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Proceeding of International Conference
on RecentTrends in Applied Physics& Material ScienceRAM 2013
Editors
Sudhir BhardwajGovt College of Engineering& Technology, Rajasthan, India
Manoj Singh ShekhawatBhuvneshwer Suthar
Govt Engineering College Bikaner, Rajasthan, India
All papers have been peer reviewed.
Sponsoring OrganizationsDepartment of Science & Technology (DST, India), New Delhi
Department of Science &Technology (DST, Rajasthan), JaipurCouncil of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
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Bikaner, Rajasthan, India1-2 February 2013
Volume 1536
AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1536
Proceeding of International Conference on Recent Trends in
Applied Physics & Material Science
RAM 2013
Table of Contents
Preface: Recent Trends in Applied Physics & Material Science
Sudhir Bhardwaj, Manoj Singh Shekhawat, and Bhuvneshwer Suthar 1
Programme Schedule N/A
International Advisory Board N/A
Organizing Committee N/A
INVITED TALKS
Spectroscopic studies of nanoscale metal clusters
P. Gangopadhyay 7
Estimation of Gibbs free energy of crystallization of glass forming alloysArun Pratap, Heena R. Shevde, and Ashmi T. Patel 11
Chalcogenide photonic crystals - Exploiting nonlinearity for nanophotonic applicationsA. Bhargava and B. Suthar 15
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
Category A: Nano-materials
Investigation on effect of weight ratios of PEG to BaTi03 on PVdF-HFP nano composites for Li-
ion batteries
P. Vickraman and D. Ravindran 19
Blending effect of poly (ethyl methacrylate) on lithium bis(perfluoroethanesulfonyl) imide-
ferroceramic PVdF-HFP compositeP. Vickraman, R. Jayaraman, and K. Purushothaman 21
Optical properties of ZnS nanoparticles synthesized by Rf-magnetron sputtering techniqueP. K. Ghosh and K. K. Chattopadhyay 23
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Effect of Li doping on the magnetic properties of ZnO nanomaterials
N. Rajamanickam, S. Rajashabala, and K. Ramachandran25
Physical properties of transition metal ions (Mn2+, Fe3+, Cu2+) doped PVA capped ZnSenanoparticles
Sk. Muntaz Begum, K. Ravindranadh, M. C. Rao, and R. V.S.S.N. Ravikumar 27
Modal gain study for SQW and MQWs based nano-heterostructuresRashmi Yadav, Pyare Lai, F. Rahman, and P. A. Alvi 29
Synthesis of nanocrystalline tungsten carbide (WC) powderGourav Singla, K. Singh, and O. P. Pandey 31
Effects of Mn substitution on structural and optical properties of ZnO nanoparticlesSajid Husain, F. Rahman, Wasi Khan, and A. H. Naqvi 33
Controlled growth of vertically oriented molybdenum oxide nanoplatesRabindar Kumar Sharma and G. B. Reddy 35
Bioconjugation of colloidal silver nanoparticlesHarmandeep Kaur, Archana Bharnagar, and S. K. Tripathi 37
Synthesis and standardization of biologically synthesized silver nanoparticlesSwarup Roy and Tapan Kumar Das
39
Microwave-assisted solution combustion synthesis of nanostructured Zn2Sn04L. C. Nehru and C. Sanjeeviraja
41
Surfactant induced phase control of CdSe nanoparticlesJaspal Singh and N. K. Verma
43
Spectroscopic studies of CdSe/ZnSe core/shell nanoparticlesGurvir Kaur and S. K. Tripathi 45
Compression behavior of nanocrystalline forsteriteJeewan Chandra and Kuldeep Kholiya 47
Analysis of x-ray diffraction pattern and complex plane impedance plot of polypyrrole/titaniumdioxide nanocomposite: A simulation studyY. T. Ravikiran and S. C. Vijaya Kumari
49
Biosynthesized gold nanoparticles destroy percolative behavior of KH2P04 (KDP) filled PVAcomposite film
Md. Jamal Uddin, T. R. Middya, and B. K. Chaudhuri51
G-J study for GRIN InGaAlAs/InP Iasing nano-heterostructuresPyare Lai, Sapna Gupta, and P. A. Alvi
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Structural, electrical, magnetic and multiferroism in Dy-doped BiFe03 nanoparticlesGurmeet Singh Lotey and N. K. Verma 55
Glass viscosity dependant growth of CdS nanocrystals in silicate glass matrix
R. K. Mishra, A. G. Vedeshwar, and R. P. Tandon 57
Electronic states and transport properties of a ID quantum wire with side-coupled quantum dots
Biplab Pal 59
Structural stability of CdS nanoparticlesAnirudha Ghosh, Sanhita Paul, and Satyabrata Raj 61
Aqueous based synthesis of CdSe/ZnS Q-dots: Study on luminescence properties and cytotoxicityDiksha Painuly, Anugya Bhatt, and V. Kalliyana Krishnan 63
Structural properties of single step electrochemically deposited ZnS nanofibers
Anuradha B. Bhalerao, B. G. Wagh, and C. D. Lokhande 65
Gold nanoparticles in columnar matrix of discotic liquid crystal
Supreet, Rishi Kumar, R. Pratibha, Sandeep Kumar, and K. K. Raina 67
Application of Eu203/ZnO nanoparticles in dye sensitized solar cell
Manveen Kaur and N. K. Verma 69
Synthesis and characterization of silica coated potassium ferrite nanoparticlesLavanya Khanna and N. K. Verma 71
Influence of size on the excitonic absorbance of CdSe nano crystalNamita Sisodia, Bhavana Bhadkare, Priyanka Bhavsar, and Amitesh Sisodia 73
A new approach to synthesize nano WC
Harjinder Singh and O. P. Pandey 75
Photo-induced EPR study of electron trap in ZnO nanoparticlesK. Senthilkumar, M. Subramanian, H. Ebisu, M. Tanemura, and Y. Fujita 77
Spectroscopic studies on pure and histidine functionalized MWCNTs
T. Mathavan, C. V. Kanimozhi, M. A. Jothi Rajan, S. Umapathy, M. Kumara Dhas, and A. Milton
Franklin Benial 79
Photocatalytic studies of capped ZnS nanoparticlesJagdeep Kaur, Manoj Sharma, and O. P. Pandey 81
Viscoelastic properties of graphene/PVA nanocompositeSreemanta Mitra, Dhriti Ranjan Saha, Sourish Banerjee, and Dipankar Chakravorty 83
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Synthesis of Ag@Cr02 core-shell nanoparticlesPreetam K. Sharma, Priyanka Sharma, S. Biswas, and A. K. Nagawat 85
Gas sensing properties of ZnFe204 nanoparticlesSusmita Misra and S. Ram 87
Low-lying magnetic excitations, magnetic irreversibility and approach-to-saturation in
nanocrystalline Ni
M. Pavan Venu Prakash, S. P. Mathew, and S. N. Kaul 89
Binding energy of an off - centre D° complex in a GaAs quantum dot with Gaussian confinement
