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In Pursuit of Extraordinarily Twisted Acenes
(2015-05-26)
Longitudinally twisted acenes are a topologically interesting class of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and it could be argued that they have quite beautiful chemical structures, too. X-ray crystal analysis of many ...
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH)-Based Conjugated Macrocycles and Polymers For Electronic Applications
(2014)
applications. Specifically, two imine-based shape-persistent macrocycles containing triphenylene building blocks have been synthesized. Their stable conformations are predicted by quantum mechanical calculations and confirmed by 2D NOESY NMR measurements...
Novel Polycyclic Benzannulated Indole Scaffolds via Indole Aryne Cycloaddition, Pd (0)-Catalyzed Cross-coupling and ROM/RCM methodologies: Their Applications to Library Development and Drug Discovery
(2014)
Dissertation under the direction of Keith R. Buszek, Ph.D., Professor of Chemistry,
University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Heterocyclic chemistry is one of the most valuable sources of novel compounds with
diverse biological ...
Development of Pentablock Copolymer Based Formulations for the Sustained Delivery of Protein Therapeutics in the Treatment of Posterior Segment Ocular Diseases
(2013)
(TB) (PCL-PEG-PCL, B-A-B) and PB (PLA-PCL-PEG-PCL-PLA (C-B-A-B-C) and PEG-PCL-PLA-PCL-PEG (A-B-C-B-A)) copolymers based thermosensitive gelling polymers. We have observed distinct effect of block arrangement and molecular weights of block copolymers...
Raman, Infrared and Microwave Spectra, Conformational Stability, R₀ Structural Parameters and Vibrational Assignments of Some Organoamines, Organophosphines, Alcohols And Substituted Four And Five Membered Rings
(2014)
, to be 83 ± 8 cm⁻¹ (0.99 ± 0.10 kJ/mol), the third stable conformer, Gt, to be 235 ± 11 cm⁻¹ (2.81 ± 0.13 kJ/mol). For 2,2,2 trifluoroethylamine, the enthalpy difference has been determined to be 267 ± 27 cm⁻¹ (3.19 ± 0.32 kJ mol⁻¹) with the trans conformer...
Evaluation of siRNA mediated Silencing of IKKα in Prostate cancer and CD40 in Type-1 Diabetes
(2014-09-30)
The objective of this dissertation is to present the various therapeutic approaches for two distinctly different diseases, prostate cancer and type-1 diabetes. Our objective (1) for prostate cancer is to evaluate the siRNA ...
Conformational and Structural Determinations of Substituted Four and Five Membered Rings by Infrared, Raman, and Microwave Spectral Studies
(2014)
Studies of the structure and conformational stabilities of molecules have become
increasingly important due in part to advances in the fields of biochemistry and nanochemistry.
Specifically the conformation of organoamines ...
Novel Transporter Targeted Lipid Ester Prodrugs of Cidofovir and Sustained Release Formulations for Cytomegalovirus Infection
(2013)
in vivo evaluation. Sustained release (~3 weeks) formulation of B-C12-cCDF loaded PLGA nanoparticles may serve as a viable intravitreal delivery approach for the treatment of CMV retinitis. Based on the above finding we hypothesized that lipid raft...
Light-activated biomacromolecules
(2013)
Biomacromolecules, mainly nucleic acids and proteins, are involved in
every cellular process and therefore their aberrant level or function is linked with
most of the diseases. Controlling these macromolecules using light ...
Electronic, Optical, Structural, and Elastic Properties of MAX Phases and (Cr2Hf)2Al3C3
(2014-09-30)
The term “MAX phase” refers to a very interesting and important class of
layered ternary transition-metal carbides and nitrides with a novel combination of both
metal- and ceramic-like properties that have made these ...
Prodrug Approach to Improve Oral and Brain Absorption of HIV Protease Inhibitor, Lopinavir
(2014)
The main objective of this project is to develop prodrug strategies to circumvent efflux
pumps such as P-glycoprotein (P-gp) and multidrug resistance associated proteins (MRPs),
thereby enhancing oral and brain absorption ...
Development and characterization of advanced nitric oxide-delivering polymeric systems against cardiovascular complications
(2013)
Valvular complications and atherosclerosis contribute to the majority of the
cardiovascular disease related deaths worldwide. In this thesis project the role of
normative tissue mineral concentrations in native and ...
Development of drug conjugates in cancer therapy and evaluation of dual siRNA silencing effect on breast cancer growth and invasion
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)
The objective of this dissertation is to present various approaches for treatment cancer,
which is the leading cause of death worldwide. Compared to other disease, cancer has many
unique biological characteristics that ...
Ab initio computational applications of electronic structure and spectroscopic Properties of bulk Crystalline materials
(2013)
-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) and optical dielectric functions] of elemental boron were systematically studied using an ab initio orthogonalized linear combination of atomic orbitals (OLCAO) method. Based on available experimental data...