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Dissipative Intrinsic Localized Modes in Nano-ferroelectrics

Biswas A., Chowdhury K., Bandyopadhyay A.K., Bhattacharjee A.K., Mandal D., Dumkal Institute of Engg. & Technology, IN

Ferroelectrics are important materials for optical communication and other important areas of applications where discreteness and nonlinearity causes the formation of intrinsic localized modes that can transport energy with the help of the lattice. Based [...]

Tailoring Molecular Devices for its Electronic Properties

Lamba V., Engles D., Pati S.K., Haryana College of Technology & Management, Kaithal, IN

In present work we studied Conduction properties of nanoscale contacts DFT/NEGF approach. Such calculations give insight into details behind the conductance that is not readily available in experiments. For example, we may learn how the [...]

Design and Analysis of FBAR switches for RF Front-End Mobile Terminal

Chawla P., Khanna R., kurukshetra institute of technology and management, IN

In this paper, an introduction and overview of MEMS technology with a focus on RF applications of MEMS in the design of mobile terminal are presented. Such RF MEMS switches have displayed excellent RF characteristics, [...]

Meander based RF MEMS capacitive switch for Mobile Front End Terminal Antenna support

Chawla P., Khanna R., KITM, Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra, IN

Future RF network’s main requirements are compact size; support to heterogeneous network which drive the requirements for multiband support. Self-similar shaped structure has useful applications in cellular telephone and microwave communications etc. Video conferencing, streaming [...]

A simple and low cost method for fabrication of nanochannels using water soluble nanowires

Joshi A., Agharkar Research Institute, IN

Nanowires of K2Mo3O10.4H2O with high yield were synthesized in 15 min using simple chemical method at room temperature from aqueous precursors; (NH4)6Mo7O24.4H2O and KCl mixed in a mass ratio of 3:1. Water solubility rate of [...]

Reconfigurable RF Front End Section of Mobile

Chawla K., Chawla P., Saluja N., Chawla K., Chawla P., Gupta N., Chhikara A., Kaur K., Suman S.K., KITM,kurukshetra, IN

In this proposal, the application of MEMS technology with a focus on RF applications in the design of next generation mobile terminal is taken up. RF MEMS switches have displayed excellent RF characteristics, including lower [...]

Comparison of Electrical performance of Symmetric Toggle Switch with different dielectric layers

Maninder K., Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, IN

This paper presents the electrical performance comparison of Symmetric Toggle RF MEMS Switch (STS), by incorporating hafnium oxide (HfO2) as a dielectric material instead of silicon dioxide (SiO2). Fig. 1(a) and (b) shows the 3-D [...]

Fabrication and analysis of MEMS test structures for residual stress measurement

Sharma A., Kaur M., Bansal D., Kumar D., Rangra K., Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI/ CSIR), IN

A set of microstructures for in situ stress measurement is presented. It is based on lancet principle, with dedicated design for the amplification of the dimensional variations induced by the internal stress of the structural [...]

Fabrication of Nano-structures of NiTi Shape Memory Films and Investigations on Size dependence of their Mechanical Properties

Sharma S.K., Mohan S., Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IN

Focused Ion Beam (FIB) micro-machining technique has been used to generate various nano-structures on NiTi shape memory alloy films. The fabrication and nano-mechanical investigations of the nano-structures have been included in this paper.

Fabrication of Structurally Tailored Cobalt Nanowires

Debburman P.K., Kaur D., Pandya D.K., IIT Delhi, IN

we report an interesting observation of effecting structural transition of electrochemically deposited cobalt nanowires with change in aspect ratio of the nanowires. This change can be controlled by the deposition temperature. These nanowires were deposited [...]