Aalu Boda and Ashok Chatterjee 91
Fungus mediated biosynthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanorods
K. S. Venkatesh, N. S. Palani, S. R. Krishnamoorthi, V. Thiramal, and R. Ilangovan 93
Effect ofdeposition time on the growth of diamond-like zinc oxide nanostructures
Poulami Ghosh and Ashwini K. Sharma 95
Synthesis and characterization of nanosize conducting polyaniline, titania and their compositeB. Kavitha, K. Prabakar, D. Srinivasu, Ch. Srinivas, K. Siva Kumar, and N. Narsimlu 97
Electron phonon interaction in K-doped (9,9) carbon nanotube
P. K. Upadhyay and A. K. Nagar 99
Spin injection in quasi defect-free mesoscopic ZnO nanostructures
S. Mukherjee, K. Bhushan, and V. Bandopadhyay 101
Synthesis and characterization ofzinc doped nano Ti02 for efficient photocatalytic degradationof Eriochrome Black T
Pooja Singla, Manoj Sharma, Kulvir Singh, and O. P. Pandey 103
Indium assisted growth of silicon nanowires by electron beam evaporationR. Rakesh Kumar, K. Narasimha Rao, and K. Rajanna 105
Milling duration induced structural and magnetic properties ofFe/MnO nanocompositesS. P. Pati, A. Roychowdhury, S. Kumar, and D. Das 107
Enhancement of photoelectrochemical properties ofTi02 nanotube loaded with goldnanoparticles
S. K. Jana, T. Majumder, S. Majumder, and S. Banerjee 109
Synthesis ofPZT nanorods and study of dielectric behaviour
S. K. Sayyed and S. A. Acharya 111
Phase evaluation and optical studies of cubic MnxZri.,02 and CoyZr!.j,02 nanocrystalsS. Thota, A. Ansari, S. K. Singh, A. Mallick, and J. Kumar 113
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Synthesis, characterization and gas sensing properties oftin oxide nanopowderMeenakshi Choudhary, V. N. Mishra, and R. Dwivedi 115
Wet chemical synthesis and characterization of AgGaSe2 nanoparticlesS. Sugan and R. Dhanasekaran 117
Luminescent properties of nano-sized Y203: Eu synthesized by co-precipitation method
Deepak Kumar, Manoj Sharma, and O. P. Pandey 119
Structural, compositional and Raman studies of ZnS: Ce, Cu co-doped nanoparticlesG. S. Harish and P. Sreedhara Reddy 121
UV light induced photodegradation of organic dye by ZnO nanocatalystsC. K. Sumesh, Bhavin Patel, and Kinnari Parekh 123
Catalyst free growth of ZnO nanorods by thermal evaporation method
Divya Somvanshi and S. Jit 125
Electronic and magnetic correlations in Mn doped ZnO nano-rods
Arvind Samariya, S. C. Sharma, M. S. Dhawan, P. K. Sharma, Sudhish Kumar, K. B. Sharma, S. N.
Doha, and R. K. Singhal 127
Structural and electrical characterization ofAg doped CdSe/PVA nanocomposite thin film
Ramneek Kaur, Mamta Sharma, and S. K. Tripathi 129
Preparation and characterization of bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) - polyaniline (PANI)
nanocompositeR. Ridhi and S. K. Tripathi 131
Influence of pH on the properties of PVA capped silver nanoparticlesB. Ajitha and P. Sreedhara Reddy 133
Effect of flux on thermoluminescence studies of Sr2Si04:Euo.oi nanophosphorB. S. Prathibha, M. S. Chandrashekara, H. Nagabhushana, and B. M. Nagabhushana 135
Effect on dynamic screening for determination of energy loss rate in disordered quantum well
P. Tripathi, S. T. Hasan, and K. N. Vyas 137
First principle study of transport properties of a graphene nano structure
Naveen Kumar, Munish Sharma, Jyoti Dhar Sharma, and P. K. Ahluwalia 139
Structural and optical properties of cobalt doped Cds nanostructures
Kamaldeep Kaur and N. K. Verma 141
Structural and optical studies of Sr and Mn doped ZnO nanoparticlesPrakash Chand, Anurag Gaur, and Ashavani Kumar 143
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The effect of the post-annealing on the nanostructure and optical properties of Sn02Sandeep A. Arote, Vilas A. Tabhane, and Habib M. Pathan 145
Preparation and structural properties of pure and codoped (Mg, Ag) ZnO nanoparticlesB. Sankara Reddy, S. Venkatramana Reddy, and N. Koteeswara Reddy 147
Single phase synthesis of highly stable copper nanoparticlesChandni, O. P. Pandey, and Bhupendra Chudasama 149
Electrodeposition of Sno2 nanoneedles on anodized copper substrates and its electrochemical
performanceD. Vasanth Raj, N. Ponpandian, D. Mangalaraj, and C. Viswanathan 151
Effect of nano CuO on the ionic conductivity of PVC-PEG blend polymer electrolytesDhandapani Ravindran and Palanichamy Vickraman 153
Raman spectroscopy studies of BUT^On nanocrystals prepared by mechanical alloyingSumit Bhardwaj, J. P. Sharma, K. K. Raina, and Ravi Kumar 155
Synthesis and electrical transport properties of Gd doped nanocrystalline ceriaSk. Anirban, A. Sinha, and A. Dutta 157
A comparative study ofthe sol-gel synthesized nanostructured Sn02 powdersParul Gupta, Rishi Vyas, B. L. Choudhary, K. V. R. Rao, K. Sachdev, D. S. Patil, and S. K. Sharma 159
Growth of silicon nanocrystallites in amorphous silicon carbide thin films by aluminum induced
crystallizationArindam Kole and Partha Chaudhary 161
Effect of surfactant on temperature stability of solid lipid nanoparticles studied by dynamic lightscattering
Sacheen Kumar and Jaspreet Kaur 163
Structural and optical properties of CdS thin films prepared by chemical bath depositionP. Agrawal, M. Sachdeva, Anupinder Singh, B. Suthar, and A. Bhargava 165
Enhanced light absorption in CdTe nanoparticles/P3HT nanofiber blendsS. Ananthakumar, J. Ramkumar, and S. Moorthy Babu 167
Influence of bath parameters on the structure and optical properties of CdSe nanocrystallinethin films
P. Agrawal, M. Sachdeva, Anupinder Singh, B. Suthar, and A. Bhargava 169
Scanning tunneling spectroscopy ofthin films of carbon nanotubesMonika Poonia, V. Manjuladevi, and Raj Kumar Gupta 171
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Synthesis and characterization of Cu, Fe co-doped ZnO nano-particles synthesized by solution
combustion method
Dikshita Gupta, Ghanshyam, R. K. Kotnala, and N. S. Negi 173
A high resolution microscopic approach for imaging antiferromagnetic nanodomains of NiO thin
film
Jayanta Das and Krishnakumar S. R. Menon 175
Effect ofCo doping on optical behaviors in ZnO nanorods
A. Ghosh, N. Karak, and T. K. Kundu 177
