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  • Quantitative determination of emerging contaminants, solvent stabilizers and fullerene nanomaterials, in biological and environmental systems

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    Isaacson, Carl W.
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    To determine the impact of emerging environmental contaminants on human and environmental health, quantitative analytical methods are required. Analysis of emerging contaminants is hampered by their widely varying physical-chemical properties. Therefore quantitative analytical methods must be developed to determine the behavior of emerging contaminants in environmental systems. A quantitative analytical...
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    THE DISSERTATION OF Carl W. Isaacson for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry presented on

  • High quantum-yield phosphors via quantum splitting and upconversion

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    Jeong, Joayoung
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    The Gd3+ ion has been used to induce quantum splitting in luminescent materials by using cross-relaxation energy transfer (CRET). In Nd:LiGdF4, quantum splitting results from a two-step CRET between Gd3+ and Nd3+, first involving a transition 6G→6I on Gd3+ and an excitation within the 4f3 configuration of Nd3+ followed by...
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    , Michael M. Lerner, William W. Warren, Jr., and John E. Baham for their encouragement in helping me to

  • Wide band gap semiconductors and insulators : synthesis, processing and characterization

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    Hersh, Peter A.
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    The work presented here is focused on applying basic principles of solid-state chemistry to the study and development of new wide band-gap semiconductors and insulators for photovoltaic and electronic-device applications. Analysis of crystal structure, band structure, optical band gap, morphology and transport properties provides fundamental insight into materials performance as...
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  • Graphite intercalation compounds containing fluoroanions

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    Katinonkul, Watcharee
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    New chemical synthesis strategies have been investigated for the preparation of acceptor-type graphite intercalation compounds (GIC's) with fluoroanions in order to obtain new materials and to develop a better understanding of the synthetic approaches and properties of the products. New GIC's containing borate chelate anion such as bis(oxalato)borate, CxB[OC(O)C(O)O]₂•δF, are...
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    properties of the products. New GIC’s containing borate chelate anion such as bis(oxalato)borate, CxB[OC(O

  • Analysis of semi-volatile organic contaminants and their accumulation in remote aquatic ecosystems of the western US

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    Ackerman, Luke K.
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    Many pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are persistent, bio-accumulative, and toxic. These semi-volatile organic compounds (SOCs) can undergo atmospheric transport and deposition in cold, remote ecosystems. A better understanding of their accumulation in the fish of these ecosystems is important to better predict...
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    .; Appleby, P. G.; Rosseland, B. O.; Lien, L.; Massabuau, J. C.; Battarbee, R. W. Selective trapping of

  • Development, validation and the application of a congener specific photodegradation model for PBDEs

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    Zeng, Xia
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    The thermodynamic properties of 39 PBDEs have been calculated using Gaussian 03 on the B3LYP/6-31G(d)//B3LYP/6-31G(d) level. The PBDE congeners' enthalpies of formation increase with increasing number of bromines and show a strong dependence on the bromine substitution pattern. The effects of bromine substitution pattern have been quantitatively studied by GAM...
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    ) Hale, R. C.; La Guardia, M. J.; Harvey, E. P.; Gaylor, M. O.; Mainor, T. M.; Duff, W. H., Flame

  • Solution deposition and characterization of the thin film inorganic materials

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    Özmen, Bahar
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    The general emphasis of this work has been synthesis, characterization, and applications of n- and p-type inorganic oxide thin films that are deposited from solutions. In particular, a study of n-type transparent semiconductor films of tin (IV) oxide and zinc-doped tin (IV) oxide has been performed by spin coating. Solution...
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    ....................................................................................................................6 2.1 Unit cell of the crystal structure of SnO2. Large circles indicate O atoms and the small

  • Determination of fluorochemicals in waste-dominated aqueous systems

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    Huset, Carin A.
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    While fluorochemicals have been detected all over the world and in wastewater treatment plants, the effect of wastewater effluent on the receiving waters has not been evaluated. In the first study, the mass flow of fluorochemicals emanating from wastewater treatment plants along the Glatt River in Switzerland was evaluated. The...
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    .; Capka, V.; Berti, W. R.; Gannon, J. T. Environmental Science and Technology 2005, 39, 7516-7528

  • Biological oxidation of sorbitol

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    Cummins, Joseph Thomas
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    The oxidation of sorbitol by soluble extracts of A. suboxydans proceeds by two pathways depending upon which pyridine nucleotide is present. In the presence of TPN, sorbose is formed. In the presence of DPN fructose is produced. Both products of the oxidation of sorbitol have been identified by paper chromatography,...
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    03 CI) X A 0. o u_ 0 L.L. A o w ••• O w 1- -1

  • From electrophoresis to dielectrophoresis: designing, fabricating, and evaluating an electroformed ratchet type microfluidic dielectrophoresis device

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    Gonzalez, Carlos F.
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    Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is a separation method in which a non-uniform electric field is used to induce a dipole moment in a suspended particle. If the polarization of the particle is greater than that of the suspending medium, the particle will move towards the region of higher field strength (positive DEP);...
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    screening length equation [17,32]: 2 1 228        = o o m ezn kT d π ε (5