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Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Developing a Method for Enhanced Explosive Detection by Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) and Metal Enhanced Fluorescence (MEF), Meredith A. Matoian

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THE FORMATION OF BIARYL BONDS VIA CROSS-DEHYDROGENATIVE COUPLING, Ashley L. Porter

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SIZE EFFECT INVESTIGATION OF PALLADIUM NANOPARTICLES SUPPORTED INTO SILICA COLLOIDS AS THE CATALYST FOR SUZUKI CROSS COUPLING REACTION, Marsha Sintara

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Factors Influence the Safety of Unconventional Explosives, F. Lucus Steinkamp

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TRANSFER OF RESIDUES IN FINGERPRINTS, Morgan A. Turano

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ENERGETIC SALTS: DEGRADATION AND TRANSFORMATION, Sravanthi Vadlamannati

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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IMPROVING ELECTROLYTES FOR LITHIUM-ION AND LITHIUM OXYGEN BATTERIES, Dinesh Chalasani

Theses/Dissertations from 2011

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ANALYSIS OF INTERPHASE FORMED ON THE ELECTRODES OF LITHIUM ION BATTERIES, Swapnil Dalavi

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Polyphosphate-Based Industrial Cooling Water Treatment, George Thomas Farley

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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A novel nanotechtonics approach to nanoparticle assembly for chemical sensing arrays, Brian W. Corbett

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Experimental study of organocatalyzed homodimerization reactions of α,β-unsaturated enones, Vanina Valeria Guidi

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Free energy changes in water clusters, Glen L. Holden

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The development of novel MR molecular imaging agents towards the visualization of DAT, Gregory R. Naumiec

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Regioselective oxidative arylation of N-acetylindoles and N-alkylindoles, Shathaverdhan Potavathri

Theses/Dissertations from 2009

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Functional Silane Based Co-Polymers for Biofunctionalization Studies, Chemical Sensing and Separations, Swapna Addagulla

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Polyaniline as stationary phase for HPLC, Gang Li

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Synthesis and characterization of polyurethane-urea-clay and polyvinylidene fluoride-clay nanocomposites, Thomas Scott Ramotowski

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The improved electrolyte system for lithium battery, Li Yang

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Explosive signatures: Pre & post blast, Evan Thomas Bernier

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Silane-based copolymers as chromatographic stationary phases, Deidre Lynn Blackwell

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Study on the nonenzymatic glycation of nucleosides/nucleotides and proteins with sugars: An in vitro investigation of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) formation, Yuyuan Li

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The synthesis, reduction, and decomposition of novel high-nitrogen bis s-triazinyl hydrazines and diazenes, Jesse Stuart Moran

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Tandem conjugate addition -- Cyclization reactions of L-methyl prolinate with α,β-unsaturated ketones catalyzed by L-proline, Sergio Sandoval

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Experimental and computational study of the detection and stability of polymorphs using PXRD, DSC and solubility, David F. Wells

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Power fade in lithium ion batteries: Effect of advanced electrolyte, Ang Xiao

Theses/Dissertations from 2007

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Study of nucleophilicity of an enol tosylate fragment of α-formylglycine (α-FGly-OTs), Sitaram Bhavaraju

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Polymorph characterization and control, Michael J. Donahue

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Decision making in spectroscopy, Kevin D. Judge

Theses/Dissertations from 2006

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An investigation of thermal stabilizing additives and interactions between electrolytes and electrodes in lithium ion batteries, Wentao Li

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Testing for explosives: Forensics and hazards, Suvarna Kishore Marimganti

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Functional silane based polymers for sensing and separations, Aruna M. Velamakanni

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Acid-base property of double-strand polyaniline and the preparation of inorganic/organic composite by physical adsorption, Hui Wan

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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An Analysis of the Thermal Decomposition Reactions of Organic Electrolytes Used in Lithium-Ion Batteries, Christopher Lawrence Campion

