SOLID STATE PHYSICS Kattankulathur, India 19 – 23 December 2011�

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOLUME 1

Preface: Solid State Physics............................................................................................................................................................................... 1

THz LASER using High-Tc Superconductor Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ Mesa Structures....................................................................................... 7Kazuo Kadowaki, H. Asai, M. Tsujimoto, K. Delfanazari, R. Nakayama, T. Kitamura, M. Sawamura, K. Ishida, Ch. Watanabe, S. Sekimoto, H. Minami, T. Kashiwagi, M. Tachiki, R. Klemm

Superconductivity of Fe Based Pnictides and Chalcogenides: Material Aspects, Doping Routes, Future Prospects and Challenges .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8

V. P. S. Awana, Anuj Kumar, Anand Pal, Shiva Kumar, R. S. Meena, R. Jha, Jagdish Kumar, Bhasker Gahtori, H. Kishan

Evidence for Multiple Nodeless Gaps and Electron-mode Coupling from Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy in the Iron-based Superconductor Ba0.6K0.4Fe2As2 .................................................................................................................................................. 12

Lei Shan, Jing Gong, Yong-Lei Wang, Bing Shen, Cong Ren, Chunhong Li, Hai-Hu Wen, Shiliang Li, Pengcheng Dai

A Fluctuating State and the Critical Behavior of the Depinning Transition in Driven Vortex Matter in Superconductors ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Gorky Shaw, Pabitra Mandal, S. S. Banerjee, A. Niazi, A. K. Rastogi, A. K. Sood, A. Tulapurkar, S. Ramakrishnan, A. K. Grover

Condensed Matter Physics at Ultra-low Temperatures ............................................................................................................................... 19S. Ramakrishnan

Chemistry of Molecules to Physics of Materials: A Unified View Through Density Window at Different Length Scales .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20

Swapan K. Ghosh

Polymer-metal Nanocomposite Thin Films: In Situ Fabrication and Applications.................................................................................. 21T. P. Radhakrishnan

Pressure Induced Metallization and Possible Superconductivity in BaMn2As2 ........................................................................................ 24C. S. Sundar

Magnetisation Reversal Processes in Composite Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Media................................................................. 25Joachim Kohlbrecher

Organic Semiconductors for Nano- and Macro-electronics: Status and Promises ................................................................................... 26D. K. Aswal

Modeling and Visualization of Carrier Motions in Organic Devices by Optical Second Harmonic Generation .................................. 27Mitsumasa Iwamoto

Anistropic Growth and High Performance Organic Thin Film Transistor .............................................................................................. 30Akanksha Sharma, Pramod Kumar, Subhasis Ghosh

From Organic Electronics to Molecular Electronics .................................................................................................................................... 34Amlan J. Pal

Grain Boundary Dynamics in Colloidal Crystals ......................................................................................................................................... 35Hima K. Nagamanasa, Shreyas Gokhale, Rajesh Ganapathy, A. K. Sood

Plasmonic Crystals for Enhancing Optical Properties................................................................................................................................. 36Achanta Venu Gopal, Sachin Kasture, A. S. Vengurlekar, P. Mandal, Amandev Singh, Andrew Ramsay, V. Belotelov, I. A. Akimov, M. Pohl, V. A. Kotov, A. K. Zvezdin

Spontaneous Phase Separation to Antiferromagnetic and Spin-singlet States in the Square-planar Cluster Compound V4S9Br4 Observed by NMR and NQR$ ...................................................................................................................................... 40

H. Nakamura

3d Spin Dynamics in Co-oxypnictides: NMR Investigation......................................................................................................................... 41Kajal Ghoshray

Structural Studies of Some Glass/Glass-Ceramics Sealants Using NMR and XRD ................................................................................. 45G. P. Kothiyal, Madhumita Goswami, Arvind Ananthanarayan, Lionel Montagne

Ion Transport Mechanism in Glasses............................................................................................................................................................. 46Sevi Murugavel

Amorphous Alloys ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 50G. K. Dey

Amorphous Polymorphs .................................................................................................................................................................................. 51A. K. Arora

National Facility for Neutron Beam Research at Trombay......................................................................................................................... 55S. L. Chaplot

Indus Synchrotron Source: A National Facility............................................................................................................................................ 56S. K. Deb

Energetic Ion Beam Based Research Facilities at IUAC Delhi ................................................................................................................... 60D. Kanjilal

Electronic, Wetting, Stability and Magnetic Properties of Graphene ........................................................................................................ 61S. Banerjee, D. Bhattacharya, S. Panigrahi, A. Bhattacharya, M. Sardar, N. Gayathri, A. K. Tyagi, Baldev Raj

Supermagnetism in Discontinuous CoFe/Al2O3 Multilayers ....................................................................................................................... 65Subhankar Bedanta, Wolfgang Kleemann

Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of FeH and CoH ................................................................................................................ 71S. Kanagaprabha, A. T. Asvini Meenaatci, R. Rajeswarapalanichamy, K. Iyakutti

High Pressure Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of BaPo Compound ............................................................................. 73Ashok K. Ahirwar, Mahendra Aynyas, S. P. Sanyal

Pressure Induced Structural Evolution of BaLiF3........................................................................................................................................ 75A. K. Mishra, Nandini Garg, S. N. Achary, Surinder M. Sharma

Dielectric Behavior in the Nematic and Isotropic Phases of a Strongly Polar-weakly Polar Binary System ........................................ 77M. Sarvamangala, M. Vijay Kumar, S. M. Khened, D. S. Shankar Rao, S. Krishna Prasad

Dynamics of Pluotinum Dioxide...................................................................................................................................................................... 79Prabhatasree Goel, R. Mittal, S. L. Chaplot

Fast Ion Conduction and Phonon Instability in Lithium Oxide.................................................................................................................. 81M. K. Gupta, Prabhatasree Goel, R. Mittal, S. L. Chaplot

Anomalous Field-induced Magnetoresistance Behavior in Pr0.5Sr0.5MnO3 at Low Temperatures ......................................................... 83Dhirendra Kumar, Aga Shahee, Rajeev Rawat, N. P. Lalla

Pressure-induced Structural Transformations in SmS ................................................................................................................................ 85Ritu Dubey, Sadhna Singh, Madhu Sarwan

Pressure Induced Structural and Electronic Properties of Plutonium Monophospide: Ab Initio Calculations ................................... 87Chandrabhan Makode, Vipul Srivastava, Sankar P. Sanyal

Thermodynamics of a Spinless, Extended Falicov-kimball Model on a Triangular Lattice.................................................................... 89Umesh K. Yadav, Monika Dhariwal, T. Maitra, Ishwar Singh

Emergence of U(1) Symmetry in Z(q) Clock Model ..................................................................................................................................... 91Soumyadeep Bhattacharya, Purusattam Ray

Study of Spinless Falicov-kimball Model on a Square Lattice Away from Half-filling............................................................................ 93Monika Dhariwal, Umesh K. Yadav, T. Maitra, Ishwar Singh

High Temperature Structural Phase Transitions in FeAs Based Compounds .......................................................................................... 95S. K. Mishra, R. Mittal, P. U. Sastry, S. L. Chaplot, S. Matsuishi, H. Hosono

Structural Analysis of KH at High Temperature and Pressure.................................................................................................................. 97Vasudev Thakre, Sadhna Singh

Pressure Induced Structural Phase Transition of PrX, PrY (X = S, Se, Te) Chalcogenides and (Y = N, P, As) Pnictides............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 99

Dinesh Varshney, Swarna Shriya, A. Dube, Meenu Varshney

Study of Covalency in Zinc-blend AIAs Under High Pressure .................................................................................................................101Madhu Sarwan, Sadhna Singh, Ritu Dubey

High Pressure Structural Phase Transition and Elastic Properties of Lutetium Chalcogenides ..........................................................103A. K. Sahu, Sankar P. Sanyal

Studies of Pressure Induced Phase Transition in CdAl2Se4 .......................................................................................................................105Poonam Singh, U. P. Verma

Hydroxycarbonated Neodymium Sesquioxide Under Pressure: An Infrared Study..............................................................................107Himal Bhatt, N. Garg, M. N. Deo, K. K. Pandey

Size Effect on the Pressure Induced Structural Phase Transition of the Zinc Sulfide Nanoparticles ..................................................109N. Kaurav, S. Verma, Upendra N. Tripathi, K. K. Choudary

High Pressure X-ray Diffraction Study of URh3 .........................................................................................................................................111B. Shukla, N. V. Chandra Shekar, N. R. Sanjay Kumar, P. Ch Sahu

A Monte Carlo Algorithm for Studying Phase Transition in Systems of Hard Rigid Rods ..................................................................113Joyjit Kundu, R. Rajesh, Deepak Dhar, Jurgen F. Stilck

Theoretical Prediction of Thermal Pressure for Solids..............................................................................................................................115Brijesh K. Pandey, Anjani K. Pandey, Chandra K. Singh

A Correlation Between Structural Distortion and Variation of Tc in Ba1-x/2LaxBi4-x/2Ti4O15..................................................................117M. Arul Asha, M. Veera Gajendra Babu, S. M. Abdul Kader, B. Sundarakannan, V. Srihari, V. Sridharan

Electrical Properties of KTiOPO4 at Low Temperatures ..........................................................................................................................119Jitender Kumar, A. M. Awasthi

Monte Carlo Simulation of an Antiferromagnetic Spin-1/2 Ising System on the Square Lattice .........................................................121S. Sudhagar, N. Baskaran

Reduction in Spall Threshold Due to Non-contact Impact: A Molecular Dynamics Study ...................................................................123S. Rawat, M. Warrier, S. Chaturvedi, V. M. Chavan

First Order Phase Transition in Sm0.53Sr0.47MnO3 Films ...........................................................................................................................125Manoj K. Srivastava, M. P. Singh, Amarjeet Kaur, H. K. Singh

Ab-initio Study of Phase Transition in SmAs Under Pressure..................................................................................................................127Sanjay Kumar Singh, Pooja Rana, Dinesh Chandra Gupta

Phase Transitions of a Single Polyelectrolyte Chain in a Poor Solvent with Multivalent Counterions................................................129Anoop Varghese, Satyavani Vemparala, R. Rajesh

The Role of Steric Effects on High Pressure Crystal Structure of Ho2O3 ................................................................................................131Anthony Arulraj, N. V. Chandra Shekar, P. Ch. Sahu

Infrared Spectroscopic Signatures of Low Temperature Phase Transitions in SrSnO3........................................................................133T. N. Sairam, G. Mangamma

A High Density Perturbation Expansion for the Hard Square Lattice Gas ............................................................................................135Kabir Ramola, Deepak Dhar

High Temperature Phase Transition Studies and Dielectric Properties of Sr2SbMnO6 ........................................................................137K. R. S. Preethi Meher, Pierre-Eymeric Janolin, Nicolas Guiblin, Gadige Paramesh, K. B. R. Varma

Formation of Y-Ti-o Nanoclusters in fcc Fe from Density Functional Theory .......................................................................................139Gurpreet Kaur, D. Murali, B. K. Panigrahi, M. C. Valsakumar

Sharp Metamagnetic and Correlated Electronic Transitions in Manganites: A Systematic Effect of Cation Disorder ...........................................................................................................................................................................................................141

K. R. Mavani, Fozia Aziz, Mahesh Chandra, P. L. Paulose

Wigner Crystallization in Electron-Hole Quantum Bilayers: Mass-Asymmetric Effect .......................................................................143L. K. Saini, Mukesh G. Nayak

Evidence for Ge-C Bond Formation at High P-T Conditions in a Laser Heated Diamond Anvil Cell ................................................145Y. A. Sorb, N. Subramanian, T. R. Ravindran, P. Ch. Sahu

Synthesis and Dielectric Studies of Polyorthotoluidine - Polyacrylamide Conducting Polymer Composites......................................149A. K. Himanshu, S. K. Bandyopadhayay, Rajni Bahuguna, D. K. Ray, T. P. Sinha

Gamma Radiation Induced Degradation in PE-PP Block Copolymer.....................................................................................................151H. R. Ravi, H. R. Sreepad, Khaleel Ahmed, T. N. Govindaiah

Smectic Phases in a Binary Mixture of Two Non-mesogenic Compounds...............................................................................................153T. N. Govindaiah, H. R. Sreepad, H. R. Ravi, Nagappa

Size Dependent Fractal Aggregation Mediated Through Surfactant in Silica Nanoparticle Solution .................................................155Sugam Kumar, V. K. Aswal, J. Kohlbrecher

Electronic Spectra and Ultraviolet Stability of Nematic Liquid Crystals: Effect of Solvent and Substituent.....................................157P. Lakshmi Praveen, Durga P. Ojha

Effect of Screening on the Variation of Transmittance with Voltage and Frequency for a Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Cell......................................................................................................................................................................................................159

Subhojyoti Sinha, Sanat Kumar Chatterjee, Ajit Kumar Meikap

Co-existence of Monomers and Clusters in Concentrated Protein Solutions ..........................................................................................161Akshay J. Chinchalikar, Sugam Kumar, V. K. Aswal, P. Callow, A. G. Wagh

XRD, SEM and EXAFS Investigation of Cobalt (II) Macro Cyclic Complexes......................................................................................163Ashutosh Mishra, Samrath Ninama, Niyati Mishra

Actin-based Motility of Listeria: Right-handed Helical Trajectories.......................................................................................................165Murali Rangarajan

Synthesis and Characterization of Mn-Bi Alloy..........................................................................................................................................167Ashutosh Mishra, Harsha Patil, G. Jain, N. Mishra

Protein Diffusion in Polyelectrolyte Solutions.............................................................................................................................................169Santripti Khandai, Sidhartha S. Jena

A First Principles DFT Study of Novel 1,3,5-triphenyl-2-pyrazolines......................................................................................................171Vipin Kumar, Shyam Kishor, Mukesh Doble, Lavanya M. Ramaniah

K-absorption Spectral Studies of Some Mixed Ligand Copper Complexes Using Synchrotron Radiation.........................................173A. Mishra, N. Parsai, B. D. Shrivastava

Diffusion Studies of FeCl3 Doped Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Films ....................................................................................................................175T. Sheela, V. Ravindrachary, R. F. Bhajantri, Ismayil, Sunil Rathod, S. D. Praveena

Fast Local Dynamics in CTAB Micelles.......................................................................................................................................................177V. K. Sharma, S. Mitra, J. Peter Embs, R. Mukhopadhyay

Block Copolymer-dependence on High-yield Synthesis of Gold Nanoparticles ......................................................................................179Debes Ray, V. K. Aswal, J. Kohlbrecher

SANS Study of Lysozyme vs. BSA Protein Adsorption on Silica Nanoparticles .....................................................................................181Sugam Kumar, V. K. Aswal, J. Kohlbrecher

Temperature Dependence Electrical Properties of the Cu/PMMA Composites .....................................................................................183Dolly Singh, N. L. Singh

Permeability Studies of Nitroxyl Spin Probes Through Lipid Membranes Using L-band ESR Spectrometer ...................................185A. Milton Franklin Benial, M. Kumara Dhas, Kazuhiro Ichikawa, Ken-Ichi Yamada, Fuminori Hyodo, A. Jawahar, Hideo Utsumi

X-ray Investigation of Cross-breed Silk in Cocoon, Yarn and Fabric Forms .........................................................................................187Y. C. Radhalakshmi, Kariappa, G. N. Siddaraju, R. Gopalkrishna, R. Somashekar

Surface Correlation in a Nano-confined DNA Film ...................................................................................................................................189Nupur Biswas, Sreeja Chakraborty, Alokmay Datta, Munna Sarkar, Mrinmay K. Mukhopadhyay, Mrinal K. Bera, Hideki Seto

Material Characteristics of Sea Shell ...........................................................................................................................................................191Aditi Sarkar, Arnab Gangopadhyay, A. Sarkar

Shock Propagation in a Visco-elastic Granular Gas ..................................................................................................................................193Sudhir N. Pathak, Zahera Jabeen, R. Rajesh, P. Ray

