Division of Chemical Sciences: Recent submissions
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Alluaudite Battery Chemistry: Design and Exploration
Being one of the most promising technologies in human history, lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have empowered our lives since their commercialization in 1991 by SONY®. However, all these applications need massive production ... -
Synthesis and Applications of Unusual Self-assembled Coordination Architectures
Biological systems like enzymes have complex structures which help in executing intricate chemical reactions. Endeavoring to replicate such chemical reactions, chemists have crafted discreate molecular structures ... -
Synergistic Exploration of Oxide Cathode Materials for Potassium-ion Batteries
Since their inception by Sony® in 1991, Li-ion batteries have become dominant in various energy storage applications. However, the ever-growing energy demand coupled with sparsely distributed lithium resources provide ... -
Phosphate-based Mixed Polyanionic Positive Insertion Materials for Energy Storage Applications
Mixed polyanionic insertion materials offer a rich treasure house to develop robust cathode insertion materials having a desirable combination of chemical and thermal stability, as well as tuneable redox voltage and ... -
Functionalized Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials in Antibacterial Activity and Drug Delivery
The rise in multi-drug-resistant bacterial infections is a major health concern of the 21st-century. Overuse of traditional antibiotics in medical, agricultural, and veterinary practices has led to numerous drug-resistant ... -
Low-Symmetric Water-Soluble Molecular Hosts for Molecular Separation and Optical Modulation
Nature employs the strategy of self-assembly in a remarkable way at every scale to construct numerous functional architectures. Various noncovalent interactions, such as hydrogen bonding, 𝜋-𝜋 stacking, and electrostatic ... -
Studies on Iron and Cobalt Complexes for Cellular Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy
Redox-active transition metal-based prodrug complexes hold great promise as drug delivery systems (DDS) to circumvent drug related toxicity and enhance the overall efficacy of the cytotoxic agents. In this context, ... -
Unleashing the Potential of Nanomaterials in Organic Synthesis: QD-based Photocatalysis and AuNP-catalysed Cascade Rearrangement Reaction
The thesis titled Unleashing the Potential of Nanomaterials in Organic Synthesis: QD-based Photocatalysis and AuNP-catalysed Cascade Rearrangement Reaction explores innovative strategies for organic synthesis using ... -
On the Origin of Parasitic (Electro)Chemistry in Rechargeable Aprotic Metal-Oxygen Batteries
Aprotic metal-oxygen batteries, especially Li-O2 and Na-O2 batteries, could afford theoretical specific energies in excess of 1000 Wh/kg. However, the practical realization of the theoretically possible high specific ... -
Microwave Spectroscopic and Computational Studies on Hydrogen-Bonded Complexes
Hydrogen bonding and van der Waals interactions are key contributors to numerous biological phenomena and have significant implications in synthetic chemistry as well. In supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering, ... -
From Multidimensional non-Markovian Rate Theory to Diffusion-Entropy Scaling and Investigations into the validity of Hydrodynamic Stokes Law
Multidimensional rate theory provides a theoretical framework for understanding chemical reactions that occur in systems with more than one reaction coordinate, such as isomerization reactions, protein folding, or electron ... -
Syntheses and Structural Investigations of Iron(III) Ternary Complexes And Cu(II) Binary Complexes of Nucleotide and its Constituents
Nucleotide is the monomeric unit of DNA and RNA, being the building block of nucleic acid, it plays important roles in many biological processes. For example, Adenosine tri phosphate (ATP) acts as a storage and transporter ... -
Solid Oxide Based Electrodes for CO2 Reduction
The conversion of CO2 to fuels can be instrumental in reducing future dependence on fossil fuels. High temperature (800oC) electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO using a solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) provides an ... -
Insights into Structure-Property Relationships via First Principles and Machine Learning Approaches
The increasing concerns about a sustainable future demand accelerated design and development of new materials with enhanced properties. The process of material development immensely depends on the structure-to-property ... -
Studies of Pyridoneimine in Site-Selective Functionalization of Carbohydrates and in Multivalent Phenomenon
Carbohydrates are functionally rich biomolecules with multiple hydroxy functionalities. As a result, the most often practiced chemical route is to install protecting groups that permit selective functionalization at the ... -
An Exploration of Molecular Recognition Mechanisms and Ligand Induced Transitions in Biomolecules
Molecular recognition refers to processes through which biological macromolecules interact with each other or other small molecules through noncovalent interactions to form specific complexes. Applying molecular recognition ... -
Studies on Iron(III) Complexes for Cellular Imaging and Targeted Photodynamic Therapy
Cancer is caused by uncontrolled division of abnormal cells. Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy are most widely used for its treatment. However, due to serious limitations of these traditional treatment modalities, ... -
Growth and Characterization of Single crystalline VO2 Heterostructures
Vanadium dioxide is a strongly correlated material with a temperature driven metal-to-insulator transition (MIT) near room temperature (~340 K). This electronic transition is accompanied by a structural transition from ... -
Transition in the Conformational Ensemble of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Implications for Phase Separation and Aggregation
Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) are enriched with charged and polar residues and lack a unique three-dimensional structure. Due to the high fraction of charged residues, IDPs are disordered and dynamic, transitioning ... -
Mechanistic Insights into the Chemical and Electronic Doping for Advanced Optoelectronic, Catalytic, and Quantum Applications
Doping via the incorporation of ionizable entities within solid-state materials represents a promising strategy for the generation of mobile or localized charge carriers. Conventionally, doping has been perceived as an ...