Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Improved System for Fabrication and Characterization of Nanophotonic Devices by Multi-photon Lithography, Rashi Sharma
The Schrödinger Equation with Coulomb Potential Admits no Exact Solutions, Ilia Toli
Detection of Mercury Through Surface Plasmon Resonance of Immobilized Gold Nanorods, Khang Trieu
Methodological Improvements in the mRNA Profiling Assays for Incorporation into DNA Casework Workflows, Paris Volk
Novel Fuel-producing Fungi and Methodologies for Increasing Fuel Production, Yuemin Wang Kovaleff
Engineering Noble-metal Nanostructures for Biosensing Applications, Haihang Ye
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
In situ Treatment Systems for Remediation of Polychlorinated Biphenyl-contaminated Building Materials, Adibah Almutairi
Development and Characterization of Solid-Contact Paper-Based and Micro Ion-Selective Electrodes for Environmental Analysis, Stephanie Armas
Quantitative Line Assignment in Optical Emission Spectroscopy, Jessica Chappell
Integration of Fundamental Research and CER: The Role of Authenticity in Developing Views on the Nature of Teaching, Learning, and Doing Science, Julie Donnelly
Nanoscale Characterization and Mechanism of Electroless Deposition of Silver Metal, Christopher Grabill
Split Aptameric Turn-On Fluorescence Sensor for Detection of Sequence Specific Nucleic Acid at Ambient Temperature, Nanami Kikuchi
Catalyst Design and Mechanism Study with Computational Method for Small Molecule Activation, Muqiong Liu
Design, Synthesis, Stability, and Photocatalytic Studies of Sustainable Metal-Organic Frameworks, Matthew Logan
Polyelectrolyte Complexes Based on Poly(acrylic acid): Mechanics and Applications, Xiaoyan Lu
Qualitative and Quantitative Elemental Composition Analysis of the Surrounding Pollen Coating via ICP-MS, Brandy Voyer
Light Scattering Property of Gold Nanoparticles with Applications to Biomolecule Detection and Analysis, Tianyu Zheng
Optical Properties of Single Nanoparticles and Two-dimensional Arrays of Plasmonic Nanostructures, Yadong Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Optimizing Laboratory Pyrolysis Methods to Compliment Real World Fire Debris, Richard Coulson
Detection of Inorganic Phosphate in Environmental Water Samples using a Terbium and Gold Nanoparticle-based FRET Chemosensor, Madeleine Johnson
Monitoring Crystal Structure Refinements Using Solid-State NMR Chemical Shift Tensors, Keyton Kalakewich
Two-Component Covalent Inhibitors (TCCI) of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Reverse Transcriptase (HIV-RT), Carlos Ledezma
Measuring and Modeling NMR and Emission Spectra to Gain New Insight into Challenging Organic Compounds, Jacob Powell
A Deoxyribozyme Sensor and Isothermal Amplification for Human Sex Determination, Alexandra Smith
Mechanochemical Synthesis of Fuels from Sustainable Sources Utilizing Solid Catalysts, Jacob Todd
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Analysis of Benzopyrenes and Benzopyrene Metabolites by Fluorescence Spectroscopy Techniques, Bassam Al-Farhani
Novel Photodynamic Cancer Therapy Agent and Biochemical Phosphate Sensor Based on Nanomaterials, Alaa Fadhel
Classification of Silicone-Based Personal and Condom Lubricants Using DART-TOFMS, Lauren Harvey
The Owl Sensor: A Smart Nanostructure for Single Nucleotide Variation Analysis, Rebekah Karadeema
Development of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Forensic Applications, Sara Martinez
Multidimensional Room-Temperature Fluorescence Microscopy for the Nondestructive Analysis of Forensic Trace Textile Fibers, Nirvani Mujumdar
Theoretical-Experimental Study of the Two-Photon Circular Dichroism of Helicenes and Aromatic Amino Acids in the UV Region: From the Structure-Property Relationship to the Final Implementation, Yuly Katherine Vesga Prada
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Synthesis, Linear and Nonlinear Photophysical Characterization of Two Symmetrical Pyrene-terminated Squaraine Derivatives in Solution, Alfonso Ballestas Barrientos
Aggregation of Squaraine Dye Derivatives in Solid State Spin-coated Thin Films, Mohammed Daoudi
Chemical Analysis, Databasing, and Statistical Analysis of Smokeless Powders for Forensic Application, Dana-Marie Dennis
Structure-Property Relationship of the Two-Photon Circular Dichroism of Compounds with Axial and Helical Chirality, Carlos Diaz
Strategies for Enhanced Genetic Analysis of Trace DNA from Touch DNA Evidence and Household Dust, Katherine Farash
Forensic Application of Chemometric Analysis to Visible Absorption Spectra Collected from Dyed Textile Fibers, Alejandra Flores
Folate conjugated hyperbranched polyester nanoparticles for prostate tumor-targeted delivery of a cytotoxic peptide via prostate specific membrane antigen, Orielyz Flores-Fernandez
Investigating New Guaiazulenes and Diketopyrropyrroles for Photonic Applications, Ebrahim Ghazvini Zadeh
Photophysics of Organic Probes and their Applications in Bioimaging & Photodynamic Therapy, Bosung Kim
Quantitative Assessment of the effects of Microbial Degradation of a Simple Hydrocarbon Mixture, Jessica Kindell
Mass Spectral Studies to Investigate Butylbenzene Fragmentation Pathway and Pyrolysis Products., Balasubramaniam Lingam