Study of rise and decay of ZnS nanoparticles synthesized by solid state reaction method under
UV-vis illumination
Mohd Mubashshir Hasan Farooqi, R. K. Srivastava, and S. G. Prakash 179
Visible luminescence from triethanolamine-modified zinc oxide nanoparticlesN. Karak, P. Barik, and T. K. Kundu 181
Size and frequency dependent dielectric properties of tin (IV) oxide nanoparticles synthesized by
gel combustion method
M. P. Rajeeva, C. S. Naveen, Ashok R. Lamani, and H. S. Jayanna 183
Periodic array of Ti02 nanoparticles on gold substrate
Keerti Choudhury, Raj Kumar Gupta, V. Manjuladev, Sanjeev Gupta, and Jamil Akhtar 185
Synthesis and characterization of PMMA-Zr02 nanocomposites
Rajesh Kumar and Gaganpreet Kaur Sidhu 187
High Ion/Ioff ratio of electrochemically prepared graphene quantum dots
Hemen Kalita, V. Harikrishnan, and M. Aslam 189
Dielectric study of strontium pyrophosphate nano particleP. D. Solanki, S. R. Vasant, K. P. Tank, and M. J. Joshi 191
Self-assembly of metal nanorod arrays into hierarchical clusters and evolution of their
hydrophobic behaviour
Indrani Chakraborty, Bhagyashree A. Chalke, Smita Gohil, and Pushan Ayyub 193
Degradation of luminescence stability in laser etched silicon nanostructures
Vivek Kumar, Kapil Saxena, and A. K. Shukla 195
Electrical conductivity ofpolyvinyl alcohol-multiwall carbon nanotubes composites
Sayed Amrin and V. D. Deshpande 197
Study of chemically functionalized carbon nanotubes
Waseem Khan, Shahir Hussain, Azher Majid Siddiqui, and S. S. Islam 199
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Structural and optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles prepared by chemical precipitation
techniqueDinesh Saini, Rajendra Kumar Duchaniya, and Sumita Kachhwaha 201
Size-selected copper nanolclusters for fabrication of isolated size-controlled nanostructures
Shyamal Mondal, S. Jana, and S. R. Bhattacharyya 203
Synthesis and structural characterization of CZTS nanoparticlesR. Lydia and P. Sreedhara Reddy 205
A novel chemical synthesis method of monodispersed luminescent CdSe nanoparticlesS. Pokhriyal and S. Biswas 207
Sol-gel derived porous bioactive nanocomposites: Synthesis and in vitro bioactivityNisha Shankhwar, G. P. Kothiyal, and A. Srinivasan 209
Effect of Rashba interaction on the energy levels of a GaAs quantum dot with parabolicconfinement
D. Sanjeev Kumar, Soma Mukhopadhyay, and Ashok Chatterjee 211
Hybrid polymer solar cell based on cadmium selenide quantum dots
Anup J. More, Sachin A. Pawar, Vishal V. Burungale, Raghunath S. Patil, and Pramod S. Patil 213
Synthesis and applications of CdSe nanoparticlesM. C. Rao, K. Ravindranadh, and M. S. Shekhawat
Relaxed structural property ofAI nano-cluster: TheoryBhoopendra Dhar Diwan and Amit Khaskalam
Preparation and applications of ZnSe nanoparticlesK. Ravindranadh, M. S. Shekhawat, and M. C. Rao
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Structural and topographical analysis of Nd:Gd203 nanorods
G. Boopathi, S. Gokul Raj, G. Ramesh Kumar, and R. Mohan 221
Facile synthesis, self-assembly mechanism and field emission property of copper phthalocyaninenanowires
U. K. Ghorai, S. Saha, S. Shee, and K. K. Chattopadhyay 223
Electrochemical capacitive properties of Mn304 nanoparticles and reduced graphene oxide
compositeArijit Mitra, Hemen Kalita, Jeotikanta Mohapatra, and Mohammed Aslam 225
Crystallization and microstructure of 8YSZ nanopowders synthesized by ball-mill assistedconstant pH route
Subrat K. Mohanty and Bibhuti B. Nayak 227
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A comparative analysis of green synthesis approach starch capped metal oxides (ZnO & CdO)
nanoparticles and its bacterial activityK. Vidhya, V. P. Devarajan, C. Viswanathan, D. Nataraj, and G. Bhoopathi 229
Degree of supersaturation: An effective tool to control the luminescence efficiency and size
distribution in CdTe quantum dots
Indrajit Kumar, Amiya Priyam, and Ravi Kant Choubey 231
A simple gold nanoparticles based colorimetric assay for the detection of highly reactive OH-
radicals
G. Abilash, S. Sai Nandan, C. Madhu Sudan, D. S. S. Sri Harsha, Rajesh Sadasivan, and Ch.
Janardhana 233
Morphological changes of supported gold nanoparticles in Au\In203\Si: An atomic force
microscopic studyRanjit Laha and S. Kasiviswanathan 235
Size and dimension dependent diffusion coefficients of Sn02 nanoparticlesPurvi A. Bhatt, Arun Pratap, and Prafulla K. Jha 237
ZnO NPs synthesized by thermal decomposition of zinc oxalate at 300°C and its photo response
under UV-illumination
Ravi Shankar, Rajneesh K. Srivastava, and S. G. Prakash 239
Structural and dielectric properties of Mn doped copper oxide (CuO) nanostructure
Imran Khan, Shakeel Khan, Hilal Ahmed, and Razia Nongjai 241
Photocatalytic degradation ofan azo dye with ZnO nanoparticlesGarima Pravin Pandey, Ajaya K. Singh, Lata Deshmukh, Anupama Asthana, and Soumya R. Deo 243
Study of optical properties of hydrothermally synthesized Cu/Cu20/CuO nanocrystalsLaxmi J. Tomar, Rahul K. Desai, and Bishwajit S. Chakrabarty 245
Effects of Mg doping on the structural and optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles
Gunjan Srinet, Ravindra Kumar, and Vivek Sajal 247
Chemical functionalization of carbon nano tube
S. H. Pisal, N. S. Harale, S. A. Pawar, H. P. Deshamukh, and P. S. Patil 249
Effect of annealing on structural & optical behavior of nanocrystalline Cd0.sZn0.sS thin films
Soumya R. Deo, Ajaya K. Singh, Lata Deshmukh, and Garima Pandey 251
Size effect on the superconducting penetration depth and transition temperature in
nanostructured al thin films
Subhrangsu Sarkar, Sanjeev Kumar, Pratap Raychaudhuri, and Pushan Ayyub 253
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Preparation and characterization of zinc sulphide nanocomposites based on acrylonitrile
butadiene rubber
M. T. Ramesan, A. Nihmath, and Joseph Francis 255
Nanoindentation studies on silver nanoparticles
Dhriti Ranjan Saha, Amrita Mandal, Sreemanta Mitra, Mykanth Reddy Mada, Philip Boughton, Sri
Bandyopadhyay, and Dipankar Chakravorty 257
