Friday, October 20, 2006: 5:00 PM-8:00 PM
Ground Foyer ( Houston Westchase Marriott Hotel)
Poster Session
Presentation of research posters. Poster are set-up Friday morning and presenters are required to be at thier poster from 5:00-8:00 pm
Organizer:Steven Baldelli
Methylene Substituted Derivatives of the Actinide Extractant (p-tbutylphenyl)N,N-(ibutyl)carbamoylmethylenephosphine oxide
Ramon J. Villazana
Computational studies of alkaline earth metal phosphides: Ca3P2 and Mg3P2
Chammi S. Palehepitiya Gamage, Kaori Ueno-Noto, Dennis S. Marynick
Methylene Substitutied Derivatives of the Actinide Extractant (tbutylphenyl)-N,N-(ibutyl)carbamoylmethylphosphine oxide
Ramon J. Villazana
Cross-validated QSAR Studies of Anti-Malarial Mefloquine Derivatives: Systematic Simple Protocols vs. Complex (Fallacious) Methodology
Suman Sirimulla, Carrie Ash-Mott, William C. Herndon
Elastic properties of extended systems from first principles
Artur F. Izmaylov, Alexander A. Rusakov, Gustavo E. Scuseria
Investigation of the role of hydrophobic cluster in the stability of alpha-helical coiled coils and their conversion to amyloid beta sheets
HE DONG, Jeffrey D. Hartgerink
Synthesis of Si based β-diketone ligands for metal-organic polyhedra (MOPs)
Yoseph S. Marcos, Chandi Pariya, Yixun Zhang, Johnpeter Ngunjiri, Jayne Garno, Frank R. Fronczek, Andrew W. Maverick
Kinetic C-H Oxidative Addition vs. Thermodynamic C-X Oxidative Addition to IrI and RhI Systems. A Density Functional Theory Study
Hong Wu, Michael B. Hall*
Investigation of Gunshot Residue by AFM and FTIRM
Ravi Kishore Rayabarapu, J. W. Rabalais
Structure and Spectral properties of Myeloperodiase: Time Dependent Density functional Study
Alexander V. Gaenko, Ajitha Devarajan, Ulf Ryde
Density Functional Study of the Complete Pathway for the Heck Reaction with Palladium Diphosphines
Panida Surawatanawong, Yubo Fan, Michael B. Hall
Fabrication and Characterization of SiO2 Microcantilever for High Sensitive Moisture Sensor
Qi Chen, Haifeng Ji
Selective Functionalization of Semiconducting Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Condell D. Doyle
Superhydrophobicity of Polydimethylsiloxanes (PDMS) Based Multilayered Thin Films
Hongyan Gao, Haifeng Ji
Electrocatalytic Oxidation and Hydrogenation of Hydroquinone on Well-defined Pd(100) Electrode Surfaces
Ding Li, J. Sanabria-Chinchilla, X. Chen, M. P. Soriaga
Proflavine complexes of Palladium(II)
Tatyana Dalrymple, Rafael A. Adrian, Judith A. Walmsley
Structural studies of the H/ACA box guide RNA from Euglena gracillis
Izabela Tworowska, James Donarski, Edward P. Nikonowicz
Quantitative Electron Microscopy of Polymer Nanocomposites
Zhiping Luo, Joseph H. Koo
Synthesis and characterization of Ru(II) complexes of 3-(2'-pyridyl)dipyrido[3,2-a:2',3-c]phenazine derivatives
Richard A. Hammitt, Yao Liu, Claudia Turro, Randolph P. Thummel
An investigation of substituted hydrazine derivatives in intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions – application to the total synthesis of ageliferin
Sabuj Mukherjee, Sivappa Rasapalli, Yong He, Carl J. Lovely
Synthesis and characterization of dinuclear Pd(II) complexes containing bridging acetamide ligands
Rafael A. Adrian, Shourong Zhu, Grant A. Broker, Douglas R. Powell, Edward R.T. Tiekink, Judith A. Walmsley
Synthesis of monodisperse hybrid silica/polyamine nanoparticles
T. Grant Belgard, Vinit S. Murthy, Muhammed K. Gheith, Michael S. Wong
The structure of the complex between vCCI and human MIP-1ß
Li Zhang, MiChele DeRider, Melissa A. McCornack, Wei Tian, Richard Moyer, Patricia J. LiWang
ZnO Nanobowls, Nanobagels and core-shell ZnO Nanostructures
Rizia Bardhan, Hui Wang, Felicia Tam, Naomi Halas
ATRP and Click Chemistry: A Versatile Route to Well-Defined Macromonomers
Andrew P. Vogt, Brent S. Sumerlin
Functional Telechelics via RAFT Polymerization and Copper-Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne Coupling
Sudershan R. Gondi, Andrew P. Vogt, Brent S. Sumerlin
Synthesis of Proton Di-ionizable p-tert-Butylcalix[4]arene-1,2-crown-3 Compounds in Cone and 1,2-Alternate Conformations
Dongmei Zhang, Richard A. Bartsch
Development of a new imide for use in the Mitsunobu and related reactions
Manojkumar Bhandari, Sabuj Mukherjee, Sivappa Rasapalli, Pashupathy Krishnamoorthy, Carl J. Lovely
Amphiphilic Block Copolymers: Merging Synthetic and Natural Polymer Segments
Ming Li, Brent S. Sumerlin
Synthesis and Applications of Soluble Polyisobutylene (PIB) Oligomers Supported Ligands and Catalysts
Jianhua Tian, David E. Bergbreiter
Layer-by-layer assembly of a thin nanocomposite oxygen barrier
Woo-Sik Jang, Jaime C. Grunlan
