In this project, we study the binding of small molecules to xanthine oxidase (XOD). The molecules have similar skeletal structure to that of the purine ring with different peripheral atoms or groups. We will present the ...

Many studies have tried to determine the exact mechanism for TL. Although a definitive conclusion has not been reached, it is well established that crystalline silica exhibits this unusual property.1,2,3Triboluminescence ...

Catalysis plays a great role in the world today with one of the most prominent industries being the polymers industry. Linear alpha olefins (LAO’s) are short to long chain carbon molecules whose uses range from plastics ...

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a pathogenic coronavirus in humans. Coronaviruses are large RNA viruses which contain spike proteins on their surface, giving the appearance of a crown and ...

This work is focused on designing medium-sensitive structures, of the form R-MX3-N, with the potential for the M-N bond to contract when in different solvents, as in previous studies of nitrile-BF3 complexes. If R-MX3-N ...

Pyran-4-one (𝛾-pyrone (C5H4O2)), a conjugated enone, is a molecule of interest in the laser spectroscopy studies conducted in our lab. Spectroscopic parameters of the molecule’s electronic structure serve to test excited-state ...

Coronaviruses are large, enveloped, positive strand RNA viruses capable of infecting a large array of mammalian and avian species that possess densely glycosylated spike-shaped proteins on their surfaces giving them the ...

Part of the current theory to explain why using a Nafion film-modified platinum electrode allows for the observation of the redox behavior of lanthanide trifluoromethanesulfonate (triflate) is that Nafion solubilizes the ...

Catalysis plays a great role in the world today with one of the most prominent industries being the polymers industry. Linear alpha olefins (LAO’s) are short to long chain carbon molecules whose uses range from plastics ...