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Solid State PhysicsProceedings of the 58th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2013

Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India

17-21 December 2013

Editors

Chitra Murli

D. Bhattacharyya

S. C. Gadkarl

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India

All papers have been peer reviewed.

Sponsoring OrganizationsBoard of Research in Nuclear Sciences

Department ofAtomic Energy

Government of India

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Table of Contents

Preface: DAE Solid State Physics SymposiumChitra Murli, Dibyendu Bhattacharyya, and S. C. Gadkari

Committees

PART A

INVITED TALKS

Indus-2 X-ray lithography beamline for X-ray optics and material science applications

V. P. Dhamgaye and G. S. Lodha 7

Synchrotron based X-ray fluorescence activities at Indus-2: An overview

M. K. Tiwari 13

Doped YV04 single crystals: Growth issues in the OFZ technique and investigation

of spectroscopic properties

Indranil Bhaumik, S. Ganesamoorthy, R. Bhatt, A. Saxena, M. Soharab, A. K. Karnal,

and P. K. Gupta 18

Atomically resolved force microscopy at room temperature

Seizo Morita 24

Beyond modulation doping: Engineering a semiconductor to be ambipolar, or making

an ON-OFF-ON transistor

K. Das Gupta, A. F. Croxall, B. Zheng, F. Sfigakis, I. Farrer, C. A. Nicoll, H. E. Beere,

and D. A. Ritchie 27

Lipid-induced structural turnover of water droplets to liquid crystal droplets

Sumyra Sidiq and Santanu Kumar Pal 33

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

A. Phase Transitions

FPLAPW approach to high pressure mechanical and thermal behavior of HfN

Dinesh C. Gupta, Mamta Chauhan, and Idris Hamid Bhat 36

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Pressure induced local disorder to order phase transition in Ta02F

K. Kamali and T. R. Ravindran 38

Structural and dielectric properties of Nd/Ca co-doped bi-ferrite multiferroics

Ashwini Kumar, Poorva Sharma, and Dinesh Varshney 40

Structural and in-field dielectric studies across the antiferroelectric transition in Sr,-xCaxTi03

Shivani Sharma, Aga Shahee, and N. P. Lalla 42

Structural and optical properties of Nd3+ doped gadolinium oxide ID nanorods

G. Boopathi, S. Gokul Raj, G. Ramesh Kumar, and R. Mohan 44

Effect of samarium doping on the dielectric behavior of barium zircomium titanate ceramic

T. Badapanda, S. Sarangi, B. Behera, S. Anwar, and T. P. Sinha 46

Effect of Ti doping on high pressure behavior of BiMn2Os

K. K. Pandey, H. K. Poswal, Ravi Kumar, and Surinder M. Sharma 48

High pressure phase transformation in yttrium sulfide(YS): A first principle study

B. D. Sahoo, K. D. Joshi, and Satish C. Gupta 50

Pressure induced structural and magnetic phase transition in magnesium nitrides

MgNx (x = 1, 2, 3): A first principles study

R. Rajeswarapalanichamy, G. Sudhapriyanga, A. Jemmy Cinthia, M. Santhosh, and A. Murugan 53

Phase evolution studies in CaZrTi207-RE2Ti207 (RE = Nd3+, Sm3+) system: Futuristic ceramic

host matrices for nuclear waste immobilization

M. Jafar, S. N. Achary, and A. K. Tyagi 55

Role of excess Mn for martensitic transformation in NhMni+xSn^,,: Ab initio approach

Soumyadipta Pal, Priya Mahadevan, and C. Biswas 58

Pressure induced tetragonal to monoclinic transition in RbN3 studied from first principles theoryG. Vaitheeswaran and K. Ramesh Babu 60

URe2-A compressibility study of allotropic phases

B. Shukla, N. V. Chandra Shekar, and P. Ch. Sahu 62

Detection of a new 'nematic-like' phase in liquid crystal-amphiphile mixture by differential

scanning calorimetryKaustabh Dan, Madhusudan Roy, and Alokmay Datta 64

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Investigation of structural stability and elastic properties of Zrh and Zrh> A first principles

study

S. Kanagaprabha, R. Rajeswarapalanichamy, G. Sudhapriyanga, A. Murugan, M. Santhosh,

and K. Iyakutti 67

Dielectric studies of BaTio.96Coo.04O3 prepared via solid state route

Ashutosh Mishra, Niyati Mishra, Kanaka Mahalakshmi Jarabana, and Supriya Bisen 70

Tuning of exchange bias in Mn50Ni39+;(Snii-i (x=0 and 2) full Heusler alloys

Jyoti Sharma and K. G. Suresh 73

Dielectric behavior of barium modified strontium bismuth titanate ceramic

P. Nayak, T. Badapanda, S. Anwar, and S. Panigrahi 76

Synthesis and structural studies on (l-x)Bi(Mgi/2Ti1/2)03-xPbTi03 piezoceramics

Ashutosh Upadhyay, Rishikesh Pandey, Shashwat Anand, and Akhilesh K. Singh 79

Magnetic and structural properties of Zn doped MnV204

Prashant Shahi, K. K. Shukla, Rahul Singh, A. Das, A. K. Ghosh, A. K. Nigam,

and Sandip Chatterjee 81

Shock Hugoniot phase transition of SiC

A. Y. Vahora, Prakruti Chaudhari, R. H. Joshi, N. K. Bhatt, and B. Y. Thakore 84

Effect of dimensionality on vapor-liquid phase transition

Sudhir Kumar Singh 86

High pressure and high temperature behaviour of ZnO

Nilesh A. Thakar, Apoorva D. Bhatt, and Tushar C. Pandya 88

Dielectric spectroscopy of Dy203 doped (Ko.5Na0^)Nb03 piezoelectric ceramics

P. Mahesh, T. Subhash, and D. Pamu 90

Structural behaviour ofYGa under high pressure

M. Sekar, N. V. Chandra Shekar, P. Ch. Sahu, and R. Babu 92

Phase formation in BZT (10/90) ceramic

Punita Batra and Sangeeta Singh 94

Synthesis, electrical and thermal properties of Bi4V2-sYxOii (x=0.0 and 0.10) ceramics

