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1. The Chemistry of Wine: Analyzing a General Education Course and its Impact on Student Engagement

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Author:
Alatki, Nour
Title:
The Chemistry of Wine: Analyzing a General Education Course and its Impact on Student Engagement
Area of Honors:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Chemistry
Wine
Education
General Education
Chemical Lab Techniques
Interviews
ACURA
Student Engagment
General Education Courses
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Thesis Supervisors:
Kevin Charles Cannon, Thesis Supervisor
David Ruth, Thesis Honors Advisor

2. Macro- and Nano-Rheological Properties of Carboxymethylcellulose – Water – Ethanol Ternary Mixtures

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Author:
Camacho, Gillian
Title:
Macro- and Nano-Rheological Properties of Carboxymethylcellulose – Water – Ethanol Ternary Mixtures
Area of Honors:
Chemistry
Keywords:
nano-viscosity
macro-viscosity
Smoluchowski-Stokes-Einstein equation
carboxymethylcellulose
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Thesis Supervisors:
Bratoljub Milosavljevic, Thesis Supervisor
Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Honors Advisor

3. Effects of Reactants’ Solvation Shell Compositions on Pyrene Fluorescence Quenching by Iodide Anion

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Author:
Chettle, Brian
Title:
Effects of Reactants’ Solvation Shell Compositions on Pyrene Fluorescence Quenching by Iodide Anion
Area of Honors:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Physical Chemistry
solvation
photophysics
photochemistry
laser photolysis
spectroscopy
fluorescence
pyrene
iodide
heavy atom effect
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Thesis Supervisors:
Bratoljub Milosavljevic, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Zydney, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. Impacts of surface ligand coverage on the electronic properties of thiol-protected gold nanoparticles.

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Open Access
Author:
Haidet, Jonathan
Title:
Impacts of surface ligand coverage on the electronic properties of thiol-protected gold nanoparticles.
Area of Honors:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Gold nanoparticles
electronic properties
density of states
surface ligand density
alkanethiol gold nanoparticles
nanoparticle surface coverage
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Supervisor
David D Boehr, Thesis Honors Advisor
Christine Dolan Keating, Faculty Reader

6. The Functional and Structural Characterization of Novel Diiron Oxidases

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Open Access
Author:
Fitzpatrick, Lara
Title:
The Functional and Structural Characterization of Novel Diiron Oxidases
Area of Honors:
Chemistry
Keywords:
VarO
Desaturase
Diiron Enzyme
Heme Oxygenase-like
Crystallography
C-H Activation
Spectroscopy
File:
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Thesis Supervisors:
Joseph M Bollinger, Jr., Thesis Supervisor
David D Boehr, Thesis Honors Advisor
Amie Kathleen Boal, Faculty Reader

7. Fabrication of ERGO/PEDOT Layers on Etched Platinum-Iridium Wires for Future Flexible Sensing Applications

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Author:
Mehalko, Kolton
Title:
Fabrication of ERGO/PEDOT Layers on Etched Platinum-Iridium Wires for Future Flexible Sensing Applications
Area of Honors:
Chemistry
Keywords:
Electrochemistry
Graphene Oxide
PEDOT
Sensor Development
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Thesis Supervisors:
Jason Alan Bennett, Thesis Supervisor
Jason Alan Bennett, Thesis Honors Advisor
Jay Charles Amicangelo, Faculty Reader

8. Thermodynamic Parameters of Non-Watson-Crick Base Paired Structures in In-vitro and In-Vivo-Like Conditions

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Author:
Winemiller, Atlas
Title:
Thermodynamic Parameters of Non-Watson-Crick Base Paired Structures in In-vitro and In-Vivo-Like Conditions
Area of Honors:
Chemistry
Keywords:
RNA
thermodynamics
non-Watson-Crick
in vivo-like
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Thesis Supervisors:
Philip C Bevilacqua, Thesis Supervisor
Stewart Anthony Mallory, Thesis Honors Advisor
Elizabeth A Jolley, Faculty Reader