Browsing Electronic Theses, Dissertations, and Records of Study (2002– ) by Author "Gabbai, Francois P."
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Picot, Alexandre (Texas A&M University, 2005-02-17)The degradation of phosphate triesters is efficiently catalyzed by organophosphate hydrolases (OPH). While a number of recent studies have focused on optimizing the rate of hydrolysis observed with the native enzyme, no ...
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Zhao, Dan (2012-02-14)Developing the synthetic control required for the intentional 3-D arrangement of atoms remains a holy grail in crystal engineering and materials chemistry. The explosive development of metal-organic materials in recent ...
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Avendano, Carolina (2011-08-08)The work presented herein focuses on the synthesis and characterization of new cyanide bridged molecular magnetic materials that form discrete molecules as well as three dimensional networks. This research is inspired by ...
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Schelter, Eric John (Texas A&M University, 2005-08-29)Clusters of metal ions that possess large numbers of magnetically coupled unpaired electrons have attracted much interest in recent years due to their fascinating magnetic behavior. With an appreciable component of magnetic ...
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Lim, Jong Doo (2009-05-15)A variety of dendrimers based on melamine are designed, synthesized, and evaluated for drug delivery systems. The synthesis of a dendrimer, including multiple copies of four orthogonally reactive groups, is described. The ...
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Li, Chunmei (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)Soluble polymers as supports are gaining more attention now. Developing new polymers, new reagents and catalysts, new separation systems are thus of great interest as these sorts of materials' applications in synthesis and ...
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Fitch, Shawn (2010-07-14)A prominent goal of scientists is to develop products and processes to meet the ever-growing needs of society. Today's needs include products that are economical, specialized, and made through processes with minimal impact ...
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Saber, Mohamed Rashad Mohamed (2013-07-09)Considerable efforts are being devoted to designing enhanced molecular magnetic materials, in particular single molecule magnets (SMMs) that can meet the requirements for future technologies such as quantum computing and ...
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Burress, Charlotte Nicole (2009-05-15)This dissertation focuses on the phosphorescence of organic chromophores using perfluoro-ortho-phenylene mercury (1) and bis(pentafluorophenyl)mercury (2) as external heavy atom effect inducers. To ascertain the suitability ...
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Hemi-Labile, Redox Active Metallodithiolates as Ligands for Bioinspired Proton Reduction Catalysts Ghosh, Pokhraj (2017-12-08)The versatile organometallic type active sites in biology that harbor intact metallo-sulfur units are key The versatile organometallic type active sites in biology that harbor intact metallo-sulfur units are key inspirations ...
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Reinheimer, Eric Wade (2009-05-15)The primary focus of this dissertation is the electrochemical preparation of radical cation salts utilizing the donor o-4,4’-dimethyltetrathiafulvalene (o-Me2TTF) and spherical, tetrahedral, octahedral, bimetallic, ...
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Schottel, Brandi Lee (2009-05-15)Anion-π interactions, weak attractions between anions and π-acidic ring systems, have become an important topic in supramolecular chemistry within the past five years. Although a variety of computational studies have been ...
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Funck, Edward Sterling (2012-07-16)Despite an ever growing number of reports concerning the anion-π interaction, controversy surrounding the nature of these weak supramolecular interactions continues. In an effort to further explore the nature and properties ...
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Yang, Dengliang (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Herein are presented collective studies of amino acid-based surfactants, also known as lipoamino acids, at liquid interfaces. Chapter III describes an investigation of domain morphology of N-Stearoylglutamic acid (N-SGA) ...
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Funck, Kristen Elise (2012-02-14)Ferric ferrocyanide (Prussian blue) and its analogues are renowned for the variety of properties and applications associated with them. At the same time, however, they suffer from issues related to their variable composition ...
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Jeffery, Stephen Paul (2009-06-02)NiN2S2 moieties have been used as a unique class of ligand in organometallic chemistry behaving as innocent mono- and bidentate ligands to metals bound via their thiolate sulfur donor atoms. We have established the donor ...
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Chiang, Chao-Yi (Texas A&M University, 2006-08-16)Nitric oxide plays an important role in many biological functions. A metallo derivative in biological systems is a protein-bound dinitrosyl iron complex (DNIC), which results from iron-sulfur cluster degradation in the ...
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Dorsey, Christopher L. (2010-07-14)The primary goal of this research concerns the synthesis and characterization of hybrid main group Lewis acids. Initially, the focus of this work was on the synthesis of derivatives possessing unusual bonding interactions ...
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Hudnall, Todd W. (2010-01-14)The molecular recognition of fluoride and cyanide anions has become an increasingly pertinent objective in research due to the toxicity associated with these anions, as well as their widespread use. Fluoride is commonly ...
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Angeles Boza, Alfredo Milton (2009-05-15)The syntheses and characterization of new dirhodium complexes based on the electron acceptor ligand dipyrido[3,2-a:2´,3´-c]phenazine (dppz) and its derivatives are reported. These complexes have been shown to photocleave ...