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Many-body classical chaos: A case study across thermal phase transitions and connection to quantum measurements
There has been enormous interest in understanding the emergence of thermal behavior in systems isolated from the environment, be it classical or quantum. For classical systems, it has been argued that chaos plays a vital ... -
Matchings Between Point Processes
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Material and Mechanical Aspects of Thin Film Coatings for Strain Sensing Application on Aero Engines
Aero engines are one of the most complex machines on this planet and have propelled the necessity of advanced material technologies. Health monitoring of the engine is performed by a variety of sensors and amongst these ... -
Mathematical And Numerical Studies On The Inverse Problems Associated With Propagation Of Field Correlation Through A Scattering Object
(2011-05-23)This thesis discusses the inverse problem associated with the propagation of field autocorrelation of light through a highly scattering object like tissue. In the first part of the thesis we consider the mathematical issues ... -
Measurement Of Solar Cell AC Parameters Using Impedance Spectroscopy
(Indian Institute of Science, 2006-03-07)Photovoltaic (PV) conversion of solar energy appears to be one of the most promising ways of meeting the increasing future energy demand. In space, photovoltaic power source is the only alternative. The demand for higher ... -
Mechanical Behavior Study of Microporous Assemblies of Carbon Nanotube and Graphene
(2018-08-13)Carbon nanotubes (CNT) and graphene have been one of the noticeable research areas in science and technology. In recent years, the assembly of these carbon nanostructures is one of the most interesting topic to the scientific ... -
Mechanical Properties and Self-Assembly of Nanostructures
(2017-12-12)This thesis is devoted to the investigation of mechanical properties and self-assembly process of materials at the nanoscale. Various nanostructured materials such as nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanowires and thin films are ... -
Mechanical Properties of Nucleic Acids in Bulk and Under Confinement and Their Interaction with Peptide
Proteins, DNA and RNA are arguably the most studied biological molecules with curiously interconnected relation that appears ubiquitous in all organisms. Almost all nucleoprotein interactions and DNA manipulation events ... -
Mechanical, Structural, Thermal and Electrical Studies on Indium and Silver Doped Ge-Te Glasses having Possible PCM Applications
(2018-02-09)The Science behind amorphous Chalcogenide materials opened up new technologies in the arena of Phase Change Memories. The Ovonic universal phase change memory is called universal because it can replace flash memory, DRAM ... -
Mechanising knot Theory
(2018-01-31)Mechanisation of Mathematics refers to use of computers to generate or check proofs in Mathematics. It involves translation of relevant mathematical theories from one system of logic to another, to render these theories ... -
Mechanistic Insights into Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Biomolecular Processes: Protein Unfolding and Aggregation, DNA Nanomechanics, and Drug Delivery
Biophysics has seen unprecedented progress, applying concepts from physics to study intriguing biological phenomena. Further advances in this field require fundamental understanding of various processes at the nanoscale ... -
Mesonic screening mass at zero and finite chemical potential
The finite temperature analysis of QCD is challenging since perturbation theory is not applicable in that regime. A non-perturbative method like lattice QCD is thus required to obtain an estimate of the necessary observables. ... -
Mesophases Of Active Matter : Translational Order, Critical Rheology And Electrostatics
(2016-04-26)This thesis consists of research work in the broad area of soft condensed matter theory with a focus on active matter. The study of long wavelength, low frequency collective behavior of active particles (bacterial suspensions, ... -
Mesoscopic Heat engines beyond the Limits of Thermodynamics
Despite the central role that Equilibrium thermodynamics has played in our understanding of many body systems, the underlying theoretical construct is strictly correct only in the ‘Thermodynamic Limit’. On the other hand, ... -
Methodological Developments In NMR Using Cross-correlations And Spatial Encoding
(Indian Institute of Science, 2006-02-08)This thesis aims at the methodological developments in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). The methodological developments in NMR has a long and successful history. The present thesis attempts to contribute some novel ... -
Micro-Newton Force Measurement and Actuation : Applied to Genetic Model Organisms
(2018-07-10)Mechanical forces have been observed to affect various aspects of life, for example, cell differentiation, cell migration, locomotion and behavior of multicellular organisms etc. Such forces are generated either by external ... -
A micro-robotic system with integrated force sensing capability for manipulation of magentic particles in three dimensions
Micro-robotic systems are used in various fields of science and technology for the manipulation of objects of size less than a millimeter. Magnetic tweezers can be considered as micro-robotic systems due to their ability ... -
Microfabricated Devices For DNA Analysis
(2011-08-02)