Electrical conductivity of latex-based nanocomposites
Yeon Seok Kim, Jaime C. Grunlan
Clay-assisted dispersion of carbon nanotubes in conductive epoxy nanocomposites
Lei Liu, Jaime C. Grunlan
Preliminary results of anti cancer compounds from 1,4,5,8-tetrachloroanthraquinone
D. Richard Ishmael
Photochemistry of 1,4-epoxy-1,4-dihydronaphthalene: extention of the benzonorbornadiene system
Benny E. Arney Jr., Rick C. White, Gydeon A. Gilzow
The CC Chemokine MIP-1beta dimer is not competent to bind the CCR5 receptor
Hongjun Jin, Xiaohong Shen, Brandi Renee Baggett, Patricia J. LiWang
Octamethyloctahydrodibenzofluorenyl: Electronic comparisons between a sterically expanded ligand and its cyclopentadienyl analogues
Craig J. Price, Paul D. Zeits, Joseph H. Reibenspies, Stephen A. Miller
Synthesis of magnetic gold nanoshells for biological applications
William W. Yu, Vicki L. Colvin
Dual reaction pathways of a 1,3-diradical in the phototolysis of styrene oxide
Rick C. White, Benny E. Arney Jr., Milos Trajkovic
The Effect of Isoflavone Position in Sds Micelles on Lipid- Phase Anti-Oxidant Activity
Cody L. Wommack, Jeremy D. Rummel, Niksa Kastrapeli, William L. Whaley
Biosynthetic Tools to Investigate Cooperative Biomotor Dynamics
Pamela E. Constantinou, Dzifa Duose, Paul W. K. Rothemund, Michael R. Diehl
Monohydroxyflavones: Correlation of 1-Octanol/Water Partition Coefficients with Affinity for Phospholipid Surfaces
Ekua Okoso-amaa, Jeremy D. Rummel, Jen-Te Tseng, Cody L. Wommack, William L. Whaley
Fabrication and Electrochemical Behaivor of Multilayer Films Containing Anionic Polyoxometallates
ritesh vyas Ritesh Vyas
Fabrication and electrochemical behavior of multilayer films containing polyoxometallate clusters
Ritesh N. Vyas, Shafi Shaik, Ku’yen Li, David L. Cocke, Bin Wang
Fabrication of porous TiO2 films using layer-by-layer self-assembly
Shafi Shaik, Kayzad Vajifdar, Ravi K. Rayabarapu, Daniel Chen, J. Wayne Rabalais, Bin Wang
Study of carbohydrate interaction with new dinuclear zinc(II) complexes in alkaline media
Manindranath Bera, Ashley B. S. Curtiss, Ghezai T. Musie
Study of substrate binding in mimics of Xylose/Glucose Isomerase
Ashley B. S. Curtiss, Manindranath Bera, Ghezai T. Musie
Novel Perylene Electron Donors for Solar Cell Applications
Mark A. Penick, Mathew Mahindaratne, George R. Negrete
Solution-mediated synthesis of transition metal phosphide nanostructures
Amanda Henkes, Yolanda Vasquez, Raymond E. Schaak
TMpyP porphyrin reaction with immobilized nucleic acid as detected by a QCM biosensor
Robert B. Towery, Jamie Jacob, Edgar Gonzalez
Synthesis of novel β-cyclodextrin derivatives
Tiffany R. Turner, Dr. Charles M. Garner, Kyle G. Lewis
Syntheis of Uniformly-sized High Quality CdSe Tetrapods in High Yield
Subashini Asokan, Karl M. krueger, Vicki L. Colvin, Michael S. Wong
Reconstruction of protein folding free energy landscape using coarse reverse integration approach
Payel Das, Thomas A. Frewen, Yannis G. Kevrekidis, Cecilia Clementi
Novel Electrolytic Cell for On-Line Electrochemical - Mass Spectrometric Studies
Conor Mullens, Waldemar Gorski, Stephan B. H. Bach
Synthesis of Novel Proton Di-ionizable Calix[4]arene-1,3-crown-4 Ligands in 1,3-Alternate, Cone and Partial-cone Conformations
Yanfei Yang, Richard A. Bartsch
Dynamic coupling models for surface enhanced Raman optical activity spectroscopy
Benjamin G. Janesko, Gustavo E. Scuseria
Metal complexation with end functionalized single-walled carbon nanotubes
Christopher E. Hamilton, Andrew R. Barron
Multiscale modeling of water
Silvina Matysiak, Matej Praprotnik, Luigi Delle Site, Kurt Kremer, Cecilia Clementi
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Cysteine Containing Dipeptides on Gold Nanoshells
Fang Wei, Jeffrey D. Hartgerink
Benchmarking studies of Density Functional Theory with model Pt(II)/Pt(IV) complexes
Benjamin A. Vastine, Michael B. Hall
Anti-Cancer Peptide Drug Release from Layer-by-Layer Silica-Peptide Nanoshells
Malcolm Prouty, Zonghuan Lu, Carola Leuschner, Yuri M. Lvov
Structural characterization of R. prolixus nitrophorin 4 by UV and visible resonance Raman spectroscopy
Marzena B. Zaczek, Adelajda A. Zareba, Roman S. Czernuszewicz, William Montfort
The Mechanism of KaiA-enhanced Autophosphorylation of KaiC
Yong-Ick Kim, Andy LiWang
Designing Ru-Based Catalyst-Chromophore-TiO2 Triads for Water Photodecomposition
Ruifa Zong, Yuanjun Hou, Randolph P. Thummel
Sensitivity of DNA Hydrogen Bonds to Hydration, as Gauged by 1JNH Measurements
Marlon N. Manalo
Convenient Syntheses of Perdeuterated Ionic Liquids
Shengfu Li, Sergei V. Dzyuba, Richard A. Bartsch*
Halloysite Clay as Tubular Nanotemplate for Layer- by-Layer Assembly
