School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
The School of Chemistry and Biochemistry maintains research facilities in the Boggs Chemistry Building and the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences. To augment academic departments, a number of "centers" have been formed to nurture interdisciplinary research in a variety of areas, ranging from biotechnology to polymers, microelectronics and manufacturing.
Students, faculty and staff contribute to highly collaborative and interdisciplinary research programs.
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Copper-Based Nanocrystals and Their Use as Catalysts for the Electrochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-12-06)Benefiting from the high abundance, low price, and fascinating properties of copper (Cu), Cu and Cu-based nanocrystals have found wide-spread use in many applications. In recent years, they received increasing attention ... -
PARSIMONIOUS ALGORITHMS AND IMPLEMENTATION IN QUANTUM CHEMISTRY
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-12-07)The fundamental crux affecting the performance of quantum chemistry calculations is the need to cover a large number of terms in a way that may entail managing a large amount of data. The costs in time and storage associated ... -
Replication and kinetic trapping of nucleic acids in alternative environments
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-12-06)Many hypotheses in origins of life research state that informational polymers likely appeared before coded protein enzymes, which could have had a specific catalytic function. Replication of these polymers is a process ... -
SURFACE MODIFICATION OF HARD PVC BY MOLECULES WITH ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-12-09)In this work, we present an analysis of different PVC surface modifications, attempted with the intention of attaching antibacterial small molecules, polymers, and oligomers on the plastic. These modifications allowed us ... -
Crosslinked Polytriazoles toward Chemically Stable Separations Membranes
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-11-08)Membranes have emerged as energy efficient molecular separation platforms relative to traditional energy-intensive processes in the fields of hydrocarbon separations and water desalination. However, membranes are seldom ... -
Understanding the Effects of Structure on the Charge Transport Properties and Doping of Dioxythiophene Polymers
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-11-06)Redox-active conjugated polymers have been investigated for a multitude of applications including electrochromic displays, transistors, and transparent conducting electrodes. As with all fields of polymer science, the ... -
Probing Heme Trafficking Using Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Heme Sensors
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-11-05)In this thesis, we describe genetic screens in Baker’s yeast to identify factors that regulate a. steady-state heme availability, b. the dynamics of heme mobilization to different subcellular compartments as it is being ... -
Probing Heme Trafficking Factors via Organellar Contact Points Using Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Heme Sensors
Heme is an important protein cofactor and signaling molecule that plays diverse roles in biological systems. The hydrophobicity and cytotoxicity of heme necessitates that it is transported and trafficked in a regulated ... -
Utilization of Cytochrome b562 as a Localized Labile Heme Chelator
Heme is an essential, but toxic cofactor required for virtually all aerobic life. As a consequence, cells are challenged to safely traffic heme to hemoproteins that reside in every subcellular compartment. However, the ... -
Expansion of Mitochondrial and Nuclear Heme Sensor Library
The long-term objective of the work in the lab is to determine the mechanisms by which cells sense and respond to the utilization of heme, an essential nutrient. Heme is an iron-containing compound of the porphyrin class ... -
Synthesis of Degradable Monomers for Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization
Ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) is a type of olefin metathesis chain-growth polymerization that has shown great versatility in the field of polymer chemistry. Although it allows polymerization of monomers ... -
Efficient intermolecular energy exchange and soft Ionization of water at nanoplatelet interfaces - data files
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020)X-ray, energetic photon and electron irradiation can ionize and electronically excite target atoms and molecules. These excitations undergo complicated relaxation and energy transfer processes that ultimately determine the ... -
Non-canonical structures and functions of the human ribosome: G-quadruplexes and heme appropriation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-07-14)The ribosome is a macromolecular ribonucleoprotein machine that is responsible for the synthesis of all proteins in cells. Mammalian ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) are nearly twice as large as those of prokaryotes. Differences in ... -
Monitoring morphology in organic photovoltaic blend systems
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-06-09)Solution processed organic solar cells based on a bulk-heterojunction morphology have attracted attention as a promising source of energy, featuring materials that can be integrated into devices with the potential for ... -
Design and processing of charge transport polymer semiconductors and their applications in n-channel organic field effect transistors
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05-21)The molecular structures of polymeric semiconductors were strategically designed to impart electronic characteristics conducive to increasing electron-transport performance in organic field effect transistor devices. The ... -
Pigments of My Imagination: Controlling Color and Redox Properties in Conjugated Organic Electrochromic Materials
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2019-05-21)The properties of 3,4-dioxythiophene (DOT)-based π-conjugated electrochromic polymers (ECPs) and molecules are explored with a focus on controlling structure-property relationships to achieve desired light absorption across ... -
Engineering elongation factor Tu and tRNAs to better accommodate non-canonical amino acids during translation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2018-07-26)Non-canonical amino acid (ncAA) incorporation has led to significant advances in protein science and engineering. Traditionally, incorporation of ncAAs is achieved via amber codon suppression using an engineered orthogonal ... -
Photon Stimulated Desorption of MgS as a Potential Source of Sulfur in Mercury’s Exosphere - data files
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-06-14)Mercury has a relatively high sulfur content on its surface, and a signal consistent with S+ was observed by the fast ion plasma spectrometer (FIPS) instrument on the MESSENGER spacecraft. To help confirm this assignment ... -
Geometric, electronic and optical properties of organic charge transfer systems: Photovoltaic blends and donor-acceptor co-crystals
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-04-03)Over the past two decades, π-conjugated organic molecules have found applications in the active layer of different types of organic electronic devices. To optimize and improve the performance of each of these devices, it ... -
Utilization of mass spectrometric techniques to identify novel lipid biomarkers of traumatic brain injury and other practical applications
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-01-06)The primary focus of this thesis centers around the examination of lipids to aid in the diagnosis, prognosis, and mechanistic understanding of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Lipids are important signaling molecules and play ...
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