Inorganic and Physical Chemistry (IPC): Recent submissions
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Protein Adsorption on Gold Nanoparticle and Protein Surfaces Probed by Second Harmonic Light Scattering
Second harmonic light scattering (SHLS) is a highly sensitive technique to probe reactions at interfaces/surfaces because of symmetry breaking at the interface/surface produces a large surface polarization which gives ... -
Mechanistic Studies of Transfer Hydrogenation Catalyzed by Ru(ll)-Half-Sandwich and Group 6 NHC complexes
The thesis explores the mechanistic aspects of transfer hydrogenation of ketones and hydrosilylation of imines; two commonly used organic transformations catalyzed by ruthenium half-sandwich complexes of 2-oxazolidinethiones, ... -
Analytical models of selected stochastic processes in condensed phase systems
This thesis is a record of the research I have carried out over the last five years to understand a selection of problems in the broad area of single-molecule physics. These problems cover four broad themes: (i) dynamically ... -
Chemistry of carbonized metallic nanomaterials
Magnetic nanomaterials have received significant attention because of their remarkable properties enabling applications in various fields such as catalysis, as contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging, in sensing ... -
Design and Application of Self-Assembled Coordination Cages for Catalysis and as Drug Carrier
In summary the present thesis accounts for the design and synthesis of various coordination cages formed through the self-assembly reaction of the newly designed pyridine and pyrimidine based ligands with various 90° ... -
Aqueous and Non- aqueous dispersions of MoS2 Nanosheets
The focus of this thesis is an attempt to provide a molecular perspective of the interactions of solvent and ligand molecules with sonication assisted exfoliated MoS2 nanosheets in aqueous and non-aqueous dispersions. In ... -
The Structural Chemistry of Boron, Borospherenes and Borophenes: A Computational Study
Structural complexity is one of the characteristics of boron chemistry. The 3D solids formed from icosahedral B12 units is thought of as most favorable arrangement for boron allotropes. However, recent discoveries in this ... -
Blue and Red Shifting H-Bonding in X−H···Y(X=C, O: Y = O, N, S) Complexes: A Gas Phase FTIR and ab initio Study
Regular H-bonding is essential for sustenance of many chemical and biochemical processes and has been investigated thoroughly since its discovery in the 1920’s. However, experimental finding of blue shifting of X-H stretching ... -
Design and Synthesis of Cyclic Diselenides and Selenenyl Sulfides for Biomimetic Applications
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) plays important roles in cell signaling and redox reactions. However, elevated levels of H2O2 and organic peroxides induce oxidative stress, resulting in damage to biomolecules such as DNA, ... -
Platinum(II)-BODIPY Conjugates for Organelle Targeted Photodynamic Therapy in Red Light
The serendipitous discovery of Cisplatin (CP, Peyrone's chloride) as an anticancer agent in 1965 by Barnett Rosenberg led to the evolution of other platinum-based anticancer drugs, namely, Carboplatin in 1989 and Oxaliplatin ... -
Cobalt-nhc Complexes and Diazabutadienes in Activation of Mono/Diboron Compounds and Their Application in C-b Coupling Reactions
Boronic acid(esters) have been well recognized as an indispensable coupling partner in the Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reactions producing a vast spectrum of molecules, applicable in the diverse field ranging from medicinal ... -
Structural and Solvent Effects on Excited State Dynamics of Rhenium(I) Tricarbonyl α-Diimine Complexes: A Time-Resolved Spectroscopic and Computational Study
The nature of the lowest excited state in rhenium(I) complex with 1,10-phenathroline as ligand was first reported by Mark Wrighton and David. L. Morse. Since then many rhenium(I) complexes with different ligands having ... -
Ethylene Glycol in the Liquid State: Structure, Conformation and Dynamics - A Study Using Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Ethylene glycol (EG) is an important organic molecule with unique properties and a wide range of applications. The EG molecule shares a structural motif with many biomolecules and serves as a part of the training set for ... -
Non-covalent interactions in Crystals and Heterocycles of Sulphur and Selenium
Hydrogen bonding plays a very important role in the fields of both chemistry and biology. Conventionally it is represented as D-H---A, where D is the donor atom, A is the acceptor atom and H is the hydrogen atom. It has ... -
Design, Synthesis and Optical Characterization of 1,8-Naphthalimide based D-pi-A System
Design, Synthesis and Optical Characterization of 1,8-Naphthalimide based D-pi-A System Luminescent materials find a lot of application in the field of OLEDs and bio-medical applications [1-2]. Our group has recently ... -
Computational Study of General Relationships in Chemistry: C−C, C−N, and B−B Coupling, B−B Catenation, and 2D Metal Borides
Elements in the periodic table are categorized into four major blocks, main group (MG) elements, transition metals (TM), lanthanides (Ln), and actinides (An), which differ dramatically. Recent studies revealed some interesting ... -
Development of New Synthetic Methodologies for Selenocysteine, Selenopeptides and β-Seleno Amino Acids”
thesis mainly describes the synthesis and characterization of novel selenium-containing amino acids for their potential application in redox reactions. Several β-seleno-α-amino acids have been synthesized and fully ... -
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 ... -
Studies on Layered Ternary Metal Chalcogenides: Electronic devices, Sensors and Electrocatalysis
Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) materials have gained tremendous interest since the discovery of graphene in 2004 due to their unique physical and chemical properties. They have been used in various research fields ... -
Studies on Iron and Cobalt Complexes showing Photo-induced Anticancer Activity
In this thesis the various facets of the chemistry of photocytotoxic iron and cobalt complexes have been investigated along with their syntheses, characterization, evaluation of the photocytotoxic activities in various ...