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Regional and local controls of surface water chemistry in the Boreal Plain and Shield transition of Canada
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The Western Boreal Forest exhibits complex hydrogeology juxtaposed with rapid resource development. Predicting surface water chemistry to assess the influence of landuse and climate change is needed. The research purpose was to test if a global model (Gibbs), used to assess water chemistry...
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Studying Protein–Glycolipid Interactions and Membrane Peptides and Proteins using Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry and Model Membranes
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Membrane systems, including glycolipids (GLs) and membrane peptides and proteins (MPs), play an important role in many cellular processes, such as singling, cellular recognition, transportation, and energy conversion. However, the amphipathic nature of GLs and MPs makes their analysis...
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Surface Interaction Mechanisms between Deformable Bubbles and Hydrophobic Surfaces in Aqueous Solutions
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Deformable bubbles in complex fluidic systems are crucial components in a variety of traditional and emerging industrial processes, where their surface interactions with hydrophobic surfaces play an important role in realizing the targeted functionalities. In this project, a bubble probe atomic...
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Synthesis and Application of Colloidal Substrates for In-Solution Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has evolved into a powerful analytical measurement technique with the potential for single molecule detection. The technological advancement of handheld Raman instrumentation is powering the development of SERS applications in a variety of industries....
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Spring 2012
Germanium nanomaterials have many potential applications based on their size-tunable optical and electronic properties, for example in photodetectors, photovoltaics and non-volatile memory. In this work, the synthesis of Ge nanoparticles by two different methods based on tailorability through the...
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Fall 2020
The synthesis of germanium nanomaterials with well-defined surface chemistry is of considerable interest, not only because of general scientific curiosity but also because of their vast potential applications in optoelectronics, energy storage, and the semiconductor industry. Covalently bonded...
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Spring 2022
Nanomaterials based upon Group 14 elements (i.e., silicon and germanium) are drawing a great deal of attention from researchers since they are biocompatible and exhibit unique optical and electronic properties. Surface functionalization, which is one of the most critical aspects of nanomaterial...
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Synthesis of fragments of a polysaccharide from Nocardia nova for structural and biological studies
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Nocardia are gram-positive bacteria. Nocardia nova is one of the Nocardia species and can cause serious disease, particularly in immunocompromised patients. Rapid diagnosis of N. nova can be lifesaving. The cell wall of N. nova contains an unusual glucose-modified arabinogalactan polysaccharide...
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Synthetic Main Group and Transition Metal Targets for Electronic and Photovoltaic Applications
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The work presented herein is focused on the synthesis and characterization of inorganic materials for potential use in electronic and photovoltaic applications. Platinum containing complexes of the form LxPt(SC4H2Br)2 (x = 1, L = dppe, dppp; x = 2, L = PBu3, PAr3), were synthesized using...
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The Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Multivalent Heterobifunctional Ligands Specific for Shiga Toxin 1 and Shiga Toxin 2
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Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) is a potential life-threatening condition caused by infection with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7. There are two major types of Shiga toxins, namely, Shiga toxin 1 (Stx1) and Shiga toxin 2 (Stx2), of which, Stx2 is clinically most closely associated...