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Mechanisms of Formation and Thermal Stabililty of Functional Nanostructures
(2018-02-22)
There are many challenges in materializing the applications utilizing inorganic nanoparticles. The primary drawback is the degradation of properties due to aggregation and sintering either due to elevated temperatures or ...
Physicochemical Characterization and Gas Sensing Studies of Cr1-xFexNbO4 and Application of Principal Component Analysis
(2018-03-01)
Monitoring the working environment of laboratories and industries for pollutants is of primary concern to ensure the healthiness of working personnel. Semiconducting metal oxides (SMOs) are sensitive to the gas ambience ...
Interfacing Biomolecules with Nanomaterials for Novel Applications
(2018-03-02)
This thesis deals with the research work carried out for the development of novel applications by integrating biomolecules with various nanostructures. The thesis is organized as follows:
Chapter 1 reviews the properties ...
Nanostructurization of Transition Metal Silicides for High Temperature Thermoelectric Materials
(2018-03-06)
Transition Metal Silicides (TMS) are well known refractory materials because of their high thermal and structural stability at elevated temperature. In addition TMS materials are known for their moderate thermoelectric ...
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 ...
Group III-Nitride Epi And Nanostructures On Si(111) By Molecular Beam Epitaxy
(2014-11-18)
The present work has been focused on the growth of Group III-nitride epitaxial layers and nanostructures on Si (111) substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy. Silicon is regarded as a promising substrate for ...
Tuning Zinc Oxide Layers Towards White Light Emission
(2014-06-09)
White light emitting diodes (LED) have drawn increasing attention due to their low energy consumption, high efficiency and potential to become primary lighting source by replacing conventional light sources. White light ...
Group III Nitride/p-Silicon Heterojunctions By Plasma Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy
(2015-07-24)
The present work focuses on the growth and characterizations of GaN and InN layers and nanostructures on p-Si(100) and p-Si(111) substrates by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy and the studies of GaN/p-Si and InN/p-Si ...
Study Of Relaxor Ferroelectric PMN-PT Thin Films For Energy Harvesting Applications
(2015-08-06)
The present research work mainly focuses on the fabrication of 0.85PMN-0.15PT thin film relaxor ferroelectrics for energy harvesting applications.
Chapter 1 gives a brief review about why energy harvesting is required ...
Graphene Nanostructures : A Theoretical Study Of Electronic, Magnetic And Structural Properties
(2014-09-26)
Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in honeycomb lattice. Over a long period of time it was treated as a hypothetical material to understand the properties of other allotropes of carbon, such as graphite, ...