This study is the result of tests conducted to determine the adaptability of the human eye to darkness.

This thesis resulted from analysis of the water in Lake Wichita so that sources of water content could be determined.

A study to determine the organic content of Lake Dallas, and study the influence on plankton growth.

Patent relating to novel metal hydroxide derivatives containing chemically bound organophosphorus or polyphosphate species as flame retardants.

Article discussing C H bond activation of methane by Ptᴵᴵ N-Heterocyclic carbene complexes.

Article discussing a mechanistic study of oxy insertion into nickel carbon bonds with nitrous oxide.

Article discussing facile and regioselective C H bond activation of aromatic substrates by an Fe(II) complex involving a spin-forbidden pathway.

Article discussing the use of [SbF₆]⁻ to isolate cationic copper and silver adducts with more than one ethylene on the metal center.

Article discussing platinum(II)-catalyzed ethylene hydrophenylation and the influence of dipyridyl chelate ring size on catalyst activity and longevity.

This article provides comments on "Study of Molecular Interactions in Binary Mixtures of Formamide with 2-Methoxyethanol and 2-Ethoxyethanol at Varying Temperatures," published in 'Physics and Chemistry of Liquids,' 2013.

This document includes supporting material for an article titled, "Enthalpy of solvation correlations for gaseous solutes dissolved in water and in 1-octanol based on the Abraham model," published in the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling.

Article on the thermodynamics of mobile order theory.

Paper discussing an extensive in silico study and a novel methodology to mimic biological properties using ionic liquids.

This article defines and describes paired depth interviews, discusses conceptualizations of paired depth interviews using Roulston's framework, delineates the strengths and limitations of paired depth interviews, and provides examples of paired depth interviews utilized in helping professions.

This article presents the Automatic Anharmonic Phonon Library.

Our country continues to demand clean renewable energy to meet the growing energy needs of our time. Thus, natural gas, which is 87% by volume of methane, has become a hot topic of discussion because it is a clean burning fuel. However, the transportation of methane is not easy because it is a gas at standard temperature and pressure. The usage of transition metals for the conversion of small organic species like methane into a liquid has been a longstanding practice in stoichiometric chemistry. Nonetheless, the current two-step process takes place at a high temperature and pressure for the conversion of methane and steam to methanol via CO + H2 (syngas). The direct oxidation of methane (CH4) into methanol (CH3OH) via homogeneous catalysis is of interest if the system can operate at standard pressure and a temperature less than 250 C. Methane is an inert gas due to the high C-H bond dissociation energy (BDE) of 105 kcal/mol. This dissertation discusses a series of computational investigations of oxy-insertion pathways to understand the essential chemistry behind the functionalization of methane via the use of homogeneous transition metal catalysis. The methane to methanol (MTM) catalytic cycle is made up of two key …

Polymeric nanoparticles were designed, synthesized, and loaded with metal ions to explore the therapeutic potential for transition metals other than platinum found in cisplatin. Nanoparticles were synthesized to show the potential for polymer based vectors. Metal loading and release were characterized via Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP MS), Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (EDX), X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), and Elemental Analysis. Targeting was attempted with the expectation of observed increased particle uptake by cancer cells with flow cytometry and fluorescence microscopy. Results demonstrated that a variety of metals could be loaded to the nano-sized carriers in an aqueous environment, and that the release was pH-dependent. Expected increased targeting was inconsistent. The toxicity of these particles was measured in cancer cells where significant toxicity was observed in vitro via dosing of high copper-loaded nanoparticles and slight toxicity was observed in ruthenium-loaded nanoparticles. No significant toxicity was observed in cells dosed with metal-free nanoparticles. Future research will focus on ruthenium loaded polymeric nanoparticles with different targeting ligands dosed to different cell lines for the aim of increased uptake and decreased cancer cell viability.

Article on the relaxation of OH (v = 1) and OD (v = 1) by H₂O and D₂O at temperatures from 251 to 390 K.

Article on the reaction of hydroxyl radicals with trichloroethylene and evidence for chlorine elimination channels at elevated temperatures.

Front cover of the spring 2013 issue of The Hexagon, which features an image of a saguaro cactus and joshua trees at a location in northwest Arizona along highway US 93. The inside cover contains a table of contents, a staff list, an editorial, and details about the cover photograph.

Article describing the discovery of rhenium and technetium by Walter Karl Friedrich Noddack and Ida Eva Noddack-Tacke. Information regarding pertinent locations is included.

Article describing Axel Fredrik Cronstedt and his discovery of nickel. Information regarding pertinent locations is included.

Article describing Joseph Black and his discovery of magnesia and fixed air. The authors toured Edinburgh, Scotland in search of locations important to Black, providing the reader with maps and historical information regarding the sites.

This article describes the crystal structure of a platinum(II) supramolecular building block, [Pt-(dbbpy)NNCCH₃)₂](BF₄)₂ (dbbpy = 4,4'-di-tert-butyl-2,2'-bipyridine, C₁₈H₂₄N₂).