Division of Chemical Sciences: Recent submissions
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Controlling Stereochemistry at the Quaternary Center using Bifunctional (THIO)Urea Catalysis
(2018-06-05)The thesis entitled “Controlling Stereochemistry at the Quaternary Center Using Bifunctional (Thio)urea Catalysis” is divided into five chapters. Chapter 1: Catalytic Enantioselective Construction of Quaternary Stereocenters ... -
Studies of Poly(Propyl Ether Imine) Dendrimers as Synthetic SiRNA Delivery Vectors with Relevance to Hepatitis C Virus Inhibition
(2018-06-05)Dendrimers are synthetic macromolecules with branches-upon-branches structures, nanoscale dimensions and a high density of surface groups. Presence of multiple cationic sites in dendrimers permits their efficient nucleic ... -
Probing Mechanical Properties Of Molecular Crystals with Nanoindentation : Applications to Crystal Engineering
(2018-06-05)Crystal engineering is widely applied in the design of new solids with desired physical and chemical properties based on an understanding of intermolecular interactions in terms of crystal packing. The understanding of ... -
Self-Assembly and Cytotoxic Activity of Homometallic and Heterometallic Coordination Architectures
(2018-05-29)The alluring order in which complex biological networks exist in nature stimulated the interest of chemists to replicate such systems synthetically. With such examples as the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) double helix and ... -
Synthesis and Applications of Size and Shape Controlled Magnetic Oxide Particles for Magnetorheological Fluids
(2018-05-25)Magnetorheological fluids (MRFs) are non-colloidal stable suspensions of polarizable mesoscale soft magnetic particles, usually metallic Fe-particles, in a carrier liquid such as oil or water; the solidity of which can be ... -
Ultrafast Raman Loss Spectroscopic Investigations of Excited State Structural Dynamics of Bis(phenylethynyl)benzene and trans-Stilbene
(2018-05-25)The subject of this thesis is the design and development of a unified set up for femtosecond transient absorption and ultrafast Raman loss spectroscopy and demonstrate its potential in capturing the ultrafast photophysical ... -
Stress and Microstructural Evolution During the Growth of Transition Metal Oxide Thin Films by PVD
(2018-05-23)System on Chip (SoC) and System in Package (SiP) are two electronic technologies that involve integrating multiple functionalities onto a single platform. When the platform is a single wafer, as in SOC, it requires the ... -
Development of Polyethylene Grafted Graphene Oxide Reinforced High Density Polyethylene Bionanocomposites
(2018-05-22)The uniform dispersion of the nano fillers without agglomeration in a polymeric matrix is widely adapted for the purpose of mechanical properties enhancement. In the context to biomedical applications, the type and amount ... -
Theoretical Investigation of OPTO-Electronic Processes in Organic Conjugated Systems Within Interacting Models : Exact Diagonalization and DMRG Studies
(2018-05-21)The present thesis deals with a theoretical study of electronic structures in -conjugated molecular materials with focus on their application in organic elec-tronics. We also discuss a modified and efficient symmetrized ... -
Electrocatalytic Studies Using Layered Transition Metal Thiphosphates, Metal Chalcogenides and Polymers
(2018-05-21)The ever increasing demand for energy due to over consumption of non-renewable fossil fuels has emphasized the need for alternate, sustainable and efficient energy conversion and storage systems. In this direction, ... -
Study of Diverse Chemical Problems by NMR and the Design of Novel Two Dimensional Techniques
(2018-05-18)The research work reported in this thesis is focused on the chiral analysis, quantification of enantiomeric composition, assignment of absolute configuration of molecules with chosen functional groups. The weak intra-molecular ... -
Developmental Strategies to Address Prosthetic Infection and Magneto-Responsive Biomaterials for Orthopaedic Applications
(2018-05-16)The issue of prosthetic infection leading to implant failure due to the formation of bacterial biofilms on biomaterial surfaces has been widely recognized as a major issue, often leading to revision surgery. The growing ... -
Fluoranthene-Based Materials for Non-Doped Blue Organic Light-Emitting Diodes
(2018-05-16)The organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology is emerging to be the future technology of choice for thin, flexible and efficient display and lighting panels and is a potential competitor for the existing flat panel ... -
Syntheses Structural Transformations, Magnetism, Ferroelectricity and Proton Conduction of Metal Organic Frameworks (MOF) Compounds
(2018-05-16)The past few decades have witnessed an almost exponential increase in interest in the field of metal organic frameworks (MOFs), which can be evidenced from the large number of scientific articles being published routinely ... -
Evolution of New Lipids and Molecular Gelators : Syntheses, Aggregation Properties and Applications
(2018-05-14)The thesis entitled “Evolution of New Lipids and Molecular Gelators: Syntheses, Aggregation Properties and Applications” elucidates the design, synthesis, aggregation properties and application of new lipids based on ... -
Nanoparticle Mediated Suppression of Protein Aggregation
(2018-05-11)The increasing demands for biopharmaceuticals to treat different diseases have raised concerns about controlling the quality and efficacy of such pharmaceuticals. The design and formulation of a stable protein or peptide ... -
New DNA-Targeting Small Molecules as Potential Anticancer Agents and for in vivo Specificity toward Enhanced Silk Production
(2018-05-10)The thesis entitled “New DNA-Targeting Small Molecules as Potential Anticancer Agents and for in vivo Specificity toward Enhanced Silk Production” encompasses design, computational calculations, and syntheses of diverse ... -
Microwave Spectroscopic and Theoretical Investigations on Inter/Intra Molecular Bonding
(2018-05-09)The importance of weak interactions between molecules to life and all parts of science and engineering is unquestionable and there have been an enormous interest in such interactions. Among all the weak interactions, ... -
Theoretical Studies of Energy Transport in Complex Systems
(2018-05-09)Photosynthesis involves the absorption of photons by light-harvesting pigments and the subsequent transfer of excitation from the absorption centre to the reaction centre. This highly efficient phenomenon of excitation ... -
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, ...