| CHED | Monday, April 7, 2008 | ||
2:00 PM-4:00 PM Morial Convention Center -- Hall A, Poster | |||
Undergraduate Research Poster Session: Physical Chemistry | |||
| Sponsored by: | CHED | ||
| Cosponsored by: | PHYS and SOCED | ||
| Organizer: | Nancy Bakowski | ||
| 941 | Absorption properties of porphyrin functionalized single wall carbon nanotubes Alexander R. Csengery, Russ Selzer | ||
| 942 | Adsorption and decomposition of sarin on zinc oxide surfaces Jonathan P. Olson, Michael J. Dorko | ||
| 943 | Analysis of liquid methanol-d3 by Raman spectroscopy and density functional calculations Tegan S. Presley, Daniel M. Besemann | ||
| 944 | Application of a kink-based path integral formulation to molecular systems Shawn L. Wilkinson, Randall W. Hall | ||
| 945 | Application of a 2-D particle in a box model to the electronic absorption spectra of polyaromatic hydrocarbons and porphyrin molecules David L. Sellers, Jenna L. Manby, Thomas S. Kuntzleman | ||
| 946 | Application of clay supported Gemini surfactants in triphase catalysis Nahid Shabestary, Timi J. Parker, Neha H. Parikh | ||
| 947 | Atomistic simulations of carbon dioxide and nitrogen: Adsorption and diffusion in zeolites David Selassie, Felix Amankona-Diawuo, Daniela Kohen | ||
| 948 | Calculation of equilibrium self-assembly constant of 2-amidopyrimidine James P. Barnett, Nicholas Root, Christopher S. Mello, Nolan Schmidt, K. Wade Elliott, Jeffrey N Woodford | ||
| 949 | Calculation of van der Waals forces Anna N. Bloom, Paul D. Schettler | ||
| 950 | Cancer drug design: Long range communications in cytoskeleton proteins Farhana Momin, Ruxandra I. Dima | ||
| 951 | Characterization of thin metal film growth on an organic self-assembled-monolayer using current-sensing atomic force microscopy Sean E. Keuleyan, Yangjun Xing, Jacqueline Hines, Eric Borguet | ||
| 952 | Charge transfer interactions in complexes formed by carbon60 fullerene and derivatives of calix[4]arene Kathryn Lukhart, Karl Zachary | ||
| 953 | Chemical synthesis induced by dissociative electron attachment Lin Zhu, Mahesh Rajappan, Chris Arumainayagam, Andrew Bass, Leon Sanche | ||
| 954 | “Coloring problem” for γ-brasses: Cu9-xAl4+x Ruth B. Cink, Gordon J. Miller | ||
| 955 | Combating nuisance alarms caused by the “ship effect” in helium 3 based neutron detection radiation portal monitors Anna F Oliveri, Elise Buckley, James Borgardt, Richard T. Kouzes, Allen Seifert, Edward R. Siciliano, Lindsay Windsor | ||
| 956 | Combined ab initio and Monte Carlo study of hydrogen bonding in the crystalline cellulose structure Timothy F. Cunningham, Ronald C. Brown | ||
| 957 | Comparison of NMR analysis to HPLC method following the degradation of creatine monohydrate in various formulations Kiyana Edwards, Jeavon Inniss, Tony Wallner | ||
| 958 | Competition between trans-cis isomerization vs. [2+2] addition in cocrystals of sorbic acid and 1, 1, 6, 6-tetrahexaphenyl-2, 4-diyne-1, 6-diol Oanh H. Pham, S-L. Zheng, Philip Coppens, Milan Gembicky | ||
| 959 | Computation of the pKa values of some neutral molecules and anions in aqueous solution Daqing Gao, Yinjuan Cui, Ermir Pjetri, Anibal Davalos, Eza Chikashvili, Jessica Lenis | ||
| 960 | Computational analysis of the solubilization of single-walled carbon nanotubes by reversible cyclic peptides Marie C. Maher, Chi-cheng Chiu, Gregg R. Dieckmann, Steven O. Nielsen | ||
| 961 | Computational analysis of the through-bond interactions of electronegative atoms Taylor Arnold Barnes, Preston J. MacDougall | ||
| 962 | Computational approaches to investigate hydrogen bonding and base stacking for A-U, G-U, and I-U pairs Praneetha Thulasi, Michael Lewis, Brent M. Znosko | ||
| 963 | Computational characterization of LuSb to determine k-space orientation Teresa M. J. Beary, Yongbin Lee, Bruce Harmon | ||
| 964 | Computational chemistry studies of caprolactam in various solvation environments Kaely Aikman, Nancy E. Breen | ||
| 965 | Computational study of diazonaphthalene conformers Rebecca L. Klug, Rudolf Burcl | ||
