University of Vermont ScholarWorks @ UVM Graduate College Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses 2017 I. Designing Brighter Fluorophores: A Computational And Spectroscopic Approach To Predicting Photophysical Properties Of Hydrazone-Based Dyes Ii. Developing Spectroscopic Methods To Better Understand The Cofactors Of Metalloproteins Morgan Cousins University of Vermont Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis Part of the Chemistry Commons Recommended Citation Cousins, Morgan, "I. Designing Brighter Fluorophores: A Computational And Spectroscopic Approach To Predicting Photophysical Properties Of Hydrazone-Based Dyes Ii. Developing Spectroscopic Methods To Better Understand The ofaC ctors Of Metalloproteins" (2017). Graduate College Dissertations and Theses. 787. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/787 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Dissertations and Theses at ScholarWorks @ UVM. It has been accepted for inclusion in Graduate College Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ UVM. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. I. DESIGNING BRIGHTER FLUOROPHORES: A COMPUTATIONAL AND SPECTROSCOPIC APPROACH TO PREDICTING PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HYDRAZONE-BASED DYES II. DEVELOPING SPECTROSCOPIC METHODS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE COFACTORS OF METALLOPROTEINS A Dissertation Presented by Morgan E. Cousins to The Faculty of the Graduate College of The University of Vermont In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Specializing in Chemistry October, 2017 Defense Date: August 7, 2017 Dissertation Examination Committee: Matthew D. Liptak, Ph.D., Advisor Adrian Del Maestro, Ph.D., Chairperson Rory Waterman, Ph.D. Matthias Brewer, Ph.D. Cynthia J. Forehand, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate College ABSTRACT Luminogens are molecules that emit light upon exposure to high-energy light, and fluorophores are one class of luminogens.