Fabrication and Study of Graphene-Based Nanocomposites for Sensing and Energy Storage, Matthew McInnis
Improvements on Instrumentation to Explore the Multidimensionality of Luminescence Spectroscopy, Anthony Moore
Quantum Chemical Studies for the Engineering of Metal Organic Materials, Hector Javier Rivera Jacquez
Optimization of Molecular Beacon-Based Multicomponent Probes for Analysis of Nucleic Acids, Maria Stancescu
Synthesis and Characterization of New Probes for use in Fluorescence and X-ray CT Bioimaging, Simon Tang
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Synthesis and Study of Chemo-Hydrothermally Derived Water-Soluble Chitosan and Chiosan-Metal Oxide Composites, Srijita Basumallick
1, 2, and 3 Dimension Carbon/Silicon Carbon Nitride Ceramic Composites, Flores Jean Calderon
Degradation of Hydrazine and Monomethylhydrazine for Fuel Waste Streams using Alpha-ketoglutaric Acid, Carolina Franco
Photo-induced Protonation of Polyaniline Composites and Mechanistic Study of the Degradation of Polychlorinated Biphenyls with Zero-Valent Magnesium, Candace Kirkland
Action potentials as indicators of metabolic perturbations for temporal proteomic analysis, Aditya Reddy Kolli
Multifunctional and Responsive Polyelectrolyte Nanostructures, Astha Malhotra
Photoactivatable Organic and Inorganic Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapeutics and Biosensing, Mona Mathew
Structural and Functional Studies of Glycine Riboswitches and Development of Fab Chaperone Assisted RNA Crystallography, Eileen Sherman
Fluorescence Off-On Sensors for F-, K+, Fe3+, and Ca2+ Ions, Binglin Sui
Synthesis of Fluorescent Molecules and their Applications as Viscosity Sensors, Metal Ion Indicators, and Near-Infrared Probes, Mengyuan Wang
Novel Developments on the Extraction and Analysis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Environmental Samples, Walter Wilson
Application of Two-Photon Absorbing Fluorene-Containing Compounds in Bioimaging and Photodyanimc Therapy, Xiling Yue
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
Non-destructive Analysis Of Trace Textile Fiber Evidence Via Room-temperature Fluorescence Spectrocopy, Krishnaveni Appalaneni
Solid Phase Extraction Room Temperature Fluorescence Spectroscopy For The Direct Quantification Of Monohydroxy Metabolites Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons In Urine Samples, Korina Jesusa Calimag
Trace Contaminant Control: An In-depth Study Of A Silica-titania Composite For Photocatalytic Remediation Of Closed-environment Habitat Air, Janelle Coutts
Biochemical Characterization Of The Nifb Enzyme And Nifb-cofactor, Jirair Gevorkyan
Remediation Of Polychlorinated Biphenyl (pcb) Contaminated Building Materials Using Non-metal And Activated Metal Treatment Systems, Tamra Legron-Rodriguez
Investigation Of A Novel Magnesium And Acidified Ethanol System For The Degradation Of Persistent Organic Pollutants, Phillip Maloney
Enhanced Two-photon Absorption In A Squaraine-fluorene-squaraine Dye: Design, Synthesis, Photophysical Properties, And Solvatochromic Behavior, William Moreshead
Development Of Micro Volume Dna And Rna Profiling Assays To Identify The Donor And Tissue Source Of Origin Of Trace Forensic Biological Evidence, Brittany Morgan
Magnesium And Acidified Ethanol Based Treatment Systems For The Extraction And Dechlorination Of Polychlorinated Biphenyls From Contaminated Oils, Paints, And Soils, Simone Novaes-Card
Development Of Novel Redox Sensors And Processes Towards Biological Applications, Jigna Patel
Light-matter Interactions Of Plasmonic Nanostructures, Jennifer Reed
Mechanochemistry For Solid-state Syntheses And Catalysis, David Restrepo
Electrical, Optical And Chemical Properties Of Organic Photo Sensitve Materials, Zheng Shi
An Adhesive Vinyl-acrylic Electrolyte And Electrode Binder For Lithium Batteries, Binh Tran
Chemometric Applications To A Complex Classification Problem: Forensic Fire Debris Analysis, Erin Waddell
Novel Optical Properties Of Metal Nanostructures Based On Surface Plasmons, Haining Wang
Photophysical And Photochemical Factors Affecting Multi-photon Direct Laser Writing Using The Cross-linkable Epoxide Su-8, Henry Williams
Squaraine Dyes, Design And Synthesis For Various Functional Materials Applications, Yuanwei Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Electrochemical Studies Of Nanoscale Composite Materials As Electrodes In Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells, Jordan Anderson
Tandem Mass Spectrometric Analysis Of Ammonium And Sodium Oligoperoxide Adducts With The Application Of Two-dimensional Correlation Spectroscopy And Computational Chemistry, Jessica Lynne Frisch
Photochemistry And Applications Of Diels-alder Adducts And Photoacids In Materials Science, Valentine Johns
Iron Molybdenum Cofactor: Catalyst In Dihydrogen Production And Nifen's Role In The Femo-co Biosynthetic Pathway, Deborah Bolin Maxwell
The Behavior Of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles In Polymer Electrolyte Membranes In Ex-situ And In-situ Fuel Cell Durability Tests, Benjamin Pearman
Selective Multivariate Applications In Forensic Science, Caitlin Rinke
Assessment Of Molecular Interactions Via Magnetic Relaxation: A Quest For Inhibitors Of The Anthrax Toxin, Oscar Santiesteban