S. Sahu and M. Roy 96

Enumeration and stability analysis of simple periodic orbits in p-Fermi Pasta Ulam lattice

Rupali L. Sonone and Sudhir R. Jain 99

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Emergence of supersolid order in a disordered Bose gas with harmonic trapping

Apurba Barman and Saurabh Basu 102

Bosc-Einstein condensate in a rotating double-well potential: Hidden vortices and Feynman rule

T. Mithun, K. Porsezian, and Bishwajyoti Dey 104

Structural and magnetic transformation in electrochemically synthesized FePt thin films

on Si/Pt electrodes

Rekha Gupta, Rajan Goyal, Rohit Medwal, and S. Annapoorni 107

Structural and dielectric properties of erbium doped BiFe03-PbTi03 solid solutions

Vandana, Anupinder Singh, Lakhwant Singh, Anumeet Kaur, Sajjan Dahyia,and Ratnamala Chatterjee 110

Charge density wave in Er2lr3Si5 single crystal

P. C. Lalngilneia, A. Thamizhavel, S. Ramakrishnan, and D. Pal 113

Inflection points of microcanonical entropy: Monte Carlo simulation of q state Potts model

on a finite square lattice

E. Praveen and S. V. M. Satyanarayana 115

Structural phase transition and elastic properties of hafnium dihydride: A first principles studyM. Santhosh, R. Rajeswarapaianichamy, S. Kanagaprabha, G. Sudhapriyanga, A. Murugan,A. Jemmy Chinthia, and K. Iyakutti 117

Influence of Mo in p" phase stability of Ti- Mo system: Synchrotron based XRD studies

M. Sabeena, S. Murugesan, R. Mythili, A. K. Sinha, M. N. Singh, M. Vijayalakshmi, and S. K. Deb 119

Phase transition of La- chalcogenides under high pressure

Dinesh Chandra Gupta and Gajendra Singh Raypuria 122

High pressure Raman spectroscopic study of H3Co(CN)6K. K. Mishra, Nilesh Salke, S. N. Achary, A. K Tyagi, and Rekha Rao 125

Effect of annealing temperature on titania nanoparticlesK. Manikandan, S. Arumugam, and G. Chandrasekaran 128

Magnetic measurements on a-CS2U4Ou

Buddhadev Kanrar, N. L. Misra, P. U. Sastry, V. Dube, and G. Ravikumar 131

Enhanced dielectric constant and relaxor behavior realized by dual stage sinteringofSr0.5Ba„.5Nb2O6

Satyapal S. Rathore and Satish Vitta 133

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Hydrogen bonds in a-oxalic acid dihydrate-A Raman spectroscopic studyA. K. Mishra, Chitra Murli, H. Bhatt, and Surinder M. Sharma 136

Bose-Hubbard model with attractive interactions and inhomogeneous lattice potential

Mukesh Khanore and Bishwajyoti Dey 139

The effect of temperature on ferroelectric properties of CaCu3Ti4Oi2 ceramic

Sandeep Kumar, Neetu Ahlawat, and Suman Punia 142

Underdamped strain dynamics of a martensitic model with power-law interactions

N. Shankaraiah, Sanjay Puri, and S. R. Shenoy 145

Static critical phenomena in Co-Ni-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloyBrahmananda Sethi, S. Sarma, A. Srinivasan, and S. B. Santra 148

Ab initio study of pressure induced structural and electronic properties in uranium

monobismuthide

Jagdish Pataiya, Mahendra Aynyas, C. Makode, A. Singh, and Sankar P. Sanyal 151

Comparative dielectric investigation on two newly synthesized H-shaped mesogenic dimers

Sudhaker Dixit, Rajiv Manohar, A. K. Prajapati, and Mahesh Varia 153

Structural behaviour of niobium oxynitride under high pressure

Bharat Bhooshan Sharma, H. K. Poswal, K. K. Pandey, Surinder M. Sharma, J. V. Yakhmi,

Y. Ohashi, and S. Kikkawa 156

High pressure Raman spectroscopic studies of (p-chloroanilinium^CuCU

Pallavi Ghalsasi, Nandini Garg, Prasanna Ghalsasi, Hemant Mande, and S. M. Sharma 158

B. Soft Condensed Matter Including Biological Systems

Tuning structure of oppositely charged nanoparticle and protein complexes

Sugam Kumar, V. K. Aswal, and P. Callow 161

Structure and dynamics of aqueous solution of uranyl ions

Manish Chopra and Niharendu Choudhury 164

Observation of two different fractal structures in nanoparticle, protein and surfactant complexes

Sumit Mehan, Sugam Kumar, and V. K. Aswal 167

Radial distribution studies on water soluble polymers using XRD line profile data

G. Thejas Urs, M. B. Nanda Prakash, H. T. Ananda, and R. Somashekar 170

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An unusual behavior on the electrical properties of various salts of chitosan

C. Raja Mohan, R. Manikandan, and K. Jayakumar 172

Tuning of depletion interaction in nanoparticle-surfactant systems

D. Ray and V. K. Aswal175

Fabrication, characterization and gas sensing studies of PPy/MWCNT/SLS nanocomposite

