A smaller sized dopant replacing a larger sized element in a compound creates chemical pressure, resulting in a contraction of the lattice parameter and likewise a “negative” pressure is created by substitution of larger ...

Thesis titled, “Design, Synthesis and Conformational Analysis of Hydrogen Bond Surrogate (HBS) Stabilized Helices in Natural Sequences. Helically Constrained Peptides for Potential DNA-Binding”, describes the development ...

Vibrational spectroscopy has served as a powerful tool for understanding various structural properties of the molecules since decades. In the recent years, it has also emerged as an invaluable tool in understanding various ...

Temperature is a very critical and widely measured variable by both researchers and engineers. In this regard, most of the available temperature sensors are based on contact mode of operation. In this consideration, the ...

The monolayers of early transition metal carbides and carbonitrides named MXenes are exfoliated from the corresponding bulk MAX phases (Mn+1AXn, M = early transition metal, A = group IIIA or IVA element and X = carbon ...

In the mesoscopic world, diffusion is a ubiquitous process and it is usually explained by the Einstein’s theory of Brownian motion (BM). However, in the biological systems, some peculiar dynamical behaviors are observed ...

This thesis studies the fabrication and characterization of Methylammonium Lead Iodide perovskite thin films for photodetector applications. Unlike, any other perovskite halide material, Methylammonium Lead Iodide perovskite ...

Evasion of the immune system is a key hallmark of cancer progression. Developing strategies that diagnose early the immune-cancer synapse may lead to long term cures from these aggressive cancers. We aimed to develop optical ...

Biological systems utilize its extraordinary ability to develop complex and functional molecular assemblies employing reversible non-covalent interactions. These natural aesthetic examples motivated synthetic chemists ...

Depending on the system and phenomena of interest, the thesis has been partitioned into three major parts. The first part is on the theoretical infrared spectroscopic studies and vibrational phase relaxation of supercritical ...