiaohan Ye

Explore the physical and chemical properties of 1,2,3-triazole: from fluorescence sensor to ligand in metal catalysis, Yanwei Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Structural elucidation of glycerophospholipids using metastable atom-activated dissociation mass spectrometry (MAD-MS), Robert E. Deimler

Preparation of solid oxide fuel cell cathodes and analysis by impedance spectroscopy, Juwana Hennadige Lalanthi Kaushalya de Silva

Development of a Portable Mass Spectrometer for Operation at 1 Torr, Feng Jin

Investigating the Interactions of Tri-peptides on Gold Nanoparticles using Solid-state NMR Spectroscopy and the Development of 1H- 2H Dipolar Recoupling Experiments, Ichhuk Karki

Synchronization Behavior in Coupled Chemical Oscillators, Simbarashe Nkomo

Hydrogen-deuterium exchange studies by mass spectrometry: A method for obtaining conformational structures of proteins in solution, Teerapat Rojsajjakul

Investigating the Role of Mechanical Properties in Biological Systems, Nicole Shamitko-Klingensmith

Ion Current Rectification in Nano/Micro-Fluidic Interfaces and Pulsed Glow Discharge Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometric Chemical Speciation, Han Wang

Ion Current Rectification in NanoMicro-Fluidic Interfaces and Pulsed Glow Discharge Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometric Chemical Speciation, Han Wang

1,2,3-triazoles as X-factor in gold(I) activation of challenging C-C triple bond transformations, Qiaoyi Wang

Development of Carbon-Carbon, Carbon-x bond formation reactions through GoldLewis acid catalysis, Yumeng Xi

Formation of 2-halomethylene-4-cyclopentene-1,3-diones and/or 2-halo-1,4-benzoquinones, total synthesis of methyl linderone and Wacker-type oxidation of aryl-substituted alkenes, Hong Yin

Formation of 2-halomethylene-4-cyclopentene-1,3-diones andor 2-halo-1,4-benzoquinones, total synthesis of methyl linderone and Wacker-type oxidation of aryl-substituted alkenes, Hong Yin

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Evaluation of Arsenic and Selenium Quantitation in Marcellus Shales and Flowback Saline Waters using Thiol Cotton Fibre-Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy and Diffusive Gradient in Thin Film Techniques, Ronald S. Balaba

Using active learning strategies to investigate student learning and attitudes in a large enrollment, introductory geology course, Stacy Jane Berry

Aging Effects of the Cathode and Determination of Single Electrode Performance in a Solid Oxide Fuel Cell, Xiaoke Chen

A base modulated synthesis of indoles and quinolines, an expedient synthesis of salviadione, and chemoselective couplings en route to indoles and pyrroloindoles, Matthew Marshall Cummings

Development of methods for the detection of chemical and biological warfare agents, Megan Rea DeJesus

Gas-Phase Reactions of Methamphetamine with Hydroxyl Radicals and Ozone, Crystal D. Forester

Amine Nucleophilic Addition to Nitro-alkene as a New Reaction Mode for the Synthesis of N-heterocycles, Lekh Nath Sharma Gautam

Development of Synthetic Pathways for Carbon Nanohoops, Yiwei Huang

Identification of Conserved Protein Kinase CK2 and 14-3-3 Target Sites In Neurogenic Transcriptional Regulators, Lucas Matthew Jozwick

Network Dynamics, Synchronization, and Self-Propelled Particles in Chemical Systems, Hua Ke

Liquid Chromatography -- Tandem Mass Spectrometry Techniques for Drugs of Abuse as Applied to Bacterial and Forensic Toxicology, Stephanie Marie Martindale

Fate and transport of Methamphetamine and related compounds in remediated clandestine laboratories, Holly A. McCall

Development of a Synthetic Pathway Toward a Bowl-Shaped C 27H12 Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon, Yang-Sheng Sun

Development of Synthetic Pathways for Macrocyclic Acetylenes, Chi-Yuan Tseng

Characterization and Application of Self-Assembled Nano-Materials for Fluid Steering and Separation in Microfluidics, Xingwei Wu

Analysis of gas phase composition in fuel and exhaust gas in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Wei Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Glycan characterization and manipulation using phospholipid additives for capillary electrophoresis, Stephanie A. Archer-Hartmann

Mass Spectrometric Approaches to Characterization of Chemical Species Containing Metallic Ions, Guodong Gu

Capillary Electrophoresis for Measuring Biological Interactions: Binding Affinity and Enzyme Kinetics, Ted Langan

