Browsing Senior Theses by Title
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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 ... -
The Synthesis, Structure, and TT Stacking of 1,8 Diacridylnaphthalene
(2012-05-15)The synthesis of 1,8 diacridylnaphthalene is a five step process in which Stille and Suzuki cross coupling reactions, an inorganic catalyst, and organic substitution reactions are used to synthesize the desired product ... -
A Systematic Comparison of Two Pharmaceutical Decomposition Treatments for Wastewaters
(2012-05-15)The ever-increasing presence of pharmaceuticals in freshwater poses a dangerous threat to both humans and animals; the leaching of pharmaceuticals from poorly treated or disposed of wastewater into the environment risks ... -
Thermodynamic Probability of Formation and Magnetic Moments of FeO2(n)+ Clusters
(2013-05-23)In the field of nanoscience, interest is growing in the area of magnetic nanomaterials because of their wide range of applications. In the search for new magnetic nanomaterials, iron oxide clusters have generated much ... -
Thermodynamically Favored vs. Kinetically Favored Carbon-Sulfur Bond Activation
(2012-05-15)The study of carbon-sulfur bond activation is a topic that receives much attention because of its uses in the petroleum refining process through hydrodesulfurization (HDS). The carbon–sulfur bond activation of thioesters ... -
Two Thermoelectric Materials: Thermoelectric Properties of SnTe-SnSe and Synthesis of Skutterudite Na1+xFe4P12
(2010-06-29)This thesis examines two different types of thermoelectric materials, compounds that can convert heat energy into electrical energy. First, Stevens et al. synthesized a two-phase SnTe- SnSe system and analyzed its ...
