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Spring 2023

Rygus, Jason P. G.

Catalysis is essential to the modern chemical industry. Catalytic strategies can enable new synthetic methods with improved atom economy and reduced chemical waste under mild conditions, representing an indispensable approach to the development of green chemical processes with improved...

Spring 2023

Mishra, Vidyanshu

In this thesis, rare-earth-containing chalcogenides and oxychalcogenides were sought with the aim to identify new crystal structures and to evaluate their potential as optical and thermoelectric materials. They were synthesized in the form of pure microcrystalline powders and single crystals...

Spring 2023

Chu, Thu

Glycosylation is one of the most abundant and diverse post-translational modifications. Glycans participate in various key biological functions and processes including immunity, cell adhesion, endocytosis, exocytosis, molecular trafficking, and signal transduction. Previous work from our lab...

Spring 2023

Bhattacharya, Amit

Quaternary chalcogenides with the formula I2-II-IV-VI4 have emerged as promising candidates for photovoltaic materials, but many details about their structures remain poorly understood. This thesis describes the synthesis, structure determination, and optical properties of the sulfides Cu2MTtS4...

Fall 2022

Pascoe, Cameron

Peptides can elicit a whole host of beneficial physiological effects. The market for peptide-based therapeutics is rapidly expanding due to their extreme specificity and low toxicity. Conversely, they often possess poor bioavailability, stability, pharmacokinetics and cell permeability, limiting...

Fall 2022

Wu, Bowei

High resolution rotational spectra of non-covalently bonded molecular clusters produced in a supersonic jet expansion can provide detailed and rich information about their structure-energy relationship and dynamical behaviors. In this thesis, several non-covalently bonded molecular clusters which...

Fall 2022

Guo, Yaowei

Asphaltenes are the most complex constituents in bitumen. They are distinguished from other components in bitumen by high density, high viscosity and a strong tendency to form aggregates in solutions. Asphaltene aggregates may precipitate as a result of small environmental changes, which is...

Fall 2022

Yang, Qian

Conformations of, and non-covalent interactions in, binary aggregates of 1,1,1,3,3,3-hexafluoro-2-propanol (HFIP) and 1-phenyl-2,2,2-trilfuoroethanol (PhTFE) with 1,4-dioxane were investigated. These fluoroalcohols and 1,4-dioxane are common solvents for organic reactions. Rotational spectra of...

Spring 2022

Abou-Ghanem, Maya

Dust is one of the leading contributors to particulate matter (PM) in the atmosphere and can be natural (i.e., mineral dust) and anthropogenic (i.e., road and industrial dust) in origin. Natural and anthropogenic dusts provide a reactive surface for the chemical transformation of pollutant gases,...

Spring 2022

Wang, Haolu

Studies of amino acids are essential because they are one of the building blocks of larger biomolecules, and it is crucial for us to understand how they interact with each other to fulfill all these various biological functions in our daily life. One interesting and noticeable fact from previous...