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Proceeding of International Conference

on RecentTrends in Applied Physics& Material ScienceRAM 2013

Editors

Sudhir BhardwajGovt College of Engineering& Technology, Rajasthan, India

Manoj Singh ShekhawatBhuvneshwer Suthar

Govt Engineering College Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

All papers have been peer reviewed.

Sponsoring OrganizationsDepartment of Science & Technology (DST, India), New Delhi

Department of Science &Technology (DST, Rajasthan), JaipurCouncil of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi

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Bikaner, Rajasthan, India1-2 February 2013

Volume 1536

AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1536

Proceeding of International Conference on Recent Trends in

Applied Physics & Material Science

RAM 2013

Table of Contents

Preface: Recent Trends in Applied Physics & Material Science

Sudhir Bhardwaj, Manoj Singh Shekhawat, and Bhuvneshwer Suthar 1

Programme Schedule N/A

International Advisory Board N/A

Organizing Committee N/A

INVITED TALKS

Spectroscopic studies of nanoscale metal clusters

P. Gangopadhyay 7

Estimation of Gibbs free energy of crystallization of glass forming alloysArun Pratap, Heena R. Shevde, and Ashmi T. Patel 11

Chalcogenide photonic crystals - Exploiting nonlinearity for nanophotonic applicationsA. Bhargava and B. Suthar 15

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

Category A: Nano-materials

Investigation on effect of weight ratios of PEG to BaTi03 on PVdF-HFP nano composites for Li-

ion batteries

P. Vickraman and D. Ravindran 19

Blending effect of poly (ethyl methacrylate) on lithium bis(perfluoroethanesulfonyl) imide-

ferroceramic PVdF-HFP compositeP. Vickraman, R. Jayaraman, and K. Purushothaman 21

Optical properties of ZnS nanoparticles synthesized by Rf-magnetron sputtering techniqueP. K. Ghosh and K. K. Chattopadhyay 23

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Effect of Li doping on the magnetic properties of ZnO nanomaterials

N. Rajamanickam, S. Rajashabala, and K. Ramachandran25

Physical properties of transition metal ions (Mn2+, Fe3+, Cu2+) doped PVA capped ZnSenanoparticles

Sk. Muntaz Begum, K. Ravindranadh, M. C. Rao, and R. V.S.S.N. Ravikumar 27

Modal gain study for SQW and MQWs based nano-heterostructuresRashmi Yadav, Pyare Lai, F. Rahman, and P. A. Alvi 29

Synthesis of nanocrystalline tungsten carbide (WC) powderGourav Singla, K. Singh, and O. P. Pandey 31

Effects of Mn substitution on structural and optical properties of ZnO nanoparticlesSajid Husain, F. Rahman, Wasi Khan, and A. H. Naqvi 33

Controlled growth of vertically oriented molybdenum oxide nanoplatesRabindar Kumar Sharma and G. B. Reddy 35

Bioconjugation of colloidal silver nanoparticlesHarmandeep Kaur, Archana Bharnagar, and S. K. Tripathi 37

Synthesis and standardization of biologically synthesized silver nanoparticlesSwarup Roy and Tapan Kumar Das

39

Microwave-assisted solution combustion synthesis of nanostructured Zn2Sn04L. C. Nehru and C. Sanjeeviraja

41

Surfactant induced phase control of CdSe nanoparticlesJaspal Singh and N. K. Verma

43

Spectroscopic studies of CdSe/ZnSe core/shell nanoparticlesGurvir Kaur and S. K. Tripathi 45

Compression behavior of nanocrystalline forsteriteJeewan Chandra and Kuldeep Kholiya 47

Analysis of x-ray diffraction pattern and complex plane impedance plot of polypyrrole/titaniumdioxide nanocomposite: A simulation studyY. T. Ravikiran and S. C. Vijaya Kumari

49

Biosynthesized gold nanoparticles destroy percolative behavior of KH2P04 (KDP) filled PVAcomposite film

Md. Jamal Uddin, T. R. Middya, and B. K. Chaudhuri51

G-J study for GRIN InGaAlAs/InP Iasing nano-heterostructuresPyare Lai, Sapna Gupta, and P. A. Alvi

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Structural, electrical, magnetic and multiferroism in Dy-doped BiFe03 nanoparticlesGurmeet Singh Lotey and N. K. Verma 55

Glass viscosity dependant growth of CdS nanocrystals in silicate glass matrix

R. K. Mishra, A. G. Vedeshwar, and R. P. Tandon 57

Electronic states and transport properties of a ID quantum wire with side-coupled quantum dots

Biplab Pal 59

Structural stability of CdS nanoparticlesAnirudha Ghosh, Sanhita Paul, and Satyabrata Raj 61

Aqueous based synthesis of CdSe/ZnS Q-dots: Study on luminescence properties and cytotoxicityDiksha Painuly, Anugya Bhatt, and V. Kalliyana Krishnan 63

Structural properties of single step electrochemically deposited ZnS nanofibers

Anuradha B. Bhalerao, B. G. Wagh, and C. D. Lokhande 65

Gold nanoparticles in columnar matrix of discotic liquid crystal

Supreet, Rishi Kumar, R. Pratibha, Sandeep Kumar, and K. K. Raina 67

Application of Eu203/ZnO nanoparticles in dye sensitized solar cell

Manveen Kaur and N. K. Verma 69

Synthesis and characterization of silica coated potassium ferrite nanoparticlesLavanya Khanna and N. K. Verma 71

Influence of size on the excitonic absorbance of CdSe nano crystalNamita Sisodia, Bhavana Bhadkare, Priyanka Bhavsar, and Amitesh Sisodia 73

A new approach to synthesize nano WC

Harjinder Singh and O. P. Pandey 75

Photo-induced EPR study of electron trap in ZnO nanoparticlesK. Senthilkumar, M. Subramanian, H. Ebisu, M. Tanemura, and Y. Fujita 77

Spectroscopic studies on pure and histidine functionalized MWCNTs

T. Mathavan, C. V. Kanimozhi, M. A. Jothi Rajan, S. Umapathy, M. Kumara Dhas, and A. Milton

Franklin Benial 79

Photocatalytic studies of capped ZnS nanoparticlesJagdeep Kaur, Manoj Sharma, and O. P. Pandey 81

Viscoelastic properties of graphene/PVA nanocompositeSreemanta Mitra, Dhriti Ranjan Saha, Sourish Banerjee, and Dipankar Chakravorty 83

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Synthesis of Ag@Cr02 core-shell nanoparticlesPreetam K. Sharma, Priyanka Sharma, S. Biswas, and A. K. Nagawat 85

Gas sensing properties of ZnFe204 nanoparticlesSusmita Misra and S. Ram 87

Low-lying magnetic excitations, magnetic irreversibility and approach-to-saturation in

nanocrystalline Ni

M. Pavan Venu Prakash, S. P. Mathew, and S. N. Kaul 89

Binding energy of an off - centre D° complex in a GaAs quantum dot with Gaussian confinement

Aalu Boda and Ashok Chatterjee 91

Fungus mediated biosynthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanorods

