Physics (PHY): Recent submissions
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Prolate Shaped Dark Matter Halo And The Galactic Warp
(2016-04-26)The physical explanation for the existence of the galactic warp is one of the major research areas in Astronomy. People have proposed various theories but nobody has yet given a convincing explanation. Most of the spiral ... -
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, ... -
Investigations Of Magnetic Anisotropy In Ferromagnetic Thin Films And Its Applications
(2016-02-17)Physical systems having dimensions smaller than, or of the same order of magnitude as, the characteristic length scale relevant to a physical property are referred to as mesoscopic physical systems. Due to the dimensions ... -
Confinement, Coarsening And Nonequilibrium Fluctuations In Glassy And Yielding Systems
(2016-02-17)One of the most important and interesting unsolved problems of science is the nature of glassy dynamics and the glass transition. It is quite an old problem, and starting from the early20th century there have been many ... -
Elasticity And Structural Phase Transitions Of Nanoscale Objects
(2015-12-14)Elastic properties of carbon nanotubes (CNT), boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT), double stranded DNA (dsDNA), paranemic-juxtapose crossover (PX-JX) DNA and dendrimer bound DNA are discussed in this thesis. Structural phase ... -
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 ... -
Crystal Structure Of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Histone Like Protein HU And Structure Based Design Of Molecules To Inhibit MtbHU-DNA Interaction : Leads For A New Target. Structure Aided Computational Analysis Of Metal Coordinated Complexes Containing Amino Acids And Organic Moieties Designed For Photo Induced DNA Cleavage
(2015-08-17)In bacteria, nucleoid associated proteins (NAPs) represent a prominent group of global regulators that perform the tasks of genome compaction, establishing chromosomal architecture and regulation of various DNA transactions ... -
Slow Dynamics In Complex Fluids : Confined Polymers And Soft Colloids
(2015-08-05)The thesis describes the study of slow dynamics of confined polymers and soft colloids. We study the finite size effect on the dynamics of glassy polymers using newly developed interfacial microrheology technique. ... -
Experimental Studies Of Electron Spin Dynamics In Semiconductors Using A Novel Radio Frequency Detection Technique
(2015-08-05)A novel experimental setup has been realized to measure weak magnetic moments which can be modulated at radio frequencies (~1–5 MHz). Using an optimized radio-frequency (RF) pickup coil and lock-in amplifier, an experimental ... -
Warped Galaxies : Recovery Of Pattern Speed, Velocity Field And The Warp Equation
(2015-08-04)Pattern speed is an important parameter of the density wave theory for spiral galaxies. In this thesis we have determined the pattern speed for warped galaxies (flat galaxies being a special case of this generalization) ... -
Vertical Structure Of Disk Galaxies And Their Dark Matter Halos
(2015-01-02)The topic of this thesis is the study of the vertical structure of the disk galaxies and their dark matter halos through theoretical modeling and numerical calculations. The basic theoretical model of the galactic disk ... -
Low Temperature Charge Transport And Magnetic Properties Of MWNTs/MWNT-Polystyrene Composites
(2014-11-19)Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been recognized as potential candidates for mainstream device fabrication and technologies. CNTs have become a topic of interest worldwide due to their unique mechanical and electrical properties. ... -
On the Nature Of Propagating MHD Waves In The Solar Atmosphere
(2014-10-15)One of the most persistent problem in solar physics is the identification of the mechanism that heats the solar corona and accelerates the fast solar wind. Magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD)waves play a crucial role in heating of ... -
Charge Transport And Magnetic Properties Of Iron-embedded Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes
(2014-06-12)Studies on charge transport properties in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been a subject of great interest for a long time not only as an important topic in fundamental science, but also as a basic requirement for the application ... -
Experimental And Theoretical Studies Towards The Development Of A Direct 3-D Diffuse Optical Tomographic Imaging System
(2014-06-02)Diffuse Optical Tomography is a diagnostic imaging modality where optical parameters such as absorption coefficient, scattering coefficient and refractive index distributions are recovered to form the internal tissue ... -
Physics Of Conductivity Noise In Graphene
(2014-05-27)This thesis describes the conductivity fluctuations or noise measurements in graphenebased field effect transistors. The main motivation was to study the effect of disorder on the electronic transport in graphene. In ... -
Charge Transport In Conducting Polymers, Polymer-Carbon Nanotube Composites And Devices
(2014-02-26)The Thesis reports charge transport studies on conducting polymers, polymer carbon nanotube composites and organic semiconductor devices. Conducting and semiconducting polymers consisting of π-conjugated chains have ... -
Ultrafast Response And Time Resolved Spectroscopy Of Carbon Nanotubes, Semiconductors And Rare-Earth Titanates Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses
(2013-10-21)In this thesis, experimental studies are reported of ultrafast dynamics and third order optical nonlinear coefficients of carbon nanotubes, and time resolved coherent phonon dynamics of semiconductors and rare earth ... -
Observational Aspects Of Core Collapse Supernovae
(2013-10-17)The discovery of several bright supernovae (SNe) in recent years has evoked a great deal of interest in these objects. The study of these objects are of importance not only as probes to the end stages of stellar evolution, ...