Margaret V. Merritt
Research Areas and 1998-99 Thesis Projects
Areas of Scientific Interest: Physical Organic Chemisty, Bioanalytical Chemistry,
and the Chemistry of the Wellesley Campus



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Physical Organic Chemisty

Reactions at Gold Interfaces:Alkanethiolate Nanoparticles

  • pKa of Carboxylic Acid: Effects of Size and Packing
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Positively Charged Nanoparticle: X= NR3+
  • Catalysts for Reactions at Interfaces

 

 


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Bioanalytical Chemistry

Colloidal Gold-Immobilized Proteases

  • Immobilize Colloidal Gold on Glass Surfaces
  • Immobilize Protease on Gold-Coated Glasses and Evaluate Activity
  • Develop the Use of Gold-Immobilized Proteases
  • On-line Proteolysis and Peptide Mapping


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Chemistry of the Wellesley Campus

  • Environmental Issues

pH and Acid Identify of Campus Precipitation

Ion Composition of Lake Waban:
Ion Chromatography

Flow Injection Analysis of Phosphates
Construction of Simple Photometers

  • Art and Chemistry

Chemical Composition of Artists' Pigments
and Other Materials

Development of Infrared Methods
GC-MS Analysis of Paintings

  • Chemistry and History: Chemistry of the Paint Mill Pond

 

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