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This dissertation is composed into two primary portions defined by the material types investigated. The first part is concerned with the magneto- and thermo-optical properties of trivalent lanthanide-doped metal-oxides using europium as...
The actinide series remain a rather unknown area within the periodic table. There is plenty of studies that can be done with the actinide elements, however, the radioactivity has truly hindered the process of learning about these...
This dissertation seeks to determine fundamental differences between lanthanides and actinides, as well as how their bonding influences ligand selectivity, for possible actinide separations from nuclear waste. The f-elements are...
In this dissertation, microwave chemistry is employed to synthesize a variety of different crystalline nanoparticles (NPs). This introduction will describe the structures, properties and applications of the NPs studied within the...
This dissertation focuses on probing the fundamental chemistry of the actinide series, specifically the structure and bonding in complexes of transuranium elements. The actinides consist of the elements from actinium to lawrencium in the...
This PhD thesis is devoted to investigation of inorganic materials with low-dimensional structures. Such materials attract significant fundamental and applied interest due to the potential to achieve highly anisotropic properties, which...
Abstract Metal eutectic fluxes are useful for exploratory synthesis of rare earth intermetallics. In this work, the use of rare earth/transition metal eutectics such as: Nd/Co, Pr/Co, Ce/Co, Nd/Ni and Sm/Ni have yielded many structually...
The knowledge of actinide chemistry significantly lags behind the rest of the periodic table. Understanding the fundamental behavior of these elements is crucial for actinide separations and nuclear waste storage. Many separation...
Optical technology in biophysics has seen significant growth with development of high resolution techniques, like single-molecule FRET, to investigate biological structures under native conditions. Additionally, with the rise in gold...
Controlling particularly reactive substances to achieve desired outcomes is a constant challenge in materials chemistry. Reactants and products consisting of main group and transition metal elements often exhibit extreme sensitivity to...
Metal flux synthesis is a useful technique for the discovery of novel intermetallic phases. The molten state enhances diffusion rates which improves rates of reaction. Reactions can proceed at lower temperatures, allowing for the...
Flux synthesis is a useful method for the exploration and development of new tetrelide Zintl phases. Reactions of heavy divalent metals (A = Ca, Sr, Ba, Eu, Yb) with tetrels (Tt = Si, Ge, Sn) in Mg/Al flux mixtures produce charge...
Microwave chemistry has long been a subject of interest in both the organic and inorganic synthesis communities. Microwave heating has the potential to become a powerful force for green synthesis in industry as it uses much less power to...
Metal flux synthes is a useful alternative method to high temperature solid state synthesis; it allows easy diffusion of reactants at lower temperatures, and presents favorable conditions for crystal growth. A mixed flux of calcium and...
Exploration of High Temperature Ethanol/Water Mobile Phases as a Green Alternative to Traditional Reversed Phase High Performance Liquid Chromatography
Reversed phase liquid chromatography is a common analytical technique employed in a variety of fields as a core component in many developmental and validation methods. Traditionally, this technique uses acetonitrile/water or methanol...
This dissertation presents a survey of ab initio models developed based on the merger of multireference (MR) methods and density functional theory (DFT) in order to provide an accurate and efficient description of electron correlation...
This dissertation details the isolation of marine siderophores by Immobilized Metal Affinity Chromatography (IMAC). Siderophores are biologically produced, low molecular weight (400 Da-1000Da), strong iron-binding ligands. These...
Ligand passivated nanoparticles have applications in solid-state lighting, plasmonics, and catalysis. At the nanoscale, the properties of these materials can be manipulated by reaction kinetics, allowing for systematic control to achieve...
Hydrogen is an element with increasing importance as we shift towards green and renewable energy sources. As such, the physical and chemical properties of hydrogen and materials which help store or produce hydrogen are necessary for the...
Designing systems that can allow for increased control of electron transfer processes at dye-semiconductor interfaces is useful in a wide variety of applications, but specifically in the field of dye-sensitized devices such as dye...
Polyelectrolytes are polymers bearing charged repeat units. Based on the charge, a polyelectrolyte can be categorized as either a polycation or a polyanion. When dissolved in water, the charges on a polyelectrolyte are balanced by small...
This dissertation examines the origins of free carrier density in semiconductor nanocrystals and relates these findings to the observed localized surface plasmon resonances (LSPRs). The first chapter introduces some of the most relevant...
Two important applications of the f elements lie in the separation of the components comprising spent nuclear fuel, and f element use as radionuclides in nuclear medicine. Two ligand systems applying to each of these applications are...
The pressure behavior of the actinides, like the rest of the chemistry of the actinides, is not well studied or understood. Chapter 1 gives a brief description of the prior work that has gone into studying the pressure behavior of the...
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