Nalinkanth G. Veerabadran, Shantanu S. Balakundi, Yuri M. Lvov
The temporal order of phosphorylation site S431and T432 of KaiC protein
Nicole N.-W. Kuo
Assessment of a long-range corrected hybrid functional
Oleg A. Vydrov, Gustavo E. Scuseria
Computational study of catalysis of the 3-Aza-Cope rearrangement in a Ga4L612- supramolecular host
C. Denise Enekwa, Charles Edwin Webster
Phosphotungstate-containing titania composites through electrostatic interaction
Min Kyung Kim, Young-Uk Kwon
Cubic Mesoporous Titania Thin Films of Controllable Wall Thickness
Chol Won Koh, U-Hwang Lee, Young-Uk Kwon
A minimalist model reveals details on topology influenced folding mechanism of Notch Ankyrin domain
Alexei Tcherniak, Cecilia Clementi
An optimized theory for simple and molecular fluids
Marcelo D. Marucho, B. Montgomery Pettitt
Isomer identification via Gadolinium induced relaxation
Brandon Bartoskewitz
Green Approach to Nanocarbons
Xinyu Zhang, Sanjeev Manohar
Synthesis of novel dendronized polyacrylamide triester and its derivatives with acid, amino, and quaternary ammonium functional groups
Synthesis and Applications of Chiral Pyrylium Salts
Jason R. Bell, Charles Garner, Kyle Keyes
Surface initiated polymerization of azobenzene containing polymers for thin film applications
Timothy M. Fulghum, Akira Baba, Nicel Estillore, Christopher Barrett, Rigoberto C. Advincula
Direct synthesis of CdSe nanoparticles in dendron boxes
Yushin Park, Prasad Taranekar, Jinyoung Park, Akira Baba, Timothy Fulghum, Rigoberto Advincula
Synthesis of novel dendronized polyacylamide triester and its derivatives with quaternary ammonium functional groups
Changde Zhang, William H. Daly
Metal Ion Selectivity Study of p-tert-ButylCalix[4]Arene-1,2-Crown-3 Ethers in the Cone and 1,2-Alternate Conformations by Solvent Extraction
Xiaodan Cao, Dongmei Zhang, Richard A. Bartsch
End-capped p-Conjugated Oligomers for Chemosensing Applications: Design and Study
Jiba R. Acharya, Huating Zhang, Evgueni E. Nesterov
Investigations of metallated and free-base porphyrin thin films using AFM and synchrotron x-ray photoemission spectroscopy
Zorabel M. LeJeune, Jayne Garno
Spectral studies of enantiodiscrimination with cyclodextrins and chiral ionic liquids: a comparison study
Jody A. Harvey, Marianna A. Busch, Kenneth W. Busch
Self Assembly of Amphiphilic C60 Fullerene Derivatives into Nanoscale Supramolecular Structures
Ranga Partha, Melinda Lackey, Andreas Hirsch, S. Ward Casscells III, Jodie Conyers
Identifying artifacts in SPM images caused by probes, scanners and data processing
Wilson Serem, Jayne Garno
Synthesis and characterization of Mo6(O)13(Hsal)2(sal)2(acac)2 and Mo4(acac)4O10 : Neutral polyoxomolybdenum complexes accessible by traditional wet chemical methods
Cristina Hofmann, John H. Thurston, Lawrence B. Alemany, Kenton H. Whitmire
Solvent extraction of metal cations by t-Butylcalix[4]arenecrown-4 ethers and t-Butyl calix[4]arenebenzocrown-4 ethers in the cone and 1,3-alternate conformations
Jennifer Crawford, Kazimierz Surowiec, Xiaodong Liu, Richard A. Bartsch
Non-fouling surfaces prepared from PDMS-block-PEO copolymers
Ranjini Murthy, Casey D. Cox, Mariah S. Hahn, Melissa A. Grunlan
Highly-Ordered Ultrathin Pd Films on Pt(111): Electrodeposition and Structural Characterization
Mohammad Akhtar Hossain, Yeon Su Park, Jack Hess Baricuatro, Manuel P. Soriaga
Synthesis of marine benzimidazole alkaloids
Heather M. Fenton, Rasapalli Sivappa, Carl J. Lovely
Advances in predicting Protein conformational Ensembles at Equilibrium: A multi-scaling Framework
Amarda Shehu, Cecilia Clementi, Lydia E. Kavraki
Molecular Dynamics Simulation And Inhibitor Design against Cholera Toxin
Tsai-Wei Shen, James Briggs
Nano-assembled Multilayer Films of Quantum Dots and Montmorillonite Clay
Qi Xing, Zonghuan Lu, Alexei Vitukhnovsky, Yuri Lvov
Analysis of free energy surfaces of large protein motions through non-linear dimensionality reduction
Hernan Stamati, Payel Das, Mark Moll, Cecilia Clementi, Lydia E. Kavraki
Nano-assembled Biocomposites of Enzymes and Cellulose Fibers
Qi Xing, Sandeep R. Eadula, Zonghuan Lu, Yuri Lvov
Complexation of Alkali Metal Cations by Proton Di-ionizable Calix[4]arenes and Calix[4]arene-crown-6 Hosts
Jing Wang, Dongmei Zhang, Hui Zhou, Richard A. Bartsch
Investigation into the photochemical relationship between pterin and p-amino benzoic acid portions of folic acid
Prashanth Pabbati, Christopher Martin
Synthesis and Non-Isothermal Kinetic Studies of LiCo0.76Ni0.24O2 utilizing the Michael-Addition Directed Hydrogelation of Acrylates for Materials Synthesis (MADHAMS) Method
Scott Wicker Sr., 3rd Year PhD. Gr, Edwin Walker Jr.