K. S. Venkatesh, N. S. Palani, S. R. Krishnamoorthi, V. Thiramal, and R. Ilangovan 93

Effect ofdeposition time on the growth of diamond-like zinc oxide nanostructures

Poulami Ghosh and Ashwini K. Sharma 95

Synthesis and characterization of nanosize conducting polyaniline, titania and their compositeB. Kavitha, K. Prabakar, D. Srinivasu, Ch. Srinivas, K. Siva Kumar, and N. Narsimlu 97

Electron phonon interaction in K-doped (9,9) carbon nanotube

P. K. Upadhyay and A. K. Nagar 99

Spin injection in quasi defect-free mesoscopic ZnO nanostructures

S. Mukherjee, K. Bhushan, and V. Bandopadhyay 101

Synthesis and characterization ofzinc doped nano Ti02 for efficient photocatalytic degradationof Eriochrome Black T

Pooja Singla, Manoj Sharma, Kulvir Singh, and O. P. Pandey 103

Indium assisted growth of silicon nanowires by electron beam evaporationR. Rakesh Kumar, K. Narasimha Rao, and K. Rajanna 105

Milling duration induced structural and magnetic properties ofFe/MnO nanocompositesS. P. Pati, A. Roychowdhury, S. Kumar, and D. Das 107

Enhancement of photoelectrochemical properties ofTi02 nanotube loaded with goldnanoparticles

S. K. Jana, T. Majumder, S. Majumder, and S. Banerjee 109

Synthesis ofPZT nanorods and study of dielectric behaviour

S. K. Sayyed and S. A. Acharya 111

Phase evaluation and optical studies of cubic MnxZri.,02 and CoyZr!.j,02 nanocrystalsS. Thota, A. Ansari, S. K. Singh, A. Mallick, and J. Kumar 113

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Synthesis, characterization and gas sensing properties oftin oxide nanopowderMeenakshi Choudhary, V. N. Mishra, and R. Dwivedi 115

Wet chemical synthesis and characterization of AgGaSe2 nanoparticlesS. Sugan and R. Dhanasekaran 117

Luminescent properties of nano-sized Y203: Eu synthesized by co-precipitation method

Deepak Kumar, Manoj Sharma, and O. P. Pandey 119

Structural, compositional and Raman studies of ZnS: Ce, Cu co-doped nanoparticlesG. S. Harish and P. Sreedhara Reddy 121

UV light induced photodegradation of organic dye by ZnO nanocatalystsC. K. Sumesh, Bhavin Patel, and Kinnari Parekh 123

Catalyst free growth of ZnO nanorods by thermal evaporation method

Divya Somvanshi and S. Jit 125

Electronic and magnetic correlations in Mn doped ZnO nano-rods

Arvind Samariya, S. C. Sharma, M. S. Dhawan, P. K. Sharma, Sudhish Kumar, K. B. Sharma, S. N.

Doha, and R. K. Singhal 127

Structural and electrical characterization ofAg doped CdSe/PVA nanocomposite thin film

Ramneek Kaur, Mamta Sharma, and S. K. Tripathi 129

Preparation and characterization of bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) - polyaniline (PANI)

nanocompositeR. Ridhi and S. K. Tripathi 131

Influence of pH on the properties of PVA capped silver nanoparticlesB. Ajitha and P. Sreedhara Reddy 133

Effect of flux on thermoluminescence studies of Sr2Si04:Euo.oi nanophosphorB. S. Prathibha, M. S. Chandrashekara, H. Nagabhushana, and B. M. Nagabhushana 135

Effect on dynamic screening for determination of energy loss rate in disordered quantum well

P. Tripathi, S. T. Hasan, and K. N. Vyas 137

First principle study of transport properties of a graphene nano structure

Naveen Kumar, Munish Sharma, Jyoti Dhar Sharma, and P. K. Ahluwalia 139

Structural and optical properties of cobalt doped Cds nanostructures

Kamaldeep Kaur and N. K. Verma 141

Structural and optical studies of Sr and Mn doped ZnO nanoparticlesPrakash Chand, Anurag Gaur, and Ashavani Kumar 143

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The effect of the post-annealing on the nanostructure and optical properties of Sn02Sandeep A. Arote, Vilas A. Tabhane, and Habib M. Pathan 145

Preparation and structural properties of pure and codoped (Mg, Ag) ZnO nanoparticlesB. Sankara Reddy, S. Venkatramana Reddy, and N. Koteeswara Reddy 147

Single phase synthesis of highly stable copper nanoparticlesChandni, O. P. Pandey, and Bhupendra Chudasama 149

Electrodeposition of Sno2 nanoneedles on anodized copper substrates and its electrochemical

performanceD. Vasanth Raj, N. Ponpandian, D. Mangalaraj, and C. Viswanathan 151

Effect of nano CuO on the ionic conductivity of PVC-PEG blend polymer electrolytesDhandapani Ravindran and Palanichamy Vickraman 153

Raman spectroscopy studies of BUT^On nanocrystals prepared by mechanical alloyingSumit Bhardwaj, J. P. Sharma, K. K. Raina, and Ravi Kumar 155

Synthesis and electrical transport properties of Gd doped nanocrystalline ceriaSk. Anirban, A. Sinha, and A. Dutta 157

A comparative study ofthe sol-gel synthesized nanostructured Sn02 powdersParul Gupta, Rishi Vyas, B. L. Choudhary, K. V. R. Rao, K. Sachdev, D. S. Patil, and S. K. Sharma 159

Growth of silicon nanocrystallites in amorphous silicon carbide thin films by aluminum induced

crystallizationArindam Kole and Partha Chaudhary 161

Effect of surfactant on temperature stability of solid lipid nanoparticles studied by dynamic lightscattering

Sacheen Kumar and Jaspreet Kaur 163

Structural and optical properties of CdS thin films prepared by chemical bath depositionP. Agrawal, M. Sachdeva, Anupinder Singh, B. Suthar, and A. Bhargava 165

Enhanced light absorption in CdTe nanoparticles/P3HT nanofiber blendsS. Ananthakumar, J. Ramkumar, and S. Moorthy Babu 167

Influence of bath parameters on the structure and optical properties of CdSe nanocrystallinethin films

P. Agrawal, M. Sachdeva, Anupinder Singh, B. Suthar, and A. Bhargava 169

Scanning tunneling spectroscopy ofthin films of carbon nanotubesMonika Poonia, V. Manjuladevi, and Raj Kumar Gupta 171

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Synthesis and characterization of Cu, Fe co-doped ZnO nano-particles synthesized by solution

combustion method

Dikshita Gupta, Ghanshyam, R. K. Kotnala, and N. S. Negi 173

A high resolution microscopic approach for imaging antiferromagnetic nanodomains of NiO thin

film

Jayanta Das and Krishnakumar S. R. Menon 175

Effect ofCo doping on optical behaviors in ZnO nanorods

A. Ghosh, N. Karak, and T. K. Kundu 177

Study of rise and decay of ZnS nanoparticles synthesized by solid state reaction method under

UV-vis illumination

Mohd Mubashshir Hasan Farooqi, R. K. Srivastava, and S. G. Prakash 179

Visible luminescence from triethanolamine-modified zinc oxide nanoparticlesN. Karak, P. Barik, and T. K. Kundu 181

