Doctoral Dissertations in Chemistry since 1991
| 2008 | |
| Gierszal, Kamil | "Synthesis, Adsorption and Structural Properties of Carbons with Uniform and Ordered Mesopores" |
| Grudzien, Rafal | "Synthesis and Characterization of Ordered Cage-Like Siliceous Mesostructures with Organic Pendant and Bridging Groups" |
| Khairuddean, Melati | "Synthesis of Fluorinated Liquid Crystalline Materials" |
| Liu, Na | "Novel Dicyanomethylenedihydrofuran (DCDHF) Fluorophore Synthesis" |
| Redfern, Roberta | "Characterization of the Binding of PTEN and its Disease Related Mutants to Phospholipid Model Membranes" |
| 2007 | |
| Celer, Ewa | "Thermal and Hydrothermal Stability of Polymer-Templated Siliceous Mesostructures" |
| Getmanenko, Yulia | "2,5-Disubtituted Pyridine Liquid Crystals and Imidazole-Based Glasses as Potential Organic Semiconductors" |
| Olkhovyk, Oksana | "Environmental Applications of Ordered Mesoporous Materials: Organosilicas with Multifunctional Ligands for Adsoprtion of Mercury Ions" |
| Wang, Hui | "Tuning DCDHF Fluorophores and Their Applications in Biological Systems" |
| 2006 | |
| Chumachenko, Nataliya | "B-Acryloloxysulfonyl Tethers for Intramolecular Diels-Alder Cycloaddition Reactions" |
| Ghosh, Arnab | "Studies of Protein-Protein Interactions Between P67 and Subunits of eIF2(α,β,γ):I:Identification of Other Proteins Interacting with P67" |
| Li, Gang | "Effect of Water and Polyols on the Dynamics of Lysozome Studied by Solid-State NMR" |
| Luchette, Paul | "Novel Methods for Investigating Membrane Proteins by NMR" |
| Novikov, Yehor | "1-Bromo-1-lithioene as a Building Block for Organic Synthesis" |
| Zhang, Ke | "Microparticles as a New Analytical Method to Study Liquid Crystal Colloids" |
| 2005 | |
| Kim, Mi Jung | "Development of NMR Imaging Techniques" |
| 2004 | |
| Farrar, Jabari | "AFM and Imaging XPS Data Correlation" |
| Lu, Zhikuan | "Copper-Catalyzed Aromatic Amination and Applications to Materials Synthesis" |
| Redfern, Duane | "Characterization of Domain Formation in Phosphoinositide Model Membranes" |
| Zimmerman, Doris | "Adsorption, Chromatographic and Thermogravimetric Studies of Mesoporous Carbon Materials with Deposited Silica" |
| 2003 | |
| Joudah, Lamis | "Insight into the Mechanisms of Chromium(V) Mediated DNA Damage" |
| Li, Zuojiang | "Novel Mesoporous Carbonaceous Materials: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications in Liquid Chromatography" |
| 2002 | |
| Antochshuk, Valentyn | "Ordered Organic-Inorganic Mesostructures: Properties, Structure and Nanospace Design" |
| Chitester, Betty Jo | "Site Directed Mutagenesis Studies on Substrate Recognition by Ribonuclease T1" |
| Ferryman, Amy | "High Energy and Spatial Resolution XPS Characterization of Heterogenous Specimens" |
| He, Meng | "Synthesis of Organic Molecules for Photorefractive Applications" |
| Kiryanov, Andre | "Development of Synthesis Methodologies Toward 5-Membered S-Hetercycles and Their Fluorinated Derivatives: Applications to Liquid Crystal Synthesis" |
| Korwin, Rebecca | "Synthesis of PEO-Silica Composite Materials for Use as Solid-State Electrolytes" |
| Lavrich, Richard | "Structure Determination of Biologically Relevant Molecules and Their Van der Waals Complexes Using Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy" |
| Mazzer, Paula | "DNA Damage by Chromium Carcinogens: Chromatographic, Mass Spectroscopic and Kinetic Characterization" |
| Su, Linli | "Studies on Non-contact Alignment of Liquid Crystals" |
| Volckova, Erika | "Chromatographic and Spectroscopic Characterization of DNA/Protein Adducts of Platinum Anticancer Drugs" |
| 2001 | |
| Artyushkova, Katerina | "Applications of Multitechnique Correlation and Multivariate Analysis to Heterogenous Polymer Systems" |
