Division of Chemical Sciences: Recent submissions
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Engineering Dielectric Properties of Nanomaterials
Metallic nanostructures can exhibit plasmonic modes due to coherent oscillations of the free electrons under electromagnetic excitations. Therefore, they find diverse applications in optical sensing, photonics, and ... -
A Few Case Studies of CO2 and O2 Electrocatalysis in Energy Storage
Li-ion batteries has been a resounding success in the domain of portable applications such as electronic devices and are being increasingly explored in electric vehicles and grid storage. Conventional Li-ion batteries ... -
Self-Assembled Hosts for Applications in Guest Binding and Catalysis
Living organisms can perform complex chemical reactions precisely in the confined pockets of enzymes. In this regard, numerous aesthetic 2D and 3D discrete architectures have been constructed using metal-ligand coordination ... -
Studies on Bodipy-platinum(Ii/Iv) Conjugates for Cellular Imaging and Photodynamic Therapy
Cancer emerges from the abnormal proliferation of aberrant cells. Amidst a multitude of treatment options, chemotherapy is widely used as a viable methodology. Despite its widespread use, it is encumbered with significant ... -
Synthesis and Modulation-Doping of VO2 (001) Epitaxial Thin Film Heterostructures
Correlated electron materials (CEMs) host a rich variety of condensed matter phases. Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a prototypical CEM that undergoes a temperature-driven metal-to-insulator transition (MIT) at ~340 K accompanied ... -
Expanding the Possibilities of Multifunctional Gelatin Methacrylol Bioinks for 3D Bioprinting of Complex Biomimetic Tissue Constructs
Tissue engineering, or the construction of complex tissue-like structures for injured tissue replacement and regeneration, has been a subject of investigation over the last thirty years. In the last decade, there has been ... -
Synthesis and X-ray Crystallographic Studies of Salts, Co-crystals, Solvates of some Amine containing Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients and In-situ Cryo Crystallographic Studies on some Organic Liquids
Chapter I describes the general introductory note to describe the common terms like crystalline solids, properties, and their uses pharmaceutical industry. The definition of common terms like Salts, Co-crystal, solvates ... -
Structure and dynamics of quantum supercooled liquids:Insights from molecular dynamics simulations
Supercooled liquids are formed when a liquid is cooled below the melting temperature, avoiding crystallization. The system gets trapped in one of the many metastable states in the free energy surface. In supercooled state, ... -
Molecular Approaches and Structural Insights into Correlated Triplet Pair Dynamics in Intramolecular Singlet Fission
Singlet Fission (SF) is a bichromophoric process whereby a singlet exciton is converted to two triplet excitons through an overall spin-conserved process. The last decade has seen an upsurge in SF research driven by its ... -
Atto-second Dynamics in Molecular Systems
The thesis describes the attosecond dynamics of small molecular systems, focusing on ionization delay times and hole migration delay times. These time delays are some of the fastest events in electronic dynamics. When an ... -
Machine learning and density functional theory assisted insights into the mechanical and oxidation properties of nickel-based superalloys
Due to global warming and increasing fuel costs, there is a constant thrust toward increasing fuel efficiency and reducing the emissions of gas-turbine engines, which are made out of superalloys. New superalloy materials, ... -
Nanomaterials for Magnetism and Catalysis
Nanomaterials possess unique physical and chemical properties allowing for advancement and innovation in diverse scientific and technological fields. The remarkable magnetic and catalytic properties of these nanomaterials ... -
Electron Microscopy Investigations of Surface-modulated Nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic Applications
With advancement and increasing usage of technologies, the demand for energy is also growing. However, the limited and ever-depleting stock of natural gas and fossil fuels has necessitated for better solutions in energy ... -
Functionalized Nanomaterial and Metallocycle for Selective Antibacterial, Diagnosis, and Anti-cancer Activity
The evolution of drug resistant bacteria has become a severe threat to public health globally. The misuse of conventional antibiotics has led to the development of multi-drug resistant bacteria. Even though antibiotics ... -
Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Compounds: Synthesis, Structure and Catalytic Studies
The metal-organic framework (MOF) compounds exhibit interesting developments in coordination chemistry, materials science and other branches of chemistry. These compounds have potential applications in diverse fields ... -
Orbital Engineering Directed Electronic Structure Studies: Design of Pseudo 𝜋 Aromatic Molecules, Borophenes and Borophites
The many ways of using three-membered rings as a design element in molecules and borophenes (2D sheets of boron) will be presented. The underlying design principles require constructing and manipulating molecular orbitals ... -
Studies on chalcopyrite phosphides and phenolic acid-based derivatives towards lithium storage and chemical sensors
Li-ion batteries are among the highly promising power sources for many emerging technologies, including electric vehicles and smart grids. However, an increased demand for energy density and long cycle life cannot be ... -
Two-dimensional layered materials integrated with oxide semiconductor-based hybrid devices for broadband photodetector applications
Photodetectors find their applications in several arenas such as that of bio-integrated electronics, health monitoring, high-definition imaging, remote controls, spectroscopy, and others. Therefore, photodetectors play an ... -
Room Temperature Phosphorescence and Circularly Polarized Luminescence Characteristics of Phosphine Oxides and Phosphoramides
Room temperature phosphorescence (RTP) materials have attracted much attention in recent years owing to their potential applications in organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), security writing, time-gated bio-imaging, ... -
Thermodynamics of Protein Adsorption on Gold and Carbonaceous Nanoparticles Probed by Second Harmonic Light Scattering
Over the past two decades, interaction of small molecules, peptides, and proteins with nanoparticles of various shapes and size have been keenly pursued for two reasons: to find application of these nanoparticle-molecule ...