Inorganic and Physical Chemistry (IPC): Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
Mechanistic Insights Into Small Molecule (Amine-Boranes, Hydrogen, Methane, Formic Acid Carbon dioxide) Activation Using Electrophilic Ru(II)-Complexes
(2017-11-09)Current fossil fuels (Coal and Petroleum) based economy is not sustainable in the long run because of its dwindling resources, and increasing concerns of climate change due to excessive carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. To ... -
An Architectural Exploration in Coordination Driven Self-Assembly & Fluorescent Imidazolium Salts as Picric Acid Receptors
(2017-10-11)Nature has always remained a constant source of inspiration for chemists for synthesizing natural products, mimicking enzymatic reactions or to construct molecular architectures resembling biological assemblies. With the ... -
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 ... -
Synthesis, Physiochemical And Electrochemical Studies On Iridium, Osmium And Graphene Oxide-Based Nanostructures
(2017-05-25)Nanoscience dominates almost all areas of science and technology in the 21st century. Nanoparticles are of fundamental interest since they possess unique size dependent properties (optical, electrical, mechanical, chemical, ... -
Serendipitous Assembly Of 3d Metal-Ion Polyclusters : Structures, Magnetic Behavior And Theoretical Studies
(2017-02-22)The last two decades have seen extensive growth in interest in metal-ion assemblies, especially for building new polynuclear exchange-coupled magnetic systems. However, the concept of designing polynuclear extended structures ... -
Functionalized Hyperbranched Polymers And Nonionenes
(2016-10-20)In 1980’s a new class of material named as dendrimer became popular both in the field of polymer science and engineering. Dendrimer is an example of symmetric, highly branched three dimensional globular nano-object. It ... -
Self-Selection Of Discrete Molecular Architectures In Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly
(2016-10-20)Self–assembly has long been attracting chemists’ attention because it can yield fascinating supramolecular architectures in a single step. More precisely, metal–ligand coordination–driven self–assembly has stood out as an ... -
Electronic Structure And Bonding In Metallaboranes And Main Group Compounds
(2016-05-04)This thesis entitled “Electronic Structure and Bonding in Metallaboranes and Main Group Compounds” consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 gives an exposition of concepts and techniques used in understanding the electronic ... -
Studies On The Photocytotoxic Effect Of Ferrocene-Conjugated Copper(II) Complexes
(2016-04-29)The present thesis deals with different aspects of the chemistry and photo-biology of various ferrocene-conjugated metal complexes, their interaction with double helical DNA, DNA photocleavage and photo-enhanced cytotoxicity ... -
Ultrafast Raman Loss Spectroscopy (URLS) : Understanding Resonant Excitation Response And Linewidth Changes
(2016-02-25)Raman spectroscopy involves change in the polarizability of the molecular system on excitation and is based on scattering process. Spontaneous Raman scattering is a two photon process, in which the input light initiates ... -
Targeting Cancer Cells And Live Cell Imaging Using Bis(thiosemicarbazone) Complexes Of Copper And Zinc
(2016-02-25)Transition metal bis(thiosemicarbazone) complexes have been of great interest in the last five decades. One of the most striking features of these complexes is that they possess a wide range of biological properties including ... -
Self-Assembly Of Functional Supramolecular Architectures via Metal-Ligand Coordination
(2015-09-09)Over the past few decades, supramolecular self-assembly has become an alternative synthetic tool for constructing targeted discrete molecular architectures. Among various interactions, metal-ligand coordination has attracted ... -
Ultrafast Raman Loss Spectroscopy (URLS)
(2015-02-05)Contemporary laser research involves the development of spectroscopic techniques to understand the microscopic structural aspects of a simple molecular system in chemical and materials to more complex biological systems ... -
Studies On Lanthanide Complexes Showing Photo-activated DNA Cleavage And Anticancer Activity
(2015-01-08)This thesis work deals with different aspects of the chemistry of La(III) and Gd(III) complexes, their interaction with DNA and proteins, photo-induced cleavage of double-stranded DNA, photocytotoxic effect on cancer cells, ... -
Rotational Specroscopic And Theoretical Investigations Of Non-conventional Hydrogen Bonds
(2014-11-12)The nature of interactions within a molecule, i.e. chemical bonding, is well understood today. However, our understanding about intermolecular interactions, which has great relevance in nature, is still evolving. Historically ... -
Probing The Equilibrium Geometry Of Weakly Interacting Systems In Solution By Hyper-Rayleigh Scattering
(2014-08-11)Under the electric dipole approximation, second harmonic of the incident light is scattered by a collection of randomly oriented molecular dipoles in solution due to instantaneous orientational fluctuation which is ... -
Understanding Solvent Effect On Triplet State Structure Of Thioxanthone And Its Derivatives Using Time-Resolved Resonance Raman Spectroscopy
(2014-05-01)It has long been recognized that course and efficiency of a chemical reaction is largely mediated by the short-lived transient species (excited state or radicals) which are formed as reactive intermediates during a chemical ... -
Conformational Reorganization Of Hyperbranched And Linear Polymers And Functionalized Porous Polymer Films
(2014-04-22)The main focus of the research work presented in the thesis is the understanding of structural and conformational reorganizations in hyperbranched and linear polymers. The thesis includes three different investigations: ...