Background and Motivation Solid state chemistry is integral part of past and modern-day research. This field came into existence in ~1950s and ever since this field is growing. In earlier days solid state chemistry was ...

The study of light and its interaction with matter has fascinated the scientific field right from its discovery. In 1864, James Clerk Maxwell established the electromagnetic (EM) theory of light, which couples the electricity ...

Materials have been an integral part of human society since the time immemorial. The various ages of humankind are usually referred to by the materials that were in vogue such as the Stone Age, the Iron Age, and the ...

Porous Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion Global warming, energy conversion and energy storage are some of the major challenges in today?s world. As the world population is rising at a fast rate, the burden on ...

Gaining microscopic insights into the true nature of the glass transition remains one of the most challenging problem in condensed matter physics [1]. Glasses are di cult to understand since they are mechanically rigid ...

Pressure has remained one of the important parameters whose e ect is widely studied to gain insight into the various types of phase transitions in solids. The phase transitions induced by pressure are important as they ...

Storage and production of hydrogen are essential elements of the hydrogen economy. Since hydrogen does not occur naturally on earth, it is produced chemically from processes such as steam-methane reforming and coal ...

This chapter describes some of the fundamental aspects of III-nitride compound semi- conductors, which make these materials technologically important for various applications. The crystal structure and chemical nature ...

Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was first discovered in 1818 by Louis-Jacques Thernard1 and it was first synthesized by the hydrolysis of barium peroxide with sulfuric acid. Since its discovery, H2O2 is one of the most important ...

Research and development in organic electronics has risen dramatically since the observation of conductivity in doped polyacetylene as shown by Shirakawa, McDiarmid and Alan. J. Heeger1,2. Over the last few decades, it ...