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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Chemistry Research"”.
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Public understanding of chemistry research in print news
… avenue for science learning, but previous research investigating health and/or environmental science news has shown that it is inconsistent in the presentation of scientific research limitations, potentially impacting reader understanding. In the first phase of this dissertation, seventeen …
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Surface chemistry research of electronic processes and electronic devices
Surface chemistry and analysis is important in many different disciplines. In this dissertation, the role of surface chemistry in improving performances of electronic devices are discussed. Two different perspectives are investigated. In the first topic, atomic layer etching (ALE) of transition …
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Making and remaking quantum field theory
… history of quantum field theory using different research techniques and historiographic approaches. The first episode occurred during the 1920's and 1930's when quantum mechanics and relativity were being reconciled. I present some of the central developments of that episode using an approach …
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Cosmogenic 14 CO as tracer for atmospheric chemistry and transport
Advances in atmospheric chemistry research depend increasingly on the use of threedimensional (3-D) atmospheric transport and chemistry models. In this thesis the application of atmospheric 14CO measurements for evaluation of such models is systematically developed. Emphasis is on the simulated …
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Chemical biology of matrix metalloproteases
… is currently brought to the focus of medicinal chemistry research due to their essential roles in many human diseases. To elucidate the functions of each individual MMP, it is imperative to synthesise small molecule/probes which can selectively target a particular MMP instead of those which …
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Investigations on the Use of Ion Mobility Spectrometry for Clinical Chemistry Applications
<p>The major objective of this research is to examine ion mobility spectrometry as a rapid screening tool for specific application to clinical chemistry research and laboratory use. Methodology was developed for target analytes representing several classes of physiologically active substances, …
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Synthesis of Polysaccharide-based Biomaterials for Drug Delivery
… strategies will benefit future polysaccharide chemistry research and permit synthesis of a broad variety of more functional biomedical materials.
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Studies on process synthesis and process integration
… for publication in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research in the Spring of 1994. We demonstrate the usefulness of RCMs as both a tool for teaching the complex techniques necessary for separating azeotropic mixtures and as a practical engineering aid for conceptual design of separation …
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Enabling Accurate and High-Throughput Kinetics Predictions via Message Passing Neural Networks
… While ab initio methods, such as quantum chemistry, can be incredibly useful for providing accurate kinetic data, their high computational cost severely limits their utility for large-scale applications. High-quality experimental data is often even more rare, and such approaches are less …
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The Development of Assays for Detecting Proximal Phosphorylation and Covalent Modification of Proteins
Bioassays are important tools in translational research for several disciplines including medicinal chemistry, molecular recognition and chemical biology. Achieving success in bioassays represents important milestones in many pharmaceutical pipelines and disease diagnostics, and as such, must be …
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EXAMINATION OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND METEOROLOGY OF ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS FROM THE NORTH CHINA PLAIN
… can simulate complex interactions between photochemistry and meteorology to inform policy decisions in reducing ground-level pollution. However, models rely on an accurate portrayal of emissions that often possess large uncertainties over regions with evolving pollution characteristics. This …
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Movement behaviour of the Green Jobfish (Aprion virescens), the Potato Bass (Epinephelus tukula) and the Giant Trevally (Caranx ignobilis), on South Africa's coral reefs
The movement behaviour of three important reef fish predators, namely potato bass (Epinephelus tukula), green jobfish (Aprion virescens) and giant trevally (Caranx ignobilis), were studied to provide information for marine spatial planning and to understand their ecological roles on South Africa's …
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Targeting GRP78 in Cancer with Nucleic Acid Bioconjugates
… have gained widespread use in medicinal chemistry research programs aimed at fighting human malignancies such as cancer, diabetes, genetic and infectious diseases. Their popularity stems from their ability to accelerate the drug development process by conjugating chemical functionality …
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Synthesis of Polysaccharide Aldehydes or Ketones and Fabrication of Derived Hydrogels or Microgels
… attached to Ox-HPC through Schiff base chemistry, creating imine bonds that are reversible in water, thereby permitting slow release. This class of all-polysaccharide microgels showed promising applications in agriculture, such as controlled release of agrochemicals. We anticipated that …
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Segmented Aromatic Polymers Containing Thermally Reversible Linkages
… based on cyclopentadiene-maleimide Diels-Alder chemistry. Research in the area of thermally reversible (self-healing) polymers has been an ever-expanding area of interest in the current scientific literature. However most of the emphasis has been on systems containing furan-maleimide linkages. …
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DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND PHARMACOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF NOVEL BIFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS
… has gained a relevant interest in the medicinal chemistry research. These compounds may serve as suitable molecular probes to study in depth receptor architectures and, in some instances, represent innovative approaches for therapeutic intervention. The results of the present research project are …
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Trichloroacetimidates As Outstanding Electrophiles for the Carbon-nitrogen, Carbon-oxygen and Carbon-carbon Bonds Formation and Synthetic Studies of Protein Phosphatase-5 (pp5) Small Molecule Inhibitors
… for glycosidic bond formation in carbohydrate chemistry and in Friedel-Craft reactions. Traditionally, trichloroacetimidates had be synthesized using an alcohol and strongly basic conditions, but in recent years milder preparation methods have been reported. Given the ease of preparation of …
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Discovery and dissemination of new knowledge in food science: Analytical methods for quantification of polyphenols and amino acids in fruits and the use of mobile phone-based instructional technology in food science education
… science. To advance our understanding of fruit chemistry, analytical methods were compared and applied. Polyphenols are secondary metabolites in fruits of particular importance in food science, as they contribute to the sensory attributes and health benefits of the products. Evaluation of common …
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Development of silicon photonic microring resonator biosensors for multiplexed cytokine assays and in vitro diagnostics
… based on silicon photonics and developed in the chemistry research laboratory of Ryan C. Bailey. Silicon photonic microring resonators, a class of high-Q optical sensors, represent a promising platform for rapid, multiparameter in vitro measurements. The original device design utilizes 32-ring …
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Síntesis hidrotermal de micro y nanopartículas de lifepo4 para la fabricación de baterías de ion litio
… publicado en la revista Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, situada en el primer cuartil del Journal Citation Report en el área ``Chemical Engineering´´. Como aspectos generales, se observó que el tipo de enfriamiento y tiempo de reacción podían inferir en la cristalinidad y morfología de …
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