DOCTORAL THESES (chemistry): Recent submissions

  • FLUORENE BASED ORGANIC DYES FOR DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS 
    Baheti, Abhishek (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-12)
    Among the techniques available for the conversion of solar energy to electricity, dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) have attracted huge attention due to the variety of sensitizers available for exploration and functional ...
  • CARBAZOLE-BASED ORGANIC DYES FOR DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS 
    Venkateswararao, Addanki (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-12)
    Organic materials suitable for application in electronic devices such as dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs) and organic solar cells (OSCs) have received immense attention in recent years due to the demand for alternate ...
  • SYNTHESIS AND CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE OF IMMOBILIZED VANADIUM AND MOLYBDENUM COMPLEXES 
    Kumar, Naveen (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2015-05)
    Catalytic role of transition metal complexes have played a vital role in various organic transformations e.g. oxidation, oxidative halogenation, polymerization etc. Most of the catalytic processes, widely engaged in the ...
  • CATALYTIC ROLE OF IMMOBILIZED VANADIUM COMPLEXES IN OXIDATION REACTIONS 
    Chaudhary, Nikita (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-07)
    A growing interest in the chemistry of vanadium is based on the recognition of its importance from the biological and pharmacological perspective. The potential therapeutic use of vanadium compounds in the treatment of ...
  • SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF BENZIMIDAZOLE BASED SALTS AND THEIR METAL COMPLEXES 
    Maurya, Radha Raman (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-07)
    the development of molecules of pharmaceutical or biological interest. The various benzimidazole derivatives have miscellaneous therapeutic applications viz., antiulcers, antihypertensives, antivirals, antifungals, ...
  • NANOMATERIAL BASED SENSORS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF BIOMOLECULES AND DRUGS 
    Yadav, Saurabh Kumar (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2015-02)
    Electrochemical investigation of biologically important compounds and drugs provide major challenges both from electro-mechanistic and analytical point of view. Electrochemistry at metal or carbon based electrode has ...
  • SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURAL STUDIES OF SUPRAMOLECULES USING N-HETEROCYCLIC LIGANDS 
    Narang, Shikha (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-06)
    Design and supramolecular synthesis of the functional solid materials through noncovalent interaction could lead the prospect to find new supramolecular synthons which triggers the construction of potential intriguing ...
  • SYNTHESIS OF BENZOXAZINE DERIVATIVES USING 2-AMINOPHENOL PRECURSORS 
    Naganaboina, Ram Tilak (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-04)
    The thesis entitled “Synthesis of Benzoxazine Derivatives Using 2-Aminophenol Precursors” is divided into three chapters, viz. (i) Introduction, (ii) Objectives, Results and Discussion, and (iii) Experimental. We have ...
  • CASTOR OIL TRANSESTERIFICATION-EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELING STUDIES 
    Payal (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-07)
    Energy demand is growing at a fast pace probably in every country of the word. This is because of increase in population in some parts of the globe and also due to enhanced impetus on the development of infrastructure of ...
  • EXTRACTION STUDIES ON SOME PLATINUM METALS USING ORGANOPHOSPHORUS EXTRACTANTS 
    Singh, Indu (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2012-12)
    here is probably no material that has shaped the progression of mankind more than metals. Metals are as old as human civilization and their history can be traced back to 6000 BC. During the ancient times, locations rich ...
  • BIOREMEDIATION OF SOME TOXIC SUBSTANCES FROM WASTE WATER USING LIVING BIOMASS 
    Singh, Prerna (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2013-07)
    Water is indispensable for living life as safe and fresh drinking water is essential for existence. Only close to 1% of water reserves of the world is fresh water. As per, data provided by international organizations “World ...
  • LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC CHIRAL SEPARATION OF CERTAIN IMPORTANT PHARMACEUTICALS 
    Nagar, Hariom (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-04)
    Enantiomers are known to show different pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic properties after administration. Systematic investigations of biological activities of both enantiomers have become indispensable in areas, such ...
  • SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS OF MIXED METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES 
    Bayal, Nisha (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2013-12)
    Nanotechnology is considered as the most attractive field now a days. Nanoscale materials exhibit physicochemical properties that are distinctively different from that of their bulk counterparts. Metal oxide nanoparticles ...
  • DESIGN, SYNTHESIS AND BIOLOGICAL EVALUATION OF FUNCTIONALIZED FLAVONOIDS DERIVATIVES 
    Kumar K., Naveen (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-01)
    The thesis entitled “Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Functionalized Flavonoids Derivatives” is reported in five chapters. The present work is aimed to design and synthesis of novel flavonoids based derivatives ...
  • STUDIES ON CHEMISTRY OF SOME POLYDENTATE LIGANDS AND THEIR METAL COMPLEXES 
    Mohan, Varun (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2014-03)
    The coordination chemistry deals with the chemistry of ligands and metal ions and the ligands play an indispensible role in determining the coordination geometry, redox chemistry and spectroscopic properties of the metal ...
  • SIZE AND SHAPE EFFECTS IN MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES 
    Sharma, Geetu (Dept. of Chemistry Engineering iit Roorkee, 2013-08)
    Nanoscale materials are of immense interest because their physicochemical properties (e.g. optical, magnetic, electrical, reactivity, etc) are significantly different from that of bulk materials. Among various nanoparticles, ...
  • LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC ENANTIORESOLUTION OF PHARMACEUTICALLY IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS 
    Dubey, Rituraj (2012)
    Chiral resolution of enantiomers is one of the emerging areas as the enantiomers of a chiral drug have different pharmacological effects as only one enantiomer of the drug often exhibits the desirable therapeutic activity, ...
  • VOLTAMMETRIC SENSORS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF BIOMOLECULES/DOPING AGENTS 
    Bishnoi, Sunita (2011)
    The need of highly sensitive and selective sensing probes having enormous practical applications and significant benefits over conventional technologies attracted researchers towards nanomaterials based technologies. Last ...
  • DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF NANOMATERIAL BASED TARGETED DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM 
    Sahu, Saurabh (2011)
    The advent of nanotechnology has led to exciting applications in various domains of science and technology, including rapid development in nanoscale materials towards developing targeted drug delivery system. Reduction in ...
  • STUDIES ON DECAY PROFILES. OF QUINALPHOS AND THIRAM PESTICIDES 
    Rani, Manviri (2012)
    Pesticides are among the few toxic materials deliberately disbursed into the environment to preserve the agricultural produce. Population is growing explosively and as a consequence of this the need for more food is ...