| Gardner, Leon | "Argon Adsorption Studies of Porous Carbons" |
| 2000 | |
| Bose, Anima | "Surface and Structural Properties of Porous Silica Coated with Polysiloxanes" |
| Wagner, Michael | "Separation and Characterization of Dinucleotide Atropisomers Formed by the Antitumor Drug Cisplatin Using Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Chromatography" |
| Yang, Wei-wen | "NMR Structures of Zinc Finger Domains of Human DNA Polymerase-α and Structural Perturbations upon Coordination by the Anticancer Drug cis-Platin" |
| 1999 | |
| Bereznitski, Yuri | "Comparative Studies of Surface Properties and Chromatographic Selectivity of Silica-based Octyl Bonded Phases" |
| Pullin, Michael | "The Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Iron-Dissolved Organic Matter Interactions in Model Freshwaters" |
| Thomas, Elizabeth | "High Energy and Spatial Resolution XPS of Polymers and Polymer Blends" |
| 1998 | |
| Dudones, James | "Studies Directed Towards the Synthesis of the Taxane AB Ring System" |
| Kruk, Michal | "Modeling of Gas Adsorption on Heterogenous Porous Solids" |
| Paleudis, Lea | "2H NMR and HPLC Studies of the Interfacial Properties of Silica Immobilized Alkylamine and Alkylamine Ligands" |
| 1997 | |
| Janini, Thomas | "Studies Directed Toward the Synthesis of Paclitaxel Analogs" |
| Weaver, Evelyn | "In Vitro Metabolism of Platinum(IV) Anticancer Drugs by Biological Reduction Agents: HPLC, NMR and Kinetic Characterization" |
| 1996 | |
| Fonkeng, Beshaken | "Mechanism of DNA Cleavage by Hypervalent Chromium Complexes" |
| Kassam, Teresa | "Chemical State Imaging of Insulators Using X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy" |
| Tielsch, Brian | "Developments in Heterogenous Sample Analysis by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy" |
| 1995 | |
| Apanovitch, Don | "Characterization of a S-Warfarin 11S-OH Reductase in Hepatic Microsomes of F344 Rats" |
| Sutheimer, Susan | "Aluminum Speciation in Natural Waters Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Aluminum Specific Detection" |
| Tittelbach-Helmrich, Volker | "Liquid Chromatographic Properties of Silica-Immobilized Serum Albumins" |
| Zhou, Yongwu | "Chromatographic, Infrared and Thermal Studies of the Liquid Crystal 4'-cyano-4-biophenyl [4-(4-Pentenyloxyl)] Benzoate Coated on Silica" |
| 1994 | |
| Chai, Kyung-Jin | "A Positron Annihilation Lifetime Study of Protein Hydration" |
| Su, Wen | "Studies of Silica-Immobilized Lysozyme by High Performance Liquid Chromatography" |
| 1993 | |
| Li, Dawei | "Structures and Dynamics of Platinum(II)-Nucleotides and Platinum(II)-Peptides by Multidimensional NMR Spectroscopy" |
| Xidis, Anthony | "The Electronic Conduction in Prussian Blue and Related Transition Metal Hexacyanides" |
| Asif, Muhammed | "Synthesis and Characterization of Linear and Cyclic Diol Bonded Silica Surfaces for Liquid Chromatography and the Corresponding (Omega)-Alkenyl Percursors" |
| Chai, Ki-Byung | "Development of a Novel Synthetic Approach to Macrocyclic Lactones and Medium-sized Carbocyolic Rings and its Application in the Synthesis of the AB Ring System of the Taxane Diterpenes" |
| Nagvekar, Devdatts | "Novel Mesomorphic Systems Based on Heteromethylene Bridged Biphenyls" |
| 1992 | |
| Gao, Hong | "Studies of Immobilized Bovine Serum Albumin as a Novel Switchable Sorbant" |
| Slavin, Lori | "Multinuclear NMR Studies of Platinum (II) Nucleotides" |
| 1991 | |
| Su, Wen-chen | "Part I: Novel Syntheses of Substituted 6H-Dibenzo[b,d] by Pschorr Cyclinization; Part II: Syntheses and Studies of Mesomorphic Compounds Derived from 3-Amino and 3-Hydroxy-6H-dibenzo[b,d] pyrons" |
Masters Theses in Chemistry since 1992
| 2006 | |
