Graduate Theses and Dissertations in Chemistry
Theses/Dissertations from 2024
Rovibrational Characterization of Astrochemically-relevant Small Oxides, Olivia Ann Harwick
Small Organic Molecules Absorbing Low Energy Photons for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells and Biological Imaging, Ravinder Kaur
Characterizing Cooperative Effects in Halogen Bonding and Ionic Hydrogen Bonding with Computational Quantum Chemistry, Jacquelyn Jewell Mosely
FTIR Microspectroscopy for the Investigation of Microplastic Pollution, Automotive Paint Layers, and Prehistoric Rock Paint with an Emphasis on Analytical Method Development, Sapumal Asiri Witharana
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Computational Investigation of the Structures and Vibrational Spectra of Isolated and Hydrated Ions, Kayleigh R. Barlow
Theoretical Spectroscopy of Electronically Excited States, Megan Christina Davis
Development and Validation of Different Analytical Techniques for the Quantification of Cannabinoids and Cannflavins In Cannabis and Cannabis-Based Products, Mostafa Elhendawy
Developing Biomolecular Hydrogen Evolution Catalysts Using De Novo Designed Self-Assembling Metallopeptides and Metallothionein Scaffolds, Sreya Malayam Parambath
Design, Synthesis, and Application of Indolizine-Donor Containing Fluorophores for Near-Infrared and Shortwave-Infrared Biological Imaging, William E. Meador
Characterization of Inter- and Intramolecular Non-Covalent Interactions Through Computational Quantum Chemistry, Carly Alyssa Rock
Photophysical Characterization of Small Organic Molecules Via Time-Resolved and Steady-State Spectroscopic Techniques, Cameron Luke Smith
Exploring Structure-Activity Relationships in Molecular Catalysts for C-H Bond Oxidation and CO2 Reduction, Zane Turner
Determining the Geochemical Variability of Groundwater During Riverbank Filtration, Transfer and Injection in the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer in Shellmound, Mississippi, Alexandra Megan Ward
Anharmonic Vibrational Frequencies of Large Hydrocarbons, Brent Robertson Westbrook
Gold Nanomolecules: Nanomolecular Metallurgy, Crystal Structures, and Stability, Kalpani Eshangi Hirunika Wijesinghe
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Chemical Imaging of Latent Fingerprints using FTIR Microspectroscopy, Reba E.A. Chamblee
Controlling Rate of Interfacial Electron Transfers via Synthetic Modulation of Organic Chromophores, Christine Curiac
Molecular Design of Transition Metal Complexes for Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction and Redox Mediation in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Anthony Devdass
SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF NEWLY DEVELOPED MATERIALS FOR LIGHT HARVESTING, ENERGY CONVERSION, AND BIOIMAGING, Austin L. Dorris
APPLICATIONS OF CORRELATED GAUSSIAN FUNCTIONS TO FEW-BODY IONS, William Earwood
Core Size Conversion and Ligand Effects on Gold Nanomolecules Structure and Properties., Senthilkumar Eswaramoorthy
Electrochemistry, Spectroscopy, And Mass Transport Of Lanthanide Solutes In Bis(Trifluoromethylsulfonyl)Amide-Based Ionic Liquids, Heather Danielle Hamilton
SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS OF PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESSES AT INTERFACES AND IN SOLUTION, leigh Anna Hunt
Halogen Bond Driven Supramolecular Materials, Dilan Chinthaka Karunathilaka
AMPHIPHILIC JANUS POLYMER NANOPARTICLES FOR PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Mahesh Loku Yaddehige
Dye and Redox Shuttle Interactions to Promote Fast Electron Transfer in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage Dinesh Bandara Nugegoda
Exploring Non-Covalent Interactions with Quantum Chemical Tools, Morgan Perkins
Using Ab Initio Quantum Mechanical Methods for the Characterization and Isomerization of Novel Compounds, Kimberley N. Poland
RE-ENGINEERED METALLOPROTEINS AND RATIONALLY DESIGNED DE NOVO PEPTIDES: TOWARDS ARTIFICIAL HYDROGENASES, Pallavi Prasad
Donor-Acceptor (D-A) Type Semiconducting Materials for Optoelectronic Applications, Tharindu Ranathunge
Investigations of Molecular Complexes for Catalytic Water Oxidation and Carbon Dioxide Reduction, Sha Tamanna Sahil
