This page collects the digitized full text Masters theses and Doctoral dissertations of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

The following broadly describes library holdings for UA theses and dissertations:

Category print online
Dissertations 1953-2006 in MAIN

1950s-2012 in Special Collections
1989 - present are full-text in ProQuest

2012 - present in ScholarWorks

1950s - present indexed in ProQuest
Master's theses 1910s-2006 in MAIN

1910s-2012 in Special Collections
2006 - present are full-text in ProQuest

2012 - present in ScholarWorks

Theses were not systematically indexed in ProQuest prior to 2006.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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Computational Models that Exploit Spatial, Temporal, and Voltage-Current Relationships in the Electrochemical Generation-Collection of Redox-Active Molecules, Miguel Angel Abrego Tello

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Quantum Modeling & Experimental Studies of Radical Chemistry, Justin Michael Barrett

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Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer to Drive Biomass Conversion, Cody Canote

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An Inductive Analysis Examining Factors Contributing to Student Attrition in Introductory College Chemistry Courses and Proposed Solutions., Zephaniah Daniel Greenwell

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Characterizing the Role of Chemo-Mechanical Couplings in the Activation Process of Proteins that Undergo Conformational Changes, Ugochi Isu

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Two Studies: Aromatization-driven Ring Opening Functionalization of Unstrained Cycloalkanones Through Visible Light Catalysis, and Synthesis of Amino Endoperoxides Using Self-Doped Titanium Dioxide (Ti3+@TiO2) as a Photocatalyst, Enoch Kudoahor

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Investigating the Applications of PEPS to the Measurement of the Stabilities of Staphylococcal Nuclease (STW) and Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor (hFGF1), Motolani Omolade Matthew

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Affinity-Enhanced Microdialysis using Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) Applied to Various Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) and their Metabolites, Kehinde Adedeji Olubanjo

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Investigations into the Expansion of Breslow-Type Intermediate Reactivity via Radical C-N Bond Homolysis, Jacklyn Simpson

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Quantification of Dye Degradation on Titanium Dioxide-Based Membranes, Elizabeth Carol Wood

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Visible Light-assisted Deconstruction/Refunctionalization of Strained and Unstrained N-Cycloalkylanilines, Elvis Duah Boateng

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Colloidal Monolayers for Concentration Light in Ultra-Thin Semiconductor Layers, Rachel Cherry

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Hierarchically Structured Photoelectrodes via Atomic Layer Deposition, Justin Rowan Reed DeMoulpied

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Catalytic Activity of Tungsten-dioxo and Tungsten-diimido Complexes, Kayla DeNike

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Understanding Interfacial Reactions Initiating on Electrode Materials for Energy Storage Technologies, Jingnan Li

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The Binding of the Micronutrient Transition Metals to the Alkylation Products of Chemical Warfare Agent, Sulfur Mustard, and Thiols, Potentially Giving New Understanding to Physiological Effects of Exposure and Increased Toxicity, Colin O'Donnell

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Fabrication of MOF Films of UiO or PCN Type Through Layer-by-Layer Molecular Deposition as well as Bulk Deposition for Catalytic Applications, John Ozdemir

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Introduction of Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor (FGF1) Variant with Increased Stability and Bioactivity, Azadeh Tavousi Tabatabaei

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Design, Synthesis, and Catalytic Application of Crystalline Porous Nanomaterials, Zainab Abdullah Almansaf

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Investigation of Factors Influencing Recombination Versus Disproportionation of Complex Radicals Formed by C-N Homolysis of Breslow Type Intermediates and Related Compounds, Taylor Burnett

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Effects of Localized Oxygen Production by Electrolysis on the First-Generation Glucose Sensor Response, Nandita Halder

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Microfabrication and Electrochemical Characterization of a Novel SU-8 Probe with an Array of Individually Addressable Electrodes Suitable for Redox Cycling Experiments in Ultra-small Volumes, Mahsa Lotfi Marchoubeh

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Experimental and Computational Studies of Electron Rich Alkenes, Alexa May

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Engineering Fluorescently Labeled Human Fibroblast Growth Factor One Mutants and Characterizing Their Photophysics Properties Towards Designing FRET Assays, Mamello Mohale

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Synthesis of Polyethylene Glycol-Based Hydrogels and Silver/Gold Nanostructures for Biomedical Applications, Isabelle Ishimwe Niyonshuti

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Synthesis of Bulky and Polar Galactonoamidines for the Inhibition of the Human α-Galactosidase, Ifedi Orizu

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Multifunctional Programmable Self-Assembled Nanoparticles in Nanomedicine, Yoshie Sakamaki

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Electrochemical Oxidation of Individual Silver Nanoparticles: Exploring the Effect of Particle Shape, Capping Ligand, Electrolyte, and Potential on the Signal, Jazlynn Sikes

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Catalytic Activity of Molybdenum-Dioxo Complexes, Randy Tran