Non-equilibrium Work Distributions from Fluctuating Lattice-boltzmann Model ...............................................................................195S. Siva Nasarayya Chari, K. P. N. Murthy

Hydration Studies of Bentonite Clay ............................................................................................................................................................197Reshma R. Desai, J. A. Erwin Desa, V. K. Aswal

Effect of Borax Concentration on the Structure of Poly(Vinyl Alcohol) Gels .........................................................................................199Mathias B. Lawrence, J. A. E. Desa, V. K. Aswal

Solvent Effects on the Absorption and Fluorescence Spectra of Quinine Sulphate: Estimation of Ground and Excited-state Dipole Moments.......................................................................................................................................................................201

Sunita Joshi, Debi D. Pant

Dynamics of Kinesin: A Computational Study ...........................................................................................................................................203S. Sumathy, S. V. M. Satyanarayana

Conductivity Study of Chitosan Based Nanocomposites............................................................................................................................205C. Raja Mohan, S. Murugan, K. Jayakumar

Removal of Pb(II) Ions from Aqueous Solution by Using Modified Butea Monosperma Leaf .............................................................207Ashish Sharma, Kushal Joshi, Santosh Mitra, Gireesh Soni, Nitish Gupta

Dissipative Sandpile on Growing Random Graph......................................................................................................................................209Himangsu Bhaumik, S. B. Santra

Molecular Structure, Vibrational Spectroscopic and Homo Lumo Studies of 4-methyl-n-(4-methylphenyl)Benzene Sulfonamide.....................................................................................................................................................................................................211

K. Sarojini, H. Krishnan, Charles C. Kanagam, S. Muthu

Production of Nanocrystalline Copper by Exploding Wire Method ........................................................................................................215Rashmita Das, Basanta K. Das, Rohit Shukla, T. Prabaharan, Anurag Shyam

Synthesis and Characterization of Mn Doped ZnS Nanometer-sized Particles ......................................................................................217V. D. Mote, V. R. Huse, Y. Purushotham, S. S. Shah, B. N. Dole

Cu Nanoparticles Induced Modification in Optical and Structural Properties of PVA.........................................................................219Isha Saini, Jyoti Rozra, Annu Sharma, Pawan K. Sharma, Rajnish Dhiman

Structural and AC Impedance Analysis of LiMVO4 (M = Mn, Ni) Cathode Materials for Lithium Batteries ..................................221D. Prakash, C. Sanjeeviraja

Investigation of Electrical Properties of Ni-Mg Ferrite Nano Particles Using Impedance Spectroscopy ............................................223Mohd. Hashim, Alimuddin, Fouran Singh, E. M. Mohammed, Shalendr Kumar, Ravi Kumar

Effect of Fe Doping on Structural and Optical Properties of CdS Nanoparticles...................................................................................225G. Murali, D. Amaranatha Reddy, B. Poornaparakash, R. P. Vijayalakshmi

Temperature Variation of Optical Parameters in Nc-CdSe Thin Films ..................................................................................................227Kriti Sharma, Alaa S. Al-Kabbi, G. S. S. Saini, S. K. Tripathi

Structural and Magnetic Properties of Nanoparticles of Prussian Blue Analogue Ni3[Cr(CN)6]2.nH2O .............................................229Pramod Bhatt, Ranu Bhatt, S. M. Yusuf

Synthesis and Raman Studies of Wurtzite CdS Nanosheets......................................................................................................................231Amrita Mandal, Sourish Banerjee, Sandip Dhara, Dipankar Chakravorty

Synthesis and Optical Properties of Nickel Zinc Ferrite Nanoparticles Grown Within Mesoporous Silica Template ......................233Shilpi Banerjee, Dipankar Chakravorty

Rabi Oscillation in Graphene ........................................................................................................................................................................235Enamullah, Girish S. Setlur

Tuning of Optical Properties of PMMA by Incorporating Silver Nanoparticles....................................................................................237Alisha, Jyoti Rozra, Isha Saini, Annu Sharma, Pawan Sharma

Evaporation Induced Self-assembly of Nanoparticles in Realizing Hollow Microcapsules ...................................................................239D. Sen, J. Bahadur, S. Mazumder

Characterization Studies of Plasticized PEO-PMMA Nano-composite Polymer Electrolyte System ..................................................241Poonam Sharma, D. K. Kanchan, Nirali Gondaliya, Meenakshi Pant, Manish S. Jayswal, Prajakta Joge

Size Effect on Stark Signal of CdSe Nano Crystals: A Theoretical Approach ........................................................................................243Amitesh Singh Sisodia, Hemraj Singh Dagar, Namita Sisodia

Interband Emission Energy in a Strained CdxZn1-xO Quantum Dot.....................................................................................................245S. Saravanakumar, A. John Peter

Effect of Al2O3 and PEG on Relaxation Time in PEO-LiCF3SO3 Polymer Electrolytes ........................................................................247Nirali Gondaliya, D. K. Kanchan, Poonam Sharma, Manish S. Jayswal, Prajakta Joge

Methane Gas Detection in Environment Using Shape Dependent α-MoO3 Nanosensor........................................................................249R. Ajay Rakkesh, A. K. Prasad, S. Dash, A. K. Tyagi, S. Balakumar

Optical Properties of Fe-doped SnO2 Nanoparticles ..................................................................................................................................251S. Sohila, M. Rajalakshmi, C. Muthamizhchelvan, S. Kalavathi

Hydrogen Adsorption/Desorption in Functionalized Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes........................................................................253D. Silambarasan, V. Vasu, V. J. Surya, K. Iyakutti

Effect of Mg Doping on Dielectric Properties of CuFe2O4 Nanoparticles ................................................................................................255Kavita Verma, Ashwini Kumar, Dinesh Varshney

Synthesis, Characterization and Luminescence Behaviour of Dumbbell-shaped YVO4: Pr3+ Hierarchical Nanocrystals ....................................................................................................................................................................................................257

J. Thirumalai, R. Chandramohan, G. V. Vijayaraghavan, V. Saaminathan

Evolution of Tetrapod Structure in Sonochemically Synthesized ZnO: B Nanopowders......................................................................259N. R. Panda, B. S. Acharya, P. Nayak

Structural and Optical Properties of Sol-gel Derived Zn1-xMnxO Nanoparticles....................................................................................261Anup K. Ghosh, Shiv Kumar, S. Chatterjee, K. K. Chattopadhyay

Synthesis of Cu-doped ZnO Nanostructure by Thermal Evaporation Method ......................................................................................263A. K. Srivastava, S. K. Rai, P. Mishra, A. Das, T. Ganguly, L. M. Kukreja, S. K. Deb

The Influence of Isochronal Annealing on the Crystallization and Magnetic Properties of Fe40.5Co40.5Nb7B12 Alloy.........................265P. Gupta, T. Ganguli, A. Gupta, A. K. Sinha, S. K. Deb, P. Svec Jr.

Luminescence Studies of Rare-earth Doped and Co-doped Hydroxyapatite ..........................................................................................267G. Vasugi, A. Thamizhavel, E. K. Girija

Effect of Strain on Adsorption of Hydrogen on Graphene: A First-principles Study ............................................................................269V. J. Surya, K. Iyakutti, H. Mizuseki, Y. Kawazoe

Study the Effect of Annealing in Different Environment on the Optical Properties of β- Ga2O3 Nanostructures..............................271R. Jangir, Tapas Ganguli, S. Porwal, Pragya Tiwari, S. K. Raia, A. K. Srivastav, P. Mondal, S. K. Deb

Strain Tunable Band-gaps of Two-dimensional Hexagonal BN and AIN: An FP-(L)APW+Io Study .................................................273Harihar Behera, Gautam Mukhopadhyay

Synthesis of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes Using RF-CCVD and a Bimetallic Catalyst....................................................................275S. Ramakrishnan, E. J. Jelmy, A. Baladandapani, Murali Rangarajan, Nikhil K. Kothurkar

Synthesis and Structural Evolution of ZnO/TiO2 Nanocomposites ..........................................................................................................277Suboohi Shervani, Wasi Khan, M. Chaman, A. H. Naqvi

Synthesis of Optically Transparent Ceramic of CaF2 Doped with Mn and Ce for Thermoluminescent Dosimetry ..........................279Shashwati Sen, S. G. Singh, G. D. Patra, S. Shinde, S. Bhattacharya, S. C. Gadkari

Synthesis of Mesoporous NiO Doped TiO2 Submicrosphere Via Spray Hydrolysis...............................................................................281J. Bahadur, D. Sen, J. Prakash, Ripandeep Singh, B. Paul, S. Mazumder, D. Sathiyamoorthy

Synthesis and Characterization of Multifunctional Fe3O4-ZnO Nanocomposite ....................................................................................283A. Roychowdhury, A. K. Mishra, S. P. Pati, D. Das

Formation of NiSi2 Nanoclusters by Ni Ion Implantation Into Si(100) and the Effect of Preinjection of Si2+ Ions.............................285

B. Sundaravel, S. Kalavathi, P. Santhanaraman, P. V. Satyam, K. G. M. Nair

Nanoindentation Studies on Composites of CuO Nanoparticles-Lithia Silica Nanoglass ......................................................................287Dhriti Ranjan Saha, Partha Hajra, Mykanth Reddy Mada, Philip Boughton, Sri Bandyopadhyay, Dipankar Chakravorty

Size Effects on Structural and Magnetic Properties of CoFe2O4 Nanoparticles Prepared by Co-precipitation Method .............................................................................................................................................................................................................289

K. Praveena, B. Radhika, S. Srintah

Structural and Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline Y3Fe5O12 Using Co-precipitation Method .....................................................291K. Praveena, K. Sadhana, S. Srinath, S. Ramana Murthy

First-principles Study of Exohedral and Substitutional Chemical Functionalization of Graphene .....................................................293K. Iyakutti, V. J. Surya, Y. Kawazoe

Gold Coated ZnO Nanorod Biosensor for Glucose Detection ...................................................................................................................295Anuradha Bhattacharya, Chhavi Jain, V. Padmanapan Rao, S. Banerjee

Structural and Optical Studies of ZnO Nanostructures ............................................................................................................................297M. Najim, V. K. Sharma, G. D. Varma

Growth and Magnetic Properties of Prism Like Triangular Fe3O4 Nanoparticles.................................................................................299R. Ramesh, M. Rajalakshmi, C. Muthamizhchelvan, S. Ponnusamy

Synthesis and Microstructural Investigations on Spray Hydrolyzed Sub-micrometric Titania Particles ...........................................301Ripandeep Singh, D. Sen, J. Bahadur, S. Mazumder

The Effect of Catalyst on Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes: An in Situ TGA Study ...............................................................................303R. Kamalakannan, S. Ilango, M. Kamruddin, A. K. Tyagi

Surface Plasmon Resonance in Gold Nanoparticles ...................................................................................................................................305A. K. Srivastava, Rishikesh Yadev, V. N. Rai, Tapas Ganguly, S. K. Deb

Structural and Electrical Properties of Fe Doped ZnO Nanoparticles Synthesized by Solution Combustion Method......................307Pooja Dhiman, Ritu Rani, M. Singh

Pure LiF Nanophosphors for High Exposures of Gamma-Rays...............................................................................................................309A. K. Sharma, Satinder Kumar, R. Dogra, S. P. Lochab, Ravi Kumar

Hydrothermal Synthesis of Molybdenum Oxide Microbelts .....................................................................................................................311A. Chithambararaj, A. Chandra Bose

Low Temperature Plasma Synthesis of Photoluminescent Nanocrystalline Silicon-nitride ..................................................................313Basudeb Sain, Debajyoti Das

Optical and Electrical Properties of Codoped Nanocrystalline Multiferroic BiFeO3.............................................................................315A. Mukherjee, Sk. M. Houssain, S. Basu, M. Pal

Synthesis of Nanoparticles Ni0.55Zn0.45Fe2O4 by Novel Precursor Method Showing Enhanced Resistivity ..........................................317M. M. Kothawale, R. B. Tangsali, G. K. Naik, J. S. Budkuley, S. S. Meena

Magnetic Properties of Sol-Gel Derived Gd2O3 Nanoparticles .................................................................................................................319R. Ray, Sumita Biswas, S. Das, M. Patra

Iron-manganese Binary Oxide Coated Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes for Arsenic Removal ..................................321P. Tamilarasan, S. Ramaprabhu

Presence of Nitrogen Related Complexes in ZnO Synthesized Using EDTA ..........................................................................................323R. Kannan, S. Rajagopa, R. Pugaze, R. Chandrasekar, A. Sivagamasundari, D. Vanidha, A. Arunkumar

Synthesis and Characterization of CdSe/ZnSe Nanorods ..........................................................................................................................325G. Ramalingam, S. Shri Prasad, J. Madhavan

GO and RGO Based FETs Fabricated with Langmuir-blodgett Grown Monolayers............................................................................327V. Divakar Botcha, Gulbagh Singh, Pavan K. Narayanam, D. S. Sutar, S. S. Talwar, R. S. Srinivasa, S. S. Major

Compositional Variation of Magnetic Moments in Fe(1-x)Mx (M=Co/Ni) Nanowires: Ab Initio Study .................................................329S. Assa Aravindh, S. Mathi Jaya, M. C. Valsakumar, C. S Sundar

Study of Strain in Various Phases of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized Using Simple Ash Supported Method ........................331Anjali Jain Deotale, A. K. Sinha, S. K. Deb, R. V. Nandedkar

Nanocrystalline K2Ca2(SO4)3: Eu for Proton Beam Dosimetry .................................................................................................................333Shaila Bahl, S. P. Lochab, A. Pandey, V. E. Aleynikov, A. Molokanov, Pratik Kumar

Stretching of Short Monatomic Gold Chains-some Model Calculations .................................................................................................335Sumali, Priyanka, Veena Verma, Keya Dharamvir

Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline Fe0.5Ni0.5 Permalloy.................................................................................................................337D. De, S. Majumdar, S. Giri

Solution Combustion Synthesis and Characterization of Nanosized Bismuth Ferrite ...........................................................................339V. Sesha Sai Kumar, K. Venkateswara Rao, T. Krishnaveni, A. Shiva Kishore Goud, P. Ranjith Reddy

Synthesis and Characterization of Sol-gel Derived Cr2O3 Nanoparticles ................................................................................................341Vishal Balouria, A. Singh, A. K. Debnath, Aman Mahajan, R. K. Bedi, D. K. Aswal, S. K. Gupta

Eosin Yellowish Dye Sensitized TiO2 Solar Cell with PEG/PEO/LiI/I2 As Electrolyte ..........................................................................343S. S. Kanmani, S. Umapathy, K. Ramachandran

Ac Conductivity Studies of Solution Combustion Synthesized Nanocrystalline Li2MgZrO4 Material ................................................345Rajesh Cheruku, Lakshmi Vijayan, G. Govindaraj

Cadmium Diffusion in Nano Cadmium Sulphide .......................................................................................................................................347M. Ragam, N. Sankar, K. Ramachandran

Temperature Dependent Barrier Height of MIS Diode of Al/Al2O3/n-CdSe/CdS/PVA Core/Shell Quantum Dot.............................349Mamta Sharma, S. K. Tripathi

Visible Light Photocatalytic Property of Zn Doped V2O5 Nanoparticles.................................................................................................351R. Suresh, K. Giribabu, L. Vijayalakshmi, A. Stephen, V. Narayanan

Enhanced Electrical and Dielectric Properties of Graphite Based PVA Nanocomposite at Low Percolation Threshold.........................................................................................................................................................................................................353

D. Bhadra, J. Sannigrahi, S. K. De, B. K. Chaudhuri

On the Surface Magnetism Induced Atypical Ferromagnetic Behavior of Cerium Oxide (CeO2) Nanoparticles ..............................355M. Sakara, S. Arumugam, S. Tripathy, S. Balakumar

Fabrication of Magnetic Nanodot Arrays Using Ultrathin Alumina Membrane (UTAM) ...................................................................357P. Chowdhury, S. Boominatha Sellarajan, M. Krishnan, H. C. Barshilia

