Publications

Selected Publications

Cappas, V.M., Davenport, E.R., Roy, R., and Sykes, D.G. (submitted) The Microbiome and Volatile Organic Compounds Reflecting the State of Decomposition in an Indoor Environment. Forensic Science International.

Chohan, B. and Sykes, D.G. (2024) Chemical Analysis: Karl-Fischer Titration. Encyclopedia of Electrochemical Power Sources, Second Edition. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-96022-9.00199-7.

Chohan, B.S., Sykes, D.G., Crable, R.M., and Kreuter, R.A (2024) Construction of an AM Radio in a Chemistry Lab: An Immersive Student Learning Experience.  The Chemical Educator 29, 51-55.

Greenberger, V.R., Yang, H., Yang, T.S., Bischof, A.M., Cremer, P.S., and Sykes, D.G. (2023) ELISA Assay with PDMS Microfluidic Channels Fabricated by 3D Printed Master Mold.  The Chemical Educator 28, 127-134.

Tripathi, J., Ciolkosz, D., and Sykes, D.G. (2023) Torrefied paper as a packaging material and subsequently as a bioethanol substrate:  Synergy of torrefaction and alkaline pretreatment for increased utility.  Resources, Conservation & Recycling.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.106882.

Chohan, B.S., Kreuter, R.A., and Sykes, D.G. (2019) Development and Characterization of an Inexpensive Electrostatic Lifter.  Journal of Forensic Science Education 1, 20-28.

Galyamova, A., Johnson, M., Chohan, B.C., and Sykes, D.G. (2019) Small Mobile Instruments for Laboratory Enhancement:  Student-Built Conductivity Probes.  The Chemical Educator 24, 22-26.

Abu-Laban, M., Kumal, R., Casey, J., Becca, J., LaMaster, D., Pacheco, C.N., Sykes, D.G., Jensen, L., Haber, L.H., and Hayes, D.J. (2018) Comparison of Thermally Actuated Retro-Diels-Alder Release Groups for Nanoparticle Based Nucleic Acid Delivery.  Journal of Colloid & Interface Science 526, 312-321.

Sykes, D. and Morrisson, M. (2017) Chemistry of Literature, Literature of Chemistry: Developing and Promoting a Course for the Humanities and Natural Sciences.  In ACS Symposium Series:  Liberal Arts Strategies for the Chemistry Classroom; G. Crawford and K. Kloepper (Eds.); Oxford University Press: Washington, DC, 2017, 11-25.  DOI: 10.1021/bk-2017-1266.ch002

Clippard, C.M., Hughes, W., Sykes, D.G. and Chohan, B.S. (2016) Construction and Characterization of a Compact, Portable, Low-Cost Colorimeter for the Chemistry Lab.  Journal of Chemical Education 93 (7), 1242-1248.

Clippard, C., Nichisti, J, Chohan, B. and Sykes, D. (2014) The Use of a Custom-Built Coulometric Karl Fischer Instrument for the Determination of Water Content in Chocolate. Food Analytical Methods. Online version:  http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12161-014-9949-9/fulltext.html.

Mott, J., Munson, P., Chohan, B. and Sykes, D. (2014) Design, Development and Characterization of an Inexpensive Portable Cyclic Voltammeter.  Journal of Chemical Education 91 (7), 1028-1036.

Chohan, B. and Sykes, D. (2013) Teaching Bioanalytical Chemistry: Application of the SMILE initiative to Bioanalytical Chemistry Instruction.  In ACS Symposium Series:  Teaching Bioanalytical Chemistry, H. Hou (ed.); Oxford University Press: Washington, DC, 2013, 105-138.  http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/bk-2013-1137.ch006

Wigton, B., Chohan, B., Kreuter, R., and Sykes, D. (2011) The Characterization of an Easy-to-Operate Inexpensive Student-Built Fluorimeter.  Journal of Chemical Education 88 (8), 1188-1193.

McDonald, C., M., Schunk, D., Kreuter, R., Johnson, M., Wigton, B., Chohan, B. and Sykes, D. (2011) A Portable, Low-Cost, LED Fluorimeter for Middle School, High School, and Undergraduate Chemistry Labs.  Journal of Chemical Education 88 (8), 1182-1187.

