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1. A BIOMIMETIC APPROACH TO IMPROVE ELECTRON TRANSFER IN THE OXIDATION HALF CELL OF A PHOTOLYTIC WATER-SPLITTING SYSTEM

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Author:: Lentz, Deanna Renee
Title:: A BIOMIMETIC APPROACH TO IMPROVE ELECTRON TRANSFER IN THE OXIDATION HALF CELL OF A PHOTOLYTIC WATER-SPLITTING SYSTEM
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: water splitting
dye sensitzer
File:: Download Lentz_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Supervisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Thesis Supervisor
Pshemak Maslak, Thesis Honors Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Faculty Reader

2. POROUS PLATINUM NANOSTRUCTURES VIA ETCHING OF INTERMETALLIC PLATINUM LEAD

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Author:: Bisbey, Ryan Patrick
Title:: POROUS PLATINUM NANOSTRUCTURES VIA ETCHING OF INTERMETALLIC PLATINUM LEAD
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: porous platinum
nanostructures
catalysis
platinum lead
File:: Download Thesis_Full_merged.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Supervisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Supervisor
Przemyslaw Maslak, Thesis Honors Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Faculty Reader

3. Mechanistic and Synthetic Approaches to Nanoparticle Growth and Assembly

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Author:: Bevilacqua, Sarah C
Title:: Mechanistic and Synthetic Approaches to Nanoparticle Growth and Assembly
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: transition metal nitrides
hybrid materials
nanoparticles
self-assembly
spatially selective nanoparticle synthesis
File:: Download Bevilacqua_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Raymond Edward Schaak, Thesis Supervisor
Raymond Lee Funk, Thesis Honors Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Faculty Reader

4. Electrochemical Cross-Coupling of N-Heteroarenes

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Author:: Spak, Steven
Title:: Electrochemical Cross-Coupling of N-Heteroarenes
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Cross-Coupling
N-Heteroarenes
Electrocatalysis
Pharmacophores
File:: Download SPAK_THESIS_FINAL_DRAFT.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Eric Nacsa, Thesis Supervisor
Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Honors Advisor

5. Control of Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis (AuNP) in Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)

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Author:: Glickman, Danny
Title:: Control of Gold Nanoparticle Synthesis (AuNP) in Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Gold Nanoparticles
PDMS
Inorganic Chemistry
Photothermal Effect
File:: Download THESIS-3.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Supervisor
David D Boehr, Thesis Honors Advisor

6. Synthesis and Review of Polymer Structures Ranging from 1D to 3D

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Author:: Hu, Jinzhen
Title:: Synthesis and Review of Polymer Structures Ranging from 1D to 3D
Area of Honors:: Interdisciplinary in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry
Keywords:: Polymer
Covalent Organic Framework
D-A Copolymer
Anion Sensing
File:: Download Honor_Thesis_Final-Jinzhen_Hu.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Elizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis Supervisor
Themis Matsoukas, Thesis Honors Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Honors Advisor

7. Conversion of the C-Terminus of Transcription Factor Pdx1 to a Vehicle for Small Peptide Investigations

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Author:: Olson, Jarod
Title:: Conversion of the C-Terminus of Transcription Factor Pdx1 to a Vehicle for Small Peptide Investigations
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: biophysical
Pdx1
centFCP1
IDP
intrinsically disordered protein
fluorescence anisotropy
NMR
monte carlo
small peptides
q5 mutagenesis
File:: Download Honors_Thesis_Olson_Final_Copy.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Scott A Showalter, Thesis Supervisor
Elizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis Honors Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Faculty Reader

8. Photoredox Catalysis Under Confinement

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Author:: Schubach, Matthew
Title:: Photoredox Catalysis Under Confinement
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: organic
photoredox
catalysis
polymer
single-chain polymer nanoparticle
File:: Download Schubach_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Elizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis Supervisor
Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Honors Advisor
Raymond Edward Schaak, Faculty Reader