Synthesis and NMR Studies of a Melamine Dendrimer
Karlos X. Moreno, Eric E. Simanek
Hydrogen bonds, preferential solvation, and clustering in urea solutions at different concentrations: Molecular dynamics simulation study
Hironori Kokubo, B. Montgomery Pettitt
Molecularly imprinted polymer based-surface plasmon resonance optical biosensor
Akira Baba, Gabriel Clyde, Sung-Mee Cho, Chaitanya K. Danda, Timothy M Fulghum, Jin-Young Park, Rigoberto C. Advincula
Mass Spectrometry of Photoionized Cold Clusters
Jason Dee, Vanessa Castleberry, Darrin Bellert
Modeling the impact of Volatile Organic Compounds on high pollution events in the Houston - Galveston area with an extended SAPRC99 chemical mechanism
Beata Czader, Daewon W. Byun, Soontae Kim
Synthesis and Characterization of Modified PPVs for the Non-Covalent Modification of SWNTs to Be Used in the Fabrication of Reinforced Structural Polymer Composites
Andrew A. Tangonan, Ramanan Krishnamoorti, T. Randall Lee*
Photoelectrochemical and surface properties of electropolymerized carbazole dendrimers with perylene tetracarboxydiimide core: A precursor polymer approach
Ramakrishna Ponnapati, Prasad Taranekar, Akira Baba, Timothy Fulghum, Jin-Young Park, Rigoberto Advincula
Screening for non-nucleotide based inhibitors of anthrax edema factor using molecular docking
Deliang Chen, Milind Misra, Laurie E. Sower, Gerd Menche, Johnny W. Peterson, Glen E. Kellogg, Catherine H. Schein
Ethylbenzene dehydrogenation reaction energetics and isotope distribution
Sarah Weaver
Novel TiO2 shaped particles
Minedys Macías, Kenneth J. Balkus Jr.
The Effect of Branch Density on Polyoxymethylene Copolymers
Andrea D. Ilg, Craig J. Price, Stephen A. Miller
Preventing the Aggregation of Large Gold Nanoparticles and Fabricating Ordered 2-D Nanoparticle Arrays
Shishan Zhang, Gyu Leem, La-ongnuan Srisombat, T. Randall Lee*
Novel inorganic/organic hybrid membranes for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells
Grace Jones D. Kalaw, Zhiwei Yang, Inga H. Musselman, Duck J. Yang, Kenneth J. Balkus, John P. Ferraris
Novel Acid-doped Membranes for High Temperature PEM Fuel Cells
Ann Chacko, Inga Holl Musselman, Duck J. Yang, Kenneth J. Balkus Jr., John P. Ferraris
Alkyl Transfer Reactivity of Derivatives of the Protein L36
Jane Hong Nguyen, Gregg R. Dieckmann
X-Ray Crystal Structure and Properties of [Fe2(TPA)2O(SO4)](ClO4)2∙CH3CN
Christine M. Henry, Richard E. Norman
Investigation of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of thiophene dendron thiols using surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy and electrochemistry
Guoqian Jiang, Suxiang Deng, Akira Baba, Timothy M Fulghum, Chengyu Huang, Rigoberto C. Advincula*
Covalent Immobilization of Patterned Monolayers of Magnetic Nanoparticles on Hydrogen-Terminated Silicon
Gyu Leem, Shishan Zhang, T. Randall Lee*
An Analysis of SAMs on Gold Derived from CH3CF2(CH2)nSH Provides Insight into the Influence of Fluorine Substitution on Chain Conformation
Andrew C. Jamison, David Barriet, T. Randall Lee*
On the Role of Direct Electron Transfer in Glucose Detection at Electrodes Based on Glucose Oxidase and Carbon Nanotubes
Marilyn Wooten, Waldemar Gorski
Synthesis, Optical and Fluorescence Studies of Gold Nanoparticle Polymer Composites with Carbazole Terminated Dendrons
Chaitanya K. Danda, Ramakrishna Ponnapati, Prasad Taranekar, Akira Baba, Rigoberto Advincula
Mechanistic Characterization of Members of the Amidohydrolase Superfamily
Ricardo Marti-Arbona, Frank M Raushel
Metal-Metal Nanoshells and Nanodonuts
Jun-Hyun Kim, Varadee Vongsavat, T. Randall Lee*
Monolayer-Protected Gold Nanoparticles Generated from Mono-, Bis-, and Tris-Chelating Alkanethiols
La-ongnuan Srisombat, Shishan Zhang, Joon-Seo Park, T. Randall Lee*
Self-Assembled Monolayers Generated from Unsymmetrical Partially Fluorinated Spiroalkanedithiols
Pawilai Chinwangso, T. Randall Lee*
Chiral analysis by regression modeling of fluorescence spectral data: enantiomeric discrimination with covalent diastereomers
Selorm K. Modzabi, Dennis H. Rabbe, Marianna A. Busch, Kenneth W. Busch
Role of Hypoxia Inducible Factor 2 a in Retinal Vascular Development
Julián Restrepo
Thermoresponsive inorganic-organic hydrogels
Yaping Hou, Andrew R. Matthews, Melissa A. Grunlan
Extracellular laccase activity of Marasmiellus troyanus
Hudson P. Pace, Jolene Hayes, Mary F. Plishker
Donor-Acceptor Functionalized PPV Diblock Copolymers for Photovoltaics
Danny Zepeda, John P Ferraris
Hydration Study of Insulin in Different Association States
Wen Li, B. Montgomery Pettitt
Electroless Growth of Gold Coatings on Flexible Latex Nanoparticle Cores
Supparesk Rittikulsittichai, T. Randall Lee*
Peptides that noncovalently solubilize single-walled carbon nanotubes
Leah S. Witus, Jeffrey D. Hartgerink
Synthesis and Ultrathin Films of Water-Soluble Thiophene Dendrimers
Saengrawee Sriwichai, Sukon Phanichphant, Suxiang Deng, Yushin Park, Timothy Fulghum, Rigoberto Advincula
Micellular surface morphology of poly-(2-vinylpyridine)-polystyrene- poly-(2- vinylpyridine) triblock copolymer: langmuir-blodgett technique & atomic force microscopy study for composition and ph effects
Jin-Young Park, Derek P. Patton, Jimmy W. Mays, Mark Dadmun, Rigoberto C. Advincula
Ligands Involving 1,5-Naphthyridine and Related Systems
Ajay N. Singh, Randolph P. Thummel
