ChemMatCARS - Theses

Henrik Fanø Clausen
Investigating Molecular Interactions: Utilization of Experimental Electron Density Distributions and Hirshfeld Surfaces
Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark (January 2010)

Conrad Lendrum
Driving Biomineralisation with Soft Templation
Ph.D., Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (December 2009)

Brenda Ann Dugan
Studies of Tungsten Alkyl Alkylidyne Compounds and Iron Porphyrin Derivatives
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Tennessee–Knoxville, (November 2009)

Stephen M. Danauskas
The Interaction of Amyloid Beta 40 Peptide with Anionic Phosophlipid Langmuir Monolayers
Ph.D., The University of Chicago (June 2009)

Cantwell G. Carson
Noble and Transition Metal Aromatic Frameworks: Synthesis, Properties, and Stability
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (May 2009)

U. J. Kilgore
Synthesis and Reactivity of Early Transition Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds: Using High and Low-Valent Early Metal Fragments for Activation of Small Molecules
Ph.D., Indiana University (April 2009)

A. R. Fout
Unraveling Strong Bonds: Small Molecule Activation via Metal-Ligand Multiple Bonds
Ph.D., Indiana University (January 2009)

J. M. Srinivasan
Use of Indoline Aminoacids as Peptide Secondary Structure Control Elements, and (2) Studies toward the Total Synthesis of Mitomycin C
Ph.D., Indiana University (January 2009)

Xuan Jiang
Design and Manipulation of Symmetry-Reinforced Weak Interactions for Conformational Switching and Chemical Sensing
Ph.D., Indiana University (December 2008)

Xiaofan Yang
Application of Density Functional Theory on Water Oxidation Catalysts and A Combined Experimental/Theoretical Study of Carbene Complexes (arene)M=C(Ph₂P=NPh)₂ (M = Ru and Os)
Ph.D., Indiana University (October 2008)

R. E. Kurtz
Interfacial Structure and Dynamics of Fatty Alcohols: Effects of Chain Branching
Ph.D., Stanford University (2008)

L. Pocivavsek
Thermodynamic Focusing at Membrane Interfaces
Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago (2008)

H. F. Clausen
Masters, Aarhus University, Denmark (2007)

K. Das
Synthesis of Building Blocks for Organic Materials: Spin-Labeled Nucleosides and Thiophene-Based Oligomers
Ph.D., University of Nebraska (2007)

D. B. Drazkowski
Characterization of the Thermodynamics and Deformation Behavior of Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene Grafted with Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxanes
Ph.D., Michigan State University (2007)

Bernt Johannessen
Ion Beam Formation and Modification of Metallic Nanoparticles
Ph.D., Australian National University (2007)

C. Oliveri
A Coordination Chemistry-Based Approach for the Synthesis of Stimulant-Responsive Supramolecular Cofacial Porphyrin Complexes
Ph.D., Northwestern University (2007)

H. Park
Synthesis and Structural Studies of New Microporous Framework Materials
Ph. D., The State University of New York at Stony Brook (2007)

J. Spencer
A Thermoelectric Misfit Cobaltate [Ca₂CoO₃][CoO₂]_q, q~1.61
B.S., The University of Sydney (2007)

C. A. Crot
Probing the Solid-Liquid Interface of Synthetic Biomaterials via X-ray Scattering Techniques
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago (2006)

S. Termvivat
Mapping of Nanostructures and Properties in Biological Materials
B.S., Curtin University of Technology (2006)
(Institute of Materials Engineering Australasia 2007 Prize for Most Outstanding Project in Final Year)

M. Chen
Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surfaces Using Micro-Emulsion Polymerisation
B.S., University of Melbourne (2005)

J. D. Crowley
Supramolecular chemistry: Molecular Recognition and Self Assembly Using Palladium and Platinum Molecular Clefts
Ph.D., University of Chicago (2005)

B. Finnigan
The structure and properties of thermoplastic polyurethane nanocomposites
Ph.D., University of Queensland; Australia (2005)

O. O. Gerlits
The preparation, structures and spectroscopic properties of binuclear rhodium complexes and [platinum(phosphorus hydrogen oxygen)]/viologen systems: Time-resolved photocrystallography and the study of photoinduced intermolecular electron transfer
Ph.D., The State University of New York at Buffalo (2005)

Y. Lin
Directed Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles at Interfaces
Masters, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2005)

S. Malkova
X-ray Reflectivity Studies of cPLA_2α-C2 Domains Adsorbed onto Langmuir Monolayers of SOPC
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago (2005)

J. McCourt
Nanoporous Molecular Framework Materials: Host-Guest Properties, Spin Crossover and Magnetism
Ph.D., University of Sydney (2005)

S. V. Pingali
X-ray Studies of Mixed Surfactants at the Hexane-Water Interface and Thin Aqueous Films
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago (2005)

R. D. Poulsen
Synchrotron Charge Density Studies of Metal Organic Framewroks
Ph.D., Aarhus Universitet (2005)

M. Schramm
Scaffold Diversity in Small-Molecule Libraries and the Chemistry of Siloxy Alkynes
Ph.D., The University of Chicago, Illinois (2005)

G. He
Characterization of biomineralization mechanism medicated by dentin matrix protein 1 in vitro
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago (2004)

D. Li
Surface structure in liquid-vapor interfaces of liquid metals and alloys
Ph.D., The University of Chicago (2004)

B. M. D. O'Driscoll
Structural Studies on Thin Films of Photoactive Materials
Ph.D., University of Queensland (2004)

O. G. Shpyrko
Experimental X-Ray Studies of Liquid Surfaces
Ph.D., Harvard University (2004)

R. Brinas
Stepwise Synthesis of meso-aryl-substituted Porphyrins and Related Macrocycles
Ph.D., University of Connecticut (2003)

J. W. Cho
Design and Implementation of a Testing Apparatus for Measurement of Strain in Ceramic Composites using Synchrotron Radiation
Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (2003)

N. Coker
The syntheses and characterizations of the various salts of [Au(SCN)₂]^- and analogue of [Au(CN)₂]
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati (2003)