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Solid State PhysicsProceedings of the 58th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2013
Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India
17-21 December 2013
Editors
Chitra Murli
D. Bhattacharyya
S. C. Gadkarl
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
All papers have been peer reviewed.
Sponsoring OrganizationsBoard of Research in Nuclear Sciences
Department ofAtomic Energy
Government of India
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Melville, New York, 2014AIP Proceedings
Volume 1591A
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Solid State PhysicsProceedings of the 58th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2013
Table of Contents
Preface: DAE Solid State Physics SymposiumChitra Murli, Dibyendu Bhattacharyya, and S. C. Gadkari
Committees
PART A
INVITED TALKS
Indus-2 X-ray lithography beamline for X-ray optics and material science applications
V. P. Dhamgaye and G. S. Lodha 7
Synchrotron based X-ray fluorescence activities at Indus-2: An overview
M. K. Tiwari 13
Doped YV04 single crystals: Growth issues in the OFZ technique and investigation
of spectroscopic properties
Indranil Bhaumik, S. Ganesamoorthy, R. Bhatt, A. Saxena, M. Soharab, A. K. Karnal,
and P. K. Gupta 18
Atomically resolved force microscopy at room temperature
Seizo Morita 24
Beyond modulation doping: Engineering a semiconductor to be ambipolar, or making
an ON-OFF-ON transistor
K. Das Gupta, A. F. Croxall, B. Zheng, F. Sfigakis, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, H. E. Beere,
and D. A. Ritchie 27
Lipid-induced structural turnover of water droplets to liquid crystal droplets
Sumyra Sidiq and Santanu Kumar Pal 33
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
A. Phase Transitions
FPLAPW approach to high pressure mechanical and thermal behavior of HfN
Dinesh C. Gupta, Mamta Chauhan, and Idris Hamid Bhat 36
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Pressure induced local disorder to order phase transition in Ta02F
K. Kamali and T. R. Ravindran 38
Structural and dielectric properties of Nd/Ca co-doped bi-ferrite multiferroics
Ashwini Kumar, Poorva Sharma, and Dinesh Varshney 40
Structural and in-field dielectric studies across the antiferroelectric transition in Sr,-xCaxTi03
Shivani Sharma, Aga Shahee, and N. P. Lalla 42
Structural and optical properties of Nd3+ doped gadolinium oxide ID nanorods
G. Boopathi, S. Gokul Raj, G. Ramesh Kumar, and R. Mohan 44
Effect of samarium doping on the dielectric behavior of barium zircomium titanate ceramic
T. Badapanda, S. Sarangi, B. Behera, S. Anwar, and T. P. Sinha 46
Effect of Ti doping on high pressure behavior of BiMn2Os
K. K. Pandey, H. K. Poswal, Ravi Kumar, and Surinder M. Sharma 48
High pressure phase transformation in yttrium sulfide(YS): A first principle study
B. D. Sahoo, K. D. Joshi, and Satish C. Gupta 50
Pressure induced structural and magnetic phase transition in magnesium nitrides
MgNx (x = 1, 2, 3): A first principles study
R. Rajeswarapalanichamy, G. Sudhapriyanga, A. Jemmy Cinthia, M. Santhosh, and A. Murugan 53
Phase evolution studies in CaZrTi207-RE2Ti207 (RE = Nd3+, Sm3+) system: Futuristic ceramic
host matrices for nuclear waste immobilization
M. Jafar, S. N. Achary, and A. K. Tyagi 55
Role of excess Mn for martensitic transformation in NhMni+xSn^,,: Ab initio approach
Soumyadipta Pal, Priya Mahadevan, and C. Biswas 58
Pressure induced tetragonal to monoclinic transition in RbN3 studied from first principles theoryG. Vaitheeswaran and K. Ramesh Babu 60
URe2-A compressibility study of allotropic phases
B. Shukla, N. V. Chandra Shekar, and P. Ch. Sahu 62
Detection of a new 'nematic-like' phase in liquid crystal-amphiphile mixture by differential
scanning calorimetryKaustabh Dan, Madhusudan Roy, and Alokmay Datta 64
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Investigation of structural stability and elastic properties of Zrh and Zrh> A first principles
study
S. Kanagaprabha, R. Rajeswarapalanichamy, G. Sudhapriyanga, A. Murugan, M. Santhosh,
and K. Iyakutti 67
Dielectric studies of BaTio.96Coo.04O3 prepared via solid state route
Ashutosh Mishra, Niyati Mishra, Kanaka Mahalakshmi Jarabana, and Supriya Bisen 70
Tuning of exchange bias in Mn50Ni39+;(Snii-i (x=0 and 2) full Heusler alloys
Jyoti Sharma and K. G. Suresh 73
Dielectric behavior of barium modified strontium bismuth titanate ceramic
P. Nayak, T. Badapanda, S. Anwar, and S. Panigrahi 76
Synthesis and structural studies on (l-x)Bi(Mgi/2Ti1/2)03-xPbTi03 piezoceramics
Ashutosh Upadhyay, Rishikesh Pandey, Shashwat Anand, and Akhilesh K. Singh 79
Magnetic and structural properties of Zn doped MnV204
Prashant Shahi, K. K. Shukla, Rahul Singh, A. Das, A. K. Ghosh, A. K. Nigam,
and Sandip Chatterjee 81
Shock Hugoniot phase transition of SiC
A. Y. Vahora, Prakruti Chaudhari, R. H. Joshi, N. K. Bhatt, and B. Y. Thakore 84
Effect of dimensionality on vapor-liquid phase transition
Sudhir Kumar Singh 86
High pressure and high temperature behaviour of ZnO
Nilesh A. Thakar, Apoorva D. Bhatt, and Tushar C. Pandya 88
Dielectric spectroscopy of Dy203 doped (Ko.5Na0^)Nb03 piezoelectric ceramics
P. Mahesh, T. Subhash, and D. Pamu 90
Structural behaviour ofYGa under high pressure
M. Sekar, N. V. Chandra Shekar, P. Ch. Sahu, and R. Babu 92
Phase formation in BZT (10/90) ceramic
Punita Batra and Sangeeta Singh 94
Synthesis, electrical and thermal properties of Bi4V2-sYxOii (x=0.0 and 0.10) ceramics
S. Sahu and M. Roy 96
Enumeration and stability analysis of simple periodic orbits in p-Fermi Pasta Ulam lattice
Rupali L. Sonone and Sudhir R. Jain 99
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Emergence of supersolid order in a disordered Bose gas with harmonic trapping
Apurba Barman and Saurabh Basu 102