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Advanced glycation endproducts analysis of glucosamine with reducing sugars, DNA nucleosides and serum proteins, Udayan Dutta

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Inter-polymer complexes of conducting polymers: Synthesis, characterization and applications, Zhexiong Tang

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Synthesis and investigation of the thermochromic properties of polythiophenes and oligothiophenes, Yu Wang

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Destruction of TNT and RDX residues and devices, Junqi Yue

Theses/Dissertations from 2004

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Forensic and biological applications of vibrational spectroscopy, Edita Botonjic

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Synthesis and characterization of novel phosphorus containing polymers, Zhou Jin

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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Nonenzymatic formation of advanced glycation endproducts by glucosamine autocondensation and glucosamine with proteins, Xinfeng Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2002

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The fundamental study of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and its application in a pyroelectric IR sensor device, Marcel Benz

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New one-dimensional ruthenium polymers, Meng Cheng

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Studies of inter-polymer complexes of conducting polymers, Wenguang Li

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Conductive polymer coatings for CE, Christina Susan Robb

Theses/Dissertations from 2001

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Biological vibrational spectroscopy: From a cellular to a sub-cellular level, Scott Wade Huffman

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Synthesis of conducting polymer complexes, Patrick Allen McCarthy

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Novel approaches to the analysis and use of fullerenes using capillary electrophoresis and high-performance liquid chromatography, James Michael Treubig Jr.

Theses/Dissertations from 2000

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Interactive self-modeling mixture analysis using principal component approach, Dongsheng Bu

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Synthesis and characterization of conducting polymer-inorganic composite materials, Kaiguo Chang

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Formation of advanced glycation end products by glyceraldehyde and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate with proteins, Paula F. G. de Sa

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The analysis of polar lipid classes by high performance liquid chromatography/evaporative light scattering detection, Thomas John McNabb

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Investigation of optimized stationary phases for the high performance liquid chromatography electrospray ionization mass spectrometric analysis of basic pharmaceuticals, Shane Roy Needham

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Forensic evaluation of explosive power and contamination issues, Elmo Resende

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Sensors: An optical waveguide strain sensor and an electrochemical oxygen sensor, Kimberly A. Thomas

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A kinetics and mechanism study of the thermal decomposition of energetic materials, Jun Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

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Optimum window function for sensitivity enhancement in NMR and fluorine-19 NMR of arylamine-DNA adducts, Masoumeh Rajabzadeh

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Enhanced infrared spectroscopy for the detection of chemical and biological analytes, John Arthur Seelenbinder

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Applications of resonance Raman spectroscopy to algae and bacteria, Qiang Wu

Theses/Dissertations from 1998

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EDS: The Experimental Design Simulator, David Philip Cunningham

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The analysis of nucleotides by capillary electrophoresis with sodium carbonate buffers, Susan Elizabeth Geldart

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Effects of experimental parameters on electrospray ionization (ESI) mass spectra of tetracyclines and nucleoside antiviral agents, Amin M. Kamel

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Polyaromatic heterocycles and azine oxidation chemistry, Darrell J. Koza

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Optical sensors: Development and applications in the UV-visible, near and mid infrared spectroscopy, Ekwutosi Anastasia Okafor

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Free radicals, hair melanin, and human hair. Terephthalate anion: A probe for hydroxyl radicals, Xinhua Qu

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Kinetics of the aggregation of poly(N-phenylisocyanide), optical detection of strain using polymer sensors, and photochemistry of azobenzene analogues, Jingxian Sun

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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Nonenzymatic glycation of human fibrinogen and myelin basic protein, Li Feng

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Interpolymer complexes of polyaniline and ionic copolymers: A design of conductive polymers for applications, Huaibing Liu

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Spectroscopic analysis and detection of biological systems, Yue Li

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Investigations of conductive polymer coatings for corrosion protection of aluminum alloys, Robert James Racicot

