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Theses and Dissertations--Chemistry

Theses/Dissertations from 2026 2026

Development and Application of Constant Final State Yield Spectroscopy (CFSYS) Derived from Variable Energy UPS for Probing Defect States in Conjugated Molecules and Halide Perovskites, Kevin Russell Pedersen

Elucidating the Impacts of Non-Covalent Interactions in Organic Materials through a Multiscale Computational Approach, Sashen A. Ruhunage

UTILIZING COAL FOR MESOPHASE PITCH-BASED CARBON FIBER PRODUCTION: PRECURSORS, PROCESSES, AND PROGRESS, Christina M. Thompson

ESTABLISHING A RELIABLE SYNTHESIS PROCESS FOR H₃PO₄- AND CO₂-ACTIVATED CARBONS DERIVED FROM BOURBON STILLAGE, Stephanie A. Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 2025 2025

TARGETED MITIGATION STRATEGIES TO REDUCE SECONDARY EMISSIONS IN CO2 CAPTURE SYSTEMS, Keemia Abad

Investigation of D-π-A Re (1) Complexes for the Homogenous Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2, Ryan M. Chafin

Inter and Intra Molecular Interactions to Control the Optoelectronic Properties of Materials, Alison M. Costello

REDOX CONTROL IN A FUSED ELECTRON TRANSFER FLAVOPROTEIN FROM A THERMOPHILIC ARCHAEON AND EXPANDED SIGNIFICANCE OF A HYDROGEN BOND FROM A CONSERVED HISTIDINE RESIDUE THAT CONTRIBUTES TO FLAVIN REDOX TUNING AND ACTIVATION FOR COVALENT MODIFICATION, Debarati Das

EXPLORING THE IMPACT OF DIVALENT CATIONS ON IN-VITRO AND IN-VIVO CONDENSED DNA, Md Abu Monsur Dinar

Towards Automating the Study and Discovery of Electroactive π-Conjugated Molecules, Rebekah Ann Duke-Crockett

BACTERIA-ENGINEERED VESICLES FOR CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY: FROM IMMUNOMODULATION IN VITRO TO ANTI-TUMOR EFFECTS IN MELANOMA MODELS, Lan Li

MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR MOLECULAR-BASED FUNCTIONAL ORGANIC MATERIALS, Moses Ogbaje

DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF NOVEL LIGANDS FOR BIOORTHOGONAL CATALYSIS, ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS, AND FERROMAGNETIC BEHAVIOR, Alexander G. Olivelli

SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, AND MANIPULATION OF TWO DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS: A STUDY ON BULK ALKALI METAL INTERCALATION, MECHANICAL VAN DER WAALS CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRON BEAM PATTERNING OF FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS, Kathryn A. Pitton

EFFECTS OF A-SITE CATION STRUCTURE AND B-SITE METAL ON OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF 2D RUDDLESDEN-POPPER PHASE TIN-BASED HYBRID PEROVSKITES, HENRY Pruett

CHROMATOGRAPHIC AND ELECTROPHORETIC ANALYSIS OF LIGNIN-DERIVED MONOMERS AND DIMERS: EXTRACTION METHOD DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF CYCLODEXTRINS FOR RECOVERY, Anjam Sadik

INSIGHTS INTO FACTORS INFLUENCING RADICAL COUPLING CHEMISTRY OF MONOLIGNOLS DURING LIGNIFICATION AND INDUCED CHANGES IN PLANT SECONDARY METABOLISM, Rachel Poornima Sutherland

CATALYTIC DEOXYGENATION OF OLEAGINOUS BIOMASS TO RENEWABLE DIESEL AND SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL VIA DECARBOXYLATION/DECARBONYLATION, Chukwudalu Great Umenweke

REAL-TIME IN VIVO TRACKING OF NANOCARRIERS IN THE CEREBROVASCULATURE BY FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY, Xiaojin Wang

Design of Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Metalates For Piezoelectric Response, Michael D. Wells

Exploring the Relationships Between Molecular Structure and Crystal Packing in Small-Molecule Organic Semiconductor Materials, Dean A. Windemuller

ADVANCING WASTE MANAGEMENT: BIOMASS OZONOLYSIS, WASTEWATER CHLORINATION, AND COAL ASH IN LANDFILLS, Reagan Witt

Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES TOWARD THE DEVELOPMENT OF STABLE GOLD-BASED ANTICANCER AGENTS AND THEIR MECHANISTIC INSIGHT, Adedamola Arojojoye

EFFECT OF π-CONJUGATED LIGANDS AND A* SITE ORGANIC CATIONS ON THE ENERGETIC PROPERTIES AND PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE OF METAL HALIDE PEROVSKITES, Harindi R. Atapattu

ADDRESSING THE EFFECTS OF COUNTERION SIZE ON THE PROPERTIES OF ELECTROCHEMICALLY DOPED CONJUGATED POLYMERS, Kyle Baustert