| 966 | Computational study of nitric oxide cation cluster thermodynamics Kevin M. McLendon, Sydney H. Ryan, Alan C. Goren | ||
| 967 | Computational study of the counterion and solvent effect on stereoselectivity in SN2 reactions of cyclic nitrile anions Lisa N. Morkowchuk, Jeffry D. Madura | ||
| 968 | Computational study of the phenol-formaldehyde reaction: Reactive intermediates and transition states with solvation Julaunica A. Tigner, Melissa S. Reeves | ||
| 969 | Computational study on the heats of formation of phenylpyrazines Michelle Ann Thornhill, Michael R. Salazar | ||
| 970 | Constructing the phase diagram of water and n-octyl-β-D-thioglucoside by fluorescence spectroscopy Kristen N. Chellis, Kerry K. Karukstis, Gerald R. Van Hecke | ||
| 971 | Paper Withdrawn | ||
| 972 | Determination of the binary phase diagram of n-decyl-β-D-glucoside in water Alison R. Lee, Christina A. Snyder, Gerald R. Van Hecke, Kerry K. Karukstis | ||
| 973 | Developing a mathematical model of lipid titrations Bradley David Towey, Thomas G. Anderson | ||
| 974 | DFT studies of Cu clusters Chasity B. Love, Lichang Wang | ||
| 975 | Dynamical simulations of solutes in nanoconfined acetonitrile Cassandra Norton, Ward H. Thompson | ||
| 976 | Dynamics of small molecules complexed with calixarenes: Toward an understanding of organic solid state porosity Jack R. Cox, Andrew J. Christiano, Carol A. Deakyne, John E. Adams | ||
| 977 | Effect of capping agent on cyclohexanone hydrogenation using colloidal Pt nanocatalysts Kimberly A. Manbeck, Carrie A. Kauffman, Jason K. Navin, Anderson L. Marsh | ||
| 978 | Effect of high concentration collagen type I on matrix induced glioma expansion and migration Christian Gluck, Cheng Guo, Laura J. Kaufman | ||
| 979 | Effects of the porphyrin oxidation state on the conformations of c-type cytochromes Tim L. Vuong, Kristy L. Mardis, David M. Tiede | ||
| 980 | EPR study of spin-labels in aqueous inclusions within macrosteps of KHP and phthalic acid single crystals Lev Ryzhkov, Paul C. Norris, Tanyka Young | ||
| 981 | Examination of cooperative effects in π-stacking Macey L. Renault, Gregory S. Tschumper | ||
| 982 | Examining the unconventional bonding in borohydrides via valency interaction formulas Bess Vlaisavljevich, Joseph D. Alia | ||
| 983 | Excess thermodynamic functions of alcohol+n-alkane mixtures using viscometry, dilatometery, refractometry, and laser light scattering Minseok Jang, Gerald R. Van Hecke | ||
| 984 | Fluorescence quenching of pyrromethene 546 Amanda Hixon, Joseph M. Brom | ||
| 985 | Guest-host chemistry of p-sulfonatocalix[6]arene with guanadinium containing guests Shehan L. Don Talagala, Thomas W. Shattuck, Peter D. Foster, Cassandra L. Newell | ||
| 986 | Heat capacity and spectra of deep eutectic solutions Stephen A. Fordham, Jan Gryko | ||
| 987 | High resolution photoelectron spectroscopy of Li-pyridazine Anthony James Michael Imberi, Serge Krasnokutski, Dong-Sheng Yang | ||
| 988 | Infrared pump-probe investigation of melanin vibrational relaxations Aaron Massari, Sarah A. Weinreis, Audrey A. Eigner | ||
| 989 | Investigating single and multicomponent phase coexistence and nucleation properties for some simple models: From charged hard dumbbells to Lennard-Jones mixtures Michael DeLee, Lawrence J. Tauzin, Samuel J. Keasler, Ricky B. Nellas, Bin Chen | ||
| 990 | Investigating the behavior of catanionic surfactant Langmuir monolayers Joseph D. Coppock, Brian G. Moore, Mike Dennin | ||
| 991 | Investigating the photophysical properties of sunscreen active ingredients Andrew C. Rudawsky, Sarah J. Schmidtke | ||
| 992 | Investigation of cell endocytosis of polyeletrolyte multilayer microcapsules Krithika Kavanoor, Zhihua An, Laura J. Kaufman | ||
| 993 | Investigation of dimethyl ether as an initiator in the conversion of methanol to gasoline process using H-ZSM-5 William M. Aumiller Jr., Paul D. Schettler Jr. | ||
| 994 | Investigation of HCFCs through computational and experimental methods Amanda L. Steber, Rebecca A. Peebles | ||