Size and frequency dependent dielectric properties of tin (IV) oxide nanoparticles synthesized by

gel combustion method

M. P. Rajeeva, C. S. Naveen, Ashok R. Lamani, and H. S. Jayanna 183

Periodic array of Ti02 nanoparticles on gold substrate

Keerti Choudhury, Raj Kumar Gupta, V. Manjuladev, Sanjeev Gupta, and Jamil Akhtar 185

Synthesis and characterization of PMMA-Zr02 nanocomposites

Rajesh Kumar and Gaganpreet Kaur Sidhu 187

High Ion/Ioff ratio of electrochemically prepared graphene quantum dots

Hemen Kalita, V. Harikrishnan, and M. Aslam 189

Dielectric study of strontium pyrophosphate nano particleP. D. Solanki, S. R. Vasant, K. P. Tank, and M. J. Joshi 191

Self-assembly of metal nanorod arrays into hierarchical clusters and evolution of their

hydrophobic behaviour

Indrani Chakraborty, Bhagyashree A. Chalke, Smita Gohil, and Pushan Ayyub 193

Degradation of luminescence stability in laser etched silicon nanostructures

Vivek Kumar, Kapil Saxena, and A. K. Shukla 195

Electrical conductivity ofpolyvinyl alcohol-multiwall carbon nanotubes composites

Sayed Amrin and V. D. Deshpande 197

Study of chemically functionalized carbon nanotubes

Waseem Khan, Shahir Hussain, Azher Majid Siddiqui, and S. S. Islam 199

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Structural and optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles prepared by chemical precipitation

techniqueDinesh Saini, Rajendra Kumar Duchaniya, and Sumita Kachhwaha 201

Size-selected copper nanolclusters for fabrication of isolated size-controlled nanostructures

Shyamal Mondal, S. Jana, and S. R. Bhattacharyya 203

Synthesis and structural characterization of CZTS nanoparticlesR. Lydia and P. Sreedhara Reddy 205

A novel chemical synthesis method of monodispersed luminescent CdSe nanoparticlesS. Pokhriyal and S. Biswas 207

Sol-gel derived porous bioactive nanocomposites: Synthesis and in vitro bioactivityNisha Shankhwar, G. P. Kothiyal, and A. Srinivasan 209

Effect of Rashba interaction on the energy levels of a GaAs quantum dot with parabolicconfinement

D. Sanjeev Kumar, Soma Mukhopadhyay, and Ashok Chatterjee 211

Hybrid polymer solar cell based on cadmium selenide quantum dots

Anup J. More, Sachin A. Pawar, Vishal V. Burungale, Raghunath S. Patil, and Pramod S. Patil 213

Synthesis and applications of CdSe nanoparticlesM. C. Rao, K. Ravindranadh, and M. S. Shekhawat

Relaxed structural property ofAI nano-cluster: TheoryBhoopendra Dhar Diwan and Amit Khaskalam

Preparation and applications of ZnSe nanoparticlesK. Ravindranadh, M. S. Shekhawat, and M. C. Rao

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Structural and topographical analysis of Nd:Gd203 nanorods

G. Boopathi, S. Gokul Raj, G. Ramesh Kumar, and R. Mohan 221

Facile synthesis, self-assembly mechanism and field emission property of copper phthalocyaninenanowires

U. K. Ghorai, S. Saha, S. Shee, and K. K. Chattopadhyay 223

Electrochemical capacitive properties of Mn304 nanoparticles and reduced graphene oxide

compositeArijit Mitra, Hemen Kalita, Jeotikanta Mohapatra, and Mohammed Aslam 225

Crystallization and microstructure of 8YSZ nanopowders synthesized by ball-mill assistedconstant pH route

Subrat K. Mohanty and Bibhuti B. Nayak 227

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A comparative analysis of green synthesis approach starch capped metal oxides (ZnO & CdO)

nanoparticles and its bacterial activityK. Vidhya, V. P. Devarajan, C. Viswanathan, D. Nataraj, and G. Bhoopathi 229

Degree of supersaturation: An effective tool to control the luminescence efficiency and size

distribution in CdTe quantum dots

Indrajit Kumar, Amiya Priyam, and Ravi Kant Choubey 231

A simple gold nanoparticles based colorimetric assay for the detection of highly reactive OH-

radicals

G. Abilash, S. Sai Nandan, C. Madhu Sudan, D. S. S. Sri Harsha, Rajesh Sadasivan, and Ch.

Janardhana 233

Morphological changes of supported gold nanoparticles in Au\In203\Si: An atomic force

microscopic studyRanjit Laha and S. Kasiviswanathan 235

Size and dimension dependent diffusion coefficients of Sn02 nanoparticlesPurvi A. Bhatt, Arun Pratap, and Prafulla K. Jha 237

ZnO NPs synthesized by thermal decomposition of zinc oxalate at 300°C and its photo response

under UV-illumination

Ravi Shankar, Rajneesh K. Srivastava, and S. G. Prakash 239

Structural and dielectric properties of Mn doped copper oxide (CuO) nanostructure

Imran Khan, Shakeel Khan, Hilal Ahmed, and Razia Nongjai 241

Photocatalytic degradation ofan azo dye with ZnO nanoparticlesGarima Pravin Pandey, Ajaya K. Singh, Lata Deshmukh, Anupama Asthana, and Soumya R. Deo 243

Study of optical properties of hydrothermally synthesized Cu/Cu20/CuO nanocrystalsLaxmi J. Tomar, Rahul K. Desai, and Bishwajit S. Chakrabarty 245

Effects of Mg doping on the structural and optical properties of ZnO nanoparticles

Gunjan Srinet, Ravindra Kumar, and Vivek Sajal 247

Chemical functionalization of carbon nano tube

S. H. Pisal, N. S. Harale, S. A. Pawar, H. P. Deshamukh, and P. S. Patil 249

Effect of annealing on structural & optical behavior of nanocrystalline Cd0.sZn0.sS thin films

Soumya R. Deo, Ajaya K. Singh, Lata Deshmukh, and Garima Pandey 251

Size effect on the superconducting penetration depth and transition temperature in

nanostructured al thin films

Subhrangsu Sarkar, Sanjeev Kumar, Pratap Raychaudhuri, and Pushan Ayyub 253

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Preparation and characterization of zinc sulphide nanocomposites based on acrylonitrile

butadiene rubber

M. T. Ramesan, A. Nihmath, and Joseph Francis 255

Nanoindentation studies on silver nanoparticles

Dhriti Ranjan Saha, Amrita Mandal, Sreemanta Mitra, Mykanth Reddy Mada, Philip Boughton, Sri

Bandyopadhyay, and Dipankar Chakravorty 257

Thermo-mechanical characterization of nano filled and fiber reinforced brake friction materials

