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From the Pre-critical Nucleus to Atmospheric Aerosol Particles: Insights from Rotational Spectroscopic, Computational, and Aerosol Characterization Studies
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Over the past several years in Alberta, the frequency and severity of wildfires has increased and resulted in the loss of lives, destruction of housing, and devastation of large forest areas. A byproduct of these fires are toxic emissions that contain primary aerosols and volatile organic...
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Spring 2024
A variety of organic molecules have been used to study photophysical processes, such as singlet fission (SF) and triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion (TTA-UC), which are proposed strategies to improve the power conversion efficiencies of photovoltaics. Despite extensive study on these...
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Spring 2024
Hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ) is a versatile material with a lengthy history in the synthesis of silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs). Although SiNCs are an exciting material for many optical, electronic, and biological applications, the focal point of this thesis challenges many of the preconceived...
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Fall 2023
The human immune system is a network that is crucial to fight against infections and foreign pathogens. It is divided into innate system, which is the first line of defense, and adaptive immune system, which is more specific. The specificity and long-lasting nature of the adaptive immune system...
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Fall 2023
Studies related to miRNAs and their ability to alter protein expression have gained much attention in recent years. miRNAs are short single stranded non-coding RNAs (~20 nts) that function in RNA silencing and post-transcriptional modification of gene expression. These short non-coding RNAs...
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Fall 2023
Three new Re(I) photocatalysts were prepared by synthesizing imidazole and imidazolium dyes based on carbazolyl dicyanobenzene derivatives and physically linking them to a Re metal centre for the photochemical reduction of CO2. The imidazolium dyes were of interest because they are precursors to...
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Fall 2023
This thesis describes the synthesis of Li-containing intermetallics and chalcogenides using high-temperature solid-state reactions and induction heating, with the aim of studying their structures, electronic properties, and optical properties to gain insights into their potential applications in...
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Investigation of Halogen Bond Interactions of Chiral Molecules Using Infrared, Vibrational Circular Dichroism, NMR, UV-vis Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Calculations
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This PhD thesis shows the application of different spectroscopic and theoretical tools to probe the extent and possible interaction between various Lewis acids (halogen bond donor) and Lewis bases (halogen bond acceptors). Vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) that is the chiral version of...
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Multifunctional Carbazole-Based Materials as Electrochemical Water Splitting and Photoredox Catalysis
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The combustion of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide and other harmful greenhouse gases into our living atmosphere, which traps heating and causes global warming. Renewable energy, however, can help solve the problem above by producing far fewer greenhouse gases. Renewable energy is a general...
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Fall 2023
Biomass burning, from wildfires to cooking stoves, is a major contributor to atmospheric pollution on a global scale, affecting the quality of the air we breathe. Emissions from biomass burning are both health and climate affecting, and vary considerably in composition depending on how the fuel...