Dissertations

Ford Group Dissertation Titles

2006 Stephen R. Wecksler, Ph.D.
"Photochemical and Photophysical Investigations of Dye Derivatized Iron Sulfur Nitrosyl Compounds. Photochemical Production of Nitric Oxide via Single and Two Photon Excitation"

2005 Crisjoe Joseph, Ph.D.
"Attempted Photogeneration of Nitroxyl from Iron Nitrosyl Corroles and Osmium Nitroxyl Complexes"

2005 Matthew Sangyup Lee, M.S.
"Synthesis, Electrochemistry, and Photochemistry of various Iron Nitrosyl Corrole Complexes"

2005 Birgit Birkmann, Diploma thesis
"The synthesis and photochemical studies of a nitrite bound ruthenium salen complex." (submitted to Universitaet Muenster, E. Hahn co-supervisor)

2004 Mark D. Lim, Ph.D.
"Mechanistic studies aimed at understanding the interactions of various nitrogen oxides with iron, copper, and chromium model complexes"

2004 James C. Patterson, Ph.D.
"Computational studies of some metalloporphyrins and of the kinetics of the aqueous autoxidation of nitric oxide."

2004 Bernadette O. Fernandez, Ph.D.
"Reduction of Ferrihemes by Nitric Oxide. Pathways of Reductive Nitrosylation and Catalysis by Base and Nitrite"

2003 Frank DeRosa, Ph.D.
"Chromium(III) cyclam-type complexes with pendant chromophores: New nitric oxide delivery systems"

2002 Christa L. Conrado, Ph.D.
"Photochemical and Photophysical Study of Fe-S Nitrosyl Clusters: Potential NO Delivery Compounds"

2002 Jon Marhenke, Ph.D.
"Time Resolved Spectroscopic Studies of Reactive Intermediates in Cobalt and Rhodium Catalyzed Alkene and Alcohol Carbonylations"

2001 Carmen Works, Ph.D.
"Synthesis, Characterization, and Photochemistry of Ruthenium Nitrosyl Complexes for Use as Nitric Oxide Donors."

1999 Leroy E. Laverman, Ph.D.
"Investigations of Bond Making and Bond Breaking Processes in Metal Nitrosyl and Carbonyl Porphyrins."

1998 Malcolm A. DeLeo, Ph.D.
"The Synthesis and Photochemistry of Chromium(III) Nitritio Systems: Delivery of NO by the Nitrito Mechanism."

1998 Jon S. Bridgewater, Ph.D.
"Mechanistic Investigations of Rhodium(I) Complexes Relevant to C-H Activation Reactions"

1998 James Bourassa, Ph.D.
"Photochemical Studies of Iron-Sulfur-Nitrosyls: Roussin's Salts and Related Compounds"

1997 Brian Lee, Ph.D.
"Investigation of the Photochemical Properties of Ruthenium Nitrosyl Porphyrins"

1997 Dat Tran, Ph.D.
"Photophysical and Redox Properties of some Copper Complexes"

1997 Lucia Maini, Laurea
(Thesis presented to the Faculta' di Scienze, Dipartimento di Chimica "G. Ciamician", Universita' di Bologna (Italy) based on studies at UCSB. Relatore: Prof. V. Balzani, Correlatore: P. C. Ford)
"Sintesi e Studio delle Proprieta' forofisiche di Complessi del Rame(1) con Alogeni."

1996 KAREN McFARLANE, Ph.D.
"Structural and Mechanistic Investigations of Iron Carbonyl Intermediates Relevant to Migratory Insertion Reactions"

1996 SUSAN E. BOGGS, Ph.D.
"Synthesis and Photochemical Studies of Iron and Ruthenium Nitrosyl Coordination Compounds"

1996 KATRINA M. MIRANDA, Ph.D.
"The Synthesis, Characterization and Investigation of the Thermal and Photochemical Properties of Novel Metal Nitrosyl Porphyrins."

1995 MILLAN MZWANDILE MDLELENI, Ph.D.
"Catalytic and Spectroscopic Properties of Some Platinum Group Metal Complexes"

1994 JERALD A. SIMON, Ph.D.
"Photophysical and Ab Initia Studies of Copper(I) Monomeric Complexes with Nitrogen Bound Ligands"

1993 MARCELLO VITALE, Ph.D.
"Photophysical and ab initio studies of copper(I) halide clusters Cu_nX_nL_m"

1992 JEROME LILLIS, Ph.D.
"An Investigation of the Nucleophilic Activation of Ru_₃(CO)_₁₂"

1991 DAVID W. RYBA, Ph.D.
"An Investigation of Coordinatively Unsaturated Metal Carbonyls, Using Time-Resolved Infrared Spectroscopy"

1991 BENEDITO DOS SANTOS LIMA NETO, Ph.D.
(Dissertation submitted to the Instituto de Fisica e Quimica de Sao Carlos, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil)
"Reacao de Delocamento do Gas D'Agua: Studos de Catalisadores Homogeneos de Complexos de Metals do Gropo da Platina"

1991 LAWRENCE J. MCCLURE, Jr., Ph.D.
"Ligand Macrocyle Effects on the Photophysical Properties of Rhodium(III) Tetraamines."

