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Synthesis of Ceria Nanomaterials to Enhance Catalytic Activity of CO Oxidation
(2019-11-14)
This thesis represents a comparative study of a series of ceria nanomaterials towards CO oxidation. Ceria particles were synthesized using microwave-assisted hydrothermal and one-step solvothermal methods, and ceria ...
Synthesis of Cyclobutane-Containing Natural Products using Macrocyclic 1,4-Diketones as Templates for Diastereoselective Transformations and Strained Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation, and the Development of Novel Non-Phosphate Carbohydrate-Based Inhibitors of the IspH-Enzyme in Isoprene Synthesis
(2023-11-27)
Chapter 1: Macrocyclic control as a tool for diastereoselective transformation has been an area of research dating back to Still’s total synthesis of periplanone B. The exact source of this control is not always well ...
Synthesis of Functionalized Benzenoid Macrocycles: An Approach to Accessing Functionalized Cycloparaphenylenes
(2016-05-02)
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are cylindrically shaped allotropes of carbon with exceptionally good electronic and optical properties. The current state of art for making these CNTs involves heating graphite in a high temperature ...
Synthesis of Janus Nanoparticles using a Packed Column and their Applications
(2018-07-27)
Janus nanoparticles, nanoparticles with two regions of differing properties, have been of
interest to researchers for the last 30 years. Differing surface regions of Janus nanoparticles
allows for self-assembly into ...
Synthesis of Methanol and Higher Alcohols from Syngas over K Promoted Cu Based Catalysts in Supercritical Solvent
(2013-01-07)
With today’s increasing crude oil prices and a desire to reduce our dependence on imported oil, the synthesis of methanol and higher alcohol represents a promising pathway for utilizing synthesis gas (a mixture of CO and ...
Synthesis of Multi-dimensional Organic Nano-conductors for the Enhancement of Thermal, Electrical, and Mechanical Properties of Composites
(2014-03-31)
For years, composite materials have attracted significant attention toward the improvement of their mechanical, electrical, and thermal properties. In more recent studies, carbon based fillers, such as carbon fibers, have ...
Synthesis of polypyrrole coated copper nanowire and its application as hydrogen peroxide sensor
(2011-11-15)
Polypyrrole coated copper nanowire was synthesized by a metal-organic complex route in one-pot manner. The as-synthesized copper nanowires were single crystalline which grew along the {110} direction with {111} facets ...
Synthesis, Analysis, and Pharmacological Profile of Designer Piperazine Drugs
(2021-06-14)
New or novel Psychoactive substances (NPS) or designer drugs are often uncontrolled synthetic chemicals that are analogs to classic controlled substances and have been a public health threat in the last two decades. The ...
Synthesis, Analytical Profiles and Receptor Pharmacology of Methoxylated Derivatives and Regioisomers of the NBOMe series of Hallucinogenic Drugs
(2019-04-23)
The potential for designer analogue development in the NBOMe series of drugs of abuse
is very high based on the methods used to synthesize this class of compounds, and the availability
of a wide variety of precursor ...
Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Multi-component and Multi-functional Composites with Nanostructured Conducting Polymers
(2014-07-02)
Multi-component and multi-functional nanostructured conducting polymer (CP) based
composites were prepared through different methods to obtain materials with academic and
industrial interest gathering properties.
In two ...
Synthesis, Characterization, and Functionality of Quinol-Based Superoxide Dismutase Mimics
(2022-08-01)
There is great interest in developing biopharmaceuticals that can slow or halt the effects of the primary and secondary oxidative stressors that are responsible for aging, chronic diseases, and other health disorders. A ...
Synthesis, Characterization, and In-situ Monitoring of Promoted ZnO Sorbents for Desulfurization in Fuel Cell Applications
(2017-04-26)
Energy from conventional power plants and transportation vehicles usually end up as low grade waste heat and this accounts for more than 70% of the fuel energy input. Fuel cell power systems for logistic or stationary ...
Synthesis, Fractionation, and Thin Film Processing of Nanoparticles Using the Tunable Solvent Properties of Carbon Dioxide Gas Expanded Liquids
(2007-05-15)
Materials built from nanoparticles possess unique chemical, physical, mechanical and optical properties. Due to these properties, they hold potential in application areas such as catalysts, sensors, semiconductors and ...
Synthesis, GC–MS, GC–MS/MS, GC–IR and chromatographic studies on cathinone derivatives related to methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV)
(2018-12-03)
This project will address issues of resolution and discriminatory capabilities for cathinone derivatives (regioisomeric and homologous groups) providing additional reliability and selectivity for forensic evidence and ...
Synthesis, Processing and Characterization of Nanostructured Conducting Materials
(2012-05-01)
Several novel synthesis approaches target to precisely control the nano-structures of electric organic polymers have been studied and these methods can afford to yield nanostructured electric organic polymers, (i) conducting ...
Synthesis, Processing and Dynamic Fracture Behavior of Particulate Epoxy Composites with Conventional and Hierarchical Micro-/Nano-fillers
(2016-12-09)
Polymer-based particulate composites have a wide range of engineering applications due to their mechanical, chemical, dielectric, and lightweight characteristics as well as simplicity of processing. The mechanical performance ...
Synthesis, Spectroscopic Investigation and Immobilization Of Copper(II) Complexes as Oxidation Catalysts
(2009-08-04)
Schiff-base complexes that function as catalysts in aqueous media have been developed. The design of environmentally benign metal catalysts with multidentate ligands is a field of intense current interest. Transition metal ...
Synthesis, Structure-Bioactivity Relationship, and Application of Antimicrobial Materials
(2009-12-14)
Antimicrobial N-halamine compounds were designed, synthesized and applied onto various materials to investigate and develop several properties of the N-halamine-based technologies. There are five projects covered in the ...
Synthetic Explorations to Sinefungin Analogs
(2009-05-15)
Sinefungin, a natural complex nucleoside, has been isolated from the cultures of Streptomyces griseolous, and from that of Streptomyces incarnatus. It is a structural analog of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) and since its ...
Synthetic Optimization and Electrochemical Studies of Delafossite CuCrO2 for Solar Energy Conversion and Storage Applications
(2022-07-27)
Metal oxides have been of great importance to the development of new energy conversion and storage technologies including heterojunction solar cells and Li-ion batteries. P-type delafossite CuCrO2 is a metal oxide which ...