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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 ...
Ruthenium-Tris(Pyrazolyl)methane complexes as potential candidates for cancer chemotherapy agents
(2009)
The MeCN ligands of complex 1 were substitutionally inert, however, under forcing conditions the DMSO ligands of complex 2 were displaced by chelating 1,2-bis(diphenylphosphino)ethane to produce complex 6. Structural ...
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 ...
Ruthenium half-sandwich complexes containing novel anionic (phosphino) tetraphenylborate ligands
(2009)
In an attempt to expand upon previous work involving ruthenium-arene complexes bearing anionic (phosphino) tetraphenylborate ligands, and possibly provide further insight into the products obtained, a series of metal ...
Synthesis of novel Lipid A analogs as potential ligands for toll-like receptor 4
(2009)
Lipid A, the glycolipid component of Gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharide has been shown to engage the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signalling pathway. While this signalling cascade results in cellular mediators which ...
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 ...
The development of an in-situ ATR-FTIR technique for the study of nanomaterials
(2009)
The Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy technique utilizes a short acquisition time and high sensitivity to function as a strong analytical tool in electrochemical studies. This work will focus on the development of ...
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, ...