Protein Redesign and De Novo Design Approaches to Create Artificial Nickel-Dependent Metalloenzymes, Dhanashree Selvan
Effects of Heterocycles on Biologically Relevant Molecules, Sajith Manjrake Vijayan
Achieving Record Photocurrent: Strategies for Harvesting and Utilizing Low Energy Photons in Organic Dye-Sensitized Photovoltaics, Jonathon Watson
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Linear and Nonlinear Photophysical Characterization of Novel Visible and NIR Emissive Materials, Shane Autry
POLYESTER-PAMAM “JANUS-TYPE” LINEAR-DENDRITIC BLOCKOPOLYMERS (LDBCS) AS NEXT GENERATION BIOMATERIALS, Indika Chandrasiri
APPLICATION OF PASSIVE AIR SAMPLERS FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, AND DETERMINATION OF METALS IN TREE RINGS AND MARINE SAPROPEL BY ICP-MS, Byunggwon Jeon
EXPLORING COPPER ACTIVE SITES IN BIOLOGY WITH RELEVANCE TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND DE NOVO DESIGNED BIOCATALYSTS, Suchitra Mitra
Advancements Toward Sustainable Solar Fuel Production Utilizing Reductive Homogeneous Electro- and Photocatalysis, Hunter Pratt Shirley
Elucidating the interfacial interactions between biomacromolecules and functionalized PAMAM-based materials for biomedical applications, Briana L. Simms
ENHANCED ELECTROCHEMICAL AND LIGHT-DRIVEN CO2 REDUCTION BY INCOPORATING PENDANT FUNCTIONALITY IN THE SECOND-COORDINATION SPHERE OF MOLECULAR CATALYSTS, Sayontani Sinha Roy
A Spectroscopic and Quantum Chemical Investigation into the Noncovalent Interactions and Charge Accommodation of Biomolecules and Their Building Blocks in Various Environments, Ashley Elizabeth Williams
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Cyanines, Squaraines, And Xanthene Based Nir Emissive Materials For Biological Imaging, Jacqueline N. Gayton
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
A Study To Regioselectively Access Fluorinated Triazoles And Isoxazoles, Sweta Adhikari
Characterization of hydrogen bonding, halogen bonding and argyrophilic interactions using computational modeling, Sarah Nicole Arradondo
Effects Of Halogen Bonding And Nir Tuning Of Dyes For Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Alexandra Baumann
Physical and chemical trace evidence from 3d-printed firearms, and use of a quadcopter for targeted sampling of gaseous mercury in the atmosphere, Oscar Beauchamp Black
Ni and Au Transition Metal Complexes in the Photocatalytic Co2 Reduction Reaction, Shakeyia Davis
Probing atypical noncovalent interactions using electronic structure theory, Katelyn Mae Dreux
X-Ray Crystal Structure of Au36(SPh-pCH3)24 Nanomolecules, Vigneshraja Ganeshraj
Bulky Thiolated Gold Nanomolecules: Synthesis, Characterization, Optical Properties, and Atomic Structure, Tanya Clorise Jones
The Medicine Hat block and the assembly of laurentia: new interpretations from single-grain zircon analyses, Blake Oswell LaDouceur
The Development of Novel Rhenium- and Copper-Based Molecular Catalysts for Applications in Energy Conversion Chemistry, Joseph Michael Lee
Electrochemical Studies Involving CO2 Reduction with Rhenium-based Catalysts and for Guanosine Monophosphate Oxidation, Kayla A. Milano
Stabilization of DNA i-motif structures by 7-aminoactinomycin D, an anti-tumor drug, Justin Lane Parmely
Organic Sensitizers for High Efficiency Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells, Adithya Peddapuram
Ligand Effect on Gold Nanomolecules Demonstrated Using Aliphatic, Aromatic and Bulky Thiolate Ligands, Milan Rambukwella
High Voltage Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells And Molecular Photocatalysis For Co2 Reduction, Roberta Ramalho Rodrigues
Intramoleculer Hydrogen Bonding In Epoxide, Thiirane, Aziridine And Phosphirane Containing Cyclopentanols, Ben Edward Smith
A computational approach to predicting and understanding new psychoactive substances (NPS) for developing a database for state and federal crime laboratories, Caroline Amelia Spencer
The Synthesis of New Donor-sigma-Acceptor Compounds as Potential Current Rectifiers, Trey Gautier Vaughan
Theranostics Based On Linear Dendritic Block Copolymers, Jon Williams
