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An Integrated Assessment of Carbon and Water Use Efficiencies over India using Remote Sensing
Carbon use efficiency (CUE) and water use efficiency (WUE) are essential characteristics of ecosystem functioning to understand the strength of carbon allocated by the vegetation as biomass from the sequestered atmospheric ... -
Development and Validation of Novel Methods for Measuring and Tracking Clean Energy Transitions: Case Studies from Rural India
Modern energy sources are crucial to gain all the benefits that modern living affords and is central to our idea of holistic human development. While they pose multitude benefits over their traditional counterparts, they ... -
Information scrambling in spin glasses and entanglement transition of monitored bosons
In this thesis, I study various aspects of quantum many-body dynamics from the perspective of quantum information scrambling and entanglement dynamics in closed systems as well as systems interacting with the environment. ... -
Galactic cosmic rays from star clusters and nearby supernovae remnants
Cosmic rays (CRs) are high-energy particles, predominantly originating from outside the Earth’s atmosphere. These particles, ranging from protons to heavier nuclei, propagate through space at nearly the speed of light, ... -
Water-Soluble Interlocked and Non-Interlocked Architectures for Applications in Chemical Reactions and Molecular Separation
Molecular recognition plays a crucial role in many natural processes, such as substrate binding to receptor proteins, antigen–antibody interactions, signal induction by neurotransmitters, and cellular recognition. This ... -
Exploring the roles of nucleoid-associated protein HU and two of its interacting proteins in Mycobacterium tuberculosis pathogenesis
Embargo up to Jan 29, 2026 The genome in prokaryotes is restricted to a membrane-less compartment termed nucleoid. The genome is maintained in the compacted state within the nucleoid with the help of three key cellular ... -
Investigation of Rare-Earth Ions Activated NaLa(MoO4)2 Phosphors for LEDs and Temperature Sensing Applications
Luminescent materials, commonly referred to as 'phosphors,' have gathered significant scientific interest due to their diverse applications in areas such as lighting, solar cells, sensors, and biomedical imaging. Phosphors ... -
Crystal Structure of an Effector Histone Methyltransferase Rv2067c from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv: Structural Insights into Context-Dependent Substrate Recognition Structure and Dynamics of a GNAT Family Protein Acetyltransferase HP0935 from a Gastric Pathogen Helicobacter pylori 26695
Methylation of histones is one of the important gene regulation mechanisms in eukaryotes. Histone methylation has a role in immune response to the invading pathogens. Pathogens implement effector proteins that evade host ... -
Inkjet-printed transistors and circuits with two-dimensional semiconductors
The escalating demand for wearables and large-area electronics has intensified the critical need for identifying novel semiconductor materials and technologies. While organic semiconductors offer flexibility and processability ... -
Developing Experimental Approaches to Gain Physical Insights into High Electric Field and Hot Electron Reliability of AlGaN/GaN HEMTs
Next-generation power conversion systems, designed to achieve environmental and economic sustainability, are required to be efficient and smaller in size. Advances in silicon-based power devices, which are the major driving ... -
Proposals for probing BSM in unexplored corners of Top physics and Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM)
Despite its triumphs, the Standard Model (SM) fails to address many experimental observations and theoretical puzzles. Explanation of these necessitates postulation of new physics beyond those in the SM (BSM). The thesis ... -
Distinct extracellular signatures of active-dendritic chemical and electrical synapses differentially contribute to ripple-frequency oscillations
Extracellular field potentials across brain regions exhibit distinct signatures that depend on several region-specific attributes, including spatiotemporal patterns of afferent inputs, anatomical and physiological properties ... -
PyGraph: Compiler Support for Efficient and Transparent Use of CUDA Graphs
CUDA Graphs --- a recent hardware feature introduced for NVIDIA GPUs --- aim to reduce CPU launch overhead by capturing and launching a series of GPU tasks (kernels) as a DAG. However, deploying CUDA Graphs faces several ... -
Mechanisms and mechanics of mixed-mode (I/II) fracture of magnesium alloys
Magnesium alloys are considered as a desirable substitute for aluminium alloys in automotive structural components due to their high strength-to-weight ratio which is crucial for improving vehicle performance and fuel ... -
Thyroid Hormones and their Analogues: Synthesis, Reactivity and Cell Membrane Transport Studies
The thyroid hormones produced by the thyroid gland are essential for regulating various physiological functions in the human body such as cardiovascular function, normal growth and development, overall metabolism of fat, ... -
Investigating controls on intraseasonal convection and the abrupt seasonal transition in the boundary layer during monsoons
As solar insolation increases in the northern hemisphere during boreal summer, it is accompanied by an abrupt change in the circulation associated with the monsoons as well as heightened intraseasonal convective activity ... -
The influence of temperature and bias voltage on bulk and two-dimensional bismuth sulfide for optoelectronic applications
The field of optoelectronics seeks sustainable, abundant, and cost-effective materials that can reliably perform under varying environmental conditions. Bismuth sulfide (Bi2S3), a narrow bandgap (1.3 eV) semiconductor has ... -
Evaluating Nanoporous Graphene for Enhanced Evaporation-Based Separations using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Amidst the plethora of separation processes used in chemical industries, water purification and bioethanol production are important, given their critical role in mitigating water scarcity and developing sustainable energy ... -
In situ analysis of large strain deformation in tool-workpiece contacts
Large strain plastic deformation is central to manufacturing operations like metal cutting, rolling, and extrusion. Standard approaches for describing and understanding this deformation, such as analytical methods, numerical ... -
Asymmetric Synthesis of Amino Acid Derivatives and Total Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products
The thesis describes the development of synthetic method for the synthesis of -amino acid esters, amides, thioesters using Ellman sulfinimines. The procedure developed was further utilized in the synthesis of di and tri ...