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Development of Butlerov's Structural Theory, 1859-1862
(2018-04)
In 1859, Aleksandr Mikhailovich Butlerov (1828-1886) had just returned to Kazan after spending akomandirivka (official study leave) in the laboratory of Charles Adolphe Wurtz (1817-1884) in Paris, where he became a member ...
Nanoindentation of Silica Colloid Thin Films Sintered at Various Temperatures
(2018-04)
A Hysitron nanoindentor was used to test the hardness and reduced modulus of several two sample groups. These samples
consisted of silica colloids deposited onto glass slides that were sintered at various temperatures. ...
Calculation of Binding Free Energies of NAD(P)H:Quinone Oxidoreductase 1 Inhibitors
(2018-04)
NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) plays a key role in cellular defense in humans. It is known to reduce quinones to hydroquinones, inhibiting their ability to become a free radical semiquinone state, and cause cellular ...
Optimizing the Sensitivity of Particulate Silica Quantification by Molybdenum Blue Absorbance Spectrometry
(2018-04)
The optimum initial pH (before addition of molybdate) for the dissolution of silica to form HPA is approx. pH 10. This may be due to the balance between enhanced silica solubility at high pH and the optimal (low) pH of the ...
Investigating Structure-Dynamics-Function Differences Among Various Species of Proyl-tRNA Synthetase Using a Hybrid QM/MM Computational Technique
(2019-05)
All living organisms contain amino-acyl tRNA synthetases (AARSs) ‒ a family of enzymes critical for protein synthesis. They are responsible for the covalent ligation of proline to its specific tRNA molecule, called tRNAPro, ...
Comparison of Isomeric Aryldibenzopyrylium Salts as Highly Conjugated Planar Dyes
(2019-05)
Planar conjugated organic compounds can be incorporated into a variety of applications due to their unique optical properties. One such class of these compounds contains the pyryliumunit, which is capable of reversible ...
Computational Docking of Caffeine Derivatives and Binding to Xanthine Oxidase
(2019-05)
Building off previous research on XOD ligand docking, the purpose of this project is to seek a caffeine derivative compound structurally similar to Urate and Allopurinol that would exhibit a similar binding mechanism to ...