Dominguez, V., McDonald, C., M., Johnson, M., Schunk, D., Kreuter, R., Wigton, B., Chohan, B. and Sykes, D. (2010) The Characterization of a Custom Built Coulometric Karl Fischer Titration Apparatus.  Journal of Chemical Education 87 (9), pp 987–991. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ed9000156

Washton, N.M., Earnheart, K.C., Sykes, D.G., Ucak-Astarlioglu, M., and Mueller, K.T. (2007) Toward the Integration of Liquid- and Solid-State NMR across the Undergraduate Curriculum.  In ACS Symposium Series:  Modern NMR Spectroscopy in Education; D. Rovnyak and R. Stockland Jr. (Eds.); American Chemical Society:  Washington, DC., 2007, 20-35.

Bandura, A.V., Sykes, D.G., Kubicki, J.D. and Evarestov, R.A. (2004) Adsorption of water on the TiO₂ (Rutile) (110) surface: A comparison of periodic and embedded cluster calculations.  Journal of Physical Chemistry A 108, No. 23, 7844-7853.

Kubicki, J.D. and Sykes, D.G. (2004) Ab initio calculation of ¹H, ¹⁷O, ²⁷Al and ²⁹Si NMR parameters, vibrational frequencies and bonding energetics in hydrous silica and Na-aluminosilicate glasses.  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 68, 3909-3918.

Kubicki, J.D., Sykes, D. and Apitz, S.E., (1999) Ab initio calculation of aqueous aluminum and aluminum-carboxylate energetics and NMR chemical shifts. Journal of Physical Chemistry A 103, 903-915.

Sykes, D., Kubicki, J.D. and Farrar, T.C. (1997) Molecular Orbital Calculation of ²⁷Al and ²⁹Si NMR Parameters in Q3 and Q4 Aluminosilicate Molecules and Implications for the Interpretation of Hydrous Aluminosilicate Glass NMR Spectra. Journal of Physical Chemistry 101, no. 14, 2715-2722.

Sykes, D. and Kubicki, J.D. (1996) Four-membered rings in silica and aluminosilicate glasses. American Mineralogist 81, no. 3 and 4, 265-272.

Kubicki, J.D. and Sykes, D. (1995) Molecular orbital calculations on the vibrational spectra of Q3 T-(OH) species and the hydrolysis of a 3-membered aluminosilicate ring. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 59, no. 23, 4791-4797.

Sykes, D., Rossman, G.R., Veblen, D. and Grew, E.S. (1994) Enhanced H and F incorporation in borian olivines from the Tayozhnoye Deposit, Russia. American Mineralogist 79, no. 9 and 10, 904-908.

Sykes, D. and Kubicki, J.D. (1993) A model for H2O solubility mechanisms in albite melts from IR spectroscopy and MO calculations. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 57, no. 5, 1039-1052.

Sykes, D., Poe, B., McMillan, P.F., Luth, R.W. and Sato, R.K. (1993) A spectroscopic investigation of anhydrous KAlSi3O8 and NaAlSi3O8 glasses quenched from high pressure. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 57, no. 8, 1753-1759.

Sykes, D., Dickinson, J.E. Jr., Luth, R.W. and Scarfe, C.M. (1993) Viscosity-temperature relationships of melts at 1 atm in the system nepheline-diopside. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 57, no. 6, 1291-1295.

Sykes, D., Sato, R.K., Luth, R.W., McMillan, P.F. and Poe, B. (1993) Water solubility mechanisms in KAlSi3O8 melts at high pressure. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 57, no.15, 3575-3584.

Kubicki, J.D. and Sykes, D. (1993) Molecular orbital calculations of vibrations in three-membered aluminosilicate rings. Physics Chemistry Minerals 19, no. 6, 381-391.

Kubicki, J.D. and Sykes, D. (1993) Molecular orbital calculations on H6Si2O7 with variable Si-O-Si angle: implications for the high-pressure vibrational spectra of silicate glasses. American Mineralogist 78, no. 3 and 4, 253-259.

Kubicki, J.D., Sykes, D. and Rossman, G.R. (1993) Calculated trends of OH infrared stretching vibrations with composition and structure in aluminosilictae molecules. Physics Chemistry Minerals 20, no. 6, 425-432.

Stebbins, J.F. and Sykes, D. (1990) The structure of NaAlSi3O8 liquid at high pressure: new constraints from NMR spectroscopy. American Mineralogist 75, no. 7 and 8, 943-946.

Sykes, D. and Scarfe, C.M. (1990) Melt structure in the system nepheline-diopside. Journal Geophysical Research 95, no. B10, 15745-15749.