| 995 | Investigation of pyrromethene dyes in the presence of quinones by transient absorption spectroscopy Nathaniel C. Brandt, Joseph M. Brom | ||
| 996 | Investigations of nonequilibrium antifreeze activity of synthetic antifreeze polypeptides Camden N. Henderson, Charles A. Knight, Andrzej Wierzbicki | ||
| 997 | Investigations of the photophysical properties of sunscreen active ingredients Rachel E. Lipner, Brandi Michelle Baughman, Sarah J. Schmidtke | ||
| 998 | Iodine in clathrate hydrate cages Reid K. Smith, Lisa B. Lewis | ||
| 999 | Ionic association in varied solvents with different dielectric constants Jill P. Williamson, Renee Cole, Roger Frech | ||
| 1000 | Luminescent properties of nitrogen-donor metal coordination polymers Brittany L. Serke, Yu-Fong Yen | ||
| 1001 | Matrix isolation study of the ozonolysis of cis-2-butene Mary Clay, Bruce A. Ault, Michael Hoops | ||
| 1002 | Measuring the heat of combustion of regular potato chips, reduced fat potato chips and nonfat potato chips using bomb calorimetry Paul Giokas, John B. Dudek | ||
| 1003 | Metastable fragmentation and photodissociation of sulfur-containing molecular cluster ions Luke A. Erickson, David A. Hales | ||
| 1004 | Methane to methanol conversion on vanadium and niobium oxide clusters Stephanie M. Braun, Adam D. Arnold, Eric D. Glendening | ||
| 1005 | Methane-to-methanol conversion on first-row transition metal oxide cations William J. Jackson, Tyler M. Fromm, Eric D. Glendening | ||
| 1006 | Mixed quantum/classical studies of Trypanosoma cruzi's trans-sialidase Jason M. Swails, Özlem Demir, Gustavo de M. Seabra, Adrian E. Roitberg | ||
| 1007 | Modeling acidic water clusters using EFPs Kurt R. Brorsen, Jonathan M. Mullin, Mark S. Gordon | ||
| 1008 | Modeling the 13C chemical shift tensors of organic single crystals by density field theory Jessica C. Johnston, Robbie J. Iuliucci | ||
| 1009 | Molecular dynamics simulations of surfactant protein C mimic in phospholipid bilayers Wesley M. Smith, Stephen M. Dutz, Patrick W. Mobley, Larry M. Gordon, Frans J. Walther, Alan J. Waring, Shantanu Sharma | ||
| 1010 | New molecular architectures toward highly efficient platinum doped titanium dioxide photocatalysts Frank A. Leibfarth, Ranjit Koodali | ||
| 1011 | NMR relaxation studies of hydrogen bonding in simple amide compounds Tiffany E. Muns, Nancy E. Breen | ||
| 1012 | Noncovalent interactions of azo dyes with anionic surfactant micelles Jonathan P. Litz, Matthew Garber, Kerry K. Karukstis | ||
| 1013 | Nonideality in the binary phase diagrams of homologous 4'-n-alkyl-4-cyanobiphenyls Joshua M. Cobb, Gerald R. Van Hecke | ||
| 1014 | On the heat of formation of nitromethane Patrick H. Willoughby, John A. Bumpus | ||
| 1015 | Oxidation of phenethyl alcohol via triphase catalysis using clay supported Gemini surfactants Nahid Shabestary, Neha H. Parikh, Timi J. Parker | ||
| 1016 | Pd/Cu alumina catalyst for nitrate reduction Stephanie L. Skiles, Joel E. Boyd | ||
| 1017 | Perilous vibrations of tetraazidomethane James Hinshaw, Lucas Speakman, Henry F Schaefer III | ||
| 1018 | Photoinduced electron transfer across reverse micelle interfaces using anthracene and ferric cyanide Sheneve Butler, Ruth E. Riter | ||
| 1019 | Probing new theories of hydrocarbon stability with computational quantum chemistry Joel L. Mackey, Carl R. Kemnitz | ||
| 1020 | Probing pH effects on oligomerization of Alzheimer's amyloid-ß peptide by single-molecule spectroscopy Kyle Dukes, Cassie Rodenberg, Robin Lammi | ||
| 1021 | Pyro-electric crystal particle accelerator Chelsea L. Harris, Rand Watson | ||
| 1022 | Reaction kinetics of the oxidation of o-phenylenediamine with ammonium persulfate Erik W. Hobbs, Edward G. Hohenstein, James R. Locker | ||
| 1023 | Reactions of Cu+(1S, 3D) with CF3X (X=Cl, Br, I) Scott R. Musial, William S. Taylor, Micah L. Abrams | ||
| 1024 | Reduced methylated guanidinium radical Edward M. Barbieri, Margaret Mandziuk | ||
| 1025 | Paper Withdrawn | ||
