Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences: Recent submissions
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Transport In Quasi-One-Dimensional Quantum Systems
(2011-04-01)This thesis reports our work on transport related problems in mesoscopic physics using analytical as well as numerical techniques. Some of the problems we studied are: effect of interactions and static impurities on the ... -
Phase Transitions And Magnetic Order In Multiferroic And Ferromagnetic Rare Earth Manganites
(2011-03-29)Recent findings of multiferroicity and magnetoelectric effects in rare earth manganites have fuelled research in this class of materials. These multiferroics can be structurally divided into two classes – orthorhombic and ... -
Growth Aspects And Phonon Confinement Studies On Ion Beam Sputter Deposited Ultra Thin Films
(2011-03-01)The broad theme of the present research investigation is on the preparation and characterization of the ultra thin films. The emerging field of nano science and technology demands the realization of different materials in ... -
Quantum Information Processing By NMR : Quantum State Discrimination, Hadamard Spectroscopy, Liouville Space Search, Use Of Geometric Phase For Gates And Algorithms
(2011-02-22)The progess in NMRQIP can be outlined in to four parts.1) Implementation of theoretical protocols on small number of qubits. 2) Demonstration of QIP on various NMR systems. 3) Designing and implementing the algorithms for ... -
NMR Investigations Of Oriented Systems : Novel Techniques And Applications
(2011-02-22)This thesis presents results of novel methodologies applied to oriented systems. Both pure liquid crystalline materials as well as molecules oriented in liquid crystalline matrices have been studied. In particular this ... -
Development And Optimization Of A Microchip PCR System Using Fluorescence Detection
(2011-02-21)Microfabricated thermal cyclers for nucleic acid amplification by using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) have been demonstrated by several groups over the last decade, with improved cycling speed and smaller volumes when ... -
Investigations On The Influence Of Process Parameters On The Deposition Of Samarium Cobalt (SmCo) Permanent Magnetic Thin Films For Microsystems Applications
(2011-02-15)The research in permanent magnet thin films focuses on the search of new materials and methods to increase the prevalent data storage limit. In the recent past the work towards the application of these films to micro systems ... -
Structure And Dynamics Of Polymers In Confinement
(2011-02-07)The thesis describes the study of structure and dynamics of polymers in confined geometry. We study the finite size effect on the dynamics of non glassy and glassy polymers. Systematic measurement have been performed to ... -
Single Pulse Studies Of Wide Profile Drifting Pulsars - A Probe Of Pulsar Magnetospheres
(2011-02-07)The detailed nature of radio emission processes of pulsars and the exact location and distribution of the pulse emitting regions are still shrouded with mystery. Pulsars with drifting subpulses are considered as an important ... -
Electronics Instrumentation For Ion Trap Mass Spectrometers
(2011-01-31)The thesis aims at building an experimental setup for conducting the boundary ejection and resonance ejection experiments on wide variety of ion trap mass analyzers. The experimental setup has two parts namely power ... -
Performance Characterization Of A Cylindrical Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer
(2011-01-31)The cylindrical ion trap (CIT) is made up of two planar endcap electrodes and a cylindrical ring electrode. The investigation of simpler geometries like CIT has been started off in recent years with a view towards ... -
Studies On The Growth And Characterization Of II-VI Semiconductor Nanostructures By Evaporation Methods
(2011-01-31)In recent years, there has been growing interests on II-VI semiconductor nanostructures, which are suitable for applications in electronics and optoelectronic devices such as solar cells, UV lasers, sensors, light emitting ... -
ECR Studies Across Bare And Gold Coated Metal Contacts At Low Temperatures
(2011-01-28)Electrical contact resistance (ECR) measurements are needed for judging the performance of electrical appliances. Understanding the behaviour of ECR at low temperature gives a unique opportunity for understanding the contact ... -
Preparation, Characterization And Ionic Conductivity Studies On Certain Fast Ionic Conductors
(2011-01-20)Fast ionic conductors, i.e. materials in which charge transport mainly occurs through the motion of ions, are an important class of materials with immense scope for industrial applications. There are different classes of ... -
Neuronal Correlations And Real-Time Implementation Of Spatio-Temporal Patterns Of Cultured Hippocampal Neural Networks in vitro
(2011-01-19)The study of cultured neuronal networks has opened up avenues for understanding the ion channels, receptor molecules, and synaptic plasticity that may form the basis of learning and memory. The hippocampal neurons prepared ... -
Growth And Physical Properties Of Nonlinear Optical Crystals CsH(C4H4O5)H2O, CsLiB6O10 And Near-Stoichiometric LiNbO3
(2011-01-18)NLO materials have been researched for nearly five decades from the point of view of understanding the basic mechanisms and also in the pursuit of new materials possessing improved properties. Materials satisfying a set ... -
Multicarrier Effects In High Pulsed Magnetic Field Transport And Optical Properties Of Mercury Cadmium Telluride
(2011-01-17)This thesis on multicarrier effects in the magnetotransport and optical properties of Mercury Cadmium Telluride (MCT or HgCdTe) covers mainly: design, construction and calibration of a 12T 4K and 19T 77K pulsed high magnetic ... -
X-ray Crystallographic Characterization Of Designed Peptides Containing Heterochiral And Homochiral Diproline Segments And Database Analysis
(2010-12-30)Understanding the relation between amino acid sequences and protein structures is one of the most important problems in modern molecular biology. However, due to the complexities in the protein structure, this task is ... -
Graphene And Carbon Nanotubes : Field Induced Doping, Interaction With Nucleobases, Confined Water And Sensors
(2010-12-08)This thesis presents experimental and related theoretical studies of single layer graphene, bilayer graphene and single walled carbon nanotubes. The thesis is divided into three parts; the first part describes the phonon ... -
Simultaneous Studies Of Electrical Contact Resistance And Thermal Contact Conductance Across Metallic Contacts
(2010-12-07)Contact resistance is the most important and universal characteristic of all types of electrical and thermal contacts. Accurate measurement of contact resistance is important, because it serves as a measure for judging the ...