The mechanism of olefin substitution at palladium(0) has been studied, and the results provide unique insights into the fundamental reactivity of electron-rich late transition metals. A systematic series of bathocuproine-palladium(0) complexes bearing trans-beta-nitrostyrene ligands (ns(X) = X-C(6)H(4)CH=CHNO(2); X = OCH(3), CH(3), H, Br, CF(3)), (bc)Pd(0)ns(X) (3(X)), was prepared and characte...

Here, we report a method to specifically bind liposomal radiopharmaceuticals to a CoCrMo alloy, which can be used in arterial stents, via an irreversible inverse electron-demand Diels-Alder reaction. Inspired by recent accomplishments in pre-targeted imaging using tetrazine-trans-cyclooctene click chemistry, we synthesized 89Zr-labeled trans-cyclooctene-functionalized liposomal nanoparticles, w...

HONORS AND AWARDS • Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Programs Outstanding Thesis Award, McMaster University (2017) • Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Programs Excellence Award, McMaster University (2016) • McMaster Graduate Studies International Excellence Award, McMaster University (2014-2015) • Outstanding Oral Presentation Award, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University (2014) •...

In this paper, the application of receding horizon control to a two-link direct drive robot arm is demonstrated. Instead of the terminal constraints, a terminal cost on receding horizon control is used to guarantee the stability, because of the computational demand. The key idea of this paper is to apply the receding horizon control with the terminal cost which is derived from the energy functi...