Extraordinarily High Ultraviolet Photosensitivity and Sharp Cut Off Wavelength of Hydrothermally Grown Zinc Oxide Nanorods ..............................................................................................................................................................................................359

Sanjit Sarkar, Durga Basak

Enhanced Light Harvesting in Photovoltaics with ZnO Nanorod Arrays ...............................................................................................361Anjana J. Kothari, T. K. Chaudhuri

The Dielectric Properties of Polyindole -Zno Containing LiClO4 Polymer Electrolyte .........................................................................363G. Rajasudha, V. Narayanan, A. Stephen

Nanofibers-NiCo2O4: Fabrication and Li-Storage Properties ...................................................................................................................365Yogesh Sharma, Madhavi Srinivasan

Phthalocyanine based 1D Nanowires for Device Applications ..................................................................................................................367Rajan Saini, Aman Mahajan, R. K. Bedi

Dielectric Properties of Flower-Type ZnO Nanorods and ZnO-SnO2 Nanocomposites ........................................................................369C. Stella, R. N. Mariammal, K. Ramachandran

Energetics of Gold Adatom Adsorption on Graphene ............................................................................................................................... 371Shuchi Gupta, Gagandeep Kaur, Keya Dharamvir

Ambient Dependence of the Phase of Nanowires Grown by Annealing Brass ........................................................................................373Himanshu Srivastava, Tapas Ganguli, Pragya Tiwari, A. K. Srivastava, S. K. Deb

Structural and Dielectric Properties of Ni-Cu-Mg Nanoferrites...............................................................................................................375M. Shahnawaze Ansari, Khalid Mujasam Batoo, Sumaira Mehraj

Preparation, Characterization and Luminescence Properties of Polyaniline-CDS Nanocomposites ...................................................377M. Goswami, R. Ghosh, A. K. Meikap

Hydrothermal Growth of High Surface Area Anatase TiO2 Nanoparticles for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell ..........................................379G. Arthi, M. Navaneethan, C. Muthamizhchelvan, Y. Hayakawa, S. Ponnusamy

Formation of Anatase TiO2 Nanospheres by Simple Polymer Gel Technique ........................................................................................381T. Prakash, M. Navaneethan, S. Ponnusamy, Y. Hayakawa, C. Muthamizhchelvan

Magnetoviscous Effect in Thermosensitive Magnetic Fluids.....................................................................................................................383Rucha Desai, R. V. Upadhyay, V. K. Aswal

Experimental Investigation of Thermal Conductivity of Magnetic Nanofluids ......................................................................................385Kinnari Parekh, H. S. Lee

Thermoluminescence of Eu activated LiF nanophosphors........................................................................................................................387Satinder Kumar, A. K. Sharma, S. P. Lochab, Ravi Kumar

Reduction of Graphene Oxide Monolayers Transferred on Si and Ti Substrates by LB Technique ...................................................389Gulbagh Singh, V. Divakar Botcha, Pavan K. Narayanam, D. S. Sutar, S. S. Talwar, R. S. Srinivasa, S. S. Major

ZnO Nanorods/SnO2 Nanoparticles Based Composites: Synthesis and Characterization.....................................................................391R. N. Mariammal, C. Stella, S. S. Kanmani, S. Umapathy, K. Ramachandran

Spray Deposited ZnO: Au Thin Films for Solar Cell Application ............................................................................................................393N. L. Tarwal, N. S. Harale, P. R. Jadhav, P. S. Patil

Magnetic Properties of Carbon Stabilized Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite Nanoparticles.......................................................................395T. Karan, S. Ram, R. K. Kotnala

Evolution of Structure and Magnetic Properties of Encapsulated Ni from Nanocrystalline Ni-b ........................................................397G. Lal Singh, S. K. Manna, V. Srinivas

Role of SnO2 as a Filler in (PEO)50AgCF3SO3 Nanocomposite Polymer Electrolyte System.................................................................399S. Austin Suthanthiraraj, M. Kumara Vadivel

Ion Beam Induced Effects on the Ferromagnetism in Pd Nanoparticles .................................................................................................401P. K. Kulriya, B. R. Mehta, D. C. Agarwal, Kanika Agarwal, Praveen Kumar, S. M. Shivaprasad, D. K. Avasthi

Optoelectronic Study of CdS Thin Films Ultrasonically Intercalated by Silver Nanoparticles ............................................................403Ketan P. Gattu, Arindam Ghosh, Ramphal Sharma, Anil Ghule

Template Synthesis and Characterizations of Nickel Nanorods ...............................................................................................................405T. Ghosh, B. Satpati

In-situ Electrochemical Fabrication of Porous Organic-inorganic Hybrid Nanocomposites on Stainless Steel for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Application...................................................................................................................................407

P. Muthirulan, N. Kannan, M. Meenakshisundaram

Effect of Silver Doping on the Performance of Electrochemical Supercapacitor ...................................................................................409D. S. Patil, S. A. Pawar, P. S. Patil

Structural and Optical Properties of 2D CuO Nanoleaves ........................................................................................................................411D. Manoj, D. Ranjith Kumar, J. Santhanalakshmi

Magnetic and Dielectric Behavior of Nanostructured (Li0.5Fe0.5)(1-x)ZnxFe2O4(x≤1.0) Spinel Ferrites ..................................................413S. Misra, S. Ram, R. S. Shinde

Nanocrystallite Mg Ferrite LPG, Cl2 and C2H5OH Sensor .......................................................................................................................415Ashok B. Gadkari, Tukaram J. Shinde, Pramod N. Vasambekar

Tailoring the Dimensions of V2O5 Nanoparticles by Surfactant Assisted Non-aqueous Sol-gel Protocol and Characterization .............................................................................................................................................................................................417

A. Venkatesan, N. Krishna Chandar, S. Arjunan, R. Mohan Kumar, R. Jayavel

Electronic, Magnetic and Mechanical Properties of Vanadium-carbon Nanowires...............................................................................419Poorva Singh, Tashi Nautiyal

Vertically Aligned ZnO Nanorod Grown by Hydrothermal Based Chemical Method on Glass Substrate.........................................421R. Srivastava, S. Majumdar, S. Bhunia

Synthesis of Silicon Nanotubes by DC Arc Plasma Method ......................................................................................................................423C. M. Tank, S. V. Bhoraskar, V. L. Mathe

Magnetic Properties of Ni and Cu-Ni Nanoparticles..................................................................................................................................425B. G. Ganga, P. N. Santhosh, P. John Thomas

Temperature Dependence of Plasmon Enhanced Photoluminescence from Ultra Thin Hybrid Structures of ZnO/Au/Si........................................................................................................................................................................................................427

K. Saravanan, B. K. Panigrahi, R. Krishnan, K. G. M. Nair

Effect of Sn Doping on Morphology and Ethanol Sensing Response of ZnO Nanorods ........................................................................429Onkar Singh, Manmeet Pal Singh, Nipin Kohli, Kanika Anand, Ravi Chand Singh

Structural and Optical Properties of Ag and Co Doped ZnO Nanoparticles ..........................................................................................431B. Sankara Reddy, S. Venkatramana Reddy, R. P. Vijaya Lakshmi

Mechanical Synthesis of Nanostructured Nickel-Zinc Ferrite and Investigation of Magnetic Properties...........................................433K. Radhika, Sk. Mohammad Yasin, N. Harish Kumar

Electrodeposition of V2O5 Nanorods on Current Collector Substrate .....................................................................................................435D. Vasanth Raj, V. Nandhinidevi, D. Mangalaraj, C. Viswanathan

Influence of Polyvinylpyrrolidone on Particle Size of Ni Nanoparticles Preparation ............................................................................437Upendra N. Tripathi, Ajay Soni, V. Ganesan, Gunadhor S. Okram

Structural and Optical Studies of Pd Doped Tin Oxide Nanoparticles Prepared by Chemical Co-Precipitation Method .............................................................................................................................................................................................................439

Brajesh Nandan, B. Venu Gopal, S. Amirthapandian, Sumita Santra, B. K. Panigrahi, P. Thangadurai

Study of Nanograin Sized Fe-doped ZnO Film As Transducer-capacitance and Humidity Sensing. ..................................................441V. Chaitra, K. S. Shamala, V. Uma

Structural and Optical Studies of Mn Doped Tin Oxide Nanoparticles ..................................................................................................443B. Venu Gopal, Brajesh Nandan, S. Amirthapandian, B. K. Panigrahi, P. Thangadurai

Point Defects Aspect of Magnetite Nano Particles As Studied by Mossbauer Spectroscopy .................................................................445L. Herojit Singh, R. Govindaraj, G. Amarendra, C. S. Sundar

Ag Doped Nanotitania for Electrical and Optical Applications ................................................................................................................447A. K. Abdul Gafoor, M. M. Musthafa, P. P. Pradyumnan

Catalysis Free Growth of GaN Nanostructures ..........................................................................................................................................449Prasana Sahoo, S. Dhara, Avinash Patsha, S. Dash, M. Kamruddin, A. K. Tyagi

Electrochromic Properties of Electrodeposited Tungsten Oxide (WO3) Thin Film ...............................................................................451D. S. Dalavi, S. S. Kalagi, S. S. Mali, A. J. More, R. S. Patil, P. S. Patil

A Novel Chemical Synthesis Method of ZnO Platelets............................................................................................................................... 453J. Jadhav, M. Patange, S. Biswas

α-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles Synthesized by a Novel Chemical Method ...........................................................................................................455M. Patange, J. Jadhav, S. Biswas

Growth of Cadmium Oxide Microrod Bundles and Microflakes .............................................................................................................457Raman Srinivasan, Lakshmanan Saravanan, Ramasamy Jayavel

Electrical and Optical Modifications in Polyurethane-CdS Nanocomposites .........................................................................................459Ajay Pal Indolia, M. S. Gaur

Electrical Properties of Fe Doped NiO Thin Films .....................................................................................................................................461Shweta Moghe, A. D. Acharya, Richa Panda, S. B. Shrivastava, Mohan Gangrade, V. Ganesan

Facile Synthesis of Mesoporous CuO Hollow Architecture: An Excellent Field Emitter ......................................................................463S. Das, S. Maiti, K. K. Chattopadhyay

Magnetic Properties of Two Dimensional Nickel Nanowires ....................................................................................................................465Vikas Kashid, Vaishali Shah, H. G. Salunke

Effect of Temperature on Morphology, Growth and Structure of Carbon Nanostructures Grown by Radio Frequency Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition .......................................................................................................................467

B. Purna Chandra Rao, D. John Thiruvadigal

Electron Transport Study of Single Wall Nanotubes Based on Group 14 Elements ..............................................................................469S. Sivasathya, D. John Thiruvadigal

Enhanced Biocidal Activity and Optical Properties of Zinc Oxide Nanoneedles....................................................................................471Meghana Ramani, S. Ponnusamy, C. Muthamizhchelvan

Transition Metal Dimer on Au(111) Surface: A First Principle Study ....................................................................................................473Suman Kalyan Sahoo, Sandeep Nigam, Pranab Sarkar, Chiranjib Majumder

Nanotubes and Nanoballs of Fe2O3: A Comparative Study by Ab Inito Methods ..................................................................................475Sandeep Nigam, Chiranjib Majumder

High-precision Determination of Si-neutron Coherent Scattering Length with a Dual Non-dispersive Sample ................................479Sohrab Abbas, Apoorva G Wagh, H. Lemmel, Thomas Potocar, H. Rauch

Radio Frequency Surface Conductivity Measurement Apparatus for Small Samples ..........................................................................481Jagdish Chandra, Meghmalhar Manekar

GIXRD Measurements at EDXRD Beamline at INDUS-2 Synchrotron..................................................................................................483K. K. Pandey, Dileep Kumar, Abhilash Dwivedi, Ajay Gupta, Surinder M. Sharma

3He Alternative Technologies: 1. Application of Neutron Image Plate Detector for Powder Diffractometry ....................................485A. M. Shaikh, P. S. R. Krishna, A. B. Shinde

A 10 Tesla Table-top Controlled Waveform Magnet .................................................................................................................................487Aditya N. Roy Choudhury, V. Venkataraman

Evaluation of Pelletron Accelerator Facility to Study Radiation Effects on Semiconductor Devices ..................................................489A. P. Gnana Prakash, N. Pushpa, K. C. Praveen, P. S. Naik, D. Revannasiddaiah

Neutron Beam Imaging at Neutron Spectrometers at Dhruva..................................................................................................................491Shraddha S. Desai, Mala N. Rao

Optimization of Drift Bias in an UHV Based Pulsed Positron Beam System ..........................................................................................493C. Varghese Anto, R. Rajaraman, G. Venugopal Rao, S. Abhaya, J. Parimala, G. Amarendra

Limits Imposed by Solenoid Damage on the Maximum Velocity Achieved by an Electromagnetic Coilgun: A Computational Study .....................................................................................................................................................................................495

S. Madhavan, C. D. Sijoy, S. Pahari, S. Chaturvedi

X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy of ZnO Nanoparticles ............................................................................................................................497S. Basu, M. Ghosh, A. K. Singh, S. N. Jha, D. Bhattacharyya

Commissioning of a Microprobe-XRF Beamline (BL-16) on Indus-2 Synchrotron Source ..................................................................499M . K. Tiwari, P. Gupta, A. K. Sinha, C. K. Garg, A. K. Singh, S. R. Kane, S. R. Garg, G. S. Lodha

Growth and Characterization of Organic NLO Material..........................................................................................................................501A. Subashini, K. Ramamurthi

Setting up of a MicroKelvin Refrigerator Facility at TIFR.......................................................................................................................503H. R. Naren, R. S. Sannabhadti, Anil Kumar, V. Arolkar, S. Ramakrishnan

X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Doped BaCeO3-BaZrO3 Systems.......................................................................................................505S. Basu, P. Sawant, S. Varma, B. N. Wani, S. R. Bharadwaj, S. N. Jha, D. Bhattacharyya

Application of Multilayer Mirror for Harmonic Analysis in Soft X-ray Region ....................................................................................507Mohammed H. Modi, R. K. Gupta, G. S. Lodha

Growth, Optical and Thermal Properties of Uv Nlo Family Crystal: Ulta..............................................................................................509A. Shihabuddeen Syed, V. Ramesh, A. Subashini, K. Sendil Kumar, K. Rajarajan

A Study on Crystalline Perfection, Optical, Dielectric, Mechanical, Laser Damage Threshold and NLO Properties of Glycine Added Potassium Dihydrogen Phosphate Single Crystals ......................................................................................................511

K. Boopathi, P. Rajesh, P. Ramasamy

Analysis of Order Contamination from Toroidal Grating Monochromator of Indus-1 Reflectivity Beamline ..................................513R. K. Gupta, Mohammed H. Modi, G. S. Lodha

Crystal Structure Analysis of Lead Free Ba1-xLax[Ti0.5(Fe0.5Nb0.5)0.5]1-x/4O3 Ceramics..............................................................515Piyush Kumar Patel, Jyoti Rani, K. L. Yadav

Synthesis and Characterization of Quasi One Dimensional Oxide, Ca3CoMnO6 Multiferroic.............................................................517Jyoti Rani, K. L. Yadav, Satya Prakash

Synthesis, Growth and Characterization of L-Phenylalanine-4-nitrophenol (LPNP) Single Crystal ..................................................519M. Rajalakshmi, R. Indirajith, R. Gopalakrishnan

Ferro Fluid Based Optical Fiber Switch ......................................................................................................................................................521S. D. Kemkar, H. S. Mahajan, Milind Vaidya

Synthesis and Characterization of (1-x)ZnO-xMgO Composites .............................................................................................................523Nidhi Adhlakha, K. L. Yadav

Fabrication of Compound Refractive Lens Using Soft and Deep X-ray Lithography Beamline on Indus-2.......................................525V. P. Dhamgaye, G. S. Lodha

Commissioning of Soft and Deep X-ray Lithography Beamline on Indus-2 ...........................................................................................527V. P. Dhamgaye, B. Gowri Sankar, C. K. Garg, G. S. Lodha

