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An Experimental and Modelling Study of the Oxidation of n-Propylbenzene Over a Wide Range of Temperatures and Pressures and its Comparison with n-Butylbenzene
(2013-04-05)
This study presents an experimental and modeling investigation of the ignition of n-propylbenzene and a mixture of n-propylbenzene and n-heptane. This mixture was chosen to represent a surrogate for n-decylbenzene a common ...
Computational Studies of Hypericin and Porphyrin Derivatives for Photodynamic Therapy - Spectra, Membrane Simulations, and Protein Interactions
(2011-08)
Photosensitizing compounds with potential application in anticancer treatment with photodynamic therapy were investigated by means of computational methods in the studies presented in this thesis.
Hypericin and brominated ...
Development of glucose-oxidising enzyme electrodes for application in glucose|oxygen powered enzymatic fuel cells
(2016-02)
The objective of this thesis is to investigate different strategies for the optimisation
of biocatalytic anodes with a view to developing a semi- or fully implantable,
miniature, membrane-less enzymatic fuel cell via ...
Protein-carbohydrate interactions and structural characterization of Ralstonia solanacearum lectin
(2017-03-20)
Ralstonia solanacearum is a bacterium which causes fatal damage to hundreds of agricultural plants such as potato or tobacco. It produces two lectins that are involved in attachment of the bacterium to the host. One of ...
The Effects of Electron-Withdrawing Ring Substituents on the Reactivity of Cyclopentadienyl Ruthenium Complexes
(2011-09-09)
This thesis describes the synthesis of ruthenium complexes which contain
cyclopentadienyl ligands with electron-withdrawing ring substituents and the effects of
these substituents on the reactivity of the metal centre. ...
DNA hybridisation detection on chemically modified electrodes with bioelectrocatalytic amplification of signal
(2011-12-22)
Electrochemical detection of DNA hybridization is a viable alternative to optical and radio-labelled techniques. The benefits of using biosensors based on electrochemical systems are: high sensitivity, possible development ...
Protein interactions in physiological environments
(2016-06-03)
The interactions of three proteins (ΔTat-GB1, cytochrome c and flavodoxin) were explored in Escherichia coli cells and extracts. The results indicate features of the physicochemical basis for protein assembly in the complex ...
Surface modification of electrodes for enzymatic fuel cell application
(2016-01-07)
The immobilisation chemistry of enzymes and redox complexes capable of shuttling electrons between enzymes and electrode surface can have an impact on the magnitude and stability of current response, with implications for ...
The benign synthesis of bioactive heterocycles using photochemistry and hydrogen peroxide with hydrohalic acids
(2016-07-08)
Chapter 1 provides a pertinent review of recent photochemical homolytic aromatic substitution (HAS) literature. Photochemical methods for HAS include UV-light and visible light photoredox catalysis. Recently invented methods ...
A study of factors influencing anomerisation reactions
(2016-07-18)
This thesis involves an investigation into the anomerisation reaction and strategies by which the reaction can potentially be improved and provide a greater understanding of factors influencing the reaction. There has been ...