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Multitasking mesoporous nanomaterials for biorefinery applications

Description: Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) have attracted great interest for last two decades due to their unique and advantageous structural properties, such as high surface area, pore volume, stable mesostructure, tunable pore size and controllable particle morphology. The robust silica framework provides sites for organic modifications, making MSNs ideal platforms for adsorbents and supported organocatalysts. In addition, the pores of MSNs provide cavities/ channels for incorporation of metal an… more
Date: May 2, 2013
Creator: Kandel, Kapil
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Synthesis of heterocycles: Indolo (2,1-a) isoquinolines, renewables, and aptamer ligands for cellular imaging

Description: In this thesis, we explore both total syntheses and methodologies of several aromatic heterocyclic molecules. Extensions of the Kraus indole synthesis toward 2-substituted and 2,3-disubstituted indoles, as well as biologically attractive indolo[2,1-a]isoquinolines are described. Recent renewable efforts directed to commodity maleic acid and the first reported furan-based ionic liquids are described. Our total synthesis of mRNA aptamer ligand PDC-Gly, and its dye coupled forms, plus aminoglycosi… more
Date: May 7, 2013
Creator: Beasley, Jonathan
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Templated synthesis of nickel nanoparticles: Toward heterostructured nanocomposites for efficient hydrogen storage

Description: The world is currently facing an energy and environmental crisis for which new technologies are needed. Development of cost-competitive materials for catalysis and hydrogen storage on-board motor vehicles is crucial to lead subsequent generations into a more sustainable and energy independent future. This thesis presents work toward the scalable synthesis of bimetallic heterostructures that can enable hydrogen to compete with carbonaceous fuels by meeting the necessary gravimetric and volumetri… more
Date: May 7, 2013
Creator: Nelson, Nicholas Cole
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Measurement of the Weak Charge of the Proton through Parity Violating Electron Scattering using the Qweak Apparatus: A 21% Result

Description: After a decade of preparations, the Qweak experiment at Jefferson Lab is making the first direct measurement of the weak charge of the proton, Q^p_W. This quantity is suppressed in the Standard Model making a good candidate for search for new physics beyond the SM at the TeV scale. Operationally, we measure a small (about -0.200 ppm) parity-violating asymmetry in elastic electron-proton scattering in integrating mode while flipping the helicity of the electrons 1000 times per second. Commission… more
Date: August 1, 2013
Creator: Beminiwattha, Rakitha
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Writing, Domesticity, and Suicide: A Biographical Comparison of Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath

Description: Undergraduate thesis biographically examining the lives, deaths, and works of Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath, including their roles as daughters, wives, mothers, and female writers. This thesis has implications for the relevancy and pertinence of Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath to literary, gender, and even political studies today as evident in their being namesakes of their crafts, hallmarks of the literary periods in which they wrote, and some of the most recognized and referenced literary n… more
Date: 2013
Creator: Peebles, Evan
Partner: UNT Honors College
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Scanning angle Raman spectroscopy: Investigation of Raman scatter enhancement techniques for chemical analysis

Description: This thesis outlines advancements in Raman scatter enhancement techniques by applying evanescent fields, standing-waves (waveguides) and surface enhancements to increase the generated mean square electric field, which is directly related to the intensity of Raman scattering. These techniques are accomplished by employing scanning angle Raman spectroscopy and surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy. A 1064 nm multichannel Raman spectrometer is discussed for chemical analysis of lignin. Extending dis… more
Date: March 14, 2013
Creator: Meyer, Matthew W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Synthesis of main group, rare-earth, and d{sup 0} metal complexes containing beta-hydrogen

Description: A series of organometallic compounds containing the tris(dimethylsilyl)methyl ligand are described. The potassium carbanions KC(SiHMe{sub 2}){sub 3} and KC(SiHMe{sub 2}){sub 3}TMEDA are synthesized by deprotonation of the hydrocarbon HC(SiHMe{sub 2}){sub 3} with potassium benzyl. KC(SiHMe{sub 2}){sub 3}TMEDA crystallizes as a dimer with two types of three-center-two-electron KH- Si interactions. Homoleptic Ln(III) tris(silylalkyl) complexes containing β-SiH groups M{C(SiHMe{sub 2}){sub 3}}{sub … more
Date: May 2, 2013
Creator: Yan, Ka King
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Meausrement of the Neutron Radius of {sup 208}Pb Through Parity Violation in Electron Scattering

Description: In contrast to the nuclear charge densities, which have been accurately measured with electron scattering, the knowledge of neutron densities still lack precision. Previous model-dependent hadron experiments suggest the difference between the neutron radius, R{sub n}, of a heavy nucleus and the proton radius, R{sub p}, to be in the order of several percent. To accurately obtain the difference, R{sub n}-R{sub p}, which is essentially a neutron skin, the Jefferson Lab Lead ({sup 208}Pb) Radius Ex… more
Date: May 31, 2013
Creator: Saenboonruang, Kiadtisak
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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