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Assessing and characterizing the inductive effect through silicon containing backbones and on silicon reactivity
(2014-01-22)This thesis describes a study of the inductive effect in derivatives of bicyclo[1.1.1.]pentane; chosen because it eliminates any possibility of conjugation between the substituent and probe, and keeps the steric effect ... -
Catastrophe theory, symmetry breaking and the pseudo Jahn-Teller effect
(2019)This research focuses on the structural symmetry breaking observed in hypovalent silicon containing compounds. The structural symmetry breaking was studied from the perspective of the pseudo Jahn-Teller effect (pJTE). A ... -
A study in lignin capability to improve strength and water absorbency of starch polymers: a potential heat-resistant fluid-loss-controller in water based drilling fluids
(2021)In the oil and gas industries, drilling deep wells has rapidly become more significant to meet the global demand. The design of drilling fluids and choosing the proper additives are very important for the drilling operation's ... -
Substituent descriptors from the topology of the electron density
(2021)This work focuses on determining the suitability of functional group properties from the Quantum Theory of Atoms in Molecules (QTAIM) as descriptors for use in machine learning and linear regression analyses. These were ... -
Theoretical and experimental investigation of solvatochromic and photochromic materials
(2010)This thesis includes a study of solvatochromic molecules in the liquid and gas phases, and a study of photochromic molecules in the solid phase. The solvatochromic molecules studied are Nile Red, Betaine 30 and its penta ...