Bosc-Einstein condensate in a rotating double-well potential: Hidden vortices and Feynman rule
T. Mithun, K. Porsezian, and Bishwajyoti Dey 104
Structural and magnetic transformation in electrochemically synthesized FePt thin films
on Si/Pt electrodes
Rekha Gupta, Rajan Goyal, Rohit Medwal, and S. Annapoorni 107
Structural and dielectric properties of erbium doped BiFe03-PbTi03 solid solutions
Vandana, Anupinder Singh, Lakhwant Singh, Anumeet Kaur, Sajjan Dahyia,and Ratnamala Chatterjee 110
Charge density wave in Er2lr3Si5 single crystal
P. C. Lalngilneia, A. Thamizhavel, S. Ramakrishnan, and D. Pal 113
Inflection points of microcanonical entropy: Monte Carlo simulation of q state Potts model
on a finite square lattice
E. Praveen and S. V. M. Satyanarayana 115
Structural phase transition and elastic properties of hafnium dihydride: A first principles studyM. Santhosh, R. Rajeswarapaianichamy, S. Kanagaprabha, G. Sudhapriyanga, A. Murugan,A. Jemmy Chinthia, and K. Iyakutti 117
Influence of Mo in p" phase stability of Ti- Mo system: Synchrotron based XRD studies
M. Sabeena, S. Murugesan, R. Mythili, A. K. Sinha, M. N. Singh, M. Vijayalakshmi, and S. K. Deb 119
Phase transition of La- chalcogenides under high pressure
Dinesh Chandra Gupta and Gajendra Singh Raypuria 122
High pressure Raman spectroscopic study of H3Co(CN)6K. K. Mishra, Nilesh Salke, S. N. Achary, A. K Tyagi, and Rekha Rao 125
Effect of annealing temperature on titania nanoparticlesK. Manikandan, S. Arumugam, and G. Chandrasekaran 128
Magnetic measurements on a-CS2U4Ou
Buddhadev Kanrar, N. L. Misra, P. U. Sastry, V. Dube, and G. Ravikumar 131
Enhanced dielectric constant and relaxor behavior realized by dual stage sinteringofSr0.5Ba„.5Nb2O6
Satyapal S. Rathore and Satish Vitta 133
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Hydrogen bonds in a-oxalic acid dihydrate-A Raman spectroscopic studyA. K. Mishra, Chitra Murli, H. Bhatt, and Surinder M. Sharma 136
Bose-Hubbard model with attractive interactions and inhomogeneous lattice potential
Mukesh Khanore and Bishwajyoti Dey 139
The effect of temperature on ferroelectric properties of CaCu3Ti4Oi2 ceramic
Sandeep Kumar, Neetu Ahlawat, and Suman Punia 142
Underdamped strain dynamics of a martensitic model with power-law interactions
N. Shankaraiah, Sanjay Puri, and S. R. Shenoy 145
Static critical phenomena in Co-Ni-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloyBrahmananda Sethi, S. Sarma, A. Srinivasan, and S. B. Santra 148
Ab initio study of pressure induced structural and electronic properties in uranium
monobismuthide
Jagdish Pataiya, Mahendra Aynyas, C. Makode, A. Singh, and Sankar P. Sanyal 151
Comparative dielectric investigation on two newly synthesized H-shaped mesogenic dimers
Sudhaker Dixit, Rajiv Manohar, A. K. Prajapati, and Mahesh Varia 153
Structural behaviour of niobium oxynitride under high pressure
Bharat Bhooshan Sharma, H. K. Poswal, K. K. Pandey, Surinder M. Sharma, J. V. Yakhmi,
Y. Ohashi, and S. Kikkawa 156
High pressure Raman spectroscopic studies of (p-chloroanilinium^CuCU
Pallavi Ghalsasi, Nandini Garg, Prasanna Ghalsasi, Hemant Mande, and S. M. Sharma 158
B. Soft Condensed Matter Including Biological Systems
Tuning structure of oppositely charged nanoparticle and protein complexes
Sugam Kumar, V. K. Aswal, and P. Callow 161
Structure and dynamics of aqueous solution of uranyl ions
Manish Chopra and Niharendu Choudhury 164
Observation of two different fractal structures in nanoparticle, protein and surfactant complexes
Sumit Mehan, Sugam Kumar, and V. K. Aswal 167
Radial distribution studies on water soluble polymers using XRD line profile data
G. Thejas Urs, M. B. Nanda Prakash, H. T. Ananda, and R. Somashekar 170
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An unusual behavior on the electrical properties of various salts of chitosan
C. Raja Mohan, R. Manikandan, and K. Jayakumar 172
Tuning of depletion interaction in nanoparticle-surfactant systems
D. Ray and V. K. Aswal175
Fabrication, characterization and gas sensing studies of PPy/MWCNT/SLS nanocomposite
D. C. Tiwari, Priyanka Atri, and R. Sharma 178
Orientational order parameter measurements ofdiscotic liquid crystal
Supreet Kaur, K. K. Raina, S. Kumar, and R. Pratibha 180
Optical and electrical properties of cobalt chloride doped polyvinylalcohol polyvinylpyrrolidone
blend
R. V. Patil, M. R. Ranganath, and Blaise Lobo 183
SANS study of understanding mechanism of cold gelation of globular proteins
A. J. Chinchalikar, Sugam Kumar, V. K. Aswal, J. Kohlbrecher, and A. G. Wagh 186
Bio-compatibility, surface & chemical characterization of glow discharge plasma modified ZnO
nanocomposite polycarbonateBhawna Bagra, Prashant Pimpliskar, and Narendra Kumar Agrawal 189
Correlation between microhardness and surface properties of Rhodamine B doped PVA films
J. Tripathi, S. Tripathi, A. Sharma, T. Shripathi, J. M. Keller, and K. Das 192
FTIR and XRD study of PMMA/PCTFE blend films
S. Tripathi, J. Tripathi, A. Agrawal, A. Sharma, and T. Shripathi 194
Photoluminescence analysis of selfinduced planer alignment in azo dye dispersed nematic liquid
crystal complex
Rishi Kumar, Srishti Sood, and K. K. Raina 197
Electrically tuned photoluminescence in large pitch cholesteric liquid crystal
Manju Middha, Rishi Kumar, and K. K. Raina 200
Ionic conductivity studies in crystalline PVA/NaAlg polymer blend electrolyte doped
with alkali salt KC1
T. Sheela, R. F. Bhajantri, V. Ravindrachary, P. K. Pujari, Sunil G. Rathod, and Jagadish Naik 202
Esterase activity of BSA-ZnO nanoparticle complex
A. Bhogale, A. Nair, N . Patel, A. Miotello, and D. C. Kothari 205
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Study of x CNFO + (1-x) PLZT magnetoelectric composites
Dipti, Sangeeta Singh, J. K. Juneja, R. P. Pant, K. K. Raina, and Chandra Prakash 207
