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On The Existence And Stability Of Carbon -based Silicon Fullerenes -a Density Functional Theoretic Study
(Physics, 2007-08-23)The electronic and geometric properties of silicon-carbon fullerene-like nanostructures with two, four, six, twenty and twenty four carbon atoms on the surface of the Si60 cages by substitution, as well as inside the cage ... -
Optical And Structural Properties Of Zinc Based Nanoparticles Depend On Temperature And Molar Concentration
(Physics, 2009-09-16)Zinc based nanoparticles have great potential for use in radiation detection as well as uses in solid state lighting. In this thesis, we report the synthesis of ZnO: Eu3+ with the use of solid state diffusion at temperatures ... -
Plasmonic Nanostructures: Fabrication And Optical Characterization
(Physics, 2008-09-17)Resonant light localization by metal nanostructures has potential for applications in cavity quantum electrodynamics (e.g. single-photon sources, quantum gates etc) and nonlinear optics. In this thesis we present the ... -
Predicting A New Quaternary Photocatalyst Suitable For PEC Process To Produce Hydrogen And Determnation of Its Structural, Electronics, And Optical Properties Using Density Functional Theory
(Physics, 2013-07-22)Our present work represents a comprehensive theoretical and computational research in quest for predicting new photocatalysts suitable for photoelectrochemical process (PEC) to produce hydrogen by splitting water. We predict ... -
PREDICTING STABLE CRYSTAL STRUCTURES AND THEIR ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF Si-RICH SILICON CARBIDE BY FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATION
(2017-06-08)Silicon carbide has become an attractive semiconductor material with its high stability. It has been used in variety of fundamental aspects and applications such as photovoltaic solar cells due to its unique properties, ... -
Preparation And Characterization Of Hard Magnetic Nanoparticles
(Physics, 2007-08-23)Hard-magnetic nanoparticles with uniform size distribution have attracted huge attention in the past several years because of their unique magnetic properties and potential for many applications such as high density recording ... -
Quartic: An Ultra-fast Time-of-flight Counter
(Physics, 2007-09-17)Fast time-of-flight counters are planned to dramatically decrease backgrounds to events with a massive central system and forward/backward protons at the LHC. By using timing to confirm that the protons originated from the ... -
Relation Between Solitary Wave Occurrence and Solar Wind Parameters During the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability
(2023-08-07)The Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (KHI) is an important mechanism whereby the solar wind transports energy and momentum into the magnetosphere. One unresolved topic is the role of kinetic phenomena and turbulence in mediating ... -
Searching For Dark Matter In Neutrino Beams
Dark Matter detection is currently a major area of interest for research. For the past 45 years many ideas and experiments have been investigated to explain the existence of and to detect Dark Matter. Since these experiments ... -
Sensitivity Study for Low Mass Dark Matter Search at DUNE
Many anomalies in the predictions of mass and gravity at the galactic scale have been attributed to an elusive form of matter we refer to as dark matter. The excessive rotational velocity of galaxies and gravitational ... -
Silicon Carbide Nanotubes: Promises Beyond Carbon Nanotubes
(Physics, 2008-09-17)First-principles calculations for the electronic and geometric structures of three different types of armchair and zigzag silicon carbide nanotubes from (3, 3) to (11, 11) and (3, 0) to (11, 0) have been performed using ... -
Spin Coupling By Conduction Electrons Explored By Double Time Green's Functions
(Physics, 2013-03-20)The impurities containing unfilled d or f shells may have localized magnetic moments in nonmagnetic metals, semiconductors, and superconductors under certain conditions. These localized moments interact with each other ... -
STUDIES OF INFLUENCE OF ENERGY DISTRIBUTION ON THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE
(2015-11-30)The energy inputs into the upper atmosphere including both solar irradiation and geomagnetic energy can significantly change the upper atmosphere such as the neutral and plasma densities, velocities and temperatures. ... -
A Study Of Ejection Times Of Terrestrial Planets From The Habitable Zones Of The Solar Twins Hd 20782 And Hd 188015
(Physics, 2009-09-16)We provide a detailed statistical study of the ejection of Earth-mass planets from the habitable zones of the solar twins HD 20782 and HD 188015. These systems possess a giant planet that crosses into the stellar habitable ... -
Study Of Jet And Missing Transverse Energy Performance In Dijet Events With ATLAS Data
(Physics, 2012-04-11)The Large Hadron Collider(LHC) is the world's largest particle collider at CERN, Geneva, operating at a center of mass energy of 7 TeV . The Toroidal LHC Apparatus (ATLAS)is one of two general purpose detectors at the LHC. ... -
Study Of The Response Of The ATLAS Tile Calorimeter To Muons Produced In Sqrt(s) = 7 Tev Proton-proton Collisions At The LHC
(Physics, 2011-10-11)The purpose of this study is to verify the inter-calibration of the cells and uniformity of the Tile Calorimeter (TileCal) detector in the ATLAS experiment at CERN. The response using muons produced in proton-proton ... -
STUDYING THE OXYGEN EFFECT IN PROTON THERAPY VIA GPU-BASED MICROSCOPIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATION
(2020-08-10)Dissolved oxygen molecules are known to play an important role in radiotherapy. For example, tumor cells can be more radio-resistance under hypoxia than normoxia. There has been multiple hypothesis proposed to explain these ... -
Synthesis And Characterization Of Magnetic Nanoparticles
(Physics, 2007-08-23)Synthesis of uniform nanoparticles (<100 nm) of hard and soft magnetic materials have attracted much attention in the last two decades because of their unique magnetic properties and potential for many applications such ... -
The Synthesis And Luminescence Properties Of Lanthanide-based Nanoparticles For Biological Application
(Physics, 2008-09-17)Lanthanide-doped nanoparticles have great potential as a new kind of luminescent material. In this thesis, we report the synthesis of Cerium-doped LaF3 nanoparticles in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) using chemical reaction at ... -
Synthesis Of Cdte And Pbs Semiconductor Quantum Dots And Their Biological And Photochemical Applications
(Physics, 2010-07-19)Semiconductor quantum dots are inorganic nanoparticles with unique photophysical properties. In particular, water soluble quantum dots which have been synthesized by colloidal chemistry in aqueous environment are highly ...