Thermo-mechanical characterization of nano filled and fiber reinforced brake friction materials
Tej Singh, Amar Patnaik, and Bhabani K. Satapathy 259
Efficient electron transfer from chlorophyll-a to Ti02 in polyaniline-interconnected grana-like
nano-matrix
D. Das, R. Singh, J. S. Manna, and M. K. Mitra 261
Growth and temperature dependent electrical properties of ZnO nanostructures
A. Santhosh Kumar, K. K. Nagaraja, and H. S. Nagaraja 263
Preparation, characterizations and CO sensing performance of chemically sprayed
nanostructured Sn02 thin films
R. H. Bari 265
Effect of surrounding medium on light absorption characteristics of CdSe, CdS & CdTe
nanospheres and their comparisonAmit Bansal, Jagmeet Singh Sekhon, and S. S. Verma 267
Structural studies of Mn-doped and undoped ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by solution
combusting method
M. Silambarasan and S. Saravanan 269
Synthesis of vanadium carbide nanoparticles by thermal decomposition of the precursor
Mani Mahajan, K. Singh, and O. P. Pandey 271
Combustion synthesis and optical properties of ceria doped gadolinium-oxide nanopowderRaunak Kumar Tamrakar and D. P. Bisen 273
Methanol assisted synthesis and characterization of tin oxide nanoparticlesVirender Singh Kundu, R. L. Dhiman, Davender Singh, and A. S. Maan 275
Photoluminescence mechanism in silicon quantum rods studied by time-resolved spectroscopy
Ujjwal Ghanta, Mallar Ray, and Syed Minhaz Hossain 277
Size dependence effective band gap in GaSb nano-solid
Bhoopendra Dhar Diwan and Vinod Kumar Dubey 279
Transport properties of Ni-interacted armchair graphene nanoribbons
Neeraj K. Jaiswal, Pankaj Srivastava, and Sanodh Kumar 281
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Structural and optical properties of Nio.05Zno.95O nanoparticles synthesized by a chemical
precursor method
J. Jadhav, M. Patange, and S. Biswas 283
Metal assisted chemical etching for light emitting silicon nanowires
S. Jana and S. R. Bhattacharyya 285
Production of carbon nanotubes by AC arc discharge method
Vishalli, Charanjit Singh, Keya Dharamvir, and Sonal Singhal 287
Humidity sensing property of polyaniline - cromium oxide nanocompositesK. C. Sajjan, Muhammad Faisal, S. C. Vijaya Kumari, Y. T. Ravikiran, and Syed Khasim 289
High aspect ZnO nanostructures based hydrogen sensingAnkur Gupta, Shashank S. Pandey, and Shantanu Bhattacharya 291
Category B: Semiconductor and Superconductivity
Raman scattering study on sequentially Au implanted sample
Gayatri Sahu 293
Pressure induced structural, electronic and superconducting properties of VN and NbN: An ab-
initio studyR. Rajeswara Palanichamy and M. Santhosh 295
First principles study of "111" type iron arsenide superconductorsA. Murugan, S. Kanagaprabha, and R. Rajeswara Palanichamy 297
Structural and superconducting properties of Sr for Ba substituted Lai.5Nd0.sCa](Ba2-iSr,)Cu5Oz
systemJ. A. Bhalodia, S. R. Mankadia, S. M. Dalsaniya, and G. S. Okram 299
Computational studies of polyvinyl alcohol encapsulated tetrahedral cadmium sulphide cluster
Vaneeta Bala, S. K. Tripathi, and Ranjan Kumar 301
Linear properties of ZnGeX2 (X = P, As) semiconductors: A first-principle approachS. K. Tripathy, P. K. Khatua, and V. Kumar 303
First principles study on structural, electronic, elastic and thermal properties of equiatomic CoTi
and CoZr
Nikita Acharya, Bushra Fatima, Sunil Singh Chouhan, and Sankar P. Sanyal 305
Dispersion relation in a plasma consisting of oppositely charged ions with non-Maxwellian
electrons
Parveen Bala and Sukhdeep Kaur 307
Thermodynamic properties of Yo.isSro.8sCo03-6Rasna Thakur, Rajesh K. Thakur, and N. K. Gaur 309
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Theoretical study of SigH8 and SisH8 clusters: Searching for new high-energy density materials
S. K. Panda and Sridhar Sahu 311
SbSeGe semiconducting alloys: Non-linear refractive index and susceptibility
Sunanda Sharda, Neha Sharma, Pankaj Sharma, and Vineet Sharma 313
Rabi oscillations in trilayer grapheneEnamullah, Vipin Kumar, and Girish S. Setlur 315
Temperature dependent I-V characteristics of the Al/Rhodamine-6G/n-Si organic MOS diode
Anubhuti Tripathi and Mamta Sharma 317
Optical and photoelectrochemical study of WTe2 single crystalsP. F. Desai, D. D. Patel, D. N. Bhavsar, and A. R. Jani 319
Back gated strained-Si (s-Si) on silicon-germanium-on-insulator (SGOI) MOSFETs for improved
switching speed and short-channel effects (SCEs)
Mirgender Kumar, Sarvesh Dubey, Pramod Kumar Tiwari, and S. Jit 321
Optical, thermal and surface microtopography studies of MoTe2 single crystalsD. D. Patel, P. F. Desai, D. N. Bhavsar, and A. R. Jani 323
Electron phonon interaction in high-Jc superconductorsS. Nath, N. S. Mondal, S. K. Bhowmick, and N. K. Ghosh 325
Refractive index of B^Ga^ semiconductors
P. S. Vyas, J. K. Baria, A. R. Jivani, P. N. Gajjar, and A. R. Jani 327
Charge carrier transport in bilayer grapheneS. S. Z. Ashraf, D. Patel, and A. C. Sharma 329
Energetics of small clusters of group IB metals (Cu, Ag, and Au) adsorbed on grapheneGagandeep Kaur, Shuchi Gupta, and Keya Dharamvir 331
Effect of annealing on electrical characteristics of dilute nitride ofindium antimonide
M. Deshpande, D. Maske, R. Choudhari, B. M. Arora, and D. Gadkari 333
Stimulated Brillouin scattering in semiconductors: Quantum effects
Ravi Vanshpal, Swati Dubey, and S. Ghosh 335
An investigation of different stress-free passivation layer designs in GaN HEMTs
Diksha Joshi, Niketa Sharma, and Nidhi Chaturvedi 337
Structural, electronic and optical properties of Zn substituted CuInSe2 chalcopyritesemiconductor
Surabala Mishra and Biplab Ganguli 339
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Self sputtered ripple structure formation on Si(100)S. A. Mollick and D. Ghose
Optical properties of cadmium implanted GaSbS. D. Pandey, R. L. Dubey, and S. K. Dubey
Dielectric properties of FeCl3 doped PVA films
H. K. Mahavar, A. Rawat, and P. J. Singh
Dual erosion phases in HNA etched Si surfaces
Prabhjeet Kaur Dhillon and Subhendu Sarkar
Interaction of two nitrogen molecules with grapheneBabita Rani, V. K. Jindal, and Keya Dharamvir
