Browsing Department of Materials Science and Engineering by Title
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Design And Fabrication Of Piezoelectric Micro Generator Using Laser Micromachining And MEMS Technique
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2008-09-17)An energy harvesting device based on PbPb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3-Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 ceramics was fabricated by using laser micromachining technique. It was found that the laser machining process did not have a significant effect ... -
Development And Analysis Of Low Calcium Flyash Based Geopolymer For Structural Applications
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2014-09-17)Geopolymers are an innovative ceramic material composed of long chains and networks of inorganic molecules are being used as an alternative to conventional Portland cement for infrastructure construction, replacement of ... -
Development Of Amphiphilic Biodegradable Photoluminescent Polymers
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2014-03-10)The development of amphiphilc block copolymers have been attracted much attention due to their potential use in drug delivery and targeting. Less research work focused on their prospective application as fluorescent imaging ... -
Development Of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Based Erosion Models For Oil And Gas Industry Applications
(Mechanical Engineering, 2013)Erosion prediction plays a critical role in different oil and gas industry segments including drill bit manufacturing, measurement & logging while drilling (M&LWD), and reservoir engineering/completions tools. Recently, ... -
Development Of Multimodal Imaging System Combined With Laser Microbeam For Nanoscale Manipulation And Characterization.
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-10-11)Optical microscopy has fascinated biologists for probing and observing cellular structure while performing scientific research. While numerous wide-field and scanning microscopic techniques are being developed for probing ... -
DEVELOPMENT OF PLASMA FUNCTIONALIZED NANO-ADDITIVES FOR OILS AND STUDY OF THEIR TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
(2017-10-20)Lubricants used in motor engines contain various chemical species to help enhance energy efficiency and provide increased longevity. Unfortunately, at the same time, these additives become a source of catalytic poisoning, ... -
Diffusion-free Back Contact Solar Cells On S-passivated Si(100) Substrates
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2008-04-22)A diffusion-free back contact solar cell is proposed in this work. The textured front-side of this cell is coated with ~100 nm thermal SiO2 to enhance the light trapping meanwhile reduce the surface recombination velocity ... -
Dispersion study of Metal-Organic Frameworks and Synthesis of MOF-High-density polyethylene fibers
(2023-05-19)Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are a highly versatile class of materials with a wide range of potential applications in gas storage, separation, catalysis, drug delivery, and sensing. The ability to tailor the properties ... -
DNA Based Thin Film As Hole Transport Layer In Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2007-09-17)In the field of organic solar cell, the conjugated polymer-fullerene bulk heterojunction concept is one of the ongoing research interests. In this work, the use of de-oxyribose nucleic acid/ hexadecyl trimethyl ammonium ... -
Effect Of Additive Morphology & Chemistry On Wear & Friction Of Greases Under Spectrum Loading
(Materials Science & Engineering, 12-10-2012)The primary focus of grease development is to minimize friction and improve on wear and load bearing capacity. Traditional method to evaluate wear behavior of grease is based on ASTM D2266 which evaluates the performance ... -
Effect Of Aging On The Transformation Of Phases In Solder Joint Of PBGA Packaging
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-07-19)This study investigates the microstructural characteristics of 3.0Ag-0.5Cu-Sn (SAC305) solder joint as in assembled state, and their evolution with aging treatment at 100 and 150°C for various hours. Specific aim of the ... -
Effect Of Reflow Variables On The Nanoscale Mechanical Properties Of Lead Free Solders
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-07-19)This study presents findings on the nano-mechanical properties of binary and ternary (Cu, Ag) - Sn Solders. Nanoindentation with a cube corner tip was used on Sn-Ag and SAC405 alloy compositions to investigate the effect ... -
The Effects Of Deposition Conditions On The Mechanical Properties Of Titanium Silicon Nitride Nanocomposite Coatings
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2015)Titanium Silicon Nitride has received much attention in recent years for its theoretical super hardness and oxidation resistance at high temperature. In this work, the mechanical properties of TiSiN thin films including ... -
Effects of Graphene in High-Density Polyethylene Microfibers
(2022-12-20)High-Density Polyethylene uniquely can induce banded spherulites as it is crystallized from its melt. We studied the effects of graphene in the crystallography of banded HDPE by examining parameters such as the extent of ... -
The Effects Of Microstructure On The Mechanical Properties Of Hard Transition Metal Silicon Nitride Nanocomposite Coatings
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2014-03-12)In this body of work, the examination of two different transition metal silicon nitride (MeSiN) systems using two different methods of physical vapor deposition (PVD) allowed for the development of a detailed understanding ... -
Effects Of Surface Plasmon Excitations On Photoluminescence By CdSe/Zns Quantum Dots
(Materials Science and Engineering, 2013)The influence of localized surface plasmons (LSPs) and surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) on the photoluminescence (PL) spectra of core/shell type CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) has been studied. Thin film samples of these ... -
Electrochemical N-type Doping In Metal Oxides And Its Application In Photovoltaics
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-07-14)Electrodeposition has the advantages of low-cost, high-throughput and large-area processing which is particularly suitable for solar cells fabrication. Two common metal oxides prepared by electrodeposition are discussed ... -
Electrodeposition Of Nickel Sulfide And Its Thermal Oxidation For Photovoltaic Applications
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2012-04-11)Alternative photovoltaic materials that feature natural abundance, low extraction and processing costs, and reasonable efficiency have to be found. In this respect, transition metal chalcogenides such as oxide and sulfide ... -
ELECTROMIGRATION INDUCED INTERFACE REACTION IN Cu-WIRE / Al-PAD DIFFUSION COUPLE
(2017-01-17)This dissertation presents experimental observations that may assist the understanding of electromigration (EM) failure mechanism active in Cu wire and Al thin film pad (wire bond). This study is motivated by an ongoing ... -
ELEMENT-SPECIFIC NANOPARTICLE PLACEMENT TOWARD FABRICATING MULTI-ELEMENT METASTRUCTURES
(2019-05-17)Nanoscale entities such as semiconductor nanoparticles, magnetic nanoparticles, metal nanoparticles, and dielectric nanoparticles have attracted a lot of attention due to their novel electrical, optical, and magnetic ...