SWRM and SERMACS 2010 - ACS Network - American Chemical ...

Undergraduate Research Presentations
Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Magnolia Room
Ann Privett, Presiding
M. Adams, J. Overby, T. Watt, Organizers
8:30 1144. The determination of the diffusion coefficient of poly(tert-butyl methacrylate) using
Wiener's method. W. H. Everett, L. L. Maggio
8:45 1145. Synthesis and characterization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes functionalized with
polyhedral oligomeric silsequioxane (POSS). Z. Christmas, C. Sahagan, S. E. Morgan
9:00 1146. Electrochemiluminescense for the direct detection of TNT in aqueous solution.
H. G. Lane, K. D. Sienerth
9:15 1147. Efficient syntheses of osmium clusters with anticancer activity. J. Y. Jung,
G. L. Powell
9:30 1148. Utilizing atomic absorbance spectroscopy for mercury detection in turtles.
W. James, S. Myers
9:45 1149. Infrared, raman, and SERS spectroscopy of N-methyliminodiacetic acid (MIDA)
Protected Boronate Esters. D. N. Reinemann, A. M. Wright, J. D. Wolfe,
G. S. Tschumper, N. I. Hammer
10:00 1150. The role of pretreatment in biohydrogen production from switchgrass by anaerobic
fermentation. K. D. McCullough
10:15 Intermission
10:30 1151. Selective binding of alkali and alkaline earth metal ions to beauvericin investigated by
electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. J. B. Kimbrell, J. Hite, C. Crittenden,
F. A. Khan
10:45 1152. Preparation and characterization of low melting point glass doped with rare earth metals.
N. E. Boyer, A. Piasecki, P. Piasecki, C. Brennan, S. Morgan
11:00 1153. Characterizing non-covalent interactions of Cr(III) diimine complexes with DNA.
R. M. Graybill, T. J. Brown, K. E. Watts, L. Higuita-Montoya, M. M. Sprinkle,
S. K. Wheeler, N. A. Kane-Maguire, J. F. Wheeler
11:15 1154. Thermal degradation and preliminary flame studies of new phosphonated polymers.
A. N. Barrett, S. A. Isarov, J. S. Carter, A. A. Ali, G. J. Gabriel
11:30 1155. Boronic acid probes as protein labels: Spectroscopic analysis of TMSQB-1 dye by
fluorescence and capillary electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescence detection.
R. N. Parker, C. Colyer
11:45 1156. Analysis of polymer-membrane interactions using biosensor techniques. B. S. Tucker,
M. J. Razumov, D. T. Mai, G. J. Gabriel
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