D. C. Tiwari, Priyanka Atri, and R. Sharma 178

Orientational order parameter measurements ofdiscotic liquid crystal

Supreet Kaur, K. K. Raina, S. Kumar, and R. Pratibha 180

Optical and electrical properties of cobalt chloride doped polyvinylalcohol polyvinylpyrrolidone

blend

R. V. Patil, M. R. Ranganath, and Blaise Lobo 183

SANS study of understanding mechanism of cold gelation of globular proteins

A. J. Chinchalikar, Sugam Kumar, V. K. Aswal, J. Kohlbrecher, and A. G. Wagh 186

Bio-compatibility, surface & chemical characterization of glow discharge plasma modified ZnO

nanocomposite polycarbonateBhawna Bagra, Prashant Pimpliskar, and Narendra Kumar Agrawal 189

Correlation between microhardness and surface properties of Rhodamine B doped PVA films

J. Tripathi, S. Tripathi, A. Sharma, T. Shripathi, J. M. Keller, and K. Das 192

FTIR and XRD study of PMMA/PCTFE blend films

S. Tripathi, J. Tripathi, A. Agrawal, A. Sharma, and T. Shripathi 194

Photoluminescence analysis of selfinduced planer alignment in azo dye dispersed nematic liquid

crystal complex

Rishi Kumar, Srishti Sood, and K. K. Raina 197

Electrically tuned photoluminescence in large pitch cholesteric liquid crystal

Manju Middha, Rishi Kumar, and K. K. Raina 200

Ionic conductivity studies in crystalline PVA/NaAlg polymer blend electrolyte doped

with alkali salt KC1

T. Sheela, R. F. Bhajantri, V. Ravindrachary, P. K. Pujari, Sunil G. Rathod, and Jagadish Naik 202

Esterase activity of BSA-ZnO nanoparticle complex

A. Bhogale, A. Nair, N . Patel, A. Miotello, and D. C. Kothari 205

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Study of x CNFO + (1-x) PLZT magnetoelectric composites

Dipti, Sangeeta Singh, J. K. Juneja, R. P. Pant, K. K. Raina, and Chandra Prakash 207

How attractive interaction changes water-like anomalies of a core-softened model potential

Shashank Pant, Tarun Gera, and Niharendu Choudhury 210

A comparative study of conventionally sintered and microwave sintered nickel zinc ferrite

Rekha Rani, J. K. Juneja, K. K. Raina, R. K. Kotnala, and Chandra Prakash 213

SANS study of interaction of silica nanoparticles with BSA protein and their resultant structure

Indresh Yadav, V. K. Aswal, and J. Kohlbrecher 216

Microstructural, thermal and antibacterial properties of electron beam irradiated Bombyx mori

silk fibroin films

S. Asha, Sangappa, Prashantha Naik, K. Sharat Chandra, and Ganesh Sanjeev 219

Diffusion studies on permeable nitroxyl spin probe through lipid bilayer membrane

A. Milton Franklin Benial, V. Meenakumari, Kazuhiro Ichikawa, Ken-ichi Yamada,

Fuminori Hyodo, A. Jawahar, and Hideo Utsumi 222

Ab-initio study of napthelene based conducting polymer

Ankur Ruhela, Reena Kanchan, Anurag Srivastava, and O. P. Sinha 225

Lattice Boltzmann study of kinetic equation derived from BBGKY hierarchy

and non-equilibrium work distributions

S. Siva Nasarayya Chad and K. P. N. Murthy 228

Spectroscopic studies of glycinium oxalate under pressure

Himal Bhatt, C. Murli, N. Garg, A. K. Mishra, M. N. Deo, and Surinder M. Sharma 230

C. Nano-materials

Size effect on the electronic and optical band gap of CdSe QD

Namita Sisodia 233

Conducting intrinsic nanocrystalline silicon films with high growth rate prepared

at 27.12 MHz frequency

Praloy Mondal and Debajyoti Das 236

Structural, magnetic and magnetoelectric properties of In-Co codoped BiFeC>3 nanoparticles

G. S. Arya, Mast ram, Hakikat Sharma, Khem Raj Sharma, R. K. Kotnala, and N. S. Negi 238

Chemical synthesis, characterizations and magnetic properties of nanocrystalline Fe50Co5o alloyShankar B. Dalavi, M. Manivel Raja, and Rabi Narayan Panda 241

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Effect of pressure on narrow band Coi_xFexS2 nanoparticles-Mossbauer spectroscopic study

Usha Chandra, Pooja Sharma, and T. C. Badiwal 244

Novel synthesis of highly porous spinel cobaltite (NiCo204) electrode material

for supercapacitor applications

A. Nirmalesh Naveen and S. Selladurai 246

Study of sub band gap absorption of Sn doped CdSe thin films

Jagdish Kaur, Mamta Rani, and S. K. Tripathi 249

Electrical studies on perovskite BaSn03 nanostructures

N. Rajamanickam, S. Rajashabala, R. Ramesh Babu, Nandakishor Meshram, and K. Ramachandran 251

High capacitance in BiFe03 nanorod structure

Subhasis Rana, Nabanita Dutta, S. K. Bandyopadhyay, Pintu Sen, and A. K. Himanshu 254

Determination of trap depth in nc-CdSe:Cu thin films using thermally stimulated current

measurements

S. K. Tripathi, Alaa. S. AI-Kabbi, Kriti Sharma, R. Ridhi, and G. S. S. Saini 256

Variation in band gap of lanthanum chromate by transition metals doping LaCro.9Ao.1O3

(A:Fe/Co/Ni)

Swaleha Naseem, Wasi Khan, A. A. Saad, M. Shoeb, Hilal Ahmed, Shahid Husain,

and A. H. Naqvi259

Structural and optical studies of CuO nanostructures

Prakash Chand, Anurag Gaur, and Ashavani Kumar 262

Effect of gamma irradiation on electrical properties of Cu nanowires

Pallavi Rana, Devender Gehlawat, and R. P. Chauhan 265

Structural and optical properties of a-Mn02 nanowires and p-Mn02 nanorods

N. Rajamanickam, P. Ganesan, S. Rajashabala, and K. Ramachandran 267

Role of sonic energy on growth morphology and optical properties of ZnO:S nanostructures

