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Facile photorelease of carboxylic acids is performed through charge-transfer excitation of N-methyl-4-picolinium iodide esters. Photolysis reactions are carried out under mild, biphasic solvent conditions using a household ...

The conversion of energy that employs chemical reaction is termed chemical energy conversion. In my dissertation, I have focused on chemical energy conversion systems involving energetic materials and lithium ion batteries, ...

Fabrication of complex hybrid nanostructures with tunable properties is desirable to fulfill functional applications in multidisciplinary areas. Manipulation of pre-designed nanostructure building blocks composed of distinct ...

The Born-Oppenheimer approximation, which allows a decoupling of electronic and nuclear motion, underlies the investigation of molecular dynamics. In some cases this decoupling is not possible, so that nuclear motion can ...

While amyloidogenic proteins are commonly associated with human diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, it is intriguing that amyloid fibrils also are utilized for essential biological processes. A key ...

Liquid crystals (LCs) have revolutionized the display and communication technologies. Doping of LCs with inorganic nanoparticles such as carbon nanotubes, gold nanoparticles and ferroelectric nanoparticles have garnered ...

Long ranged intermolecular interactions have significant influence on the structure of the liquid and present serious challenges for computer simulations. In particular, the long ranged tail of Coulomb interaction usually ...

Energetic nanocomposites are a class of reactive material that incorporate nanosized materials or features in order to enhance reaction kinetics and energy densities. Typically, these systems employ metal nanoparticles as ...

Fluorescent quantum defect is an emerging synthetic structure that can be covalently attached to a semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube. Incorporation of fluorescent quantum defect breaks the symmetry of carbon ...

Sophisticated optical methods provide some of the most promising tools for complete control of a molecule’s energy and orientation, which enables a more complete understanding of chemical reactivity and structure. This ...