Tej Singh, Amar Patnaik, and Bhabani K. Satapathy 259

Efficient electron transfer from chlorophyll-a to Ti02 in polyaniline-interconnected grana-like

nano-matrix

D. Das, R. Singh, J. S. Manna, and M. K. Mitra 261

Growth and temperature dependent electrical properties of ZnO nanostructures

A. Santhosh Kumar, K. K. Nagaraja, and H. S. Nagaraja 263

Preparation, characterizations and CO sensing performance of chemically sprayed

nanostructured Sn02 thin films

R. H. Bari 265

Effect of surrounding medium on light absorption characteristics of CdSe, CdS & CdTe

nanospheres and their comparisonAmit Bansal, Jagmeet Singh Sekhon, and S. S. Verma 267

Structural studies of Mn-doped and undoped ZnO nanoparticles synthesized by solution

combusting method

M. Silambarasan and S. Saravanan 269

Synthesis of vanadium carbide nanoparticles by thermal decomposition of the precursor

Mani Mahajan, K. Singh, and O. P. Pandey 271

Combustion synthesis and optical properties of ceria doped gadolinium-oxide nanopowderRaunak Kumar Tamrakar and D. P. Bisen 273

Methanol assisted synthesis and characterization of tin oxide nanoparticlesVirender Singh Kundu, R. L. Dhiman, Davender Singh, and A. S. Maan 275

Photoluminescence mechanism in silicon quantum rods studied by time-resolved spectroscopy

Ujjwal Ghanta, Mallar Ray, and Syed Minhaz Hossain 277

Size dependence effective band gap in GaSb nano-solid

Bhoopendra Dhar Diwan and Vinod Kumar Dubey 279

Transport properties of Ni-interacted armchair graphene nanoribbons

Neeraj K. Jaiswal, Pankaj Srivastava, and Sanodh Kumar 281

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Structural and optical properties of Nio.05Zno.95O nanoparticles synthesized by a chemical

precursor method

J. Jadhav, M. Patange, and S. Biswas 283

Metal assisted chemical etching for light emitting silicon nanowires

S. Jana and S. R. Bhattacharyya 285

Production of carbon nanotubes by AC arc discharge method

Vishalli, Charanjit Singh, Keya Dharamvir, and Sonal Singhal 287

Humidity sensing property of polyaniline - cromium oxide nanocompositesK. C. Sajjan, Muhammad Faisal, S. C. Vijaya Kumari, Y. T. Ravikiran, and Syed Khasim 289

High aspect ZnO nanostructures based hydrogen sensingAnkur Gupta, Shashank S. Pandey, and Shantanu Bhattacharya 291

Category B: Semiconductor and Superconductivity

Raman scattering study on sequentially Au implanted sample

Gayatri Sahu 293

Pressure induced structural, electronic and superconducting properties of VN and NbN: An ab-

initio studyR. Rajeswara Palanichamy and M. Santhosh 295

First principles study of "111" type iron arsenide superconductorsA. Murugan, S. Kanagaprabha, and R. Rajeswara Palanichamy 297

Structural and superconducting properties of Sr for Ba substituted Lai.5Nd0.sCa](Ba2-iSr,)Cu5Oz

systemJ. A. Bhalodia, S. R. Mankadia, S. M. Dalsaniya, and G. S. Okram 299

Computational studies of polyvinyl alcohol encapsulated tetrahedral cadmium sulphide cluster

Vaneeta Bala, S. K. Tripathi, and Ranjan Kumar 301

Linear properties of ZnGeX2 (X = P, As) semiconductors: A first-principle approachS. K. Tripathy, P. K. Khatua, and V. Kumar 303

First principles study on structural, electronic, elastic and thermal properties of equiatomic CoTi

and CoZr

Nikita Acharya, Bushra Fatima, Sunil Singh Chouhan, and Sankar P. Sanyal 305

Dispersion relation in a plasma consisting of oppositely charged ions with non-Maxwellian

electrons

Parveen Bala and Sukhdeep Kaur 307

Thermodynamic properties of Yo.isSro.8sCo03-6Rasna Thakur, Rajesh K. Thakur, and N. K. Gaur 309

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Theoretical study of SigH8 and SisH8 clusters: Searching for new high-energy density materials

S. K. Panda and Sridhar Sahu 311

SbSeGe semiconducting alloys: Non-linear refractive index and susceptibility

Sunanda Sharda, Neha Sharma, Pankaj Sharma, and Vineet Sharma 313

Rabi oscillations in trilayer grapheneEnamullah, Vipin Kumar, and Girish S. Setlur 315

Temperature dependent I-V characteristics of the Al/Rhodamine-6G/n-Si organic MOS diode

Anubhuti Tripathi and Mamta Sharma 317

Optical and photoelectrochemical study of WTe2 single crystalsP. F. Desai, D. D. Patel, D. N. Bhavsar, and A. R. Jani 319

Back gated strained-Si (s-Si) on silicon-germanium-on-insulator (SGOI) MOSFETs for improved

switching speed and short-channel effects (SCEs)

Mirgender Kumar, Sarvesh Dubey, Pramod Kumar Tiwari, and S. Jit 321

Optical, thermal and surface microtopography studies of MoTe2 single crystalsD. D. Patel, P. F. Desai, D. N. Bhavsar, and A. R. Jani 323

Electron phonon interaction in high-Jc superconductorsS. Nath, N. S. Mondal, S. K. Bhowmick, and N. K. Ghosh 325

Refractive index of B^Ga^ semiconductors

P. S. Vyas, J. K. Baria, A. R. Jivani, P. N. Gajjar, and A. R. Jani 327

Charge carrier transport in bilayer grapheneS. S. Z. Ashraf, D. Patel, and A. C. Sharma 329

Energetics of small clusters of group IB metals (Cu, Ag, and Au) adsorbed on grapheneGagandeep Kaur, Shuchi Gupta, and Keya Dharamvir 331

Effect of annealing on electrical characteristics of dilute nitride ofindium antimonide

M. Deshpande, D. Maske, R. Choudhari, B. M. Arora, and D. Gadkari 333

Stimulated Brillouin scattering in semiconductors: Quantum effects

Ravi Vanshpal, Swati Dubey, and S. Ghosh 335

An investigation of different stress-free passivation layer designs in GaN HEMTs

Diksha Joshi, Niketa Sharma, and Nidhi Chaturvedi 337

Structural, electronic and optical properties of Zn substituted CuInSe2 chalcopyritesemiconductor

Surabala Mishra and Biplab Ganguli 339

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Self sputtered ripple structure formation on Si(100)S. A. Mollick and D. Ghose

Optical properties of cadmium implanted GaSbS. D. Pandey, R. L. Dubey, and S. K. Dubey

Dielectric properties of FeCl3 doped PVA films

H. K. Mahavar, A. Rawat, and P. J. Singh

Dual erosion phases in HNA etched Si surfaces

Prabhjeet Kaur Dhillon and Subhendu Sarkar

Interaction of two nitrogen molecules with grapheneBabita Rani, V. K. Jindal, and Keya Dharamvir

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Thickness dependent transport studies of YBCO in La0.7Sr0jMnOj/YBajCuaOv/Lao/zSrojIVInOsheterostructure