How attractive interaction changes water-like anomalies of a core-softened model potential
Shashank Pant, Tarun Gera, and Niharendu Choudhury 210
A comparative study of conventionally sintered and microwave sintered nickel zinc ferrite
Rekha Rani, J. K. Juneja, K. K. Raina, R. K. Kotnala, and Chandra Prakash 213
SANS study of interaction of silica nanoparticles with BSA protein and their resultant structure
Indresh Yadav, V. K. Aswal, and J. Kohlbrecher 216
Microstructural, thermal and antibacterial properties of electron beam irradiated Bombyx mori
silk fibroin films
S. Asha, Sangappa, Prashantha Naik, K. Sharat Chandra, and Ganesh Sanjeev 219
Diffusion studies on permeable nitroxyl spin probe through lipid bilayer membrane
A. Milton Franklin Benial, V. Meenakumari, Kazuhiro Ichikawa, Ken-ichi Yamada,
Fuminori Hyodo, A. Jawahar, and Hideo Utsumi 222
Ab-initio study of napthelene based conducting polymer
Ankur Ruhela, Reena Kanchan, Anurag Srivastava, and O. P. Sinha 225
Lattice Boltzmann study of kinetic equation derived from BBGKY hierarchy
and non-equilibrium work distributions
S. Siva Nasarayya Chad and K. P. N. Murthy 228
Spectroscopic studies of glycinium oxalate under pressure
Himal Bhatt, C. Murli, N. Garg, A. K. Mishra, M. N. Deo, and Surinder M. Sharma 230
C. Nano-materials
Size effect on the electronic and optical band gap of CdSe QD
Namita Sisodia 233
Conducting intrinsic nanocrystalline silicon films with high growth rate prepared
at 27.12 MHz frequency
Praloy Mondal and Debajyoti Das 236
Structural, magnetic and magnetoelectric properties of In-Co codoped BiFeC>3 nanoparticles
G. S. Arya, Mast ram, Hakikat Sharma, Khem Raj Sharma, R. K. Kotnala, and N. S. Negi 238
Chemical synthesis, characterizations and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Fe50Co5o alloyShankar B. Dalavi, M. Manivel Raja, and Rabi Narayan Panda 241
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Effect of pressure on narrow band Coi_xFexS2 nanoparticles-Mossbauer spectroscopic study
Usha Chandra, Pooja Sharma, and T. C. Badiwal 244
Novel synthesis of highly porous spinel cobaltite (NiCo204) electrode material
for supercapacitor applications
A. Nirmalesh Naveen and S. Selladurai 246
Study of sub band gap absorption of Sn doped CdSe thin films
Jagdish Kaur, Mamta Rani, and S. K. Tripathi 249
Electrical studies on perovskite BaSn03 nanostructures
N. Rajamanickam, S. Rajashabala, R. Ramesh Babu, Nandakishor Meshram, and K. Ramachandran 251
High capacitance in BiFe03 nanorod structure
Subhasis Rana, Nabanita Dutta, S. K. Bandyopadhyay, Pintu Sen, and A. K. Himanshu 254
Determination of trap depth in nc-CdSe:Cu thin films using thermally stimulated current
measurements
S. K. Tripathi, Alaa. S. AI-Kabbi, Kriti Sharma, R. Ridhi, and G. S. S. Saini 256
Variation in band gap of lanthanum chromate by transition metals doping LaCro.9Ao.1O3
(A:Fe/Co/Ni)
Swaleha Naseem, Wasi Khan, A. A. Saad, M. Shoeb, Hilal Ahmed, Shahid Husain,
and A. H. Naqvi259
Structural and optical studies of CuO nanostructures
Prakash Chand, Anurag Gaur, and Ashavani Kumar 262
Effect of gamma irradiation on electrical properties of Cu nanowires
Pallavi Rana, Devender Gehlawat, and R. P. Chauhan 265
Structural and optical properties of a-Mn02 nanowires and p-Mn02 nanorods
N. Rajamanickam, P. Ganesan, S. Rajashabala, and K. Ramachandran 267
Role of sonic energy on growth morphology and optical properties of ZnO:S nanostructures
Nihar Ranjan Panda, Bhabani Shankar Acharya, and Pratibindhya Nayak 270
Structural and optical properties of MgO doped ZnO
Kavita Verma, S. Shukla, M. Varshney, A. Asthana, and Dinesh Varshney 273
Microstructural and optical studies on sonochemically synthesized Cu doped ZnO nanoparticles
Dojalisa Sahu, Nihar Ranjan Panda, B. S. Acharya, and A. K. Panda 276
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CdO-CdS nano-composites as improved photo-catalysts for the generation of hydrogenfrom water
Shital V. Kahane, R. Sasikala, V. Sudarsan, and Shailaja Mahamuni 279
Structural and viscous properties of bidispersed magnetic colloids
Hiral Virpura, Mayur Parmar, Vishaka Dave, and Rajesh Patel 282
Possibility of hydrogen storage in SWCNT/Ti02/Sn02 hybrid system - An ab-initio studyR. Lavanya, V. J. Surya, K. Iyakutti, V. Vasu, and Y. Kawazoe 285
Silver decorated multiwallcd carbon nanotubes and their characterization
Swati Gahlot, Vaibhav Kulshrestha, and V. K. Shahi 288
Liquid phase synthesis of copper indium diselenide nanoparticles
Priyanka Jakhmola, Garima Agarwal, Prafiilla K. Jha, and S. P. Bhatnagar 291
Quantitative phase analysis of Mg:Zr02 nanoparticles by Rietveld refinement method
V. Balaji, S. Senthilkumaran, and P. Thangadurai 294
Effect of gamma irradiation on dielectric properties of manganese zinc nanoferrites
V. Jagadeesha Angadi, B. Rudraswamy, E. Melagiriyappa, H. M. Somashekarappa,
and H. Nagabhushana 296
Flexible and optically transparent silver nano-islands film
Pratibha Goel, Samir Kumar, and J. P. Singh 299
Energy controlled edge formation for graphene nano ribbons
Deepika, T. J. Dhilip Kumar, and Rakesh Kumar 301
Effect of ZnO seed layer on the morphology and optical properties of ZnO nanorods
grown on GaN buffer layers
R. Nandi, S. Mohan, R. S. Srinivasa, and S. S. Major 303
Structural, optical and ethanol sensing properties of Cu-doped Sn02 nanowires
Anima Johari, Anoopshi Johari, M. C. Bhatnagar, and Manish Sharma 306
Morphological and photoluminescence study of chemically synthesized Al203 polythiophene
composite
Akhilesh Tripathi, Indra Bahadur, and R. K. Shukla 309
Substituted zinc phthalocyanine based nanowires for room temperature ppb level Cl2 sensing
application
Rajan Saini, Aman Mahajan, R. K. Bedi, A. K. Debnath, and D. K. Aswal 312
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Synthesis, morphology and optical properties of LaFe03 nanospheres