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Thickness dependent transport studies of YBCO in La0.7Sr0jMnOj/YBajCuaOv/Lao/zSrojIVInOsheterostructure
Minaxi Sharma, K. K. Sharma, Ravi Kumar, and R. J. Choudhary
Deposition of CdS thin films by chemical bath and photochemical deposition methods and its
characterization
V. Nirmal Kumar, R. Suriakarthick, T. S. Shyju, and R. Gopalakrishnan
Study of covalency in GaSb under high pressure
M. Faisal Shareef, Madhu Sarwan, V. Abdul Shukoor, Purvee Bhardwaj, and Sadhna Singh
Bilayer graphene in optical regime
Vipin Kumar, Enamullah, and Girish S. Setlur
High faience effect on Si ripple morphology developed by low energy ion beam sputteringDebasree Chowdhury and Debabrata Ghose
Effect of Te doping on structural and superconducting properties of FeSe superconductorStuti Sudesh and G. D. Varma
Growth and characterization of LiInS2 single crystal by Bridgman techniqueM. Magesh, A. Arunkumar, P. Vijayakumar, G. Anandhababu, and P. Ramasamy
Evaluation of density of states for a polyisoprene based organic semiconductor
T. Praveen, K. Shiju, N. M. Faseena, and Jayan Manuvel 365
Phonon softening of Raman modes in graphite as a function of spatial disorder
Kapil Saxena, Vivek Kumar, and A. K. Shukla 367
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Electronic transport properties of SWGaNNTs
U. S. Sharma, R. Shah, C. Pathak, and M. Sharma 369
Hydrothermal synthesis of CdSe microspheresSachin A. Pawar, D. S. Patil, S. B. Pawar, T. S. Bhat, P. P. Waifalkar, S. H. Pisal, P. N. Bhosale,
and P. S. Patil 371
Thermal transport properties of strontium intercalated titanium diselenide
M. Patel, R. Bhatt, S. Bhattacharya, R. Basu, F. Z. Haque, A. Singh, D. K. Aswal, and S. K. Gupta 373
Effect of iron substitution in pyrochlore type semiconducting oxides: CaCe0.6Mn0.4Sn1.1.FeA:NbO7.8
(x = 0,0.2, 0.4 and 0.6) for high temperature NTC thermistor applicationsS. Sumi, P. Prabhakar Rao, and Peter Koshy 375
Growth of a-few-atom wide nanowires with different surface reconstructions via desorption of
Au on vicinal Si (111) surfaces
Debolina Das, J. C. Mahato, R. Batabyal, Nasrin Banu, Bhaskar Bisi, and B. N. Dev 377
Quenching superconductivity by Zn doping in YBCO(123)P. K. Sharma, A. Samariya, M. S. Dhawan, S. N. Dolia, and R. K. Singhal 379
Photovoltaic properties of DBPYM: PCBM bulk heterojunction solar cells
S. S. Sharma 381
The growth mechanism of ordered mesoporous electrodes in view of their response in dye-sensitized solar cells
Devendra Mohan, Divya Jyoti, Rakesh Dhar, and Amrik Singh 383
Category C: Electronic Structure and Phonons
Electronic structure and bonding in CaO
G. Sharma, M. C. Mishra, V. Vyas, and B. K. Sharma 385
Compton profile study of ZrB2
V. Vyas, R. Kumar, G. Sharma, and B. K. Sharma 387
Toluene adsorption on Na-graphene interface- a DFT studyPooja Rani and V. K. Jindal 389
Electronic properties and electron phonon coupling constant for CeCu3Al2Sunil S. Chouhan, Gitanjali Pagare, and Sankar P. Sanyal 391
Structural, elastic and thermal properties ofcurium mono pnictides: A first principles studyHansa Devi, Gitanjali Pagare, Sunil S. Chouhan, and Sankar P. Sanyal 393
First-principles study of structural properties of alkaline earth metals methanides
A2C(A=Be,Mg)U. Paliwal, D. K. Trivedi, K. L. Galav, and K. B. Joshi 395
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Phonon dynamics of americium telluride
B. S. Arya, Mahendra Aynyas, Ashok K. Ahirwar, and S. P. Sanyal 397
Electronic, structural and ground state properties of 3d transition metal mononitrides: A first
principles studyR. Rajeswarapalanichamy,M. Santhosh, G. Sudha Priyanga, A. T. Asvini Meenaatci, and
S. Kanagaprabha 399
The effect of d-orbital electrons on electronic structure of InN: FP-LAPW+LO approachVrishali Joshi 401
Lattice dynamic calculations on LiH
D. Mukherjee, B. D. Sahoo, K. D. Joshi, and Satish C. Gupta 403
Effect ofion size of various salts of Chitosan on the electrical propertiesC. Raja Mohan, S. Murugan, P. Nithiananthi, and K. Jayakumar 405
Thermal expansion of noble metals using improved lattice dynamical model
Priyank Kumar, N. K. Bhatt, P. R. Vyas, and V. B. Gohel 407
Influence of T-X band mixing on the excited donor in a parabolic quantum well
T. Raghuvaran, R. Vijaya Shanthi, A. Merwyn Jasper D' Reuben, and P. Nithiananthi 409
Ab-initio study of the electronic properties of MoSi2
Mani Shugani, Mahendra Aynyas, and S. P. Sanyal 411
First principles study on structural, electronic, elastic and mechanical properties of RuAli_xGe,
alloys using special quasirandom structure
Bushra Fatima, Nikita Acharya, Sunil Singh Chouhan, and Sankar P. Sanyal 413
Ab initio computational study of 2-thioureidobenzoxazole molecule
Pusala Aditya, V. Sai Muthukumar, Jyoti Dhar Sharma, and C.N. Sundaresan 415
Infra red active modes due to coupling of cyclotron excitation and LO phonons in polarsemiconductor
Ratna Agrawal, Swati Dubey, and S. Ghosh 417
Electronic structure calculation of amorphous and nano crystalline Si using empiricalpseudopotential method
R. Khatri, B. Suthar, and A. Bhargava 419
Phase transition and shock Hugoniot of MgO using tight-binding modelA. Y. Vahora, Prakruti Chaudhari, N. K. Bhatt, B. Y. Thakore, and A. R. Jani 421
Structural, electronic and thermal properties of ZnSiX2 (X=P, As) studied from first-principlestheory
Sheetal Sharma, A. S. Verma, R. Bhandari, and V. K. Jindal 423
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Phonon dispersion of noble metal: Copper as a prototype
T. K. Pathan, A. B. Patel, N. K. Bhatt, B. Y. Thakore, and A. R. Jani 425
Electronic properties in Mn doped and pure NiO clusters
Moumita Barman, Somnath Paul, and A. Sarkar 427
Study of electronic structure of PtN and PtC
J. B. Rathod, P. B. Thakor, Y. A. Sonvane, and A. R. Jani 429
First principle study of electronic and optical properties of CeF3 compound
Sapan Mohan Saini and Saurabh Samant 431
Pressure-induced structural and electronic properties of SmBi: Ab intio calculations
A. Singh, Y. S. Panwar, M. Aynyas, and S. P. Sanyal 433
Interaction of longitudinal wave with a glass microballoon in syntactic foams - A numerical study
