Browsing Materials Engineering (MatEng) by thesis submitted date"2015"

Bioremediation of Chromium : Mechanisms and Biosensing Applications

Prabhakaran, Divyasree C (2018-06-05)

Water pollution, especially caused due to the indiscriminate release of heavy metals as a result of anthropogenic activities is a major concern worldwide. Chromium, a heavy metal, regardless of its commercial importance ...

Bioremediation of Lead from Aqueous Solutions using Pseudomonas Species - Mechanisms & Biosensor Applications

Vimalnath, S

Industrialization, urbanization and technological developments have improved the standard of living for humans on the one hand, but they also have resulted in the generation of wastes containing toxic heavy metals that are ...

Correlation Between Structure, Microstructure and Enhanced Piezoresponse Around the Morphotropic Phase Boundary of Bismuth Scandate-Lead Titanate Piezoceramic

Lalitha, K V (2018-05-11)

Piezoelectric materials find use as actuators and sensors in automotive, aerospace and other related industries. Automotive applications such as fuel injection nozzles and engine health monitoring systems require operating ...

Design and Fabrication of Conjugated Molecule Based Resistive Sensor for Environmental Monitoring Detecting Targeted Analytes

Mallya, Ashwini N (2018-06-05)

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in air and heavy metal ions, anions, microorganism in water are environmental contaminants that require detection at certain low concentrations to avoid detrimental effects. Analytical ...

Development of High Temperature Aluminium Alloys through Microstructure Control

Padaikathan, P (2018-07-27)

A large number of advanced structural materials are based on metallic materials where alloying additions play a key role in imparting the required properties. Most of the commercially important aluminium alloys are classified ...

Diffusion Controlled Growth of A15-Based Nb3Sn and V3Ga Intermetallic Compounds

Santra, Sangeeta (2018-08-09)

The A15-based Nb3Sn and V3Ga superconducting compounds are an integral part of synchrotrons and magnetic fusion reactor technology, especially where a magnetic field higher than 10 T is required, which lies beyond the limit ...

Electric Field Driven Structural Transformations in BaTiO3 and Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) based Piezoceramics

Kalyani, Ajay Kumar

Ferroelectrics are important class of functional materials that finds application in transducers, actuators, memory devices, electro-optics and position sensing devices. Until recently, the high performance piezoelectrics ...

Evolution of Crystallographic Texture and Microstructure in Sputter Deposited NiMnGa Thin Films and Their Influence on Magnetic Properties

Sharma, Amit

Shape memory alloys are the promising candidate materials for sensing and actuator-based applications. Amongst a variety of shape memory alloys, NiMnGa based magnetic shape memory alloys are technologically most important ...

Hyaluronic Acid Based Biodegradable Polyelectrolyte Nanocapsules and Modified Protein Nanoparticles for Targeted Delivery of Anticancer Agents

Sreeranjini, P (2018-08-02)

Targeted delivery aids in minimizing most of the drug-originated systemic toxic effects as well as improving the pharmacokinetic properties of anticancer therapeutics. Tumor targeting using hyaluronic acid (HA) as the ...

Improvement of High Temperature Strength of Al and Co Alloy by L12 Type Coherent Precipitates

Makineni, Surendra Kumar

The present work aims at developing a new class of high temperature alloys based on ordered intermetallic compound that forms coherently with the matrix during solid state transformation. The chosen intermetallics have ...

Improving High Temperature Strength of 2219 Al Alloy by Minor Alloying Additions

Mondol, Sukla (2018-06-25)

Among Al alloys, 2219 Al alloy possesses highest strength at elevated temperatures. However, the application of this alloy is also restricted to a maximum temperature of 150°C, above which, the strengthening precipitates ...

Influence of Electric Field on the Global and Local Structure in the Ferroelectric Ceramic Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3 and its Solid Solutions with BaTiO3 and K1/2Bi1/2TiO3

Badari Narayana, A R (2018-08-14)

Ferroelectric ceramics are very promising materials for a variety of piezoelectric applications such as high permittivity dielectrics, piezoelectric sensors, piezoelectric/electrostrictive transducers, actuators, electro-optic ...

Interface Engineering and Evaluation of Device Performance in Organic Photovoltaics

Rao, Arun Dhumal (2018-05-11)

In recent years, organic photovoltaics (OPVs) have attracted considerable attention as a potential source of renewable energy over traditional materials due to their light weight, low production cost, mechanically stability ...

Mapping the Transient Morphologies and Demixing Behavior of Polystyrene/ Poly(vinyl methyl ether) Blend in the Presence of Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes

Xavier, Priti

Multiphasic materials with precise structures are essential in designing materials for applications in various diverse areas like sensors, photovoltaics, porous membranes, etc. The transient morphology developed during ...