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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 ... -
Organic Imine Cages : Self-Sorting and Application
(2017-11-14)Biological systems have the incredible ability to accomplish uncommon chemical transformations with supreme delicacy. Many of those chemical transformations take place within the pocket of enzymes, which provide unique ... -
Organic Transformations in the Confined Cavity of Self-Assembled Pd(II) Molecular Containers
Biological systems utilize its extraordinary ability to develop complex and functional molecular assemblies employing reversible non-covalent interactions. These natural aesthetic examples motivated synthetic chemists ... -
Oxidation reduction studies in non-aqeous media
This thesis embodies the results of the investigations on the oxidation-reduction behaviour of two typical redox couples in non~aqueous media. The redox systems chosen for the studies are (i) Copper(II) - Copper(l) ... -
Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Copper Oxide Electrodes Doped with First-Row Transition Metals
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is critical in electrochemical applications such as fuel cells, metal-air batteries, and industrial processes like chlor-alkali and H2O2 synthesis. Its universality lies in the fact that ... -
Palladium and Nickel Chalcogenides as Electrocatalysts
(2017-12-02)In recent years, there has been an increasing interest on renewable energy sources as substitute to fossil fuels. Among various processes of energy generation, electrochemical methods such as storage and conversion systems, ... -
Palladium complexes of P,P-, P,N- and P,S- donor ligands based on the P-N-P motif
The diphosphazane ligands of the type Ph?P(E)N(R)P(E?)Ph? (1–5) exhibit diverse palladium–allyl chemistry, including various fluxional processes in solution. The symmetrical ligands Ph?PN(CHMe?)PPh? (1) and Ph?P(S)N(CHMe?)P(S)Ph? ... -
Path Integral Approach to Levy Flights and Hindered Rotations
(2018-04-12)Path integral approaches have been widely used for long in both quantum mechanics as well as statistical mechanics. In addition to being a tool for obtaining the probability distributions of interest(wave functions in the ... -
Phosphorus(III) Ligands Based On The P-N-P Skeleton And Their Transition Metal Complexes
(2009-06-05)There is considerable current interest in the design and synthesis of new phosphorus ligands and their transition metal complexes in view of their potential applications in homogeneous catalysis. The present study is ... -
Photo-responsive Self-assembled Coordination Architectures and Their Applications
Development of nanomaterials that mimic enzyme-like catalytic activities (nanozymes) has drawn special attention in recent time. Nanozymes possess exclusive advantages over natural enzymes like high stability, large-scale ... -
Photocytotoxicity And DNA Cleavage Activity Of Metal Scorpionates And Terpyridine Complexes
(2011-08-22)Scorpionate and terpyridine ligands are of importance in inorganic chemistry for their metal-binding properties. Tris-pyrazolylborate (Scorpionate) ligands that show facial binding mode and steric protection have been ... -
Photodynamic Therapy and Cellular Imaging using Platinum(II) Conjugates of Boron-dipyrromethene and Curcumin
The present thesis portrays the rational design and successful synthesis of platinum(II) complexes for achieving photoactivated dual action anticancer properties. The research project centers on synthesis, comprehensive ... -
Photoelectrochemistry of polycrystalline SrTiO3 and BaTiO3 semiconductor electrodes
This thesis deals with the investigations on the photoelectrochemistry and photoelectrolysis of water, making use of polycrystalline semiconductor electrodes of BaTiO? and SrTiO? with a view to understand the effect of ... -
Physical adsorption from mixtures of gases-Thesis submitted for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy In the faculty of Science
The thesis deals with a study of the adsorption from binary mixtures of gases on solid surfaces. A major part of the investigations is carried out on silica gel, while a part of the work consists of an investigation on ...