Phani Mylavarapu, Srivathsa Boddapati, and Srinivas Kuchipudi 435
A first principle study of electronic and magnetic properties of EuFe4Pi2 using FP-LAPW
method
A. Shankar, D. P. Rai, Sandeep, and R. K. Thapa 437
Computer simulation of point defects in MnO and FeO
B. Srinivasa Rao, M. Rekha Rani, and S. D. V. Prasad 439
An assessment of current status of preparation, properties and applications of chalcogenide
glasses
Pawan Kumar and Ishu Sharma 441
Pressure induced phase transition and electronic properties of GaN nanocrystals: Ab-initio study
Anurag Srivastava and Neha Tyagi 443
Category D: Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films
Structural, morphological and optical properties of cadmium sulphide thin films grown usingchemical bath deposition technique
N. M. Shah 445
Electron mobility in MgZnO/ZnO heterojunctions
K. Rizwana Begum, Sangeeta B. Kolvekar, and N. S. Sankeshwar 447
Thermal properties of carbon ion beam-irradiated polycarbonate/polystyrene composite films
Bhupendra Singh Rathore, M. S. Gaur, and K. S. Singh 449
Growth ofpolycrystalline oxygenated three dimensional cadmium teUuride thin films bychemical synthesis
Ramesh S. Kapadnis, Sanjay B. Bansode, Sampat S. Kale, and Habib M. Pathan 451
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Ultrasonically assisted intercalation of Ni in A1203 thin film prepared by SILAR technique
Swapnali Dhanayat, Renuka Digraskar, Ketan Gattu, Deepak Upadhye, Sandeep Mahajan,
Ramphal Sharma, and Anil Ghule 453
Transport properties of indium sulfide thin films deposited by chemical bath depositionSanjay B. Bansode, Ramesh S. Kapadnis, V. G. Wagh, Sampat S. Kale, and Habib M. Pathan 455
Structural and morphological studies of electrochemically deposited SnS thin films
T. Shrividhya, G. Ravi, and T. Mahalingam 457
Vapor sensing mechanism of acid on copper phthalocyanine thin films studied by electrical
conductivitySukhwinder Singh, G. S. S. Saini, and S. K. Tripathi 459
SHI induced modifications in manganese doped ZnO thin films
Sunil Kumar, Ravi Kumar, and D. P. Singh 461
Energy gap variation by addition of Ag in (InsoSe5o)ioo-iAgI(x = 0,0.5,10) thin films
Shikha Gupta, Navdeep Goyal, and S. K. Tripathi 463
Structural, magnetic and optical properties of Nio.5Zno.5Fe204 nanostructured thin films
Kanchan Bala and N. S. Negi 465
Electrical properties ofAu/n-InP and Au/PVA/n-InP Schottky structures
A. Umapathi, M. Siva Pratap Reddy, K. Ravindranatha Reddy, and V. Rajagopal Reddy 467
Thermal annealing effects on electrical properties of Ir/Ru Schottky contacts on n-InGaN
R. Padma, B. Prasanna lakshmi, and V. Rajagopal Reddy 469
Temperature dependent electrical properties of rare-earth metal Er Schottky contact on p-typeInP
L. Dasaradha Rao, N. Ramesha Reddy, A. Ashok Kumar, and V. Rajagopal Reddy 471
Growth and characterization of pulse electrodeposited CuAlSe2 thin films
Joginder Singh, Dixit Prasher, Kamlesh Nigam, and P. Rajaram 473
Influence of oxygen partial pressure on the physical properties of Ag doped NiO thin films
Y. Ashok Kumar Reddy, A. Sivasankar Reddy, and P. Sreedhara Reddy 475
Dielectric studies of iodine doped nylon 6 polymer films
K. Sreelatha and P. Predeep 477
Humidity response of Sn02 thin films deposited by spray pyrolysisAkhilesh Tripathi, Akhilesh Pandey, and R. K. Shukla 479
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The formation of thermally evaporated stable Schottky barriers on p-ZnxPb(i.x)Te thin films
U. P. Khairnar and S. R. Jadhav 481
Chemosynthesis of PbS thin film by SILAR technique
Sarita B. Pawar, S. A. Pawar, P. S. Patil, and P. N. Bhosale 483
Preparation and characterization of the heterojunction of CuInSe2/CdS thin films prepared by
stacked elemental layer technique
Mahesh C. Sharma, Indu B. Vashistha, and Y. K. Vijay 485
The effects of temperature on electrical transport properties of Al/Si Schottky diode
Rajender Kumar and Subhash Chand 487
NiS/ZnS multilayer thinfilm prepared by chemical bath deposition method
J. Yuvaloshini, G. Ravi, and Ra. Shanmugavadivu 489
Investigations on polyaniline-Ti02 nano-composite Langmuir Blodgett thin films
Gurpreet Kaur Bhullar, Ramneek Kaur, and K. K Raina 491
Structure-property relation in HPMC polymer films plasticized with Sorbitol
Y. Prakash, H. Somashekarappa, Mahadevaiah, and R. Somashekar 493
Effect of swift heavy ion irradiation on structural properties of GdFe03 thin film
Pawanpreet Kaur, K. K. Sharma, and Ravi Kumar 495
Substrate induced modifications in the structural and optical properties of zinc oxide thin films
Parmod Kumar, Hitendra K. Malik, and K. Asokan 497
Temperature dependent thickness change in NiO/Si thin film systemSuvankar Chakraborty, Subarna Mitra, and Krishnakumar S. R. Menon 499
Fabrication and characterizations of NiO-GDC/GDC structure for IT-SOFC
Archana U. Chavan, M. B. Kadam, C. H. Bhosale, and L. D. Jadhav 501
Chemically deposited cubic structured CdO thin films: Room temperatureR. N. Bulakhe and C. D. Lokhande 503
Thickness dependent dielectric tunable properties of barium strontium titanate thin films
Anil K. Yadava, V. Annapu Reddy, Vivek Sharma, N. P. Pathak, and R. Nath 505
Effect of deposition temperature on structural and optical properties of sprayed nickel oxide thin
films
R. Sharma, A. D. Acharya, Shweta Moghe, S. B. Shrivastava, and V. Ganesan 507
Determination of refractive index and thickness of thin-film from reflectivity spectrum usinggenetic algorithm
Sanjaykumar J. Patel and Vipul Kheraj 509
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Study on silver doped and undoped ZnO thin films working as capacitive sensor
S. Kiran, N. Santhosh Kumar, and S. K. Naveen Kumar 511
Nanomechanical studies of doped InGaP/GaAs epilayersDipika Robidas, K. R. Deepthi, C. Arunseshan, G. Attolini, M. Bosi, and D. Arivuoli 513
Nanoflakes of P-Co(OH)2 thin film for supercapacitor applicationN. S. Harale, N. L. Tarwal, P. R. Jadhav, S. H. Pisal, I. S. Mulla, V. K. Rao, and P. S. Patil 515
Electrochromic properties of vanadium oxide thin films prepared by PSPT: Effect of substrate