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Design of hFGF1 Variant(s) with Increased Stability and Enhanced Bioactivity, Shilpi P. Agrawal

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Elucidating Collagen Degradation Synergy between Col G and Col H from Hathewaya (Clostridium) histolytica and Identifying novel structural features in HPT and REC domains from VarS histidine kinase in V. alginolyticus, Perry Caviness

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Degree of Conservation of Methionines Found to be Oxidized in the Human Urinary Proteome, Alexis Hall

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Thiophene Derivative Monomers Co-electropolymerized on Microelectrodes within Arrays for Tailored Surface Chemistry and Electrochemical Properties, Benjamin J. Jones

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Understanding the Interfacial Reactions Initiating on Lithium Metal Surfaces in Next-Generation Battery Technologies, Joshua A. Lochala

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Ensemble and Single Particle Studies of Cation Exchange in CuInS2/ZnS QDs and Their Application in Super-Resolution Imaging, Anh Tue Nguyen

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Predicting the Hydration Free Energy of Small Alkanes and Alcohols from Custom, Electronic Structure-Based Force Fields, T. Ryan Rogers

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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Influence of Single and Multiple Histidine Residues and their Ionization Properties on Transmembrane Helix Dynamics, Orientations and Fraying, Fahmida Afrose

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Aglycon Modifications of Ipomoeassin F: Synthetic Route Development and Analog Synthesis to Enable Further SAR Studies, Eric Barber

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Single Molecule Fluorescence Studies of protein structure and dynamics underlying the chloroplast signal recognition particle targeting pathway, Dustin R. Baucom

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Modification and Optimization of Conducting Polymer-Modified, Redox-Magnetohydrodynamics (R-MHD) Pumping for Enhanced and Sustained Microfluidics Applications, Md Foysal Zahid Khan

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Rotational Tuning of Transmembrane Helix Properties Based on the Precise Placements of Aromatic and Charged Residues, Matthew J. McKay

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Asymmetric Synthesis of the C29-C34 Moiety of Fragment A of the Antascomicin B & Thermal Azole Based Claisen Rearrangements, Dharma Theja Nannapaneni

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Probing of Carbohydrate-Protein Interactions Using Galactonoamidine Inhibitors, Jessica B. Pickens

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Understanding and Controlling Lithium Microstructure during Electroplating for Energy Applications, Yang Tian

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Reactivity of Photogenerated Amine Radical Cations, Qile Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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Development of Microdialysis Probes in Series Approach Toward Eliminating Microdialysis Sampling Calibration: Miniaturization into a PDMS Microfluidic Device, Randy Espinal Cabrera

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Engineering the Structure of the Human Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor to Enhance its Stability and Cell Proliferation Activity, Julie Davis Eberle

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Chemical Strategies for Drug Development of Fucose-Truncated Ipomoeassin F Analogues, Melissa Hirsch

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Molecular Dynamics Investigation of the Thermodynamics of Nanoscale Droplets and Kinetics of Weakly Correlated Systems, Kai Yang Leong

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Ca2+ - Induced Structural Change of Multi-Domain Collagen Binding Segments of Collagenases ColG and ColH from Hathewaya histolytica, Christopher Eric Ruth

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Synthesis of Dicamba Glucosides for the Study of Environmental Dicamba Drift Effects on Soybeans, Holly Wallace

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Conformationally-Controlled Late-Stage Modifications for SAR Studies of the C-3-Glcp Moiety of Ipomoeassin F, Lucas Whisenhunt

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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An Electrochemical Characterization of a Vanadium-based Deoxydehydration Catalyst, Joel Eric Baker

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Structural Characterization of Bacterial Collagenases, Ryan Bauer

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Controlled Synthesis and Utilization of Metal and Oxide Hybrid Nanoparticles, Cameron Cowgur Crane

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Influence of Histidine Residues, pH and Charge Interactions on Membrane-Spanning Peptides, Ashley N. Henderson

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Morphology Controlled Synthesis of Copper Based Multimetallic Nanostructures and Their Electrocatalytic Properties for Methanol Oxidation Reaction, Leanne Elizabeth Mathurin

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Electrochemical Time of Flight for Rapid and Direct Measurement of Diffusion Coefficients, Jonathan C. Moldenhauer

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Instrumental Aspects of Oxygen Sensing: Quantitation and Recalibration of a Biofouled Oxygen Sensor, Marlena Patrick

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The “Apparent” Diffusion Coefficient of Electrons Through a Nafion Membrane, Marissa Kayle Reynolds

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Exploring Thermoresponsive Affinity Agents to Enhance Microdialysis Sampling Efficiency of Proteins, Thaddeus Vasicek

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The Functionalization of N-cyclobutylanilines under Photoredox Catalysis, Jiang Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Bioorthogonal Reactions: Synthesis and Evaluation of Different Ligands in Copper Catalyzed Azide-Alkyne1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition (CuAAC), Zainab Abdullah Almansaf