R. Dhinesh Kumar and R. Jayavel 315
Conventional and anomalous quantum Rabi oscillations in graphene
Enamullah Khan, Vipin Kumar, Upendra Kumar, and Girish S. Setlur 318
Decrease of metal to semiconducting phase transition temperature with increase of particle size
in nickel ferrite
Vanidha Dessingou, Arunkumar Arumugam, and Kannan Radhakrishnan 320
Effect of elasticity of wall on diffusion in nano channel
K. Tankeshwar and Sunita Srivastava 323
Annealing effects on microstrain of cobalt oxide nanoparticles
Anjali Jain Deotale, A. K. Sinha, M. N. Singh, Anuj Upadhyay, and R. V. Nandedkar 325
Structural and optical properties of Sb2S3 nanocrystals in glass
Rakesh K. Mishra, Raman Kashyap, A. G. Vedeshwar, and R. P. Tandon 327
Aligning carbon nano fibers using magnetic nanofluids
Mayur A. Parmar, Hiral A. Virpura, Vishaka Dave, and Rajesh J. Patel 330
Ceramic-polymer nanocomposites with increased dielectric permittivity and low dielectric loss
Sumit Bhardwaj, Joginder Paul, K. K. Raina, N. S. Thakur, and Ravi Kumar 333
Transport properties of nanocomposite and its simulation with L-R-C circuit
Arnab Gangopadhyay, Aditi Sarkar, and A. Sarkar 336
Adsorption of silver dimer on graphene - A DFT study
Gagandeep Kaur, Shuchi Gupta, Pooja Rani, and Keya Dharamvir 339
Photo-enhanced field emission characteristics of SnS2 nanosheets
Sachin R. Suryawanshi, Sambhaji S. Warule, Nilima S. Chaudhari, Satishchandra B. Ogale,and Mahendra A. More 342
Spin coating of Ag nanoparticles: Effect of reduction
A. A. Ansari and S. D. Sartale 345
Influence of samarium doping on electronic and magneto-transport propertiesof La0.9-xSmsSro.iMn03 (0.1<x<0.5) nanoparticles
Proloy T. Das, Kajal Gupta, Paresh Chandra Jana, and Tapan Kumar Nath 348
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Daylight photocatalytic activity of TiCh/SnOi core/shell nanostructures: An experimental
and density functional study
Pawan Chetri, Priyanka Basyach, and Amarjyoti Choudhury 351
One step, microwave assisted green synthesis of biocompatible carbon quantum dots
and their composites with [o-PWnO^I for visible light photocatalysisAtharva Sahasrabudhe, Shashank Pant, Manjunath Chatti, Binoy Maiti, Priyadarsi De,
and Soumyajit Roy 353
Effect of A1203 on crystallinity and conductivity of PVA-PEO-EC-LiCF3S03 blend electrolyte
system
Prajakta N. Joge, D. K. Kanchan, and Poonam L. Sharma 356
Effect of geometry on the screened acceptor binding energy in a quantum wire
R. Vijaya Shanthi and P. Nithiananthi 358
Influence of La substitution on ferromagnetic properties of lead free Nao5Bi0jTio.9g8Feo.0i203
multiferroic system
Kusum Parmar, Anshu Sharma, R. K. Kotnala, and N. S. Negi 361
Activation and adsorption of C02 on copper surfaces and clusters
Seema Gautam, Neetu Goel, and Keya Dharmvir 364
Reduced graphene oxide based silver sulfide hybrid films formed at a liquid/liquid interface
K. Bramhaiah and Neena S. John 366
Thermoluminescence of nanocrystalline CaS04: Dy for gamma dosimetry and calculation
of trapping parameters using deconvolution method
Nandkumar Mandlik, B. J. Patil, V. N. Bhoraskar, P. D. Sahare, and S. D. Dhole 369
Rapid and eco-friendly synthesis of copper nanoparticles
Y. Suresh, S. Annapurna, G. Bhikshamaiah, and A. K. Singh 372
Thermal expansion of multiwall carbon nanotube reinforced nanocrystalline silver matrix
composite
Manjula Sharma, Hemant Pal, and Vimal Sharma 374
Photocatalytic degradation of diethyl phthalate using TiOi nanoparticles
Pooja Singla, O. P. Pandey, and K. Singh 377
Development and characterization of chitosan/silica nanocomposite membranes
Amit Kumar, Swati Gahlot, Vaibhav Kulshrestha, and V. K. Shahi 379
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Structural and surface morphological study ofNi doped ZnS nanoparticles
H. A. Khawal and B. N. Dole 381
Characterization and optical properties of poIyaniline-MWCNT-ZnS nanocomposites
M. Goswami, R. Ghosh, and A. K. Meikap 384
Synthesis and characterization of Bii-,La,,P04 nano-rods
Sarabjot Singh, Sheeba Khan, D. K. Pate], and V. Sudarsan 387
Ferromagnetic superexchange interaction and spin glass behaviour in Sm2CoMn06
nanoparticlesR. P. Maiti, M. K. Mitra, and Dipankar Chakravorty 390
Study of dielectric relaxation process in nanocomposite of Li20-Si02 nanoglass-CuO
nanoparticlesDhriti Ranjan Saha and Dipankar Chakravorty 393
Modified properties of Fe304 nanoparticles on incorporation of optically active ZnSe
A. Roychowdhury, A. Das, S. P. Pati, S. Kumar, and D. Das 396
Structural, magnetic and Mossbauer studies of (BiFeOjJoj'CSrFenOi^oj nanocomposite
prepared by a sol-gel route
A. Das, A. Roychowdhury, S. P. Pati, S. Bandyopadhyay, and D. Das 399
Temperature dependent DC electrical conductivity studies of ZnO nanoparticle thick films
prepared by simple solution combustion method
C. S. Naveen, H. S. Jayanna, Ashok R. Lamani, and M. P. Rajeeva 402
Indium doped zinc oxide nanowire thin films for antireflection and solar absorber coating
applications
Ummar Pasha Shaik and M. Ghanashyam Krishna 405
Wet chemically grown composite thin film for room temperature LPG sensor
Ravikiran Birajadar, Dipalee Desale, Shaheed Shaikh, Sandip Mahajan, Deepak Upadhye,Anil Ghule, and Ramphal Sharma 407
Synthesis and Raman spectrum of crystalline indium oxide micro-rods with rectangularcross-section
Kavita Yadav, B. R. Mehta, and J. P. Singh 409
Optical nonlinear absorption characteristics of Sb2Sej nanoparticlesMolli Muralikrishna, Aditha Sai Kiran, B. Ravikanth, P. Sowmendran, V. Sai Muthukumar,
and Kamisetti Venkataramaniah 411
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Synthesis of CdS/CdSe core/shell ultra small nanostructures using new microwave assisted
ultrasonic sol gel route
Y. C. Goswami, Vijay Kumar, Ranjana Sharma, and Rajeev Singh 414
A study of various geometries of gold nanowires and effect of doping