1991 DANIEL R. CRANE, Ph.D
"The Effects of High Pressure on the Photophysics of Transition Metal Complexes"

1989 KEVIN R. KYLE, Ph.D.
"Photophysical Studies of the Excited State Dynamics of the Tetranuclear
Copper (I) Complex Cu_₄I_₄(py)_₄"

1989 CRISTINA SPILLETT, Ph.D. (R.G. Pearson, co-research advisor)
I. "Flash Photolysis Investigations of Rhodium(I) Phosphine Complexes"
II. "Acid Equilibrium Studies of Rhodium(I) and Iridium(I) Complexes"

1989 TYRENA K. CHIN, Ph.D.
"Kinetics Study, Spectral Characterization and Structural Determination of Substituted and Nucleophilic Adducts of Ru_₃(CO)_₁₂"

1988 ALAN E. FRIEDMAN, Ph.D.
"Mechanistic Investigations of the Photoreactions of HRu_₃(CO)_₁₀(mCOCH_₃)"

1986 KATHERINE O. JIMISON, M.S.
"The pK_a Values of Some Substituted Iron Carbonyl Hydrides in Aqueous Methanol"

1986 DAVID VANDENBERG, Ph.D.
"Catalysis Reactions of Indium Carbonyl Clusters"

1986 ALVARO J. PARDEY, Ph.D.
"Homogeneous Catalysis of the Water Gas Shift Reaction by Rhodium Complexes in Aqueous Heterocyclic Amine Solutions"

1985 DOUGLAS J. TAUBE, Ph.D.
"Reactivities of Intermediates Relevant to the Water Gas Shift Reaction"

1985 JOHN A. DiBENEDETTO, Ph.D.
"The Effects of High Pressure on the Photochemistry and Photophysics of d^⁶ Metal Complexes"

1985 DAVID A. WINK, Ph.D.
"A Flash Photolysis Investigation of Catalytically Active Rhodium, Iridium and Ruthenium Complexes"

1984 MARK E. FRINK, Ph.D.
"Excited State Dynamics of Rhodium(III) and Iridium(III) Ammine and Cyanide Complexes"

1983 MARC F. DESROSIERS, Ph.D.
"Mechanistic Studies of the Photoreactions of Dodecacarbonyltriruthenium and its Derivatives"

1983 DAVID C. GROSS, Ph.D.
"Reaction Kinetics of the Nucleophilic Activation of Coordinated Carbon Monoxide in Mono and Trinuclear Complexes of Iron, Ruthenium and Osmium."

1983 MALCOLM FINLAYSON, Ph.D. (Co-supervisor with R.J. Watts)
"Electronically Induced Ring Twisting in Iridium(III) Bipyridines."

1982 WAYNE R. TIKKANEN, Ph.D. (Co-supervisor with W.C. Kaska)
"Dinucleating Ligands Utilizing 1,8-Naphthyridine as the Bridging Unit: Complexes with Copper and Rhodium."

1982 DOUGLAS A. SEXTON, Ph.D.
I. "Ligand Effects on the Dynamics of Ligand Field Excited States of Rhodium(III) Ammines"
II. "The Outer-Sphere Ligand to Metal Change Transfer Photochemistry of Pentaammine-Pyridineruthenium (III) Halide Ion Pairs"

1981 HOWARD W. WALKER, Ph.D. (Co-supervisor with R.G. Pearson)
"Rates of Deprotonation and pK_a Values of Some Transition Metal Carbonyl Hydrides in Methanol"

1980 MICHAEL BERGKAMP, Ph.D. (Co-supervisor with R.J. Watts)
"Photochemical and Photophysical Studies of the Excited State Dynamics of Rhodium(III) Ammine Complexes"

1979 MEHDI TALEBINASAB-SARVARI, Ph.D.
"Photochemical and Photophysical Properties of Iridium(III) Ammine Complexes"

1979 SERGIO A. MOYA, M.A.
"Homogeneous Catalysts of the Water Gas Shift Reaction: A Search for New Systems in Basic Media"

1977 TADASHI MATSUBARA, Ph.D.
Part I. "Electronic Spectra and Photochemistry of Ruthenium(II) and Osmium(II) Ammine Complexes"
Part II. "Some Applications of Cyclic Voltammetry to the Reactions and Properties of Ruthenium Ammine Complexes"

1977 GEORGE M. MALOUF, Ph.D.
"Substituent and Solvent Effects on the Photochemistry of Ruthenium(II) Ammine Complexes of Nitrogen Heterocycles"

1977 VINCENT A. DURANTE, Ph.D.
"Flash Photolysis Rate Studies of the Redox and Substitution Reactions of Photoinduced Transients from Ruthenium(II) Amine Complexes"

1976 JOHN A. MARCHANT, M.A.
"Cyclic Voltammetry Investigation of Some Ruthenium (III/II) Complexes"

1975 JOHN D. PETERSEN, Ph.D.
"Photochemical and Photophysical Studies of Rhodium(III) Ammine Complexes"

1974 VINCENTE E. ALVAREZ, Ph.D.
"Reactions of Ligands Coordinated to Ruthenium(II)"

1974 RAY E. HINTZE, Ph.D.
"A Quantitative Study of the Photosubstitution and Photoredox Reactions of Pentaammineruthenium(II) Complexes"

1972 REBECCA J. ALLEN, Ph.D.
"Kinetics of Ruthnium(II) Substitution Reactions. Reactions with Various Pyridines and Organonitriles"

1971 DONALD A. CHAISSON, M.A.
"Photoaquation Quantum Yields of Pentaamminepyridine-ruthenium(II)"

1971 RICHARD D. FOUST, JR., Ph.D.
I. "An NMR Study of Organonitriles Coordinated to Ruthenium(II) and Rhodium(III)
II."The Reduction of Maleic and Furmaric Acids by Titanium"

1969 RICHARD E. CLARKE, M.A.
"Organonitrile Analogs of Molecular Nitrogen Complexes"