Browsing Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU) by Title
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Dissipative Mechanisms in Organic Light-emitting Diodes: Role of Intramolecular Charge Transfer and Delayed Fluorescence
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) are emerging to replace conventional lighting technology due to their flexible device structures, multicolour emission, and ease of fabrication. However, one of the key challenges in ... -
Diversity and Structure-Property Correlation in Disordered Multicomponent Organic Crystal Forms
The search for new multifunctional materials continues unabated, and with the realization that in solids, the material property can be tailored using the variability provided by molecular and submolecular forces. Harnessing ... -
Doping And photophysical Properties Of II-VI Semiconductor Nanocrystals
(2010-06-03)Semiconductor nanocrystals with sizes comparable to the corresponding bulk excitonic diameter exhibit unique size-dependent electronic and optical properties resulting from quantum confinement effect. Such nanocrystals not ... -
Dynamics of Water under Confinement and Studies of Structural Transformation in Complex Systems
(2018-04-16)The thesis involves computer simulation and theoretical studies of dynamics of water under confinement and structural transformation in different complex systems. Based on the systems and phenomena of interest, the work ... -
The Effect of Gamma Radiation on Protein Structure and Dynamics
Gamma radiation being the most energetic form of electromagnetic radiation has applications in number of different fields such as in medicine for treating cancer, food sterilization and in astronomy for studying phenomenon ... -
Electrochemical and Spectroscopic Investigations of Some Redox Active Biomolecules
The thesis attempts to ask a few questions related to heme electrochemistry and provide possible answers to these in terms of experimental results obtained and reported in the current literature. It is expected that the ... -
Electrochemical Detection Of Proteins : Myoglobin As A Case Study
(2015-09-08)An effective electrochemical sensor for myoglobin (Myb) detection was developed using a simple procedure of denaturing the protein with guanidine hydrochloride and detecting the released heme group by cyclic voltammetry. ... -
Electrode Design and Interface Engineering for Boosting Electrochemical Performance of Aqueous Zinc-based Batteries
Aqueous zinc-based batteries (AZBs) have emerged as promising next-generation energy storage systems due to the abundance of zinc, which expectedly should lower the battery cost. Additionally, Zn-based batteries will be ... -
Electronic and Magnetic Structures of Some Selected Strongly Correlated Systems
(2018-01-04)Transition metal oxides and chalcogenides are an ideal platform for demonstrating and investigating many interesting electronic phases of matter. These phases emerge as a result of collective many body interactions among ... -
Electronic, Magnetic and Local structure of Some Selected Strongly Correlated Systems
According to independent electron band structure theories, transition metal oxides (TMOs) with partially filled 3d valence band are predicted to be metallic in nature. Though in reality, most of them are insulators. Mott ... -
Enabling Lithium Metal Anode for Garnet Electrolyte based Solid State Batteries
Solid-state lithium metal batteries (SSLMB) employing inorganic solid electrolytes (ISE) in conjunction with lithium metal anode and intercalation cathode are considered among the most promising alternatives for Li-ion ... -
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 ... -
Excitation Energy Transfer In Donor-Acceptor Systems Involving Metal Nanoparticles, And In Conjugated Polymers
(2013-02-19)This thesis consists of two parts and nine chapters. The first part (Part I) presents theoretical studies on non-radiative mode of excitation energy transfer (EET) in donor-acceptor (D-A) systems involving metal nanoparticles. ... -
Exploration of 1,9-Pyrazoloanthrones as a Copious Reserve for Multifarious Chemical and Biological Applications
(2018-01-07)Pyrazoloanthrone and its analogues form the central core of the thesis and the work is focused on the evaluation of chemical and biological applications of pyrazoloanthrones. Selective and sensitive detection of biologically, ... -
An Exploration of Molecular Recognition Mechanisms and Ligand Induced Transitions in Biomolecules
Molecular recognition refers to processes through which biological macromolecules interact with each other or other small molecules through noncovalent interactions to form specific complexes. Applying molecular recognition ... -
Exploring Diverse Facets of Small Molecules by NMR Spectroscopy
(2017-12-07)The thesis entitled “Exploring Diverse Facets of Small Molecules by NMR Spectroscopy” consists of six chapters. The main theme of the thesis is to exploit one and two dimensional NMR methodologies for understanding the ... -
Exploring Intermolecular Space By Charge Density Analysis In Molecular Crystals
(2013-06-21)The thesis entitled “Exploring Intermolecular Space by Charge Density Analysis in Molecular Crystals” consists of five chapters. A short introductory note highlights the importance of intermolecular interactions and presents ... -
Exploring Topological Semimetallic Phases of Matter through First-Principles Calculations
In recent years, the study of topological phases of matter have received immense interest. Following the discovery of topological insulators, topological band theory has been extended to topological semimetals, characterized ...