Priyanka, Sumali Bansal, Rajiv Bhandari, and Keya Dharamvir 417
Fluorescence relaxation dynamics of CdSe and CdSe/CdS core/shell quantum dots
Gurvir Kaur, Harmandeep Kaur, and S. K. Tripathi 420
Magnetic properties of a-Mn02 and Co-doped a-Mn02 nanowires
C. Stella, N. Soundararajan, and K. Ramachandran 423
Structural investigations of Ga203 nanorods
R. M. Pandey, B. S. Naidu, V. Sudarsan, M. Pandey, R. J. Kshirasagar, and R. K. Vatsa 426
Surface-engineered core-shell nano-size ferrites and their antimicrobial activity
Jagdish D. Baraliya and Hiren H. Joshi 429
Size induced structural modifications in Y2Sn207
M. Pandey, S. Nigam, V. Sudarsan, R. J. Kshirsagar, and R. K. Vatsa 432
IR photodetector based on rectangular quantum wire in magnetic field
Nandan Jha 434
Controlled growth of nanocrystalline silicon within amorphous silicon carbide thin films
Arindam Kole and Partha Chaudhuri 437
Critical roles of cappants on the electrical resistivity of Ni nanoparticles
J. Singh, N. Kaurav, V. Ganesan, and Gunadhor S. Okram 440
Analysis of surface potential and photocatalytic activity of Au-graphene oxide nanocomposites
Arun Singh Patel, Mukesh Mishra, and T. Mohanty 442
Modulated magnetoelectric property of BiFe03 incorporated in Co0.5oFeo.5oFe204
A. S. Mahapatra, K. Mukhopadhyay, K. Mukhuti, and P. K. Chakrabarti 445
Optical and morphological properties of graphene sheets decorated with ZnO nanowires
via polyol enhancement
Vinay Sharma, Rajveer Singh Rajaura, Preetam K. Sharma, Subodh Srivastava, S. S. Sharma,
and Y. K. Vijay 448
Adsorption configurations of two nitrogen atoms on graphene
Babita Rani, V. K. Jindal, and Keya Dharamvir 450
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Zinc oxide nanoflower prepared by wet colloid chemical method
S. Mahato, S. Das, and A. K. Kar 453
Influence of Al doping on optical properties of CdS/PVA nanocomposites: Theory
and experiment
Vaneeta Bala, S. K. Tripathi, and Ranjan Kumar 456
CTAB capped silver nanoparticles for plasmonic dye-sensitized solar cell
Tanvi, Aman Mahajan, R. K. Bedi, and Subodh Kumar 459
Ion dynamics in nanocrystalline LiMnP04 synthesised by novel template free hydrothermal
approach
Lakshmi Vijayan, Rajesh Cheruku, and G. Govindaraj 462
Photoluminescence and energy transfer study on Gd2C>3:Eu3+, Al3+
T. Selvalakshmi, S. Anbumani, and A. Chandra Bose 465
Platinum atomic wire encapsulated in gold nanotubes: A first principle study
Sandeep Nigam, Suman K. Sahoo, Pranab Sarkar, and Chiranjib Majumder 468
Impedance due to grains in nano-crystalline Mn-Zn ferrite
G. Thirupathi and R. Singh 470
Synthesis and characterization of bifunctional hybrid nanocomposite YP04:5Eu@Fe304
Amresh I Prasad, L. Robindro Singh, A. K. Parchur, and R. S. Ninghthoujam 472
Growth and characterization ofZnSe nanoparticles
Shail Sharma, Mukhtar Ah. Malik, Tarun Chandel, Vikas Thakur, and P. Rajaram 474
Structural, optical and ethanol gas sensing properties of ln203 and Dy3+:ln203 nanoparticles
Kanica Anand, R. Thangaraj, Nipin Kohli, and Ravi Chand Singh 477
An innovative approach for efficient and reusable catalization for synthesis of a, p-unsaturated
compounds using polymer - NPs composites as catalystPrashant Pimpliskar, Bhawna Bagra, Gautam Aashish Kumar, Saurabh Khandelwal,
and Narendra Kumar Agrawal 481
Vapour phase transport growth and characterization of ZnO nanowires
B. V. Shrisha, Shashidhar Bhat, and K. Gopalakrishna Naik 484
Electronic and transport properties edge functionalized graphene nanoribbons-An ab initio
approach
Satyendra Singh Chauhan, Pankaj Srivastava, and A. K. Shrivastva 487
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Intrinsic high magnetism in SnOj quantum dots
Bonu Venkataramana, A. Das, Manas Sardar, S. Dhara, and A. K. Tyagi 490
Micro structural studies of PVA doped with metal oxide nanocomposites films
N. B. Rithin Kumar, Vincent Crasta, B. M. Praveen, B. Shreeprakash, and F. Viju 493
Rapid phase synthesis of nanocrystalline cobalt ferrite
T. Shanmugavel, S. Gokul Raj, G. Rajarajan, and G. Ramesh Kumar 496
Structural and Mossbauer spectroscopic study of Fe-Ni alloy nanoparticles
Asheesh Kumar, S. S. Meena, S. Banerjee, and V. Sudarsan 499
Synthesis and photoluminescence properties of Ca3B206:Tb3+ nanophosphorsMohit Manhas, Vinay Kumar, O. M. Ntwaeaborwa, and H. C. Swart 502
Synthesis and thermal analysis of bisphenol a polycarbonate- ZnO nanocomposites
Harshita Agrawal, Shalini Agrawal, Kamlendra Awasthi, and Vibhav K. Saraswat 505
Solid state synthesis of copper tungstate nanoparticles and its electrochemical detection
of 4-chlorophenolS. Muthamizh, R. Suresh, K. Giribabu, R. Manigandan, S. Praveen Kumar, S. Munusamy,L. Vijayalakshmi, A. Stephen, and V. Narayanan 508
Effect of oxidizer on grain size and low temperature DC electrical conductivity
of tin oxide nanomaterial synthesized by gel combustion method
M. P. Rajeeva, H. S. Jayanna, V. Prasad bothla, R. L. Ashok, and C. S. Naveen 511
Synthesis of CdS nanoparticles for photocatalytic application of methyleneblue degradationV. Muthuraj, M. Umadevi, K. Sankarasubramanian, and M. S. Kajamuhideen 514
Temperature dependent capacitance-voltage measurement of Al/Al203/PVA:n-CdSe MIS diode
Mamta Sharma and S. K. Tripathi 516
Thermal stability of bimetallic Au/Fe nanoparticles in silica matrix
Compesh Pannu, Udai B. Singh, Sonu Hooda, D. Kabiraj, and D. K. Avasthi 519
Size dependent structural, vibrational and magnetic properties of BiFe03
and core-shell structured BiFe03@Si02 nanoparticles
Sunil Chauhan, Manoj Kumar, Sandeep Chhoker, and S. C. Katyal 521
Synthesis and photoluminescence study of Er-doped Sn02
Sandeep Nigam, Amresh I. Prasad, V. Sudarsan, and R. K. Vatsa 524
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Mixed magnetic phases in Co304 nanoparticles synthesized by co-precipitation method
