Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2016 Scanning Probe Investigations of Multidentate Thiol nda Spatially Confined orP phyrin Nanoassemblies using Nanoscale Lithography Xianglin Zhai Zhai Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Chemistry Commons Recommended Citation Zhai, Xianglin Zhai, "Scanning Probe Investigations of Multidentate Thiol and Spatially Confined Porphyrin Nanoassemblies using Nanoscale Lithography" (2016). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 2050. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/2050 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. SCANNING PROBE INVESTIGATIONS OF MULTIDENTATE THIOL AND SPATIALLY CONFINED PORPHYRIN NANOASSEMBLIES USING NANOSCALE LITHOGRAPHY A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Chemistry by Xianglin Zhai B.S., Northeast Forestry University, 2006 M.S., Northeast Forestry University, 2009 May 2016 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank my advisor, Dr. Jayne C. Garno. She has truly given me the encouragement, inspiration, and guidance needed during my time at LSU. I would like to thank her for affording me the opportunity to work in her group, and for playing an instrumental role in my academic success. She is truly a woman who cares about the success of her students.