Division of Chemical Sciences: Recent submissions
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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, ... -
First Hyperpolarizability (β) of Organic and Inorganic Compounds : Keto-Enol Tautomerism and Halogen Effect
(2018-05-09)The work presented in this thesis has broadly established a few findings about the structure¬hyperpolarizability relation in molecular compounds: First, by measuring βHRS of an organic keto-enol tautomer, benzoylacetanilide ... -
Investigations on Azide Functional Polymers as Binders for Solid Propellants
(2018-05-09)This thesis contains investigations in the area of polymers herein propellants binders are modified functionally to meet the requirements of future energetic propellants. Chapter 1 contains a broad introduction to the area ... -
Design and Syntheses of Triarylborane Decorated Luminescent Dyes : Intriguing Optical Properties and Anion Sensing Applications
(2018-05-08)The main thrust of this thesis is the development of new triarylborane containing luminescent molecules as well as utilizing triarylboron center as a receptor for the selective detection of biologically, environmentally ... -
Copper-Catalyzed Novel Oxidative Transformations : Construction of Carbon-Hetero Bonds
(2018-05-08)The thesis entitled “Copper-Catalyzed Novel Oxidative Transformations: Construction of Carbon-Hetero Bonds” is divided into two main sections. Section A deals with the utility of azide as a nitrogen source for C-N bond ... -
Vibrational Microspectroscopic Studies of Biomedical Conditions Using Model Systems
(2018-05-08)Over the last century, despite enormous advancements in biomedical research and the development of sophisticated analytical instruments many diseases continue to be a burden on humankind particularly on the aged. This is ... -
Design, Development and Applications R & D on Substrate-Integrated Lead-Carbon Hybrid Ultracapacitors
(2018-05-08)Electrochemical capacitors or supercapacitors or ultracapacitors are potential energy storage devices that could help bringing major advances in future energy storage applications. Unlike batteries that store energy in ... -
Syntheses and Structure Elucidations of Ternary Metal (Cu/Co)Complexes with Nucleic Acid Constituents
(2018-05-07)The thesis is divided into four chapters Chapter 1 provides a brief introduction to the metal-nucleic acid interactions, the role of synthetic models to understand them with both solution (potentiometric) and solid state ... -
Internal Structure and Self-Assembly of Low Dimensional Materials
(2018-05-01)The properties of bulk 3D materials of metals or semiconductors are manifested with various length scales(e.g., Bohr excitonic radius, magnetic correlation length, mean free path etc.) and are important in controlling their ... -
Microwave Spectroscopic and Atoms in Molecules Theoretical Investigations on Weakly Bound Complexes : From Hydrogen Bond to 'Carbon Bond'
(2018-05-01)Weak intermolecular interactions have very strong impact on the structures and properties of life giving molecules like H2O, DNA, RNA etc. These interactions are responsible for many biological phenomena. The directional ... -
Functionalized Nanostructures : Iron Oxide Nanocrystals and Exfoliated Inorganic Nanosheets
(2018-05-01)This thesis consists of two parts. The first part deals with the magnetic properties of Fe3O4 nanocrystals and their possible application in water remediation. The second part is on the delamination of layered materials ... -
Anodized Zirconia Nanostructures
(2018-05-01)Electrochemical anodization is a facile technique to synthesize ordered oxide nanostructures. Though the number of materials exhibiting anodized nanostructures has increased considerably in the recent years, only nanoporous ...