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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Vanadium Dioxide: Bulk and Thin Films for Device Applications
In the present era, energy consumption is more than the energy that is generated for which renewable as well as non-renewable sources are used. In order overcome this lag, researchers are developing smart materials ...
Addressing the Challenges in Designing of Efficient Thermoelectric Materials
Thermoelectric materials offer applications in conversion of waste heat to useful electrical energy
and are promising sources of renewable energy. To use a material efficiently in thermoelectric
application it is necessary ...
New Avenues to Transition Metal-Based Water Splitting Electrocatalysts
Solar energy is by far the most abundant renewable resource available to mankind. However, it is diffused and intermittent, and often geographically separated from that of the production results in underwhelming utilization ...
Optimization of Li Storage in Graphitic Materials through Tuning of Electronic Structures
In the current scenario of global warming, pollution and the very limited resources of fossil
fuels, Li ion batteries show great promises to fulfil the energy demand of modern civilization
without harming the environment. ...
Ab-initio Modeling and Designing of Materials for Thermoelectrics, Optoelectronics and High Temperature Applications
Designing a material for a particular application requires an atomistic understanding of its
properties. Recent development in first principles methods and supercomputing speeds has
enabled researchers to compute materials ...
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 ...
Epitaxial Nonpolar III-Nitrides by Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy
(2018-08-09)
The popularity of III-nitride materials has taken up the semiconductor industry to newer applications because of their remarkable properties. In addition to having a direct and wide band gap of 3.4 eV, a very fascinating ...