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A Simple Surface Representation Scheme for Rigid Body Docking

Tripathi V.K., Dasgupta B., Deb K., Voruganti H.K., Indian Institute of Technology, IN

In this paper, a new approach is proposed for modeling the surface patches of protein molecules for rigid body docking. The scheme presented in this paper for surface representation is simple and efficient. The proposed [...]

Mathematical Modeling of Chemotherapy Strategies in Vascular Tumor Growth using Nanoparticles

Mishra S., Katiyar V.K., Arora V., Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, IN

Throughout various fields of science and technology, a push towards the use of nanoscale technology is well underway. One area where nanoscale work is already well underway is within the field of drug delivery.In this [...]

Abrasive Wear Studies on Cobalt Electrodeposited Surfaces with Tio2 Dispersions

Kalyanaraman D., SUDHARSAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE, SATHIAMANGALAM - 622501, PUDUKOTTAI DISTRICT, TAMINNADU, INDIA, IN

Cobalt depositions are generally preferred for high temperature applications. When a second phase of fine tough particles are incorporated in the coating matrix, Tribological properties are found to have improved much. The performance of such [...]

A New Grounded Lamination Gate (GLG) SOI MOSFET for Diminished Fringe Capacitance Effects

Kumar M.J., Venkataraman V., Gupta S.K., Indian Institute of Technology, IN

In this paper, we propose a novel device structure, known as the Grounded Laminated Gate (GLG) SOI MOSFET to eliminate the gate fringe field effects on the threshold voltage of short channel SOI MOSFETs. Our [...]

Ethylene Glycol Mediated Synthesis of Nano – Crystalline NiFe2O4 Spinel Powder

Vivekanandhan S., Venkateswarlu M., Satyanarayana N., Reader, IN

Nickel ferrite (NiFe2O4) spinel structure of magnetic material has exhibits wide range of applications. NiFe2O4 exhibits unusual physical and chemical properties when it is prepared in nano size. Solid state reaction method has been widely [...]

Synthesis of Nano Crystalline TiO2 powders by soft chemistry method

Vijayakumar M., Venkateswarlu M., Satyanarayana N., Pondicherry University, IN

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is an important material and has many applications, Sol-gel process has many advantages over conventional preparative methods. In the present work, the advantages of the sol-gel process has been exploited and prepared [...]

Glass Transition Temperature of High Molecular Weight Polystyrene: Effect of Particle Size, Bulk to Micron to Nano

Paik P., Kar K.K., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, IN

High Molecular weight nano/micron sized polystyrene (Mv=1X106) was prepared by styrene and hydrogen peroxide. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) measurements indicated that the particles matched with that of the polymer single [...]

Model for Compression of Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes

Jindal P., Jindal V.K., Jindal P., Jindal V.K., Panjab University, IN

This abstracts highlights methodology to use fullerene and carbon nanotubes to utilize their empty space for high pressure absorbing capabilities.

Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Undoped/Doped CuO Films and their Application in Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

Chaudhary Y.S., Shrivastav R., Satsangi V.R., Dass S., Dayalbagh Educational Institute, IN

Metal oxide semiconductors are the most promising materials for photoelectrochemical production of hydrogen on account of a) easy availability, b) low cost, c) simple preparation methods and d) stability. The nanostructured metal oxides are in [...]

Carbon Nanotubes as Machine Elements – A Critical Assessment

Rao P.V.M., Singh M., Jain V., IIT Delhi, IN

Gears, Bearings, Springs, Beams etc. are some of the commonly used machine elements used build machines and mechanical systems. Carbon nanotube can be used as these machine tool elements when building nano-machines or nanomechanical systems [...]