Browsing Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences by Subject "Materials Science"
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Electrical Switching And Thermal Studies On Certain Ternary Telluride Glasses With Silicon Additive And Investigations On Their Suitability For Phase Change Memory Applications
(2009-09-11)The Phase Change Memories (PCM) based on chalcogenide glasses are being considered recently as a possible replacement for conventional Non Volatile Random Access Memories (NVRAM). The main advantages of chalcogenide phase ... -
Electrical Transport And Low Frequency Noise In Graphene And Molybdenum Disulphide
(2017-05-21)This thesis work contains electrical transport and low frequency (1/f) noise measurements in ultrathin graphene and Molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) field effect transistors (FET). From the measurements, We mainly focus on the ... -
Exchange Spring Behaviour in Magnetic Oxides
(2018-02-23)When a permanent magnet is considered for an application, the quantity that quantifies the usability of that material is the magnetic energy product (BH)max. In today’s world, rare earth transition metal permanent magnets ... -
Investigations of Phase Change Memory Properties of Selenium Doped GeTe and Ge2Sb2Te5
(2018-04-05)GeTe and Ge2Sb2Te5 alloys are potential candidates for non-volatile phase change random access memories (PCRAM). For electrical data storage applications the materials should have stable amorphous and crystalline phases, ... -
Investigations On Certain Tellurium Based Bulk Chalcogenide Glasses And Amorphous Chalcogenide Films Having Phase Change Memory (PCM) Applications
(2014-09-04)Chalcogenide glass based Phase Change Memories (PCMs) are being considered recently as promising alternatives to conventional non-volatile Random Access Memories (NVRAMs). PCMs offer high performance & low power consumption, ... -
Mechanical Properties and Self-Assembly of Nanostructures
(2017-12-12)This thesis is devoted to the investigation of mechanical properties and self-assembly process of materials at the nanoscale. Various nanostructured materials such as nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanowires and thin films are ... -
Mechanical, Structural, Thermal and Electrical Studies on Indium and Silver Doped Ge-Te Glasses having Possible PCM Applications
(2018-02-09)The Science behind amorphous Chalcogenide materials opened up new technologies in the arena of Phase Change Memories. The Ovonic universal phase change memory is called universal because it can replace flash memory, DRAM ... -
Mossbauer, Magnetization And Electrical Transport Studies On Iron Nanoparticles Embedded In The Carbon Matrix
(2009-08-19)This thesis deals with the studies of magnetization and electrical transport properties of iron nanoparticles embedded in the carbon matrix. The synthesis and characteristics of the nanoparticle systems studied, are also ... -
Optical, AC Conductivity, NMR and Raman Studies of Alkali Borogermanate Glasses
(2017-11-22)Physical properties of materials and their constituents are interrelated. Though the basic structural unit involved also plays a role in deciding the properties, this can be manipulated to a certain extent, by carefully ... -
Poly-Vinylidene Fluoride Based Vibration Spectrum Sensors and Energy Harvestors
(2017-12-07)Mechanical vibrations in large structures such as buildings, bridges, dams and critical frequencies in large machinery generally have low frequencies (100Hz-1000Hz). To monitor large areas of such structures we need huge ... -
Soft Matter : Routes To Rheochaos, Anomalous Diffusion And Mesh Phases
(2008-10-06)Soft condensed matter (SCM) systems are ubiquitous in nature. SCM systems contain mesoscopic structures in the size range 10 nm to 1 am that are held together by weak entropic forces. These materials are therefore easily ... -
Studies On Photoinduced Interdiffusion In Se/ As2S3 And Bi/As2S3 Nanolayered Films
(2009-04-30)Availability of amorphous semiconductors in the form of high quality multilayers provide potential applications in the field of micro- and optoelectronics. Although the misfit problems in amorphous multilayers (AML) are ... -
Study of Thermoelectric Properties of Lead Telluride Based Alloys and Two-Phase Compounds
(2018-01-03)The growing need of energy worldwide has lead to an increasing demand for alternative sources of power generation. Thermoelectric materials are one of the ‘green energy sources’ which convert directly heat into electricity, ... -
Synthesis, Characterization and Electrical Transport In Carbon Nanotubes
(2011-08-05)In this thesis, synthesis, characterization and electrical transport of Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have been discussed. The first chapter contains a brief introduction of various forms of carbon including CNT. The CNTs are ... -
Thermal And Electrical Properties Of Silver And Iodine Doped Chalcogenide Glasses
(2010-09-13)Silver containing chalcogenide glasses have been extensively studied during the last few decades; the main interest in these materials being their electrical conductivity which changes by several orders of magnitude upon ... -
Thermal And Optical Properties Of Ge-Se Glass Matrix Doped With Te, Bi And Pb
(2007-12-29)During the last few years the scientific interest in chalcogenides glasses has been provoked on account of their properties and new application possibilities. These materials exhibit electrical and optical properties, which ... -
Thermoelectric Propeties of Cu Based Chalcogenide Compounds
(2017-12-12)Thermoelectric (TE) materials directly convert heat energy into electrical energy. The conversion efficiency of the TE devices depends on the performance of the materials. The conversion efficiency of available thermoelectric ...