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Structural and Thermoelectric Studies of Sb2Te3 and Bi2Te3 Based Chalcogenide Alloys and Nanocomposites
Thermoelectricity is one of the potential solutions for the rapidly increasing energy demand. Thermoelectric generators can turn waste heat into usable energy. Due to their effectiveness in the 300 K to 500 K temperature ... -
Structural Insights into Peptide Foldamers Containing β or γ Amino Acid Residues Gained Using NMR Spectroscopy
The work reported in this thesis is focused on understanding the conformational properties of peptide foldamers containing β or γ amino acid residues. Chapter 1 includes a brief state-of-the-art literature review on peptide ... -
Structural signatures of relaxation mechanisms in glass forming and devitrifying colloidal suspensions
Connecting macroscopic behavior of matter to the microscopic interactions is the central goal of condensed matter physics. Yet, achieving such a challenging goal in atomic and molecular systems would require tracking all ... -
Structural Studies on Hybrid Peptides : Crystallographic Characterization of Sequences Containing Backbone Homologated, Monosubstituted, Unconstrained Gamma Amino Acid Residues
X-ray crystallographic studies of designed peptides provide definitive proof of the success of a design strategy and yield essential structural information that can be utilized in the future design of biologically and ... -
Structural Studies on Thymidylate Kinase : Evolution, Specificity and Catalysis
(2018-05-30)Thymidylate kinase (TMK) is a key enzyme for DNA synthesis. It occurs at the junction of the de novo and salvage pathways for the synthesis of deoxythymidine triphosphate (dTTP). Its inhibition affects cell viability, ... -
Structural, Electronic And Vibrational Properties Of n-layer Graphene With And Without Doping : A Theoretical Study
(2011-07-11)Graphene – a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice of sp2-bonded carbon atoms – has been attracting a great deal of research interest since its first experimental realization in 2004, due to its various novel properties and ... -
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), ... -
Structure and Dynamics of Binary Mixtures of Soft Nanocolloids and Polymers
(2018-04-24)Binary mixtures of polymers and soft nanocolloids, also called as polymer nanocomposites are well known and studied for their enormous potentials on various technological fronts. In this thesis blends of polystyrene grafted ... -
Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Molecular Membranes
(2018-04-16)This thesis describes the study on structure and dynamics of various kinds of molecular membranes in general. We have studied the morphological transition of colloidal as well as biologically relevant membranes and ... -
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 ... -
Structure, Dynamics And Thermodynamics Of Confined Water Molecules
(2017-05-21)This thesis deals with several aspects of the structure and dynamics of water molecules confined in nanoscopic pores. Water molecules confined in hydrophobic nanocavities exhibit unusual structural and dynamic properties. ... -
Studies in Strongly Correlated Systems: From Ultracold Superfluids to Strange Metals
Almost all the technology that we use today depends on our ability to control and exploit the properties of many electron phases. These phases are primarily made up of non-interacting fermions embodied in a metal or a ... -
Studies of "clean" and "disordered" Bilayer Optical Lattice Systems Circumventing the 'fermionic Cooling-problem'
(2018-09-04)The advancement in the eld of cold-atoms has generated a lot of interest in the condensed matter community. Cold-atom experiments can simulate clean, disor-der/impurity free systems very easily. In these systems, we have ... -
Studies of Diamagnetism and Thermoelectric Transport in High Temperature Superconductors and Graphene
Using a recently proposed Ginzburg-Landau-like free energy functional due to Banerjee et al. Phys. Rev. B 83, 024510 (2011) we calculate the fluctuation diamagnetism of high-T c superconductors as a function of doping, ... -
Studies Of Diffuse Ultraviolet Radiation
(2013-10-07)Ever since the first observations of diffuse ultraviolet radiation by Hayakawa et al. (1969) and Lillie & Witt (1976), there has been an effort to understand its distribution and its origin. Unfortunately, because of the ... -
Studies Of Electronic, Magnetic And Entanglement Properties Of Correlated Models In Low-Dimensional Systems
(2015-09-04)This thesis consists of six chapters. The first chapter gives an introduction to the field of low-dimensional magnetic and electronic systems and relevant numerical techniques. The recent developments in molecular magnets ...