Stuti Rani, Yogesh Sharma, and G. D. Varma 526
Hydrothermal synthesis and magnetic properties of ErCr04 nanoparticles
Y. Sundarayya, K. Ashwini Kumar, Rajesh Sondge, S. Srinath, and S. N. Kaul 529
Structural, electronic and optical properties of armchair silicon nanotube of chirality (6,6)
Surjeet Kumar Chandel, Arun Kumar, P. K. Ahluwalia, and Raman Sharma 531
Assessing the purity of CNT from its composite with polymer - A new approach
J. C. Maurya, Soumen Karmakar, Sukratu Barve, S. V. Bhoraskar, A. K. Das, and V. L. Mathe 534
Influence of Ni substitution on structural and magnetic properties of Zn0.85-xNixMgo.o5Cuo.iFe204
ferrite
A. S. Batra, M. Satalkar, S. N. Kane, A. Ghosh, and N. Ghodke 537
Extrinsic mechanism for giant dielectric response in Bao.7oSrojo(Fe0.sNbo.5)03 ceramic
Piyush Kumar Patel, K. L. Yadav, and Durgesh 540
Study of seed aging in seed-mediated synthesis of IR responsive gold nanorods
Parveer Kaur and Bhupendra Chudasama 543
Tuning diamagnetic-ferromagnetic transition in Mn doped CdS nanocrystals by crystal structure
engineering
Anirudha Ghosh, Sanhita Paul, and Satyabrata Raj 546
Bromide ion induced formation of PVP-capped anisotropic gold nanoplates/nanotriangles
Manoj Verma, Abhitosh Kedia, and P. Senthil Kumar 549
High temperature ferromagnetism in Ni doped ZnO nanoparticles: Milling time dependence
Bappaditya Pal, P. K. Giri, and D. Sarkar 552
Nano particle porous alumina based thin film parallel plate capacitive humidity sensor
Shailesh Kumar 555
Synthesis and photoluminescence study of Dy3+ doped Sr3B206: NanophosphorsNeharika, Vinay Kumar, 0. M. Ntwaeaborwa, and H. C. Swart 558
Folate-conjugated luminescent Fe304 nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermiaK. C. Barick, Suman Rana, and P. A. Hassan 561
Template confined synthesis of amorphous carbon nanotubes and its confocal
Raman microscopy
Supratim Maity, Tuhin Roychowdhury, and Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay 563
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Synthesis and characterization of ferroelectric bismuth titanate (BLtT^Ou)
Pallavi Gupta, Balram, and Dwijendra P. Singh 565
Effect of surfactant assisted dispersed graphene on sensitivity of MWCNT-alcohol sensor
Anita Kumari, Neetu Prasad, Amandeep Kaur, Shiv Kumar Dixit, P. K. Bhatnagar,
and P. C. Mathur 568
Influence of sodium substitution on structural and optical properties of Zno.96Mno.04O
nanocrystals
B. L. Prashant, S. N. Dolia, Sudhish Kumar, Anjali Krishnamurthy, and Bipin K. Srivatava 571
Synthesis and characterizations of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide nanosheets
M. Venkanna and Amit K. Chakraborty 574
Surfactant free hydrothermal synthesis of SnOi nanorods with their microstructure
and Raman studies
A. Amutha, B. K. Panigrahi, S. Amirthapanian, and P. Thangadurai 577
Ab initio study of nitrogen-multisubstituted neutral and positively charged C2o fullerene
Anita Rani and Ranjan Kumar 580
First principles DFT study of dye-sensitized CdS quantum dots
Kalpna Jain, Shyam Kishor, Kh. S. Singh, Ida Josefesson, Michael Odelius,
and Lavanya M. Ramaniah 583
Crystallographic, luminescence and photoconductive characteristics of chemically tailored
ZnO nanorods
Sayan Bayan, Dambarudhar Mohanta, and Purushottam Chakraborty 586
Ferroelectric studies of excessive Sm3+ containing perovskite PZT and pyrochlore biphase
ceramics
T. Anil Babu, K. V. Ramesh, V. Raghavendra Reddy, and D. L. Sastry 589
Growth and optical properties of partially transparent Eu doped CaF2 ceramic
Manoranjan Ghosh, Shashwati Sen, S. S. Pitale, U. K. Goutam, Seema Shinde, G. D. Patra,
and S. C. Gadkari 592
Synthesis of CdSe quantum dots for quantum dot sensitized solar cell
Neetu Singh, Vinod Kumar, R. M. Mehra, and Avinashi Kapoor 595
Thermal plasma synthesis of Fe, xNi, alloy nanoparticles
Suyog A. Raut, Nilesh S. Kanhe, S. V. Bhoraskar, A. K. Das, and V. L. Mathe 597
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NVP encapsulated gold nanoclusters by in situ polymerization of monomer
M. Boazbou Newmai, Abhitosh Kedia, and Pandian Senthil Kumar 600
Mass production of magnetic nickel nanoparticle in thermal plasma reactor
Nilesh S. Kanhe, Ashok B. Nawale, S. V. Bhoraskar, A. K. Das, and V. L. Mathe 603
Fe304@Si02 core-shell nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization and application
in environmental remediation
J. Majeed, Jayshree Ramkumar, S. Chandramouleeswaran, and A. K. Tyagi 605
D. Experimental Techniques and Devices
Shock induced spall fracture in polycrystalline copper
D. Mukherjee, Amit Rav, Amit Sur, K. D. Joshi, and Satish C. Gupta 608
Performance study of polycrystalline CVD diamond detectors for fast neutron monitoringArvind Singh, Amit Kumar, and Anita Topkar 611
Photoluminescence studies on off-sroichiometric defects in sprayed CZTS thin films
N. Poornima, V. G. Rajeshmon, C. Sudha Kartha, and K. P. Vijayakumar 614
Adsorption properties and inhibition of mild steel corrosion in 15% HQ
by 3-((lH-indol-3-yl)(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl)-lH-indole:electrochemical study
Debasis Behera, Sushil Kumar, Rajesh Ranjan Sinha, and Mahendra Yadav 617
Soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy of Lao.7Ca0jMni.xAlx03 thin fdms
Manish Kumar, R. J. Choudhary, and D. M. Phase 620
Optical properties of Y and Ti co-substituted BiFe03 multiferroics
Vikash Singh, Subhash Sharma, Manoj Kumar, and R. K. Dwivedi 622
Study on structural, dielectric and magnetic behaviour of ferroelectric/ferrite magnetoelectric
composites
Meera Rawat, Manjusha, and K. L. Yadav 625
Design and development of thermoelectric generator
D. S. Prem Kumar, Ishan Vardhan Mahajan, R. Anbalagan, and Ramesh Chandra Mallik 628
Fabrication of NiO thin film electrode for supercapacitor applicationsV. V. Mali, S. T. Navale, M. A. Chougule, G. D. Khuspe, P. R. Godse, S. A. Pawar, and V. B. Patil 631
