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Synthesis and Reactions of Iron and Ruthenium Dinitrogen Complexes
Published 2008-03-01This thesis is primarily concerned with the synthesis and reactions of iron and ruthenium dinitrogen complexes of tripodal phosphine ligands. Of particular interest is the cationic dinitrogen bridged iron complex ...Open AccessThesis -
Synthesis and reactions of organometallic complexes containing trifluoromethylated phosphines
Published 1995This thesis describes an investigation into the synthesis and coordination properties of trifluoromethylated bisphosphines, and a study of the OH activation properties of iron and ruthenium complexes containing trifluoromethylated ...Open AccessThesis -
Synthesis and stability studies of Ga-67 labeled phosphonium salts
Published 2017-11-07Delocalized lipophilic cations such as tri‐ and tetra‐arylphosphonium are able to diffuse across the mitochondrial membrane, which allows them to selectively accumulate in cells with a high transmembrane potential (ΔΨm). ...Open AccessArticle -
Synthesis and structural characterisation of perovskite-type metal oxide and Prussian blue analogue ionic conductors
Published 2022The research presented in this thesis explores sodium-ion perovskite-type metal oxide conductor and potassium Prussian blue analogue electrode materials. In particular, this project focused on the relationship between ...USyd AccessThesis -
The synthesis and the biological activities of curcumin analogues
Published 2015-03-27Curcumin, the major bioactive constituent of turmeric, has been shown to possess a myriad of beneficial biological activities, including anti-cancer, anti-bacterial. Curcumin also stimulates cell growth, in particular that ...USyd AccessThesis -
Synthesis and tumour cell uptake studies of gadolinium(III)–phosphonium complexes
Published 2021The synthesis of a new series of Gd(III)-arylphosphonium complexes is described and the solution stability of selected compounds is reported. Their lipophilicity and uptake in human glial (SVG p12) and human glioblastoma ...Open AccessArticle -
Synthesis of a GlcNAcylated arginine building block for the solid phase synthesis of death domain glycopeptide fragments
Published 2017-06-01Herein we describe the synthesis of glycopeptide fragments from the death domains of TRADD and FADD bearing the recently discovered Nω-GlcNAc-β-arginine post-translational modification. TRADD and FADD glycopeptides were ...Open AccessArticle -
Synthesis of a hexaploid club wheat and analysis about the homoeo-alleles of club gene C
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Synthesis of aligned carbon nanotube arrays and fabrication of carbon nanotube structures for gas and water separation
Published 2013The purpose of this project is to optimise the synthesis of aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) arrays and explore the application of porous CNT structures in the gas and water separation. Aligned CNT arrays and CNT buckypapers ...Open AccessThesis -
Synthesis of Altenusin Analogues as Tau Aggregation Inhibitors
Published 2022A large amount of research currently focuses on direct inhibition of tau aggregation with small molecules as one approach to slow the disease progression of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Accordingly, ...USyd AccessThesis -
Synthesis of Anticoagulant Sulfoproteins from Hematophagous Organisms
Published 2018-09-21Blood-feeding arthropods (such as ticks, mosquitoes and leeches) produce potent anticoagulant proteins in their saliva to facilitate access to their blood meal. These compounds interfere with the coagulation cascade - a ...Open AccessThesis -
A synthesis of Behavioural Economics and Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis: An agent-based simulation exploration of satisficing behaviours in a complex financial economy
Published 2019-01-01A review of the economics and finance literature from the early 1900’s until the current period shows a struggle to articulate the role of human behaviours within complex financial systems. Minsky’s Financial Instability ...USyd AccessThesis -
Synthesis of bio-functional nanomaterials in reactive plasma discharges
Published 2017-12-07Plasma processing technologies have been extensively used as surface modification platforms in many biomedical applications. Particularly, plasma polymerization (PP) is a versatile deposition technology which has the ...Open AccessThesis -
Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products & Derivatives as Novel Anti-infectives
Published 2020Throughout history natural products have served as a valuable resource for the treatment of various diseases. To this day, many of these ancient remedies and their derivatives are still in use. However, in recent years, ...USyd AccessThesis -
Synthesis of Gallinamide A Analogues as Potent Falcipain Inhibitors and Antimalarials
Published 2014-11-20Analogues of the natural product gallinamide A were prepared to elucidate novel inhibitors of the falcipain cysteine proteases. Analogues exhibited potent inhibition of falcipain-2 (FP-2) and falcipain-3 (FP-3) and of the ...Open AccessArticle -
Synthesis of Graphene and its Derivatives for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Applications
Published 2015-03-31A high yield aqueous phase exfoliation route for few layers graphene sheets (FLGs) was developed using expanded graphite as starting precursor. Afterward graphene derivatives such as activated graphene, graphene quantum ...USyd AccessThesis -
Synthesis of nitro-aryl functionalised 4-amino-1,8-naphthalimides and their evaluation as fluorescent hypoxia sensors
Published 2020Fluorescent sensors are a vital research tool, enabling the study of intricate cellular processes in a sensitive manner. The design and synthesis of responsive and targeted probes is necessary to allow such processes to ...Open AccessArticle -
Synthesis of novel peptide based receptors for pyrophosphate recognition in aqueous media
Published 2013-12-10Synthesis of Novel Peptide Based Receptors for Pyrophosphate Recognition in Aqueous Media Pyrophosphate (P2O74-, PPi) plays an important role in energy transduction in organisms and controls metabolic processes by participation ...USyd AccessThesis -
Synthesis of peptides and glycopeptides with polyproline II helical topology as potential antifreeze molecules
Published 2013-06-15A library of peptides and glycopeptides containing (4R)-hydroxy-l-proline (Hyp) residues were designed with a view to providing stable polyproline II (PPII) helical molecules with antifreeze activity. A library of ...Open AccessArticle -
Synthesis of polymer nanocomposites via in-situ emulsion polymerization from functionalized nanomaterials
Published 2016-12-01Dual step process for nanomaterials functionalization was developed; the first step improved the dispersibility of the nanomaterial to assist improving efficiency of the second step, reaction with oleic acid in mild ...USyd AccessThesis