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G-Quadruplex DNA for Fluorescent and Colorimetric Detection of Thallium(I)
(American Chemical Society, 2016-02-26)Thallium is a highly toxic heavy metal, but its 495 nm FRET sensing is underexplored compared to its neighboring elements Blue in the periodic table: lead and mercury. Thallium has two " oxidation states. A DNAzyme-based ... -
Gem-Difluorination of α-Diazo Amides Using (Difluoroiodo)toluene
(University of Waterloo, 2017-09-25)Fluorination chemistry is a branch of study that appeals to the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries. Drawbacks of popular methods of forming carbon-fluorine bonds include high cost or hazardous conditions that are ... -
Glassy States in Asymmetric Mixtures of Soft and Hard Colloids
(APS Physics, 2013-11-14)By employing rheological experiments, mode coupling theory, and computer simulations based on realistic coarse-grained models, we investigate the effects of small, hard colloids on the glassy states formed by large, soft ... -
Glutathione-s-transferase modified electrodes for detecting anticancer drugs
(Elsevier, 2014-03-07)With the fast growth of cancer research, new analytical methods are needed to measure anticancer drugs. This is usually accomplished by using sophisticated analytical instruments. Biosensors are attractive candidates for ... -
Gold nanoparticle self-assembly as means for making electrocatalysts and magnetic nanonets and their application for oxygen evolution reaction and water purification
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-09)Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are widely researched materials in nanotechnology due to their distinct properties like surface plasmon resonance and ability to self-assemble. Citrate capped gold nanoparticles assembled into ... -
Gold nanoparticles as dehydrogenase mimicking nanozymes for estradiol degradation
(Elsevier, 2019-09)Nanozyme catalysis has been mainly focused on a few chromogenic and fluorogenic substrates, while environmentally and biologically important compounds need to be tested to advance the field. In this work, we studied oxidation ... -
Graft Polymers: From Dendrimer Hybrids to Latex Particles
(University of Waterloo, 2007-09-28)The research presented focused on the synthesis and the characterization of graft polymers, of interest either as model systems or for large-scale applications. The materials selected as substrates for grafting reactions ... -
Graphene Encapsulation for Cells: A Bio-Sensing and Device Platform
(University of Waterloo, 2014-04-30)The generation of new nanoscale fabrication techniques is both novel and necessary for the generation of new devices and new materials. Graphene, a heavily studied and versatile material, provides new avenues to generate ... -
Ground states of linear rotor chains via the density matrix renormalization group
(American Institute of Physics, 2018-04-04)In recent years, experimental techniques have enabled the creation of ultracold optical lattices of molecules and endofullerene peapod nanomolecular assemblies. It was previously suggested that the rotor model resulting ... -
The group trend of lanthanides binding to DNA and DNAzymes with a complex but symmetric pattern
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014-07-18)Using sensitized Tb3+ luminescence spectroscopy as a tool, binding of 14 lanthanides to a lanthanide-dependent DNAzyme is studied, where the binding affinity is symmetric across the series and the tightest binding occurs ... -
Growth Control and Manipulation of Morphology, Crystallinity, and Physical Properties of Tin (IV) Oxide Nanostructures: Granular Nanocrystalline Films and One-Dimensional Nanostructures
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-30)A variety of nanostructures of tin (IV) oxide (TO) are synthesized using two fabrication methods: a solution spin-coating method followed by post-annealing in an oxygen flow and a newly developed catalyst-assisted pulsed ... -
Guided vasculogenic sprouting induced by the immobilized fusion construct CaM-VEGF120
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-23)This project is intended to utilize an immobilized bio-active first generation fusion constructed cytokine inducing in receptive cell lines guided vasculogenic development. This research through the assembly, expression ... -
Headspace versus Direct Immersion Solid Phase Microextraction in Complex Matrixes: Investigation of Analyte Behavior in Multicomponent Mixtures
(American Chemical Society, 2015-07-21)This work aims to investigate the behavior of analytes in complex mixtures and matrixes with the use of solid-phase microextraction (SPME). Various factors that influence analyte uptake such as coating chemistry, extraction ... -
Hg2+ detection using a phosphorothioate RNA probe adsorbed on graphene oxide and a comparison with thymine-rich DNA
(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016-06-21)Mercury is a highly toxic heavy metal and many DNA-based biosensors have been recently developed for Hg2+ detection in water. Among them, thymine-rich DNA is the most commonly used for designing Hg2+ sensors. However, the ... -
High Throughput Analysis for On-site Sampling
(University of Waterloo, 2012-12-12)Until recently, multiple SPME fibres could not be automatically evaluated in a single sequence without manual intervention. This drawback had been a critical issue until recently, particularly during the analysis of numerous ... -
High Throughput Sequencing of MicroRNA in Rainbow Trout Plasma, Mucus, and Surrounding Water Following Acute Stress
(Frontiers, 2021-01-13)Circulating plasma microRNAs (miRNAs) are well established as biomarkers of several diseases in humans and have recently been used as indicators of environmental exposures in fish. However, the role of plasma miRNAs in ... -
High throughput solid phase microextraction: A new alternative for analysis of cellular lipidome?
(Elsevier, 2017-02-01)A new SPME method for untargeted lipidomic study of cell line cultures was proposed for the first time. In this study the feasibility to monitor changes in lipid profile after external stimuli was demonstrated and compared ... -
High-resolution infrared emission spectroscopy of diatomic and triatomic metal hydrides
(University of Waterloo, 2006)Several hydrides of Group 2 and 12 elements were generated in the gas phase using an emission source that combines an electrical discharge with a high temperature furnace, and their high-resolution infrared emission spectra ... -
High-resolution laboratory spectroscopy of transient metal-containing molecules
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-14)Ten gaseous transient metal-containing molecules have been synthesized and studied by high resolution spectroscopy. Transient molecules are molecules with a short lifetime, and they play an important role in chemistry ... -
High-throughput analysis of biological fluids using 96-blade (thin-film) solid phase microextraction system
(University of Waterloo, 2013-01-07)The initial research of this thesis involves the evaluation of different strategies for developing diverse chemistries of highly stable coatings for the automated 96-blade (thin-film) solid phase microextraction (SPME) ...