Recent Trends in Materials and Devices: Proceedings ICRTMD 2015

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Thermal Characterization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes and Tungsten Oxide-Based Nanomaterials via Raman Spectroscopy....Pages 3-8
Carbon: The Soul of Future Nanoelectronics....Pages 9-21
Antireflection Properties of Multi-crystalline Black Silicon with Acid Textured Surfaces Using Two Step Metal Assisted Chemical Etching....Pages 23-28
Enhanced Removal of Cationic Dye Methylene Blue from Aqueous Solution Using Nanocellulose Prepared from Agricultural Waste Sugarcane Bagasse....Pages 29-36
A Review on Thermophysical Properties of Nanoparticle-Enhanced Phase Change Materials for Thermal Energy Storage....Pages 37-47
Multiphysics Analysis of Heat Transfer in Gate All Around (GAA) Silicon Nanowire Transistor: Material Perspective....Pages 49-55
Surface Engineering of Colloidal Quantum Dots for Organic and Biocompatible Solution-Processable Materials....Pages 57-63
Optical and Structural Properties of Silica Nanoparticles Using Material Design Software: MedeA....Pages 65-72
Stability Studies of Colloidal Indium Phosphide Quantum Dots: Humidity-Induced Photoluminescence Enhancement....Pages 73-79
Structural and Morphological Characterization of Transition Metal (Fe, Co) Doped SnO2 Nanoparticles....Pages 81-88
Morphological, Optical and Thermal Properties of (TiO2)x Embedded (PVC/PE)1−x (Where x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5) Blend Nanocomposites....Pages 89-100
Effect of Annealing on Structural and Optical Properties of Graphene Nanoballs....Pages 101-105
Synthesis of NaNbO3 Nanorods as a Photoanode Material for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting....Pages 107-109
Synthesis of Graphene by Low Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD) Method....Pages 111-117
Controlling the Morphology of ZnO Nanostructures During Growth Process....Pages 119-123
Synthesis of Lithium Doped Cerium Oxide Nanoparticle by the Co-precipitation Method....Pages 125-129
Structural, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Bi25FeO40 Nanoparticles Synthesized by Hydrothermal Method....Pages 131-137
Optical Properties of (Fe2O3)1−x/(Cr2O3)x (Where x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5) Nanocomposites....Pages 139-143
Preparation and Characterization of Thin Film Prepared by Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate Stabilized Polythiophene....Pages 145-155
Front Matter....Pages 157-162
Effect of Copper Doping on Physical Properties of Cadmium Oxide Thin Films....Pages 1-1
Design of Fly Ash Based Core Shell Composites as Heat Reflective Coatings for Sustainable Buildings....Pages 163-167
Synthesis and Characterization of Copper Doped Cobalt Oxide (Co3O4) by Co-precipitation Method....Pages 169-175
Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes Persuaded Optimization of the Thermodynamic, Electrical and Electro-optical Characteristics of a Room Temperature Liquid Crystal Display Material “4-Pentyl-4′cyanobiphenyl”....Pages 177-183
Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis Route Based on Microalgae....Pages 185-189
Effect of Swift Heavy Ion Irradiation on the Structural and Optical Properties of CdO Thin Films....Pages 191-198
Synthesis, Structural and Optical Properties of Transition Metal Doped ZnO Nanoparticles....Pages 199-203
Synthesis and Characterization of Cadmium Doped ZnO Nanoparticles....Pages 205-210
Synthesis and Characterization of Yttrium Doped Zinc Sulphide Nanoparticles....Pages 211-215
Optimization of Microwave Synthesized Carbon Coated Nano LiFePO4 Active Cathode Material Composition for Li-Ion Batteries....Pages 217-222
Unusual Photocatalytic Activity of Cr-Doped TiO2 Nanoparticles....Pages 223-228
Front Matter....Pages 229-234
Structural and Optical Properties of Single Crystalline Cerium Doped ZnO Thin Films....Pages 235-235
Calculation of Valence Band Structure of GaSb1−xBix Using Valence Band Anticrossing Model in the Dilute Bi Regime....Pages 237-241
Effect of Bismuth Incorporation on the Growth Kinetics and Valence Band Structure for InP1−xBix Grown Using Liquid Phase Epitaxy....Pages 243-248
