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From Nanocontainer to Nanocatalyst: Mechanistic Studies of [2+2] Photodimerization of Coumarin Derivatives within Cucubit[8]URIL
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Controlling photoreactions remains a formidable challenge to chemists who have developed several approaches with varying degrees of success to achieve high reactivity/selectivity. Following nature's footprints, chemists ... -
Functionalization of Heterocycles: A Metal Catalyzed Approach via Allylation and C-H Activation
(North Dakota State University, 2018)The central core of many biologically active natural products and pharmaceuticals contain N-heterocycles, the installation of simple/complex functional groups using C-H/N-H functionalization methodologies has the potential ... -
Fundamental Surface Properties and Gas-Surface Interactions of Two-Dimensional Materials
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Heterogeneous model catalysis with supported nanomaterials on ultra-thin two-dimensional films has contributed significantly to improve the existing industrial catalytic processes, as well as to discover novel ways to ... -
Identification of Active Sites in Heterogeneous Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Study of Alkanes Adsorption
(North Dakota State University, 2014)Heterogeneous catalysis is considered the basis of the chemical industry. Surface science investigations on model catalysts have made significant contributions in gaining molecular level understanding of heterogeneously ... -
Identification of Aptamer Specific for Carcinoembryonic Antigen and its Analytical Applications
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) is an approved cancer biomarker by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the early detection, diagnosis, and for the use in the regular screening of patients at high risk for the development ... -
Identification of Novel RPA-Protein Interactions Using the Yeast Two Hybrid Assay and Identification of Regions Important for Interaction Between RPA and Rad24
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Replication Protein A (RPA) [Replication Factor A (RFA) in yeast] is an ssDNA binding protein composed of Rpa1, Rpa2, and Rpa3 and involved in numerous DNA processing pathways such as Replication, Recombination, and Repair. ... -
Influence of Active Site Ligands and Nanoparticle Surfaces on Human Carbonic Anhydrase Isozymes
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Carbonic anhydrase (CA) is an ubiquitously distributed zinc containing metallo enzyme that catalyzes the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide to form bicarbonate and a proton. Existence of 16 isoenzymes of CA in the ... -
Influence of Organic and Inorganic Passivation on the Photophysics of Cadmium Chalcogenide and Lead Chalcogenide Quantum Dots
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Quantum dots (QDs) are promising materials for photovoltaic (PV) and light-emitting diode (LED) applications due to their unique properties: photostability, size-tunable absorptivity, and narrow line-width emission. These ... -
Infrared Diode Laser Spectroscopic Study of Combustion Related Kinetics
(North Dakota State University, 2016)In the introduction section background into the subject of combustion chemistry is presented. The topics included are combustion mechanisms, combustion pollutants, and infrared absorption spectroscopy. Chapter two describes ... -
Interactions of Light with Organic Chromophores: A Photochemical and Photophysical Investigation
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Over the past century, light has emerged as a useful tool finding utility in various fields such as device fabrication, the medical field, as well as utility as an energy source. Chemist have adopted this abundant energy ... -
Interactions of Synthetic Metal Porphyrinates with PhuS, a Cytoplasmic Heme Trafficking Protein from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic, Gram negative, bacterial pathogen that commonly establishes infection in immunocompromised individuals. It contains protein-based, iron uptake pathways that target both heme ... -
Investigating Selected Mechanisms of Modulation of BECN1-mediated Autophagy
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Autophagy is a lysosomal degradation pathway wherein cytoplasmic components not needed by or harmful to the cell are degraded and recycled. BECN homologs are key autophagy proteins consisting of an intrinsically disordered ... -
Investigating the Role of BECN1 Conformationally Flexible Regions and Invariant Cys-x-x-Cys Motifs in Autophagy
(North Dakota State University, 2020)Autophagy is an essential catabolic cellular homeostasis process conserved in all eukaryotes. BECN1, a key autophagy protein involved in autophagosome nucleation, comprises of a large, poorly conserved, N-terminal intrinsically ... -
Late Transition Metal-Catalyst Development for Alkyne Coupling Reactions
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Alkynes are versatile and valuable synthetic precursors in a variety of organic transformations and have found tremendous applications in materials science and pharmaceutical chemistry. In recent years, there has been a ... -
Lateral Flow Nucleic Acid Biosensor for the Detection of Sexually Transmitted Diseases
(North Dakota State University, 2015)Nucleic acid detection is of central importance for the diagnosis and treatment of genetic diseases, infectious agents, bio-warfare agents, and drug discovery. Nucleic acid testing for diseases is exclusively performed in ... -
Ligand Binding and Catalysis in Selected Sirtuin Isozymes
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Due to their intimate roles in survival, longevity as well as pathogenesis via “epigenetic” and “metabolic” regulatory mechanisms, sirtuins have gained considerable interest toward undertaking detailed biochemical/biophysical ... -
Mechanistic Investigation of Catalytic Chlorite Decomposition by Chlorite Dismutase
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Water purification processes often involve chlorine-based disinfectants which consequently leads to formation of chloro oxyanions (ClOx−), potent water-soluble oxidizing agents. These chlorine species are kinetically stable ... -
Mechanistic Studies on the Methionine Aminopeptidase and Peptide Deformylase Catalyzed Reactions
(North Dakota State University, 2013)In the search for novel antibiotic and therapeutic targets, methionine aminopeptidase (MetAP) and peptide deformylase (PDF) have recently been identified as eminently compelling. These enzymes are involved in the ... -
A Metal Catalyzed Approach for Heterocycle Coupling Reactions
(North Dakota State University, 2021)Heterocycles are cyclic compounds which contain atoms from at least two different elements. The work in this thesis describes methods we developed for the direct chemical transformation of indole heterocycles with various ... -
Micro-/Nano- Materials Based Ultrasensitive Lateral Flow Nucleic Acid Biosensors
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Ultrasensitive detection of nucleic acids plays a very important role in the field of molecular diagnosis for the detection of various diseases. Lateral flow biosensors (LFB) are convenient, easy-to-use, patient friendly ...