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Quantifying proximity, confinement, and interventions in disease outbreaks: a decision support framework for air-transported pathogens
The inability to communicate how infectious diseases are transmitted in human environments has triggered avoidance of interactions during the COVID-19 pandemic. We define a metric, Effective ReBreathed Volume (ERBV), that ... -
Effect of resins on the aggregation behavior of asphaltenes, The
Millions of barrels of crude oil are extracted on a daily basis. Crude oil has four main components separated by the SARA fractionation method.1 Asphaltenes are the heaviest component of the cured oil. They are known to ... -
Fundamental investigations of hydrocarbon plasma chemistry: mechanistic studies of gas-phase processes and plasma-surface interactions
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Investigating the biosynthetic mechanisms of the brevianamides & penicimutamides through the total synthesis of secondary metabolites
The class of prenylated indole alkaloids containing a bicyclo[2.2.2]diazaoctane ring system consists of secondary metabolites isolated from fungal genera that possess diverse biological activities. Recent findings have ... -
Reevaluating the photophysics and electronic structure of Cr(III) and V(II) complexes: The implications of distortion on the excited state manifold
Presented in this dissertation are investigations into the electronic structure of chromium and vanadium complexes targeted towards photocatalysis. These studies have focused on two primary features in the excited state ... -
Flavivirus NS3 helicase Motif V controls unwinding function and alters viral pathogenesis in mosquitoes, The
Over half of the world's population is at risk of flavivirus (e.g. dengue virus, West Nile virus, Japanese Encephalitis virus, and Zika virus) infection making it a global health concern. These specific mosquito-borne ... -
Assay development for pathogen detection at the point-of-need
Infectious diseases are responsible for roughly one third of worldwide deaths, which disproportionately occur in low- and middle-income countries. Government health agencies recognize high quality diagnostics as a key tool ... -
Dataset associated with "Particle Size Distribution Dynamics Can Help Constrain the Phase State of Secondary Organic Aerosol"
Particle phase state is a property of atmospheric aerosols that has important implications for the formation, evolution, and gas/particle partitioning of secondary organic aerosol (SOA). In this work, we use a size-resolved ... -
Fluoroalkyl and fluoroaryl fullerenes, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and copper(I) complexes: synthesis, structure, electrochemical, photophysical, and device properties
In many fields of research, ranging from materials chemistry to medicinal chemistry, understanding the structural, electrochemical, and photophysical properties of materials is essential to establishing trends and predicting ... -
Understanding the solid electrolyte interface (SEI) on alloying anodes: development of a methodology for SEI sample preparation and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy characterization and studies of the SEI on electrodeposited thin film intermetallic anodes for Li-ion batteries
The solid electrolyte interface (SEI) is an important component of Li-ion rechargeable batteries that forms due to the potential stability limits of the organic electrolyte falling within the large operating potential ... -
Synthesis of fluoromodified carbon rich electron acceptors and exploration of their structural, electronic, and device properties
The electronic and structural characterization of fluoro-modified carbon-rich compounds is critical to the successful implementation of these materials by physicists, biochemists, materials scientists, medicinal chemists, ... -
Insights into the biosphere-atmosphere exchange of organic gases from seasonal observations over a ponderosa pine forest
The biosphere-atmosphere exchange of organic gases over forests contributes to the formation of air pollution and the availability of forest nutrients. Forests can be both sources and sinks of volatile and semi-volatile ... -
Development of portable electrochemical sensors for environmental and clinical analysis, The
The ability to perform chemical and biochemical analysis at the point-of-need (PON) has become increasingly sought. PON sensing is critical in both environmental and clinical monitoring applications to reduce cost and time ... -
Organic-inorganic dipolar and quadrupolar coupling underlies the structure and properties of hybrid perovskites
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Development of LC-MS and degradation techniques for the analysis of fungal-derived chitin
The research contained within this dissertation began with the following question: Can liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) be used as a screening method for fungal infections? The ensuing projects investigated ... -
Development of paper-based devices for point-of-need, bioanalytical applications
The growing demand for reliable analytical tools to perform testing at the point-of-need has necessitated the development of novel sensors that are low cost (USD 1-10), portable, sensitive, selective, easy to use, and rapid ... -
Understanding the amide-assisted synthesis and olivine structure-directed twinning of Fe₂GeS₄ nanoparticles
The reality of detrimental anthropogenic effects on the environment requires the development of a number of sustainable practices and technologies. The Prieto Group strives to advance the synthesis and understanding of ... -
Dataset associated with "Outdoor air pollution in India is not only an urban problem"
Urban outdoor air pollution in the developing world, mostly due to particulate matter with diameters smaller than 2.5 µm (PM2.5), has been highlighted in recent years as it leads to millions of premature deaths. Outdoor ... -
Dataset associated with "Could the exception become the rule? "Uncontrollable" air pollution events in the U.S. due to wildland fires"
Exceptional events occur when air pollution in a specific location exceeds the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) due to an event that cannot be reasonably attributed to human activities, such as wildland fire. ... -
Mechanistically-guided advancement of photoinduced organocatalyzed atom transfer radical polymerization
Photoinduced organocatalyzed atom transfer radical polymerization (O-ATRP) is a promising polymerization methodology which leverages radical reactivity to afford macromolecular products with a high degree of control over ...
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