Silicon nitride thin films have key industrial applications in the manufacturing of semiconductors, but these applications impose strict requirements on the film growth process. Specifically, the SiN films must be deposited ...

Secondary coordination spheres play many important roles in the activity and function of metalloenzymes: they can help stabilize reactive intermediates and shuttle protons or electrons over the course of enzymatic ...

Silicones are ubiquitous polymers containing a silicon-oxygen backbone and a variety of functional groups that can be tailored to very specific applications. Their flexibility, biocompatibility and relative inertness make ...

Employing first-row transition metals in catalytic two-electron transformations remains a synthetic challenge. In order to overcome the common and often deleterious single-electron reactivity, an electron rich ligand was ...

Part I of this dissertation describes the synthesis and characterization of solid, copolymeric, magnetic, fluorescent, core-shell, and hollow or foamed micron-sized silicone spheres prepared via ultrasonic spray pyrolysis ...