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Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

BOTTOM-UP LIGNOMICS: TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADDUCT ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRIC METHODS TO CHARACTERIZE AND SEQUENCE LIGNIN OLIGOMERS, Shardrack O. Asare

OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION OF LIGNIN AND INVESTIGATION OF UTILIZATION OF LIGNIN-DERIVED MATERIALS AS BUILDING BLOCKS FOR EPOXY RESINS, Zhen Fang

Investigation of Thiol-Containing Biomarkers and Their Role in the Exposome, Tracy Gastineau-Stevens

ILLUMINATING DNA PACKAGING IN SPERM CHROMATIN: HOW POLYCATION LENGTHS, UNDERPROTAMINATION AND DISULFIDE LINKAGES ALTERS DNA CONDENSATION AND STABILITY, Daniel Kirchhoff

MODELING THE CONDENSED-PHASE BEHAVIOR OF Π-CONJUGATED POLYMERS, Walker Mask

STUDIES OF OXIDATIVE DAMAGE, BRAIN PROTEOME, AND NEUROCHEMICAL METABOLITES IN COGNITIVE AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS: (1) CHEMOTHERAPY-INDUCED COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; (2) PARKINSON DISEASE RAT MODEL, Xiaojia Ren

OXIDATIVE DEPOLYMERIZATION OF LIGNIN TO LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT AROMATICS, Yang Song

Multi-Scale Computational Studies of Calcium (Ca²⁺) Signaling, Bin Sun

DISCOVERY OF SELECTIVE PROBES TARGETING RNA POLYMERASE I, Xiao Tan

OLEIC ACID VESICLES: FORMATION, MECHANISMS OF REACTIVITY, AND USES IN DETERMINATION OF TERPENE ACTIVITY, Laura A. Walther

Synthesis and Characterization of Carbonaceous Particles from Xylose and Soybean Residuals, Shanshan Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

ENHANCED ANALYSIS OF LIGNIN DEHYDROGENATION OLIGOMERS VIA MASS SPECTROMETRY, Amber Suzanne Bowman

SPECTROSCOPY AND FORMATION OF LANTHANUM-HYDROCARBON COMPLEXES, Wenjin Cao

DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF INHIBITORS AGAINST BOTH HUMAN AND MOUSE MICROSOMAL PROSTAGLANDIN E₂ SYNTHASE-1 ENZYMES, Kai Ding

AQUEOUS PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF 2-OXOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS, Alexis Eugene

NEW APPROACHES TO CYCLOPENTADIENYL-FUSED THIOPHENE COMPLEXES OF IRON and SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF CARBONIC ANHYDRASE ACTIVE-SITE MIMICS FOR CO₂ HYDRATION, Deepshikha Gupta

SYNTHESIS, AND STRUCTURAL, ELECTROCHEMICAL, AND MAGNETIC PROPERTY CHARACTERIZATION OF PROMISING ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES AND SODIUM-ION BATTERIES, Ruixin Han

PROTEIN SUPPRESSION OF FLAVIN SEMIQUINONE AS A MECHANISTICALLY IMPORTANT CONTROL OF REACTIVITY: A STUDY COMPARING FLAVOENZYMES WHICH DIFFER IN REDOX PROPERTIES, SUBSTRATES, AND ABILITY TO BIFURCATE ELECTRONS, John Patrick Hoben

MORPHOLOGICAL AND ENERGETIC EFFECTS ON CHARGE TRANSPORT IN CONJUGATED POLYMERS AND POLYMER-NANOWIRE COMPOSITES, Zhiming Liang

HETEROGENEOUS CATALYTIC DEOXYGENATION OF LIPIDS TO FUEL-LIKE HYDROCARBONS OVER IMPROVED BIMETALLIC NICKEL CATALYSTS, Ryan Andrew Loe

APPLICATIONS OF CELL-DERIVED VESICLES: FROM SINGLE MOLECULE STUDIES TO DRUG DELIVERY, Faruk H. Moonschi

DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF FUNCTIONAL ORGANIC MATERIALS, Anthony Joseph Petty II

CARBON QUANTUM DOTS: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND MATERIAL PROPERTIES, Timothy J. Pillar-Little Jr.

CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF MONOSACCHARIDES INTO 5-(HYDROXYMETHYL)FURFURAL IN IONIC LIQUIDS USING ALUMINUM COMPLEXES BEARING BIDENTATE (AMINOMETHYL)PHENOLATE LIGANDS, Daudi Sayialel Saang'onyo

STUDY OF THE MECHANISM OF ACTION FOR Ru(II) POLYPYRIDYL COMPLEXES AS POTENTIAL ANTICANCER AGENTS, Yang Sun