Nihar Ranjan Panda, Bhabani Shankar Acharya, and Pratibindhya Nayak 270

Structural and optical properties of MgO doped ZnO

Kavita Verma, S. Shukla, M. Varshney, A. Asthana, and Dinesh Varshney 273

Microstructural and optical studies on sonochemically synthesized Cu doped ZnO nanoparticles

Dojalisa Sahu, Nihar Ranjan Panda, B. S. Acharya, and A. K. Panda 276

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CdO-CdS nano-composites as improved photo-catalysts for the generation of hydrogenfrom water

Shital V. Kahane, R. Sasikala, V. Sudarsan, and Shailaja Mahamuni 279

Structural and viscous properties of bidispersed magnetic colloids

Hiral Virpura, Mayur Parmar, Vishaka Dave, and Rajesh Patel 282

Possibility of hydrogen storage in SWCNT/Ti02/Sn02 hybrid system - An ab-initio studyR. Lavanya, V. J. Surya, K. Iyakutti, V. Vasu, and Y. Kawazoe 285

Silver decorated multiwallcd carbon nanotubes and their characterization

Swati Gahlot, Vaibhav Kulshrestha, and V. K. Shahi 288

Liquid phase synthesis of copper indium diselenide nanoparticles

Priyanka Jakhmola, Garima Agarwal, Prafiilla K. Jha, and S. P. Bhatnagar 291

Quantitative phase analysis of Mg:Zr02 nanoparticles by Rietveld refinement method

V. Balaji, S. Senthilkumaran, and P. Thangadurai 294

Effect of gamma irradiation on dielectric properties of manganese zinc nanoferrites

V. Jagadeesha Angadi, B. Rudraswamy, E. Melagiriyappa, H. M. Somashekarappa,

and H. Nagabhushana 296

Flexible and optically transparent silver nano-islands film

Pratibha Goel, Samir Kumar, and J. P. Singh 299

Energy controlled edge formation for graphene nano ribbons

Deepika, T. J. Dhilip Kumar, and Rakesh Kumar 301

Effect of ZnO seed layer on the morphology and optical properties of ZnO nanorods

grown on GaN buffer layers

R. Nandi, S. Mohan, R. S. Srinivasa, and S. S. Major 303

Structural, optical and ethanol sensing properties of Cu-doped Sn02 nanowires

Anima Johari, Anoopshi Johari, M. C. Bhatnagar, and Manish Sharma 306

Morphological and photoluminescence study of chemically synthesized Al203 polythiophene

composite

Akhilesh Tripathi, Indra Bahadur, and R. K. Shukla 309

Substituted zinc phthalocyanine based nanowires for room temperature ppb level Cl2 sensing

application

Rajan Saini, Aman Mahajan, R. K. Bedi, A. K. Debnath, and D. K. Aswal 312

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Synthesis, morphology and optical properties of LaFe03 nanospheres

R. Dhinesh Kumar and R. Jayavel 315

Conventional and anomalous quantum Rabi oscillations in graphene

Enamullah Khan, Vipin Kumar, Upendra Kumar, and Girish S. Setlur 318

Decrease of metal to semiconducting phase transition temperature with increase of particle size

in nickel ferrite

Vanidha Dessingou, Arunkumar Arumugam, and Kannan Radhakrishnan 320

Effect of elasticity of wall on diffusion in nano channel

K. Tankeshwar and Sunita Srivastava 323

Annealing effects on microstrain of cobalt oxide nanoparticles

Anjali Jain Deotale, A. K. Sinha, M. N. Singh, Anuj Upadhyay, and R. V. Nandedkar 325

Structural and optical properties of Sb2S3 nanocrystals in glass

Rakesh K. Mishra, Raman Kashyap, A. G. Vedeshwar, and R. P. Tandon 327

Aligning carbon nano fibers using magnetic nanofluids

Mayur A. Parmar, Hiral A. Virpura, Vishaka Dave, and Rajesh J. Patel 330

Ceramic-polymer nanocomposites with increased dielectric permittivity and low dielectric loss

Sumit Bhardwaj, Joginder Paul, K. K. Raina, N. S. Thakur, and Ravi Kumar 333

Transport properties of nanocomposite and its simulation with L-R-C circuit

Arnab Gangopadhyay, Aditi Sarkar, and A. Sarkar 336

Adsorption of silver dimer on graphene - A DFT study

Gagandeep Kaur, Shuchi Gupta, Pooja Rani, and Keya Dharamvir 339

Photo-enhanced field emission characteristics of SnS2 nanosheets

Sachin R. Suryawanshi, Sambhaji S. Warule, Nilima S. Chaudhari, Satishchandra B. Ogale,and Mahendra A. More 342

Spin coating of Ag nanoparticles: Effect of reduction

A. A. Ansari and S. D. Sartale 345

Influence of samarium doping on electronic and magneto-transport propertiesof La0.9-xSmsSro.iMn03 (0.1<x<0.5) nanoparticles

