This thesis shows that when two organic compounds A and B are cocrystallized and the A∙∙∙B interactions are neither completely isotropic nor anisotropic enough to cause the formation of a stoichiometric cocrystal AxBy, ...

Second harmonic light scattering (SHLS) is a highly sensitive technique to probe reactions at interfaces/surfaces because of symmetry breaking at the interface/surface produces a large surface polarization which gives ...

The thesis is based on the study of the self-assembly of multicolor luminescent nanoclusters, bile salt derived supramolecular gels and soft hybrid gel-nano composites

The thesis presents an unconventional approach for the molecular construction using carbenes as the carbon source, and water as the hydrogen source. A gold-catalyst has been used to transfer the carbenes to effect ...

Regular H-bonding is essential for sustenance of many chemical and biochemical processes and has been investigated thoroughly since its discovery in the 1920’s. However, experimental finding of blue shifting of X-H stretching ...

Nanoparticles have gained great interest in various fundamental and applied areas of science and technology due to their tunable size dependent properties which is not achievable by their bulk counterparts. Nanoparticles ...

Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Lead Halide Perovskites (HOIP) are represented by APbX3, where A is the methylammonium cation (MA: (CH3NH3)+) or the formamidinium cation (FA: (CH(NH2)2)+), X is halide anion. HOIP have emerged as ...

Air pollution results mainly from the injurious smoke emitted by cars, buses, trucks, factories etc. This smoke contains carbon monoxide, unburned hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen and sulphur. In case of cars, catalytic ...

Topological phases of matter such as topological insulator (TI), quantum anomalous Hall insulator (QAHI), nodal line semimetal (NLSM), and triple point metal (TPM) can be realized by manipulating the spin-orbit coupling ...

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 ...