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Characterizing The Morphology Of Solvent Annealed Pcbm/P3ht Bilayers Using Gixrd And Raman Spectroscopy, Tyler Evan Mcpherson
Characterizing The Morphology Of Solvent Annealed Pcbm/P3ht Bilayers Using Gixrd And Raman Spectroscopy, Tyler Evan Mcpherson
Masters Theses
A growing demand for new forms of renewable energy has been at the forefront of scientific research. Organic photovoltaics (OPVs) provide a promising alternative to the expensive inorganic solar cells used today. Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT) and [6,6]-phenyl C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) are common donor and acceptor materials used in the active layer of an OPV device. These systems have reached power conversion efficiencies of approximately 12 %. However, little is known about the actual morphology. A better understanding of the morphology would allow researchers to optimize device fabrication to increase the device performance. As-cast devices are limited by the processing …
Using Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometric Based Metabolomics To Determine The Metabolic Differences Due To Low Temperature Or Genetic Mutation In Salmonella Enterica, Nicole Rhonda Mooney
Using Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometric Based Metabolomics To Determine The Metabolic Differences Due To Low Temperature Or Genetic Mutation In Salmonella Enterica, Nicole Rhonda Mooney
Masters Theses
Metabolomics aims to identify and quantify all of the small molecules within a cell. The relative concentrations of metabolites within cells grown under different experimental conditions, or different species, can be compared using pool size data. Exposing cellular cultures to isotopically labeled compounds allows the progress of metabolites through metabolic pathways to be tracked, known as flux. In the first experiment, the metabolic effects of exposure to lower than optimal temperatures in wild type Salmonella enterica, i.e. cold shock, were determined. The metabolites involved in glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and the pentose phosphate pathway had less efficient labeling …