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Role of the Inner Shell Architecture on the Various Blinking States and Decay Dynamics of Core-Shell and Core-Multishell Quantum Dots, Pooja Bajwa

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Mechanism of Rapid Electron Transfer Reactions involving Cytochrome bc1, Cytochrome c and Cytochrome Oxidase, Jeremy Erik Durchman

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Interactions in the cpSRP Dependent Targeting of Light Harvesting Chlorophyll Binding Protein to the Thylakoid Membrane, Rory Henderson

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Development of Electrochemical Sensors Suitable for In Vivo Detection for Neurotransmitters, Mengjia Hu

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Applications of the GST- Affinity Tag in the Purification and Characterization of Proteins, Wibke Beatrice Kachel

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Heparin-Peptide Interactions, Jacqueline Anastasia Morris

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Two Studies: Stereoselective C-C Bond Formations of N-Boc-Piperidines using Selected Organolithiums and Visible-Light-Mediated Synthesis of Fused Indolines using Tethered Styrenes, Scott Alan Morris

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[3+2] Annulation of Cyclopropylanilines with Alkynes under Photocatalysis, Theresa Ha Nguyen

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Direct Attachment of 4-Hydroxybenzoic Acid Polymers and Capture Agents to Flat Sheet and Microdialysis Membranes for Improved Mass Transport, Sarah Jane Phillips

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Investigation of the Interaction of Dimeric Ruthenium Complexes with Cytochrome b5, Christopher Dain Rupar

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The Large-Scale Synthesis and Asymmetric Hydrosilylations of CuIPhEt, a C2-Symmetric N-Heterocyclic Carbene, Elizabeth Suzanne Spahn

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Studies in the Asymmetric Synthesis of the C21-C34 Fragment of the Natural Product, Antascomicin B, Brian Lee Walker

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Two-electron Quenching of Dinuclear Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes, Yinling Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Novel [3,3]- and [1,3]- Rearrangements of Azole-derived N,X-Ketene Acetals, Sefat A. Alwarsh

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Novel Azole-based Rearrangements, Kolawole Folayele Ayinuola

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Designing FRET Assays to Study Electrostatic Interactions Pertaining to the Binding of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Ashley Ann Howard

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Surface Modification of Noble Metal Nanostructures toward Biomedical Applications, Samir V. Jenkins

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Distinguishing Macrophage Activation States by Mass Spectrometry, Matthias Manfred Knust

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Fundamental Studies of Magnetoconvective Forces and Density Gradients in a Microfluidic Environment, Adam James Kreidermacher

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FRET Study of Ligand Binding and Exchange Kinetics on the Surface of CdSe/ZnS Quantum Dots, Randee Jean McBride

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In vitro Microdialysis Sampling Collection of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's), Dodecafluoropentane (DDFP) and Isoflurane, Valerie Shannon McKinney

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Photochemistry of a Series of Weakly Coupled Dinuclear Ruthenium(II) Complexes, Latisha Michelle Puckett

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Influence of Shelling Temperature and Time on the Optical and Structural Properties of CuInS2/ZnS Quantum Dots, Colette Robinson

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Asymmetric Synthesis and Transition Metal-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Arylations of Selected Organolithiums, Barry Kyle Sharp

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Synthesis of Palladium and Palladium-Copper Nanostructures as Electrocatalysts, Haibin Wu

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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Modified-Electrodes for Redox-Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Pumping for Microfluidic Applications, Christena Kayl Nash

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Understanding the Influence of Interfacial Chemistry in Core, Core/Shell and Core/Shell/Shell Quantum Dots on their Fluorescence Properties, Omondi Bernard Omogo

Theses/Dissertations from 2013

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Optimization of sample preparation in Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI) Mass Spectrometry of macromolecules, Evgenia Akhmetova

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The Role of Heparin in Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor Signaling, Rebecca Kerr

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Biochemical and Biophysical Studies of Novel Features of Ras-related Protein Interactions, Kyla Marie Morinini Morris

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An Investigation of the Electronic Coupling in Some Dimeric Ruthenium (II) Polypyridine Complexes, Roland Ngebichie Njabon

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Towards the Total Synthesis of Antascomicin B. Efforts to Construct the C1-C21 Fragment, Juliette Rivero-Castro

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Further Studies on the Allylic Diazene Rearrangement, Maha Laxmi Shrestha

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Developing a Presumptive Test for Select Synthetic Cannabinoids, Carrie Snyder

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Monodentate, Bidentate and Photocrosslinkable Thiol Ligands for Improving Aqueous Biocompatible Quantum Dots, Hiroko Takeuchi

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Synthesis of Platinum and Platinum-Copper Branched Nanoparticles for Electrooxidation of Methanol, Eric Courtland Taylor

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Oxidation of Thrombomodulin Methionine 388 in Cigarette Smokers, Samrat B. Thapa