Chemistry Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Chemistry, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Effect of Gamma Radiation on the Interfacial Reactions and Transfer Processes of Phosphonium-based Ionic Liquids with Carbon Steel, Ryan P. Morco
Diphosphine Carboxamide Ligands with Gold(I), Silver(I) and Platinum(II), Nasser Nasser
Oxidative Cyclizations of Tertiary Pentenols and the Synthesis of β-Carboline Alkaloids, Geoffrey A. Phillips
Protein Conformational Studies by Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry, Antony D. Rodriguez
The Development of Metal-Organic Compounds for Use as Molecular Imaging Agents, Emily J. Simpson
Photochromic Molecular Materials for the Controlled Organization of Nanoparticles, Kristen Elise Snell
Gamma-Radiolysis Kinetics of Liquid, Vapour and Supercritical Water, Nastaran Yousefi
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
pH Responsive Hydrogen Bonding Motif to Improve the Sensitivity of Tumor Imaging, Fatimah Mohammed Algarni
Carbon Nitride and Conjugated Polymer Composite Materials, Josh Byers
Synthesis and Spectroscopic Studies of Substituted Pyrrolocytidines, McKenry Charles
Fluorescent Cytidine Analogues, Kirby J. Chicas
A Study of Gamma Radiation Induced Carbon Steel Corrosion, Kevin Daub
The Synthesis and Evaluation of Peptide-Based Probes for the Imaging of RHAMM Expressing Carcinoma and GLP-1R on Pancreatic Beta Cells, Ashley Esarik
Progress Toward Synthesis of Molecular Beacons Incorporating DABCYL Analog Quenchers, Christie M. Ettles
Characterization of the Corrosion and Oxide Film Properties of Alloy 600 and Alloy 800, Melissa Faichuk
Studies of the Charge Storage Properties of Poly(bithiophene) and Amorphous Carbon Nitride, Timothy Adam Forristal
Theory of Model Kohn-Sham Potentials and its Applications, Alex P. Gaiduk
Solid State NMR Spectroscopic Studies of Metal-Organic Frameworks, Peng He
Investigating the Effects of Radiation on Phosphonium-Based Ionic Liquids, Susan Howett
Approximation of Exchange-Correlation Potentials for Orbital-Dependent Functionals, Alexei Kananenka
Functionalized Polyisobutylene: From Synthesis to Properties and Applications, Solmaz Karamdoust
Protein Structure and Interactions Studied by Electrospray Mass Spectrometry, Jiangjiang Liu
Donor-Acceptor Cyclobutanes and Their Application for Heterocycle Synthesis and Progress Towards Biselide A, Benjamin Machin
The Synthesis, Reactivity and Electrochemical Study of Metallocene Substituted α-Diimine Ligands, Eleanor Magdzinski
Carboxylic Acid Functionalized Butyl Rubber: From Synthesis to Applications, Matthew John McEachran
Development of Novel Contrast Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Mark Milne
Crevice Corrosion Behavior of Ni-Cr-Mo-W Alloys in Aggressive Environment, Ajit K. Mishra
Development of Biodegradable and Stimuli-Responsive Macromolescules and Their Assemblies, Ali Nazemi
Novel Thiophene Supported N,N'-Chelating Ligands and Their Main Group Compounds, Jacquelyn T. Price
Electrochemical and Surface Compositional Studies on Uranium Dioxide, Mayuri Razdan
Cycloaddition Chemistry for the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds and Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Grandilodine A, Andrew C. Stevens
Electrochemical Evaluation of Ionic Liquids for Biphasic Extraction of Metal Ions Common to Spent Nuclear Fuel, Thomas J. Stockmann
Electrochemiluminescence of Thienyltriazoles, Iridium Complexes, Au25 Clusters and PbS Nanoparticles, Kalen N. Swanick
X-ray Absorption Fine Structure and X-ray Excited Optical Luminescence Studies of Gallium Nitride - Zinc Oxide Solid Solution Nanostructures, Matthew J. Ward
Multinuclear Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Microporous Materials, Jun Xu
In Situ High-Pressure Studies of Ammonia Borane Derivatives by Vibrational Spectroscopy, Zhihao Yu
Investigations of the Crystallization Processes of Molecular Sieves, Lu Zhang
In situ High-Pressure Studies of Energetic Materials by Vibrational Spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction, Liang Zhou
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
The Synthesis and Reactivity of New Pnictogen(III) Cations, Allison L. Brazeau
Studies of Microscopic Scale Strains in Nickel Alloys Resulting from Mechanical and Chemical Forces, Jing Chao
Investigations of Zeolite Growth by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Donghan Chen
Syntheses, Hydrogen Bonding, and Metal Coordination Studies of New Ferrocene Peptide Conjugates, Craig D. Colquhoun