Simulation of a peptide tethered on the surface for microarray
Jun Feng, Ka-Yiu Wong, Gillian Lynch, B. Montgomery Pettitt
Characterization of Thiol Tethered Porphyrin Derivatives on Gold
Amanda Eileen Schuckman, Yang-Hsiang Chan, James Batteas, Charles Michael Drain
Synthesis of mono-ionizable dioctyloxycalix[4]arenebenzocrown-6 compounds and their extraction properties toward monovalent cations
Malgorzata Surowiec, Kazimierz Surowiec, Richard A. Bartsch
Tetradentate Polypyridine Ligands and Their Complexes with Ru(II) and Eu(III)
Gang Zhang, Ruifa Zong, Randolph P. Thummel
Synthesis and Characterization of Poly(2,5-didecyl-1,4 phenylenevinylene), Poly(2,5-didecyloxy-1,4 phenylenevinylene), and Their Copolymers
Sairoong Saowsupa, T. Randall Lee*
Discovery of tetracycles and tricycle in the product profile of LUP1 from Arabidopsis thaliana
Pietro Morlacchi, Diana Sttivend, William K. Wilson, Seiichi P.T. Matsuda
Relationship between cleft closure and agonist binding in mediating activation in AMPA receptors
Kimberly A. Mankiewicz, Mei Du, Gomathi Ramanoudjame, Vasanthi Jayaraman
Validating dynamic pharmacophore based virtual screening
Narender Singh, James M. Briggs
Crystal growth, transport and magnetic properties of the stannides Ln3Co4Sn13 , Ln5Co6Sn18 and Ln7 Co6Sn23
Edem K. Okudzeto, Evan Lyle Thomas, Monica Moldovan, David P. Young, Julia Y Chan
Unsymmetrical Phosphatidyl Choline Derivatives for Use as 2-D Surfactants in Monolayer Films
Zhongcheng Zhang, Daniel K. Schwartz, T. Randall Lee
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Mechanism with a Twist
Jacqueline Besinaiz-Thomas, Daniel A. Singleton
Reversible Cyclic Peptides: Improving Yield and Building a Library
Eric Joseph Becraft, Gregg R. Dieckmann
Thermo- and pH-Responsive Hydrogel-Coated Gold Nanoparticles Prepared from Rationally Designed Surface-Confined Initiators
Hye Hun Park, T. Randall Lee*
Catalyst activation studies for the improved growth of single walled carbon nanotubes
Christopher A. Crouse, Ramon Colorado, Andrew R. Barron
Alternate ultrahin films of cdse nanoparticles and conjugated polymers: towards hybrid organic-inorganic semiconductors
Lalithya C. Jayarathne, Yushin Park, Akira Baba, Timothy Fulghum, Rigoberto Advincula
Binding modes for inhibitors of β-amyloid fibril formation
Deliang Chen, Gabriel E. Marks, Richard A. Bryce, Claudio Soto, Catherine H. Schein
Synthesis and Study of Ru Polypyridine Complexes as Water Oxidation Catalysts
Zeping Deng, Ruifa Zong, Huan-Wei Tseng, Randolph P. Thummel
Tunable hydrogels prepared from star PDMS and linear PEO
Katherine R. Regan, Yaping Hou, Mariah S. Hahn, Huimin Lia, Melissa A. Grunlan
Synthesis of Bismuth Aryloxide Amides
Xiaodi Kou, Daniel M. Espinosa, Mauricio Quiroz-Guzman, William H. Watson, Tracy A. Hanna
Visible Light-Absorbing Binuclear Redox Sites in Mesoporous Silica for Artificial Photosynthesis
Hongxian Han, Heinz M. Frei
Study of heterotrimeric collagen mimics
Varun Gauba, Jeffrey D. Hartgerink
Discovering negative design in a chemokine dimerization interface
Ioannis Kagiampakis, Hongjun Jin, Patricia Liwang, Jerry Tsai
Interactive and Steered Molecular Dynamics Study of Inclusion Complex Formation Between Clarithromycin and b-Cyclodextrin
Hugh Ferrel Bowen, Rakesh Daram
Mutagenic studies of plant lanosterol synthase
David A. Lynch, Mariya D. Kolesnikova, Allie C. Obermeyer, Quanbo Xiong, Seiichi P.T. Matsuda
Synthesis of a New, Highly Strained Naphthalenophane
Zhe Jiang, Angela K. Papagolos, Daniel T. Glatzhofer
Interaction of imidazole with the VIV≡O bond of vanadyl octaethylporphyrin characterized by resonance Raman spectra and DFT calculations
Vicky V. Mody, Arkadiusz Czader, Roman S. Czernuszewicz
The Total Synthesis of Methyl Jasmonate using the hetero- Pauson Khand reaction
Lawrence Steve, William E. Crowe
Biocompatible Gold-Coated Magnetic Nanoparticles
William W. Bryan, T. Randall Lee*
Unusual Ring-Opening Reactions of 2-Oxazolines with Aldehydes: Mechanistic Studies and Potential Synthetic Utility
Zhe Jiang, Daniel T. Glatzhofer
DNA substrate preferences and low resolution structure of the complete human topoisomerase IIalpha
Daniel J. Catanese Jr., Graham L. Randall, Michelle C. Swick, Jonathan M. Fogg, Christopher R. Booth, Steven Ludtke, Wah Chiu, B. Montgomery Pettitt, E. Lynn Zechiedirch
A Model of High-Affinity Interactions Between Phosphopeptides and the SH2 Domain of Stat3
John S. McMurray, Zhiyong Ren, Pijus K. Mandal, Xiaomin Chen
Synthesis of a melamine dendrimer as a potential macromolecular contrast agent
Susan E. Hatfield, Eric E. Simanek
Crystal structure of rat RIM1 C2B-domain at 1.7 Å resolution
Rong Guan, Han Dai, Diana R. Tomchick, Irina Dulubova, Mischa Machius, Thomas C. Südhof, Josep Rizo
Identification of the new CCR5 receptor-binding mechanism of vMIP-II
Bo Zhao, Patricia J. LiWang
Investigation of RF plasma effects on supported Pd catalysts for selective hydrogenation of acetylene in ethylene
Chunkai Shi, Ryan Hoisington, Darryl Encino, Ben W.-L. Jang
Aliphatic Ring-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold: Mimicking the Surface of Polyethylene
David Barriet, Yuehua Yuan, T. Randall Lee*
Thiosemicarbazone-Based Inhibitors of Human Liver Cathepsin L
Wara Milenka Arispe, Rogelio E. Siles, Ming Zhou, Kevin G. Pinney, Mary Lynn Trawick
Cyano-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold
