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"Developing Device Quality Vanadium Dioxide Thin Films for Infrared Applications"
(2018-01-04)
Vanadium oxides are being used as the thermal sensing layer because of their applications in infrared detectors. They have high temperature coefficient of resistance, favorable electrical resistance and compatibility with ...
Titania Nanostructures for Photocatalytic and Photovoltaic Applications
(2018-07-19)
Titania has been the focus of attention for several decades owing to its chemical
stability, non-toxicity, inexpensiveness and robust surface chemistry. Its technological
applications include use in diverse areas such as ...
Synthesis and Characterization of Silica-Silica Porous Composite and Calcium Strontium Zirconium Phosphate Ceramics for Thermal Protection Applications
(2018-07-28)
A porous silica –silica composite was processed with varying fiber diameters using the slurry moulding technique. The advantage of the process was that the density of the composite could be processed to the required levels. ...
Titanium Niobium Complex Oxide (TiNb2O7) Thin Films for Micro Battery Applications
(2018-07-20)
The research work presented in this thesis reports for the first time the fabrication of Titanium Niobium complex oxide (TiNb2O7 (TNO)) thin films by employing pulsed laser deposition and their use as the anode material ...
Studies on Effect of Defect Doping and Additives on Cr2O3 and SnO2 Based Metal Oxide Semiconductor Gas Sensors
(2018-03-09)
Metal Oxide (MO)semiconductors are one of the most widely used materials in commercial gas sensor devices. The basic principle of chemoresistive gas sensor operation stems on the high sensitivity of electrical resistance ...
Mechanisms of Formation and Thermal Stabililty of Functional Nanostructures
(2018-02-22)
There are many challenges in materializing the applications utilizing inorganic nanoparticles. The primary drawback is the degradation of properties due to aggregation and sintering either due to elevated temperatures or ...
Investigations into the Microstructure Dependent Dielectric, Piezoelectric, Ferroelectric and Non-linear Optical Properties of Sr2Bi4Ti5O18 Ceramics
(2018-03-14)
Ferroelectric materials are very promising for a variety of applications such as high-permittivity capacitors, ferroelectric memories, pyroelctric sensors, piezoelectric and electrostrictive transducers and electro-optic ...
Physicochemical Characterization and Gas Sensing Studies of Cr1-xFexNbO4 and Application of Principal Component Analysis
(2018-03-01)
Monitoring the working environment of laboratories and industries for pollutants is of primary concern to ensure the healthiness of working personnel. Semiconducting metal oxides (SMOs) are sensitive to the gas ambience ...
Interfacing Biomolecules with Nanomaterials for Novel Applications
(2018-03-02)
This thesis deals with the research work carried out for the development of novel applications by integrating biomolecules with various nanostructures. The thesis is organized as follows:
Chapter 1 reviews the properties ...
Nanostructurization of Transition Metal Silicides for High Temperature Thermoelectric Materials
(2018-03-06)
Transition Metal Silicides (TMS) are well known refractory materials because of their high thermal and structural stability at elevated temperature. In addition TMS materials are known for their moderate thermoelectric ...