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Fall 2024
Given that modern humans spend approximately 90% of their time indoors, the indoor environment is crucial for chemical exposure. Emerging indoor organic pollutants, such as microbial volatile organic compounds (MVOCs) from molds, impact air quality and health. Additionally, flavoring agents...
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Spring 2024
Bacteria employ various antimicrobial compounds to establish themselves within bacterial communities. Bacteriocins, which are ribosomally synthesized antimicrobial compounds, play a crucial role in this dynamic. This thesis focuses on strategies for purifying and identifying diverse bacteriocins...
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Investigation of bioactive natural compounds for cardiovascular diseases and daqu fermentation, and the exploration of Beauveria bassiana as a biocontrol agent for the mountain pine beetle epidemic
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Fernandez, Kleinberg Xiandrell
Peptide-based compounds are crucial components of current research and development efforts, namely in the field of pharmaceutical therapeutics. Peptides possess complex secondary structures, resulting in a wide array of functions (e.g., signalling, or cellular structural capabilities). Advances...
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Functionalized Thermo-responsive Polymer Core-shell Materials for use in Controlled Dye Release, Thin-film Composite Membranes, and Water Desalination
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This thesis focuses on the varied applications of core-shell structured stimuli- responsive polymer materials and their applications in water treatment. The relevant background and introduction to stimuli-responsive polymers, core-shell particles and morphologies, and membrane separations systems...
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Fall 2024
The synthesis of interesting and useful cyclic structures is of high importance in chemistry. Strategies for their synthesis include pericyclic reactions, namely electrocyclizations and cycloadditions. This thesis will discuss the investigation towards the synthesis of cyclic structures via...
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Synthesis of Hyper-branched Oligosaccharide Epitopes from Glycoprotein GP72 of T. cruzi and Evaluation of their Binding to the WIC26.29 Monoclonal Antibody
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Chagas disease is caused by the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted to humans mostly by contact with insects called ‘kissing bugs’. The presence of an immunogenic glycoprotein, GP72, on the cell surface of T. cruzi has a key role in the parasite’s life cycle. A monoclonal...
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Development and Application of Advanced Mass Spectrometry Techniques for Determination of Reactive Aerosol Constituents
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Reactive aerosol constituents, including organic peroxides (H2O2, ROOR and ROOH), organosulfates (OS), and organonitrates (ON), are integral components of atmospheric chemistry, climate dynamics, and human health. However, their intricate chemical compositions and dynamic behaviours present...
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Isolation of Reactive Main Group Species by Anionic N-Heterocyclic Olefin and Terphenyl Ligands
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The work in this Thesis describes the preparation of a new vinylithium reagent, [(MeIPrCH)Li]2 (MeIPr = (MeCNDipp)2C:; Dipp = 2,6-iPr2C6H3), which was utilized as a general source for the anionic N-heterocyclic olefin (aNHO) [(MeIPrCH)]–, a potential 2σ, 2π-electron donor. Utilizing...
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Spring 2024
Luminescent silicon quantum dots (SiQDs) are attractive nanoparticles due to the utilization of non-toxic and earth-abundant silicon. Despite these advantages, challenges in optimizing their optical properties, particularly broad luminescence bandwidths and photostability, persist. This thesis...
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Fall 2024
Across all domains of life, the surface of all cells is coated in a dense array ofcarbohydrates appended to proteins and lipids, collectively referred to as glycans. The interactionbetween glycans and glycan-binding proteins, also known as lectins, are at the interface of nearlyevery biological...