Proloy T. Das, Kajal Gupta, Paresh Chandra Jana, and Tapan Kumar Nath 348

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Daylight photocatalytic activity of TiCh/SnOi core/shell nanostructures: An experimental

and density functional study

Pawan Chetri, Priyanka Basyach, and Amarjyoti Choudhury 351

One step, microwave assisted green synthesis of biocompatible carbon quantum dots

and their composites with [o-PWnO^I for visible light photocatalysisAtharva Sahasrabudhe, Shashank Pant, Manjunath Chatti, Binoy Maiti, Priyadarsi De,

and Soumyajit Roy 353

Effect of A1203 on crystallinity and conductivity of PVA-PEO-EC-LiCF3S03 blend electrolyte

system

Prajakta N. Joge, D. K. Kanchan, and Poonam L. Sharma 356

Effect of geometry on the screened acceptor binding energy in a quantum wire

R. Vijaya Shanthi and P. Nithiananthi 358

Influence of La substitution on ferromagnetic properties of lead free Nao5Bi0jTio.9g8Feo.0i203

multiferroic system

Kusum Parmar, Anshu Sharma, R. K. Kotnala, and N. S. Negi 361

Activation and adsorption of C02 on copper surfaces and clusters

Seema Gautam, Neetu Goel, and Keya Dharmvir 364

Reduced graphene oxide based silver sulfide hybrid films formed at a liquid/liquid interface

K. Bramhaiah and Neena S. John 366

Thermoluminescence of nanocrystalline CaS04: Dy for gamma dosimetry and calculation

of trapping parameters using deconvolution method

Nandkumar Mandlik, B. J. Patil, V. N. Bhoraskar, P. D. Sahare, and S. D. Dhole 369

Rapid and eco-friendly synthesis of copper nanoparticles

Y. Suresh, S. Annapurna, G. Bhikshamaiah, and A. K. Singh 372

Thermal expansion of multiwall carbon nanotube reinforced nanocrystalline silver matrix

composite

Manjula Sharma, Hemant Pal, and Vimal Sharma 374

Photocatalytic degradation of diethyl phthalate using TiOi nanoparticles

Pooja Singla, O. P. Pandey, and K. Singh 377

Development and characterization of chitosan/silica nanocomposite membranes

Amit Kumar, Swati Gahlot, Vaibhav Kulshrestha, and V. K. Shahi 379

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Structural and surface morphological study ofNi doped ZnS nanoparticles

H. A. Khawal and B. N. Dole 381

Characterization and optical properties of poIyaniline-MWCNT-ZnS nanocomposites

M. Goswami, R. Ghosh, and A. K. Meikap 384

Synthesis and characterization of Bii-,La,,P04 nano-rods

Sarabjot Singh, Sheeba Khan, D. K. Pate], and V. Sudarsan 387

Ferromagnetic superexchange interaction and spin glass behaviour in Sm2CoMn06

nanoparticlesR. P. Maiti, M. K. Mitra, and Dipankar Chakravorty 390

Study of dielectric relaxation process in nanocomposite of Li20-Si02 nanoglass-CuO

nanoparticlesDhriti Ranjan Saha and Dipankar Chakravorty 393

Modified properties of Fe304 nanoparticles on incorporation of optically active ZnSe

A. Roychowdhury, A. Das, S. P. Pati, S. Kumar, and D. Das 396

Structural, magnetic and Mossbauer studies of (BiFeOjJoj'CSrFenOi^oj nanocomposite

prepared by a sol-gel route

A. Das, A. Roychowdhury, S. P. Pati, S. Bandyopadhyay, and D. Das 399

Temperature dependent DC electrical conductivity studies of ZnO nanoparticle thick films

prepared by simple solution combustion method

C. S. Naveen, H. S. Jayanna, Ashok R. Lamani, and M. P. Rajeeva 402

Indium doped zinc oxide nanowire thin films for antireflection and solar absorber coating

applications

Ummar Pasha Shaik and M. Ghanashyam Krishna 405

Wet chemically grown composite thin film for room temperature LPG sensor

Ravikiran Birajadar, Dipalee Desale, Shaheed Shaikh, Sandip Mahajan, Deepak Upadhye,Anil Ghule, and Ramphal Sharma 407

Synthesis and Raman spectrum of crystalline indium oxide micro-rods with rectangularcross-section

Kavita Yadav, B. R. Mehta, and J. P. Singh 409

Optical nonlinear absorption characteristics of Sb2Sej nanoparticlesMolli Muralikrishna, Aditha Sai Kiran, B. Ravikanth, P. Sowmendran, V. Sai Muthukumar,

and Kamisetti Venkataramaniah 411

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Synthesis of CdS/CdSe core/shell ultra small nanostructures using new microwave assisted

ultrasonic sol gel route

Y. C. Goswami, Vijay Kumar, Ranjana Sharma, and Rajeev Singh 414

A study of various geometries of gold nanowires and effect of doping

Priyanka, Sumali Bansal, Rajiv Bhandari, and Keya Dharamvir 417

Fluorescence relaxation dynamics of CdSe and CdSe/CdS core/shell quantum dots

Gurvir Kaur, Harmandeep Kaur, and S. K. Tripathi 420

Magnetic properties of a-Mn02 and Co-doped a-Mn02 nanowires

C. Stella, N. Soundararajan, and K. Ramachandran 423

Structural investigations of Ga203 nanorods

R. M. Pandey, B. S. Naidu, V. Sudarsan, M. Pandey, R. J. Kshirasagar, and R. K. Vatsa 426

Surface-engineered core-shell nano-size ferrites and their antimicrobial activity

Jagdish D. Baraliya and Hiren H. Joshi 429

Size induced structural modifications in Y2Sn207

M. Pandey, S. Nigam, V. Sudarsan, R. J. Kshirsagar, and R. K. Vatsa 432

IR photodetector based on rectangular quantum wire in magnetic field

Nandan Jha 434

Controlled growth of nanocrystalline silicon within amorphous silicon carbide thin films

Arindam Kole and Partha Chaudhuri 437

Critical roles of cappants on the electrical resistivity of Ni nanoparticles

J. Singh, N. Kaurav, V. Ganesan, and Gunadhor S. Okram 440

Analysis of surface potential and photocatalytic activity of Au-graphene oxide nanocomposites