| 1026 | Simulating a relaxation mechanism for UV-excited 9H-Adenine Christopher E. Schlosberg, Hanneli Hudock, Todd J. Martinez | ||
| 1027 | Paper Withdrawn | ||
| 1028 | Solid-state NMR studies in model coal compounds Cody L. Hoop, Robbie J. Iuliucci | ||
| 1029 | Spectrophotometric studies of complexes formed by cucurbit[7]uril with organic dyes Abigail Turner, Karl Zachary | ||
| 1030 | Storage of methane gas in propane hydrate Yazmin Lee Cazares | ||
| 1031 | Structures and energies of water on graphite surface with functional groups: As seen using Gaussian 98 Lauryn R. Wolfe, Joshua Samuel | ||
| 1032 | Study of organic dyes used in organic dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC): Application in computational chemistry J. W. Kreft, S. J. Mo | ||
| 1033 | Study of the disorder to order transitions of disubstituted naphthalenes Sean M. Ryland, Kenneth A. Martin | ||
| 1034 | Studying the 1,5-hydrogen shift in 1,3-pentadiene and 1,7-hydrogen shift in 1,3,5-heptatriene via valency interaction formulas Bess Vlaisavljevich, Ching-Wen Hsu, Joseph D. Alia | ||
| 1035 | Surface chemistry of benzene, acetylene and ethylene on porous glass Matthew D. Graaf, Shoshanna R. Coon | ||
| 1036 | Surface tension measurements of alkali halide salts dissolved in ethylene glycol Yannika C. Marrs, Maria J. Krisch, Steven Baldelli, John C. Hemminger | ||
| 1037 | Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of p−nitrobenzoic acid on Ag-Au alloy nanoparticle surfaces Evan A. Hiles, Rachel K. Kaneta, Brian D. Gilbert | ||
| 1038 | Surface-enhanced Raman scattering of p-nitrobenzoic acid on Ag-coated Au nanoparticle surfaces Rachel K. Kaneta, Evan A. Hiles, Brian D. Gilbert | ||
| 1039 | Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy of p-(dimethyl)amino-cinnamaldehyde on colloidal silver Diane Morgan, Brian D. Gilbert | ||
| 1040 | Synthesis of quantum dots and their potential applications in the field of forensic science Kimberly A. Hoffman, Michael D. Schuder | ||
| 1041 | Systematic study of structure and physical properties of smectogenic 2,7-diacylfluorenes Colleen E. Small, Aurora A. Pribram-Jones, Rachel N. Harris, Kimberly A. Dallas, Lucas Baker, Gerald R. Van Hecke | ||
| 1042 | Theoretical investigations of C2O4 Michael Howart, Jie Song | ||
| 1043 | Theoretical investigations of nickel dicarbide Brendan L. Yonke, Michael Howart, Jie Song | ||
| 1044 | Thermal stability of hydrocarbon monolayers on porous silicon Andrew N. Simonson Sr., Robert S. Cunningham, Shoshanna R. Coon | ||
| 1045 | Thermodynamic determinations for Cu2+ binding by amyloid-β peptides through mutation studies Tessa M. Carducci, William D. Bush, Lanying Q. Hatcher, Lian Hong, John D. Simon | ||
| 1046 | Thermodynamic properties of amino acids Alissa A. Gadpaille, Benjamin P. Huddle | ||
| 1047 | Use of a Raman microscope to obtain useful SERS signals with colloidal gold Daniel J. Hibbard, Paul H. Davis | ||
| 1048 | Use of pressure perturbation calorimetry to study the guest-host chemistry of calixarene with guanidinium- and amine-containing guests Cassandra L. Newell, Thomas W. Shattuck, Peter D. Foster, Shehan L. Don Talagala | ||
| 1049 | Using a genetic algorithm to simulate hydrocarbon and hydrosilicon structures Charles Rareshide, Kai-Ming Ho | ||
| 1050 | Using crystal structure analysis to determine the structure of indole-6-carboxylic acid Steven A. Blubaugh, Allison J. Long | ||
| 1051 | Using wide-angle X-ray scattering profiles to evaluate the CHARMM forcefield ensembles of common solvents Adrienne Eastland, Heather Sutton, Kristy L. Mardis, David M. Tiede | ||
| 1052 | V(CO)7+: A capped octahedral structure completes the 18-electron rule Jay W. Dicke, Henry F. Schaefer III, Nathan J. Stibrich | ||
| 1053 | Vibrational averaging of chemical shielding for self-assembling molecules K. Wade Elliott, Jeffrey N Woodford | ||
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The 235th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6-10, 2008