| Radomski, Michal | "Vanadium-Vitamin B12 Conjugates for the Treatment of Diabetes" |
| Sharma, Uma | "Synthesis and Physical Properties of Sulphur and Napthalene-containing Liquid Crystals" |
| 2005 | |
| Bradley, Patrick | "Development of Sunthetic Approaches to 1,3,4-Thiadiazole-2-carboxylate Esters and Their Application in Liquid Crystal Synthesis" |
| Gable, Brad | "Propofol Increases Cardiomycote Contractillity Following α1a-Adrenoreceptor Activation in Cardiomyocytes" |
| 2004 | |
| Kashfi, Ruhnaz | "NMR Characterization of Microporous and Mesoporous Materials" |
| Oommen, Anne | "Study of Lipophilicity by Micellar Electrokinetic Capillary Chromatography (MEKC)" |
| Sarkar, Md Mohosin | "Peroxochromium(IV) and (V) Mediated Damage of DNA and 2'-Deoxyguanosinediphosphate" |
| 2003 | |
| Broadwater, Laurie | "The Correlation of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Laser Scanning Confocal Microscopy" |
| Lin, Boren | "Anticancer Activity of Reservatol Analogs" |
| 2000 | |
| Nassif-Ginty, Larissa | "New Heterocyclic Sulfur-Containing Liquid Crystals for Fast Defect-free Ferroelectric Display Applications" |
| Sonpatki, Vaishali | "Highly Efficient Synthesis of Alkoxythiophene Containing Liquid Crystals Via Cyclization of γ-keto Esters" |
| 1999 | |
| Gu, Shihai | "Synthesis of Liquid Crystals" |
| Matuska, Nancy | "HPLC Separation and Detection of Biological Thiols" |
| Parakulam, Ravi | "--" |
| You, Fengxiang | "Design and Synthesis of Chromophores and Liquid Crystals Containing the Methylene 1,4-dihydropyridine Structural Unit" |
| 1998 | |
| Duman, Rebecca | "Inhibition of DNA Polymerase-I Activities by the Antitumor Drug Cisplatin" |
| Kuhls, Kimberly | "Microwave Spectroscopy and Molecular Conformation of Prolinamide" |
| 1997 | |
| Corbin, Jerry | "Comparative Thermogravimetric and Adsorption Studies of Ordered and Conventional Mesoporous Silicas" |
| Keast, Sandra | "Development of a New Microlactonization Strategy Using Activated Cyclic Sulfates as Electrophiles" |
| Martanovic, Kathryn | "Spectroscopic Studies of the Surface Interactions of Cyanobiphenyl Liquid Crystals" |
| Salyer-Lawson, Catherine | "An XPS Study of Polymer Surface Modification Using Hydrazine and Hydrazine Derivatives" |
| Tao, Weiguo | "Liquid Chromatographic Properties of Saccarides-Immobilized BSA using Inorganic Ions and Carbohydrates as Eluent Modifiers" |
| Ward, Kevin | "Wavelength Dependent Photobleaching of Dissolved Organic Matter Fluorescence" |
| 1996 | |
| Bai, Feng | "Synthesis and Characterization of Regiocontrolled Chiral Liquid-Crystalline Polyesters" |
| McCabe, Kiersten | "QSAR Studies of Nucleoside Analogs with Antiviral Activity Using Molecular Similarity Analysis and Structure Activity Maps" |
| Zhao, Weiping | "Influence of Inorganic Modifiers on the Chromatographic Properties of Immobilized Bovine Serum Albumin under Normal-Phase Conditions" |
| 1995 | |
| Mayse, Lee | "Gas Chromatographic Studies of Bio-Sorbents" |
| Pullin, Michael | "Synchronous Fluorescence Spectroscopy of Dissolved Organic Matter as a Mixing Tacer: An Analysis of Information Content and Physico-Chemical Interferences" |
| 1994 | |
| Bhagwat, Varsha | "Chromatographic and Thermogravimetric Studies of Fall Octyl Phases Bended to Various Silica Surfaces" |
| Chen, Wang-Li | "Reordering/Resolvation Studies of Alkylamide Bonded Phases Under Totally Aqueous Conditions" |
| Thomas, Elizabeth | "Investigations of Liquid Crystal Alignment on Polybutylmethacrylate Surfaces" |
| 1992 | |
| You, Xiaorong | "An Expert System for Organic Protecting Group Selection" |
| Ziang, Xiang-Li | "FTIR Studies of n-(p-Cyanobenzylidene-p-Octyloxyaniline) (CBOOA) and Related Liquid Crystalline Compounds" |
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