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Deeply Scaled InAlN/GaN-on-Silicon High Electron Mobility Transistors for RF Applications
Wide bandgap gallium nitride (GaN) based high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) are promising candidates for next-generation radio frequency (RF) power amplifier applications owing to high electron saturation velocity ... -
Climate-resilience of Dwellings in Transition and the Thermal Behaviour of their Inhabitants
Thermal comfort is critical for the well-being, and productivity of the inhabitants. Traditional dwellings constructed using local, low-carbon materials have for decades provided comfortable indoor thermal environment to ... -
Novel Algorithms for Improving Agricultural Planning and Operations using Artificial Intelligence and Game Theory
This dissertation work is motivated by the critical need to address a perennial global problem, namely, how to mitigate the distress of the small and marginal agricultural farmers in emerging economies. Key reasons behind ... -
Experimental and computational approaches to understand collective behaviors of bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative opportunistic pathogen, estimated to account for 15-20% of hospital-acquired infection-related deaths around the globe in a year. This bacterium exhibits two distinct collective ... -
A Study of Factors Influencing Need for, Mode of and Sustainability of New Urban Mobility
Globally, we are observing a paradigm shift in urban mobility enabled by the exponential growth in information and communication technologies (ICTs) leading to profound transformation from traditional mobility to other ... -
Micro-carriers mediated bacteriophage delivery for targeting intracellular Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and TB prevention
Tuberculosis (TB) is a debilitating infectious disease that afflicts 10 million people every year. Treatment is particularly challenging due to prolonged treatment duration (4-6 months) consisting of an oral regimen of 4 ... -
Functionalized Nanomaterial and Metallocycle for Selective Antibacterial, Diagnosis, and Anti-cancer Activity
The evolution of drug resistant bacteria has become a severe threat to public health globally. The misuse of conventional antibiotics has led to the development of multi-drug resistant bacteria. Even though antibiotics ... -
Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) Compounds: Synthesis, Structure and Catalytic Studies
The metal-organic framework (MOF) compounds exhibit interesting developments in coordination chemistry, materials science and other branches of chemistry. These compounds have potential applications in diverse fields ... -
Synergistic Effect of Electromagnetic Forces on the Failure of Pre-Cracked Thin Metallic Conductors
Finite element method (FEM) simulations were performed, and distributions of current density, electromagnetic force, and stress fields due to the self induced electromagnetic forces were evaluated in a pre-cracked thin ... -
Orbital Engineering Directed Electronic Structure Studies: Design of Pseudo 𝜋 Aromatic Molecules, Borophenes and Borophites
The many ways of using three-membered rings as a design element in molecules and borophenes (2D sheets of boron) will be presented. The underlying design principles require constructing and manipulating molecular orbitals ... -
Algortihms for Individual and Collective Fairness Measures
The problem of fair allocation has been a central topic in economic theory, and the literature on fair division has provided fundamental insights on how to allocate resources among agents in a fair manner. By drawing upon ... -
Precambrian ocean, life, and syn to post-collisional records in the Himalayas (Kumaun)
The Ph.D. thesis focuses on the central sector of the Himalayas, i.e., Kumaun. Here, an attempt has been made to understand the poorly understood genesis of magnesium carbonates (sparry magnesite) of the Precambrian ... -
Spectroscopic study of emitter assemblies coupled to Plasmonic nano-cavities and metamaterials
The plasma oscillations of noble metals as silver and gold are well understood from the free electron model of metals. In the past two decades, due to the availability of various physical and chemical fabrication methods ... -
Fracture and Fatigue Behaviour of Notched Plain Concrete Beams: The Role of Theory of Critical Distances and Acoustic Emission
Concrete structures, including buildings, bridges, pavements, and offshore structures, face a wide range of loading conditions, both static and cyclic. When subjected to fatigue loading, the response of concrete elements ... -
Renormalization Group Summation at High Orders and Implications to the Determination of Some Standard Model Parameters
In perturbation theory, predictions from theories like Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) are obtained by evaluating Feynman diagrams to high orders. Such calculations for re sults for various processes are already available ... -
Studies on chalcopyrite phosphides and phenolic acid-based derivatives towards lithium storage and chemical sensors
Li-ion batteries are among the highly promising power sources for many emerging technologies, including electric vehicles and smart grids. However, an increased demand for energy density and long cycle life cannot be ... -
Two-dimensional layered materials integrated with oxide semiconductor-based hybrid devices for broadband photodetector applications
Photodetectors find their applications in several arenas such as that of bio-integrated electronics, health monitoring, high-definition imaging, remote controls, spectroscopy, and others. Therefore, photodetectors play an ... -
Structural insights into the organization and channel behavior of Pannexin isoforms
Pannexins are large-pore ion channels structurally related to Connexins and Innexins but remain as hemichannels to release cellular ATP upon activation. Pannexins comprise three isoforms, Pannexin1, 2, and 3, with diverse ... -
Fragile Interpretations and Interpretable models in NLP
Deploying deep learning models in critical areas where the cost of making a wrong decision leads to a substantial financial loss, like in the banking domain, or even loss of life, like in the medical field, is significantly ... -
Stress-Assisted Pitting Corrosion Studies in Metallic Structures Using Advanced Modeling Methodologies
Pitting corrosion poses a significant threat to deepwater oil and gas production facilities, yet our current understanding of its impact on specific systems such as steel catenary riser (SCR), tensioned leg platforms (TLP), ...