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Strategic Functionalization of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes to Manipulate their Electronic and Optical Properties
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are unique materials that exhibit chirality-specific properties due to their one-dimensional confinement. As a result, they are explored for a wide range of applications including ... -
Structural Basis for the Regulation of a Conserved TonB-dependent Iron Transport System via Cell-surface Signaling in Gram-negative Bacteria
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Cell-surface signaling (CSS) pathways are highly conserved systems in Gram-negative bacteria that allow the cell to efficiently respond to environmental stimuli through transcriptional regulation. Three distinct proteins ... -
Structural Studies of the Mechanism by Which BCL-2 and Beclin Proteins Regulate Autophagy and Apoptosis
(North Dakota State University, 2016)Autophagy and apoptosis are catabolic pathways essential for homeostasis in all eukaryotes. While autophagy usually promotes cell-survival by enabling degradation and recycling of damaged macromolecules, apoptosis is the ... -
Supramolecular Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) possess extraordinary mechanical strength, thermal and electrical conductivity. These properties make them very attractive in many applications in the fields of nanotechnology, ... -
Surface and Interface Effects on the Photoexcited Process of Silver Nanoclusters, and Lead & Cadmium Chalcogenide Nanocrystals
(North Dakota State University, 2020)The surface and interface of the metal nanoclusters and semiconducting nanomaterials play a key role in determining the electronic structure and overall photophysical properties. A single strand DNA stabilizes the metal ... -
Surface Chemistry Characterization of Hydrodesulfurization and Methanol Synthesis Model Nanocatalysts
(North Dakota State University, 2012)Surface science investigations of model catalysts have contributed significantly to heterogeneous catalysis over the past several decades. The unique properties of nanomaterials are being exploited in catalysis for the ... -
Synthesis and Applications of Dialdehydes
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Due to their reactivity and ease of functional group interconversions, aldehydes have wide-ranging applications in polymer synthesis, such as polyacetals, epoxy resins, and polyurethanes. Recently, room temperature synthesis ... -
Synthesis and Characterization of 2,3-Difunctionalized Thieno[3,4-b]Pyrazine-Based Terthienyls Structure-Function Relationships and Side Chain Tunability
(North Dakota State University, 2014)The ability to tune the physical, electronic, and optical properties of polymer precursors has garnered a great deal of interest in the conjugated organic materials field. The Rasmussen group has previously demonstrated ... -
Synthesis and Design of Thiophene Materials: Effects of Ring Fusion and Metal Coordination
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Conjugated organic materials comprise a field of materials chemistry focused on the development of semiconducting organic plastics, popular applications of which are plastic solar cells and display technologies. One of the ... -
Synthesis and Photophysics of Platinum(II) Terdentate and Bidentate Complexes.
(North Dakota State University, 2010)Platinum(ll) terdentate and bidentate complexes possess square-planar d8 configuration. The moderate metal-to-ligand charge-transfer (1MLCT) absorption, 3MLCT emission, and broadband excited-state absorption are the ... -
Synthesis of Novel Biomass-derived Diol and Epoxide Monomers for Coatings Applications
(North Dakota State University, 2022)There are few monomers or precursors in the polymer industry that are more ubiquitous than bisphenol A (BPA). According to the CDC, about 5-6 billion pounds of BPA are produced worldwide annually. For the synthesis of ... -
Synthesis of Precursors to Non-isocyanate Polyurethanes
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Biobased diamines are excellent precursors for the synthesis of non-isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPUs). We have prepared several biobased diamines using three different reactions for their synthesis. In the first method, we ... -
Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Low and Reduced Band Gap Thieno[3,4-b]pyrazine-based Materials
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Conjugated polymers are a class of materials receiving significant interest due to their unique combination of optical and electronic properties found in inorganics with the flexibility and processability of traditional ... -
Synthesis, Photophysics, and Nonlinear Absorption of Platinum (II) and Iridium (III) Complexes
(North Dakota State University, 2013)Square planar d8 platinum(II) complexes and octahedral d6 iridium(III) complexes were synthesized. Their photophysics were studied in detail. Structure-property relationship was studied by varying the substitution on the ... -
Synthesis, Photophysics, Nonlinear Absorption, and Photodynamic Therapy Study of Iridium(III) Complexes
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Video summarizing a Ph.D. dissertation for a non-specialist audience. -
Synthesis, Photophysics, Reverse Saturable Absorption, and Photodynamic Therapy of Iridium(III) Complexes Bearing Different Degrees of p-conjugation on the Ligands
(North Dakota State University, 2019)Octahedral d6 iridium(III) complexes possess rich photophysical properties. The most distinct phtotphysical properties of the Ir(III) complexes are their high triplet excited-state formation quantum yields, long-lived ... -
Thiazole vs. Thiophene: Heterocycle Effects on the Properties of Fused-Ring Conjugated Materials
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Conjugated polymers and related molecular materials comprise a field of materials chemistry focused on the development of semiconducting organic plastics that find use in applications such as organic solar cells and organic ... -
Ultrasensitive Lateral Flow Nucleic Acid Biosensors Based on Novel Macro-/Nano-Materials
(North Dakota State University, 2017)Video summarizing a Ph.D. dissertation for a non-specialist audience. -
Understanding Binding-Induced Disorder-to-Order And Conformational Transitions in Proteins that Regulate Autophagy
(North Dakota State University, 2018)Autophagy, a cellular homeostasis process that degrades and recycles cytosolic contents, is regulated at various stages by protein interactions. BECN1 regulates autophagy through interactions with diverse proteins via ... -
Understanding the Interaction Between Enzymes and Nanomaterials
(North Dakota State University, 2019)The rapid development of nanoparticles (NPs) has impacted many fields including energy efficiency, material science, biosensing, and medical therapeutics. Recently, NPs have been utilized to immobilize enzymes. The so-formed ...