Chemistry Senior Theses

Every Carthage student is required to submit a senior thesis or capstone project to demonstrate their mastery of their chosen area of study. Here is a look at recent projects Carthage chemistry students have created for this requirement:

• “VCP and EVS Systems as a Solution to the Shrinkage Stress Problem of Dental Restoration Composites”
• “Development of an Enzyme Based Detection Method for Potato Virus Y”
• “The Selectivity of Zinc Catalyzes Reactions in the Pancreas”
• “The Detection of Cadmium and Cobalt in Cosmetics”
• “Contaminants Found in Drinking Water After Wildfires”
• “Using Nanoparticles to Understand Stem Cell Function”
• “Development of Gold Nanoparticle Silica Nanopeapod Structures into Viable pH Sensors”
• “The Addition of Oleylamine Ligands Promote Ordering of Self-Assembled Gold Nanoparticles”
• “A Proof of Principle towards Micellar-Catalyzed Continuous Flow Reactions”
• “The Radical Bromination of Ibuprofen Using Photochemistry”
• “NMR Investigation of Micelle Formation by Penylalanine-Containing Surfactants”
• “NMR Spectroscopy of Bio-Based Surfactants”
• “Synthesized Psychedelic 5-MeO-DMT Succinate Salt, Used in Clinical Application for Treating PTSD”
• “Synthesis of C20BAS-Diol”