Gamma Ray Spectroscopic Analysis of Building Materials Used in Tiruvannamalai, Tamilnadu, India ...........................................529R. Ravisankar, K. Vanasundari, M. Suganya, A. Chandrasekaran, Y. Raghu, S. Sivakumar, P. Vijayagopal, V. Meenakshisundaram

Development of Portable Experimental Set-up for AFM to Work at Cryogenic Temperature ............................................................531D. H. Agarwal, P. M. Bhatt, A. M. Pathan, Hitarthi Patel, U. S. Joshi

Structural Studies of Liquid Rubidium at Various Temperatures Using Molecular Dynamics Simulation Technique ........................................................................................................................................................................................................535

J. K. Baria, A. R. Jivani, P. S. Vyas, A. R. Jani

Optical Properties of Eu2O3 Doped Lead Fluoroborate Glass .................................................................................................................537Akshatha Wagh, K. K. Mahato, R. Lakshmikanth, R. Rajaramakrishna, Sudha D. Kamath

Fragility index of lithium phosphate binary glasses ...................................................................................................................................539Prashant Dabas, K. Hariharan

Thermal Analysis, Spectral Characterization and Refractive Index Studies of Lithium Doped PbO-ZnO-B2O3 Glass .................................................................................................................................................................................................................541

R. Rajaramakrishna, R. Lakshmikantha, R. V. Anavekar

Study of Intermolecular Interaction of Allyl Chloride with Acetone Through Dielectric and Volumetric Properties ......................543Y. S. Sudake, S. P. Kamble, A. P. Maharolkar, S. S. Patil, P. W. Khirade

Optical Properties Study of S40Se60-xSbx Bulk Alloys ..................................................................................................................................545Ramakanta Naik, C. Kumar, R. Ganesan, K. S. Sangunni

Dielectric Study of Te15(Se100-xBix)85 (x=0, 3, 5 at.%) Chalcogenide Glasses ............................................................................................547Kameshwar Kumar, Nagesh Thakur

Optical studies on Eu3+ Doped Boro-tellurite Glasses ................................................................................................................................549K. Maheshvaran, K. Marimuthu

Transport Properties of PbO-P2O5-ZnO-Li2O Glass System ....................................................................................................................551R. Lakshmikantha, R. Rajaramakrishna, N. H. Ayachit, R. V. Anavekar

Magnetic Interactions in Iron Tellurite Glasses..........................................................................................................................................553P. Sandhya Rani, R. Singh

120 MeV Ni Ion Beam Induced Modifications in Poly (Ethylene Terephthalate) Used in Commercial Bottled Water .....................555Vijay Kumar, R. G. Sonkawade, Yasir Ali, A. S. Dhaliwal

Structural Properties of Liquid Lanthanides Using Charge Hard Sphere Reference System ..............................................................557P. B. Thakora, Y. A. Sonvane, H. P. Patel, P. N. Gajjar, A. R. Jani

Photo Induced Effects on the Optical Properties of Sb40Se20S40 Thin Film .........................................................................................559Ramakanta Naik, C. Kumar, Sanjit K. Parida, R. Ganesan

Effect of Sm2O3 Addition on Electrical and Optical Properties of Lithium Borate Glasses ..................................................................561R. S. Gedam, D. D. Ramteke

Raman Study of Glass Transition in Iron Phosphate Glasses ...................................................................................................................563S. Chakraborty, A. K. Arora

Characterization of HPMC/PVP Polymer Blend Films Using WAXS Technique..................................................................................565Y. Prakash, H. Somashekarappa, P. Parameswara, T. Demappa, R. Somashekar

Study of Structural and Optical Properties of Lead Borate Glasses Containing Transition Metal Ion...............................................567Sanjay, A. Kaushik, N. Kishore, A. Agarwal, I. Pal, R. Dhar

Improvement in Hardness of Soda-lime-silica Glass ..................................................................................................................................569Riya Chakraborty, Moumita De, Sudakshina Roy, Arjun Dey, Sampad K. Biswas, Tapas Ranjan Middya, Anoop K. Mukhopadhyay

The Temperature Dependent Collective Dynamics of Liquid Sodium.....................................................................................................571A. B. Patel, S. G. Khambholja, N. K. Bhatt, B. Y. Thakore, P. R. Vyas, A. R. Jani

Structural and Luminescence Studies on Eu3+: B2O3-Li2O-MO-LiF (M=Ba, Bi, Pb and Zn) Glasses .................................................573S. Arunkumar, K. Marimuthu

Effect of V2O5 on SrO-ZnO-B2O3-SiO2 Glass-Ceramics for High Temperature Sealant Application..................................................575Babita Tiwari, S. Bhatacharya, A. Dixit, S. C. Gadkari, G. P. Kothiyal

Effect of Bi2O3 on Dynamics of Li+ Ions in Lithium Phosphate Glasses...................................................................................................577A. Shaw, A. Ghosh

Optical Properties of Dy3+ Doped Bismuth Zinc Borate Glass and Glass Ceramics ..............................................................................579B. Shanmugavelu, V. V. Ravi Kanth Kumar

Luminescence Properties of Sm3+ Impurities in Strontium Lithium Bismuth Borate Glasses..............................................................581D. Rajesh, Y. C. Ratnakaram, M. Seshadri, A. Balakrishna

Thermodynamic Criteria for Bulk Metallic Glass Formation in Zr Rich Quaternary System.............................................................583S. Vincent, B. S. Murty, J. Bhatt

A Study on the Microstructural Parameters of 550 KeV Electron Irradiated Lexan Polymer Films..................................................585K. Hareesh, R. Pramod, V. C. Petwal, Jishnu Dwivedi, Sangappa, Ganesh Sanjeev

Effect of Electron Beam Irradiation on PMMA Films............................................................................................................................... 587Pragya Tiwari, A. K. Srivastava, B. Q. Khattak, Suveer Verma, Anuj Upadhyay, A. K. Sinha, Tapas Ganguli, G. S. Lodha, S. K. Deb

Kinetics of Glass Transition Phenomenon of Amorphous Tin-based Se-Te Semiconducting Alloy .....................................................589Balbir Singh Patial, Nagesh Thakura, S. K. Tripathi

Photoluminescence and Refractive Index Behaviour of PMMA-PAni Blends ........................................................................................591A. K. Tomar, Suman Mahendia, Rishi Pal Chahal, Shyam Kumar

Structural Relaxation in Bismuth and Lead Borate Glasses .....................................................................................................................593Anu Bajaj, Atul Khanna

Electrical Conduction in 100 keV Kr+ Ion Implanted Poly (Ethylene Terephthalate) ...........................................................................595P. K. Goyal, V. Kumar, Renu Gupta, S. Mahendia, Anita, S. Kumar

Partial Structure Factors of Compound Forming Na-Pb Binary Liquid Alloy Using Ab-Initio Pseudopotentials ............................597Anil Thakur, Nalini Sharma, P. K. Ahluwalia

Study of Lithium Borosilicotitanate Glasses with LiCl Addition..............................................................................................................599A. V. Deshpande, N. S. Paighan

Electrical Transport and Structural Investigations in Cu2O Substituted AgI-Ag2O-V2O5 Glass-Ceramic Nanocomposites ..............................................................................................................................................................................................601

Neha Gupta, Anshuman Dalvi, Barkha Awasthi, Dinesh Deva

Nonlinear Refraction and Two-photon Absorption in Dense 2Bi2O3-B2O3 Glasses ................................................................................603Gadige Paramesh, K. B. R. Varma

Dielectric Behavior of Ar+ Implanted CR-39 Polymer............................................................................................................................... 605Nidhi Shekhawat, Annu Sharma, Sanjeev Aggarwal, S. K. Deshpande, K. G. M. Nair

Effect of 200 keV Argon Ion Implantation on Refractive Index of Polyethylene Terepthlate (PET) ...................................................607Rajiv Kumar, Mahak Chawla, Rubi, Annu Sharma, Sanjeev Aggarwal, Praveen Kumar, D. Kanjilal

Effect of Cr2O3 on Solubility and Thermo-Physical Properties of BaO-CaO-Al2O3-B2O3-SiO2 Glass System ....................................609M. Goswami, Rakesh Kumar, A. S. Patil, A. K. Sahu, G. P. Kothiyal

Electrical Conduction Behavior of LiNixCo1-xO2 Thin Films.....................................................................................................................613M. C. Rao, Sk. Muntaz Begum, E. Sivanagi Reddy, O. M. Hussain

Substrate Effects on SILAR Route Synthesized CuO Thin Films ............................................................................................................615V. Dhanasekaran, T. Mahalingam, G. Ravi, Jin-Koo Rhee

Conductive and Transparent Undoped ZnO Thin Films Prepared by Thermal Evaporation Method ...............................................617Sowmya Palimar, G. K. Shivakumar, Kasturi V. Bangera

Structural and Morphological Properties of Sputtered NiO Thin Films at Various Sputtering Pressures .........................................619A. Mallikarjuna Reddy, Y. Ashok Kumar Reddy, A. Sivasankar Reddy, P. Sreedhara Reddy

Plasmon-exciton Transition in Cu Thin Films on Iodization ....................................................................................................................621S. Venkateswaran, M. Gnanavel, C. S. Sunandana

Effect of Thickness on the Optical Properties Change in Bi/As2S3 Bilayer Thin Films..........................................................................623Ramakanta Naik, C. Kumar, R. Ganesan, K. S. Sangunni

Influence of Spraying Parameter on Performance of La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3 Films for IT-SOFCs .........................................................625A. P. Jamale, A. U. Chavan, S. P. Patila, L. D. Jadhav, C. H. Bhosale

Thickness Dependence Properties of Vacuum Deposited PbSe Thin Films.............................................................................................627V. Arivazhagan, M. Manonmani Parvathi, S. Rajesh

Effect of Annealing Temperature on CdO Thin Films ..............................................................................................................................629T. Mahalingam, V. Dhanasekaran, S. Thanikaikarasan, R. Chandramohan, Jin-Koo Rhee

Effects of Bath Temperature on Electroplated SnSe Thin Films ..............................................................................................................631T. Mahalingam, V. Dhanasekaran, S. Thanikaikarasan, A. Kathalingam, Jin-Koo Rhee

Preparation and Characterization of RF Sputtered Ce-V Mixed Oxide Thin Films .............................................................................633D. Rachel Malini, C. Sanjeeviraja

Conversion of Evaporated In2S3 layers Into In2O3 by Air Annealing.......................................................................................................635G. R. Gopinath, N. Revathi, S. Uthanna, K. T. Ramakrishna Reddy

Improved Electrical Transport Properties in P-type ZnO Film by Rapid Dark Thermal Annealing Process....................................637Tushar Ghosh, Durga Basak

A New Insight Into Interfaces of Immiscible Binary Polymer Blends from the Free Volume Approach ............................................639P. Ramya, D. Meghala, T. Pasang, J. M. Raj, M. N. Chandrashekara, C. Ranganathaiah

Information on Individual Interfaces in Ternary Polymer Blends from Positron Annihilation Lifetime Studies..............................641D. Meghala, P. Ramya, T. Pasang, H. B. Ravikumar, C. Ranganathaiah

The Study of the Mechanical Properties of Au Films by Nanoindentation Techniques.........................................................................643S. A. Mollick, D. Ghose

Effect of Polymer Modification of SiO2 Dielectric on the Performance of Copper Phthalocyanine Based Organic Thin Film Transistor ......................................................................................................................................................................................645

N. Padma, A. K. Chauhan, Shilpa N. Sawant, S. K. Gupta

Characterization of Ni/Al multilayer on Si Substrate by Diffraction and Reflectometry Techniques .................................................647Mitali Swain, Saibal Basu, Debarati Bhattacharya, Mukul Gupta

Growth and Characterization of Cu3SnS4 Thin Films by Spray Pyrolysis ..............................................................................................649U. Chalapathi, Y. B. Kishore Kumar, S. Uthanna, V. Sundara Raja

Velocity Dependence of Coefficient of Friction of Diamond Like Carbon Coatings ..............................................................................651Neha Sharma, Niranjan Kumar, S. Dash, A. K. Tyagi

Effect of Mo Doping in CdO Thin Films Prepared by Spray Pyrolysis Technique ................................................................................653R. Kumaravel, K. Ramamurthi

Growth of Different Phases of Yttrium Manganese Oxide Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition....................................................655Manish Kumar, R. J. Choudhary, D. M. Phase

The Effect of Surface Modification on the Electronic Properties of ZnO Nanoparticles by Tb ...........................................................657A. Sharma, S. Dhar, B. P. Singh, T. Kundu

Microstructure, Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Sprayed ZnCoO Films .....................................................................................659V. Supriya, M. Sugiyama, S. Uthanna, K. T. Ramakrishna Reddy

Effect of Buffer Layer Growth Temperature on Epitaxial GaN Films Deposited by Magnetron Sputtering .....................................661P. Mohanta, D. Singh, R. Kumar, T. Ganguli, R. S. Srinivasa, S. S. Major

Metal-free Organic Dye for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells .............................................................................................................................663Vibha Saxena, P. Veerender, A. K. Chauhan, P. Jha, D. K. Aswal, S. K. Gupta

Synthesis and Characterization of CdS-Polyelectrolyte-Bi2S3 Thin Film by SILAR..............................................................................665Dipalee J. Desale, Shaheed Shaikh, Farha Siddiqui, Ravikiran Birajadar Anilghule, Ramphal Sharma

Effect of Aging on ZnO and Nitrogen Doped P-Type ZnO .......................................................................................................................667Sayanee Majumdar, S. Bhunia

Structural, Optical and Transport Properties of 100 MeV Oxygen Ion Irradiated V2O5 Thin Film ...................................................669M. Kovendhan, D. Paul Joseph, P. Manimuthu, J. P. Singh, K. Asokan, C. Venkateswaran, R. Mohan

Effect of pH on Electrodeposited ZnO Thin Films .....................................................................................................................................671Priyanka U. Londhe, N. B. Chaure

Thermal Dependence of Optical Properties of Silver Thin Films Studied by Spectroscopic Ellipsometry .........................................673S. Tripura Sundari, S. Dash, A. K. Tyagi

VOLUME 2

Effect of Current Induced Charge Order Melting of Pr0.5Ca0.5MnO3 on YBa2Cu3O7 Thin Film..........................................................675

Dipak Kumar Baisnab, T. Geetha Kumary, A. T. Satya, Awadhesh Mani, R. Nithya, L. S. Vaidhyanathan, M. P. Janawadkar, A. Bharathi

Structural Characterization and Electronic Structure of Laser Treated TiN Thin Film ......................................................................677Sheetal Soni, K. G. M. Nair, D. M. Phase, Ratnesh Gupta

Opposite Response of CO for WO3 and Au: WO3 Sensors ........................................................................................................................679Niranjan S. Ramgir, S. Kailasa Ganapati, N. Datta, M. Kaur, A. K. Debnath, D. K. Aswal, S. K. Gupta

Study of Local In-homogeneity in Ion Beam Mixing Using SIMS Ion Imaging Techniques .................................................................681Ch. Kishan Singh, S. Ilango, S. Dash, A. K. Tyagi

Highly Enhanced Electrical Conductivity of ZnO Nanorods by Sulphur Treatment ............................................................................683Shrabani Panigrahi, Durga Basak

XPS Studies on In-situ Heating of Ferrites..................................................................................................................................................685Santanu Bera, Vinit K. Mittal, T. Saravanan, S. V. Narasimhan, S. Velmurugan

Measurement of Absolute Diffraction Efficiency of a Variable Line Spaced Grating Using Reflectivity Beamline ..........................687M. Kumar, M. H. Modi, H. Singhal, J. A. Chakera, R. K. Gupta, P. A. Naik, G. S. Lodha, P. D. Gupta

Structural and Optical Studies on In2O3: Cr Thin Films...........................................................................................................................689S. Kaleemulla, N. Madhusudhana Rao, G. Hema Chandra, M. Rigana Begam, M. Shobana