Minaxi Sharma, K. K. Sharma, Ravi Kumar, and R. J. Choudhary

Deposition of CdS thin films by chemical bath and photochemical deposition methods and its

characterization

V. Nirmal Kumar, R. Suriakarthick, T. S. Shyju, and R. Gopalakrishnan

Study of covalency in GaSb under high pressure

M. Faisal Shareef, Madhu Sarwan, V. Abdul Shukoor, Purvee Bhardwaj, and Sadhna Singh

Bilayer graphene in optical regime

Vipin Kumar, Enamullah, and Girish S. Setlur

High faience effect on Si ripple morphology developed by low energy ion beam sputteringDebasree Chowdhury and Debabrata Ghose

Effect of Te doping on structural and superconducting properties of FeSe superconductorStuti Sudesh and G. D. Varma

Growth and characterization of LiInS2 single crystal by Bridgman techniqueM. Magesh, A. Arunkumar, P. Vijayakumar, G. Anandhababu, and P. Ramasamy

Evaluation of density of states for a polyisoprene based organic semiconductor

T. Praveen, K. Shiju, N. M. Faseena, and Jayan Manuvel 365

Phonon softening of Raman modes in graphite as a function of spatial disorder

Kapil Saxena, Vivek Kumar, and A. K. Shukla 367

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Electronic transport properties of SWGaNNTs

U. S. Sharma, R. Shah, C. Pathak, and M. Sharma 369

Hydrothermal synthesis of CdSe microspheresSachin A. Pawar, D. S. Patil, S. B. Pawar, T. S. Bhat, P. P. Waifalkar, S. H. Pisal, P. N. Bhosale,

and P. S. Patil 371

Thermal transport properties of strontium intercalated titanium diselenide

M. Patel, R. Bhatt, S. Bhattacharya, R. Basu, F. Z. Haque, A. Singh, D. K. Aswal, and S. K. Gupta 373

Effect of iron substitution in pyrochlore type semiconducting oxides: CaCe0.6Mn0.4Sn1.1.FeA:NbO7.8

(x = 0,0.2, 0.4 and 0.6) for high temperature NTC thermistor applicationsS. Sumi, P. Prabhakar Rao, and Peter Koshy 375

Growth of a-few-atom wide nanowires with different surface reconstructions via desorption of

Au on vicinal Si (111) surfaces

Debolina Das, J. C. Mahato, R. Batabyal, Nasrin Banu, Bhaskar Bisi, and B. N. Dev 377

Quenching superconductivity by Zn doping in YBCO(123)P. K. Sharma, A. Samariya, M. S. Dhawan, S. N. Dolia, and R. K. Singhal 379

Photovoltaic properties of DBPYM: PCBM bulk heterojunction solar cells

S. S. Sharma 381

The growth mechanism of ordered mesoporous electrodes in view of their response in dye-sensitized solar cells

Devendra Mohan, Divya Jyoti, Rakesh Dhar, and Amrik Singh 383

Category C: Electronic Structure and Phonons

Electronic structure and bonding in CaO

G. Sharma, M. C. Mishra, V. Vyas, and B. K. Sharma 385

Compton profile study of ZrB2

V. Vyas, R. Kumar, G. Sharma, and B. K. Sharma 387

Toluene adsorption on Na-graphene interface- a DFT studyPooja Rani and V. K. Jindal 389

Electronic properties and electron phonon coupling constant for CeCu3Al2Sunil S. Chouhan, Gitanjali Pagare, and Sankar P. Sanyal 391

Structural, elastic and thermal properties ofcurium mono pnictides: A first principles studyHansa Devi, Gitanjali Pagare, Sunil S. Chouhan, and Sankar P. Sanyal 393

First-principles study of structural properties of alkaline earth metals methanides

A2C(A=Be,Mg)U. Paliwal, D. K. Trivedi, K. L. Galav, and K. B. Joshi 395

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Phonon dynamics of americium telluride

B. S. Arya, Mahendra Aynyas, Ashok K. Ahirwar, and S. P. Sanyal 397

Electronic, structural and ground state properties of 3d transition metal mononitrides: A first

principles studyR. Rajeswarapalanichamy,M. Santhosh, G. Sudha Priyanga, A. T. Asvini Meenaatci, and

S. Kanagaprabha 399

The effect of d-orbital electrons on electronic structure of InN: FP-LAPW+LO approachVrishali Joshi 401

Lattice dynamic calculations on LiH

D. Mukherjee, B. D. Sahoo, K. D. Joshi, and Satish C. Gupta 403

Effect ofion size of various salts of Chitosan on the electrical propertiesC. Raja Mohan, S. Murugan, P. Nithiananthi, and K. Jayakumar 405

Thermal expansion of noble metals using improved lattice dynamical model

Priyank Kumar, N. K. Bhatt, P. R. Vyas, and V. B. Gohel 407

Influence of T-X band mixing on the excited donor in a parabolic quantum well

T. Raghuvaran, R. Vijaya Shanthi, A. Merwyn Jasper D' Reuben, and P. Nithiananthi 409

Ab-initio study of the electronic properties of MoSi2

Mani Shugani, Mahendra Aynyas, and S. P. Sanyal 411

First principles study on structural, electronic, elastic and mechanical properties of RuAli_xGe,

alloys using special quasirandom structure

Bushra Fatima, Nikita Acharya, Sunil Singh Chouhan, and Sankar P. Sanyal 413

Ab initio computational study of 2-thioureidobenzoxazole molecule

Pusala Aditya, V. Sai Muthukumar, Jyoti Dhar Sharma, and C.N. Sundaresan 415

Infra red active modes due to coupling of cyclotron excitation and LO phonons in polarsemiconductor

Ratna Agrawal, Swati Dubey, and S. Ghosh 417

Electronic structure calculation of amorphous and nano crystalline Si using empiricalpseudopotential method

R. Khatri, B. Suthar, and A. Bhargava 419

Phase transition and shock Hugoniot of MgO using tight-binding modelA. Y. Vahora, Prakruti Chaudhari, N. K. Bhatt, B. Y. Thakore, and A. R. Jani 421

Structural, electronic and thermal properties of ZnSiX2 (X=P, As) studied from first-principlestheory

Sheetal Sharma, A. S. Verma, R. Bhandari, and V. K. Jindal 423

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Phonon dispersion of noble metal: Copper as a prototype

T. K. Pathan, A. B. Patel, N. K. Bhatt, B. Y. Thakore, and A. R. Jani 425

Electronic properties in Mn doped and pure NiO clusters

Moumita Barman, Somnath Paul, and A. Sarkar 427

Study of electronic structure of PtN and PtC

J. B. Rathod, P. B. Thakor, Y. A. Sonvane, and A. R. Jani 429

First principle study of electronic and optical properties of CeF3 compound

Sapan Mohan Saini and Saurabh Samant 431

Pressure-induced structural and electronic properties of SmBi: Ab intio calculations

A. Singh, Y. S. Panwar, M. Aynyas, and S. P. Sanyal 433

Interaction of longitudinal wave with a glass microballoon in syntactic foams - A numerical study