H. Justin Moore, T. Randall Lee*
Adducts formed by the reaction of fac-[Re(CO)3(H2O)3]OTf with 5'- and 3'-guanosine monophosphate in aqueous solution investigated by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy
Kristie M. Adams, Luigi G. Marzilli
Equilibrium among potassium polytellurides in dimethylformamide solution
Linda D. Schultz, Richard S. Sevcik, Peter D. Poulsen
Size, Composition Distribution and Lattice Strain Dynamics of Pt Alloy Nanoparticles Electrocatalysts Probed Using Small Angle X-ray Scattering and X-ray Diffraction
Shirlaine Koh, Chengfei Yu, Nathan Hahn, Jennifer E. Leisch, Michael F. Toney, Peter Strasser
Structural Insights into the Activation of the LFA-1 I-domain
John W. Craft Jr., Roberto Carreno, Glen B. Legge
Fullerene amino acids with flexible linkage unit as a passport for peptides' cell transport and their effect on peptides secondary structures
Nadjmeh Doostdar, Andrew Barron, Jianzhong Yang
The effects of H2/CO ratio and pressure on a dirhodium tetraphosphine catalyst
Catherine L. Thomas, Bobby Barker, Alex Monteil, George G. Stanley
Covalent Attachment of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes to Silicon Surfaces
Liling Zeng, Lei Zhang, Andrew Barron
Crystal Growth, Structure and Physical Property of Ln-T-X Phases (Ln = La, Ce; T = Cu, Ag; X = Al, Ga)
Jung Young Cho, Monica Moldovan, David P. Young, Julia Y Chan
Targeting SV-40 large T-antigen G-quadruplex DNA helicase activity by G-quadruplex interactive agents
Bodin Tuesuwan, Sean M. Kerwin
A sum frequency generation investigation of the room temperature ionic liquids 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and 1-butyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate
Cyré V. Kalu, Steven Baldelli
Confocal Fluorescence Microscopy Studies of Electrospun Conjugated Polymer Fibers
William Brent Kaul, Veera Subramanian, Timothy Fulghum, Prasad Taranekar, Steven Baldelli, Rigoberto Advincula
Encapsulation using layer by layer assembly of polyions for the sustained release of therapeutic proteins
Shantanu S. Balkundi, Yuri Lvov, Alamdar Hussain
Sum Frequency Generation Microscopy of Microcontact-Printed Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers
Katherine Asetre Cimatu, Steven Baldelli
Molecular orientation at the surface of dicyanamide based and proton conductive room temperature ionic liquids using sum frequency generation
Cesar E. Aliaga, Steven Baldelli
Characterization of the Promoting effect of rf plasma treatments on Ni/Al2O3 catalysts
Martha Mónyka Macías, Michael Helleson, Elida Bonilla, Ben Jang
A molecular design approach to develop an antimicrobial peptide resistant to metal ions
Svetlana Oard, Frederick Enright
A novel MALDI matrix derivative used to enhance the detection of copper binding peptides
zhaoxiang Wu, William K Russell, David H Russell
Electron-hole dynamics in model polymer heterojunction systems
John Glenn S. Ramon, Eric R. Bittner
A Novel Surface-induced Dissociation Instrument for Ion Mobility - Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
Wenjian Sun, Jody C. May, David H. Russell
Viscoelastic Properties of Biopolymer-Nanocomposite Gels and Solutions
Jiba R. Acharya, Patrick Schexnailder, Gudrun Schmidt
Characterization of medium responsive polymers
Grigor B. Bantchev, Sreelatha Balamurugan, Robin McCarley, Paul Russo
Nano- Micro- Macro Integration for New Cellulose Based Materials
Yuri M. Lvov, Qi Xing, Richey Davis, Scott Renneckar
Student Perceptions of Benefits of a Learner-based Writing Experience in Organic Chemistry
Lois Ablin
Retro-reflectors for immunoassays and biosensors
Steven M. Kemper, Tim Sherlock, Kaajal D. Shah, Paul Ruchhoeft, Robert L. Atmar, Richard C. Willson
Highly syndiotactic copolymers of propylene and higher α-olefins
Eric D. Schwerdtfeger, Stephen A. Miller
Kinetic folding and assembly mechanisms differ for two homologous heptamers
Michael F. Perham, Kathryn Luke, Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede
Divergent synthesis and characterization of high generation melamine dendrimers
Hannah L. Crampton, Eric E. Simanek
A novel strategy to efficient organic photovoltaics based on self-assembly
Euiyong Hwang, K.M.Nalin De Silva, Evgueni E. Nesterov
Adsorption of Monofunctional and Difunctional PEG-thiol on Gold: Quartz Crystal Microbalance and Surface Plasmon Resonance Studies
Xiaojun Cai, Akira Baba, Veera Subramanian, Yasser Burhani, Rigoberto Advincula
Antiviral Properties of Co(III) Complexes
James B. Delehanty, Jason Bongard, Dzung Thach, D. Andrew Knight, Thomas Hickey, Rider Barnum, Eddie L. Chang
Ions at the Surface of a Room-Temperature Ionic Liquid
Cherry S. Santos, Selimar Rivera, Sergey Dibrov, Steven Baldelli
Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of Ru2(O2CCH3)x(Fap)4-xCl (HFap = 2-Flouroanilinopyridine, x = 3, 2 or 1)
Karl M. Kadish, Rachel Garcia, Dinesha Weeratunga, Tuan Phan, Eric Van Caemelbecke, John L. Bear
Synthesis and characterization of H2TPP-PIPOH , a novel water-soluble porphyrin, and its interaction with oligonucleotides
Joseph Bradshaw
Coating vapor grown carbon fibers with silica via liquid phase deposition
Huma Jafry, Elizabeth Whitsitt, Pavel N. Nikolaev, Andrew Barron
Kinetic investigations of the mechanism of superoxide reductase from Desulfovibrio vulgaris
Victor W. Huang, Jonathan D. Caranto, Donald M. Kurtz, Jr.
