Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit (SSCU): Recent submissions
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A Few Case Studies of CO2 and O2 Electrocatalysis in Energy Storage
Li-ion batteries has been a resounding success in the domain of portable applications such as electronic devices and are being increasingly explored in electric vehicles and grid storage. Conventional Li-ion batteries ... -
Synthesis and Modulation-Doping of VO2 (001) Epitaxial Thin Film Heterostructures
Correlated electron materials (CEMs) host a rich variety of condensed matter phases. Vanadium dioxide (VO2) is a prototypical CEM that undergoes a temperature-driven metal-to-insulator transition (MIT) at ~340 K accompanied ... -
Molecular Approaches and Structural Insights into Correlated Triplet Pair Dynamics in Intramolecular Singlet Fission
Singlet Fission (SF) is a bichromophoric process whereby a singlet exciton is converted to two triplet excitons through an overall spin-conserved process. The last decade has seen an upsurge in SF research driven by its ... -
Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Compounds: Synthesis, Structure and Catalytic Studies
The metal-organic framework (MOF) compounds exhibit interesting developments in coordination chemistry, materials science and other branches of chemistry. These compounds have potential applications in diverse fields ... -
Structural and Electrochemical Investigations of Monovalent and Divalent Aqueous Rechargeable Batteries
Several stringent laws and regulations have been enforced by various National/International agencies for the adoption of sustainable methods for energy production and usage. In recent times, electric grids based on alternative ... -
Opto-electronic Properties of a Few Dimensionally Controlled Hybrid Halides and Related Systems
To mitigate the adverse environmental effects of burning fossil fuels, it became necessary to explore alternative ‘clean’ renewable energy sources to meet the ever-increasing energy demands. While silicon-based solar cell ... -
Photo magnetic Investigation and Magneto-structural Correlation of Switchable Molecular Magnetic Materials
Modern life without magnetic materials is almost impossible to imagine. Mobile phones, telecommunication, navigation, computer, television, credit cards, medical equipment, data storage devices, and sensors are an integral ... -
Optoelectronic and Magnetic Properties of 2D Layered Organic-Inorganic Hybrids and Selected Transition Metal Oxides
Perovskites with the general chemical formula ABX3 can be categorized into oxides and halides depending on the nature of the X anion. 3D organic-inorganic halide perovskites are extensively studied in the context of solar ... -
Investigation of strongly correlated paramagnetic state at sub-Kelvin regime for S ≥ 1/2 systems: Role of disorder and dimensionality
A magnetic system usually orders ferro- or anti-ferromagnetically at temperatures comparable to interaction strength between the spins. Moreover, an interacting spin system tends to order with the increase of dimensionality ... -
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 ... -
Metal Ion Mediated Riboswitch Folding and Cognate Ligand Sensing
Riboswitches are noncoding RNA molecules that can control gene expression upon cognate ligand binding. Riboswitches are primarily present in bacteria and are crucial for bacteria's survival, which makes riboswitches ... -
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 ... -
Minerals to Functional Materials: Comprehensive Evaluation of Vanthoffites and Related Materials towards Futuristic Multifunctional Applications
The thesis provides a systematic investigation of materials derived from different mineral species such as vanthoffite and related minerals structures. Search of new multifunctional materials continues to be a challenge ... -
Supramolecular Self-assembly of Diketopyrrolopyrrole with Emergent Photophysics and Unprecedented Photoconductivity
Structural fluctuation in organic molecular semiconductors often plays a key role in fragmenting the conducting pathways even in their condensed phases due to the large fraction of free volumes, acting as trap sites for ... -
Ion insertion and Ion-host Interactions in Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based π-Conjugated Polymers
π-conjugated organic semiconductors are a class of technologically important materials with broad applicability in areas as diverse as energy conversion and storage, bioelectronics, and consumer electronics. This is because ... -
Studies on Nanostructured Transition Metal Oxides and Related Composites for Supercapacitor Electrodes
Supercapacitors have acquired considerable scientific and technological position in energy storage field owing to their compelling power capability, good energy density, excellent cycling stability and ideal safety. ... -
Design of Electroactive Materials and Mechanistic Investigations of Metal (Li, Na, Mg)-Sulfur Batteries
The thesis entitled “Design of Electroactive Materials and Mechanistic Investigations of Metal (Li, Na, Mg)-Sulfur Batteries’’ deliberates on some of the important issues impeding the progress of metal sulfur battery (Li/S, ... -
Role of spin density and interchromophoric coupling in singlet fission
Singlet exciton fission (SEF) is the transformation of a photoexcited singlet exciton into two triplets localized on two chromophores coupled together. This process therefore produces two triplet excitons at the expense ... -
Quantum Phases and Magnetization Plateaus of Skewed Spin Ladders
This thesis deals with theoretical studies of skewed spin ladders which are two legged ladder with periodic slanted rung bonds and can be viewed as periodic fused rings with two different number of vertices. The spin at ... -
Microscopic Investigations of Dynamics of Linear Diatomics and Ions in Water and Aqueous Binary Mixtures
This thesis explores the structural and dynamical aspects of small, charged and neutral, solute molecules in both pure water and in aqueous binary mixtures, with emphasis on water-ethanol binary mixture. We employ both ...