temperature
C. E. Patil, P. R. Jadhav, N. L. Tarwal, H. P. Deshmukh, M. M. Karanjakar, A. A. Wali, and P. S.
Patil 517
Effect of annealing on sputtered heusler alloy Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al thin film
Anjali Yadav and Sujeet Chaudhary 519
The role of surface effects on the optical behavior of nanocrystalline NiOS. Thota, A. Mallick, and S. K. Singh 521
Synthesis and characterization of graphene thin film by thermal reduction
Sumita Rani, Mukesh Kumar, Amanpal Singh, Sumit Sharma, and Dinesh Kumar 523
Sol-gel processed Cu2SnS3 films for photovoltaicsSandra Dias, Murali Banavoth, and S. B. Krupanidhi 525
Effect of deposition time on the chemical bath deposition method of ZnO thin films
G. Vijayaprasath, G. Ravi, M. Arivanandhan, and Y. Hayakawa 527
Study of n-ZnO/ p-SiNW heterostructures grown by thermal evaporation method
Purnima Hazra and S. Jit 529
Preparation of DC reactive magnetron sputtered ZnO thin film towards photovoltaicapplications
M. Prabhu, A. Sivanantham, P. Karthick Kannan, V. Vishnukanthan, and J. Mayandi 531
Effect of solute concentration on the structural and morphological properties of sol-gel derived
CdO films
R. Rajammal, E. Savarimuthu, and S. Arumugam 533
Catalyst free growth of CNTs by CVD on nanoscale rough surfaces of silicon substrates
D. Damodar, R. K. Sahoo, and C. Jacob 535
Caking and characterizing graphene oxide thin films via electrodeposition technique for possibleapplication in photoelectrochemical spliting of water
Nirupama Singh, Pushpendra Kumar, Sumant Upadhyay, Surbhi Choudhary, Vibha R. Satsangi,Sahab Dass, and Rohit Shrivastav 537
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Optical properties of BioiZno^VO^ thin films using UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy
R. Punia, R. S. Kundu, J. Hooda, Rajesh Parmar, and N. Kishore 539
Effect of oxygen pressure on the structural and optical properties of ZnO/Si(100) thin films
Sanjeev Gautam, Anup Thakur, Ankush Vij, Seonghoon Jung, Ik Jae Lee, Hyun Joon Shin, Han
Koo Lee, Jaehun Park, Jong Han Song, and Keun Hwa Chae 541
Concentration dependence ofelectrical resistivity of binary liquid alloy HgZn: Ab-initio study
Nalini Sharma, Anil Thakur, and P. K. Ahluwalia 543
Study of the growth of graphene film on Ni and Si substrates by hot filament chemical vapor
depositionMukesh Singh, Himanshu S. Jha, Asha Yadav, and Pratima Agarwal 545
Effect of annealing time on the properties of BLT thin film prepared by sol-gel technique
Vinika Manglani and Ashish Agnihotri 547
Category E: Liquids, Glasses and Amorphous
Modification of conductivity by Sb addition in bulk glassesHarshita Agrawal, L. I. Singh, P. K. Saraswat, and Vibhav K. Saraswat 549
Study ofphase change technology for computer memory using Se70Te3o_JAgx systemA. Kumar, Pragya Agarwal, and Abhay Saxena 551
Synthesis of transparent and hydrophobic TMOS based silica aerogelsD. B. Mahadik, A. Venkateswara Rao, P. B. Wagh, and Satish C. Gupta 553
Experimental verification of theoretically calculated parameters of TeiS(Seioo.iBis)gS(x = 0,2,4
at.%) amorphous semiconductors
Kameshwar Kumar and Nagesh Thakur 555
Effect ofdoping on structural and dielectric properties of BaTi03Ashutosh Mishra and Niyati Mishra 557
Structural and optical properties of niobium doped silver-lead-borate glassesM. Sathish and B. Eraiah 559
PTCR-NTCR composite behavior of bismuth titanate ceramics
Nagbasavanna Sharanappa, Shivanand Madolappa, Raghavendra Sagar, and R. L. Raibagkar 561
Temperature dependent impedance behavior of (Ba0.6Sro.4)(Zro.65Ti0.35)03C. M. Tawade, Nagbasavanna Sharanappa, Shivanand Madolappa, Raghavendra Sagar, and R. L.
Raibagkar 563
Electronic and magnetic properties of RECu3Al2 (RE = Sm, Gd and Tb)Gitanjali Pagare, Sunil S. Chouhan, and Sankar P. Sanyal 565
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Structural, electronic and elastic properties of LaX3 (X = In, Sn and Tl) compounds: A FP-
LAPW studyJisha Annie Abraham, G. Pagare, S. S. Chouhan, and S. P. Sanyal 567
Structural and magnetic properties of BaCoxZrIFe(12.2l)019 prepared by citrate precursor sol-gelroute
S. K. Chawla, R. K. Mudsainiyan, S. S. Meena, and S. M. Yusuf 569
Synthesis, characterization and optical properties of Mn2+ activated Y3A15012 phosphorAnupam Selot, S. J. Dhoble, Mahendra Aynyas, and Sanjay Bhatt 571
Effect of Sn substitution on structural and transport properties of (La0.67Sr0j3)MnO3Tejas M. Tank, V. Sridharan, S. Shanmukharao Samatham, V. Ganesan, and S. P. Sanyal 573
Electrical and magnetic properties of La05Bio.5Mn03V. Punith Kumar, M. R. Manju, and Vijaylakshmi Dayal 575
Electric relaxation behavior of Bi0.5Sro.5Fe03 ceramic: An electric modulus approachSamita Thakur, O. P. Pandey, and K. Singh 577
Signature of polaron formation in Na0.02sWO3: Photoemission and X-ray diffraction
investigationsSanhita Paul, Anirudha Ghosh, and Satyabrata Raj 579
Persistent current in an ordered-disordered separated cylinderParamita Dutta, Santanu K. Maiti, and S. N. Karmakar 581
Molecular reorientation based changes on dielectric behavior ofnewly synthesized liquid crystalPrachi Tripathi, Sudhaker Dixit, Rajiv Manohar, A. K. Prajapati, and M. C. Varia 583
Selective surface treatments for commercial conducting oxides used in fabricating defect free
organic displaysVivek Kumar Shukla and Ranbir Singh 585
Anomalous conduction in pure and Mn doped Gd203Somnath Paul and A. Sarkar 587
Frequency moments and elastic moduli of liquid rubidium at different temperaturesA. B. Patel, N. K. Bhatt, B. Y. Thakore, and A. R. Jani 589
Electrical resistivity ofAl-Cu liquid binary alloyP. P. Thakor, J. J. Patel, Y. A. Sonvane, and A. R. Jani 591
Electrical resistivity ofliquid lanthanides using charge hard sphere systemY. A. Sonvane, P. B. Thakor, and A. R. Jani 593
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Oblique wave diffraction by varying porous bottom in the presence of surface tension
Srikumar Panda and S. C. Martha 595
Physical and optical properties ofPr6On doped zinc fluoroborate glassM. PrajnaShree, Akshatha Wagh, Y. Raviprakash, Sangeetha G. Bhat, and Sudha D. Kamath 597
