Stimuli-responsive Supramolecular Assembly, Disassembly and Implications
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DEDICATION To my husband Jeffrey, my parents, and my son v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I need to thank of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Chemistry Department for giving me such an invaluable chance to study here. Thank you to my advisor and mentor, Professor Sankaran Thayumanavan, for the chance to do research in such a wonderful research group. Thank you for all of the direction, support and encouragement, both academic and personal advice during the past five years. I am sure those directions will benefit me in my future life. Without his help, I could not have made it this far.
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