Novel composite material comprised of PbS quantum dots and phosphonate-P3HT for plastic solar cells
Miaoxin Zhou, Sergey Lee, Anvar Zakhidov, John Ferraris, Luke Hanley, Daniel Asunskis
Thermodynamic and Structural Study of group A Streptococcus Maltodextrin Binding Protein
Han Fang, Samuel A. Shelburne, James M. Musser, Dar Chone Chow
Synthesis and Characterization of Zinc Hydrazide Complexes
Saba Javed, David M. Hoffman
Peptide Amphiphiles Nanofibers for Biomimetic Mineralization
Virany M. Yuwono, Jeffrey D. Hartgerink
Mechanistic Insights into the Activation of the LFA-1 I-Domain
Roberto Carreno, Mehmet Sen, Glen B. Legge
Thermodynamic trend of the binding interface between BLIP and TEM-1 ß-Lactamase
Jihong Wang, Zhen Zhang, Timothy Palzkill, Dar Chone Chow
Structural and functional analysis of sporulation sensor kinase in Bacillus subtilis
Prahathees Moorthy, Tao Guo, Masaya Fujita
Selective Analyte Detection through Shape Recognition using Fluorescent Molecularly Imprinted Conjugated Polymers
Rajib Mondal, Claire E. Kendig, Evgueny E. Nesterov
Absorbance profiling to assess the integrity of Indocyanine green when encapsulated within nano-assembled capsules
Mohammad A. Yaseen, Jie Yu, Bahman Anvari, Michael S. Wong
Design and Synthesis of Novel Fused-ring Chiral Ionic liquids
Satish Garre, Allan D. Headley, Bukuo Ni
Multiplexed SNP Detection on DNA Microarrays
Wilfredo Ortiz, Xiaolian Gao, B. Montgomery Pettitt
Examining the decarboxylation mechanisms involved in Fatty Acid Synthesis via ab initio molecular dynamics
Matthew McKenzie
Sum frequency generation and electrochemistry studies on n-alkanethiol monolayers at reduced and oxidized zinc surfaces
Hongping Zhang, Steven Baldelli
Database of over 600 peptide collision cross sections for [M+H]+ ions generated by MALDI
Lei Tao, Janel R. McLean, David H. Russell
Carbon-phosphorus bond formation in ionic liquids: A greener version of the Michaelis-Becker reaction
Erika A. Shaffer, Laura K. Byington Congiardo, Anh P. Vu, Robert Hartsock, W. David Stegbauer, D. Andrew Knight
Examining the various decarboxylation mechanisms involved in Fatty Acid Synthesis via ab initio molecular dynamics
Matthew McKenzie, Bin Chen
Mining Deeper into the Proteome: Using Pre-fractionation to Identify Proteins Within a Complex Mixture
Stephanie M. Cologna, Robert Y. North, William K. Russell, Gyula Vigh, David H. Russell
Molecular Modeling of the STAT3 Protein
Donald Limbrick, James Briggs
Design of Fluorescent Molecular Thermometers based on Water-soluble Conjugated Polymers
Jin Woo Choi, Evgueni E. Nesterov
Electronic Effects in the Formation of 1,3,5-triarylpyrazoles
Nathan C. Duncan, Charles M. Garner, Tim Nguyen
Self Healing Polymer for use in Flexible Displays
Harvey A. Liu, Kenneth J. Balkus Jr.