All-solid-state proton battery using gel polymer electrolyte
Kuldeep Mishra, S. S. Pundir, and D. K. Rai 633
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On the improvement of photovoltaic action of ZnO/P3HT:PCBM by controlling roughness
of window layerR. Geethu, M. R. Rajesh Menon, C. Sudha Kartha, and K. P. Vijayakumar 636
Ageing studies on CuInS2/In2S3 junction (2.5x2cm2) deposited using automated spray machine
M. V. Santhosh, C. Sudha Kartha, and K. P. Vijayakumar 639
Synchrotron total reflection X-ray fluorescence at BL-16 microfocus beamline of Indus-2
M. K. Tiwari, A. K. Singh, Gangadhar Das, Anupam Chowdhury, and G. S. Lodha 642
Development of a nano-tesla magnetic field shielded chamber and highly precise
AC-susceptibility measurement coil at uK temperatures
Anil Kumar, Om Prakash, and S. Ramakrishanan 644
Photovoltaic response of RGO doped MEH-PPV:PCBM blend devices
S. S. Sharma, Vinay Sharma, Rajveer Singh Rajaura, Preetam K. Sharma, Subodh Srivastva,
M. Singh, and Y. K. Vijay 646
Commissioning and first results of scanning type EXAFS beamline (BL-09)
at INDUS-2 synchrotron source
A. K. Poswal, A. Agrawal, A. K. Yadav, C. Nayak, S. Basu, S. R. Kane, C. K. Garg,
D. Bhartachryya, S. N. Jha, and N. K. Sahoo 649
Dielectric relaxation characteristics of muscovite mica
Navjeet Kaur, Lakhwant Singh, Mohan Singh, A. M. Awasthi, and Jitender Kumar 652
Estimation of the activation energy of sintering in KNN ceramics using master sintering theory
Rajan Singh, P. K. Patro, Ajit R. Kulkarni, and C. S. Harendranath 655
Enhanced H2 sensing by substituting polyaniline nanoparticles with nanofibers
Preetam K. Sharma, Subodh Srivastava, Rajveer Singh Rajaura, Vinay Sharma, S. S. Sharma,
M. Singh, and Y. K. Vijay 658
FPGA based pulsed NQR spectrometer
Preeti Hemnani, A. K. Rajarajan, Gopal Joshi, Paresh D. Motiwala, and S. V. G. Ravindranath 661
LHDAC setup for high temperature and high pressure studies
Nishant N. Patel, S. Meenakshi, and Surinder M. Sharma 664
Effect of Ag substitution on the structural and magnetic properties
of Smo.55Sro.45MnC>3 (x = 0, 0.15) system
Masroor A. Bhat, Renu Choithrani, N. K. Gaur, and Rajnish Kurchania 666
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Effect of temperature on performance of 3He filled neutron proportional counters
Shraddha S. Desai 668
Substituted copper phthalocyanine/multiwalled carbon nanotubes hybrid material
for Cl2 sensing applicationAnshul Kumar Sharma, Rajan Saini, Rajinder Singh, Aman Mahajan, R. K. Bedi, and D. K. Aswal 671
(4,4'-N,N'-dicarbazole)biphenyl (CBP) as efficient host in cost-effective green phosphorescent
OLEDs
K. Thangaraju, G. Muralidharan, K. Jayakumar, Yun-Hi Kim, and Soon-Ki Kwon 674
Cation distribution in Nii-xZnxFe204 using X-ray absorption spectroscopy
A. K. Yadav, J. Jadhav, S. Biswas, S. N. Jha, D. Bhattacharyya, and N. K. Sahoo 677
Structural, vibrational and dielectric studies of (0.95)Pb(ZrITi1-x)O3-(0.05)BiFeO3 nanoceramics
Subhash Sharma, Vikash Singh, and R. K. Dwivedi 680
Determination of residual stress in MEMS cantilevers
Tutul Bera and Ajay D. Thakur 683
Development of soft X-ray polarized light beamline on Indus-2 synchrotron radiation source
D. M. Phase, Mukul Gupta, S. Potdar, L. Behera, R. Sah, and Ajay Gupta 685
Comparison of Mo/Si and NbC/Si lamellar multilayer gratings near Si absorption edge
Ankita Niranjan, Mohammed H. Modi, Amol Singh, Mourad Idir, and G. S. Lodha 687
Design and calibration of Z-meter for simultaneous thermal transport measurements
at high temperature
B. Singh, D. Shukla, P. Srivastava, and S. Patnaik 690
Temperature dependence of gas sensing behaviour of Ti02 doped PANI composite thin films
Subodh Srivastava, S. S. Sharma, Preetam Sharma, Vinay Sharma, Rajveer Singh Rajura,
M. Singh, and Y. K. Vijay 693
E. Glasses and Amorphous Systems
Intense 1.6 um fluorescence of Nd3+ doped cadmium bismuth silicate glassesI. Pal, A. Agarwal, S. Sanghi, S. Bhardwaj, and Sanjay 696
Transport properties of lithium- lead-vanadium-telluride glass and glass ceramics
M. Sathish and B. Eraiah 699
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Li2S04-Li20-P205 ionic glass dispersed with [Bmim] [PF6] ionic liquid: Electrical transport
and thermal stability investigationsMunesh Rathore, Anshuman Dalvi, and Anil Kumar 702
Dielectric and ferroelectric properties of AljOj containing lead titanate based glass-ceramics
V. U. Rahangdale, D. K. Gala, R. M. Acharya, and V. K. Deshpande 705
PbTiOj based ferroelectric glass ceramics
J. Shankar and V. K. Deshpande 708
Dielectric spectroscopy in crystalline methocarbamol
Manoj K. Saini 711
Photoluminescence properties of Ho1+ ion in lithium-fluoroborate glass containing different
modifier oxides
A. Balakrishna, D. Rajesh, and Y. C. Ratnakaram 714
Magnetic and optical properties of silico- phosphate glass-ceramics containing Au and iron oxide
K. Sharma, Rakesh Kumar, C. L. Prajapat, and M. R. Singh 717
Effect of thermal annealing on structure and optical band gap of amorphous Se72Te253 thin films
D. K. Dwivedi, H. P. Pathak, Vipin Kumar, and Nitesh Shukla 719
Elastic properties of silver borate glasses doped with praseodymium oxide
G. V. Jagadeesha Gowda and B. Eraiah 722
Analysis of emission spectra of Ho3+:LFBCd glasses
V. Naresh and S. Buddhudu 725
Spectrometric analysis of different fluorophosphate glasses doped with Sm3+ ions
for reddish-orange laser emission
S. Babu, A. Balakrishna, and Y. C. Ratnakaram 728
Thermal and elastic properties of oxy-fluoro zinc tellurite glasses
Shaik Kareem Ahmmad, M. A. Samee, S. M. Taqiullah, and Syed Rahman 730
Effect of CaF2 addition on optical properties of barium phosphate glasses
N. Manoj Kumar, G. Venkateswara Rao, B. E. Akhila, and H. D. Shashikala 733
Elastic properties of Li+ doped lead zinc borate glasses