Arun Singh Patel, Mukesh Mishra, and T. Mohanty 442

Modulated magnetoelectric property of BiFe03 incorporated in Co0.5oFeo.5oFe204

A. S. Mahapatra, K. Mukhopadhyay, K. Mukhuti, and P. K. Chakrabarti 445

Optical and morphological properties of graphene sheets decorated with ZnO nanowires

via polyol enhancement

Vinay Sharma, Rajveer Singh Rajaura, Preetam K. Sharma, Subodh Srivastava, S. S. Sharma,

and Y. K. Vijay 448

Adsorption configurations of two nitrogen atoms on graphene

Babita Rani, V. K. Jindal, and Keya Dharamvir 450

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Zinc oxide nanoflower prepared by wet colloid chemical method

S. Mahato, S. Das, and A. K. Kar 453

Influence of Al doping on optical properties of CdS/PVA nanocomposites: Theory

and experiment

Vaneeta Bala, S. K. Tripathi, and Ranjan Kumar 456

CTAB capped silver nanoparticles for plasmonic dye-sensitized solar cell

Tanvi, Aman Mahajan, R. K. Bedi, and Subodh Kumar 459

Ion dynamics in nanocrystalline LiMnP04 synthesised by novel template free hydrothermal

approach

Lakshmi Vijayan, Rajesh Cheruku, and G. Govindaraj 462

Photoluminescence and energy transfer study on Gd2C>3:Eu3+, Al3+

T. Selvalakshmi, S. Anbumani, and A. Chandra Bose 465

Platinum atomic wire encapsulated in gold nanotubes: A first principle study

Sandeep Nigam, Suman K. Sahoo, Pranab Sarkar, and Chiranjib Majumder 468

Impedance due to grains in nano-crystalline Mn-Zn ferrite

G. Thirupathi and R. Singh 470

Synthesis and characterization of bifunctional hybrid nanocomposite YP04:5Eu@Fe304

Amresh I Prasad, L. Robindro Singh, A. K. Parchur, and R. S. Ninghthoujam 472

Growth and characterization ofZnSe nanoparticles

Shail Sharma, Mukhtar Ah. Malik, Tarun Chandel, Vikas Thakur, and P. Rajaram 474

Structural, optical and ethanol gas sensing properties of ln203 and Dy3+:ln203 nanoparticles

Kanica Anand, R. Thangaraj, Nipin Kohli, and Ravi Chand Singh 477

An innovative approach for efficient and reusable catalization for synthesis of a, p-unsaturated

compounds using polymer - NPs composites as catalystPrashant Pimpliskar, Bhawna Bagra, Gautam Aashish Kumar, Saurabh Khandelwal,

and Narendra Kumar Agrawal 481

Vapour phase transport growth and characterization of ZnO nanowires

B. V. Shrisha, Shashidhar Bhat, and K. Gopalakrishna Naik 484

Electronic and transport properties edge functionalized graphene nanoribbons-An ab initio

approach

Satyendra Singh Chauhan, Pankaj Srivastava, and A. K. Shrivastva 487

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Intrinsic high magnetism in SnOj quantum dots

Bonu Venkataramana, A. Das, Manas Sardar, S. Dhara, and A. K. Tyagi 490

Micro structural studies of PVA doped with metal oxide nanocomposites films

N. B. Rithin Kumar, Vincent Crasta, B. M. Praveen, B. Shreeprakash, and F. Viju 493

Rapid phase synthesis of nanocrystalline cobalt ferrite

T. Shanmugavel, S. Gokul Raj, G. Rajarajan, and G. Ramesh Kumar 496

Structural and Mossbauer spectroscopic study of Fe-Ni alloy nanoparticles

Asheesh Kumar, S. S. Meena, S. Banerjee, and V. Sudarsan 499

Synthesis and photoluminescence properties of Ca3B206:Tb3+ nanophosphorsMohit Manhas, Vinay Kumar, O. M. Ntwaeaborwa, and H. C. Swart 502

Synthesis and thermal analysis of bisphenol a polycarbonate- ZnO nanocomposites

Harshita Agrawal, Shalini Agrawal, Kamlendra Awasthi, and Vibhav K. Saraswat 505

Solid state synthesis of copper tungstate nanoparticles and its electrochemical detection

of 4-chlorophenolS. Muthamizh, R. Suresh, K. Giribabu, R. Manigandan, S. Praveen Kumar, S. Munusamy,L. Vijayalakshmi, A. Stephen, and V. Narayanan 508

Effect of oxidizer on grain size and low temperature DC electrical conductivity

of tin oxide nanomaterial synthesized by gel combustion method

M. P. Rajeeva, H. S. Jayanna, V. Prasad bothla, R. L. Ashok, and C. S. Naveen 511

Synthesis of CdS nanoparticles for photocatalytic application of methyleneblue degradationV. Muthuraj, M. Umadevi, K. Sankarasubramanian, and M. S. Kajamuhideen 514

Temperature dependent capacitance-voltage measurement of Al/Al203/PVA:n-CdSe MIS diode

Mamta Sharma and S. K. Tripathi 516

Thermal stability of bimetallic Au/Fe nanoparticles in silica matrix

Compesh Pannu, Udai B. Singh, Sonu Hooda, D. Kabiraj, and D. K. Avasthi 519

Size dependent structural, vibrational and magnetic properties of BiFe03

and core-shell structured BiFe03@Si02 nanoparticles

Sunil Chauhan, Manoj Kumar, Sandeep Chhoker, and S. C. Katyal 521

Synthesis and photoluminescence study of Er-doped Sn02

Sandeep Nigam, Amresh I. Prasad, V. Sudarsan, and R. K. Vatsa 524

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Mixed magnetic phases in Co304 nanoparticles synthesized by co-precipitation method

