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Activation of H–E (E = H, Si, B, C) σ-Bond by Iridium and Rhodium Pincer Complexes: Implications in Catalytic (De)hydrogenation Reactions
Methane is a major constituent of natural gas and crude oil. Due to its abundance, methane is attractive from the standpoint of its utilization and conversion into value-added products.1 This process involves activation ... -
Addressing Subtle Physicochemical Features Exhibited by Molecular Crystals Via Experimental and Theoretical Charge Density Analysis
(2018-06-19)The thesis entitled “Addressing subtle physicochemical features exhibited by molecular crystals via Experimental and Theoretical Charge Density Analysis” consists of five chapters. An introductory note provides a brief ... -
Addressing the Challenges in Designing of Efficient Thermoelectric Materials
Thermoelectric materials offer applications in conversion of waste heat to useful electrical energy and are promising sources of renewable energy. To use a material efficiently in thermoelectric application it is necessary ... -
Adsorption of cyclohexanone and its effect on the polarographic reduction of different ions
As a contribution towards the effect of adsorption on electrode kinetics, the adsorption of cyclohexanone and its effect on the polarographic reduction of different ions have been investigated. In Chapter 1 of the thesis, ... -
Adsorption of gases on catalysts of technical importance
Studies have been carried out in their entirety concerning the adsorption of carbon monoxide on cobalt catalysts containing Co 100, Thoria 10, and Kieselguhr 200#. Progression of small aggregate cobalt oxide on the catalyst ... -
Alkynones Derived from Tartaric Acid : Efficient Building Blocks for the Synthesis of Macrolactone Natural Products
(2018-07-05)The thesis describes the synthesis and application of various alkynones derived from the bis-Weinreb amide of tartaric acid in the total synthesis of macrolactone natural products. The thesis is divided into three sections. ... -
Alluaudite Battery Chemistry: Design and Exploration
Being one of the most promising technologies in human history, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have empowered our lives since their commercialization in 1991 by SONY®. However, all these applications need massive production ... -
Alluaudite Class of High-Voltage Cathodes for Sodium-Ion Battery Applications: A Synthesis, Structure, Property Correlation Study
The work presented in this thesis demonstrates alluaudites as a niche class of compounds forming the rich treasure house of sodium insertion hosts. The potential of this open frame-worked alluaudites is immense and ... -
Allylic Halogenation Route to Latent-Active Trans-Glycosylation of Allyl Glycoside Donors
Allylic halogenation of allyl glycosides as a new route to allyl glycoside donors in glycosylations is investigated in this thesis. Allyl functionality is one of the commonly adopted protecting groups to hydroxyl groups ... -
Aminolysis reactions of octachlorocycloterathophazene, Ph.D. Thesis
3–12. Conclusions – The present work embodies the first systematic investigations of the reactions of octachlorocyclotetraphosphazene with two primary aliphatic amines, viz., ethylamine and t-butylamine. In both cases, in ... -
Analysis and extraction of molecular hyperpolarizability from on and off resonance hyper-Rayleigh scattering measurements in solution : Ferrocenyl donor-organic acceptor and -(P=N)- linkage based donor acceptor molecules as case studies
Knowledge of accurate second?order nonlinearity or first hyperpolarizability (?) of organic and organometallic molecules is important in a variety of applications. The second?order response from a molecule in solution is ... -
Analysis Of Intermolecular Interactions In Pharmaceutical Salts And Cocrystals
(2013-07-17)The studies on cocrystals and salts presented in the the chapters clearly bring out the influence of intermolecular interactions as the main evaluators of the cocrystal-salt regime. The observations made in Chapter 2 ... -
Analytical Applications of Bile Acid-derived Soft Materials
Supramolecular gels are soft materials with solid-like properties such as supporting weight and retaining shape; and some liquid-like features which make them injectable, printable, etc. On the other hand, lanthanide-based ... -
Analytical models of selected stochastic processes in condensed phase systems
This thesis is a record of the research I have carried out over the last five years to understand a selection of problems in the broad area of single-molecule physics. These problems cover four broad themes: (i) dynamically ... -
Analytical Results on Disorder effects on Polaritons and Barrier Crossing Problems
Disorder plays a significant role in the study of numerous fields of research in chemistry. Whether it is a more that 80 years old classic problem like Kramers’ escape rate or the current interest in polaritons, disorder ... -
Ancillary Ligand Effects On The Anticancer Activity Of Ruthenium(II) Piano Stool Complexes
(2011-01-17)The thesis “Ancillary Ligand Effects on the Anticancer Activity of Ruthenium (II) Piano Stool Complexes” is an effort to design better antitumor metallodrugs based on ruthenium(II) complexes with various H-bond donor/acceptor ... -
Anodized Zirconia Nanostructures
(2018-05-01)Electrochemical anodization is a facile technique to synthesize ordered oxide nanostructures. Though the number of materials exhibiting anodized nanostructures has increased considerably in the recent years, only nanoporous ...