Physics (PHY): Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Generalizations Of The Quantum Search Algorithm
(2010-12-03)Quantum computation has attracted a great deal of attention from the scientific community in recent years. By using the quantum mechanical phenomena of superposition and entanglement, a quantum computer can solve certain ... -
Phase Transitions And Relaxation Processes In Water And Glycerol-Water Binary Liquid Mixtures : Spin Probe ESR Sudies
(2010-11-18)A liquid Cooled below its normal freezing temperature is known as a supercooled liquid. On further cooling, supercooled liquids crystallize to thermodynamically stable, ordered structures. Alternatively, if the cooling ... -
X-Ray Crystallographic Studies Of Designed Peptides : Characterization Of Novel Secondary Structures Of Peptides Containing Conformationally Constrained α-, β- And γ-Amino Acids And Polymorphic Peptide Helices
(2010-10-21)Structural studies of peptides are of great importance in developing novel and effective biomaterials ranging from drugs and vaccines to nano materials with industrial applications. In addition, they provide model systems ... -
Synthesis, Optical And Photoelectrical Investigations On PbS nano-,micro-structures
(2010-10-21)The thesis describes the synthesis of PbS nano-, micro-structures by colloidal and hydrothermal techniques. Size and morphology dependent luminescence studies were carried out in detail. Application oriented studies like ... -
NMR Relaxation And Charge Transport In Conducting Polymers
(2010-10-14)Conducting and semiconducting polymers, consisting of delocalized π-electrons, have been studied for the past three decades. These materials have shown novel physical properties with interesting applications in batteries, ... -
Polarized Line Formation In Turbulent And Scattering Media
(2010-10-13)This thesis is devoted to improve our knowledge on the theory of polarized line formation in a magneto-turbulent medium, and in a scattering dominated magnetized medium, where partial redistribution (PRD) effects become ... -
Phase Behaviour & Dynamics Of An Agitated Monolayer Of Granular Rods
(2010-10-05)In this thesis we have explored the no equilibrium phase behavior and dynamics of an agitated monolayer of macroscopic rod-like particles. The main objective of this thesis was to highlight the ways in which even the ... -
Investigation Of Damage Process In Current Stressed Metal Film Using Noise Spectroscopy, Scanning Thermal Microscopy And Simulation Studies
(2010-09-27)Reliability, besides the performance, is one of the important key factors of success of any technology. While a product should perform at best as desired, it must also be capable of working for intended period of life ... -
An Investigation Of The Ferromagnetic Insulating State Of Manganites
(2010-09-22)Electrical conductance in the ferromagnetic insulating (FMI) phase of manganites has been experimentally investigated. The investigations were performed on single crystals of compositions La0.82Ca0.18MnO3 and Nd0.7Pb0.3MnO3. ... -
Magnetization, Magnetotransport And Electron Magnetic Resonance Studies Of Doped Praseodymium And Bismuth Based Charge Ordered Manganites
(2010-09-06)Studies on perovskite rare earth manganites of general formula R1-xAxMnO3 (where R is a trivalent rare earth ion such as La3+, Pr3+ etc. and A is a divalent alkaline earth ion such as Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+, have been a very ... -
Separated Local Field NMR Spectroscopy In Partially Ordered Systems - New Methodologies And Applications
(2010-09-06)Dipolar couplings are one of the major source of structural information. Due to their dependence on the distance between the nuclei and the angle of orientation of the dipolar vector with respect to the magnetic field, ... -
Gravitational Waves From Inspiralling Compact Binaries : 3PN Polarisations, Angular Momentum Flux And Applications To Astrophysics And Cosmology
(2010-09-03)Binary systems comprising of compact objects like neutron stars (NS) and/or black holes (BH) lose their energy and angular momentum via gravitational waves (GW). Radiation reaction due to the emission of GW results in a ... -
Critical Behavior On Approaching A Double Critical Point In A Complex Mixture
(2010-08-25)This thesis reports the results of light-scattering measurements and visual investigations of critical phenomena in the complex mixture 1-propanol (1P) + water (W) + potassium chloride (KCl) which has a special critical ...