Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Graduate Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 2014 Application of solid state NMR for the study of surface bound species and fossil fuels Stacey Marie Althaus Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd Part of the Analytical Chemistry Commons, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Commons, Other Chemistry Commons, and the Physical Chemistry Commons Recommended Citation Althaus, Stacey Marie, "Application of solid state NMR for the study of surface bound species and fossil fuels" (2014). Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 14111. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/etd/14111 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Application of solid state NMR for the study of surface bound species and fossil fuels by Stacey Althaus A dissertation submitted to the graduate faculty in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Major: Physical Chemistry Specialization: Instrumentation Program of Study Committee: Marek Pruski, Co-major Professor Aaron Sadow, Co-major Professor Igor Slowing Theresa Windus Wenyu Huang Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 2014 Copyright © Stacey Althaus, 2014. All rights reserved. ii TABLE