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Chemistry Dissertations

As of 2014, all newly submitted Graduate Center dissertations and theses appear in Academic Works shortly after graduation. Some works are immediately available to read and download, and some become available after an embargo period set by the author. Dissertations and theses from before 2014 are generally accessible only to the CUNY community, but some authors have chosen to make theirs open access.

Dissertations from 2018 2018

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of Imidazolium-Based Ionic Liquids and Garnet-Type Li7La3Zr2O12, Shen Lai

Nanoporous Carbon-based CO2 Reduction Catalysts: Exploring the Combined Effects of Surface Chemistry and Porosity, Wanlu Li

Singlet Oxygen Oxidation of Guanine, 9-Methylguanine and Guanine-Cytosine Base Pair: Dynamics and Kinetics Revealed by Parallel Gas- and Solution-Phase Experiments and Computations, Wenchao Lu

Synthesis and Characterization of Cytocompatible Sponge-Mimetic Scaffolds and Biomedical Polymers, Kamia Punia

Iron Oxide Nanomagnets in Polymer Matrices – Synthesis and Characterization, Shenjie Qiu

Characterization and Quantification of Covalent Modification of Proteins Using Mass Spectrometry, Pratikkumar N. Rathod

New Dyes for Cancer Theranostics, Waqar Rizvi

High Resolution Imaging of Single Nanoparticles and Two-dimensional Nano-material by Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy, Tong Sun

Mechanism and Development of Peptide-Based Inhibitors to Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide (hIAPP) Self-Assembly, Jayson Vedad

Development of Nanomaterials: Complex Mesoporous Silicas and Highly Functional Multi-responsive Hybrid Nanogels, Jinhui Yi

A Stereospecific Pd-Catalyzed Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reaction and a Statistical Study of the Ligand's Role in Stereoselection, Shibin Zhao

Dissertations from 2017 2017

Synthesis and Evaluation of Tetrahydroprotoberberines as Dopamine Receptor Ligands, Satishkumar V. Gadhiya

Heterojunction Engineering for Next Generation Hybrid II-VI Materials, Thor Garcia

Synthesis of Complex/Multifunctional Metal (Hydr)oxide/Graphite Oxide/AuNPs or AgNPs Adsorbents and Analysis of their Interactions with Chemical Warfare Agents, Dimitrios A. Giannakoudakis

From the Making to the Tuning to the Use of Chlorins for Biomedical Applications, Junior Gonzales

Chelating Ligands and Nanomaterials Based on Graphene Oxide for the Reduction and Sequestration of Radiometals and Protein Purification, Sam Groveman

Design of Collagen-Mimetic Peptides, Parminder Jeet Kaur

Computational Investigation of the Pore Formation Mechanism of Beta-Hairpin Antimicrobial Peptides, Richard Lipkin

Olfactory Receptor Antagonism in the OR-I7 Aldehyde Receptor and the Mammalian Olfactory System, Min Ting Liu

Fabrication and Applications of Multifunctional Superhydrophobic Surfaces Based on Surface Chemistry and Morphology, Yang Liu

Stereospecific Electrophilic Fluorination of Alkylcarbastannatrane Reagents, Xinghua Ma

Naturally-Derived Molecular Ensembles in Medicine, Materials Science and Evolutionary Biology: An Interdisciplinary Study, Silvio Panettieri

Toxic Gas Sensing on Nanoporous Carbons, Nikolina-Eleni Travlou

The Modified Stereospecific Stille Reaction: Palladium-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reactions Involving Secondary and Tertiary Alkyl Carbastannatranes, Chao-yuan Wang

Dissertations from 2016 2016

Metabolic Profiling and Polymer Formation of Gene Silenced Potato Periderms, Qing Cai

Probing the Structure and Photophysics of Porphyrinoid Systems for Functional Materials, Christopher D. Farley

