This research is focused on development of routes towards the rational design of nanoparticle catalysts. Primarily, it is focused on two main projects; (1) the use of imidazolium-based ionic liquids (ILs) as greener media ...

Hot microelectrodes are very small electrodes (usually 1 – 100 µm in diameter), which have a surface temperature much higher than the temperature in the bulk solution. In this work, the heating is achieved by applying an ...

Dioxanones (1) are ketal- or acetal protected forms of 1,3-dihydroxyacetone (DHA). The thesis presents the stereoselective aldol transformations of dioxanones and applications to the synthesis of natural and higher ...

Inositol dehydrogenase (IDH, EC 1.1.1.18) from Bacillus subtilis catalyzes the reversible NAD+-dependent oxidation of the axial hydroxyl group of myo-inositol to form 2-keto-myo-inositol, NADH and H+. IDH is the first ...

The photophysics of highly electronically excited states of a set of d0 and d10 metallated tetrapyrroles, which have different peripheral substituents and central metal atoms, macrocycle substitution patterns and macrocycle ...

The sequential aldol reactions of thiopyran derivatives 112 and 119 to rapidly generate hexapropionate building blocks in two carbon-carbon forming steps has been well studied within the Ward group. An extension of this ...

Ferrocene-peptide conjugates represent a hybrid area between organometallic chemistry and biochemistry. In these bioconjugates, the ferrocene (Fc) moiety can serve as molecular scaffold, chromophore, sensitive probe, ...

The de novo design of peptides is a central area of research in chemical biology. Although it is now possible to design helical peptide structures from first principle, designing â-sheets remains a challenge. Significant ...

Aluminum- and gallium-bridged ansa-zirconocene compounds (Pytsi)Al[1]ZCP (31a) and (Pytsi)Ga[1]ZCP (31b) containing a bulky trisyl-based ligand with a pyridyl donor group [Pytsi = -C(SiMe3)2SiMe2(2-C5H4N)] were synthesized ...

The passage of particles such as alpha particles, electrons, and protons, or electromagnetic radiations in the form of X-rays or gamma rays, through a medium such as air or water, causes ionization in the medium by interaction ...