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Examining the Effect of Poly (Ethylene glycol) and Non-Specific Insulin Binding on the Phase Behaviour of PEGylated Phosphocholine Membrane Models
(2016-11-25)
Inclusion of synthetic poly-(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-grafted phospholipids into self-assembled phospholipid matrices is an exceptional method to engineering optimized bio-non-fouling membrane mimetic surfaces. The success ...
Part I: Mechanistic Insight in Alkyl-Alkyl and Aryl-Aryl Negishi Cross-Coupling Part II: Large Scale Synthesis of NHC Precursors: 2,6-DI(3-Pentyl) Aniline and 2,6-DI (4-Heptyl) Aniline
(2016-09-20)
Part I: An efficient method for alkyl-alkyl Negishi cross-coupling reaction of unactivated primary alkyl halides with higher-order zincate species (synthesized from dialkylzinc and a non-coordinating halide salt in situ) ...
Probing Charge Generation in 3D Photonic Poly(3-hexylthiophene)/Titanium Dioxide Nanocomposites for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells
(2016-09-20)
Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) are attractive for their inexpensiveness, large-scale fabrication methods, flexibility and semi-transparency. OPVs have lower efficiencies than conventional inorganic semiconductor-based solar ...
Surface and Interfacial Approaches for the Characterization of Biomolecular Interactions and to Optimize Desi-MS Performance
(2016-11-25)
This work involves the surface and interfacial characterization of biomolecular interactions by atomic force microscopy and optimization of desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. In the first part (part I), ...
Nanostructured Mixed Transition Metal Spinel Oxide as Efficient Electrocatalysts
(2016-09-20)
CuxCo3-xO4 films with x values ranging from 0 to 1 have prepared in order to optimize their electrocatalytic properties for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER). Two methods have been used for the preparation of CuxCo3-xO4, ...
Measurement of Atmospheric NOy Species Using Active and Lunar DOAS in an Urban and Forested Region
(2016-09-20)
The study of NOy serves as an important undertaking in the understanding of both night and daytime atmospheric processes. Two separate datasets were collected over the course of this research using Differential Optical ...
A Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging Approach to Monitor Toxic Ionic Liquids in Zebrafish (Danio Rerio)
(2016-11-25)
Ambient mass spectrometry imaging has become an increasingly powerful technique for the direct analysis of biological tissues in the open environment with minimal sample preparation and fast analyses times. In this study, ...
Designing Nanostructured Titanium Dioxide-Based Potentiometric Sensors for the Determination of Chromium (III) and Iron (III) Ions
(2016-11-25)
The objective of the first part of this study was to introduce a novel solid-state Cr(III)-selective potentiometric sensor based on Schiff base glyoxal bis(2-hydroxyanil) (GBHA) ionophores adsorbed onto nanostructured TiO2 ...
Exploring the Potential of Polyelectrolyte-Aptamer Films For Use in Optical and Electrochemical Sensing
(2016-09-20)
Polyelectrolyte-aptamer films have emerged as versatile and easy-to-fabricate materials for applications ranging from cargo delivery to sensing. The films comprising charged polymers and DNA aptamers exhibit changes in the ...
Part I: Application of Pd-Peppsi Complexes in Regioselective Cross-Coupling and Natural Product Total Synthesis; Part II: Room Temperature, Additive-Free Carbon-Sulfur Coupling Using Novel NHC-Pd Complexes
(2016-09-20)
The first part of this research is focused on the development of an efficient method for the regioselective Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling of allylboronic acid pinacol ester derivatives with aryl and heteroaryl halides using ...