Electro- and photocatalytic carbon dioxide reduction and thermal isomerization of highly strained tricyclocompounds, Weiwei Yang
Near-Infrared High Efficiency Organic Dye Sensitized Solar Cells (DSCs) and Biological Fluorescent Imaging Dyes, Yanbing Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Synthesis and Evaluation of Dual-Acting Ligands for Mu Opioid And Neuropeptide FF Receptors, Kelsey Gabrielle McPherson
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Impact Of Timber Harvest On Mercury Mobilization In A Mixed Pine And Hardwood Forest And Adjacent Lake In Mississippi, Mary Kristen Dickerson
Nickel Reduces Calcium Dependent Dimerization In Neural Cadherin, Matthew Paul Dukes
Improvement and Development of Analytical Forensic Methods: Arson Investigation and Drug Detection in Fingerprints and Hair, Sarah Anne Glenn
Contribution of specific amino acids to calcium-dependent dimerization of epithelial cadherin, Xiaoyun Z. Howard
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Robust Nickel Catalysts Supported By Biaryl-Bridged Pyridyl-N-Heterocyclic Carbenes For Carbon Dioxide Reduction To Value-Added Products, Hunter Allen Dulaney
Biophysical Characterization Of A Proline Mutant Of Neural Cadherin, Keshia S. Dykes
Investigation of Neural and Epithelial Cadherin Monomer Properties Using a Molecular Dynamics Approach, Lianyi Fan
Characterization Of Charge Accommodation In Biologically Important Hydrogen-Bonded Clusters, John Thomas Kelly
Gold And Silver Alloy Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization And Atomic Structure, Chanaka Kapila Kumara
Synthesis and Characterization of Anhydrous Proton Conducting Polymer Electrolytes for Fuel Cell Applications, Buddika Mayomi Liyanage
Gas Exchange Of Hg Over Wetlands, Effect Of Biochar And Activated Carbon On Hg Emissions From Soil, And Seasonal Concentrations Of Hg In Rain, Divya Nallamothu
Anodic Metal Dissolution In Haloaluminate Molten Salts/Ionic Liquids, Chen Wang
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Effective tuning of bimetallic composition of gold-copper nanomolecules and the emergence of plasmon-like feature in optical spectra, Asantha Champika Dharmaratne
Accurate Computation Of Molecular Properties From Novel Applications Of Quantum Mechanical Wavefunction Methods, James Coleman Howard
Efficient Utilization of Solar Energy in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells and in the Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide, Aron Joel Huckaba
Method development for mass spectrometric characterization of ultra-small nanomolecules and mass spectrometry imaging of selected biomolecules, Nuwan K. Kothalawala
The Spectroscopic Characterization Of Newly Developed Emissive Materials And The Effects Of Environment On Their Photophysical Properties, Louis Edward Mcnamara
Gold Nanomolecules : Developing Synthetic Protocols, Characterization And Investigation Of Ligand Effects On Structure And Properties, Praneeth Reddy Nimmala
Exploration Of Novel Synthetic Utility Of Lithioacetonitirile, Rambabu Sankranti
Synthetic Study Of Karlotoxins And Investigation Of Alpha-Diaminoboryl Carbanion Chemistry, Yusuke Takahashi
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Structural Analysis Of Bulky Thiolate-Protected Gold Nanomolecules, David Walton Crasto
Noncovalent Interactions Involving Microsolvated Networks Of Trimethylamine N-Oxide, Kristina Andrea Cuellar
Characterizing Non-Covalent Interactions And Peptide Bond Formation With Electronic Structure Theory, Eric Van Dornshuld
The Impact of pH on the Structure and Function of Neural Cadherin, Jared Michael Jungles
Synthesis, Characterization and Electrochemical Properties of Gold Nanomolecules, Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Jupally
Elemental Fingerprinting Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry And Chemometrics: Application To Environmental Science And Provenance Studies, Lorlyn Paquibot Reidy
Spectroscopic Analyses Of Factors Affecting Formation And Stability Of I-Motif Dna, Samantha Michelle Reilly
Identification and characterization of human plasma prekallikrein-prolylcarboxypeptidase interaction sites, Jingjing Wang