Effect of Ion Beam Energy on Density, Roughness & Uniformity of Co Film Deposited Using Ion Beam Sputtering System ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................691

Rajnish Dhawan, Sanjay Rai, G. S. Lodha

Salt Dependent Structural Changes of Polyelectrolyte Films....................................................................................................................693Tanusree Samanta, M. Mukherjee

Effect of Ultrasonication on Properties of Sequential Layer Deposited Nanocrystalline Silver Thin Films........................................695Ashwini B. Rohom, S. D. Sartale

Studies on Structural & Optical Properties of CdS0.2Se0.8: Ag Nanocomposite Thin Film for Photosensor Application ......................................................................................................................................................................................................697

J. B. Chaudhari, R. S. Patil, I. J. Patil, P. P. Jagtap, Ramphal Sharma

Optical and Electronic Properties of Ti1-x NbxN Thin Films......................................................................................................................699K. Vasu, G. M. Gopikrishnan, M. Ghanashyam Krishna, K. A. Padmanabhan

TSDC Study of Structural Relaxation on PET/PBT Double layered Samples ........................................................................................701R. Garg, R. K. Dubey, J. M. Keller

Nano Structuring of GaAs(100) Surface using Low Energy Ion Irradiation ..........................................................................................703Tanuj Kumar, S. A. Khan, S. Verma, D. Kanjilal

Structural and Transport Properties of La5/8-yPryCa3/8MnO3 (y=0.45) Thin Films.................................................................................705Dileep K. Mishra, R. Rawat, V. G. Sathe

Microhardness Studies and Surface Analysis of 4-ethoxy N-methyl 4-stilbazolium Besylate Single Crystal ......................................707Amirdha Sher Gill, S. Kalainathan

Crystalline Behaviour of SnS Layers Produced by Sulfurization of Sn Films using H2S ......................................................................709K. T. R. Reddy, M. V. Reddy, M. Leach, J. K. Tan, D. Y. Jang, R. W. Miles

Growth Optimization of Sr2CoO4 Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition Technique ..........................................................................711Pankaj K. Pandey, D. M. Phase, R. J. Choudhary

Ag-ZnO Nanorods Having Enhanced Emission and Photocurrent Properties .......................................................................................713Moumita Mahanti, Durga Basak

Crystalline to Amorphous Phase Transition of Tin Oxide Nanocrystals Induced by SHI at Low Temperature................................715Vijay Kumar, Deepti Pratap, Anshul Jain, D. C. Agarwal, I. Sulania, A. Tripathi, R. J. Chaudhary, R. S. Chauhan

Mn Deposition on Ni2MnGa(100) .................................................................................................................................................................717J. Nayak, Abhishek Rai, S. W. D’Souza, M. Maniraj, S. R. Barman

Effect of Oxygen Pressure on Structural and Magnetic Properties of YIG Thin Films.........................................................................719Sadhana Katlakunta, S. R. Murthy

Textured Growth of Co Film on Coo (FCC) Layer; Structural Studies Using EDXRD Beamline at Indus-2 ....................................721Dileep Kumar, P. Patidar, T. Sant, K. K. Pandey, A. Gupta, S. M. Sharma

Transition from a Complex to a Simple Two Dimensional Liquid: Isotherm and Brewster Angle Microscopy Studies ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................723

Madhumita Choudhuri, Alokmay Datta

Negative Differential Resistance in Freestanding Polypyrrole Films Formed by Interface Polymerization .......................................725Purushottam Jha, P. Veerender, Vibha Saxena, A. K. Chauhan, D. K. Aswal, S. K. Gupta

Electrochemical Polymerization of Tetra-(4-Hydroxyphenyl) Porphyrin for Organic Solar Cells ......................................................727P. Veerender, S. P. Koiry, Vibha Saxena, P. Jha, A. K. Chauhan, D. K. Aswal, S. K. Gupta

A Direct Evidence of Floating-off Mechanism of Ag Surfactant in Cu/Co Multilayers Probed by Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry .........................................................................................................................................................................................729

S. M. Amir, Mukul Gupta, Ajay Gupta

Exchange-correlations in a Dilute Quasi-Two-Dimensional Electron Gas at Finite Temperature.......................................................731Nisha Bhukal, R. K. Moudgil

Optimization of Ti Addition in Fe for Fe-Ti-N Thin Films........................................................................................................................733Akhil Tayal, Mukul Gupta, Ajay Gupta, Jochen Stahn, M. Horisberger

Adsorption of Nano-ZrO2 on 304L Stainless Steel in Aqueous Medium..................................................................................................735Nidhi Garg, Vinit K. Mittal, Santanu Bera, S. Velmurugan

Morphology of Size-selected Copper Nanocluster Film .............................................................................................................................737Shyamal Mondal, S. R. Bhattacharyya

Silicon Ion Irradiation Effects on the Magnetic Properties of Ion Beam Synthesized CoPt Phase ......................................................739S. Balaji, S. Amirthapandian, B. K. Panigrahi, G. Mangamma, S. Kalavathi, Ajay Gupta, K. G. M. Nair

Surface Pattern Formation During MeV Energy Ion Beam Irradiation .................................................................................................741S. K. Srivastava, K. G. M. Nair, R. Kamala Kannan, M. Kamruddin, B. K. Panigrahi, A. K. Tyagi

Role of Σ5, (210), [001] CSL Boundary on Displacement Cascade in bcc Fe ..........................................................................................743Prithwish K. Nandi, Manan Dholakia, M. C. Valsakumar

Resistive Switching of Ag/In2O3/Pt Heterostructures for Non Volatile Memory Spplications ..............................................................745Bhaumik V. Mistry, U. S. Joshi, R. Pinto

Effect of Oxidizing Agents in CeO2 Thin Film Formation.........................................................................................................................747S. M. Yadav, S. D. Sartale

Magnetization in MgO based multilayers fabricated by e-beam evaporation ........................................................................................749Jitendra Pal Singh, M. Raju, K. Asokan, Jai Prakash, D. Kabiraj, S. R. Abhilash, Sujeet Chaudhary, D. Kanjilal

Temperature Dependent Structural and Optical Properties of Sol-gel Spin Coated CdO Thin Films ................................................751R. Rajammal, E. Savarimuthu, S. Arumugam

Structural and Electronic Properties of Ag Added Fe3O4 Thin Films......................................................................................................753Ridhi Master, A. D. Wadikar, R. J. Choudhary, D. M. Phase

Reverse Rectification Behavior of NiPc (p-type)/F16CuPc (n-type) Heterojunction ...............................................................................755Arvind Kumar, Soumen Samanta, Ajay Singh, A. K. Debnath, R. Prasad, D. K. Aswal, S. K. Gupta

Dual Growth Modes in Ion Bombarded Si Surfaces ..................................................................................................................................757Prabhjeet Kaur Dhillon, Subhendu Sarkar

SHI Induced Enhancement in Conductivity of PbTe Thin Film for Thermoelectric Applications ......................................................759Srashti Gupta, D. C. Agarwal, J. P. Singh, S. K. Tripathi, S. Neeleshwar, K. Asokan, B. K. Panigrahi, D. K. Avasthi

Terahertz Time Domain Spectroscopic Studies of Low Energy Dynamics in Charge-ordered Eu0.42Sr0.58MnO3 ...............................761Parul Pandey, Rakesh Rana, Nilesh Awari, Abhishek Singh, S. Prabhu, D. S. Rana

Realization of Low Resistive P-ZnO Thin Film by Al-As Codoping ........................................................................................................763L. Balakrishnan, S. Gowrishankar, N. Gopalakrishnan

Effect of Sb Doping on the Properties of SnO2 Thin Films Grown by Spray Pyrolysis.........................................................................765Archana Gupta, P. Rajaram, M. C. Bhatnagar

An Easy Route to Make Superhydrophobic Surface ..................................................................................................................................767Kalpataru Panda, N. Kumar, S. R. Polaki, B. K. Panigrahi

Effect of Substrate Temperature on Microstructure of Epitaxial ZnO Films Grown on Sapphire by Sputtering.............................769D. Singh, R. Kumar, Tapas Ganguli, R. S. Srinivasa, S. S. Major

Structural, Electrical and Optical Properties of GaP Codoped ZnO Thin Films ...................................................................................771S. Gowrishankar, L. Balakrishnan, N. Gopalakrishnan

Flow Rate Effect on Surface Morphology of Cu Doped CdS Thin Film by Spray Pyrolysis Technique..............................................773Richa Panda, Vandana Rathore, Manoj Rathore, Vilas Shelke, Nitu Badera, Deepti Jain, M. Gangrade, V. Ganesan

Electronic Transport in Au/SrTiO3/Au Tunnel Junctions Grown Using Pulsed Laser Deposition ......................................................775K. Pramod, Ramesh Babu Gangineni

Antireflection Coating on Solar Cell Using ZnO Nanostructure ..............................................................................................................777Anuradha Rai Chowdhury, V. Padmanapan Rao, B. Ghosh, S. Banerjee

Characteristics of HT-LiCoO2 Cathode Films Synthesized by Rf Magnetron Sputtering ....................................................................779P. Jeevan Kumar, K. Jayanth Babu, O. M. Hussain

Reactive Nitrogen Sputtering of Fe, Al and Fe(Al).....................................................................................................................................781Rachana Gupta, Mukul Gupta, Akhil Tayal, Ajay Gupta

Propagation Characteristics at Ga-Si Interface: a Phase-plane Analysis ................................................................................................783Shivangi Bissa, Preeti Naruka, M. S. Shekhawata, A. K. Nagar

Strain and Mosaic Deformation in Laser Irradiated Silicon .....................................................................................................................785Mukul Gupta, V. Arora, S. Bagchi, Ajay Gupta, J. A. Chakera, P. A. Naik, P. Chaddah, P. D. Gupta

Magnetization Studies of Dy/Fe Multilayers ...............................................................................................................................................787A. V. Nande, S. S. Das, M. Senthil Kumar

Thermal Instability of DLC Film Surface Morphology - An AFM Study ...............................................................................................789R. Maheswaran, D. John Thiruvadigal, C. Gopalakrishnan

Radiation Induced Changes in Electronic and Dielectric Properties of Polyoxymethylene ..................................................................793H. R. Sreepad, H. R. Ravi, Khaleel Ahmed, Umesh V. Waghmare

First-principles Study of Structure and Properties of the Cyclic Pentamer of Formaldehyde .............................................................795H. R. Sreepad, H. R. Ravi, K. P. S. S. Hembram, Umesh V. Waghmare

Determination of Energy Bands in Solids Using Unitary Representation of Su(1,1) Lie Algebra ........................................................797Subha Gaurab Roy, Nirmal Kumar Sarkar, Ramendu Bhattacharjee

Structural Electronic and Phonon Properties of Some Transition Metal Aluminides ...........................................................................799Bushra Fatima, Premlata Pandit, Sankar P. Sanyal

Phonon Dynamics of Neptunium Chalcogenides ........................................................................................................................................801Mahendra Aynyas, Aditi Rukmangad, Balwant S. Arya, Sankar P. Sanyal

On Dynamic and Elastic Stability of Group IIIB Metal Carbides: Ab-initio Calculations ...................................................................803B. D. Sahoo, D. Mukherjee, K. D. Joshi, Satish C. Gupta

Ab-initio Study of Co-doped Zigzag Graphene Nanoribbons ...................................................................................................................805Neeraj K. Jaiswal, Pankaj Srivastava

Electronic Structure of a Superconducting Boride, ZrB12 .........................................................................................................................807Sangeeta Thakur, Deep Narayan Biswas, Nishaina Sahadev, Geetha Balakrishnan, Kalobaran Maiti

Theoretical Study of Electronic and Elastic Properties of Li(Mg, Zn)N Alloy .......................................................................................809M. Rajagopalan, S. Ramasubramanian, J. Kumar

Electronic Structure of HoB4: A Photoelectron Spectroscopic Study ......................................................................................................811Kalobaran Maiti, Deep Narayan Biswas, Nishaina Sahadev, Ganesh Adhikary, Geetha Balakrishnan

Anharmonicity of Raman Modes of Bi12SiO20 .............................................................................................................................................813Nilesh P. Salke, Rekha Rao

Influence of A- Site Doping on Structural Properties of Bi0.95Pr0.05FeO3 Multiferroics .........................................................................815Dinesh Varshney, Poorva Sharma, Ashwini Kumar

Inelastic Neutron Scattering Measurements and Lattice Dynamics of ZnS1-xSex.................................................................................817Tista Basak, Mala N. Rao, A. K. Rajarajan, S. L. Chaplot

Electronic Structure of Ni2MnSn: Experiment and Theory ......................................................................................................................819M. Maniraj, S. W. D'Souza, S. Majumdar, A. Chakrabarti, S. R. Barman

Structural Properties of Intermetallic Li-Be Compound...........................................................................................................................821K. L. Galav, U. Paliwal, K. B. Joshi

Synthesis and Raman Spectroscopic Studies of NaZr2(PO4)3 ....................................................................................................................823K. Kamali, T. R. Ravindran, V. Sridharan, R. Nithya

Effect of Impurity on Electron-phonon Interaction in Some Alloyed Heavy Fermion (HF) Systems ..................................................825S. Mohanty, J. Sahoo, P. Nayak

Effect of Doping on Phonon Properties of UxLa1-xS Compounds ..............................................................................................................827B. S. Arya, Ashok K. Ahirwar, Mahendra Aynyas, Sankar P. Sanyal

The Electronic, Magnetic and Thermal Properties of Actinide Monocarbides: A First Principles Study...........................................829Pooja Soni, Gitanjali Pagare, M. Rajagopalan, Sankar P. Sanyal

Electronic and Optical Properties of Free Standing Pt Nanowires Using Localized Basis Sets ............................................................831Arun Kumar, Ashok Kumar, P. K. Ahluwalia

Strong Nd4f Hybridization Effect in Ge Doped Nd2PdSi3 .........................................................................................................................833Tathamay Basu, Sangeeta Thakur, Nishaina Sahadev, Deep Narayan Biswas, Ganesh Adhikary, K. Mukherjee, E. V. Sampathkumaran, Kalobaran Maiti

Density Functional Study of the Spinel Compound Mn3O4 and Doped System Zn0.5Mn2.5O4 ...............................................................835Ramandeep, Tulika Maitra, Tashi Nautiyal

Unoccupied Electronic Structure of Graphite Probed by ARPES ...........................................................................................................837S. K. Mahatha, Krishnakumar S. R. Menon

First Principles Calculation of Phase Diagrams of V-Nb, V-Ta and Nb-Ta Alloys ................................................................................839C. Ravi, B. K. Panigrahi, M. C. Valsakumar, A. Van De Walle

High Resolution Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy - A Case Study of MgB2 ......................................................................................841Nishaina Sahadev, Deep Narayan Biswas, K. Srinivas, P. Manfrinetti, A. Palenzona, Kalobaran Maiti

Electronic Structure and Ground State Properties of A4[Cu4O4] (A=Li, Na, K and Rb): A First Principle Study ..........................843R. Umamaheswari, M. Yogeswari, G. Kalpana

Lattice Dynamics and Elastic Properties of MoP .......................................................................................................................................845Premlata Pandit, Sankar P. Sanyal

Lattice Dynamics of (ND4I)x(KI)1-x Mixed Crystals ....................................................................................................................................847Alpana Tiwari, N. K. Gaur

FP-LAPW + lo Calculations for the Structural, Electronic, Optical and Mechanical Properties of ZnX (X = S, Se and Te) .............................................................................................................................................................................................................849

Sheetal Sharma, A. S. Verma, B. K. Sarkar, V. K. Jindal

Gigantic Density of States in 1.22nm Nanocrystalline Nickel....................................................................................................................851Sourav Das, R. Rawat, N. P. Lalla, G. S. Okram

Nonlocal Exchange Correlation Pressure Corrected Thermal Properties of UO2 Within LDA+U Approach....................................853Puspamitra Panigrahi, Gurpreet Kaur, M. C. Valsakumar