Phani Mylavarapu, Srivathsa Boddapati, and Srinivas Kuchipudi 435

A first principle study of electronic and magnetic properties of EuFe4Pi2 using FP-LAPW

method

A. Shankar, D. P. Rai, Sandeep, and R. K. Thapa 437

Computer simulation of point defects in MnO and FeO

B. Srinivasa Rao, M. Rekha Rani, and S. D. V. Prasad 439

An assessment of current status of preparation, properties and applications of chalcogenide

glasses

Pawan Kumar and Ishu Sharma 441

Pressure induced phase transition and electronic properties of GaN nanocrystals: Ab-initio study

Anurag Srivastava and Neha Tyagi 443

Category D: Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films

Structural, morphological and optical properties of cadmium sulphide thin films grown usingchemical bath deposition technique

N. M. Shah 445

Electron mobility in MgZnO/ZnO heterojunctions

K. Rizwana Begum, Sangeeta B. Kolvekar, and N. S. Sankeshwar 447

Thermal properties of carbon ion beam-irradiated polycarbonate/polystyrene composite films

Bhupendra Singh Rathore, M. S. Gaur, and K. S. Singh 449

Growth ofpolycrystalline oxygenated three dimensional cadmium teUuride thin films bychemical synthesis

Ramesh S. Kapadnis, Sanjay B. Bansode, Sampat S. Kale, and Habib M. Pathan 451

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Ultrasonically assisted intercalation of Ni in A1203 thin film prepared by SILAR technique

Swapnali Dhanayat, Renuka Digraskar, Ketan Gattu, Deepak Upadhye, Sandeep Mahajan,

Ramphal Sharma, and Anil Ghule 453

Transport properties of indium sulfide thin films deposited by chemical bath depositionSanjay B. Bansode, Ramesh S. Kapadnis, V. G. Wagh, Sampat S. Kale, and Habib M. Pathan 455

Structural and morphological studies of electrochemically deposited SnS thin films

T. Shrividhya, G. Ravi, and T. Mahalingam 457

Vapor sensing mechanism of acid on copper phthalocyanine thin films studied by electrical

conductivitySukhwinder Singh, G. S. S. Saini, and S. K. Tripathi 459

SHI induced modifications in manganese doped ZnO thin films

Sunil Kumar, Ravi Kumar, and D. P. Singh 461

Energy gap variation by addition of Ag in (InsoSe5o)ioo-iAgI(x = 0,0.5,10) thin films

Shikha Gupta, Navdeep Goyal, and S. K. Tripathi 463

Structural, magnetic and optical properties of Nio.5Zno.5Fe204 nanostructured thin films

Kanchan Bala and N. S. Negi 465

Electrical properties ofAu/n-InP and Au/PVA/n-InP Schottky structures

A. Umapathi, M. Siva Pratap Reddy, K. Ravindranatha Reddy, and V. Rajagopal Reddy 467

Thermal annealing effects on electrical properties of Ir/Ru Schottky contacts on n-InGaN

R. Padma, B. Prasanna lakshmi, and V. Rajagopal Reddy 469

Temperature dependent electrical properties of rare-earth metal Er Schottky contact on p-typeInP

L. Dasaradha Rao, N. Ramesha Reddy, A. Ashok Kumar, and V. Rajagopal Reddy 471

Growth and characterization of pulse electrodeposited CuAlSe2 thin films

Joginder Singh, Dixit Prasher, Kamlesh Nigam, and P. Rajaram 473

Influence of oxygen partial pressure on the physical properties of Ag doped NiO thin films

Y. Ashok Kumar Reddy, A. Sivasankar Reddy, and P. Sreedhara Reddy 475

Dielectric studies of iodine doped nylon 6 polymer films

K. Sreelatha and P. Predeep 477

Humidity response of Sn02 thin films deposited by spray pyrolysisAkhilesh Tripathi, Akhilesh Pandey, and R. K. Shukla 479

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The formation of thermally evaporated stable Schottky barriers on p-ZnxPb(i.x)Te thin films

U. P. Khairnar and S. R. Jadhav 481

Chemosynthesis of PbS thin film by SILAR technique

Sarita B. Pawar, S. A. Pawar, P. S. Patil, and P. N. Bhosale 483

Preparation and characterization of the heterojunction of CuInSe2/CdS thin films prepared by

stacked elemental layer technique

Mahesh C. Sharma, Indu B. Vashistha, and Y. K. Vijay 485

The effects of temperature on electrical transport properties of Al/Si Schottky diode

Rajender Kumar and Subhash Chand 487

NiS/ZnS multilayer thinfilm prepared by chemical bath deposition method

J. Yuvaloshini, G. Ravi, and Ra. Shanmugavadivu 489

Investigations on polyaniline-Ti02 nano-composite Langmuir Blodgett thin films

Gurpreet Kaur Bhullar, Ramneek Kaur, and K. K Raina 491

Structure-property relation in HPMC polymer films plasticized with Sorbitol

Y. Prakash, H. Somashekarappa, Mahadevaiah, and R. Somashekar 493

Effect of swift heavy ion irradiation on structural properties of GdFe03 thin film

Pawanpreet Kaur, K. K. Sharma, and Ravi Kumar 495

Substrate induced modifications in the structural and optical properties of zinc oxide thin films

Parmod Kumar, Hitendra K. Malik, and K. Asokan 497

Temperature dependent thickness change in NiO/Si thin film systemSuvankar Chakraborty, Subarna Mitra, and Krishnakumar S. R. Menon 499

Fabrication and characterizations of NiO-GDC/GDC structure for IT-SOFC

Archana U. Chavan, M. B. Kadam, C. H. Bhosale, and L. D. Jadhav 501

Chemically deposited cubic structured CdO thin films: Room temperatureR. N. Bulakhe and C. D. Lokhande 503

Thickness dependent dielectric tunable properties of barium strontium titanate thin films

Anil K. Yadava, V. Annapu Reddy, Vivek Sharma, N. P. Pathak, and R. Nath 505

Effect of deposition temperature on structural and optical properties of sprayed nickel oxide thin

films

R. Sharma, A. D. Acharya, Shweta Moghe, S. B. Shrivastava, and V. Ganesan 507

Determination of refractive index and thickness of thin-film from reflectivity spectrum usinggenetic algorithm

Sanjaykumar J. Patel and Vipul Kheraj 509

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Study on silver doped and undoped ZnO thin films working as capacitive sensor

S. Kiran, N. Santhosh Kumar, and S. K. Naveen Kumar 511

Nanomechanical studies of doped InGaP/GaAs epilayersDipika Robidas, K. R. Deepthi, C. Arunseshan, G. Attolini, M. Bosi, and D. Arivuoli 513

Nanoflakes of P-Co(OH)2 thin film for supercapacitor applicationN. S. Harale, N. L. Tarwal, P. R. Jadhav, S. H. Pisal, I. S. Mulla, V. K. Rao, and P. S. Patil 515

Electrochromic properties of vanadium oxide thin films prepared by PSPT: Effect of substrate

temperature

C. E. Patil, P. R. Jadhav, N. L. Tarwal, H. P. Deshmukh, M. M. Karanjakar, A. A. Wali, and P. S.

Patil 517

Effect of annealing on sputtered heusler alloy Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al thin film

