Chemistry
This is the collection for the University of Waterloo's Department of Chemistry .
Research outputs are organized by type (eg. Master Thesis, Article, Conference Paper).
Waterloo faculty, students, and staff can contact us or visit the UWSpace guide to learn more about depositing their research.
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Comprehensive Two-dimensional Gas Chromatography in Environmental Analysis
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography (GC×GC), a separation method offering greater peak capacity than conventional one-dimensional separations, has been rapidly growing in popularity. The GC×GC separation is ... -
Lipodepsipeptide Antibiotics: Total Synthesis and Mechanism of Action Studies Using 19F-NMR
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Daptomycin is a calcium-dependent cyclic lipodepsipeptide that is used clinically in the treatment of infections caused by pathogenic Gram-positive organisms, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Another ... -
Plasmon Induced Carrier Polarization in Semiconductor Nanocrystals
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Currently used technologies are reaching the natural performance limit, invigorating the development of different quantum technologies. Spintronics and valleytronics are emerging quantum electronic technologies that rely ... -
Investigation of Thermoelectric Thallium Chalcogenides
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-24)Thermoelectric materials have drawn extensive attention because of their potential to provide assistance in reducing the usage of fossil fuel sources and the greenhouse effect. Throughout this thesis, the purpose was to ... -
Hybrid Path Integral Monte Carlo/Molecular Dynamics Approach for the Simulation of Rigid Rotating and Translating Molecules
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)The path integral formulation of quantum statistical mechanics [1] is widely used for formulating the partition function and diverse thermodynamic properties. The basic objective of this thesis is to present the benchmark ... -
Exploiting the Potential of Carbon Nanotubes and Fullerenes Through their Interaction with Specially Designed π-Conjugated Iptycenes
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-23)Electronics have become integrated into every aspect of modern life, from work to leisure we rely on electronics for key tasks in our daily routine. Recent research efforts have seen a push towards flexible electronic ... -
Characterization of Langmuir-Blodgett Films by Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-15)Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) films built up with amphiphilic molecules have well-known optical, electrical and magnetic properties. For most applications, it is fundamentally important to understand the structure of the films. ... -
Development and characterization of a laminar aerosol flow tube
(AIP, 2006-03)We have developed a new laminar aerosol flow tube (AFT) to study transformations such as ice nucleation, deliquescence, and efflorescence in model atmospheric aerosols. The apparatus consists of four sections which can be ... -
Application of matrix compatible solid phase microextraction (SPME) coatings for the analysis in complex food matrices
(University of Waterloo, 2020-01-06)In recent years, studies regarding food analysis have increased due to the globalization of food trade as well as concerns about the safety and traceability of food commodities. In this regard, the field of food analysis ... -
Introducing a mechanically robust SPME sampler for the on-site sampling and extraction of a wide range of untargeted pollutants in environmental waters
(Elsevier, 2019-09)The present study introduces a mechanically robust, sealable SPME sampler for the on-site sampling and extraction of a wide range of untargeted pollutants in environmental waters. Spray-coating and dip coating methodologies ... -
Direct coupling of solid phase microextraction with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry: A Case study for detection of ketamine in urine
(Elsevier, 2019-10-10)Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) is a commonly used technique for analysis of various samples. Solid phase microextraction (SPME) is a simple and efficient technique that combines both sampling and sample ... -
Development and validation of a fully automated solid phase microextraction high throughput method for quantitative analysis of multiresidue veterinary drugs in chicken tissue
(Elsevier, 2019-05-16)This paper presents the development and validation of a fully automated, high-throughput multiclass, multiresidue method for quantitative analysis of 77 veterinary drugs in chicken muscle via direct immersion solid phase ... -
Structure/reaction directed analysis for LC-MS based untargeted analysis
(Elsevier, 2019-03-07)In LC-MS based untargeted analysis, data is collected at the peak or ion level, although the investigated biochemistry processes occur at the compound or reaction level. To this end, the presence of redundancy peaks such ... -
Hillock-free and atomically smooth InSb QWs grown on GaAs substrates by MBE
(Elsevier, 2019-05-01)Comprehensive studies on the surface morphological evolution of AlInSb metamorphic buffers and InSb QWs grown on top were conducted as a function of the GaAs (0 0 1) substrate offcut angles. We confirmed our earlier ... -
Quantum mechanical free energy calculations using path integral molecular dynamics
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-19)Free energy calculations are one of the most powerful tools within modern theoretical chemistry and are often used to make comparisons with experimental results. Existing free energy calculations are typically performed ... -
Spectrophotometric method for simultaneous measurement of zinc and copper in metalloproteins using 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol
(Elsevier, 2019-08-15)Bound metals are observed in a great many natural proteins, where they perform diverse roles in determining protein folding, stability and function. Due to the broad impact of bound metals on biophysical and biochemical ... -
Adnectin Solubility and Dynamics
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-28)Rapid growth of the global market for monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) has generated considerable interest in the development of alternative molecules that facilitate rapid discovery and manufacturing, while replicating the ... -
In Search of an Ideal Modulator for Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-24)Gas chromatography has been a prevailing technique to separate different mixtures of volatile and semi-volatile compounds in order to qualitatively and quantitatively identify each individual component. With more complex ... -
Plasmonic and Magneto-Optical Properties of Nonstoichiometric Indium Nitride Nanostructures
(University of Waterloo, 2019-10-23)Localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) in semiconductor nanostructures have attracted intense attention recently for its broad application in bio-imaging, chemical sensing, photocatalysis, and photovoltaics. Compared ... -
Crystal Structures and Optical Properties of Group 14 Chalcogenides
(University of Waterloo, 2019-09-26)The crystal structures and physical properties of several new tetrel and chalcogenide compounds have been investigated in this thesis. The crystal structures, syntheses, and electronic structures of the three centrosymmetric ...
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