Raman & Infrared Study of Bi Filled Co4Sb12 ............................................................................................................................................855Krushna Kumari Raut, Ashoka Bali, Ramesh Chandra Mallik

High Pressure Phase Transition and Superconductivity in Transition Metal Nitride HfN and ZrN: An Ab-initio Study ................................................................................................................................................................................................................859

A. T. Asvini Meenaatci, S. Kanaga Prabha, R. Rajeswara Palanichamy, K. Iyakutti

Spectral Weight Below Tc at Energies Larger Than the Gap Amplitude in Hole-doped Cuprates ......................................................861Ajay Pratap Singh Gahlot, Partha Goswami

Pressure Induced Superconductivity in Transition Metal Trihydrides: An Ab-initio Study ................................................................863S. Kanagaprabha, A. T. Asvini Meenaatci, R. Rajeswarapalanichamy, K. Iyakutti

Increase of Effective Exchange Energy Due to Phonon Mediated Interaction in the Extended t-J Model..........................................865N. S. Mondal, N. K. Ghosh

Fabrication of DC Sputtered NbN Thick Film with High Upper Critical Field of Above 400 kOe......................................................867Rajveer Jha, Anuj Kumar, V. P. S. Awana

Control of Interstitial Fe and Its Impact on Superconductivity of FeTe1/2Se1/2 .......................................................................................869V. P. S. Awana, Anuj Kumar, Anand Pal

Establishment of 37 Channel SQUID System for Magnetocardiography................................................................................................871C. Parasakthi, Rajesh Patel, S. Sengottuvel, N. Mariyappa, K. Gireesan, M. P. Janawadkar, T. S. Radhakrishnan

High Field Transport and Magnetic Properties of RECo(P/As)O ............................................................................................................873Anand Pal, S. S. Mehdi, Mushahid Husain, V. P. S. Awana

Superconductivity and Ferromagnetism in the Non-Oxide Perovskite MgCNi3.....................................................................................875Anuj Kumar, Rajveer Jha, R. P. Tandon, V. P. S. Awana

Magnetization and NMR Studies in SmFeAsO0.86F0.14................................................................................................................................877Amitabha Ghoshray, Mayukh Majumder, Asok Poddar, Chandan Mazumdar, Kajal Ghoshray, David Berardan

Study of Single Crystal CuxBi2Se3 Topological Superconductor...............................................................................................................879Bhanu Joshi, A. Thamizhavel, S. Ramakrishnan

Structural and Magnetic Properties of Iron Based Superconductor Fe0.99Se0.5Te0.5 ...............................................................................881T. Satya Krishna, A. K. Bhatnagar

Centre Seeded Infiltration and Growth Process for Fabrication of Large Grain Bulk YBCO/Ag Superconducting Composites ......................................................................................................................................................................................................883

R. Parthasarathy, V. Seshubai

Evidence of 3D Fluctuations in Magnetization of BaFe1.25Ru0.75As2 Single Crystal ................................................................................885Shilpam Sharma, K. Vinod, C. S. Sundar, A. Bharathi

Superconductivity in Cu0.08TiSe2...................................................................................................................................................................887D. Venkateshwarlu, S. Shanmukharao Samatham, Mohan Gangrade, V. Ganesan

Phase Diagram of Ru Doped BaFe2As2 ........................................................................................................................................................889K. Vinod, Shilpam Sharma, A. T. Satya, C. S. Sundar, A. Bharathi

Improving Noise Performance of the SQUID in Presence of High Resistive Signal Leads....................................................................891N. Mariyappa, C. Parasakthi, S. Sengottuvel, Rajesh Patel, K. Gireesan, T. S. Radhakrishnan, M. P. Janawadkar, C. S. Sundar

Ab Initio Study of Magnetism in FeSe and FeTe ........................................................................................................................................893Jagdish Kumar, P. K. Ahluwalia, S. Auluck, V. P. S Awana

Effect of Ni, Fe Intercalation on the Superconducting Properties of ZrTe3 ............................................................................................895C. S. Yadav, P. L. Paulose

Pinning Mechanism in Iron Chalcogenide Superconductor FeSe0.5Te0.5 ..............................................................................................897Ajay D. Thakur, Anil K. Yadav, P. Das, C. V. Tomy, M. R. Lees, G. Balakrishnan, S. Ramakrishnan, A. K. Grover

Counter Magnetization of SmCo5 Permanent Magnet by YBCO/Ag Composite Bulk Superconductor - A Competing Interaction Picture .....................................................................................................................................................................899

R. Parthasarathy, M. M. Lakshmi, V. Seshubai

Dirac Cone States in Ru Doped BaFe2As2 As Observed by Magneto Resistance Measurements .........................................................901A. T. Satya, K. Vinod, Shilpam Sharma, C. S. Sundar, A. Bharathi

Surface Superconductivity, Metastability Effects and Paramagnetic Magnetization in Niobium Sphere...........................................903Ulhas Vaidya, P. D. Kulkarni, H. Takeya, S. Ramakrishnan, A. K. Grover

Study of Upper Critical Field in 1111-Ferropnictide Superconductors ...................................................................................................905S. J. Singh, J. Prakash, V. K. Maurya, A. K. Ganguli, S. Patnaik

Role of Excess Cr at Fe Site in FeCrxSe and FeCrxSe0.5Te0.5......................................................................................................................907Anil K. Yadav, Ajay D. Thakur, C. V. Tomy

Multi-quanta Vortex States, Crossover to Abrikosov's Lattice and Peak Effect Phenomenon in Ca3Ir4Sn13 .....................................909Santosh Kumar, Ajay D. Thakur, Ravi Singh, A. Thamizhavel, C. V. Tomy, A. K. Grover

Study of Superconducting Properties in Melt Textured YBCO Samples ................................................................................................911M. R. Gonal, K. G. Bhushan, S. Ramanathan, R. C. Hubli, A. K. Tyagi, G. P. Kothiyal

Atomic Transport Properties of 3d Liquid Transition Metals ..................................................................................................................915P. B. Thakor, Y. A. Sonvane, A. R. Jani

Electronic Transport Properties of Some Liquid Semiconductor ............................................................................................................917Y. A. Sonvane, P. B. Thakor, A. R. Jani

Large MR and ER at Room Temperature in Manganite Based Heterostructure ..................................................................................919Uma Khachar, P. S. Solanki, M. J. Keshvani, R. J. Choudhary, D. M. Phase, D. G. Kuberkar

Dielectric Behaviour of PLD grown BiFeO3 Multiferroic Thin Films......................................................................................................921Ashish Ravalia, Megha Vagadia, N. A. Shah, D. D. Pandya, Devang D. Shah, P. K. Mehta, D. G. Kuberkar

Enhancement of Figure of Merit in Asymmetrically Coupled Double Quantum Dot System...............................................................923Gagan Rajput, A. Dixit, K. C. Sharma

The Thermal Expansion of Orthogallate LaGaO3......................................................................................................................................925N. K. Gaur, Atahar Parveen, Masroor Ahmad Bhat

Low Temperature Relaxation Properties of SHI Irradiated N-doped 6H-SiC .......................................................................................927E. Viswanathan, R. Murugaraj, S. Selvakumar, S. Sankar, D. Kanjilal, K. Sivaji

Metal - Insulator Transition Upon Ni Substitution in Fe1-xNixSb2 Kondo Insulating System................................................................929J. Janaki, Awadhesh Mani, A. T. Satya, T. Geetha Kumary, S. Kalavathi, A. Bharathi

Anomalous Transport Properties of SrTi(1-x)FexO3±δ (0≤x≤1.0) .................................................................................................................931Arijit Ghosh, D. K. Modak, Md. G. Masud, B. K. Chaudhuri

Evolution of Temperature Dependent Properties of Oriented YBaCo4O7 Thin Films...........................................................................933R. Nithya, S. Tripura Sundari, T. Geetha Kumary, Sharat Chandra, Awadhesh Mani, S. Dash, V. Sankara Sastry

Dynamics of Water in Mg2+/Al3+/Si4+ Saponite Clay ...................................................................................................................................935S. Mitra, S. A. Prabhudesai, V. K. Sharma, P. Maheshwari, D. Chakrabarty, M. A. Vicente, J. Peter Embs, R. Mukhopadhyay

Studies on Nonlinear Electrical Transport and Magnetoresistance in Co/CoO Core-shell Nanostructure.........................................937A. Sarkar, N. Behera, R. Adhikari, A. K. Das

Terminal Group Effect of Electrode-molecule Interface on Electron Transport ...................................................................................939C. Peferencial Kala, D. John Thiruvadigal, P. Aruna Priya

Performance Characteristics of Diphenyl Amine Doped PMMA/PVDF Blended Polymer Electrolyte in a Nanocrystalline Dye-sensitized Solar Cell ...................................................................................................................................................941

S. Austin Suthanthiraraj, S. Amudha, P. Maruthamuthu

Fabrication of a Solid State Power Source for Ambient Conditions Using Solid Electrolyte System (SbI3)0.3-(Ag2CrO4)0.7 .....................................................................................................................................................................................................943

S. Austin Suthanthiraraj, S. Sarojini

Lattice Thermal Conductivity of Graphene ................................................................................................................................................945M. D. Kamatagi, A. S. Nissimagoudar, N. S. Sankeshwar, B. G. Mulimani

Polar-optical-phonon-limited Electron Mobility in GaN/AlGaN Heterojunctions .................................................................................947K. Begum Rizwana, N. S. Sankeshwar

Dynamics of Water in Prussian Blue Analogue Cu0.75Mn0.75[Fe(CN)6] 7H2O ..........................................................................................949V. K. Sharma, S. Mitra, Amit Kumar, S. M. Yusuf, F. Juranyi, R. Mukhopadhyay

Diffusion of Acetylene Inside the Cu-BTC Metal Organic Framework...................................................................................................951S. A. Prabhudesai, V. K. Sharma, S. Mitra, R. Mukhopadhyay

Anomalous Transport Properties of Graphene Oxide Magnetic Ferrite Nanocomposites ....................................................................953Jhuma Sannigrahi, D. Bhadra, Md. G. Masud, B. K. Chaudhuri

Structural and Transport Properties of Yb Substituted YBaCo4O7.........................................................................................................955Bharat Singh, Naresh Kumar, N. K. Gaur, S. Rayaprol

Explanation of Thermoelectric Power of La0.67Ba0.33MnO3 Manganites: Phonon-Scattering Mechanism...........................................957Dinesh Varshney, Dinesh Choudhary, M. W. Shaikh, I. Mansuri

Explanation of Metallic and Semiconducting Temperature Dependent Resistivity of La0.91Rb0.06Mn0.94O3 Manganites ......................................................................................................................................................................................................959

Dinesh Varshney, Neha Dodiya, I. Mansuri, Poorva Sharma

Characterization of SDC-Al2O3 Solid Electrolyte .......................................................................................................................................961S. Ramesh, K. C. James Raju, C. Vishnuvardhan Reddy

Metal-semiconductor Transition and Ferroelectricity in Charge Ordered La0.5Ba0.5FeO3 Perovskite ................................................963Md. G. Masud, Arijit Ghosh, Jhuma Sannigrahi, B. K. Chaudhuri

Structural, Thermal Studies and Ionic Conductivity of Doped Polymer Electrolytes ...........................................................................965Subramanya Kilarkaje, S. Raghu, H. Devendrappa

AC Conductivity and Dielectric Relaxation of Polymer Complexes.........................................................................................................967S. Raghu, Subramanya Kilarkaje, V. Manjunatha, H. Devendrappa

AC Conductivity and Electrochemical Studies of PVA/PEG Based Polymer Blend Electrolyte Films................................................969Anji Reddy Polu, Ranveer Kumar, Harsha Dehariya

Proton Conducting Polymer Electrolytes Based on KH2PO4 Doped PVA .............................................................................................971Md Jamal Uddin, S. C. Sarkar, B. K. Chaudhuri

Electron-impurity Scattering Rate in Doped Bilayer Graphene...............................................................................................................973Digish K. Patel, A. C. Sharma

Structural and Electrical Properties of NdCo1-xNixO3 ................................................................................................................................975Vinod Kumar, Yogesh Kumar, Rajesh Kumar, Ravi Kumar

Improvement of Rubrene Thin Film Transistor with Self Assembled Monolayer of Octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS)......................977S. Sinha, C. -H. Wang, A. K. M. Maidul Islam, Y. -W. Yang, M. Mukherjee

Giant Enhancement of Magnetoresistance of Nanocrystalline La0.45Ca0.55MnO3....................................................................................979Kalipada Das, Tapas Samanta, A. Poddar, I. Das

Giant Hall Resistivity at Low Magnetic Fields in Nanocrystalline Ni50Mn32Sn18 Heusler Alloy ...........................................................981A. A. Prasanna, S. Ram, D. Das

Magnetotransport Studies on Polycrystalline MnSi ...................................................................................................................................983S. Shanmukharao Samatham, D. Venkateshwarlu, Mohan Gangrade, V. Ganesan

Transport Study on 20% Co Doped FeSi in Zero Field .............................................................................................................................985S. Shanmukharao Samatham, D. Venkateshwarlu, Mohan Gangrade, V. Ganesan

Electrical Transport Properties Study of Mo0.6W0.4Se2 Single Crystals ...................................................................................................987Sunil Chaki, M. P. Deshpande, J. P. Tailor, M. D. Chaudhary, Pallavi N. Sakaria

Low Temperature Specific Heat of Perovskite LaCoO3 ............................................................................................................................989Rasna Thakur, Archana Srivastava, Rajesh K. Thakur, N. K. Gaur

Structural and Thermal Investigations on BiI3-Ag2SO4 Mixed System ....................................................................................................991S. Austin Suthanthiraraj, Ayesha Saleem

Ionic Transport Studies of PVP: KBrO4 Complexed Polymer Electrolyte Films ...................................................................................993M. Ravi, S. Bhavani, K. Kiran Kumar, A. K. Sharma, V. V. R. Narasimha Rao

Growth and Decay of Current Signal in Poled Guest/Host Nonlinear Optical Polymer Film ..............................................................995D. K. Modak, Md. G. Masud, C. H. Wang, B. K. Chaudhuri

Structural and Dielectric Properties of Bi2Sn2-xTixO7 Pyrochlore.............................................................................................................997Indu Bala, M. Roy, S. K. Barbar, S. Sahu

Dielectric Response in Multiferroic Bi0.3Ba0.15Pb0.15FeO3 ...........................................................................................................................999K. Dey, S. Majumdar, S. Giri

Electrical and Thermal Transport Properties of Co-doped Ru1-xCox Sr2Eu1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10-δ Magnetic Superconductors ...........................................................................................................................................................................................1001

S. Bhardwaj, A. M. Awasthi

Room Temperature Thermoelectric Material Fe(Sb1-xSex)2 ....................................................................................................................1003Anup Sanchela, Ajay D. Thakur, C. V. Tomy

XRD and FTIR Studies on a New Solid Electrolyte System Containing Ag3PO4 and SbI3..................................................................1005S. Austin Suthanthiraraj, R. Sarumathi

Coexistence of Charge Density Wave and Antiferromagnetism in Er2Ir3Si3.........................................................................................1007R. Padam, A. Thamizhavel, S. Ravi, S. Ramakrishnan, D. Pal

Transport Behavior of GdBaCo2-xFexO5.5+δ................................................................................................................................................1009P. Yasodha, N. Thirumurugan, A. Bharathi, V. Sridharan, C. S. Sundar

Computation of Thermal Conductivity: A Nonequilibrium Approach .................................................................................................1011P. Anees, K. Gururaj, M. C. Valsakumar

The Effect of Strontium Doping on the Structural and Magnetic Transition of YMnO3 ....................................................................1013Rajesh K. Thakur, Rasna Thakur, A. M. Awasthi, V. Ganesan, N. K. Gaur

Enhancement in Power Factor Values of Sn Substituted Fe2 VAl Heusler Alloys................................................................................1015Ch. Venkatesh, V. Srinivas, V. V. Rao