Effect of swift heavy ion irradiation on optical properties of amorphous As2Se3 thin films
Rashmi Chauhan, Arvind Tripathi, Amit Kumar Srivastava, and K. K. Srivastava 599
Synthesis & photoluminescence study of UV emitting borate phosphor Ca3B206: Pb2+
A. B. Gawande, R. P. Sonekar, and S. K. Omanwar 601
Characterization and optical properties of Bi2Te3 and (Bi.20Sb 8o)2Te3
Kanchan Sharma, Anil Kumar, Navdeep Goyal, and Manohar Lai 603
Structural and morphological properties of Ce doped ZnO
Nishant Kumar, K. P. Misra, S. K. Jain, and B. L. Choudhary 605
Enhanced field emission from polyaniline coated amorphous carbon nanotubes
S. Maity, S. Goswami, and K. K. Chattopadhyay 607
DC electrical conductivity study of cerium doped conducting glass systems
R. V. Barde and S. A. Waghuley 609
Enhancing multiferroic properties in solid solution of Bi1.,SrxFe03-BaTi03 ceramics
P. Tirupathi and Amreesh Chandra 611
Influence of RF power on optical and morphological properties of NiO thin films
K. S. Usha, C. Sanjeeviraja, and R. Sivakumar 613
Stability analysis of IV-V-VI chalcogenide glasses using glass transition and crystallization
temperatureNeha Sharma, Sunanda Sharda, Vineet Sharma, and Pankaj Sharma 615
Synthesis and X-ray diffraction study of polyaniline doped with chromium oxide
Asha, Sneh Lata Goyal, and Nawal Kishore 617
Preparation and properties of silver-borate glasses doped with praseodymium oxide
G. V. Jagadeesha Gowda and B. Eraiah 619
Doping effect of tellurium on the crystallization kinetics of Se95Pb5 glassD. Sushama, George Achamma, and H. K. Unnithan 621
Electron paramagnetic resonance of vanadyl doped mixed alkaline earth borate glassesSamdani, K. Chandrasekhar, Md. Shareefuddin, and M. Narasimha Chary 623
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Effects of CaFj vis-a-vis Ti02 as nucleating agent in SiOr-A^Or-CaO glass-ceramicsDebasis Pradip Mukherjee, Tanmoy Datta, and Sudip Kumar Das 625
Li+ ion transport studies in Li20-Li2SO,rZnO-B203 glass systemSangeeta B. Kolavekar, R. Lakshmikantha, N. H. Ayachit, and R. V. Anavekar 627
The phenomenon of nanomaterial induced photoluminescence in ferroelectric liquid crystalsDharmendra Pratap Singh, Swadesh Kumar Gupta, and Rajiv Manohar 629
Role of ceramic particles for developing wear resistant materials
Kamalpreet Kaur and O. P. Pandey 631
Study of conduction mechanism in amorphous Ge20Te8o-xBii (x = 0,1.5,2.5, 5.0) chalcogenide
glassy alloysAmbika Sharma, Kumari Anshu, and Preeti Yadav 633
Collective modes and elastic constants of Pd39Nii0Cu3oP2i bulk metallic glassPrakruti Chaudhari, A. Y. Vahora, B. Y. Thakore, M. V. Vaghela, and A. R. Jani 635
Concentration dependence of pair correlation function and bulk modulus of liquid AlxCui_x
alloysM. V. Vaghela, A. Y. Vahora, N. K. Bhatt, B. Y. Thakore, and A. R. Jani 637
Glass-ceramics system using normal and nano silica - preparation and characteristicsDebasis Pradip Mukherjee, Jayanta Kumar Sinha, and Sudip Kumar Das 639
Specific heat of porous materials as a function of moisture content
Devendra K. Singhal and Usha Singh 641
Electrical conductivity studies of iron doped Pb(Ybo.5Ta0.5)03 ceramics by impedancespectroscopy
Swetapadma Praharaj, V. Subramanian, and Dibyaranjan Rout 643
TGA-DTA and chemical composition study of raw material of Bikaner region for electrical
porcelainS. K. Tak, M. S. Shekhawat, and R. Mangal 645
Numerical analysis of crystallization in amorphous Bi-Se-Te thin films
Jaya Kalla, B. Suthar, and A. Bhargava 647
Structural phase transitions in titanium oxide
Bhoopendra Dhar Diwan and Surendra Kumar Singh 649
Effect of micro alloying on glass forming ability of CuS0Zr50 metallic glassSupriya Kasyap, Ashmi T. Patel, and Arun Pratap 651
Effect of Fe203 on the physical and structural properties of bismuth silicate glassesRajesh Parmar, R. S. Kundu, R. Punia, P. Aghamkar, and N. Kishore 653
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Thermodynamics of glass forming polymeric melts
Prapti B. Pandya, Ashmi T. Patel, and Arun Pratap 655
Synthesis, electrical and thermal properties of Bi4V2.xNbxOn (x=0.0 and 0.06) ceramics
S. Sahu and M. Roy 657
Physical and structural properties of Nd3+ doped BaO-ZnO-B203 glasses
Kirti Nanda, R. S. Kundu, R. Punia, R. Parmar, and N. Kishore 659
Luminescence studies of PbO-Bi203-Ga203-B203 glasses doped with Yb3+ /Er3+
Y. Raja Rao, K. Krishnamurthy Goud, and B. Appa Rao 661
Study of photostability in amorphous Ge-As-Se chalcogenide thin films
A. Tripathi, R. Chauhan, and K. K. Srivastava 663
Anomalous elastic behaviour of orientationally disordered (ND4I)x(KI)i.x
Alpana Tiwari, N. K. Gaur, and Dipti Sen 665
Effect of strontium substitution on dielectric constants of PZT nanocrystalline ceramics
P. Kour, Pawan Kumar, Manoranjan Kar, and S. K. Sinha 667
Influence of PbTi03 addition on microstructure of (l-jc)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)03-jcPbTi03 ceramics
T. Garg, A. R. Kulkarni, and N. Venkataramani 669
FTIR studies of some vanadyl ion doped calcium oxychloride borate glassesS. Khasa, M. S. Dahiya, and A. Agarwal 671
Crystallization studies of Se Sb Te ternary chalcogenide glasses using non-isothermal analysisC. Harikuttan Unnithan, S. Jayakumar, and D. Sushama 673
Giant dielectric constant in Cu doped LaFe03Bandi Vittal Prasad, B. Venugopal Rao, K. Narsaiah, G. Narsinga Rao, J. W. Chen, and D. Suresh
Babu 675
Heating rate dependence of the glass transition temperature in Segs.xTeiSIn^ amorphous alloysBalbir Singh Patial, Nagesh Thakur, and S. K. Tripathi 677
Manganese oxide thin films deposited by SILAR method for supercapacitor applicationP. R. Jadhav, V. V. Shinde, G. J. Navathe, M. M. Karanjkar, and P. S. Patil 679
DSC and DC conductivity of ZnO.LiF.B203 glassesSusheel Arora, Sajjan Dahiya, Virender Kundu, D. R. Goyal, and A. S. Maan 681
Piezoelectric effect on artificial phonon-plasmon poiariton in lithium niobate(LiNb03)B. K. Sahoo, Vikas Gedam, and Anju Pansari 683
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