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Heat and mass transfer studies in solid state fermentations
Solid-state fermentation (SSF) processes have long been employed in the production and preservation of a variety of foods, and in the production of enzymes, organic acids, antibiotics and other microbial products. They are ... -
Heterogeneous catalytic oxidation of isobutylene in vapour-phase Ph.D. Thesis
Kinetics of the catalytic vapour-phase oxidation of isobutylene to methacrolein, an important raw material for polymer industries, was investigated in a fixed-bed isothermal flow reactor. Out of a number of catalysts ... -
HIV Dynamics With Multiple Infections Of Cells And Recombination
(2009-07-14)The ability to accelerate the accumulation of favorable combinations of mutations renders recombination a potent force underlying the emergence of forms of HIV that escape multi-drug therapy and specific host-immune ... -
Identification of crystalline structures of clathrate hydrates during molecular simulations using machine learning
Molecular simulation is a powerful tool that links a system’s microscopic behaviour to its macroscopic observable features. The data obtained from a molecular simulation act as a digital microscope, i.e., it contains ... -
Improved Theory of Clathrate Hydrates
(2018-07-30)The current theoretical understanding of thermodynamics of clathrate hydrates is based on the van der Waals and Plattew (vdWP) theory developed using statistical thermodynamics approach. vdWP theory has been widely used ... -
Inactivation of Microorganisms by Photocatalysis
(2018-02-20)Photocatalysis is an advanced oxidation process, which has shown to possess an enhanced capability to remove a wide range of contaminants. It involves the use of a semiconductor photocatalyst and a photon source. Photocatalysis ... -
Inkjet-Printed Ag Nanomaterials based Strain Sensors for Wearable Sensing Applications
Of late, the demand of wearable sensors has exponentially risen. For example, strain sensors that can be worn and are skin mountable play a significant role in the areas of human motion detection, healthcare, soft robotics, ... -
Investigating Membrane Dynamics And Oligomerization Of Pore-forming Toxins Using Single-molecule Fluorescence Techniques
The biological membrane is a thin fluidic matrix composed of a lipid bilayer that forms the primary cellular barrier against the extracellular environment. The high-density of embedded proteins and glycosylated molecules ... -
Investigation of multiscale biological phenomenon using kinetic modeling and molecular dynamics simulations
Biological systems inherently function at multiple spatial and temporal scales by integrating information across these scales. In this thesis, we are interested in investigating two classes of biological phenomena that ... -
Investigations Of Polymer Grafted Lipid Bilayers Using Dissipative Particle Dynamics
(2011-01-25)Lipid molecules are amphiphilic in nature consisting of a hydrophilic head group and hydrophobic hydrocarbon tails. The lipid bilayer consists of two layers of lipid molecules arranged with their hydrophobic tails facing ... -
Investigations on gas-liquid ejectors
A gas–liquid ejector offers relatively higher interfacial area and can be seriously considered as a cocurrent gas–liquid contactor. A model has been proposed, which assumes the contactor comprises a series of stirred vessels ... -
Kinematics and Rheology of Complex Fluids: Active Suspensions and Dry Granular Materials
This work focuses on two problems in complex fluids, namely collective dynamics of suspensions of self-propelled particles and the rheology of dry granular materials. In both systems, interaction between the particles is ... -
Kinetics Of Photo Initiated Organic And Polymer Reactions
(2012-04-23)Photo-initiated reactions involve the use of ultraviolet (UV) or visible light radiation to effect chemical transformations. Some of the advantages of photo-initiated reactions over thermal or high pressure reactions include ... -
Kinetics of Photocatalytic Degradation of Dyes, Organics and Polymers using Nanomaterials
The main objective of this thesis was to investigate the application of photocatalysis for the degradation of organics, dyes, polymers, reduction of metal ions, decomposition of NO, etc. In this context, extensive work was ... -
Kinetics Of Polymerization And Degradation By Non-Conventional Techniques
(Indian Institute of Science, 2007-03-28)Non-conventional techniques for polymerization and depolymerization were investigated. The rates of polymerization were enhanced higher in ultrasonic, supercritical fluids and microwaves. However in these system under ... -
Linear stability analysis of fluid flow adjacent to a flexible surface
Fluid flow adjacent to a flexible surface is often encountered in biological systems and bio-technological processes. These flows have been analyzed using models similar to those for the flow past a rigid surface, but the ... -
Mathematical and data-driven modelling of viral infections: Applications to HIV/AIDS and COVID-19
Remarkable advances are being made in developing interventions for eliciting longterm remission of HIV-1 infection. The success of these interventions will obviate the need for lifelong antiretroviral therapy, the current ... -
Mathematical and Statistical Modeling of Epidemiology of Asymptomatic COVID-19 Infections and Vaccine Design Strategies
A defining feature of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the high prevalence of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections – laboratory-confirmed cases where individuals never develop symptoms. Accurately estimating the proportion ... -
Mesoscale Modelling of sheared lamellar mesophases
The lamellar phase or smectic lyotropic liquid crystalline medium, which is made up of alternating flat sheets of water and surfactant bilayers shearing past each other in an imposed flow. Surprisingly, In practical ...