Developments in Analytical Chemistry: Acoustically Levitated Drop Reactors for Enzyme Reaction Kinetics and Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Based Sensors for Detection of Toxic Organic Phosphonates

Developments in analytical chemistry were made using acoustically levitated small volumes of liquid to study enzyme reaction kinetics and by detecting volatile organic compounds in the gas phase using single-walled carbon nanotubes. Experience gained in engineering, electronics, automation, and software development from the design and implementation of an acoustically levitated drop reactor was applied to the development of polymer-coated single-walled carbon nanotube-based sensors as a detector for a miniature, or micro, gas chromatograph.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemistry

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Field, Christopher Ryan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Masel, Richard I.
• Scheeline, Alexander

• Chemistry, Analytical
• Engineering, Chemical

Identifier

(UMI)AAI3392014

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72254