Chemistry Publications
Research in the Department of Chemistry covers a broad spectrum of chemical specialties but generally falls within three research themes: Materials and Biomaterials; Computational Sciences and Environmental Science and Ecology.
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Submissions from 2019
On the primary structure of polysilenes and polygermenes, Bahareh Farhadpour, Jiacheng Guo, Douglas W. Hairsine, Joe B. Gilroy, and Kim M. Baines
Phosphonium Polyelectrolyte Complexes for the Encapsulation and Slow Release of Ionic Cargo, Tristan D. Harrison, Olga Yunyaeva, Aneta Borecki, Cameron C. Hopkins, John R. De Bruyn, Paul J. Ragogna, and Elizabeth R. Gillies
The Addition of a Cyclopropyl Alkyne to an Asymmetrically-Substituted Disilene: A Mechanistic Study, Andrew T. Henry, Jeremy L. Bourque, Isabell Vacirca, David Scheschkewitz, and Kim M. Baines
Development of Fertilizer Coatings from Polyglyoxylate-Polyester Blends Responsive to Root-Driven pH Change., Spencer M Heuchan, Bo Fan, Jessica J Kowalski, Elizabeth R Gillies, and Hugh A L Henry
C(sp3)-C(sp3) Coupling with a Pd(II) Complex Bearing a Structurally Responsive Ligand, Kyle M.K. Jackman, Benjamin J. Bridge, Ethan R. Sauve, Christopher N. Rowley, Cameron H.M. Zheng, James M. Stubbs, Paul D. Boyle, and Johanna M. Blacquiere
Synthesis of Pd phosphine-imine complexes and their reactivity with base, Kyle M.K. Jackman, Amanda A. Fogh, James M. Stubbs, and Johanna M. Blacquiere
What Is the Accuracy Limit of Adiabatic Linear-Response TDDFT Using Exact Exchange–Correlation Potentials and Approximate Kernels?, Jaspreet Kaur, Egor Ospadov, and Viktor N. Staroverov
Charging and supercharging of proteins for mass spectrometry: recent insights into the mechanisms of electrospray ionization., Lars Konermann, Haidy Metwally, Quentin Duez, and Insa Peters
Testing the Robustness of Solution Force Fields for MD Simulations on Gaseous Protein Ions., Justin H Lee, Katja Pollert, and Lars Konermann
Photocatalytic degradation of β-blockers in TiO2 with metoprolol as model compound. Intermediates and total reaction mechanism, Elisa Leyva, Edgar Moctezuma, Mariana López, Kim M. Baines, and Brenda Zermeño
Oxoborane Formation Turns on Formazanate-Based Photoluminescence, Ryan R. Maar, Nicholas A. Hoffman, Viktor N. Staroverov, and Joe Gilroy
In search of the hot spot., Danielle M McRae and François Lagugné-Labarthet
Mechanism of Electrospray Supercharging for Unfolded Proteins: Solvent-Mediated Stabilization of Protonated Sites During Chain Ejection., Insa Peters, Haidy Metwally, and Lars Konermann
Thermo-responsive and covalently cross-linkable hydrogels for intra-articular drug delivery, Andy Prince, Ian J. Villamagna, Aneta Borecki, Frank Beier, John R. de Bruyn, Mark Hurtig, and Elizabeth Gillies
Effect of Drug Loading on the Properties of Temperature-responsive Polyester-poly(ethylene glycol)-polyester Hydrogels, D. Andrew Prince, Ian J. Villamagna, Cameron C. Hopkins, John R. de Bruyn, and Elizabeth R. Gillies
Polyglyoxylamides: Tuning Structure and Properties of Self- Immolative Polymers, Quinton E.A. Sirianni, Amir Rabiee Kenaree, and Elizabeth Gillies
Optimizing ligand structure for low-loading and fast catalysis for alkynyl-alcohol and-amine cyclization, James M. Stubbs, Benjamin J. Bridge, and Johanna M. Blacquiere
The Diverse Reactivity of Disilenes Toward Isocyanides, Nada Y. Tashkandi, Sarah L. McOnie, Jeremy L. Bourque, Crispin R.W. Reinhold, and Kim M. Baines
Synthesis of Functionalized Tetrahydropyridines by SNCl4-mediated [4+2] Cycloaddition between Donor–Acceptor Cyclobutanes and Nitriles, David Tong, Jackie Wu, Nathan Bazinski, Donghyun Koo, Naresh Vemula, and Brian Pagenkopf
Poly(ester amide) particles for controlled delivery of celecoxib., Ian J Villamagna, Trent N Gordon, Mark B Hurtig, Frank Beier, and Elizabeth R Gillies
Probing mid-infrared plasmon resonances in extended radial fractal structures., Gregory Q Wallace, Danielle M McRae, and François Lagugné-Labarthet
Triggering depolymerization: Progress and opportunities for self-immolative polymers, Rebecca Yardley, Amir Rabiee Kenaree, and Elizabeth Gillies
Submissions from 2018
Mild and selective Pd-Ar protonolysis and C-H activation promoted by a ligand aryloxide group, Ava Behnia, Mahmood A. Fard, Johanna M. Blacquiere, and Richard J. Puddephatt
Polymer assembly encapsulation of lanthanide nanoparticles as contrast agents for in vivo micro-CT, Charmainne Cruje, Joy Dunmore-Buyze, Jarret P. MacDonald, David W. Holdsworth, Maria Drangova, and Elizabeth R. Gillies
Surprising Antibacterial Activity and Selectivity of Hydrophilic Polyphosphoniums Featuring Sugar and Hydroxy Substituents., Tyler J Cuthbert, Benjamin Hisey, Tristan D Harrison, John F Trant, Elizabeth R Gillies, and Paul J Ragogna