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Fabrication and Evaluation of Mixed Tissue Phantom for Medical Ultrasound Research
An unmet need exists for a non-ionizing, economical, and effective intraoperative medical imaging modality to guide orthopedic surgeries. In the last few decades, ultrasound imaging has been recognized as a cost-effective ... -
Single Molecular Break Junctions: Insights into Charge Transport and Chemical Reactivity
Molecular electronics leverages the unique quantum transport properties of single molecules or molecular assemblies to create nanoscale components with tailored functionalities. Constructing a detailed knowledge base of ... -
Transonic Shock Buffet in an Axial Flow Fan
Transonic shock buffet, a self-sustained shock oscillation resulting from shock-boundary layer interaction, is observed across a range of operating points on the performance map of a transonic axial flow fan. Shock ... -
Water Quality Monitoring Using Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors
The quality of water is an important factor in human health, ecosystem balance, and sustainable development. The growing presence of contaminants such as heavy metals and bio-pathogens in water bodies poses significant ... -
Modelling Cable-driven Continuum Robots and their applications
Flexible robots have been gaining traction in real-world applications over their rigid counterparts for their favourable features such as flexibility, compliance, better manoeuvrability, lightweight construction and ability ... -
A Simple Scalable Route for the Production of Magnetic Nanomaterials and their Application in Wastewater Remediation
Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIONs) have found extensive applications in diverse fields that include biomedicine, water remediation, and drug delivery. These applications require the development of synthetic ... -
Towards a molecular understanding of gastrointestinal disorders due to mutations in receptor Guanylyl Cyclase C
Towards a molecular understanding of gastrointestinal disorders due to mutations in receptor Guanylyl Cyclase C Receptor guanylyl cyclase C (GC-C) is a complex multidomain protein receptor characterised by its guanylyl ... -
Multiscale modelling and design of multifunctional composites for microwave absorption applications
Microwave absorption materials (MAMs) are crucial for both long-standing aeronautical and emerging space security applications, with carbon-based materials traditionally dominating the field due to their exceptional strength ... -
Quantification of irrigation and crop water productivity using soil moisture dynamics
Estimating water budgets in agricultural fields is key to evaluating and improving water management. However, quantifying hydrological components remains a challenge, especially estimation of irrigation quantities and ... -
Deciphering the function of sesaminol as an anti-obesity and anti-MAFLD molecule
Obesity and its associated metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) or metabolic dysfunction-associated liver disease (MAFLD), pose significant global health challenges. ... -
Simulating Natural Human Performance in Digital Human Model
Digital human models (DHMs) represent humans in a virtual environment and are widely used across various fields. In engineering design, DHMs are employed to analyze products or workplace ergonomically during the early ... -
Towards a Generalized Approach in Design-for-Testability for Analog & Mixed-Signal ICs
The increasing complexity of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (AMS ICs) poses significant challenges in ensuring their reliability and functionality through effective testing methodologies. Traditional ... -
Aspects of low-dimensional quantum systems in and out-of-equilibrium
The classification of novel phases of matter beyond the Landau paradigm has been comprehensively explored over the past decade. In this context, one-dimensional quantum systems are particularly promising, as they host ... -
IEDFuRL: A Black-box Fuzz Tester for IEC61850-based Intelligent Electronic Devices using Reinforcement Learning
Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) are essential components of modern power grids, functioning as microprocessor-based controllers that facilitate communication, monitoring, protection, and control within Supervisory ... -
Structural and Electrical Properties of Epitaxial Functional Oxides on Silicon
Functional oxides hold immense potential for revolutionizing electronics due to their diverse applications, from energy storage and actuation to electro-optics, sensors, and memory. However, their integration with Si CMOS ... -
Modeling the CD8+ T cell response to solid tumors: A multi-scale immunoinformatics approach to prognosticating disease outcome
Robust CD8 T cell activity is crucial for anti-tumor immune response. CD8 T cells keep tumors in check using direct effector mechanisms that cause tumor death. The key to this activity is the recognition of tumor cells as ... -
Induced p-wave superconductivity in a dual topological insulator BiTe and unconventional superconductivity in a magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4
The discovery of topological insulators (TI) and semimetals has led to a whole new world of low-energy electronic devices that enable dissipationless transport through their highly spin-orbit coupled conducting channels. ... -
Physics-Informed Neural Network-Based Solution for the Poisson-Boltzmann Equation in an Independent Double-Gate MOSFET
Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) have emerged as a promising framework for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) by incorporating physical constraints into deep learning models. However, their convergence ... -
Bistable Magnetic Materials Based on Spin State Switching and Single Molecule Magnets
Molecular Magnets have intrigued researchers because they can enhance the data storage density, act as molecular switches and sensors, and have prospects in spintronics and quantum computing. They encompass various systems, ... -
Spin-structure driven Topological properties in Weyl Semimetallic Pyrochlore Iridates: Structural and Magnetotransport studies
Over the past decade, topological magnetic materials have captivated the scientific community, spurring extensive research into their unique properties. In this thesis, we explore pyrochlore iridates RE2Ir2O7 (where RE ...