Browsing Chemistry electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Robertson, J. David"
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Cyclotron produced nuclides for PET imaging and radiotracer studies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)Sucrose was labeled at three different positions with radioactive fluorine, F-18, and applied to corn plants to study the transport of sugar in maize and to better understand the basic transport mechanism. The transport ... -
Evaluation for ammonium bifluoride dissolution for application to post-detonation nuclear forensics and rare Earth element extraction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] If a nuclear device were to be used in an act of terrorism, prompt nuclear forensic analysis of the post-detonation debris is crucial in order to ... -
Evaluation of human toenail as a non-invasive biomonitoring matrix for assessing human exposure to environmental organic pollutants by optimized sample prep and GCHRMS analysis
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)Human biomonitoring is an analytical challenge to find environmental organic chemicals of varying polarity, persistency, and potential toxicity in a suitable, ideally non-invasive matrix at ppb levels that are significantly ... -
Gold-coated lanthanide phosphate nanoparticles for targeted radiotherapy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)The success of a targeted radiotherapy system depends on its ability to carry and deliver its radioactive payload to a specific site. Lanthanide phosphate nanoparticles are highly stable in a variety of solvents. By ... -
ICP-MS analysis of fission product diffusion in graphite for high-temperature gas-cooled reactors
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)High-temperature gas-cooled reactors (HTGRs) are one of the candidates being considered for the replacement of current nuclear reactor designs. Diffusion coefficients for fission products in HTGR graphite are required for ... -
Isotope harvesting from the beam dump cooling loop at the facility for rare isotope beams (FRIB)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)Isotope harvesting from the beam dump cooling loop of the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) offers usable quantities of many isotopes unavailable anywhere else in the world. Many of these co-produced isotopes are of ... -
MC-ICP-MS analysis of uranium and plutonium in keratinous samples for the purposes of nuclear forensic and biomarker establishment /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)One objective of nuclear forensics is to identify the source of interdicted nuclear materials in order to help ensure the safety and security of special nuclear materials. Since 1995, The International Atomic Energy Agency ... -
Radiochemical and analytical methods of analysis of radiological dispersal devices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The events on September 11th 2001 and subsequent attacks in America and around the world have brought a renewed interest in the nation's security including the concern over the use of a nuclear or a radiological dispersal ... -
Utilization of gold containing nanomaterials for targeted radiotherapeutic and diagnostic applications
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)6520-00/(S Several different investigations are discussed in this dissertation, with the common thread of using gold-containing nanomaterials in nuclear medicine applications. Gold nanoparticles form a non-toxic surface ...