Browsing Materials Engineering (MatEng) by Subject "Materials Science"
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Microstructure Design And Interfacial Effects On Thermoelectric Properties Of Bi-Sb-Te System
(2017-09-07)Climate change is a subject of deep distress in today’s world. Over dependence on hydrocarbon has resulted in serious environmental problems. Rising sea level, global warming and ozone layer depletion are the mainstream ... -
Multi-Scale Approaches For Understanding Deformation And Fracture Mechanisms In Amorphous Alloys
(2010-03-09)Amorphous alloys possess attractive combinations of mechanical properties (high elastic limit, ~2%, high fracture toughness, 20-50 MPa.m1/2, etc.) and exhibit mechanical behavior that is different, in many ways, from that ... -
Plastic Deformation During Indentation Of Crystalline And Amorphous Materials
(2013-06-10)Indentation hardness, H, has been widely used to characterize the mechanical properties of materials for more than a century because of the following advantages of this technique; (1) it requires small sample and (2) the ... -
Reactive Hot Pressing Of ZrB2-Based Ultra High Temperature Ceramic Composites
(2010-10-08)Zirconium- and titanium- based compounds (borides, carbides and nitrides) are of importance because of their attractive properties including: high melting temperature, high-temperature strength, high hardness, high elastic ... -
Role Of Stacking Fault Energy On Texture Evolution In Micro- And Nano-Crystalline Nickel-Cobalt Alloys
(2017-05-24)Plastic deformation of metals and alloys are invariably accompanied by the development of texture. The origin of texture is attributed to the deformation micro-mechanisms associated with processing. The face-centered cubic ... -
Some Critical Issues Pertaining To Deformation Texture In Close-Packed Metals And Alloys : The Effect Of Grain Size, Strain Rate And Second Phase
(2013-05-20)Crystallographic texture in polycrystalline materials are known to play an important role in tailoring suitable properties for various technological applications. In addition, the evolution of texture provides a profound ... -
Some Processing and Mechanical Behavior Related Issues in Ti-Ni Based Shape Memory Alloys
(2017-11-30)Shape memory alloys (SMAs) exhibit unique combination of structural and functional properties and hence have a variety of current and potential applications. The mechanical behaviour of SMAs, in particular the influence ... -
Structural, Ferroelectric, Piezoelectric and Phase Transition Studies of Lead Free (Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3 Based Ceramics
(2018-04-23)Ferroelectric materials, especially the polycrystalline ceramics, are very promising material for a variety of applications such as high permittivity dielectrics, ferroelectric memories, piezoelectric sensors, piezoelect ... -
Studies On Bulk And Multilayer Composites Of Nb-Si Alloys
(2013-08-02)The present thesis deals with Nb-Si alloy composites in both bulk and multilayer forms. The work has been divided into two parts. First part (chapter 4-6) deals with Nb based silicides binary and ternary alloys with ... -
Study Of Evaluation Of Texture And Microstructure During Different Modes Of Rolling And Annealing Of Two Phase α-β Brass
(2010-09-28)It is well known that texture and microstructure play a crucial role in determining properties of metallic materials. The evolution of microstructure and texture during deformation and annealing of copper and some copper ... -
Study On Reactive Hot Pressing Of Zirconium Carbide
(2017-04-27)Group IV transition metal carbides are promising materials for high temperature structural application, due to their unique sets of properties such as high melting temperature, high temperature strength, hardness, elastic ... -
Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Electroactive Polymers for Metal Ion Sensing
(2018-02-06)Metal ion contamination in surface and ground water is a major threat as it has a direct implication on the health of terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna. Lead (Pb2+), mercury (Hg2+), cadmium (Cd2+), nickel (Ni2+), ... -
Synthesis And Study Of Microstructure Evolution In Nanoparticles Of Immiscible Alloys By Laser Ablation Under Liquid Medium
(2017-05-21)The present thesis deals with synthesis of free alloy nanoparticles in immiscible alloy systems by the process of laser ablation under a liquid. In this process the alloy target is submerged in a liquid and the plume formed ... -
Synthesis and Transformation of AuCu Intermetallic Nanoparticles
(2018-04-16)Investigations on size dependent phase stability and transformations in isolated nanoparticles have gained momentum in recent times. Size dependent phase stability generates size specific particle microstructure which ... -
Tensile And Low Cycle Fatigue Behavior Of A Ni-Base Superalloy
(2009-12-14)Background and Objective: Nickel-base superalloys, strengthened by a high volume fraction of Ni3Al precipitates, have been the undisputed choice for turbine discs in gas turbines as they exhibit the best available combination ... -
Tensile Behavior Of Free-Standing Pt-Aluminide (PtAl) Bond Coats
(2016-05-03)Pt-aluminide (PtAl) coatings form an integral part of thermal barrier coating (TBC) systems that are applied on Ni-based superalloy components operating in the hot sections of gas turbine engines. These coatings serve as ... -
Therapeutic Applications of Biodegradable Chitosan Based Polyelectrolyte Nanocapsules
(2018-01-18)The past few years have witnessed significant work being directed towards drug delivery systems with layer-by layer (LbL) technique prominently featured as one of the most sought after approach. However, majority of the ... -
Thiophene Derivative Photovoltaics : Device Fabrication, Optimization and Study of Charge Transport Characteristics
(2018-04-11)In the recent years area organic photovoltaics is generating a lot of interests because whole process of synthesis and fabrication is less energy intensive process as well as it is cost effective compared to conventional ...