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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Modeling Ionophore Selectivity in the Gas Phase: IR Spectroscopy of Solvated Metal Ion-Crown Ether Complexes
Abstract
dc:descriptionCrown ethers are a family of compounds that are closely related to a variety of biological and naturally-occurring ionophores. Thus, crown ethers have become the prototypical ionophore-model systems in chemistry and biology. Insight gained by studying the interaction of crown ethers with metal ions may lead to the design and development of new ionophores that can be used for specialized purposes. The key to unraveling the selectivity trends observed in crown ether systems is to characterize and classify the various competing non-covalent interactions. Gas-phase cluster spectroscopy offers a suitable avenue to study the role that these non-covalent interactions play in metal ion crown ether systems.
Degree
thesis:*- 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 and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Rodriguez, Jason David
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Lisy, James M.
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI3392455
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/72258