Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU): Recent submissions

  • Computer simulation studies on supercritical carbon dioxide 
    Saharay, Moumita (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2007)
    A solution is the homogeneous mixture of two or more components dispersed at molecular length scales. Solvent is the component of a solution that is present in the greatest amount and can dissolve solid, liquid, or gaseous ...
  • Investigations of the synthesis, growth, assembly and properties of inorganic and carbon nanostructures 
    Varghese, Neenu (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
    Nanoscience involves the study of properties and phenomena on the scale of 1- 100 nm (1 nm = 10−9 m). Nanotechnology involves the design, fabrication and application of nanomaterials, and the fundamental understanding ...
  • Nanoarchitecture: Morphogenesis and applications of nanostructured materials 
    Krishna, Katla Sai (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2010)
    Nanomaterials are of immense scientific interest as they effectively bridge the gap between bulk materials and atomic or molecular structures. Bulk materials have constant physical properties regardless of its size, but ...
  • Investigations of zinc oxide and carbon nanostructures 
    Panchakarla, Leela Srinivas (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
    Since the development of the two-cylinder steam engine by James Watt in the 1760s, human-kind has experienced three industrial revolutions [1]. The first industrial revolution, as represented by the appearance of ...
  • Computer simulation studies of intermolecular structure, microheterogeneity and dynamics in room temperature Ionic liquids 
    Raju G, Srinivas (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
    The thesis presents results of investigations on imidazolium cation based room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) using classical molecular dynamics simulations. Chapter 1 presents a general introduction to RTILs describing ...
  • Computational studies on electronic structure and optical properties of a few low-dimensional systems 
    Sharma Y, S R K Chaitanya (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
    Many interesting and counter intuitive properties have been predicted over decades in low-dimensional systems. i.e. systems. confined to less than three dimensions. In this thesis, we have investigated the electronic ...
  • Design, synthesis and characterization of modular peptide-based nanomaterials 
    Pandeeswar, M. (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
    The term ‗amino acid‘ is generally understood to refer to the aminoalkanoic acids. They are compounds containing an amino group( NH2) and a carboxylic acid group (-COOH) with general formula H3N  (CR1R2)n COO n ...
  • Experimental and theoretical investigations of functional supramolecular assemblies 
    Kulkarni, Chidambar (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
    With the discovery of conducting polymers in the late 1990s the field of organic electronics has seen an enormous activity from a range of researchers including chemists to physicists. As the physics and chemistry of ...
  • Investigations of Al1-xGaxFeO3 family of oxides 
    Saha, Rana (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
    Ferromagnets, ferroelectrics, and ferroelastics all together come under a generic name ‗Ferroics‘. Studies on ferroics mainly focuses on the change of different physical properties such as magnetic, dielectric and other ...
  • Hexacyanometallate as an effective building unit: Soft supramolecular networks to 3D functional porous coordination frameworks 
    Hazra, Arpan (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
    Modular synthesis of soft materials, e.g. block copolymers, organic thin films and molecular inclusion compounds, promise precession engineering of specific properties and functions. Amongst them, the class of molecular ...
  • Studies of growth of metal nanostructures on single crystal surfaces 
    Thakur, Varun (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
    The need to attain energy security has prompted intense research in the fields of solid state lighting and full spectrum solar cells. In addition to conventional systems, wide band gap semiconductors are explored for ...
  • Theoretical studies of transport at the nanoscale 
    Sen, Sudeshna (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
    This dissertation is about electronic transport in nanoscale conductors. Nanotechnology and nanophysics are contemporary and emerging areas and that is because of the ineteresting features that emerge as one explores ...
  • Studies of length scales in semiconducting polymers using scanning photocurrent contrast microscopy 
    Kabra, Dinesh (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2007)
    Semiconducting polymer films. when photoexcited with defined beam profiles generate excess charge carriers from the electronically excited state, which eventually spread over a volume exceeding the beam-sample cross-section. ...
  • Investigations of nanostructures of BN,BCN and other inorganic materials 
    Raidongia, Kalyan (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
    The thesis consists of seven chapters, of which the first chapter presents a brief overview of nanomaterials. Chapter 2 deals with the transformations of elemental nanowires of metals and silicon to nanotubes of the ...
  • Study of ZnO nanocrystals with different oxygen vacancy concentrations using high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy 
    Krishnan, Dileep (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
    This thesis consists of 3 chapters describing the study of ZnO semiconductor nanocrystals with high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HR-EELS ) ina FEI TITAN 3TM 80- 300 kV transmission electron ...
  • Synthesis and characterization of nanostructures and Raman markers for bio-diagnostics using SERS 
    Kumari, Gayatri (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
    The foundation of scattering phenomena of light was laid as early as 1922 when Brillouin predicted scattering of light by long wavelength elastic sound waves [1]. Later in 1928, Sir C. V. Raman and K. S. Krishnan discovered ...
  • MD Simulation studies on the structure dynamics and interfacial properties of RTILs 
    Sarangi, Soumya Saswati (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2010)
    The thesis entitled Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies on the Structure, Dynamics, and Interfacial Properties of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids” presents the results of investigations on room temperature ionic liquids. ...
  • Optical and Related Properties of Inorganic nanoparticles 
    Bhat, S. Venkataprasad (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2010)
    Many modern technologies have advanced to the point that the relevant fea- ture size is on the order of a few to a few hundreds of nanometer. At the fundamental level, there is an urgent need to better understand the ...
  • Investigations of multiferroic materials 
    Sahu, Jyoti Ranjan (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2011)
    This thesis presents the synthesis and investigations of physical properties of multiferroic materials. Multiferroics are materials in which two or all the three properties: ferroelectricity, ferromagnetism and ferroelasticity ...
  • Investigations of nanocarbons and other inorganic nanomaterials 
    Maitra, Urmimala (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2010)
    Materials when reduced to nanoregime they start behaving differently from what they are in bulk; nanotechnology and science of nanomaterials thus attract a whole lot of attention. This thesis consists of seven chapters ...

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