Browsing Materials Research Centre (MRC) by thesis submitted date"2018"
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Alluaudite Class of High-Voltage Cathodes for Sodium-Ion Battery Applications: A Synthesis, Structure, Property Correlation Study
The work presented in this thesis demonstrates alluaudites as a niche class of compounds forming the rich treasure house of sodium insertion hosts. The potential of this open frame-worked alluaudites is immense and ... -
Electrical and Opto-Electronic Devices Based on SnSe2 Thin Films
SnSe2 is a semiconductor with unique and interesting properties such as band gap with layer thickness dependence. Theoretically, it has been predicted that the band gap can be varied between 1.2 and 2.04 eV. This range of ... -
Exploration of exfoliation, functionalization and properties of MXenes via first-principles and machine learning
The monolayers of early transition metal carbides and carbonitrides named MXenes are exfoliated from the corresponding bulk MAX phases (Mn+1AXn, M = early transition metal, A = group IIIA or IVA element and X = carbon ... -
Fabrication, micro-computed tomography based quantitative 3D microstructure evaluation of 3D printed bioceramic scaffolds and FE modelling of biomedical implant prototypes
In summary, this thesis provides the following outcomes: a) Formulation of novel powder-binder combination for 3D powder printing of resorbable bone-tissue scaffold. b) The effect of post-processing approach on the macro ... -
Insights into Nucleation, Growth and Shape Control for Designing Anisotropic Nanostructures and Heterostructures
The properties of nanomaterials significantly depend on the size and shape of the nanocrystals. Thus the size and shape control becomes an important and interesting aspect of nanocrystal synthesis. Wet chemical method of ... -
Nonpolar III-Nitrides Optoelectronic Devices by Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy
III-Nitrides are excellent semiconductors very much suitable for modern electronic and optoelectronic applications specifically in the fields of solid-state lighting, solar cells, high power/frequency electronics and ... -
Oxidation of CO Catalysed by Nanometric Mono and Bi-Noble Metals on Various Oxide Supports
Air pollution results mainly from the injurious smoke emitted by cars, buses, trucks, factories etc. This smoke contains carbon monoxide, unburned hydrocarbons and oxides of nitrogen and sulphur. In case of cars, catalytic ... -
Structural and magnetic properties of Al-doped yttrium iron aluminum garnet and optical properties of Mn, Sr, Fe-doped ZnO prepared by solution combustion method
The structural and magnetic properties of Al substituted yttrium-iron garnet (Y3AlxFe5-xO12, x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 1.6 and 1.8) ceramic powders synthesized using solution combustion method ... -
Thermoelectric Investigations of Si/β-FeSi2 composite
This thesis focuses on thermoelectric properties of environmentally friendly, cheap and non-toxic Si/β-FeSi2 composite materials. Although thermoelectric power generation is reliable and environmentally friendly technology ... -
Wide Band Gap Oxides as the Probes for Optical Based Sensing Applications
Temperature is a very critical and widely measured variable by both researchers and engineers. In this regard, most of the available temperature sensors are based on contact mode of operation. In this consideration, the ...