Structural and Electrical Studies of Ba(Fe0.25Gd0.25Nb0.5)O3....................................................................................................................1017Devang D. Shah, P. K. Mehta

Modification in Transport Properties of NdNiO3 Thin Films by Substrate Induced Strain ...............................................................1019Yogesh Kumar, R. J. Choudhary, Ravi Kumar

Thermoelectric Properties of AgCrSe2.......................................................................................................................................................1021S. Bhattacharya, R. Basu, R. Bhatt, A. Singh, S. Sen, D. K. Aswal, S. K. Gupta

Thermoelectric Properties of Transition Metal Intercalated Layered TiSe2.........................................................................................1023R. Bhatt, R. Basu, S. Bhattacharya, A. Singh, S. Sen, G. S. Okram, V. Ganesan, D. K. Aswal, S. K. Gupta

Transport Properties of Ar-Al Plasma at 1 Atmosphere .........................................................................................................................1025Nilesh S. Kanhe, A. K. Tak, S. V. Bhoraskar, V. L. Mathe, A. K. Das

Improved Thermoelectric Properties of PbTe0.5Se0.5 ................................................................................................................................1027Ranita Basu, S. Bhattacharya, R. Bhatt, A. Singh, D. K. Aswal, S. K. Gupta

Electron Beam Induced Structural Transitions in Polyaniline-dodecatungstophosphoric Acid Composite .....................................1031P. Chithra Lekha, E. Subramanian, Ganesh Sanjeev, D. Pathinettam Padiyan

Evolution of Palladium Related Defects in Silicon....................................................................................................................................1033R. Dogra, A. K. Sharma, A. P. Byrne, M. C. Ridgway

Radiative Recombination Life Time of an Exciton Confined in a Strained Wide Band Gap Quantum Dot.....................................1035M. Revathi, A. John Peter

Structural Properties of MgxCd1-xO Alloys................................................................................................................................................1037U. Paliwal, T. Bredow, K. B. Joshi

Cu2SnS3 as a Potential Absorber for Thin Film Solar Cells ....................................................................................................................1039Devendra Tiwari, T. K. Chaudhuri, T. Shripathi, U. Deshpande

Certain Elastic Properties of BAs1-xPx Semiconductors ...........................................................................................................................1041P. S. Vyas, B. Y. Thakore, P. N. Gajjar, A. R. Jani

The Influence of 175 MeV Ni13+ Ion and Co-60 Gamma Irradiation Effects on Subthreshold Characteristics of N-Channel Depletion MOSFETs.....................................................................................................................................................................1043

N. Pushpa, K. C. Praveen, A. P. Gnana Prakash, P. S. Naik, S. K. Gupta, D. Revannasiddaiah

Growth Improvement and Characterization of AgGaSe2 Chalcopyrite Single Crystals Using Bridgman Technique.....................1045G. Anandha Babu, R. Subramaniyan Raja, P. Ramasamy, N. Karunagaran

Optical and Magnetic Studies of Zn1-2yNiyCoyO (y ≤ 0.05) Degenerate Semi-Magnetic Semiconductor ............................................1047Subhash Thota, Jitendra Kumar

Electronic Thermal Conductivity of Graphene Nanoribbons .................................................................................................................1049A. S. Nissimagoudar, M. D. Kamatagi, N. S. Sankeshwar

Formation of β-FeSi2 by Ion Implantation of 90 keV Fe10+ Ions on N-type Silicon ...............................................................................1051P. V. Rajesh, S. P. Pati, J. B. M. Krishna, B. Ghosh, D. Das

Electronic Spin Detection and Measurement of Spin Lifetime in Bulk GaAs at Room Temperature Using a Highly Sensitive Radio Frequency Coil ..................................................................................................................................................................1053

Chinkhanlun Guite, V. Venkataraman

Dynamic Deformation Potential Electron-phonon Interaction in Disordered Quantum Well............................................................1055P. Tripathi, S. T. Hasan, S. S. Z. Ashraf, A. C. Sharma

A Comparison of Inverse Spin Hall Spectra in Pt/III-V Hybrid Structures .........................................................................................1057Shailesh K. Khamari, V. K. Dixit

Ag Induced Photo-generated Charge Trapping in Nanostructured CdS/Cu2S Thin Film for Photovoltaic Applications...................................................................................................................................................................................................1059

Vidya S. Taur, Rajesh A. Joshi, Ramphal Sharma

Raman and Photoluminescence Studies of Semiconductor Quantum Well Microtube .......................................................................1061S. Saravanan, M. Silambarasan, Deepak Ranjan Nayak

Growth and Thermal Properties of GeSePb0.4 Single Crystals ...............................................................................................................1063G. K. Solanki, K. D. Patel, N. N. Gosai, Ruchita R. Patel

Preparation and Characterization of Solar Cell of a Novel Configuration ITO/n-OVC/p-CIS/In .....................................................1065R. Geethu, S. Dhanya, Rajani Jacob, P. V. Sreenivasan, T. Shripathi, Rachel Reena Philip

Growth and Study of CuIn1-xAlxSe2 Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications ....................................................................................1067Dhananjaya Kekuda, J. Nagaraju, S. B. Krupanidhi

Study of Electrochemically Prepared CuInSe2 Thin Films......................................................................................................................1069Vishakha N. Dhanwate, N. B. Chaure

Photoelectrochemical Properties of Chemosynthesized CdS Thin Film ................................................................................................1071S. B. Pawar, S. A. Pawar, P. N. Bhosale, P. S. Patil

Characterization of CuInTe2 Thin Films Deposited by Electrochemical Technique............................................................................1073Neelima A. Patil, Manorama Lakhe, N. B. Chaure

Effect of Mn Doping on Structural and Optical Properties of Zn1-xMnxO Thin Films ........................................................................1075R. Karmakar, S. K. Neogi, S. Bandyopadhyay, Aritra Banerjee

The Structural and Electronic Properties of HfO2 ...................................................................................................................................1077Kumari Seema, Ranjan Kumar

Properties of Cd1-x CaxO Disordered Alloy................................................................................................................................................1079Sharat Chandra, V. Srihari, V. Sridharan

Development of Sb2Te3 Films for Low-Resistance Contact to CdS/CdTe Solar Cells ..........................................................................1081Shivaji M. Sonawane, N. B. Chaure

Annealing Effect on the Optical and Electrical Properties of ZnO Thin Film Grown on InP Substrate...........................................1083K. Ghosh, S. Majumdar, S. Bhunia

Effect of 100MeV Oxygen Ion Irradiation on silicon NPN Power Transistor .......................................................................................1085M. Vinay Kumar, K. S. Krishnakumar, C. M. Dinesh, S. Krishnaveni, Ramani

Electronic and Optical Properties of AgMX2 (M= Al, Ga, In; X= S, Se, Te) .........................................................................................1087V. Jayalakshmi, S. Mageswari, B. Palanivel

Optical Properties of GaN Nanopillars Fabricated using ICPRIE Technique......................................................................................1089H. P. Bhasker, P. Ghosh, A. Ghosh, A. Mukherjee, B. P. Singh, S. Dhar

Growth of Germanium Single Crystals by Czochralski technique.........................................................................................................1091S. G. Singh, D. G. Desai, A. K. Singh, S. Sen, S. C. Gadkari, S. K. Gupta

CuInSe2 Thin Films by Non-aqueous Electrodeposition ..........................................................................................................................1093N. B. Chaure

Observation of Spin Glass-like Behavior in Fine Particles of Nd2PdSi3 .................................................................................................1097K. Mukherjee, Tathamoy Basu, Kartik K. Iyer, E. V. Sampathkumaran

Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Nanosized Mg0.2Mn0.5Ni0.3AlyFe2-yO4 Ferrites...........................................................................1099Satish Verma, Jagdish Chand, Pawan Kumar, M. Singh

Doping Effects of Cr in Cluster Glass La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 ...............................................................................................................................1101B. Roy, S. Das

Inter Particle Interaction in Ni0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4 Prepared by Self Combustion Method............................................................................1103V. D. Sudheesh, A. Vinesh, N. Lakshmi, K. Venugopalan

Magnetic Field Induced Transition in Ni50Mn35In15 .................................................................................................................................1105Archana Lakhani, A. Banerjee, P. Chaddah

Mössbauer and Magnetization Studies of the Quaternary Heusler Alloy Fe2-xCoxMnAl.....................................................................1107A. Vinesh, V. D. Sudheesh, N. Lakshmi, K. Venugopalan

Coexistence of Long-range and Short-range Magnetic Ordering in the Frustrated Antiferromagnet Ca3Co2O6 ............................1109Anil Jain, S. M. Yusuf

Effect of Atomic Disorder on Half-metallic Ferromagnetism in Fe3-xCrxSi (x= 0, 0.25, 0.75, 1) Heusler Alloys ...............................1111Mukhtiyar Singh, Hardev Singh, Manish K. Kashyap

Occurrence of Magneto-elastic Coupling Across the Metal-insulator Transition in LaMnO3±δ .........................................................1113Aga Shahee, Dhirendra Kumar, N. P. Lalla

Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Properties of Rare Earth Intermetallic Compound DyCoNi ..............................................................1115Rajib Mondal, J. Arout Chelvane, R. Nirmala

Preparation and Characterization of Charge Ordered Nd0.8Na0.2MnO3 Thin Film .............................................................................1117A. Nandy, Tribedi Bora, B. Samantaray, R. K. Bhuyan, D. Pamu, S. Ravi

Preparation and Characterization of Nd0.8K0.15MnO3 Thin Film ...........................................................................................................1119Tribedi Bora, A. Nandy, B. Samantaray, R. K. Bhuyan, D. Pamu, S. Ravi

Structural Properties and Electrical Resistivity Behaviour of Pr0.6Sr0.4MnO3 Manganites.................................................................1121Dinesh Varshney, Mohammed Wasim Shaikh, I. Mansuri, A. Yogi

Structure and Electrical Resistivity Behavior of Barium Doped LaMnO3 Manganite ........................................................................1123Dinesh Varshney, Irfan Mansuri, M. W. Shaikh, A. Yogi

Synthesis and Study of Bi0.9Tb0.1Fe0.9Mn0.1O3 Ceramics...........................................................................................................................1125K. Saravana Kumar, C. Venkateswaran

Multiferroic Properties of (y) Ni0.65Cd0.3Cu0.05Fe2O4 + (1-y) BaTiO3 Particulate Composites .............................................................1127P. B. Belavi, L. R. Naik, G. N. Chavan

Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of MnFe2O4 Nanoparticles ..............................................................................................................1129G. Thirupathi, S. Saipriya, R. Singh

Study of Structural, Magnetic and Electric Properties of Bi0.6-xNdxCa0.4MnO3 (0.0≤x≤0.6) Perovskite Manganites........................1131Kamlesh Yadav, M. P. Singh, H. K. Singh, F. S. Razavi, G. D. Varma

Ground State Study of Spin-1/2 Falicov-Kimball Model on a Triangular Lattice................................................................................1133Umesh K. Yadav, Sant Kumar, T. Maitra, Ishwar Singh

Evidence of Exchange Bias in Fe/Co3O4 Nanocomposites........................................................................................................................1135S. P. Pati, A. Roychowdhury, S. Kumar, D. Das

Structure-Property Correlations in La1-xNaxMnO3 Manganites ............................................................................................................1137N. A. Shah, D. D. Pandya, C. M. Thaker, Sanjay Kansara, P. S. Solanki, C. L. Prajapat, M. R. Singh, S. Rayaprol, D. G. Kuberkar

Effect of Carbon Tailoring on Magnetic Properties of Mn3GaC ............................................................................................................1139E. Dias, K. R. Priolkar, A. K. Nigam

Effect of Rare Earth Size on Structural, Magnetic and Transport Properties of RBaCo2O5.5 ............................................................1141Shraddha Ganorkar, K. R. Priolkar, P. R. Sarode, A. Banerjee

Electron Spin Resonance and Magnetization Studies of Sol-Gel Synthesized Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 ............................................................1143Ramesh Ade, Joji Kurian, D. Vijayan, R. Singh

Study of Entanglement in a Quantum Antiferromagnet .........................................................................................................................1145Tanmoy Chakraborty, Diptaranjan Das, Harkirat Singh, Tamal K. Sen, Swadhin K. Mandal, Chiranjib Mitra

Structural and Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal (Co, Ni and Fe) Doped SnO2 Nanoparticles .............................................1147Aditya Sharma, Mayora Varshney, K. D. Verma, Ravi Kumar

Magnetic Ordering in La-substituted BiFeO3-PbTiO3.............................................................................................................................1149K. K. Mishra, A. T. Sathya, A. Bharathi, A. K. Arora

Study of Magnetoresistance in Rh-doped FePt .........................................................................................................................................1151Pallab Bag, R. Rawat

Electronic and Magnetic Properties of NdVSb3: A First Principles Study ............................................................................................1153Sandeep, M. P. Ghimire, D. P. Rai, A. Shankar, A. K. Mohanty, Arthur Ernst, D. Deka, A. Rahman, R. K. Thapa

First-principles Calculations of Ferromagnetism in ZnO Co-doped with Cobalt and Nitrogen.........................................................1155M. Rajagopalan, S. Ramasubramanian, J. Kumar

Magnetic Behavior of Nano-Crystalline Ruthenium Perovskites, CaRuO3 and SrRuO3 .....................................................................1157K. K. Iyer, Niharika Mohapatra, E. V. Sampathkumaran

Thermodynamics of Calcium Doped Perovskite Materials .....................................................................................................................1159Renu Choithrani, N. K. Gaur

Large Magnetoresistance in Ni-Mn-In Alloy.............................................................................................................................................1161S. Chatterjee, S. Majumdar, V. Koledov

Effective Anisotropy Field Distribution of Soft Magnetic Nanocrystalline Fe84Zr3.5Nb3.5B8Cu1 Ribbons..........................................1163S. S. Modak, F. Mazaleyrat, M. Lo Bue, L. K. Varga, S. N. Kane

Magnetoresistance and Magnetocaloric Effect in Er5Si3..........................................................................................................................1165Niharika Mohapatra, K. Mukherjee, K. K. Iyer, E. V. Sampathkumaran

Structural and Magnetic Studies of Sr1.5Pr0.5CoO4 ...................................................................................................................................1167S. Patankar, A. Banerjee

Large Pyramid Shaped Single Crystals of BiFeO3 by Solvothermal Synthesis Method ......................................................................1169D. Sornadurai, T. R. Ravindran, V. Thomas Paul, V. Sankara Sastry

Anisotropic Spin-Fluctuations in SmCoPO: 31P NMR Study ..................................................................................................................1171M. Majumder, K. Ghoshray, A. Ghoshray, A. Pal, V. P. S. Awana

Magnetic Refrigerant Properties of Ni50Mn37-xFexSn13 Alloy at Low Magnetic Fields .........................................................................1173Rahul Das, A. Perumal, A. Srinivasan

Tuning Magnetism in Semiconducting Cadmium Chalcogenides Via Cr-doping ................................................................................1175Hardev S. Saini, Mukhtiyar Singh, Sarvesh Kumar, Manish K. Kashyap

Study of Magneto Resistance Effects in Bi Doped Pr0.7-xSr0.3MnO3 at Pr Site .......................................................................................1177Mamatha D. Daivajna, Geetha, Ashok Rao

Crossover from Antiferromagnetic to Ferromagnetic State in the Semi Heusler Alloys Cu1-xNixMnSb............................................1179Madhumita Halder, S. M. Yusuf

Coexistence of Antiferromagnetic and Ferromagnetic Order in NdCuAl Intermetallic .....................................................................1181P. K. Mishra, V. Dube, A. K. Rajarajan, G. Ravikumar, C. L. Prajapat, P. U. Sastry

Effect of Fast Neutron Irradiation on the Magneto-dynamics of the Metamagnetic Transition in Ce(Fe0.96Ru0.04)2 ........................1183C. L. Prajapat, V. Dube, A. K. Rajarajan, S. V. Thakare, K. C. Jagadeesan, P. L. Paulose, P. K. Mishra, M. R. Singh, S. K. Gupta, G. Ravikumar

Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of Magnetocaloric Behavior in HoRu2Si2 ......................................................................1185Tapas Paramanik, Kalipada Das, Tapas Samanta, I. Das

Theoretical Investigation of Hyperfine Field Parameters Through Mossbauer Gamma Ray ............................................................1187Sikander Ali, Mohd Hashim

Electronic Properties of Fe2Cr1-xVxAl Heusler Alloys ..............................................................................................................................1189Ritwik Saha, V. Srinivas, Ch. Venkatesh, S. K. Srivastava

The Effect of Bi Doping on ESR of La0.7-xBixCa0.3MnO3 ..........................................................................................................................1191D. Vijayan, Joji Kurian, R. Singh

Evidence of Re-entrant Spin Glass Phase in Nd5Ge3 ................................................................................................................................1193Bibekananda Maji, K. G. Suresh, A. K. Nigam

Role of Milling Time for Ferromagnetic Mn Doped ZnO Samples ........................................................................................................1195S. Chattopadhyay, R. Karmakara, S. K. Neogi, A. Banerjee, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. D. Mukadam, S. M. Yusuf

Half-Metallic Ferromagnetism in MgS0.875X0.125 (X = C, Si, Ge and Sn): A First Principle Approach ...............................................1197M. Yogeswari, R. Umamaheswari, G. Kalpana

Effect of Ni2+ Ion on the Structural, Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Cobalt Ferrites ..............................................................1199V. Pazhanivelu, R. Murugaraj

Magnetic Properties of GdTxSn (T = Fe, Ni) Compounds ........................................................................................................................1201Krishanu Ghosh, R. Ranganathan, Chandan Mazumdar, S. Mukherjee

Magnetic Glass like Arrest in Ca Doped GdBaCo2O5.53 ...........................................................................................................................1203N. Thirumurugan, E. P. Amaladass, C. S. Sundar, A. Bharathi

Multiferroic Lu3Fe5O12 for Magneto-Dielectric Applications..................................................................................................................1205P. Manimuthu, M. Manikandan, M. Malar Selvi, C. Venkateswaran

Crystal-field Interaction in Frustrated Spin-glass Pyrochlore Tb2Nb2O7 Revisited: Estimation of Exchange Interaction .....................................................................................................................................................................................................1207

Yatramohan Jana, Partha Das, Aksar Ali Biswas, Jahangir Alam

Study of the Magnetorheology of Bimodal Magnetite Suspension .........................................................................................................1209Kruti Shah, R. V. Upadhyay, V. K. Aswal

Structural, Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Mg Doped La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 Manganites ..............................................................1211K. Ravinder Reddy, Anil K. Bhatnagar, Mohan Dasari

Neutron Diffraction Studies on the Full Heusler Alloy Co2FeGe............................................................................................................1213K. Ramesh Kumar, B. Venkateswarlu, P. D. Babu, N. Harish Kumar

Unusual Magnetoresistive Behavior of Epitaxial Zn(Fe, Al)o Dilute Magnetic Semiconducting Thin Film .....................................1215S. Chattopadhyay, T. K. Nath

Structural and Magnetic Properties of Barium Hexaferrrite Prepared Through Sol-Gel Auto Combustion Technique ......................................................................................................................................................................................................1217

M. D. P. M. Gazzali, A. Paul Blessington Selvadurai, V. Anbarasu, C. Murugesan, G Chandrasekaran

The Optical and Electronic Transport Properties of SrSn0.95Fe0.05O3 Films ..........................................................................................1219G. Prathiba, S. Venkatesh, N. Harish Kumar

Evidence of Spin Glass Like Ordering and Electronic Phase Arrest in Pr3+ Doped Sm0.5Sr0.5MnO3 Bulk Manganites ...................1221S. K. Giri, J. Panda, T. K. Nath

Spin Susceptibility of a Symmetric Electron Bilayer................................................................................................................................1223Krishan Kumar, R. K. Moudgil

Effect on Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Properties with Ge Substitution in Ni-Mn-Sb Heusler Alloys............................................1225Roshnee Sahoo, Ajaya K. Nayak, K. G. Suresh, A. K. Nigam

Magnetoresistance of Ni Nanoparticles Embedded in Tin Matrix/p-Si Heterostructure for Spintronics..........................................1227J. Panda, S. Chattopadhyay, T. K. Nath

Full Potential Density Functional Study of Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Hg1-xMnxTe....................................1229Sonu Sharma, Nisha Devi, P. Rajaram, U. P. Verma

Destruction of Ferromagnetism in Cu-doped ZnO upon Annealing: Role of Oxygen Vacancy .........................................................1231B. Ghosh, M. Sardar, S. Banerjee

Emergence of Long Range Magnetic Interaction Upon Reduction of Graphene Oxide ......................................................................1233J. Kaur, A. Rai Chowdhury, A. Bhattacharya, B. Ghosh, M. Sardar, S. Banerjee

Magnetocaloric Effect in Double Pervoskite La2CoMnO6 .......................................................................................................................1235J. Krishnamurthy, A. Venimadhav

Magnetic Properties of La2NiMnO6 Nanoparticles ..................................................................................................................................1237K. Devi Chandrsekhar, A. K. Das, A. Venimadhav

Unusual Magnetodielectric Response in La2CoMnO6 Nanoparticles .....................................................................................................1239J. Krishnamurthy, A. Venimadhav

Mössbauer Effect in Tetragonal SrFeO3-δ..................................................................................................................................................1241A. Sendilkumar, V. R. Reddy, M. Manivel Raja, P. D. Babu, A. Gupta, S. Srinath

Effect of Co-Zr Doping in the M-Type Barium Hexaferrite BaCoxZrxFe(12-2x)O19: A Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study ...................1243S. K. Chawla, R. K. Mudsainiyan, S. S. Meena, S. M. Yusuf, N. Singh

Mössbauer Spectroscopic Study of Heat-Treated (Ni0.5Zn0.5)Fe2O4 Nanoparticles...............................................................................1245S. S. Meena, Srinivas Ch., V. Sudarsan, B. V. Tirupanyam, K. R. Rao, D. L. Sastry, S. M. Yusuf

Magnetism in Tetragonal and Cubic Phase of FePt .................................................................................................................................1247J. Majeed, O. D. Jayakumar, H. G. Salunke, A. K. Tyagi

Specific Heat and Thermal Expansion of Magnetocaloric Perovskite-La1-xAgxMnO3 .........................................................................1251Archana Srivastava, N. K. Gaur

Energy Transfer and Lasing Properties of Nd: Cr: YAG Transparent Laser Ceramics at Different Cr Concentration................................................................................................................................................................................................1253

P. Samuel, H. Yagi, T. Yanagitani, Ken Ichi Ueda

Unidirectional Growth, Rocking Curve, Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of LPHCL Single Crystals ..............................1255P. Ramesh Kumar, R. Gunaseelan, A. Antony Raj, S. Selvakumar, P. Sagayaraj

The Effect of 100 MeV Oxygen Ion on Electrical and Optical Properties of Nonlinear Optical L-alanine Sodium Nitrate Single Crystals .................................................................................................................................................................................1257

M. A. Ahlam, A. P. Gnana Prakash

Investigation on the Growth, Structural and Optical Properties of DASC Crystal: A Potential THz Emitter ................................1259R. Gunaseelan, S. Selvakumar, Tina Thomas, R. Jerald Vijay, P. Sagayaraj

Nonlinear Optical Studies of a Novel Pyrazoline ......................................................................................................................................1261K. Janardhana, V. Ravindrachary, P. C. Rajesh Kumar, G. Umesh, K. B. Manjunatha, Ismayil

Vibrational and Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Study on Hydroxyethylammonium Picrate (HEAP) Single Crystals ..........................................................................................................................................................................................................1263

N. Sudharsana, R. Nagalakshmi, V. Krishnakumar, A. Sharma, R. Fausto, T. N. Guru Row, Rumpa Pal

Structural and Impedance Studies of Doped LLT Materials for Electrolytes of Lithium-Ion Batteries ...........................................1265K. Vijaya Babu, V. Veeraiah, P. S. V. Subba Rao

Effect of Additives on Mechanical and Electrical Properties of Semi Organic Non Linear Material-γ-Glycine ..............................1267M. N. Ravishankar, R. Chandramani, A. P. Gnana Prakash

Electronic Structure and Optical Conductivity of Two Dimensional (2D) MoS2: Pseudopotential DFT Versus Full Potential Calculations ..................................................................................................................................................................................1269

Ashok Kumar, Jagdish Kumar, P. K. Ahluwalia

Synthesis, Thermal and Nonlinear Optical Characterization of L-Arginine Semi-Oxalate Single Crystals .....................................1271P. Vasudevan, S. Gokulraj, S. Sankar

Structural, Functional and Optical Studies on the Amino Acid Doped Glycine Crystal .....................................................................1273M. R. Manikandan, T. Mahalingam, G. Ravi

Line Profile Analysis and Low Temperature AC Susceptibility of Cu-Zn Ferrites .............................................................................1275Ashok R. Lamani, H. S. Jayanna, G. D. Prasanna

Noble Metal Ions Incorporated in Lattice Points of Perovskites - Water Gas Shift Activity of BaCe1-xPtxO3-d ................................1277C. P. Jijil, A. K. Rajarajan, R. Nandini Devi

Graphene Based Polyurethane Material: As Highly Pressure Sensitive Composite ............................................................................1279R. M. Hodlur, M. K. Rabinal

Electro-Caloric Effect in PLZT (8/65/35) Ceramic...................................................................................................................................1281Rachna Selvamani, Gurvinderjit Singh, V. S. Tiwari

Methyltrimethoxysilane Based Flexible Silica Aerogels for Oil Absorption Applications...................................................................1283Mahendra S. Kavale, D. B. Mahadik, V. G. Parale, A. Venkateswara Rao, P. B. Wagh, S. C. Gupta

Structural and Mechanical Studies of Cadmium Manganese Thiocyanate Crystal .............................................................................1285M. R. Manikandan, G. Vijayaprasath, G. Anandha Babu, G. Bhagavannarayan, N. Vijayan, G. Ravi

Experimental Investigations on the Synthesis, Growth and Characterization of MCCTC Single Crystals ......................................1287V. Ramesh, K. Sendil Kumar, A. Subashini, A. Shihabuddeen, K. Jaganathan, K. Rajarajan

Self-Catalyzed Anisotropic Growth of GaN Spirals .................................................................................................................................1289Avinash Patsha, Prasana Sahoo, S. Dhara, A. K. Tyagi

Growth of Propyl-p-hydroxybenzoate Single Crystals and Its Characterizations ...............................................................................1291N. Karunagaran, P. Ramasamy

Growth, Structural and Thermal Analysis of DSSS Single Crystals ......................................................................................................1293M. Antony Arockiaraj, Tina Thomas, R. Jerald Vijay, P. Sagayaraj

Fabrication of SiC/Al2O3 CMCs & Their Physical Properties ................................................................................................................1295S. Santhosh Kumar, M. Devaiah, T. Rajasekharan

Synthesis, Experimental and Theoretical Investigations of N-(3-Nitrophenyl) Acetamide (3NAA) ...................................................1297S. Prathap, J. Madhavan

Doping Induced Modification in Polyhedral Tilt in Hexagonal Ho1-xYxMnO3 ......................................................................................1299S. D. Kaushik, S. Rayaprol

Theoretical Study of Ni2MnGa Heusler Alloy ...........................................................................................................................................1301R. Shanmuga Sundari, Manickam Mahendran

Magnetic, Mossbauer and Ferroelectric Study of Magneto-Electric Ga2-xFexO3 (x=1.0, 1.1 & 1.2)....................................................1303Kavita Sharma, V. Raghavendra Reddy, Ajay Gupta, A. Banerjee

Growth and Characterization Studies of Sodium Di(L-Malato) Borate Bulk Single Crystal: a Promising Nonlinear Optical Material............................................................................................................................................................................................1305

A. Senthil, M. Loganayaki, M. Lenin, P. Ramasamy

Real Space Analysis of Compton Profile of Heusler Alloy Ni2TiAl ........................................................................................................1307Jagrati Sahariya, H. S. Mund, B. L. Ahuja

Highly Flexible Poly (Vinyldine Fluoride)/Bismuth Iron Oxide Multiferroic Polymer Nanocomposites ..........................................1309T. Prabhakaran, J. Hemalatha

Crystal Growth and Characterization of Novel Nonlinear Optical Crystal: L-Threonine Formate. .................................................1311Hanumantharao Redrothu, S. Kalainathan, G. Bhagavannarayana

Growth, Spectral and Crystallization Perfection Studies of Semi Organic Non Linear Optical Crystal - L-Alanine Lithium Chloride ..........................................................................................................................................................................................1313

Hanumantharao Redrothu, S. Kalainathan, G. Bhagavannarayana

Effect of Displacement Damage on the Stability of Oxide Nanoparticles in Model ODS Alloys: Tem Studies .................................1315Sumita Santra, S. Balaji, B. K. Panigrahi, Yves Serruys, C. Robertson, Alamo Ana, C. S. Sundar

Synthesis & Structural Studies of New Thermoelectric Perovskite Material........................................................................................1317T. Ramachandran, N. E. Rajeevan, P. P. Pradyumnan

Structural and Magnetic Study of La Doped Multiferroic BiFeO3 ........................................................................................................1319Deepti Kothari, Sanjay Upadhya, Carlo Meneghini, V. Raghavendra Reddy, Guiliana Aquilanti, Ajay Gupta

Annealing Effects in Eurofer-97 Steel As Studied by Mossbauer Spectroscopy ...................................................................................1321L. Herojit Singh, S. Hari Babu, R. Govindaraj, G. Amarendra, C. S. Sundar

Multiferroicity in Double Perovskite Y2CoMnO6 .....................................................................................................................................1323G. Sharma, J. Saha, S. Patnaik

Synthesis and Characterization of Ni2+: Zn2SiO4 Nano Phospshor by Sol-Gel Method .......................................................................1325B. Chandra Babu, S. Buddhudu

Investigations on Polyaniline-histidine Composites..................................................................................................................................1327T. Mathavan, S. Umapathy, I. Suganya, M. A. Jothirajan

Studies on Novel Co-crystal of 2, 6-Diaminopyridinium 4-Nitrophenolate 4-Nitrophenol. .................................................................1329M. Rajaboopathi, V. Krishnakumar

Synthesis and Characterization of Poly (N-Methylaniline) Microfibrillar Structure ..........................................................................1331T. Mathavan, K. Gangadevi, B. Hanitha, S. Umapathy, S. Rajakarthihan, M. A. Jothirajan

Structural and Magneto-Electric Properties of Bi0.4La0.6Fe0.8Mn0.2O3 Ceramics ..................................................................................1333S. P. Keerthana, M. Muneeswaran, P. Jegatheesan, N. V. Giridharan

Comparison of Optical Properties of Pure and Doped Lithium Tetraborate Single Crystals and Glasses .......................................1335G. D. Patra, A. K. Singh, S. G. Singh, M. Tyagi, S. Sen, B. Tiwari, S. C. Gadkari

Growth and Luminescence Properties of Ce Doped Li6Gd(BO3)3 Single Crystals ...............................................................................1337A. K. Singh, S. G. Singh, Mohit Tyagi, D. G. Desai, S. Sen, S. C. Gadkari

Growth of Preferred Oriented Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 Films on Amorphous Substrates by RF Sputtering ....................................................1339S. Ramakanth, K. C. James Raju

Synthesis and Piezoelectric Properties of PLZT Ceramics......................................................................................................................1341D. V. Bavbande, Rakesh Kumar, V. H. Bafna, Dhirendra Mohan, G. P. Kothiyal

Linear and NLO Properties of an Organic Single Crystal ......................................................................................................................1343P. C. Rajesh Kumara, V. Ravindrachary, K. Janardhana, Boja Poojary, K. B. Manjunath, G. Umesh

X-Ray Study of Fe1-xCrx Alloys Prepared by Mechanical Alloying ........................................................................................................1345L. Jithender, N. Gopi Krishna

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