9. Investigation of ZnSe Mn2+ Doped Nanoparticles Films for Use in Photocatalysis

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Author:: Wang, Yuyang
Title:: Investigation of ZnSe Mn2+ Doped Nanoparticles Films for Use in Photocatalysis
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: chemistry
photocatalysis
hydrogen production
nanoparticles
ZnSe
Mn2+ doped ZnSe
doped nanoparticles
File:: Download Yuyang_Wang_thesis_final.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: John B Asbury, Thesis Supervisor
Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Honors Advisor

10. Organic Photoredox Cycloadditions under Confinement

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Author:: Valentina Craescu, Cristina
Title:: Organic Photoredox Cycloadditions under Confinement
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Organic photoredox catalysis
SIngle-Chain Nanoparticle
Cycloadditions under confinement
[2+2] cycloaddition
[4+2] cycloaddition
File:: Download FINAL_Honors_Thesis_Manuscript_Cristina-Valentina_Craescu.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Elizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis Supervisor
Lauren Dell Zarzar, Thesis Honors Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Faculty Reader

11. Ice Nucleation of Functionalized Silver and Gold Nanoparticles and Zeolite Powders

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Author:: Jain, Divya
Title:: Ice Nucleation of Functionalized Silver and Gold Nanoparticles and Zeolite Powders
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Ice Nucleation
Nanoparticles
zeolites
atmospheric chemistry
chemistry
File:: Download Final_Draft_for_Submission.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Miriam Arak Freedman, Thesis Supervisor
David D Boehr, Thesis Honors Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Faculty Reader

12. Synthesis of Poly(butyl acrylate) and Poly(isobutyl acrylate) via Reversible Fragmentation Transfer (RAFT)

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Author:: Telfer, Carolyn
Title:: Synthesis of Poly(butyl acrylate) and Poly(isobutyl acrylate) via Reversible Fragmentation Transfer (RAFT)
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: polymerization
RAFT
butyl acrylate
isobutyl acrylate
kinetics
living polymerization
molecular weight distribution
GPC
File:: Download Telfer_Carolyn_Thesis_Final_Spring_2022.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Harry R Allcock, Thesis Supervisor
Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Honors Advisor

13. Pressure-Induced Polymerization of UV Irradiated Benzoquinone Derivatives

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Author:: Burns, Connor
Title:: Pressure-Induced Polymerization of UV Irradiated Benzoquinone Derivatives
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: nanothreads
carbon
sp3
UV
1-D
material
pressure
high-pressure
solid-state
File:: Download Burns_Honors_Thesis.pdf
Thesis Supervisors:: Elizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis Supervisor
Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Honors Advisor
Lori Ruth Stepan, Faculty Reader

14. Ambient and Mechanistic Investigations of a Novel Electrochemical Catalyst

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Author:: Filien, Leila
Title:: Ambient and Mechanistic Investigations of a Novel Electrochemical Catalyst
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: chemistry
electrochemistry
electrosynthesis
mechanisms
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Thesis Supervisors:: Eric Nacsa, Thesis Supervisor
Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Honors Advisor

15. Olefin Difunctionalization via Photochemical Intramolecular Radical Smiles-Truce Cascade

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Author:: Sharma, Ayush
Title:: Olefin Difunctionalization via Photochemical Intramolecular Radical Smiles-Truce Cascade
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: Organic Chemistry
Photocatalysis
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Thesis Supervisors:: Eric Nacsa, Thesis Supervisor
Timothy Charles Meredith, Thesis Honors Advisor
Benjamin James Lear, Faculty Reader

16. Synthesis of Homogeneous Polymer-based Photoredox Catalysts

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Author:: Griggs, Anna
Title:: Synthesis of Homogeneous Polymer-based Photoredox Catalysts
Area of Honors:: Chemistry
Keywords:: photoredox
catalysis
polymer
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Thesis Supervisors:: Elizabeth A Elacqua, Thesis Supervisor
Benjamin James Lear, Thesis Honors Advisor
Katherine Mary Masters, Faculty Reader

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