Photooxidation Chemistry and Photodynamic Therapy: Pointsource Delivery of Singlet Oxygen, Sensitizer and Nitrosamine Drugs, Ashwini Anil Ghogare

Synthesis of Novel Aporphine-Inspired Neuroreceptor Ligands, Nirav R. Kapadia

Photodynamic Killing of Human Cancer Cells with Smart Photosensitizer Materials and An Endoscopic Implement for Singlet Oxygen Delivery, Mihaela N. Minnis

Water Condensation and Protein Adsorption on Hybrid Superhydrophobic-Hydrophilic Surfaces, Bikash Mondal

NMR Studies of Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials, Jing Peng

Interaction of Spliceosomal U2 snRNP Protein p14 with Its Branch Site RNA Target, William Perea Vargas

Specific Binding Affinity of the Non-Catalytic Domain of Eukaryotic Like Type IB Topoisomerase of vaccinia Virus, Benjamin R. Reed

Development of New Radiolabeling Methods and Insights on Ionizing Radiation Interactions with Nanoparticles, Travis Shaffer

Sustainable Molecular Gelators: Beta-D-Glucoside Derived Structuring Agents and Their Material Application, Julian R. Silverman

Synthesis and Characterization of Segmented Fluorescent Conjugated Polymers via Acyclic Diene Metathesis (ADMET), Gagandeep Singh

Design Rules for the Nucleation, Growth, and Encapsulation of Gold Nanoparticles with Applications to Cancer Imaging, Matthew A. Wall

I. Synthesis of Diverse Structures from Quinone Monoketal and Quinone Imine Ketal with Efficiency and Control II. Synthetic Study of Phalarine, Zhiwei Yin

Electrochemical Nanoprobes for Electron Transfer Kinetics and Electrocatalysis Study, Yun Yu

Dissertations from 2015 2015

Wigner High-Electron-Correlation Regime Of Non-Uniform Density Systems: A Quantal-Density-Functional-Theory Study, Douglas Mortimer Achan

Zirconium-89: Radiochemistry and Ligand Development toward Improved PET Applications, Melissa Ann Deri

Towards the Total Synthesis of (+/-)-Gephyrotoxin 287C, Maciej E. Domaradzki

Iminophosphoranes As Useful Precursors To Potential Transition Metal-Based Cancer Chemotherapeutics, Malgorzata Ilona Frik

Expanding the Structural Biologist's Tool Chest by Chemical and Biocompatible Modification of Peptides: from Characterizing Marine Snail Toxins to OutPHOXIng Tryptophan, Alexander Grigoryan

Highly-selective Chemiresistive Sensing and Analysis of Vapors Using Functionalized Nanotubes, Deon Hines

Surface Plasmon and the Effect of Coupled Resonances in the Enhancement of Phonon and Molecular Modes in Semiconductors, Syed Islam

Accessing Medicinally-Relevant Scaffolds Via Organocatalyzed Cascade Reactions, Joshua Hadley Jones

Density Functional Theory for the Investigation of Transition Metal Complexes: Structure, Binding, and Spectroscopy of Metal-Siderophores and the Catalase-Peroxidase Enzyme, Bonnie I. Kruft

Dynamics and Kinetics of Singlet Oxygen Mediated Oxidation of Methionine in the Gas Phase, Hydrated Clusters and Solution, Fangwei Liu

Large-pore mesoporous organosilicas and related polymer nanocomposites, Amanpreet Singh Manchanda

Polymer Pen Printing: A Tool for Studying 2D Enzymatic Lithography and Printing 3D Carbon Features, Zhantong Mao

Studies Toward a General Synthesis of Poly-Substituted Alpha-Hydroxytropolones, Christine Marie Meck

Cationic amphiphilic synthetic macromolecules with superior antibacterial activity, Ashish Punia

Label-free Detection of Cancer Cells with Polysilicon Sensor Chips and Biomolecule-assisted Synthesis of Shape-controlled Nanoparticles, Menglu Shi

