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Integrated Optic Microring Resonator based Sub-μN force and Force and Acceleration Sensors
Microring resonators have rapidly emerged in the past few years as a new sensing platform for miniaturization of modern integrated optical devices. Ring resonator are having advantages of compactness, stability with ... -
Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Based Devices for Novel Biomedical Applications
The present thesis work comprises of design and development of devices based on Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors for novel biomedical applications. Here, novel packaging methodologies have been utilized for transduction ... -
Deep Learning with Minimal Supervision
Abstract In recent years, deep neural networks have achieved extraordinary performance on supervised learning tasks. Convolutional neural networks (CNN) have vastly improved the state of the art for most computer vision ... -
Dual Comparison One Cycle Control for Grid Connected Converters
Grid connected converters are widely used as front end rectifiers, interface between renewable energy and grid, and power quality applications. Popular control techniques to generate gating signals for active devices, ... -
Analysis, Control and Applications of Active Phase Converters for Single-Phase Power Grids
Single-phase distribution is a preferred approach for setting up microgrids or supplying power to rural and remote locations due to its lower infrastructure costs when compared to a three-phase grid. On the other hand, ... -
Discrete Velocity Boltzmann Schemes for Inviscid Compressible Flows
It is known that high-speed flows are compressible. In large parts of the flow domains, the inviscid approximation is valid and this leads to Euler equations of gas dynamics. These inviscid compressible flows are modelled ... -
On the Contribution of the Launch Platform towards Acoustic Environment of a Launch Vehicle at Lift-off
A launch vehicle experiences intense acoustic loading in the initial phase of its lift-off due to the noise generated by the rocket exhaust. This affects the launch vehicle structure in addition to sensitive payloads and ... -
Design and Analysis of Multifunctional Composites for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The principal aim of this thesis is to analyse the effectiveness of multifunctional composites as intelligent structures to improve mechanical properties and activate additional non-structural features. In order to investigate ... -
Aeroelasticity of Flapping Wings towards Micro Air Vehicle Applications
Studies have revealed that insect like flapping flight can serve as a benchmark in designing Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAV) owing to its power efficiency and high maneuverability. Primarily envisioned as agents facilitating ... -
Investigations on Miniature Loop Heat Pipe with Flat Evaporator
The present investigation on a miniature loop heat pipe (LHP) with flat evaporator is motivated by two factors. Firstly, miniature loop heat pipes are required for thermal management of small electronics in spacecraft with ... -
Blast Effects on Mild Steel Plates and Blast Mitigation using Fluid-filled Polymer Foam
In the modern-day society, there are an increasing number of explosions, either by accidental explosions or by terrorist attacks on civilian and military infrastructure. In view of the increased threat to infrastructure ... -
Bright-field Nanoscopy
This thesis discusses the design and development of a technique which focuses on visualization of nanoscale structures using a regular bright-field optical microscope without the need of any additional fluorescent tags. ... -
Exploration of Materials and Platforms for the Development of a Label-free Electrochemical DNA Sensor
The aim of the studies presented in this thesis was to explore various materials and platforms for the detection of DNA in order to develop a cost-effective, repeatable and reproducible electrical/electrochemical DNA sensor. ... -
Aqueous and Non-aqueous Dispersions of Graphene and Boron Nitride Nanosheets : NMR Measurements and Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Preface Ever since the discovery of graphene in 2004, there has been considerable interest in two dimensional (2D) nanomaterials due to their distinctive properties and the prospect of potential applications. A ... -
Role of Second (p)ppGpp Synthetase MS_RHII-RSD in Mycobacterium smegmatis
Adaptation to a rapidly fluctuating environment is the key to the survival of an organism. Bacteria sense and respond to stress by an overall reprogramming of the cellular processes to shut down the energy-consuming processes ... -
Role of RNA Polymerase ω Subunit in Metabolism and Stress Response
RNA polymerase (RNAP) is the key enzyme in transcription and it is a multi-subunit enzyme made up of alpha, beta, beta prime and omega subunit in the stoichiometry of α2ββω. Except for the smallest subunit ω (rpoZ), all ... -
Rational Designing of Bifunctional Electrocatalysts for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage Devices
Depleting fossil fuels, increasing environmental concerned and looming energy crisis motivates researcher around the globe to explore some of the possible eco-friendly energy alternative resources. Among various available ... -
Overcoming Challenges Associated with Hydrogen Storage Efficiency and Fuel Cell Catalysis : An Ab Initio Study
Fuel cells offer the best solution to the imminent energy and environmental crisis staring at our face, urging the scientific community to overcome all the challenges faced by its effective commercialization. These harness ... -
Machine Learning Algorithms Using Classical And Quantum Photonics
ABSTRACT In the modern day , we are witnessing two complementary trends, exponential growth in data and shrinking of chip size. The Data is approaching to 44 zettabytes by 2020 and the chips are now available with 10nm ... -
Geometric and Topological Methods for Biomolecular Visualization
Biomolecules like proteins are the basic building blocks of living systems. It has been observed that the structure of a biomolecule plays an important role in defining its function. In this thesis, we describe novel ...