Browsing Instrumentation and Applied Physics (IAP) by Subject "Instrumentation and Applied Physics"
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Adaptive Dielectric Thin Film Transistor : A Self-Configuring Device for Low Power Electrostatic Discharge Protection
Large area and flexible electronic systems are widely used in applications such as displays, image sensors, wearable electronics, and energy harvesting systems. One of the fundamental functional blocks in these systems is ... -
Coupled Optical and Electrochemical Properties of ZnCo2O4 for Radiation Sensitive Supercapacitor : An Approach Towards Self-powered Photosensitive Energy Storage
Recently, the fields of energy conversion and storage have drawn great interests in the research community due to the wide range of practical applications in the society. Among them, photodetector (PD) and supercapacitor ... -
Design of a Vortex Tube based Refrigeration System
(2018-03-15)Vortex tube (VT) is a mechanical device with no moving parts. The fundamental principle of Vortex Tube is that it can split an incoming fluid flow of a constant pressure and constant temperature gas stream into two separate ... -
Design, Development and Performance Study of Microneedle & Micropump-based Transdermal Drug Delivery System
Transdermal drug delivery is the most preferred drug delivery method, due to its high efficiency and less side effects. In conventional transdermal drug delivery, the delivery of macromolecular drugs (ex: Insulin, vaccines ... -
Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Metal Oxide Semiconductor Based MEMS Gas Sensors for Carbon Monoxide Detection
In recent years, intense efforts have been made towards the development of miniaturized gas-sensing devices for hazardous gas detection. Carbon monoxide, which is a result of incomplete combustion, is a colourless, odourless, ... -
Design, Fabrication and Development of Polymer Microcantilever for Flow Rate Measurement and Thermal Actuation
Design, fabrication and development of polymer microcantilever for flow rate measurement and thermal actuation Research Supervisors: Prof. K. Rajanna and Dr. G. R. Jayanth Microcantilevers are sensitive micromechanical ... -
Development and Application of Fiber Optic Sensors for Structural and Flight Testing of Aircraft
Structural testing deals with sensing of health parameters such as strain, temperature, vibration, etc. of different structures like aircrafts, ships, bridges, dams, buildings, etc. and it is important from the viewpoint ... -
Fiber Bragg Grating Based Sensing Devices for Novel Applications in Bio-medical and Engineering Fields
Sensors have been an integral part of human life. Various sensor technologies have contributed in their own ways to fulfill specific requirements for aiding human beings. In this context, fiber optic sensors have several ... -
Force and Shape Estimation using Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors for Assistance in Minimally Invasive Diagnostic and Surgical Procedures
Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors have become increasingly popular for applications in biomedical engineering. Amongst these, use of FBGs in ‘smart instruments’ for minimally invasive diagnostic and surgical procedures ... -
Investigation of Switching mechanism, Thermal, Electrochemical and Structural properties of Solid Electrolytic, Superionic α-AgI based Silver Molybdate glass for Resistive Memory (RRAM) Applications
Developing efficient, fast performing and thermally stable AgI-Ag2O-MoO3glasses are of great interest for Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) applications; however there many challenges such as metallization in bulk, ... -
Light-sheet Lithography for Generating Micro/Nano-Structures
Over the past few decades, the study of field distribution at the geometrical focus of a lens (PSF) has gained a huge research interest in field ranging from Nanolithography to microscopy. The central theme of this thesis ... -
Material and Mechanical Aspects of Thin Film Coatings for Strain Sensing Application on Aero Engines
Aero engines are one of the most complex machines on this planet and have propelled the necessity of advanced material technologies. Health monitoring of the engine is performed by a variety of sensors and amongst these ... -
Mechanical Behavior Study of Microporous Assemblies of Carbon Nanotube and Graphene
(2018-08-13)Carbon nanotubes (CNT) and graphene have been one of the noticeable research areas in science and technology. In recent years, the assembly of these carbon nanostructures is one of the most interesting topic to the scientific ... -
Non-invasive Elastic Property Recovery of Tissue and Tissue-Like Objects from Ultrasound Excited Resonant Modes
This thesis is on non-invasive elastic property measurement of tissue or tissue-mimicking materials through vibro-acoustography and ultrasound assisted diffusing wave spectroscopy (UA-DWS). Towards this, a known force is ... -
Optical Interrogation of the 'Transient Heat Conduction' in Dielectric Solids - A Few Investigations
(2018-08-13)Optically-transparent solids have a significant role in many emerging topics of fundamental and applied research, in areas related to Applied Optics and Photonics. In the functional devices based on them, the presence of ... -
Optical, Structural and Mechanical Characterization of Ultrafast Laser Inscribed Chalcogenide Waveguides
In recent years, chalcogenide glasses have established their usefulness as attractive candidates for the fabrication of all-optical devices and mid infra-red lasers. These glasses possess low phonon energy and hence high ... -
Optimization of HfO2 Thin Films for Gate Dielectric Applications in 2-D Layered Materials
(2018-03-02)Recently, high-κ materials have become the focus of research and been extensively utilized as the gate dielectric layer in aggressive scaled complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology. Hafnium dioxide (HfO2) ... -
A Probing System for Dynamic Mode Atomic Force Microscopy Based on Specialized Probes
The dynamic mode atomic force microscope (AFM) is a versatile tool that uses a resonantly excited micro-cantilever probe to obtain a sample’s topography and to characterize its material properties. While a number of useful ... -
A Probing System with Replaceable Tips for Three Dimensional Nano-Metrology
(2018-06-14)With increase in the number of three dimensional (3-D) nanometer-scale objects that are being either fabricated or studied, there is a need to accurately characterize their geometry. While the Atomic force microscope (AFM) ... -
Studies on Single and Two Stage Stirling Type Pulse Tube Coolers of Low and Medium Capacities including Performance Enhancement of Pressure Wave GeneratoI and a Novel Helium Recondensation System
Cryocoolers are mechanical devices that produce cold at temperatures below -150oC. Work required to produce the cold is supplied by a Pressure Wave Generator (PWG). This thesis is concerned with the development and analysis ...