Recent Faculty/Student Publications
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Tovar MA*, Parkhurst A*, Matuczinski E*, Balenger S*, Giancarlo LC. Synthesis of a superparamagnetic iron oxide based nano-complex for targeted cell death of glioblastoma cells. Nanotechnology. 2019; 30, 465101-465114. doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/ab33d4
Das, S. Oldham, E.D., Lehmler, H.-J., Knutson, B.L., Rankin, S.E. Tuning the position of head groups by surfactant design in mixed micelles of cationic and carbohydrate surfactants. J. Colloid Interface Sci. 2018, 423-438. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.10.066
Ward, C.P.; Sharpless, C.M.; Valentine, D.L.; French-McCay, D.P.; Aeppli,C.; White, H.K.; Rodgers, R.P.; Gosselin, K.M.; Nelson, R.K.; Reddy, C.M. Partial photochemical oxidation was a dominant fate of Deepwater Horizon surface oil. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52, 1797−1805 doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05948
Bodhipaksha, L.; Sharpless, C.M.; Chin, Y.-P.; MacKay, A.A. Role of effluent organic matter in the photochemical degradation of compounds of wastewater origin. Water Res. 2017, 110, 170-79 doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.12.016
Laszakovits, J.R.*; Berg, S.M.*; Anderson, B.G.*; O’Brien, J.E.*; Wammer, K.H.; Sharpless, C.M. p-Nitroanisole/pyridine and p-nitroacetophenone/pyridine actinometers revisited: quantum yield in comparison to ferrioxalate. Environ. Sci. Tech. Lett. 2017, 4, 11-14 doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.6b00422
Semones, M.C; Sharpless, C.M.; MacKay, A.A.; Chin, Y.-P. Photodegradation of UV filters oxybenzone and sulisobenzone in wastewater effluent and by dissolved organic matter. Appl. Geochem. 2017, 83, 150-57 doi: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.02.008
Andrews, B.*, Almahdali, S.*, James, K.*, Ly, S.*, Crowder, K.N. Copper oxide surfaces modified by alkylphosphonic acids with terminal pyridyl-based ligands as a platform for supported catalysis. Polyhedron 2016, 114, 360-369. doi: 10.1016/j.poly.2016.01.027
Asper, J.A. Odor eliminators. Celebrating Chemistry 2016. https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/outreach/cced/past/finalccedbrochure2016.pdf
Coxon, T.M.*, Odhiambo, B.K., Giancarlo, L.C. The impact of urban expansion and agricultural legacies on trace metal accumulation in fluvial and lacustrine sediments of the lower Chesapeake Bay basin, USA. Sci. Total Environ. 2016, 568, 402-414. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.022
Streu, C.N., Reif, R.D., Neiles, K.Y., Schech, A.J., Mertz, P.S. Drug synthesis and analysis on a dime: A capstone medicinal chemistry experience for the undergraduate biochemistry laboratory. J. Chem. Ed. 2016, 93, 2084-2088.
Asper, J.A. Particles and climate change. Celebrating Chemistry 2015. https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/outreach/cced/2015-cced-brochure-online.pdf
Bodhipaksha, L.; Sharpless, C.M.; Sander, M.; Chin, Y.-P.; Langston, W.K.*; MacKay, A.A. Triplet photochemistry of effluent and natural organic matter in whole water and isolates from effluent-receiving rivers. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49, 3453-63 doi:10.1021/es505081w
Priest, A.*, Oldham, E.D., Lewis, L., Toth, D. Identification of inhibitors of fatty acid synthesis enzymes in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. Journal of Computational Science Education 2015, 6, 25-31. http://shodor.org/media/content/jocse/volume6/issue1/Priest_2015.pdf
Oldham, E.D., Nunes, L.M., Varela-Ramirez, A., Ranken, S.E., Knutson, B.L., Aguilera, R.J., Lehmler, H.-J. Cytotoxic activity of triazole-containing alkyl β-D-glucopyranosides on a human T-cell leukemia cell line. Chem. Cent. J. 2015, 9:3. doi: 10.1186/s13065-014-0072-1
Sharpless, C.M. and Blough, N.V. The importance of charge-transfer interactions in determining chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) optical and photochemical properties. (Invited Review), Environ. Sci. Process. Impacts 2014, 16, 654-71 doi:10.1039/c3em00573a
Sharpless; C.M.; Aeschbacher, M.; Page, S.E.; Wenk, J.; Sander, M.; McNeill, K. Photooxidation-induced changes in optical, electrochemical and photochemical properties of humic substances. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48, 2688–2696 doi:10.1021/es403925g