Student Theses (CPMU): Recent submissions

  • Synthesis and modification of gold nanorods for biomedical applications 
    Sonu, K.P. (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2014)
    Research on nanomaterials has recently drawn attention of world scientific community due its highly interdisciplinary nature.1,2 The demand for the design of new nanomaterials and their self-assembled structures is ever ...
  • Studies of electric field assisted solvent drying for efficient bulk heterojunction solar cells 
    Raaghesh, A.V. (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2014)
    Semiconducting properties have been discovered in certain classes of organic materials, with charge transport properties different than those in conventional inorganic materials like silicon. These classes of organic ...
  • Experimental and quantum calculation of molecular systems of biological and chemical importance by Raman, infrared and SERS 
    Kundu, Partha P. (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2014)
    Study of interaction of light with matter is a subject of molecular spectroscopy. Theories developed by Maxwell, Young and other scientists in the nineteenth century established that light could be thought as an ...
  • Versatile applications of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and derived materials 
    Kolleboyina, Jayaramulu (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2013)
    Porous materials are the solids of great technological importance, due to their ability to interact with gases and liquids, not only at the surface, but throughout their bulk.1 Indeed, a porous materials mania is sweeping ...
  • Nanomaterials and nanodevices of relevance to water, energy and healthcare 
    Gupta, Ritu (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2013)
    If one were to close eyes and imagine the smallest possible object on earth, nano will surely be three orders lower in size! Nanoscience refers to objects of very small length scale beyond visual inspection. Nano in Greek ...
  • Investigations of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in bulk and nanoscale 
    Sikdar, Nivedita (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2013)
    Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are novel class of crystalline hybrid materials (1?3) existing as infinite array of metal ions or clusters (Fig. 1) and organic struts, connected by coordination bonds.(4) These are mostly ...
  • Chemical investigations of graphene 
    Gopalakrishnan, K. (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2012)
    Carbon is one of the most interesting elements in the periodic table and it plays a unique role in nature. Carbon has the ability to form very long chains of interconnecting C-C bonds which is known as catenation. Due ...
  • Investigations of carbonic acid, dimethyl carbonate and the adsorption of CO2 in framework solids 
    Reddy, Sandeep Kumar (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2013)
    Carbon dioxide is present in the Earths atmosphere and is naturally a part of the carbon cycle. Its increasing concentration in the atmosphere is a matter of serious concern. Apart from attempts to reduce its release ...
  • Light harvesting strategies for large area, stable and efficient organic solar cells 
    Das, Anshuman Jyothi (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2013)
    In the present times when energy needs have multiplied, it is essential to explore alternative sources of energy. Non-renewable energy sources like natural gas, petroleum and coal account for a major share in the total ...
  • 2D nanocarbons : functional aspects and device fabrication 
    Kurra, Narendra (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2013)
    The etymological basis of prefix Nano can be traced back to Greek nan(n)os or Latin nanus", meaning Dwarf". According to the dictionary definitions, Nano refers to one-billionth which means to designate extreme smallness. ...
  • Computational investigation of complex molecular fluids 
    Mondal, Anirban (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2013)
    Complex molecular fluids find enormous applications in chemistry. The organization of molecules into self-assembled structures in certain contexts, leads to the emergence of many novel properties which are absent or ...
  • Multiferroic properties of some perovskite oxides 
    De, Chandan (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2013)
    Ever increasing requirement for better modern instruments and devices has led scientist to invent efficient and versatile functional data storing devices beyond the conventional magnetically information storing technology. ...
  • Pressure induced electronic topological transition from band to topological insulator in Sb2Se3 
    Pal, Koushik (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2013)
    Every material consists of electrons and ions. Microscopic investigations of various macroscopic properties of a material reveal that most of the properties arise due to the interaction between the electrons and the ions ...
  • Investigations of graphene-MOF composites and porous pillared graphene frameworks 
    Kumar, Ram (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2013)
    Carbon is one of the most important elements in the periodic table and the source of life.[1] Besides its important role in organic chemistry, it forM.S. many allotropes, two being known from ancient times (diamond and ...
  • Studying defects in periodic structures with fourier maps 
    Kumar, Ankush (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2013)
    Periodic structures play important roles in wide areas of science and technology; however, there are no existing methods to identify and quantify defects in periodic structures. Microscopy examination is costly both in ...
  • Synthesis and characterization of porous metal oxides and core-shell nanoparticles 
    Maity, Sisir (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2013)
    Surface atoM.S. have lesser number of neighbours than atoms in the bulk. The smaller particle, the larger fraction of atoM.S. at the surface compared to volume. The surface-to-volume ratio increases with decreasing in size ...
  • Reentrant glass transition in suspensions of colloidal ellipsoids 
    Kumar, Chandan (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2013)
    The microscopic underpinnings of glasses and the glass transition continue to remain one of the grand challenges in condensed matter physics.13 It is well known that when a liquid is cooled slowly, at its freezing ...
  • Hydroxy acids and related organic linkers for the synthesis of functional metal-organic frameworks and nanomaterials 
    Mohapatra, Sudip (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2012)
    Until mid of 1990s there were two kind of porous materials, namely inorganic materials and carbon based materials. In case of microporous inorganic solids, the largest two subclasses of porous inorganic solids are ...
  • Investigations of graphene and inorganic graphene analogues 
    Matte, H S S Ramakrishna (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2012)
    Carbon nanotubes and graphene are the two most studied materials today. Twodimensional graphene has specially attracted a lot of attention because of its unique electrical properties such as very high carrier mobility, ...
  • Stem cell differentiation on stretchable conducting substrates 
    Srivastava, Nishit (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific ResearchChemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU), 2012)
    It is well-known that cells can adapt and grow in different biochemical conditions. The study of cell-substrate interaction is an important research area which has implications both in basic cell and molecular biology ...

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