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Synthesis of muramyl dipeptide analogues as immunomodulatory agents
(2018)
Peptidoglycan occurs naturally in cell wall structures of almost all types of bacteria. Muramyl dipeptide (MDP) is a fragment of peptidoglycan, which consists of N-acetylmuramic acid that is attached to a dipeptide of ...
Synthesis and study of palladium-containing nanomaterials for hydrogen technologies
(2010)
We are currently facing a climate change and global warming effect due to the emission of greenhouse gases from our existing energy sources. A hydrogen-based economy is one solution to uphold our standard of living while ...
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 ...
Growth and characterization of group III-nitrides by migration enhanced afterglow epitaxy
(2014-12-11)
The work presented in this thesis investigates the growth and properties of group III- nitride semiconductors that were grown using the Migration Enhanced Afterglow Epitaxy (MEAglow) method. This work was to enhance the ...
Wastewater Treatment and Water Quality Assessment Through Electrochemical Approaches
(2015)
The protection of water resources is becoming one of the most critical issues afflicting people
globally. Novel, robust, efficient, and environmentally compatible technologies for the
treatment of wastewater and the ...
The Effect of Pesticides on the Degradation of Oxobiodegradable Agricultural Mulch Films
(2015)
Oxobiodegradable agriculture mulch films made from polyethylene (PE) are known to
have many benefits for agriculture practice, including increased yields and resource efficiency,
without the drawback of removing the ...
Organic semiconductors containing multi-heteroatom rings
(2018)
Oligomers of thiophene are ubiquitous in molecular materials research. Other ring systems,
especially those lacking at least C2v symmetry are much less common. We investigated
thiophene-thiazole, pyrrole-thiazole, ...
Cross-coupling reactions: synthesis and photoactivity of enediynes
(2015-02-02)
The syntheses of a number of photoactive enediynes using the Sonogashira Coupling reaction are described. Alkynes with different characteristics were coupled to 2-bromoiodobenzene to yield the desired drugs. The enediyne’s ...
The Synthesis and kinetic evaluation of lysosomotropic substrate-based probes for cathepsins B and L
(2015-10-21)
Members of the cathepsin family of cysteine proteases are gaining interest as potential imaging biomarkers and drug targets due to their multifunctional roles in a range of diseases such as cancer, asthma and arthritis. ...