Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences: Recent submissions
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Thermalization and its Relation to Localization, Conservation Laws and Integrability in Quantum Systems
(2018-07-26)In this thesis, we have explored the commonalities and connections between different classes of quantum systems that do not thermalize. Specifically, we have (1) shown that localized systems possess conservation laws like ... -
Operator Theory on Symmetrized Bidisc and Tetrablock-some Explicit Constructions
(2018-07-26)A pair of commuting bounded operators (S; P ) acting on a Hilbert space, is called a -contraction, if it has the symmetrised bides = f(z1 + z2; z1z2) : jz1j 1; jz2j 1g C2 as a spectral set. For every -contraction (S; P ), ... -
Inferences on Structure and Function of Proteins from Sequence Data : Development of Methods and Applications
(2018-07-23)Structural and functional annotation of sequences of putative proteins encoded in the newly sequenced genomes pose an important challenge. While much progress has been made towards high throughput experimental techniques ... -
Studies on Non-Invasive Monitoring of Blood Glucose, Urea and Potassium using Reverse Iontophoresis
(2018-07-20)Diabetes mellitus is one of the metabolic disorders prevailing all the over world. About 381.8 million people are affected by diabetes mellitus (DM) during 2013 and it is estimated to increase to 80% by 2035. Nephropathy, ... -
Thin Film Instabilities Mediated Self-Assembly of Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles
(2018-07-18)After the advent of nanotechnology, self-assembly has become an active area of research, as it being one of the few efficient methods to generate ensembles of nanostructures. In this thesis, we present studies on two ... -
Sputter Deposited Thin Film Cathodes from Powder Target for Micro Battery Applications
(2018-07-16)All solid state Li-ion batteries (thin film micro batteries) have become inevitable for miniaturized devices and sensors as power sources. Fabrication of electrode materials for batteries in thin film form has been carried ... -
Recognition of Structures, Functions and Interactions of Proteins of Pathogens : Implications in Drug Discovery
(2018-07-14)Significant advancements in genome sequencing techniques and other high-throughput initiatives have resulted in the availability of complete sequences of genomes of a large number of organisms, which provide an opportunity ... -
Experiments on the 852 nm D2 Line of 133Cs with a Diode Laser System and their use in Measurement of the Permanent Electric Dipole Moment of the Electron
(2018-07-14)We give a brief introduction to atomic physics and the motivation behind our experiments in the first chapter. The electron’s electric dipole moment is an interesting quantity which is yet to be measured. In the 3rd Chapter, ... -
Development of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Based Devices for Force, Flow and Temperature Measurement for Emerging Applications in Biomedical Domain
(2018-07-14)Efficient and accurate sensing of various parameters is needed for numerous applications. In this regard, different categories of sensors play a significant role and different applications require diverse sensing mechanisms ... -
Asymptotic Lower Bound for Quasi Transitive Codes over Cubic Finite Fields
(2018-07-14)Algebraic geometric codes were first introduced by V.D.Goppa . They were well recognized and developed by Tsfasman, Vladut and Zink because they have parameters better than Gilbert-Varshmov bound and thus giving rise to ... -
Facile and Process Compatible Growth of High-k Gate Dielectric Materials (TiO2, ZrO2 and HfO2) on Si and the Investigation of these Oxides and their Interfaces by Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy
(2018-07-14)The continuous downscaling has enforced the device size and oxide thickness to few nanometers. After serving for several decades as an excellent gate oxide layer in complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices, ... -
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 ... -
Structural, Optical and Electrical Studies on Multi-Functional Organic Single Crystals
(2018-07-09)In this thesis, the physical properties of certain multi-functional organic crystals were studied in detail. This study involves the growth of single crystals of Glucuronic acidγ-lactone (GAL), Imidazoliumtartarate (IMLT), ... -
Dynamics of Spiral and Scroll Waves in a Mathematical Model for Human-Ventricular Tissue : The Effects of Fibroblasts, Early-after depolarization, and Heterogeneities
(2018-07-09)This thesis is devoted to the study of the dynamics of spiral and scroll waves in a mathematical model for cardiac tissue. We study the effects of the presence of heterogeneities on electrical-wave dynamics. The heterogeneities ... -
Investigations and Stabilization of Vortex States in Cobalt and Permalloy Nanorings in Contact with Nanowires
(2018-07-09)Magnetic nanorings are the object of increasing scientific interest because they possess the vortex (stray field free) state which ensures lower magnetostatic interactions between adjacent ring elements in high packing ... -
Understanding the Behavior of the Sun's Large Scale Magnetic Field and Its Relation with the Meridional Flow
(2018-07-05)Our Sun is a variable star. The magnetic fields in the Sun play an important role for the existence of a wide variety of phenomena on the Sun. Among those, sunspots are the slowly evolving features of the Sun but solar ... -
Fringe Projection Technique for Deformation Measurements under Impact Loading
(2018-07-05)High-resolution three-dimensional (3D) shape reconstruction of objects has huge potential for applications in the field of design, security, entertainment, biomedicine, industrial quality control etc. Of the available ... -
Multidimensional Multicolor Image Reconstruction Techniques for Fluorescence Microscopy
(2018-06-26)Fluorescence microscopy is an indispensable tool in the areas of cell biology, histology and material science as it enables non-invasive observation of specimen in their natural environment. The main advantage of fluorescence ... -
Establishing Super- and Sub-Chandrasekar Limiting Mass White Dwarfs to Explain Peculiar Type La Supernovae
(2018-06-23)A white dwarf is most likely the end stage of a low mass star like our Sun, which results when the parent star consumes all the hydrogen in its core, thus bringing fusion to a halt. It is a dense and compact object, where ... -
Studies on Performance Enhancement of Infrared and Terahertz Detectors for Space Applications
(2018-06-23)Currently, the concept of multipurpose spacecrafts is being transformed into many small spacecrafts each of them performing specific tasks and thus leading to the realization of pico and nano satellites. No matter what is ...