Physics (PHY): Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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. ...