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Reproductive Numbers for Periodic Epidemic Systems
(2016-08-09)When using mathematics to study epidemics, often times the goal is to deter- mine when an infection can invade and persist within a population. This can be done in a variety of ways but the most common is to use threshold ... -
Role Of Engine Age And Lubricant Chemistry On The Characteristics Of EGR Soot
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2014-03-12)Exhaust products of Diesel Engines serves as an environmental hazard, and to curtail this problem a Tier 3 emission standard was introduced which involves change in engine designs and introduction of EGR systems in ... -
Room-temperature Single-electron Devices Based On Cmos Fabrication Technology
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2009-09-16)Single-electron devices, in which the transport and storage of individual electrons is precisely controlled, have many potential benefits in the field of electronics, optics, and sensors. Fabrication of these devices ... -
Self Powered Sensing By Combining Novel Sensor Architectures With Energy Harvesting
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-03-03)Recent advancements in the field of wireless sensor networks have resulted in increasing demand for self-powering techniques that reduces the dependence on batteries. In order to address this problem, there has been ... -
Self-assembly Of Nanoparticles In Photonic Crystal Cavities For Optoelectronic Devices
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2007-08-23)Photonic crystals (PhC) offer many advantages in optoelectronics field. The focus of this thesis is to investigate a self assembly process for the formation of thin film based one-dimensional PhC and the integration of ... -
Self-assembly Of Polystyrene Nanospheres And Its Applications As Templates For Plasmonic Structures
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-03-03)Monodispersed colloidal polystyrene spheres have been self-assembled into various structures as templates for the fabrication of different nanostructures. Two unique self-assembly processes have been developed and ... -
Semi-transparent ZnO:Al/Cu2O Thin-film Heterojunction Fabricated At Low Temperature: Effect Of An Intrinsic ZnO Buffer Layer At The Junction
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2012-04-11)The Al-doped ZnO (AZO)/Cu2O semi-transparent heterojunction was realized by an RF sputtering at low temperature in this study. Specifically, the usage of a buffer layer in the junction structure has been found as a key ... -
SILVER DENDRITE BASED THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SCATTERING (SERS) SUBSTRATES
(2016-06-01)Three-dimensional (3D) hierarchical nanostructures have been considered as one of the most promising surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrates because it provides high-density hotspots along the three-dimension ... -
Simulation of Li Dendrite Inhibition in Lithium Battery by Phase-Field Method
(2022-05-16)Lithium (Li) dendrite growth poses serious challenges for the development of Li metal batteries which also stops the footsteps of human utilizing the environment-friendly new power source. Replacing liquid electrolyte with ... -
SINGLE STEP FABRICATION OF SHAPE MORPHING 3D SURFACES
(2020-06-04)Shape-changing materials that can adopt programmable 3-dimensional (3D) shapes offer promise for a wide range of applications. Form the formation of the leaves and flowers to the shaping of complex organs, the analogues ... -
Solar Selective Optical Coating Made With Metal Nanopaticles For Photovoltaic Thermal Applications
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2009-09-16)The goal of this research is to fabricate solar selective reflector with suitable optical properties and high thermal and chemical stability for using in the photovoltaic thermal window. While the reflector allows some ... -
Solid-state Tunneling Spectroscopy Of Individual Quantum Dots
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-07-19)Quantum dots are gaining importance for their potential applications in the fields of energy harvesting, bio-labeling and treatment, in opto-electronic devices and in photonic devices. For all these applications, it is ... -
Solution Processed Optical Coatings For Solar Cell Applications
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2009-09-16)In the recent past the demand for higher energy conversion efficiency of solar cells is on the rise. Extensive research is carrying out and many new methods have been proposed by changing either fabrication process or ... -
Spectral-Domain Phase-Sensitive Interferometry for Real-Time Probing of Electrodeposition Processes
(2018-08-28)Electrodeposition is a simple, versatile and scalable method for depositing thin metal films on conductive substrates, and it has long been used in large-scale industrial processes for metal film coating. In the last two ... -
Structural, Magnetic And Surface Properties Of RF Magnetron Sputtered Undoped Lanthanum Mangnite Thin Films
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-03-03)In the present study, polycrystalline and epitaxial undoped Lanthanum Manganite (LMO) thin films were deposited by using RF magnetron sputtering on three substrates, Si (100), MgO (100) and LaAlO₃ (100) to study the influence ... -
A Study Of Diamond Nanoparticles
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-07-14)Diamond nanoparticles grown previously by Hot Filament Assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition have been characterized by utilizing Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Raman Spectroscopy and X Ray Diffraction. ... -
Study And Manipulation Of Electron Tunneling Through Quantum Dots
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2014-07-14)Fermi-Dirac distribution is the fundamental property which governs the electron energy distribution in solids. At finite temperatures, Fermi-Dirac thermal smearing of electron energies limits the operation of many electronic, ... -
STUDY OF ALLOY EFFECT ON ELECTROMIGRATION IN SN SOLDER ALLOYS
(2023-05-22)This dissertation presents experimental results about the alloy effect on the Electromigration (EM) of Sn in Sn-based binary and ternary alloys. By using cross-stripe configuration, the alloy effect on EM of Sn can be ... -
Study of an all-Vanadium Photoelectrochemical Cell for High-Efficiency Solar Energy Storage
(2016-07-27)In an attempt to explore a clean and renewable alternative to existing energy sources such as fossil fuel, we studied the feasibility of using vanadium redox species to store the inexhaustible solar energy via photoelectrochemical ... -
Study of Conduction Behavior in Dielectrics in Chip Level Interconnects: Detection of Defects in Al/SiO2 Interconnects
(2018-12-18)This dissertation presents four different electrical measurement techniques to detect structural defects in Al/SiO2 interconnects. These techniques, namely 1) polarity dependence measurement, 2) current voltage measurement, ...