Browsing Senior Theses by Title
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Edge-Selectively Functionalized Graphene Nanoplatelets and Their Efficiency as a Catalyst for Oxygen Reduction
(2014-02-14)Fuel cell research is an exciting and rapidly developing field. Currently, fuel cells are far too expensive to have practicality for everyday usage. In this article, edgeselectively functionalized graphene nanoplatelets ... -
Effects of Different Matrices on the Degree of Lactosylation of Whey Proteins
(2013-05-23)During heat treatment processing for whole milk, different reactions can take place. One reaction involving proteins and sugars, is that of the Maillard reaction. Upon heat treatment, the Mail ... -
The electrical properties of graphene
(2012-05-15)The electrical properties of graphene have proven to be better than many related compounds, such as carbon nanotubes because of its high surface area and electrical conductivity. These properties give graphene potential ... -
Examining the Mechanics of Chiral Recognition in Phosphotriesterase and Molecular Micelles
(2012-05-15)Chiral recognition plays an important role in the many places including chiral chromatography and the biological world where many enzymes are enantioselective. Understanding how molecular micelles and enzymes like ... -
Fluorescent probe detection of metals in corrosive environments
(2012-05-15)Corrosion of metal surfaces is slowed down with the addition of protective coatings. Two studies that have explored monitoring corrosion of pigmented and non-‐pigmented coatings, using metal s ... -
Green Tea and Black Tea Metabolite Concentration Determination through Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(2014-02-14)Tea has been studied for many years with new findings on their effects on health. While tea still has some unknown effects on the human metabolism, this study aims to determine the effects of green tea and black tea ... -
HYDROXYL OXIDATION OF CAFFEINE IN WATER MONITORED BY ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROSCOPY
(2013-05-23)Caffeine in water undergoes oxidation and is quickly degraded but the organic carbon content of the aqueous solution decreases much more slowly. This presents the problem that there are organ ... -
An Investigation into the Essential Residues in the Interaction Between Cisplatin and the CTerminus of hCTR1
(2014-02-14)Cisplatin has been used as an anti cancer agent for many years. However, the exact mechanism for the cellular uptake of cisplatin is still not completely understood. Research into the involvement of the protein Human ... -
An Investigation of Multiwalled Nanotubes and Their Function in a Supercapacitor Based Ion Filter
(2014-02-14)Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, India constructed a supercapacitor based water filter to remove metal ions from seawater and groundwater in order to produce drinkable water. Traditional methods ... -
Kinetic Study of Hydride Transfer of a Caffeine Derivative
(2013-05-23)A synthetic heterocyclic compound 7, 8-dihydro-9-methylcaffiene(CAFH) can go through the process of a hydride transfer. The kinetic data showed that the mechanism was not a simple one-step process but contained a transition ... -
A Kinetic Understanding of the Reactivity and Structural Trends of Cyclopropylcarbinyl Type Ring Openings
(2012-05-15)Page 1 of 26 Abstract The understanding of cyclopropylcarbinyl type ring openings is increasing because of the usefulness they pose as radical clocks 1. This leads to an increased qualitative understanding of the factors ... -
Mechanism for the Preignition Reactions in the Hypergolic Interaction of N,N,N’,N’-Tetramethylethylenediamine and Nitric Acid
(2013-05-23)The preignition reactions of the hypergolic interaction between pure N,N,N’,N’-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA) fuel and nitric acid (90% HNO3 in water) oxidizer were studied1 through two experiments. The first was a ... -
Metal Nanoparticle Catalysis of Diels-Alder Cycloaddition and Dehydrogenation Reactions
(2012-05-15)Nanoparticles are now key species in the field of reaction catalysis. The relatively low cost, high efficiency and recyclability has allowed different metal nanoparticles to be used as catalysts in numerous reaction schemes. ... -
Pi Bonds Increase Reactivity When Breaking an Alkyl Ester Bond
(2013-05-23)Methyl acetate and vinyl acetate were used to analyze the breaking of the less reactive alkyl carbon-oxygen bond in an ester functional group. The alkyl carbon, bonded to the non-carbonyl oxygen of both esters, was ... -
The Removal of Mercury From Flue Gas via Oxidation Reactions Along with the On-Site Analysis of Mercury Through Anodic Stripping Voltammetry
(2012-05-15)In this thesis, studies of the oxidation of mercury and the analysis of mercury in flue gas will be presented. Through quantum mechanical calculations, Wilcox showed that HOCl is a better oxidizer of mercury than HCl and ... -
Ruthenium(II) 2,2’- Biimidazole based anion Sensor/Colorimeter
(2014-02-14)Anions play various key roles in numerous biological, chemical, and environmental processes and numerous sensors have been developed to detect and study them. Current anion sensors have been designed to detect a broad ... -
Single Walled Carbon Nanotube purification techniques evaluated by Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy, and Nanotube application in Gas Chromatography
(2012-05-15)Understanding how purification steps affect single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) is vital to further use of these nanotubes in other chemical techniques such as gas chromatography (GC), synth ... -
Structural Determination for Lanthanum, Yttrium Silicides of the formula La5-xYxSi4 (0≤x≤5) using X-Ray Diffraction
(2013-05-23)The results of an experiment done in 1997 showed that Gd5Si2Ge2 had large magentiocaloric effects. Since then, experiments using pseudobinary silicides became popular to see if other silicides would show the same ... -
Structure Identification of Ni-Fe Oxide Mixture using Raman Spectroscopy, and X-ray Absorption Near-Edge Spectroscopy
(2013-05-23)Advancement in instrumentation has made identification of metal structures easier with respect to determining structure and how multiple metals in a structure affect one another. The metal NiO was examined to see how the ... -
Synthesis of Novel Topopyrones and Evaluation of Their Topoisomerase Poisoning Activity
(2013-05-23)The topopyrones are a class of polycyclic molecules which act as topoisomerase poisons. Several novel derivatives have been synthesized, highlighting interesting ring formation reactions. These derivatives were tested for ...
