Browsing Inorganic and Physical Chemistry (IPC) by thesis submitted date"2014"
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Aqueous Dispersions of Graphene Oxide, Reduced Graphene Oxide and Functionalized Graphene Oxide
(2018-01-29)Graphene sheets, one atom thick, two dimensional layers of carbon atoms, have gained enormous importance over the past few years due to their unique attributes - high electronic, thermal conductivities and exceptional ... -
Bio-inspired Materials : Antioxidant and Phosphotriesterase Nanozymes
(2018-01-28)Bio-inspired or biomimetic chemistry deals with the replication of the nature’s fundamental processes, which can help in understanding the functioning of biological systems and develop novel applications. Although a large ... -
Biomimetic Studies on Tyrosine- and Phenolate- Based Ligands and their Metal Complexes
(2017-11-14)Tyrosine (4-hydroxyphenylalanine) is one of the naturally occurring 22 amino acids. The importance of tyrosine is due to the presence of its phenolic side chain. In biological systems, the tyrosyl residue in proteins is ... -
A Computational Study of C-H Binding, C-H Activation and Fluxional Processes of d6 Half- Sandwich Complexes
(2017-11-24)Significant developments have been made in the field of C–H activation. However, various disadvantages, mainly low reactivity and selectivity, limit their usage in large-scale synthesis. It is crucial to understand the ... -
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, ... -
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 ... -
Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Organic Molecules on Nanostructured Metals on PEDOT Surface
Availability of appropriate forms of energy is one of the basic needs of the society. The demand for worldwide energy has been increasing, while the conventional energy sources have been depleting fast. As the present main ... -
Electrocatalytic Studies on Layer-type Ternary Phosphochalcogenides and on the Formation of Nitride Phases
(2018-01-28)Research on new, environment-friendly, clean and efficient energy sources have contributed immensely to the development of new technologies for the generation and storage of electrical energy. Heterogeneous ‘electrocatalysis’ ... -
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 ... -
High Capacity Porous Electrode Materials of Li-ion Batteries
(2017-12-12)Lithium-ion battery is attractive for various applications because of its high energy density. The performance of Li-ion battery is influenced by several properties of the electrode materials such as particle size, surface ... -
Influence of Ancillary Ligands in the Chemistry of Transition Metal σ-Complexes
(2017-09-27)This thesis work is based on an investigation of intermediates involved in various metal mediated catalytic reactions such as hydrogenation, hydroboration, functionalization of methane etc. An intermediate dictates the ... -
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 ... -
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, ... -
Raman Spectroscopy Applications to High Energy Materials
(2018-01-28)Detection of explosives has always been a challenging issue all over the world. Different analytical techniques and instrumentation methods have been explored to obtain a 100% fail proof detector. Some technologies have ... -
Self-Assembled Coordination Cages for Catalysis and Proton Conduction
(2018-02-18)Biological systems construct varieties of self-assembled architectures with incredible elegance and precession utilizing proteins as subunits to accomplish widespread functions. Inspired by natural systems, construction ... -
Structure-Activity Correlation and Mechanistic Investigations of Glutathione Peroxidase-Like Catalytic Activity of Diaryl Diselenides
Hydroperoxides are very harmful and they can oxidize several biomolecules, causing different disease states. Glutathione peroxidase (GPx) is a mammalian selenoenzyme which protects human body from oxidative damage by ... -
Studies on Photocytotoxic Ferrocenyl Conjugates
(2018-01-28)The present thesis deals with different aspects of the chemistry and photo-biology of various ferrocene-conjugates, their interaction with double helical DNA, DNA photocleavage and photo-enhanced cytotoxicity in visible ... -
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 ... -
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 ...