Date of Award
2016-01-01
Degree Name
Master of Science
Department
Geological Sciences
Advisor(s)
Skye Fortier
Abstract
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are toxic chemicals that adversely affect the health of human populations as well as the environment. The need to develop remediation methods and materials as well as understand the mechanisms in which they can degrade POPs is necessary. Furthermore, heterogeneous phase metal based catalysts in place today do not fully understand the chemistry underlying degradation processes. The proposed research seeks to synthesize and characterize uranyl dipyrrin complexes to assess and understand the reactivity of uranyl dipyrrins with pollutants. Photophysical and electrochemical techniques will be used to characterize and determine the viability of utilizing the uranyl complexes for removing POPs from the environment.
Language
en
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Copyright Date
2016
File Size
108 pages
File Format
application/pdf
Rights Holder
Duer Bolotaulo Bolotaulo
Recommended Citation
Bolotaulo, Duer Bolotaulo, "SynThesis And Characterization Of Uranyl Dipyrrin Complexes For Environmental Applications" (2016). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 609.
https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/609