Anjali Yadav and Sujeet Chaudhary 519

The role of surface effects on the optical behavior of nanocrystalline NiOS. Thota, A. Mallick, and S. K. Singh 521

Synthesis and characterization of graphene thin film by thermal reduction

Sumita Rani, Mukesh Kumar, Amanpal Singh, Sumit Sharma, and Dinesh Kumar 523

Sol-gel processed Cu2SnS3 films for photovoltaicsSandra Dias, Murali Banavoth, and S. B. Krupanidhi 525

Effect of deposition time on the chemical bath deposition method of ZnO thin films

G. Vijayaprasath, G. Ravi, M. Arivanandhan, and Y. Hayakawa 527

Study of n-ZnO/ p-SiNW heterostructures grown by thermal evaporation method

Purnima Hazra and S. Jit 529

Preparation of DC reactive magnetron sputtered ZnO thin film towards photovoltaicapplications

M. Prabhu, A. Sivanantham, P. Karthick Kannan, V. Vishnukanthan, and J. Mayandi 531

Effect of solute concentration on the structural and morphological properties of sol-gel derived

CdO films

R. Rajammal, E. Savarimuthu, and S. Arumugam 533

Catalyst free growth of CNTs by CVD on nanoscale rough surfaces of silicon substrates

D. Damodar, R. K. Sahoo, and C. Jacob 535

Caking and characterizing graphene oxide thin films via electrodeposition technique for possibleapplication in photoelectrochemical spliting of water

Nirupama Singh, Pushpendra Kumar, Sumant Upadhyay, Surbhi Choudhary, Vibha R. Satsangi,Sahab Dass, and Rohit Shrivastav 537

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Optical properties of BioiZno^VO^ thin films using UV-VIS-NIR spectroscopy

R. Punia, R. S. Kundu, J. Hooda, Rajesh Parmar, and N. Kishore 539

Effect of oxygen pressure on the structural and optical properties of ZnO/Si(100) thin films

Sanjeev Gautam, Anup Thakur, Ankush Vij, Seonghoon Jung, Ik Jae Lee, Hyun Joon Shin, Han

Koo Lee, Jaehun Park, Jong Han Song, and Keun Hwa Chae 541

Concentration dependence ofelectrical resistivity of binary liquid alloy HgZn: Ab-initio study

Nalini Sharma, Anil Thakur, and P. K. Ahluwalia 543

Study of the growth of graphene film on Ni and Si substrates by hot filament chemical vapor

depositionMukesh Singh, Himanshu S. Jha, Asha Yadav, and Pratima Agarwal 545

Effect of annealing time on the properties of BLT thin film prepared by sol-gel technique

Vinika Manglani and Ashish Agnihotri 547

Category E: Liquids, Glasses and Amorphous

Modification of conductivity by Sb addition in bulk glassesHarshita Agrawal, L. I. Singh, P. K. Saraswat, and Vibhav K. Saraswat 549

Study ofphase change technology for computer memory using Se70Te3o_JAgx systemA. Kumar, Pragya Agarwal, and Abhay Saxena 551

Synthesis of transparent and hydrophobic TMOS based silica aerogelsD. B. Mahadik, A. Venkateswara Rao, P. B. Wagh, and Satish C. Gupta 553

Experimental verification of theoretically calculated parameters of TeiS(Seioo.iBis)gS(x = 0,2,4

at.%) amorphous semiconductors

Kameshwar Kumar and Nagesh Thakur 555

Effect ofdoping on structural and dielectric properties of BaTi03Ashutosh Mishra and Niyati Mishra 557

Structural and optical properties of niobium doped silver-lead-borate glassesM. Sathish and B. Eraiah 559

PTCR-NTCR composite behavior of bismuth titanate ceramics

Nagbasavanna Sharanappa, Shivanand Madolappa, Raghavendra Sagar, and R. L. Raibagkar 561

Temperature dependent impedance behavior of (Ba0.6Sro.4)(Zro.65Ti0.35)03C. M. Tawade, Nagbasavanna Sharanappa, Shivanand Madolappa, Raghavendra Sagar, and R. L.

Raibagkar 563

Electronic and magnetic properties of RECu3Al2 (RE = Sm, Gd and Tb)Gitanjali Pagare, Sunil S. Chouhan, and Sankar P. Sanyal 565

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Structural, electronic and elastic properties of LaX3 (X = In, Sn and Tl) compounds: A FP-

LAPW studyJisha Annie Abraham, G. Pagare, S. S. Chouhan, and S. P. Sanyal 567

Structural and magnetic properties of BaCoxZrIFe(12.2l)019 prepared by citrate precursor sol-gelroute

S. K. Chawla, R. K. Mudsainiyan, S. S. Meena, and S. M. Yusuf 569

Synthesis, characterization and optical properties of Mn2+ activated Y3A15012 phosphorAnupam Selot, S. J. Dhoble, Mahendra Aynyas, and Sanjay Bhatt 571

Effect of Sn substitution on structural and transport properties of (La0.67Sr0j3)MnO3Tejas M. Tank, V. Sridharan, S. Shanmukharao Samatham, V. Ganesan, and S. P. Sanyal 573

Electrical and magnetic properties of La05Bio.5Mn03V. Punith Kumar, M. R. Manju, and Vijaylakshmi Dayal 575

Electric relaxation behavior of Bi0.5Sro.5Fe03 ceramic: An electric modulus approachSamita Thakur, O. P. Pandey, and K. Singh 577

Signature of polaron formation in Na0.02sWO3: Photoemission and X-ray diffraction

investigationsSanhita Paul, Anirudha Ghosh, and Satyabrata Raj 579

Persistent current in an ordered-disordered separated cylinderParamita Dutta, Santanu K. Maiti, and S. N. Karmakar 581

Molecular reorientation based changes on dielectric behavior ofnewly synthesized liquid crystalPrachi Tripathi, Sudhaker Dixit, Rajiv Manohar, A. K. Prajapati, and M. C. Varia 583

Selective surface treatments for commercial conducting oxides used in fabricating defect free

organic displaysVivek Kumar Shukla and Ranbir Singh 585

Anomalous conduction in pure and Mn doped Gd203Somnath Paul and A. Sarkar 587

Frequency moments and elastic moduli of liquid rubidium at different temperaturesA. B. Patel, N. K. Bhatt, B. Y. Thakore, and A. R. Jani 589

Electrical resistivity ofAl-Cu liquid binary alloyP. P. Thakor, J. J. Patel, Y. A. Sonvane, and A. R. Jani 591

Electrical resistivity ofliquid lanthanides using charge hard sphere systemY. A. Sonvane, P. B. Thakor, and A. R. Jani 593

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Oblique wave diffraction by varying porous bottom in the presence of surface tension

Srikumar Panda and S. C. Martha 595

Physical and optical properties ofPr6On doped zinc fluoroborate glassM. PrajnaShree, Akshatha Wagh, Y. Raviprakash, Sangeetha G. Bhat, and Sudha D. Kamath 597

Effect of swift heavy ion irradiation on optical properties of amorphous As2Se3 thin films

