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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 ...
Vapour Pressure Studies Of Precursors And Atomic Layer Deposition Of Titanium Oxides
(2010-07-16)
This thesis describes the deposition of thin films of titanium oxide and Magnéli phases of titanium oxide by atomic layer deposition (ALD) using a novel β-ketoesterate precursor. Titanium oxide is a promising candidate for ...
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 ...
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 ...
Synthesis and Applications of Size and Shape Controlled Magnetic Oxide Particles for Magnetorheological Fluids
(2018-05-25)
Magnetorheological fluids (MRFs) are non-colloidal stable suspensions of polarizable mesoscale soft magnetic particles, usually metallic Fe-particles, in a carrier liquid such as oil or water; the solidity of which can be ...
Group III-Nitride Epi And Nanostructures On Si(111) By Molecular Beam Epitaxy
(2014-11-18)
The present work has been focused on the growth of Group III-nitride epitaxial layers and nanostructures on Si (111) substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Silicon is regarded as a promising substrate for ...
Tuning Zinc Oxide Layers Towards White Light Emission
(2014-06-09)
White light emitting diodes (LED) have drawn increasing attention due to their low energy consumption, high efficiency and potential to become primary lighting source by replacing conventional light sources. White light ...