Stuti Rani, Yogesh Sharma, and G. D. Varma 526

Hydrothermal synthesis and magnetic properties of ErCr04 nanoparticles

Y. Sundarayya, K. Ashwini Kumar, Rajesh Sondge, S. Srinath, and S. N. Kaul 529

Structural, electronic and optical properties of armchair silicon nanotube of chirality (6,6)

Surjeet Kumar Chandel, Arun Kumar, P. K. Ahluwalia, and Raman Sharma 531

Assessing the purity of CNT from its composite with polymer - A new approach

J. C. Maurya, Soumen Karmakar, Sukratu Barve, S. V. Bhoraskar, A. K. Das, and V. L. Mathe 534

Influence of Ni substitution on structural and magnetic properties of Zn0.85-xNixMgo.o5Cuo.iFe204

ferrite

A. S. Batra, M. Satalkar, S. N. Kane, A. Ghosh, and N. Ghodke 537

Extrinsic mechanism for giant dielectric response in Bao.7oSrojo(Fe0.sNbo.5)03 ceramic

Piyush Kumar Patel, K. L. Yadav, and Durgesh 540

Study of seed aging in seed-mediated synthesis of IR responsive gold nanorods

Parveer Kaur and Bhupendra Chudasama 543

Tuning diamagnetic-ferromagnetic transition in Mn doped CdS nanocrystals by crystal structure

engineering

Anirudha Ghosh, Sanhita Paul, and Satyabrata Raj 546

Bromide ion induced formation of PVP-capped anisotropic gold nanoplates/nanotriangles

Manoj Verma, Abhitosh Kedia, and P. Senthil Kumar 549

High temperature ferromagnetism in Ni doped ZnO nanoparticles: Milling time dependence

Bappaditya Pal, P. K. Giri, and D. Sarkar 552

Nano particle porous alumina based thin film parallel plate capacitive humidity sensor

Shailesh Kumar 555

Synthesis and photoluminescence study of Dy3+ doped Sr3B206: NanophosphorsNeharika, Vinay Kumar, 0. M. Ntwaeaborwa, and H. C. Swart 558

Folate-conjugated luminescent Fe304 nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermiaK. C. Barick, Suman Rana, and P. A. Hassan 561

Template confined synthesis of amorphous carbon nanotubes and its confocal

Raman microscopy

Supratim Maity, Tuhin Roychowdhury, and Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay 563

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Synthesis and characterization of ferroelectric bismuth titanate (BLtT^Ou)

Pallavi Gupta, Balram, and Dwijendra P. Singh 565

Effect of surfactant assisted dispersed graphene on sensitivity of MWCNT-alcohol sensor

Anita Kumari, Neetu Prasad, Amandeep Kaur, Shiv Kumar Dixit, P. K. Bhatnagar,

and P. C. Mathur 568

Influence of sodium substitution on structural and optical properties of Zno.96Mno.04O

nanocrystals

B. L. Prashant, S. N. Dolia, Sudhish Kumar, Anjali Krishnamurthy, and Bipin K. Srivatava 571

Synthesis and characterizations of graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide nanosheets

M. Venkanna and Amit K. Chakraborty 574

Surfactant free hydrothermal synthesis of SnOi nanorods with their microstructure

and Raman studies

A. Amutha, B. K. Panigrahi, S. Amirthapanian, and P. Thangadurai 577

Ab initio study of nitrogen-multisubstituted neutral and positively charged C2o fullerene

Anita Rani and Ranjan Kumar 580

First principles DFT study of dye-sensitized CdS quantum dots

Kalpna Jain, Shyam Kishor, Kh. S. Singh, Ida Josefesson, Michael Odelius,

and Lavanya M. Ramaniah 583

Crystallographic, luminescence and photoconductive characteristics of chemically tailored

ZnO nanorods

Sayan Bayan, Dambarudhar Mohanta, and Purushottam Chakraborty 586

Ferroelectric studies of excessive Sm3+ containing perovskite PZT and pyrochlore biphase

ceramics

T. Anil Babu, K. V. Ramesh, V. Raghavendra Reddy, and D. L. Sastry 589

Growth and optical properties of partially transparent Eu doped CaF2 ceramic

Manoranjan Ghosh, Shashwati Sen, S. S. Pitale, U. K. Goutam, Seema Shinde, G. D. Patra,

and S. C. Gadkari 592

Synthesis of CdSe quantum dots for quantum dot sensitized solar cell

Neetu Singh, Vinod Kumar, R. M. Mehra, and Avinashi Kapoor 595

Thermal plasma synthesis of Fe, xNi, alloy nanoparticles

Suyog A. Raut, Nilesh S. Kanhe, S. V. Bhoraskar, A. K. Das, and V. L. Mathe 597

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NVP encapsulated gold nanoclusters by in situ polymerization of monomer

M. Boazbou Newmai, Abhitosh Kedia, and Pandian Senthil Kumar 600

Mass production of magnetic nickel nanoparticle in thermal plasma reactor

Nilesh S. Kanhe, Ashok B. Nawale, S. V. Bhoraskar, A. K. Das, and V. L. Mathe 603

Fe304@Si02 core-shell nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization and application

in environmental remediation

J. Majeed, Jayshree Ramkumar, S. Chandramouleeswaran, and A. K. Tyagi 605

D. Experimental Techniques and Devices

Shock induced spall fracture in polycrystalline copper

D. Mukherjee, Amit Rav, Amit Sur, K. D. Joshi, and Satish C. Gupta 608

Performance study of polycrystalline CVD diamond detectors for fast neutron monitoringArvind Singh, Amit Kumar, and Anita Topkar 611

Photoluminescence studies on off-sroichiometric defects in sprayed CZTS thin films

N. Poornima, V. G. Rajeshmon, C. Sudha Kartha, and K. P. Vijayakumar 614

Adsorption properties and inhibition of mild steel corrosion in 15% HQ

by 3-((lH-indol-3-yl)(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl)-lH-indole:electrochemical study

