Browsing Materials Research Centre (MRC) by thesis submitted date"2017"
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Controlled Nanoscale Growth of 2D Materials and Their Heterostructures
Unique ranges of properties of two dimensional (2D) materials foster new opportunities in many scientific and technological fields. Beyond pristine 2D materials, their heterostructures provide more possibilities in real ... -
Development of Polyethylene Grafted Graphene Oxide Reinforced High Density Polyethylene Bionanocomposites
(2018-05-22)The uniform dispersion of the nano fillers without agglomeration in a polymeric matrix is widely adapted for the purpose of mechanical properties enhancement. In the context to biomedical applications, the type and amount ... -
Electrical and Non-linear Optical Properties of LiTa(Nb)O3 Nanostructures Evolved in Borate Glass Matrices
The design, fabrication and application of materials that are of dimension(s) in the nanoscale form the basis of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology thrives owing to the anomalous, unique or even at times, extraordinary physical ... -
Electron Microscopy Investigation of Formation Mechanism, Structure and Stability of Functional Nanostructures & Hybrids
Micro/nano-structural characteristics of functional materials play a crucial role in their properties. In that spirit, it is of utmost importance to explore the ‘room at the bottom’, to characterize the functional nanomaterials ... -
III- Nitride Thin Films and Nanostructures on Si(111) by Plasma Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy
This thesis focuses on studying heterostructures of GaN, Silicon and AlN. GaN nanostructures are grown on bare Si (111) with and without a GaN buffer layer and GaN film was grown on an AlN layer. Apart from the material ... -
InGaN Based 2D, 1D and 0D Heterostructures on Si(111) by Plasma Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy
The present research work focuses on the growth and characterization of group III-Nitride (InGaN) epitaxial layers as well as nanostructures on Si(111) substrates. The growth system used in this study was a plasma-assisted ... -
Integration of AlGaN with (111) Si Substrate by MOCVD
AlGaN is an important semiconductor material for electronic and optoelectronic applications. The change in composition of AlGaN (AlN to GaN) provides a range of bandgaps extending from 6.01 eV, far ultraviolet, to 3.4 ... -
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 ... -
Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Vanadium Oxide and Their Applications
Microwave-assisted synthesis has been extensively used to producemetal oxide, hydroxide and sulfides with unique nanostructures.In the present study, a novel, rapid and green microwave-assisted method has been developed ... -
Overcoming Challenges Associated with Hydrogen Storage Efficiency and Fuel Cell Catalysis : An Ab Initio Study
Fuel cells offer the best solution to the imminent energy and environmental crisis staring at our face, urging the scientific community to overcome all the challenges faced by its effective commercialization. These harness ... -
Rational Designing of Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Devices
Depleting fossil fuels, increasing environmental concerned and looming energy crisis motivates researcher around the globe to explore some of the possible eco-friendly energy alternative resources. Among various available ... -
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 ...