Rare-earth doped phosphors are fascinating both from scientific and technological standpoints because of the great scope it offers for spectral tuning, enabling a large variety of applications: from simple road markers to ...

Various aspects of dry and moist atmospheric dynamics are explored through systems of varying complexity, ranging from a 2-D shallow water model to a more complex 3-D general circulation model. First, we examine the response ...

The topic of this research in this thesis is creativity assessment of solutions developed in the engineering design process as a means of aiding designers to focus their creative effort during the process. Both engineering ...

The present study focusses on vortex breakdown (VB), which occurs in axially convected swirling flows and is characterized by the development of an internal stagnation point and regions of reverse flow. VB has been ...

Carrier-mediated drug delivery systems have emerged as a powerful tool for the treatment of various diseases, especially, in the field of viral infection. The therapeutic index of traditional and novel anti-virals are ...

In recent times, fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have received enormous attention due to their exhibited improved mechanical properties, lightweight and design flexibility to manufacture large structures as an ...

Water in most rivers in India does not meet the standards for drinking and even for bathing purposes due to the high concentration of coliforms, organic and inorganic contaminants. Overuse, uncontrolled release and careless ...

Ni-based superalloys are widely used in jet engine applications. Bond coats are applied to these alloys for protection during service in a very harsh environment at high operating temperature. The addition of Pt to the ...

This work falls in general area of the electro-thermo-mechanical driven mass transport in Cu-Si systems, which often finds relevance while accessing reliability issues pertaining to thin film interconnects in microelectronic ...

Blast mitigation is being researched from the time of world war II. There were full field blast tests and analytical studies on the performance of monolithic structures to mitigate blast load. Sandwich structures were also ...