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Trehalose amide glycolipids as Mincle ligands: Towards new vaccine adjuvants

Lynch, Amy Therese (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

The development of new vaccines to respond to infectious diseases requires new vaccine adjuvants, which improve vaccine efficacy and shape the immune response. Trehalose glycolipids, consisting of α,α'-trehalose esterified ...
Encapsulation of agrichemicals by renewable cellulosic derivatives

Monk, Harrison (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

Cellulose derivatives, charged with fungicides, have been prepared as particles for use as a wood preservative. The particles were designed to encapsulate the current industry-standard chemical agents used to minimise wood ...
The Synthesis and Evaluation of Heterocycles as Anti-Tuberculosis Agents

Santoso, Kristiana Tika (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), worldwide. Currently, the efficacy of TB treatment regimens has declined due to the rise in antibacterial ...
The Physics of Interdigitated Dielectrometry Sensors and Application as In-Situ Oil Oxidation Monitoring

Risos, Alexander (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

Monitoring of hydrocarbon oxidation is of great importance in many industry applications and reliable in-situ measurements are a challenge. In literature, it was shown that new versus degraded hydrocarbons show a change ...
Functional analysis of Hypoxylon pulicicidum genes required for heterologous biosynthesis of nodulisporic acids

Van de Bittner, Kyle Cornelius (Victoria University of Wellington, 2021)

Nature holds some of the greatest secrets in drug design and development and the ability to access these trade secrets has been revolutionised by modern bioengineering technologies. In order to exploit these technologies ...
Development of a spin-injection device utilising Gadolinium Nitride

Pitman, Kira (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

In this thesis, the first steps in creating a realisable spin-injection transistor using ferromagnetic semiconductor electrodes are detailed. A spin-injection device utilising the ferromagnetic semiconductor gadolinium ...
Photophysics of fused ring electron acceptors for photovoltaic applications

Chandrabose, Sreelakshmi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Organic photovoltaic cells (OPVs) have received significant interest over the last decade as they offer the potential of cheap renewable energy via direct photon to electron conversion of abundantly available Sun light. ...
Natural Products Analysis of South Pacific Marine Sponges

Taufa, Taitusi (Victoria University of WellingtonVictoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This thesis describes the isolation and structure elucidation of 15 new secondary metabolites from Tongan and New Zealand marine sponges. A total of 18 sponge specimens were subjected to an NMR-based screening method, of ...
The Effect of Ionising Radiation on the Luminescence Properties of Fluoroperovskites

Schuyt, Joseph (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

The luminescence of crystalline compounds can be used to monitor many physical phenomena, including doses of ionising radiation. Optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), thermoluminescence (TL), and radiophotoluminescence ...
Transport Properties of Rare Earth Nitrides

Holmes-Hewett, William (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

In this thesis we investigate the transport properties of SmN, NdN and GdN, members of the rare earth nitride series of intrinsic ferromagnetic semiconductors. GdN is the central member of the series with seven occupied ...
Ultrafast Spectroscopy for Printable Photovoltaics

Pugliese, Silvina (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

The development of efficient and low cost photovoltaic technologies is key to a more sustainable energy pathway for future generations. Research efforts aimed at improving the performance of organic photovoltaic (OPV) ...
Selective Metal Coordination in Antifouling Coatings

Robinson, Hannah (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Marine biofouling is the accumulation of biological material (e.g. microorganisms, soft- and hard-fouling organisms) on the surface of an object submerged in seawater, and it remains a worldwide problem for shipping ...
Towards Synthesis of Simplified Analogues of Pateamine A

Xu, Tao (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Pateamine A (22) is a natural product that was isolated from a marine sponge inhabiting the coast of New Zealand. It exhibits potent inhibition of protein synthesis and nonsense-mediated mRNA decay through binding with ...
Electrostatic images and T-matrices for simple geometries

Majic, Matt (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

This thesis is concerned with electrostatic boundary problems and how their solutions behave depending on the chosen basis of harmonic functions and the location of the fundamental singularities of the potential. The ...
Advanced Magnetic and Dielectric Nanomaterials

Bhugra, Vaibhav (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Abstract: Multiferroics are a novel class of next generation multifunctional materials that exhibit simultaneous magnetic spin, electric dipole, and ferroelastic ordering. It gives an additional degree of freedom to ...
Investigations Of Supported Bi- And Tri-Metallic Nzvi: Nitrate Reduction And Heavy Metal Removal

Loc, Tran Thi (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

nZVI has been well documented as an effective reagent to remove contaminants, including organic and inorganic substances. However, the drawbacks of nZVI are agglomeration and bioaccumulation due to its magnetic property ...
Confinement Properties of the 3D Topological Insulators Bi₂Se₃, Bi₂Te₃, and Sb₂Te₃

Kotulla, Markus (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Recent discoveries have spurred the theoretical prediction and experimental realization of novel materials that have topological properties arising from band inversion. Such topological insulators have conductive surface ...
Inhibition and reaction mechanism of Mycobacterium tuberculosis anthranilate phosphoribosyltransferase: A potential target for novel drug design

Kundu, Preeti (Victoria University of WellingtonVictoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Tuberculosis (TB), which is estimated to affect 2 billion individuals worldwide, is an infection predominately caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis(M. tuberculosis). Of particular concern is the increasing prevalence of ...
ZnO nanowire microelectrode arrays for integration with neuronal networks

Maddah, Mohsen (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

Microelectrode arrays (MEAs) have been shown as a successful approach for neuroscientists to monitor the signal communication within the neuronal networks for understanding the functionality of the nervous system. However, ...
Electronic properties of the topological insulators Bi₂Se₃ and Bi₂Te₃

Gühne, Robin (Victoria University of Wellington, 2020)

The three-dimensional topological insulators Bi₂Se₃ and Bi₂Te₃ are model systems of a new class of materials with an insulating bulk and gapless surface states. Their small band gaps and the heavy elements are essential ...