R. Rajaramakrishna, R. Lakshmikantha, and R. V. Anavekar 736
Study of optical nonlinearities in Se-Te-Bi thin films
Ambika Sharma, Preeti Yadav, and Anshu Kumari 739
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High field conduction in glassy Se90Sb8Ag2 alloy: Applicability of Meyer-Neldel rule
Anjani Kumar and A. Kumar 742
Investigation of Mg and Zn doped 45S5 bioactive materials by XRD, FTIR and SEM techniques
Vikas Anand, K. J. Singh, and Kulwinder Kaur 745
Gamma ray shielding and structural properties of Bi203-PbO-B203-V205 glass system
Kulwinder Kaur, K. J. Singh, and Vikas Anand 747
Synthesis and studies on microhardness of alkali zinc borate glasses
Subhashini, Soumalya Bhattacharya, H. D. Shashikala, andN. K. Udayashankar 749
Collective modes of Ti60Zr16V9Cu3Ali3Be, bulk metallic glass
Prakruti Chaudhari, A. Y. Vahora, B. Y. Thakore, R. H. Joshi, and N. K. Bhatt 751
Effect of heat treatment time on microstructure and electrical conductivity in LATP glass
ceramics
Dhiren Sonigra, Swati Soman, and Ajit R. Kulkarni 753
Conductivity enhancement in PVA-PEO-EC-LiCF-3S03 blends upon swift heavy 07+ ion
irradiation
Prajakta Joge, D. K. Kanchan, Poonam Sharma, Manish Jayswal, and D. K. Awasthi 756
An unusual anomalous relaxation function and ion dynamics of Na4Nb(i.x)Cd2^xP3Oi2 glass
N. S. Krishna Kumar and G. Govindaraj 759
Physical and optical absorption studies on xNa2O-(40-x)Bi2O3-20CdO-40B2O3 glasses
R. Vijaya Kumar, V. Rajashekar Reddy, S. Srinu Naik, and K. Siva Kumar 762
Characterization of radiative properties of Nd203 doped phosphate and silicate glasses
for solid state laser
P. Nandi, R. Shukla, M. Goswami, and V. Sudarsan 765
Ab-initio molecular dynamics simulations of liquid Hg-Pb alloysNalini Sharma, Anil Thakur, and P. K. Ahluwalia 767
Effect of heating rate on the glass transition temperature in Se79TelsIn6.A.Pbv bulk alloys
using power-law behaviour
Balbir Singh Patial, Nagesh Thakur, and S. K. Tripathi 770
Structural investigation of *ZnO(25-.x)MnO-15Fe203-6uB203 glassesR. L. Dhiman and Virender Kundu 773
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White light stimulation from Dy3+ doped B203PbO-ZnO-Bi203 glasses for WLED applicationsM. Vijayakumar, S. Arunkumar, K. Annapoorani, and K. Marimuthu 775
Spectroscopic properties of Er3+ doped lead telluroborate glasses for 1.5 um broadband
amplifiers
R. Vijayakumar, S. Arunkumar, M. Vijayakumar, and K. Marimuthu 778
Near infrared and upconversion luminescence behaviour of Er3+/Yb3+ codoped boro-tellurite
glassesK. Maheshvaran, S. Arunkumar, R. Vijayakumar, and K. Marimuthu 781
Study of dynamic properties for NaK binary liquid alloy using first principle and theoretical
predictions of isothermal bulk modulus using elastic constants
Anil Thakur, Nalini Sharma, Rajinder Kashyap, and P. K. Ahluwalia 784
Effect of microwave radiation on Jayadhar cotton fibers: WAXS studies
A. R. Niranjana, S. S. Mahesh, S. Divakara, and R. Somashekar 787
Nonlinear optical properties of quaternary amorphous Sego.sBiLsTeig-yAy (A = Sb, Ag) thin films
Anup Kumar, Pawan Heera, and Raman Sharma 790
Composition dependent light induced crossover from photodarkening to photobleachingin GexAs35_xSe65 thin films
Pritam Khan and K V. Adarsh 793
Effect of alkali addition on DC conductivity & thermal properties of vanadium-bismo-borate
glassesS. Khasa, M. S. Dahiya, and A. Agarwal 796
Effect of Li2S04 addition on structure and ionic conductivity of lithium borosilicotitanate glasses
N. S. Satpute and A. V. Deshpande 799
Preparation and characterization of boro-tellurite glassesNirmal Kaur, Atul Khanna, and P. S. R. Krishna 802
Study of lithium borate glasses containing Bi203
A. V. Deshpande and V. D. Raut 805
Structural, surface wettability and antibacterial properties of HPMC-ZnO nanocomposite
B. Lakshmeesha Rao, S. Asha, R. Madhukumar, S. Latha, Mahadeva Gowda, G. Rajesha Shetty,K. Sharath Chandra, Prashantha Naik, and Sangappa 807
Effect of Sn on the dielectric properties of Te rich Se-Te glassy alloys
Pawan Heera and Raman Sharma 810
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Study of kinetics of crystallization of Ge7Se75Sb18 chalcogenide glass
Naveen Tanwar and Vibhav K. Saraswat 813
Pair correlation studies of CdCl2 doped PVA polymer films using X-ray data
M. B. Nanda Prakash, G. Thejas Urs, H. T. Anand, and R. Somashekar 816
Characterization of montmorillonite doped PVA/SA blends using X-ray diffraction
K. Hemalatha, Mahadevaiah, H. Somashekarappa, and R. Somashekar 819
Invariant bandwidth of erbium in ZnO-PbO-tellurite glasses: Local probe/model
Raj Kumar Ramamoorthy and Anil K. Bhatnagar 822
Molecular dynamics in amorphous ergocalciferolSahra Mohamed, M. Shahin Thayyil, and S. Capaccioli 825
Optical absorption and fluorescence properties of Er3+/Yb3+ codoped lead bismuth alumina
borate glassesK. Krishna Murthy Goud, M. Chandra Shekhar Reddy, and B. Appa Rao 828
Spectroscopic studies of silver boro tellurite glasses
E. Ramesh Kumar, K. Rajani Kumari, B. Appa Rao, and G. Bhikshamaiah 831
Electrical studies on silver based fast ion conducting glassy materials
B. Appa Rao, E. Ramesh Kumar, K. Rajani Kumari, and G. Bhikshamaiah 833
Raman spectroscopic studies on mixed alkali borotungsten glasses
A. Edukondalu, CH. Srinivasu, Syed Rahman, V. Sathe, and K. Siva Kumar 836
The study of thermal and optical properties of Sn added Pb-Se-Ge chalcogenide glass
Vivek Modgil, Prashant Kumar, A. V. Nidhi, and V. S. Rangra 839
EPR and optical absorption by Cu2+ ions in ZnO-Li20-Na20-K20-B203 glasses
Abdul Hameed, G. Ramadevudu, Md. Shareefuddin, and M. Narasimha Chary 842
Comparative study of corrosion and structural properties of FeCoNiCu alloys and FeCoNiCu/Cu
multilayers
Syed Rajak, C. Srivastava, A. C. Bidaye, and S. K. Ghosh 845
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