Novel microwave synthesis of NTHU-4
Jose Losilla, Decio Coutinho, Kenneth Balkus Jr
Structural analysis of two complexes of BLIP mutants and TEM-1 ß-Lactamase
Jihong Wang, Zhen Zhang, Timothy Palzkill, Dar Chone Chow
Electrochemistry and Spectroelectrochemistry of Free-base Porphyrin-linked Bis(dicarbollyl) cobalt(III) Conjugates
Min Zhang, Wenbo E, Erhong Hao, Maria da Graca H. Vicente, Karl Kadish
Design of small molecule RNA binding compound library: An Insilco approach
Vamsi Krishna Boyapati, Vikram Kumar Gopu
The reaction of Ru2(F3ap)4Cl with Na+SCN- where F3ap is the 2-(2,4,6-trifluoroanilino)pyridinate anion. Structural, electrochemical and spectroscopic characterization of the products
Minh Nguyen, Tuan Phan, Eric Van Caemelbecke, John L. Bear, Karl Kadish
Indication of charge-state specific trends in capillary electrophoresis – matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization – mass spectrometry data for proteolytic digests of α-casein and Escherichia coli heparin-binding proteins
Brad J. Williams, William K. Russell, David H. Russell
Cytotoxicity studies of polyetheleneimine sidewall functionalized single walled carbon nanotubes
Eoghan Dillon, Christopher Crouse, Jianhua Yang, Andrew Barron
Model Studies of Low Nanomolar Range Inhibitors of Cruzain
Shen-En Chen, Rogelio E. Siles, Ming Zhou, Kevin G. Pinney, Mary Lynn Trawick
The Electrochemistry and Spectroelectrochemistry of Tetrakis(thiadiazole)porphyrazines in Nonaqueous Media
xiaohui Cai, Maria Pia Donzello, Wenbo E, Claudio Ercolani, Karl M. Kadish
Synthesis and Evaluation of a Dendrimer with Four Orthogonally Reactive Groups
Jongdoo Lim, Eric E. Simanek
An alternate route to incorporate an unnatural amino acid into a peptide sequence
Amanda Strom, Andrew Barron
Synthesis of Ruthenium Tetraphenylporphyrin - Phosphine Adducts
Swarna Ulaganathan, Karl M. Kadish
Synthesis, characterization, crystal structures of bismuth(III) bisphenolates
Lihua Liu, Tracy A. Hanna, Mauricio Quiroz, Daniel M. Espinosa, Anne F. Richards
Isotopic selectivity on a bifurcating surface
Kelmara Kelly, Daniel Singleton
Electrochemistry, Spectroelectrochemistry and ligand Binding Properties of Cobalt Porphyrin–Corrole Dyads
Ping Chen, Jing Shen, Jean-Michel Barbe, Roger Guilard, Claude P. Gros, Karl M. Kadish
Investigating the anti-aggregation domain in the hyperthermophilic co-chaperonin protein 10 from Aquifex aeolicus
Kathryn A. Luke, Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede
Synthesis of Water-Soluble PEGylated Single-Walled Carbon nanotubes
Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Felipe De Jesus Cortez, Soma Chakraborty, Nigel K. H. Slater, W. Edward Billups
VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCs) IN INDOOR PARKING FACILITIES
Gabriel Krsitanto
Electrochemical detection and quantification of H2O2-induced DNA damage of the HeK293 embryonic kidney cells
Jean Boutros, Nyoka Lovelace, Tina Ngangana, Mekki Bayachou
Investigating the Nitric Oxide Synthase activity in thin films employing the layer-by-layer methodology
Charbel Abou Diwan, Mekki Bayachou
Stereoselective Synthesis of Substituted Tetrahydrofurans
Steven R. Angle, Xuelei Qian
Molecular interactions between osmolyte solution and peptide backbone – insight into protein stability
Char Y. Hu, B. Montgomery Pettitt
Electrodeposition of Fe-Cu Multilayer of Development of High Strength Conductors
Jun Lu, Ke Han, Danish Haque
Binding modes for inhibitors of â-amyloid fibril formation
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Synthesis, Crystal Structure and Bonding of a New Family of Intergrowth Zintl Phases
limin Wang, Zhongjia Tang, Arnold Guloy
Revisiting the Ge-Sb-I clathrates: unusual non-stoichiometric zintl phases
Zaishu Jin, Zhongjia Tang, Feng Chen, Arnold M. Guloy
REINVESTIGATION of a Mixed-valent Bromoaurate (I,III) Perovskite
Dana E. Gheorghe, Ronald E. Benson, Zhongjia Tang, Arnold Guloy
A phenoxy derivative of lithium phthalocyanine (LiPc-á-OPh) as a probe for biological EPR oximetry
Ramasamy P. Pandian, Vinh X Dang, Joe Z Sostaric, Periannan Kuppusamy
Photocatalytic Degradation of Gasoline Oxygenates using Colloidal Titanium Dioxide
Hardik Shah, Shyam S. Shukla, Bethany Scott, brian french, steffanie matak, achala naphad
Removal of Lead from Wastewater Using Water Hyacinth
Stephen Parish, Shyam Shukla, hardik Shah, Ally Freer, Cheryl Hayes, Diana Smith
Identification of organoselenium and oragnotellurium compounds in the headspace of genetically modified organisms using GC/SCD
James D. Fox, Bala Krishna Pathem, Russell Gerads, Hakan Gürleyük, Thomas G. Chasteen
Density Functional Theory Study of The Mechanisms for Ligand Substitution Reactions of Oxorhenium(V) Dithiolate Complexes
Xinzheng Yang, Michael B. Hall
Studies towards bioactive imidazoles
Karuna Koda, Sivappa Rasapalli, Carl J. Lovely*
Identification of glyburide metabolites formed by baboon hepatic and placental microsomes using HPLC-MS
Selvan Ravindran, Zharikova O. L, Hill R. A, Nanovskaya T. N, Hankins G. D. V, Ahmed M. S
Fabrication of protein surface with chiral penicilamine
Sang-Mok Chang, Jong Min Kim, Rigoberto Advincula, Ji Sun Park, Jung Jin Park, Seung Jin Kim
Two-particle lithography: periodic arrays of quantum dot nanostructures fabricated using solution-based chemistry
Brian R. Lewandowski, Jayne Garno
B. subtilis SQR membrane anchor: a new format for examination
Lisa A. Fredin
Quenching of surfacted single walled carbon nanotubes
Clayton C. Gallaway, Jonathan J. Brege, Andrew R. Barron
Analysis of Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Thymine and p-mercaptoaniline
Erik Hosler, Aoune Barhoumi, Benjamin Janesko, Nathaniel Grady, Gustavo Scuseria
Obtaining and using the 3D pair correlation function to calculate the solution thermodynamics for anisotropic fluids
Jesse Howard, B. Montgomery Pettitt

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