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Nmr And Computational Studies Of Nad(P)(H) Cofactor Binding, Junghwa Kim

Master's Theses (2009 -)

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most dangerous diseases in a sense of spread method. According W.H.O., one third of world population has this disease and annual one of these infected people spreads 10 -15 people unintentionally. To protect human from this bacterial, the unique feature of mycrobacterial [sic] TB was studied previously. The unique cell wall, peptidoglycan, has high content of DAP (diaminopimelic acid). The disruption of synthesis DAP results in cell death due to instability of cell wall. One way to inhibiting synthesis of DAP is to modify cofactor which acts with dehydrogenase. To do that the study …

Flame Retardancy Of Polymer Nanocomposites Based On Layered Aluminum Phosphate And Computational Study Of Intercalation Of Amines Into Α-Zirconium Phosphate And Adsorption Of A Model Organic Pollutant, Ning Wang 1982-

Master's Theses (2009 -)

Layered metal materials, such as layered metal hydroxides, hydroxy double salts, and layered metal phosphates can be used for applications such as fire retardancy, ion exchangers, or removal of pollutants. Optimization of materials for these applications requires an understanding of their physical and chemical properties.

Part A: Flame retardancy of polymer nanocomposites based on taranakite

Taranakite with tunable interlayer spacing has been prepared and modified by sodium dodecyl sulfate (AL-SDS). The layered materials are used as the additive to study the fire retardancy of polymers, including polystyrene (PS), polypropylene (PP), and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The dispersion of taranakite was characterized …

Binding Energy Predictions Of Positron- And Positronium-Atom System, Xiang Cheng

Master's Theses (2009 -)

There has been a large amount of work studying positron and positronium (Ps) binding to atoms. Twelve atoms (including Ps) are known to bind with a positron and 14 atoms won't. For Ps binding, 12 atoms are found to bind with Ps and 2 atoms do not. For both positron and Ps binding to atoms, we find that the known binding energy can be fitted to a simple expression involving several common physical properties. Positron binding energies can be fitted using the parameters of ionization potentials, polarizabilities, and the number of s electrons of the atoms; while Ps binding energies …

Design, Synthesis And Studies Directed Towards The Photophysical Properties Of The Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Rekha Sharma

Master's Theses (2009 -)

The cross conjugated molecules are also known as cruciforms, which effectively allow the HOMO-LUMO separation. The term Cruciform is used for diaxial chromophores in which the properties of the two axes can be manipulated upon suitable substitution with auxochromic substituents. Originally designed for molecular electronic applications, the discovery that these cruciforms possess a platform where Frontier Molecular Orbitals can be tuned, led to their investigative research as sensory flourophores. In the majority of organic chromophores, the HOMO and the LUMO are congruent. Thus, upon binding to an analyte both HOMO and LUMO are almost equally affected and hence large shifts …

Anharmonic Properties Of The Vibrational Two-Qubit System, Yingying Gu

Master's Theses (2009 -)

My thesis focuses on theoretical studies in the molecular quantum computing with vibrational qubits. We studied how the molecular vibrational properties affect the fidelity of the logic gates. Our approach is to encode states of the quantum information register into the vibrational eigenstates of a molecule and use the shaped laser pulse (femtosecond, infrared) to control the vibrational state-to-state transition. By using the Optimal Control Theory to shape a femtosecond laser and numerical propagation of laser-driven vibrational wave packets, we analyzed how the vibrational properties of a two-qubit system affect the accuracy of the quantum gates and how to effectively …