Browsing Division of Chemical Sciences by thesis submitted date"2014"
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Aqueous Dispersions of Graphene Oxide, Reduced Graphene Oxide and Functionalized Graphene Oxide
(2018-01-29)Graphene sheets, one atom thick, two dimensional layers of carbon atoms, have gained enormous importance over the past few years due to their unique attributes - high electronic, thermal conductivities and exceptional ... -
Bio-inspired Materials : Antioxidant and Phosphotriesterase Nanozymes
(2018-01-28)Bio-inspired or biomimetic chemistry deals with the replication of the nature’s fundamental processes, which can help in understanding the functioning of biological systems and develop novel applications. Although a large ... -
Biomimetic Studies on Tyrosine- and Phenolate- Based Ligands and their Metal Complexes
(2017-11-14)Tyrosine (4-hydroxyphenylalanine) is one of the naturally occurring 22 amino acids. The importance of tyrosine is due to the presence of its phenolic side chain. In biological systems, the tyrosyl residue in proteins is ... -
A Computational Study of C-H Binding, C-H Activation and Fluxional Processes of d6 Half- Sandwich Complexes
(2017-11-24)Significant developments have been made in the field of C–H activation. However, various disadvantages, mainly low reactivity and selectivity, limit their usage in large-scale synthesis. It is crucial to understand the ... -
Controlling Conformation of Macromolecules by Immiscibility Driven Self-Segregation
(2018-05-09)Controlling conformation of macromolecules, both in solution and solid state, has remained an exciting challenge till date as it confronts the entropy driven random coil conformation. Folded forms of biomacromolecules, ... -
Copper-Catalyzed Novel Oxidative Transformations : Construction of Carbon-Hetero Bonds
(2018-05-08)The thesis entitled “Copper-Catalyzed Novel Oxidative Transformations: Construction of Carbon-Hetero Bonds” is divided into two main sections. Section A deals with the utility of azide as a nitrogen source for C-N bond ... -
Design and Syntheses of Triarylborane Decorated Luminescent Dyes : Intriguing Optical Properties and Anion Sensing Applications
(2018-05-08)The main thrust of this thesis is the development of new triarylborane containing luminescent molecules as well as utilizing triarylboron center as a receptor for the selective detection of biologically, environmentally ... -
Design and Synthesis of Stimuli-responsive Gelators and Novel Gemini Surfactants and Characterization of their Properties upon Self-assembly
Chapter 1. A Brief Overview of Gemini Surfactants and Low Molecular-Weight Gelators (LMWGs) The first part of this chapter gives a brief account of the research done in the area of aqueous 3D-(ca. micelles and vesicles ... -
Design, Development and Applications R & D on Substrate-Integrated Lead-Carbon Hybrid Ultracapacitors
(2018-05-08)Electrochemical capacitors or supercapacitors or ultracapacitors are potential energy storage devices that could help bringing major advances in future energy storage applications. Unlike batteries that store energy in ... -
Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Nanomaterials
(2018-02-25)The present thesis entitled “Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Nanomaterials” is divided into five chapters, staring with a general introduction. The remaining chapters focus on four different areas/projects ... -
Efficient Dislocation Reduction Methods for Integrating Gallium Nitride HEMTs on Si
(2017-11-23)Gallium Nitride (GaN) and its alloys with InN and AlN, the III-nitrides, are of interest for a variety of high power-high frequency electronics and optoelectronics applications. However, unlike Si and GaAs technology that ... -
Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Organic Molecules on Nanostructured Metals on PEDOT Surface
Availability of appropriate forms of energy is one of the basic needs of the society. The demand for worldwide energy has been increasing, while the conventional energy sources have been depleting fast. As the present main ... -
Electrocatalytic Studies on Layer-type Ternary Phosphochalcogenides and on the Formation of Nitride Phases
(2018-01-28)Research on new, environment-friendly, clean and efficient energy sources have contributed immensely to the development of new technologies for the generation and storage of electrical energy. Heterogeneous ‘electrocatalysis’ ... -
Enantiospecific Total Synthesis of Indole Alkaloids Eburnamonine, Aspidospermidine, Quebrachamine, Henrycinols A and B and Synthesis of Azepino [4,5 -b] Indolones
(2018-01-07)The thesis entitled “Enantiospecific total synthesis of indole alkaloids eburnamonine, aspidospermidine, quebrachamine, henrycinols A and B and synthesis of azepino[4,5-b]indolones” is divided into three chapters. ... -
Exploration of 1,9-Pyrazoloanthrones as a Copious Reserve for Multifarious Chemical and Biological Applications
(2018-01-07)Pyrazoloanthrone and its analogues form the central core of the thesis and the work is focused on the evaluation of chemical and biological applications of pyrazoloanthrones. Selective and sensitive detection of biologically, ... -
Exploring Diverse Facets of Small Molecules by NMR Spectroscopy
(2017-12-07)The thesis entitled “Exploring Diverse Facets of Small Molecules by NMR Spectroscopy” consists of six chapters. The main theme of the thesis is to exploit one and two dimensional NMR methodologies for understanding the ... -
First Hyperpolarizability (β) of Organic and Inorganic Compounds : Keto-Enol Tautomerism and Halogen Effect
(2018-05-09)The work presented in this thesis has broadly established a few findings about the structure¬hyperpolarizability relation in molecular compounds: First, by measuring βHRS of an organic keto-enol tautomer, benzoylacetanilide ... -
High Capacity Porous Electrode Materials of Li-ion Batteries
(2017-12-12)Lithium-ion battery is attractive for various applications because of its high energy density. The performance of Li-ion battery is influenced by several properties of the electrode materials such as particle size, surface ...