On the Michael addition of water to C = C bonds

?-Hydroxy carbonyl compounds are an important class of compounds often found as a common structural motif in natural products. Although the molecules themselves look rather simple, their synthesis can be challenging. Water addition to conjugated C = C bonds opens up a straightforward route for the preparation of ?-hydroxy carbonyl compounds....

Spin Caloritronic Phenomena Driven by Spin-orbit Coupling

In this thesis, we report several effects in spintronics and spin caloritronics related to relativistic spin-orbit coupling. In Chapter 2, we discuss the relativistic spin caloritronicHall effects in terms of a semiclassical theory for anomalous thermoelectric effects in ferromagnetic metals due to spin-orbit scattering at impurities, including...

Three-dimensional Nanostructures Fabricated by Ion-Beam-Induced Deposition

The direct writing technology known as ion-beam-induced deposition (IBID) has been attracting attention mainly because of its high degree of flexibility of locally prototyping three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures. These high-resolution nanostructures have various research applications. However, no systematic study of the capability of IBID to...

Recovery and Recrystallization Kinetics in AA1050 and AA3003 Aluminium Alloys

Microstructural modeling of thermomechanical processing is well established as a valuable procedure for optimizing processing conditions in the steel industry, while the similar work for aluminum industry is still an opening problem. Recovery, recrystallization and grain growth are core elements of this processing. This thesis concentrates on...

Thin-film components for lithium-ion batteries

Liquid Phase Oxidations over Chromium- and Related Metal-Substituted Molecular Sieve Catalysts

Normal-state properties and laser deposition of YBa2Cu3O7-d superconductor thin films