Design and Analysis of Efficient Metal Clad Optical Waveguide Polarizer....Pages 249-255
Effect of Substrate on Surface Plasmon Resonance of PLD Grown Silver Nanoparticles....Pages 257-260
Front Matter....Pages 261-265
Study of Growth of Silver Nanoparticles as Plasmonic Layer on pc-Si Wafer to Enhance the Efficiency of Solar Cells....Pages 267-267
Growth of Graded SixNy ARC Films to Enhance the Efficiency of Multi-crystalline Silicon Solar Cells and Applicable in High Volume Production....Pages 269-275
Theoretical Analysis of Surface Plasmonic Ag Nanoparticles Embedded in C-, Pc-, a-Si Thin-Film Solar Cell, Using Mie Scattering....Pages 277-291
Effect of Blocking Layer on the Performance of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells....Pages 293-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-305
ZnO Layer onto Si Surface by Continuous Spray Pyrolysis Reactor for Solar Cell Efficiency Enhancement....Pages 267-267
Effect of Plasmonic Enhancement of Light Absorption on the Efficiency of Polymer Solar Cell....Pages 307-313
Efficiency Enhancement in Thin Film GaAs Solar Cell Using Photonic Crystals as Reflection and Diffraction Gratings for Light Trapping....Pages 315-317
Annealing Free, High Quality CVD Graphene Growth and Transfer....Pages 319-323
Compositional Optimization of Photovoltaic Grade Cu2ZnSnS4 (CZTS) Films Synthesized by Colloidal Route....Pages 325-330
Optical Optimization of Solar Cells Having Extremely Thin SnS Layer on ZnO Nanowires....Pages 331-338
Development of Novel Cathode Materials Based on MWCNT for Energy Storage/Conversion Devices....Pages 339-345
Front Matter....Pages 347-355
Sensitivity Enhancement of Lossy Mode Resonance Sensor with Addition of Dielectric Layer....Pages 357-357
Assessment of Dual Dielectric P-MOSFET as Cumulative Gamma Dose Sensor....Pages 359-362
Front Matter....Pages 363-369
Structural and Electrical Properties of Polymer Nanocomposite Films....Pages 371-371
Dielectric Study of Polymer Nanocomposite Films for Energy Storage Applications....Pages 373-387
Correlation of Microscopic Interaction with Electrical Conductivity in Polymer Separator of Energy Storage Devices....Pages 389-396
Improved Electrical and Thermal Properties of TETA Functionalized NGPs/Epoxy Nanocomposites....Pages 397-406
Polypropylene/Glass Fiber Composites for Low Cost Orthotic Aid....Pages 407-414
Front Matter....Pages 415-424
Photothermoelectric and Photoconducting Properties of Layer-by-Layer Deposited Nanocrystalline PbS Films....Pages 425-425
Synthesis and Properties of Inorganic Organic Chloride Based Perovskite....Pages 427-432
Design, Simulation and Analysis of 4 × 1 Mux at 90 nm CMOS Technology....Pages 433-437
Front Matter....Pages 439-457
Clean Energy Harvester Using Rare Earth Magnet and Ferro-Fluid....Pages 459-459
Temperature Attuned Charge and Strain Co-mediated Giant Magnetoelectric (M-E) Coupling for Non-volatile Memory Device Applications....Pages 461-464
Fly Ash Based Zeolite as an Anti-corrosive Pigment in Paints....Pages 465-468
Front Matter....Pages 469-474
Effect of Temperature and Ferro-Fluid on Rotation of Rare Earth Magnet Used for Clean Energy Generation....Pages 459-459
Microstructures, Mechanical Properties and Strengthening Mechanisms of cast Cu–Al Alloys Processed by Cryorolling....Pages 475-478
Investigation of Capping-Ligand Effect on Colloidal CIGSe Nanocrystals Prepared via Colloidal Route for Thin Film Solar Cell Applications....Pages 479-482
Comparative Studies on Chalcopyrite CIGSe Nanocrystals Prepared via Two Different Ligand Systems....Pages 483-487
Optical and Thermo-Dynamical Properties of Twist Grain Boundary Phases in Liquid Crystals....Pages 489-495
Solvent Effect on Electronic Transitions, Homo Lumo Analysis of 2,6-Dichloro-3-Nitro Pyridine Under Hartee-Fock and Density Functional Theory....Pages 497-507
Front Matter....Pages 509-517
A Novel Design of Fractal Antenna: Effect of Different Dielectric Substrate Materials....Pages 519-519
Dielectric Behaviour of Pure and Dye Doped Nematic Liquid Crystal E-24....Pages 521-526
Study of Varying Tubes in Carbon Nanotube FET Based Inverter....Pages 527-533
Back Matter....Pages 535-542
....Pages 543-547