Colloids?dispersion of solid particles in a fluid?have played a key role in the survival of human civilization. Quite interestingly, the diverse material applications of colloids like in the making of Lycurgus cups (4th ...

Driven systems are of great importance in physics. Most systems realisable experimentally are non-equilibrium system and involves some sort of currents or dissipation. But, these systeM.S. are very hard to treat ...

Transition metal oxides occur with a huge diversity of crystal structures, which is manifested in the abundance of their physical and chemical properties. The structure-property relationship in these transition metal oxides ...

In general, the magnetization of a solid is governed by the spins of the electrons, while the charges of electrons or ions are responsible for electric polarization and thus they can be controlled by applying external ...

Classical inorganic salts (e.g. NaCl and KCl) possess high melting temperatures, which inhibit their use as solvents or as reaction media. However, salts composed of organic cations are liquids at relatively moderate ...

Perovskite oxides of the composition La1-xCaxMnO3 (LCM) have been investigated for the thermochemical splitting of H2O and CO2 to produce H2 and CO respectively. The study was carried out in comparison with La1-xSrxMnO3, ...

In the Semiconductor Age in last 50 years, our views, our attitudes and our way of living have been modified by the research and technological advancements made in electronic materials. Tools and gadgets like personal ...

The prefix nano has originated from the Latin word nanus, meaning dwarf [1]. According to the dictionary definitions, nano refers to one?billionth [2] and hence is used to designate extreme smallness. It is hard to imagine ...

Transition metal oxides constitute one of the most important classes of solids, exhibiting a wide range of structures and fascinating properties originating from a strong coupling among spin, orbital, charge and lattice ...

Supramolecular chemistry is coined as chemistry beyond the moleculeand the chemistry of the non-covalent bond [13]. Association of two or more chemical species via weak intermolecular forces leads to structures of higher ...