Biomolecule Mediating Synthesis Of Inorganic Nanoparticles And Their Applications, Zengyan Wei

Synthesis and Characterization of a Novel Polyacetal & Design and Preparation of Superhydrophobic Photocatalytic Surfaces, Yuanyuan Zhao

Dissertations from 2014 2014

Chemistry of 6-Monobrominated Indigo, MBI, Hiroko Ajiki

Nickel-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions involving secondary and tertiary alkyl nucleophiles, Amruta Ajit Joshi

Synthesis of Biologically Important C-glycosides from Simple C-glycosyl Alkenes, Ahmad Sabri Altiti

Conformational features of the human U2-U6 snRNA complex, Ravichandra Bachu

Interactions of Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factors and 3' Untranslated Region of Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus Mrna During Protein Synthesis: A Study of Equilibrium Binding, Kinetics and Thermodynamics, Bidisha Banerjee

Property Enhancements of Dielectric Nanoparticles via Surface Functionalization, Andrew Byro

Development of Cell-Active Inhibitors and Activity-Based Probe of Cysteine Cathepsins, Dibyendu Dana

Recruitment of the ribosomal 40S subunit to the 3'untranslated region of a viral mRNA, via the eIF4 complex, facilitates cap-independent translation, Sohani Das Sharma

2D & 3D Nanomaterial Fabrication With Biological Molecular Frameworks, Kristina Ivana Fabijanic

Synthesis and Evaluation of Sensitizer Drug Photorelease Chemistry: Micro-Optic Method Applied to Singlet Oxygen Generation and Drug Delivery, Goutam Ghosh

Fabrication and Assembly of Patchy Particles with Uniform Patches, Zhenping He

Development and Applications of Mass Spectrometric Methods for Phosphorylation Analysis, Hsin-Pin Ho

Synthesis, Fabrication and Characterization of Magnetic and Dielectric Nanoparticles and Nanocomposite Films, Xiaohua Liu

Development of Mesoporous Silicas, Responsive Polymer Microgels, and Related Nanocomposites, Yingyu Li

Design of Well-Defined Mesoporous Silicas via Surfactant Templating Method Enhanced by the Use of Swelling Agents, Tiffany Man

Oxocarbenium Ion and Alkene Metathesis Strategies for the Synthesis of Complex Cyclohexanes, Clayton Errol Mattis

Metal Nanoparticles Immobilized on Basic Supports as Catalysts for Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation Reactions of Relevance to Cleaner Fossil Fuels and Alternative Sources of Energy, Reena Rahi

Magnetic Janus Particles and Their Applications, Bin Ren

Intelligent Nano/Microgels for Cell Scaffold and Drug Delivery System, Jing Shen

Quantum Crystallography of Hydronium Cations, Sonjae Sycoria Wallace

Organic pi-stacking Semiconducting Material: Design, Synthesis and the Analysis of Structure and Properties, Bin Wang

Dissertations from 2013 2013

Energy of the Quasi-free Electron in Repulsive Atomic and Molecular Fluids, Yevgeniy Lushtak

Dissertations from 2009 2009

Structural Studies of Biopolymers Using Computer Simulations, Optical and Magnetic Spectroscopy, Subhasish Chatterjee

Dissertations from 1990 1990

Biological Activity and Conformational Analysis of Nikkomycins and their Analogs, Eduardo Krainer

Dissertations from 1989 1989

Theoretical Studies of the Energies and Geometries of Strained Hydrocarbons, Mitchell Alan Miller

Dissertations from 1984 1984

Totally Empirical Wavefunctions from X-Ray Diffraction Data, Martin Jeffry Goldberg

Dissertations from 1983 1983

The Theory and Synthesis of [2.2.2] Propellane, Theodore Mark Prociv

Dissertations from 1967 1967

The Effect of Charged Interfaces on the Ionic Distribution in Solution, Myron Elliot Feinstein