Rashmi Chauhan, Arvind Tripathi, Amit Kumar Srivastava, and K. K. Srivastava 599

Synthesis & photoluminescence study of UV emitting borate phosphor Ca3B206: Pb2+

A. B. Gawande, R. P. Sonekar, and S. K. Omanwar 601

Characterization and optical properties of Bi2Te3 and (Bi.20Sb 8o)2Te3

Kanchan Sharma, Anil Kumar, Navdeep Goyal, and Manohar Lai 603

Structural and morphological properties of Ce doped ZnO

Nishant Kumar, K. P. Misra, S. K. Jain, and B. L. Choudhary 605

Enhanced field emission from polyaniline coated amorphous carbon nanotubes

S. Maity, S. Goswami, and K. K. Chattopadhyay 607

DC electrical conductivity study of cerium doped conducting glass systems

R. V. Barde and S. A. Waghuley 609

Enhancing multiferroic properties in solid solution of Bi1.,SrxFe03-BaTi03 ceramics

P. Tirupathi and Amreesh Chandra 611

Influence of RF power on optical and morphological properties of NiO thin films

K. S. Usha, C. Sanjeeviraja, and R. Sivakumar 613

Stability analysis of IV-V-VI chalcogenide glasses using glass transition and crystallization

temperatureNeha Sharma, Sunanda Sharda, Vineet Sharma, and Pankaj Sharma 615

Synthesis and X-ray diffraction study of polyaniline doped with chromium oxide

Asha, Sneh Lata Goyal, and Nawal Kishore 617

Preparation and properties of silver-borate glasses doped with praseodymium oxide

G. V. Jagadeesha Gowda and B. Eraiah 619

Doping effect of tellurium on the crystallization kinetics of Se95Pb5 glassD. Sushama, George Achamma, and H. K. Unnithan 621

Electron paramagnetic resonance of vanadyl doped mixed alkaline earth borate glassesSamdani, K. Chandrasekhar, Md. Shareefuddin, and M. Narasimha Chary 623

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Effects of CaFj vis-a-vis Ti02 as nucleating agent in SiOr-A^Or-CaO glass-ceramicsDebasis Pradip Mukherjee, Tanmoy Datta, and Sudip Kumar Das 625

Li+ ion transport studies in Li20-Li2SO,rZnO-B203 glass systemSangeeta B. Kolavekar, R. Lakshmikantha, N. H. Ayachit, and R. V. Anavekar 627

The phenomenon of nanomaterial induced photoluminescence in ferroelectric liquid crystalsDharmendra Pratap Singh, Swadesh Kumar Gupta, and Rajiv Manohar 629

Role of ceramic particles for developing wear resistant materials

Kamalpreet Kaur and O. P. Pandey 631

Study of conduction mechanism in amorphous Ge20Te8o-xBii (x = 0,1.5,2.5, 5.0) chalcogenide

glassy alloysAmbika Sharma, Kumari Anshu, and Preeti Yadav 633

Collective modes and elastic constants of Pd39Nii0Cu3oP2i bulk metallic glassPrakruti Chaudhari, A. Y. Vahora, B. Y. Thakore, M. V. Vaghela, and A. R. Jani 635

Concentration dependence of pair correlation function and bulk modulus of liquid AlxCui_x

alloysM. V. Vaghela, A. Y. Vahora, N. K. Bhatt, B. Y. Thakore, and A. R. Jani 637

Glass-ceramics system using normal and nano silica - preparation and characteristicsDebasis Pradip Mukherjee, Jayanta Kumar Sinha, and Sudip Kumar Das 639

Specific heat of porous materials as a function of moisture content

Devendra K. Singhal and Usha Singh 641

Electrical conductivity studies of iron doped Pb(Ybo.5Ta0.5)03 ceramics by impedancespectroscopy

Swetapadma Praharaj, V. Subramanian, and Dibyaranjan Rout 643

TGA-DTA and chemical composition study of raw material of Bikaner region for electrical

porcelainS. K. Tak, M. S. Shekhawat, and R. Mangal 645

Numerical analysis of crystallization in amorphous Bi-Se-Te thin films

Jaya Kalla, B. Suthar, and A. Bhargava 647

Structural phase transitions in titanium oxide

Bhoopendra Dhar Diwan and Surendra Kumar Singh 649

Effect of micro alloying on glass forming ability of CuS0Zr50 metallic glassSupriya Kasyap, Ashmi T. Patel, and Arun Pratap 651

Effect of Fe203 on the physical and structural properties of bismuth silicate glassesRajesh Parmar, R. S. Kundu, R. Punia, P. Aghamkar, and N. Kishore 653

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Thermodynamics of glass forming polymeric melts

Prapti B. Pandya, Ashmi T. Patel, and Arun Pratap 655

Synthesis, electrical and thermal properties of Bi4V2.xNbxOn (x=0.0 and 0.06) ceramics

S. Sahu and M. Roy 657

Physical and structural properties of Nd3+ doped BaO-ZnO-B203 glasses

Kirti Nanda, R. S. Kundu, R. Punia, R. Parmar, and N. Kishore 659

Luminescence studies of PbO-Bi203-Ga203-B203 glasses doped with Yb3+ /Er3+

Y. Raja Rao, K. Krishnamurthy Goud, and B. Appa Rao 661

Study of photostability in amorphous Ge-As-Se chalcogenide thin films

A. Tripathi, R. Chauhan, and K. K. Srivastava 663

Anomalous elastic behaviour of orientationally disordered (ND4I)x(KI)i.x

Alpana Tiwari, N. K. Gaur, and Dipti Sen 665

Effect of strontium substitution on dielectric constants of PZT nanocrystalline ceramics

P. Kour, Pawan Kumar, Manoranjan Kar, and S. K. Sinha 667

Influence of PbTi03 addition on microstructure of (l-jc)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)03-jcPbTi03 ceramics

T. Garg, A. R. Kulkarni, and N. Venkataramani 669

FTIR studies of some vanadyl ion doped calcium oxychloride borate glassesS. Khasa, M. S. Dahiya, and A. Agarwal 671

Crystallization studies of Se Sb Te ternary chalcogenide glasses using non-isothermal analysisC. Harikuttan Unnithan, S. Jayakumar, and D. Sushama 673

Giant dielectric constant in Cu doped LaFe03Bandi Vittal Prasad, B. Venugopal Rao, K. Narsaiah, G. Narsinga Rao, J. W. Chen, and D. Suresh

Babu 675

Heating rate dependence of the glass transition temperature in Segs.xTeiSIn^ amorphous alloysBalbir Singh Patial, Nagesh Thakur, and S. K. Tripathi 677

Manganese oxide thin films deposited by SILAR method for supercapacitor applicationP. R. Jadhav, V. V. Shinde, G. J. Navathe, M. M. Karanjkar, and P. S. Patil 679

DSC and DC conductivity of ZnO.LiF.B203 glassesSusheel Arora, Sajjan Dahiya, Virender Kundu, D. R. Goyal, and A. S. Maan 681

Piezoelectric effect on artificial phonon-plasmon poiariton in lithium niobate(LiNb03)B. K. Sahoo, Vikas Gedam, and Anju Pansari 683

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