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Self Powered Sensing By Combining Novel Sensor Architectures With Energy Harvesting
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-03-03)Recent advancements in the field of wireless sensor networks have resulted in increasing demand for self-powering techniques that reduces the dependence on batteries. In order to address this problem, there has been ... -
Self-assembly Of Polystyrene Nanospheres And Its Applications As Templates For Plasmonic Structures
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2011-03-03)Monodispersed colloidal polystyrene spheres have been self-assembled into various structures as templates for the fabrication of different nanostructures. Two unique self-assembly processes have been developed and ... -
Simulation of Li Dendrite Inhibition in Lithium Battery by Phase-Field Method
(2022-05-16)Lithium (Li) dendrite growth poses serious challenges for the development of Li metal batteries which also stops the footsteps of human utilizing the environment-friendly new power source. Replacing liquid electrolyte with ... -
SINGLE STEP FABRICATION OF SHAPE MORPHING 3D SURFACES
(2020-06-04)Shape-changing materials that can adopt programmable 3-dimensional (3D) shapes offer promise for a wide range of applications. Form the formation of the leaves and flowers to the shaping of complex organs, the analogues ... -
Solid-state Tunneling Spectroscopy Of Individual Quantum Dots
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-07-19)Quantum dots are gaining importance for their potential applications in the fields of energy harvesting, bio-labeling and treatment, in opto-electronic devices and in photonic devices. For all these applications, it is ... -
Spectral-Domain Phase-Sensitive Interferometry for Real-Time Probing of Electrodeposition Processes
(2018-08-28)Electrodeposition is a simple, versatile and scalable method for depositing thin metal films on conductive substrates, and it has long been used in large-scale industrial processes for metal film coating. In the last two ... -
Study And Manipulation Of Electron Tunneling Through Quantum Dots
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2014-07-14)Fermi-Dirac distribution is the fundamental property which governs the electron energy distribution in solids. At finite temperatures, Fermi-Dirac thermal smearing of electron energies limits the operation of many electronic, ... -
STUDY OF ALLOY EFFECT ON ELECTROMIGRATION IN SN SOLDER ALLOYS
(2023-05-22)This dissertation presents experimental results about the alloy effect on the Electromigration (EM) of Sn in Sn-based binary and ternary alloys. By using cross-stripe configuration, the alloy effect on EM of Sn can be ... -
Study of an all-Vanadium Photoelectrochemical Cell for High-Efficiency Solar Energy Storage
(2016-07-27)In an attempt to explore a clean and renewable alternative to existing energy sources such as fossil fuel, we studied the feasibility of using vanadium redox species to store the inexhaustible solar energy via photoelectrochemical ... -
Study of Conduction Behavior in Dielectrics in Chip Level Interconnects: Detection of Defects in Al/SiO2 Interconnects
(2018-12-18)This dissertation presents four different electrical measurement techniques to detect structural defects in Al/SiO2 interconnects. These techniques, namely 1) polarity dependence measurement, 2) current voltage measurement, ... -
STUDY OF COPPER-RICH INTERMETALLIC PHASE FORMATION IN COPPER-ALUMINUM BINARY SYSTEM
(2018-05-04)This work aims to study the initial formation and subsequent growth of intermetallic compounds (IMC) in the binary Al-Cu system. Al-Cu pair configurations have been successfully used for several decades as structural ... -
STUDY OF ELECTROMIGRATION FAILURE MECHANISM IN MICRO SOLDER JOINT
(2021-05-09)The miniaturizing trend for advanced electronic devices has motivated the microelectronic industries to pursue device integration and packaging technology based on the micro-bump solder joint. This type of the joint enables ... -
Study of Electron Energy Filtering for Cold Electron Transport at Room Temperature
(2022-08-17)The Fermi-Dirac thermal excitation of electrons at room temperature has been a significant limitation to many technologically important phenomena such as single electron transport. The electron thermal excitation also ... -
Study of SAC Solder Interconnect Parameters in Microelectronic Semiconductor Packaging and their Effects on Electromigration Failure Mechanisms
(2021-12-13)As the shrinkage of electronic devices becomes more appealing, so do their high capacity and efficiency. This demand for ever-shrinking sizes of electronic devices follows the trend predicted by Moore’s Law. To achieve ... -
A Study Of The Antiwear Behavior And Oxidation Stability Of Fluorinated Zinc Dialkyl Dithio Phosphate In The Presence Of Antioxidants
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2008-08-08)The antiwear additive Zinc dialkyl dithio phosphate (ZDDP) is one of the most important components of engine-oil additives and a major source of phosphorus. Phosphorus plays a crucial part in mitigating engine wear, yet ... -
Study On The Leakage Current Behavior And Conduction Mechanism Of Porous Low-k In Cu/porous Low-k Interconnects: The Influence Of Extrinsic Factors
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2010-11-01)This study investigates the influence of extrinsic factors including moisture and impurities trapped in porous low-k (PLK) and defective diffusion barrier on the leakage current behavior and the associated conduction ... -
Studying An All-vanadium Photoelectrochemical Cell For Highly Efficient Solar Energy Conversion And Storage Via Photocatalytic Redox Reaction
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2015)This study aims at developing a promising alternative approach to utilize solar energy continuously with high efficiency by employing photocatalytic vanadium redox reactions to overcome major drawbacks associated with ... -
Surface modification of iron and aluminum by electrolytic plasma processing
(Materials Science and Engineering, 2014)Electrolytic Plasma Processing (EPP) is an emerging, clean surface modification technology which is able to both clean and, depending on the circuit polarity, deposit either cationic or anionic species from an aqueous ... -
SURFACE MODIFICATION OF TITANIUM BY ELECTROLYTIC PLASMA PROCESSING AND IN-VITRO STUDIES
(2021-08-02)Electrolytic plasma processing (EPP) can be operated in two modes, namely plasma electrolytic saturation (PES) and plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO). In this study, the PES was used to create hydrophilic surface profiles ... -
Syntheses, Characterization, And Applications Of Injectable Citrate-based Mussel-inspired Biodegradable Adhesive (iCMBA) Polymers And Hydrogels
(Materials Science & Engineering, 2014-03-10)Tissue adhesives are increasingly gaining more popularity in various areas of biomedical applications. They are utilized as surgical adhesives, as a replacement or adjunct to conventional wound closure and bleeding control ...