Synthesis of Benzofluorenyl Derivatives Bearing Thiophene Substituents, Doreen Makaya

Detection and characterization of pyromarkers of smoked drugs of abuse, Rona Kiyomi Nishikawa

Comparison and Discrimination of Aged and Laundered Fibers by UV-Vis Microspectrophotometry and Colorimetry, Sushana S. Wiliams

Synthesis of Functional 1,2,3-Triazoles and Its Applications in Transition Metal Catalysis, Wuming Yan

Magnetic nanoparticles for bio-analytical applications, Sri Lakshmi Yedlapalli

Forensic, Archaeological and Related Application of Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry, Xinya Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

Development of Substituted Dihydrofurans and 1,2,3-NH-Triazoles through Lewis Base Catalyzed Cascade Condensation and Their Application in Synthesis of Chiral Triazole Derivatives through Mitsunobu Reaction, Tao Liao

Potential Energy Surface of Urea, Xiaojian Mao

A Chemical Neural Network and Collective Behavior in Globally Coupled Oscillators, Fang Wang

De Novo Asymmetric Synthesis of Biologically Active Carbohydrate Natural Products and Related SAR studies, Bulan Wu

De Novo Asymmetric Syntheses of Bioactive Natural Products and Carbohydrate Motifs, Yalan Xing

Anisotropic Particles: Preparation and Study, Shengrong Ye

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

Synthesis of a basket-shaped C56H38 hydrocarbon as a precursor toward an end-cap template for (6,6) carbon nanotubes, Hu Cui

Phospholipid enhanced separation with capillary electrophoresis, Ruijuan Luo

Comprehensive analysis of gamma-hydroxybutyrate and gamma-hydroxyvalerate, Jennifer Wiseman Mercer

Microfluidic Interfaces for Coupling Hydrodynamic to Electrokinetic Flow and Microchannel Electrophoresis to Electrospray Ionization-Mass Spectrometry, Brent R. Reschke

Development of nanofluidic/microfluidic interfaces as analyte concentrators for proteomic samples, Kathleen C. Reschke

1,2,3-(NH)-triazoles: Its metal-free synthesis and application as ligands in transition metal catalysis, Sujata Sengupta

Synthesis of Helical and Bowl-Shaped Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds via Benzannulated Enyne-Allenes, Bo Wen

The use of the palladium-catalyzed glycosylation for the synthesis of C- and O-linked glycosylated natural products, Xiaomei Yu

Amine promoted asymmetric cascade synthesis of highly functionalized heterocycles, Cheng Zhong

Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

Steroid analysis by pH-mediated stacking MEKC, Liliya Bykova

The synthesis of tryptophan derivatives, 2- and/or 3-substituted indoles, progress toward dilemmaones A-C, and synthetic studies towards fistulosin via palladium-catalyzed reductive N-heteroannulation, Christopher Andrew Dacko

Detection and determination of degradation and metabolic products of drugs of abuse and explosives, Melissa Gayton Ely

Syntheses of fused pyrroloheterocycles, isatins, approach towards the indole fragment of nosiheptide and a base-mediated formation of 3-hydroxycarbazoles, Sobha Priyadarshini Gorugantula

Applications of ultra performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) and tandem mass spectrometry for the detection and quantification of cocaine, amphetamine, and opiate derivatives in human meconium, Joshua Adam Gunn

Studies of chemomechanical gels and collective behavior in chemical systems, Zhaoyang Huang

Development of 1,2,3-triazole-borane complex as effective reagent for aldehyde/ketone reductive amination, Wenyan Liao

Asymmetric synthesis of SL0101, cyclitol and jadomycin, Mingde Shan

Synthesis of semiconductor nanoparticles and characterization of physical and optical properties, Mikala Shremshock

Elemental speciation using pulsed Glow Discharge Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry, Na Zhang

The interactions of cisplatin and model proteins studied by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry, Ting Zhao

Theses/Dissertations from 2008 2008

Environmental forensics for characterization of unexploded ordnance in soils at the Dolly Sods Wilderness Area, Amy Richmond Aylor

Synthesis of azaindoles, diazaindoles, and advanced carbazole alkaloid intermediates via palladium-catalyzed reductive N-heteroannulation, Grissell M. Carrero-Martinez

Thermal rearrangement of 4-aryl-4-hydroxy-2-cyclobuten-1-ones and application of the methodology in the formation of benzofuronaphthoquinones and benzocarbazolequinones, Kimberly Denise Fisher

De Novo Asymmetric Syntheses of Biologically Active Natural Product, Haibing Guo