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A Compendium Of Inorganic Photochemistry: Synthetic And Spectroscopic Discoveries, Sebastian B. Vittardi
A Compendium Of Inorganic Photochemistry: Synthetic And Spectroscopic Discoveries, Sebastian B. Vittardi
Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs
This dissertation reports and examines contributions made in the advancement of inorganic photochemistry. Empirically driven assessments are allotted to the interplay between ligand sets, excited states, and photochemistry observed in metal complexes. A methodical spectroscopic examination is provided for oligothiophene-sensitized lanthanides. Their excited state dynamics were elucidated by femtosecond pump-probe spectroscopy and used to develop a model explaining their wavelength-dependent dual functionality. Iron (II) cyanide and isocyanides are evaluated to identify the efficacy of strong-field ligands in promoting charge-transfer excited states. Fundamentals of ligand field theory helped conceptualize the synthetically tunable parameters and effects transposed to their absorption dynamics. Transition …
Systematic Size Control In The Synthesis Of Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles, Grant C. Bleier
Systematic Size Control In The Synthesis Of Zero-Valent Iron Nanoparticles, Grant C. Bleier
Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs
A novel synthetic method for the production of highly magnetic, low size-dispersity nanoparticles through reversible magnetic agglomeration is introduced and studied in detail. Initially, a weakly coordinating surfactant (3-octadecyl-2,4-pentanedione) is employed to produce a wide range of nanoparticle sizes ranging from 8 to 20 nm in diameter. The kinetics faced in these reactions by cheap and widely available iron complex precursors can be avoided in this method with the introduction of thermodynamic control, which occurs in the form of a magnetic precipitation event that essentially halts nanoparticle growth. Utilizing this synthetic method, the length of the alkyl chain on the …