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An NMR analysis of N-phenyl polyiminomethylene analogs accompanied by the development of an apodization function, Lynne Renee Spencer

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Establishing an animal model to study the effects of sine wave electromagnetic fields on chondrosarcoma tumor growth and an investigating of the use of ion-pair HPLC analysis of nucleotides in chondrosarcoma tumor, Rong You

Theses/Dissertations from 1996

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Chemical monitoring of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) at a silver electrode, Shi-Ping Chen

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Aggregation and precipitation phenomena in N-Phenyl poly(iminomethylene), Jiun Tang Huang

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Synthesis and characterization of pyridine-capped oligoazine-bridged ruthenium dimers, Eric C. Kesslen

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Synthesis of poly(iminomethylene)s having para-substituted phenyl side groups, Misoo Kim

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The use of inverse detected NMR for the analyses of diesel oil extracts, Carlos Roberto Pacheco

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Solid-state photochemical approaches to absolute asymmetric synthesis by irradiation of crystalline 4-alkoxy-2-pyridones, Lian-Chung Wu

Theses/Dissertations from 1995

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Applications of multicomponent analysis and fiber optic in un-visible, near and mid infrared spectroscopy, Chi-Shi Chen

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The analysis of amino acids and peptides by high performance liquid chromatography and capillary electrophoresis using the novel derivatizing agent, 6-aminoquinolyl-N-hydroxysuccinimidyl carbamate, Kathryn Marie De Antonis

Theses/Dissertations from 1994

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Multicomponent analysis of biologically important compounds by laser-induced molecular fluorescence spectroscopy, Kaisyang Chang

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Synthesis of and biological evaluation of phosphonate analogs of platelet activating factor, Li Dan

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Fiber optic and clinical applications of near-and mid-infrared spectroscopy, Zhengfang Ge

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Novel applications of near-IR spectroscopy of water and aqueous solutions, Jie Lin

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Identification and characterization of nitrogenous species in Brazilian petroleum by particle beam LC/MS, John W. Z. Mao

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The spectroscopy and photochemistry of polyazine, Bradford Charles Sherman

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Molecular complexes of polyaniline and polyelectrolyte: Synthesis, properties and applications of novel conducting polymers, Linfeng Sun

Theses/Dissertations from 1993

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Applications of UV resonance Raman and micro-Raman spectroscopy for the rapid characterization of bacteria and the study of polymers, Suneet Chadha

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Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy at a silver electrode as a detection system in flowing streams, Neil J. Pothier

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Resolution of overlapped FT-NMR components, Robyn Charlene Pothier

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An experimental and computational study of nitrogen-containing molecules in the poly(oligoazine) and the poly(oligonaphthylamine) systems, Brian Keith Schmitz

Theses/Dissertations from 1992

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Infared Spectral Measurement of Space Shuttle Glow, Mark Ahmadjian

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Infrared spectral measurement of space shuttle glow, Mark Ahmadjian

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Structural equation modeling in chemistry, Feng-Yin Hsieh

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An investigation of the photochemistry of 6-phenanthridinecarbonitrile, Donald Francis Sears Jr.

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The analysis of inorganic metal cations by capillary electrophoresis, Andrea Weston

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Development of chromatographic methods and analysis of metal ions in environmental and biological system, Zhen Yi

Theses/Dissertations from 1991

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Development of High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Separations for the Purification and Analysis of Phospholipids and Related Liponucleotides - A New Class of Anti-AIDS Drugs, John V. Amari

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Spectro-electrochemical study of ring-substituted polyaniline: Poly(2-methylaniline), poly(2-methoxyaniline), and poly(2,5-dimethoxyaniline), Robert Lee Clark

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Novel spectroscopic analyses of mixtures, Su-Chin Lo

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Stable isotope ratios of shales from the Archaean Cheshire Formation, Zimbabwe, Joseph Ngwain Yong