I would like to thank my thesis research advisory committee for their guidance, patience, and advice throughout the process of completing my thesis. Specifically, I would like to thank Dr. William Kwochka for the encouragement...
Luminescent lanthanide-based materials have drawn recent interest due to their applications in in vitro cellular imaging. Sensitive biological analysis requires optical labels with high water dispersibility & stability and...
This project focuses on the synthesis of novel dienes containing dicarboxylic acid and dipyridyl groups and their use in constructing metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and coordination polymers. Dicarboxylate and dipyridyl...
Plasmonic nanostructures are of considerable interest due to their unique mechanism for light interaction and the considerable number of applications that result from, or are enhanced by, these interactions. Extensive work has...
The goal of this project is to develop a diagnostic tool for detecting melanoma cells. The design entails using a polyethylene glycol (PEG) linker to attach a luminescent lanthanide complex to a peptide (MSH-4) that...
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bioconjugate, lanthanide, pegylation, and quantum yield
Pyrophosphate (PPi) anions play an important role in many biological and cellular metabolic processes. PPi anion is a potentially useful indicator of metabolic function, ATP hydrolysis, and diseases such as calcium...
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanomaterials have a unique set of properties making them desirable for a variety of industrial applications including optical, electronic and biomedical technology. Our research is focused on enhancing the...
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Antimicrobial, Dopant, Nanoparticles, and Zinc Oxide
学科:
Zinc oxide -- Absorption and adsorption, Nanostructured materials, Anti-infective agents, Cotton, and Fibers -- Therapeutic use
Luminescent properties of lanthanide complexes possess unique characteristics that makethem good candidates for possible bioimaging agents and have inspired research initiatives tofurther explore these materials. However, the...
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Dipyridophenazine, Europium, Quantum Yield, Silica Nanoparticle, and Thenoyltrifluoracetone
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Rare earth metal compounds -- Synthesis and Rare earth metal compounds -- Optical properties
Fullerenes are among the most attractive carbon nanomaterials and have wide-spread applications including electronics, automobile, aircraft, and energy. C60 has a tendency to form stable colloidal aggregates (also known as,...
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Fullerene Aqueous Suspensions, Fullerene Oxide, and High Performance Liquid Chromatography
学科:
Fullerenes, Nanostructured materials, and Liquid chromatography.
Actinides represent a special group of metal ions that need to be extensively studied due to their presence in the environment with the construction of nuclear power plants, processing of minerals, and weapon production....
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Computational chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, and Nuclear waste extraction
学科:
Chemistry, Inorganic, Computational chemistry, Radioactive waste disposal, and Ligands
