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Synthesis and Characterization of ZnO Nanorods using Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Asghar M., Ali A., Hasan M.-A., Yasin Akhtar Raja M., Islamia University of Bahawalpur, PK

ZnO nanorods stand out as one of the most important candidates for next generation opto- and nano electronics. Synthesis of high quality and stable ZnO nanorods remains a challenge thus far. Similarly fabrication of thermally [...]

Synthesis and Characterizations of nano sized Barium hexa-ferrites using sol gel method

Iqbal M.A., Mir A., Punjab University, PK

Nanosized Barium Hexaferrites were synthesized by sol gel auto combustion method. Samples of different composition with varying molar ratio of metal nitrates and citric acid i.e. (MN_A= 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 3) were prepared. Pellets [...]

Preparation, Characterisation and Electrical Conductivity studies of

Nallamuthu N., Prakash I., Venkateswarlu M., Satyanarayana N., Pondicherry University, IN

Oxide ion conducting materials are attracting more due to their application in various fields like solid oxide fuel cells, oxygen sensors, oxygen pumps, etc. Doped Scheelite type materials are one of the better oxide ion [...]

Synthesis of Nanocrystalline ZrO2 Powder by the Polyol Route

Vivekanandhan S., Venkateswarlu M., Rawls H.R., Satyanarayana N., Univ. Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, US

Recently, it was observed that nanostructured zirconium oxide, ZrO2, powder exhibits enhanced performance in many applications. We report the polyol route for the synthesis of nanocrystalline ZrO2 powder, and its characterization by TG/DTA, FTIR, XRD [...]

Preparation of Carbon Coated lithium manganese phosphate nano rods by modified polyol process

Ramesh Kumar P., Venkateswarlu M., Satyanarayanaa N., Pondicherry University, IN

Preparation of Carbon Coated lithium manganese phosphate nano rods by modified polyol process. Ramesh Kumar. Pa, M. Venkateswarlub, N. Satyanarayanaa* a Department of Physics, Pondicherry University, Puducherry - 605 014, India. b HBL Power systems [...]

Synthesis of Dy2O3 nanocrystalline powder using Acrylamide assisted combustion route

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

Nanocrystalline Dy2O3 powder was synthesized using arrylamde assisted combustion process. The prepared nano crystalline Dy2O3 powder was characterized through XRD, FTIR and SEM-EDX elemental mapping measurements.

The Effect of Oxygen Beam (O+7,100 MeV) and Gamma Irradiation On Polypyrrole Thin Film

Chandra S., Sonkawade R.G., Kulriya P.K., Singh F., Avasthi D.K., Annapoorni S., Rana J.M.S., Ramola R.C., H N B GARHWAL University, IN

Polypyrrole thin films were prepared by electrochemical process and then these films were irradiated by Swift Heavy Ions and by gamma rays. The structural and optical properties of the Polypyrrole thin films were characterized by [...]

Synthesis and characterization of Dy2O3 nano crystalline power by using a combustion Urea process

Vijayakumar M., Nallamuthu N., Venkateswarlu M., Satyanarayana N., Research Scholar, IN

As the functional materials, rare-earth (RE) oxides have been widely used in various fields in the past two decades, such as high-performance luminescent devices, magnets, catalysts, batteries, sensors, etc. Among the rare-earth (RE) oxides, Dy2O3 [...]

Glycerol Assisted Polymeric Precursor Route for the Synthesis of Nanocrystalline LiCoO2 Powders

Vivekanandhan S., Venkateswarlu M., Satyanarayana N., Pondicherry University, IN

LiCoO2 with Layer structure has been used as a cathode material in lithium batteries. Recently, it is found that the nanostructured LiCoO2 powders exhibit an enhanced electrochemical performance compared to their bulk. Physiochemical properties of [...]

Synthesis of nanocrystalline CoFe2O4 using citrate-urea assisted combustion process for lithium battery anode

Prakash I., Nallamuthu N., Muralidharan P., Venkateswarlu M., Satyanarayana N., Pondicherry University, IN

Nanocrystalline CoFe2O4 having wide ranges of applications in many fields like magnetic data storage, catalysis, ferrofluids, sensors, actuators as well as biomedical applications such as targeted drug delivery, hyperthermia, etc., Recently, CoFe2O4 nanostructures has used [...]