• Engineering Approaches to Study and Target Breast Cancer Brain Metastasis 

  Narkhede, Akshay (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Breast cancer brain metastasis marks the most advanced stage of the disease with the median survival period of only 4-16 months. A major hurdle in developing therapeutic strategies to tackle breast cancer brain metastasis ...
• Electrodeposition of Cobalt for Advanced Interconnect Applications 

  Hu, Yang (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Copper (Cu) damascene processes have been used to produce back end of line (BEOL) interconnect structures in integrated circuits (IC). As the critical dimension of BEOL structures approaches the electron mean free path of ...
• Atomic Layer Deposition for Surface Modifications and Solid Film Fabrication 

  Yan, Haoming (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Along with the unceasing development of the surface and material science, modification of substrates surfaces in nanoscale, to fabricate the functional materials with precisely controlled dimensions, refined composition ...
• Computational Predictions for the Interactions of Lewis Acid Gases with Each Other and with Materials of Interest 

  Lee, Zachary Ryan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  This dissertation focuses on the computational chemistry predictions of the mechanisms and products of Lewis acid gases with materials of interest to understand the chemistry of these systems and to aid in the design of ...
• Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Use in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, CO2 Reduction and Their Photoluminescence Spectroelectrochemistry 

  Strange, Lyndi Elizabeth (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are semiconductors of the form MX2, where M is a transition metal (Mo, W, etc.) and X is a chalcogen atom. They are structured in layers of M atoms sandwiched between two layers of ...
• Computational Studies of Transition Metals and Small Molecules 

  Persaud, Rudradatt Randy (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  The chemistry that transition metals can access due to their d orbitals has expanded the horizons of many fields in chemistry. The work covered in this dissertation focuses on designing a computer system for performing ...
• Pyridine Modified Gold Nanoparticles for Electrocatalytic Carbon Dioxide Reduction and Methanol Oxidation Reactions 

  Kang, Xin (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  The global consumption of fossil fuels produces an enormous amount of carbon dioxide, causing a series of environmental problems such as glacial melting, food production reduction, and sea-level rise. Because it can ...
• Bioengineering of Heterogenous Glioblastoma Multiforme Microenvironment 

  Park, Seungjo (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive brain tumor that originates from glioblastoma stem cells (GSCs). In the brain, GSCs are supported by a tumor microenvironment (TME) wherein the perivascular niche and hypoxic region ...
• Chromium(III) Interaction with Transferrin and Transferrin Receptor 

  Edwards, Kyle Carter (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Transferrin (Tf), the major iron transport protein in the blood, apparently also transports trivalent chromium via endocytosis. The release of chromium(III) from human serum transferrin has been examined under conditions ...
• Molecular Design of High-Performance Imidazolium Ionenes as Gas Separation Membranes and 3D Printing Materials 

  O'Harra, Kathryn Elizabeth (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  This dissertation details the development and performance of a library of imidazolium ionenes for advanced engineering applications, with an emphasis on membrane-based gas separations and additive manufacturing. Several ...
• The Deprotonation and Dissociation of Amino Acids and Peptides by Negative Ion Mode Mass Spectrometry 

  Cui, Can (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Investigation of negative ion mass spectrometry (MS) is important to proteomics due to its superior ability to analyze acidic peptides and provide complementary information to positive ion mode. This dissertation focuses ...
• Pattern-Based Discrimination of Carboxylate Anions in Aqueous Media and on Solid Supports 

  Xu, Yifei (University of Alabama Libraries, 2021)

  Carboxylate-containing species play important roles in biosynthesis, energy generation and biological signaling; they are also common functional groups in pharmaceuticals, and potential pollutants in aqueous media. Sensing ...
• Structure-property relationships in polyimide-ionenes and composites with ionic liquids as gas separation membranes 

  Dennis, Grayson Patrick (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020-12)

  Ionic polymers have capabilities to shape the pathway to new membranes and polymer systems that did not exist before. The imidazolium moiety has shown substantial abilities to integrate into a platform for ionic polymers ...
• Experimental and computational studies of materials decomposition 

  Confer, Matthew Phelan (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Hydrogen enriched fuels offer a broad range of thermo-physical and chemical properties that are desirable for combustion reactions. In this work, a eutectic mixture of ammonia borane and methylamine borane that demonstrates ...
• Structural investigations and determination of biocatalyst potential of Pseudomonas putida CBB5 

  Mills, Shelby Brooks (University of Alabama Libraries, 2020)

  Pseudomonas putida CBB5 has evolved the ability to metabolize caffeine and other methylxanthines to xanthine using a set of five enzymes, NdmABCDE. NdmABC are N1-, N3-, and N7-specific N-demethylases, respectively, that ...
• Electrodeposition of materials from novel solvents 

  Sides, William Donald (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  The electrodeposition of metals and alloys is explored with a focus on solvents and additives capable of reducing or eliminating hydrogen evolution while operating at highly cathodic potentials. The nucleation and growth ...
• Investigation of polymers towards advanced functional materials 

  Lu, Yang (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  With the rational design and modification of the fundamental polymers, new polymer complexes and composites can be developed with unique properties as functional materials. These new materials with enhanced and specialized ...
• Improve the stability of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite by vapor-solid reaction 

  Yu, Xiaozhou (University of Alabama Libraries, 2019)

  Abstract Organic-inorganic hybrid perovskites, such as CH3NH3PbI3 and NH2CH=NH2PbI3, emerge as a new class of low-cost semiconductors that have the potential applications in high-efficiency photovoltaic cells, light emitting ...
• The effects of physiological fluid shear stress on circulating tumor cells 

  Triantafillu, Ursula Lea (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  The focus of this dissertation is on the effects of physiological fluid shear stress (FSS) on circulating tumor cells (CTCs). FSS occurs on cells both in vitro and in vivo. FSS is typically considered as a major variable ...
• Thermodynamics of ionic liquid solvents in gas purification and exfoliation mechanisms: molecular dynamics simulation and Monte Carlo calculations 

  Abedini, Asghar (University of Alabama Libraries, 2018)

  Demand for green sources of energy is increasing due to the critical need to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. This research involved different approaches for reducing CO2 emission to the atmosphere. In the first study, ...

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