The Development of Organometallic OBOC Peptide Libraries for use in Molecular Imaging, Dana R. Cruickshank
Synthesis of Self-Immolative Monomers and Their Applications in Polymeric Materials, Matthew A. DeWit
High-Pressure Study of Molecular Solids and 1D Nanostructures by Vibrational Spectroscopy and Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction, Zhaohui Dong
Enhancing Raman and Fluorescence Spectroscopies with Nanosphere Lithography Platforms, Shabila Fayyaz
Structural Insights into Group 14 Compounds from Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy, Margaret A. Hanson
Analysis of ADP-Ribosylation and Protein Sample Preparation by Capillary Electrophoresis, Ming Huang
The Multicomponent Synthesis of Pyrroles from Cylcopropane S Using a One Pot Pd(0) Catalyzed Dehydrocarbonylation Protocol, William J. Humenny
Ionothermal Synthesis of High Silica Zeolites in Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES), Zheng Sonia Lin
Migration Behaviour of Discontinuous Buffers in Capillary Electrophoresis during Protein Enrichment, Ting Li
Studies on Molecular Sieve Crystallization and Heteroatomic Substitution, Adam R. MacIntosh
Controlled Degradation of Poly(ester amide)s via Cyclization of Pendant Functional Groups, Jose Samuel Mejia
Synthesis of (±)-Quebrachamine, Tetrahydroisoquinocarbazoles, and Progress Towards Biselide A and E, Barbora Morra
Progress Towards the Total Synthesis of Amphidinolide C, Nicholas A. Morra
Complementary and Self-Complementary Hydrogen Bond Double Helical Complexes, Bhanu P. Mudraboyina
In-Capillary Reduction and Digestion of Proteins at Nano-Liter Volume Using Capillary Electrophoresis, Thasneen Naina Nazeema
Scanning Probe Microscopy Studies of the Properties of Conducting Polymers, Kevin D. O'Neil
Reactivity of Dimethylplatinum(II) Complexes with Peroxides, Kyle R. Pellarin
Reactions of Platinum Complexes with Dimethylamine-borane, Shawn M. Robinson
Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy Studies of Nickel Surfaces and T24 Single Live Cells, Yu Sun
Structural Motifs of Novel Metallothionein Proteins, Duncan E K Sutherland
Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Unreceptive Quadrupolar Nuclei in Inorganic Materials, Andre Sutrisno
Heme Binding and Transfer in the Isd Heme Scavenging Pathway of Staphylococcus aureus, Michael T. Tiedemann
Kinetics of O2 Reduction on Oxide-covered Ni-Cr-Mo Alloys, Xiangrong (Sarah) Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Charged Nanodroplets, Elias Ahadi
Development of Single and Multimodality Imaging Probes for PET, SPECT and Fluorescence Imaging, Babak Behnam Azad
Exploring the Chemistry of Cyclopentadienyl-Cobalt-Cyclobutadiene (CpCoCb) Complexes and Synthesis of Side-Chain CpCoCb Polymers, Preeti Chadha
Design and Syntheses of Fluorescent Cytosine Analogues, David W. Dodd
Rational Design and Advanced Fabrication of Metallic Nanostructures for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Betty Cristina Galarreta
Strategies for the Thermal and Photochemical Modification of Gold Nanoparticles (AuNPs) and the Fabrication of AuNP Hybrid Materials, Hossein Ismaili
Transition Metal Complexes with Reactive Trimethylsilylchalcogenolate Ligands: Precursors for the Preparation of Ternary Nanoclusters, Chhatra Bahadur Khadka
Uncovering New Bonding Motifs: The Synthesis of Chalcogen and Phosphorus Complexes Supported by Nitrogen Based Ligands, Caleb D. Martin
New Synthetic Methodologies Directed toward Pharmacologically Active Compounds as well as Silole Based Chromophores for Analytical and Optoelectronic Applications, Mahmoud M. Abd Rabo Moustafa
Design and Syntheses of Novel Quenchers for Fluorescent Hybridization Probes, Mohamed Moustafa
Structure and Dynamics of the Membrane Protein Bacteriorhodopsin Studied by Mass Spectrometry, Yan Pan
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Studies on the Oxidation Processes of Nickel, Chromium and their Alloys, Bradley P. Payne
Investigating Interfacial Reactions of Silver-Containing Films Using Novel Methods, Sarah Danielle Pretty
Reactivity of Dimethylplatinum (II) Complexes, Muhieddine A. Safa
The Effect of the Environment on the Corrosion Products and Corrosion Rates on Gas Transmission Pipelines, Brent Sherar
Double Helical Hydrogen-Bonded AAA-DDD Complexes and Supramolecular Polymers, Hong-Bo Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Surface Modifications of Poly(dimethylsiloxane) for Biological Application of Microfluidic Devices, Jessica M. Dechene
Part I: Synthesis of Pyrrolo[1,2-A]Indoles Part II: Studies Towards Arboflorine, Michael B. Johansen