Division of Chemical Sciences: Recent submissions
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Interfacial Studies Using Organized Organic and Inorganic Films
Interfaces play an important role in various fields, such as catalysis, charge transfer / electrochemical processes, chemical reactions, molecular electronics, wetting, and biology. Building functional structures with a ... -
Binding, activation, and oxidative addition of dihydrogen using Ir-pincer systems and implications in hydrogenation catalysis
Binding of unreactive small molecules, such as H2, N2, CO2, CH4, etc. on a transition metal center and their subsequent activation are fundamental problems that have been extensively studied in organometallic chemistry for ... -
Chemistry of bimetallic, chalcogenide and highly reactive metal nanoparticles
The remarkable modifications in the characteristics of materials on a nanoscale, caused by surface effects, quantum confinement, and dependence on shape, leads to diverse applications of nanomaterials, such as in catalysis, ... -
Structural and Electrochemical Investigations of Monovalent and Divalent Aqueous Rechargeable Batteries
Several stringent laws and regulations have been enforced by various National/International agencies for the adoption of sustainable methods for energy production and usage. In recent times, electric grids based on alternative ... -
N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Catalyzed Synthesis of Oxazolones, e-Lactones and N-N Axially Chiral Molecules
The diverse reactivity of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) in organocatalysis is due to the possibility of different modes of action. Although NHC-bound enolates and dienolates were well-known, the NHC-bound cross-conjugated ... -
Opto-electronic Properties of a Few Dimensionally Controlled Hybrid Halides and Related Systems
To mitigate the adverse environmental effects of burning fossil fuels, it became necessary to explore alternative ‘clean’ renewable energy sources to meet the ever-increasing energy demands. While silicon-based solar cell ... -
Photo magnetic Investigation and Magneto-structural Correlation of Switchable Molecular Magnetic Materials
Modern life without magnetic materials is almost impossible to imagine. Mobile phones, telecommunication, navigation, computer, television, credit cards, medical equipment, data storage devices, and sensors are an integral ... -
Self-Assembled Coordination Architectures for Fluorescence Modulation, Photocatalysis, and Light Harvesting
Self-assembly and noncovalent interactions play a pivotal role in the design of complex, and intricate functional structures. Among several design approaches, metal-ligand coordinationdriven self-assembly has emerged as ... -
Optoelectronic and Magnetic Properties of 2D Layered Organic-Inorganic Hybrids and Selected Transition Metal Oxides
Perovskites with the general chemical formula ABX3 can be categorized into oxides and halides depending on the nature of the X anion. 3D organic-inorganic halide perovskites are extensively studied in the context of solar ... -
Isoform Specific Synthetic Glutathione Peroxidase Mimetics in Redox Regulation of Cell Death and Diseases
Reactive oxygen species (ROS)-induced oxidative stress has been implicated in various pathologies and cell death processes. Cells have antioxidant systems to neutralize the harmful effects of excess ROS. Glutathione ... -
Excited State Intramolecular Charge Transfer: Ultrafast Electronic and Vibrational Spectroscopic Study
This thesis incorporates the understanding of the ultrafast excited state photoinduced intramolecular charge transfer (ICT) process in liquid phase. The molecular systems are studied by employing Ultrafast Raman Loss ... -
Engineering of Nanomaterials: Application in Antibacterial Activity, Bio-Analyte Detection and Environmental Remediation
Infectious diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria are creating a global health problem. In the recent report of World Health Organization (WHO), it has been mentioned that around 7 lacks people are dying each year worldwide ... -
Development and Applications of Portable Raman Spectroscopy Combined with Artificial Intelligence for Biomedicine
Currently, the global spectroscopic community is investigating the suitability of vibrational spectroscopy methods for point-of-care testing, histopathology, and rapid in-vivo biomedical diagnostics. Although Raman ... -
Identifying Bacterial Species, Detecting Antibiotic Resistance and Susceptibilities in Clinical Samples Using Raman Spectroscopy
Over the past few decades, Raman spectroscopy has found enormous applications in biology and medicine. Raman micro-spectroscopy is highly sensitive to the structure and composition of molecules and their surrounding moieties ... -
Investigation of strongly correlated paramagnetic state at sub-Kelvin regime for S ≥ 1/2 systems: Role of disorder and dimensionality
A magnetic system usually orders ferro- or anti-ferromagnetically at temperatures comparable to interaction strength between the spins. Moreover, an interacting spin system tends to order with the increase of dimensionality ... -
Computational Modeling of two Dimensional Heterostructures for Optoelectronic and Catalytic Applications
Two-dimensional van der Waals (2D-vdW) materials have attracted significant attention for their unique and excellent properties. The properties of the 2D-vdW materials can be precisely engineered using various techniques ... -
Accelerated Search of Catalysts Using Density Functional Theory and Machine Learning
The need for clean and renewable energy resources has propelled the interest in designing new catalysts producing energy from renewable resources and alternate cleaner fuels such as hydrogen, methane, ammonia, ethylene, ... -
Construction of C-C Bonds by Photocatalysis via Radical Addition Cascade Cyclization (RACC): Synthesis of Heteroatom-Containing Small Molecules
The thesis presents photocatalytic methods for synthesizing small organic molecules at room temperature. The thesis is divided into four sections. Section A presents the general introduction to the thesis. Section B is ... -
HBS Constrained Antiparallel β-Sheets and Flat Toroid Turns; Homoserine, Thioamide and 1,3-Thiazine Containing Peptidomimetics: Design, Synthesis, Conformational Analyses and applications
In chemical biology, short peptidomimetic biological active models have been widely used for anti-microbial activity, drug development, catalysis, and amyloidogenesis. In this thesis, I have synthesized several unnaturally ... -
B, N containing π- conjugated systems: room temperature phosphorescence, fullerene complexation, and cell differentiation
Advances in heteroatom (B, N, and B-N) incorporated π-conjugated systems have attracted considerable attention because of their desirable properties and widespread applications. Substitution of isoelectronic B–N units for ...