Debasis Behera, Sushil Kumar, Rajesh Ranjan Sinha, and Mahendra Yadav 617

Soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy of Lao.7Ca0jMni.xAlx03 thin fdms

Manish Kumar, R. J. Choudhary, and D. M. Phase 620

Optical properties of Y and Ti co-substituted BiFe03 multiferroics

Vikash Singh, Subhash Sharma, Manoj Kumar, and R. K. Dwivedi 622

Study on structural, dielectric and magnetic behaviour of ferroelectric/ferrite magnetoelectric

composites

Meera Rawat, Manjusha, and K. L. Yadav 625

Design and development of thermoelectric generator

D. S. Prem Kumar, Ishan Vardhan Mahajan, R. Anbalagan, and Ramesh Chandra Mallik 628

Fabrication of NiO thin film electrode for supercapacitor applicationsV. V. Mali, S. T. Navale, M. A. Chougule, G. D. Khuspe, P. R. Godse, S. A. Pawar, and V. B. Patil 631

All-solid-state proton battery using gel polymer electrolyte

Kuldeep Mishra, S. S. Pundir, and D. K. Rai 633

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On the improvement of photovoltaic action of ZnO/P3HT:PCBM by controlling roughness

of window layerR. Geethu, M. R. Rajesh Menon, C. Sudha Kartha, and K. P. Vijayakumar 636

Ageing studies on CuInS2/In2S3 junction (2.5x2cm2) deposited using automated spray machine

M. V. Santhosh, C. Sudha Kartha, and K. P. Vijayakumar 639

Synchrotron total reflection X-ray fluorescence at BL-16 microfocus beamline of Indus-2

M. K. Tiwari, A. K. Singh, Gangadhar Das, Anupam Chowdhury, and G. S. Lodha 642

Development of a nano-tesla magnetic field shielded chamber and highly precise

AC-susceptibility measurement coil at uK temperatures

Anil Kumar, Om Prakash, and S. Ramakrishanan 644

Photovoltaic response of RGO doped MEH-PPV:PCBM blend devices

S. S. Sharma, Vinay Sharma, Rajveer Singh Rajaura, Preetam K. Sharma, Subodh Srivastva,

M. Singh, and Y. K. Vijay 646

Commissioning and first results of scanning type EXAFS beamline (BL-09)

at INDUS-2 synchrotron source

A. K. Poswal, A. Agrawal, A. K. Yadav, C. Nayak, S. Basu, S. R. Kane, C. K. Garg,

D. Bhartachryya, S. N. Jha, and N. K. Sahoo 649

Dielectric relaxation characteristics of muscovite mica

Navjeet Kaur, Lakhwant Singh, Mohan Singh, A. M. Awasthi, and Jitender Kumar 652

Estimation of the activation energy of sintering in KNN ceramics using master sintering theory

Rajan Singh, P. K. Patro, Ajit R. Kulkarni, and C. S. Harendranath 655

Enhanced H2 sensing by substituting polyaniline nanoparticles with nanofibers

Preetam K. Sharma, Subodh Srivastava, Rajveer Singh Rajaura, Vinay Sharma, S. S. Sharma,

M. Singh, and Y. K. Vijay 658

FPGA based pulsed NQR spectrometer

Preeti Hemnani, A. K. Rajarajan, Gopal Joshi, Paresh D. Motiwala, and S. V. G. Ravindranath 661

LHDAC setup for high temperature and high pressure studies

Nishant N. Patel, S. Meenakshi, and Surinder M. Sharma 664

Effect of Ag substitution on the structural and magnetic properties

of Smo.55Sro.45MnC>3 (x = 0, 0.15) system

Masroor A. Bhat, Renu Choithrani, N. K. Gaur, and Rajnish Kurchania 666

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Effect of temperature on performance of 3He filled neutron proportional counters

Shraddha S. Desai 668

Substituted copper phthalocyanine/multiwalled carbon nanotubes hybrid material

for Cl2 sensing applicationAnshul Kumar Sharma, Rajan Saini, Rajinder Singh, Aman Mahajan, R. K. Bedi, and D. K. Aswal 671

(4,4'-N,N'-dicarbazole)biphenyl (CBP) as efficient host in cost-effective green phosphorescent

OLEDs

K. Thangaraju, G. Muralidharan, K. Jayakumar, Yun-Hi Kim, and Soon-Ki Kwon 674

Cation distribution in Nii-xZnxFe204 using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

A. K. Yadav, J. Jadhav, S. Biswas, S. N. Jha, D. Bhattacharyya, and N. K. Sahoo 677

Structural, vibrational and dielectric studies of (0.95)Pb(ZrITi1-x)O3-(0.05)BiFeO3 nanoceramics

Subhash Sharma, Vikash Singh, and R. K. Dwivedi 680

Determination of residual stress in MEMS cantilevers

Tutul Bera and Ajay D. Thakur 683

Development of soft X-ray polarized light beamline on Indus-2 synchrotron radiation source

D. M. Phase, Mukul Gupta, S. Potdar, L. Behera, R. Sah, and Ajay Gupta 685

Comparison of Mo/Si and NbC/Si lamellar multilayer gratings near Si absorption edge

Ankita Niranjan, Mohammed H. Modi, Amol Singh, Mourad Idir, and G. S. Lodha 687

Design and calibration of Z-meter for simultaneous thermal transport measurements

at high temperature

B. Singh, D. Shukla, P. Srivastava, and S. Patnaik 690

Temperature dependence of gas sensing behaviour of Ti02 doped PANI composite thin films

Subodh Srivastava, S. S. Sharma, Preetam Sharma, Vinay Sharma, Rajveer Singh Rajura,

M. Singh, and Y. K. Vijay 693

E. Glasses and Amorphous Systems

Intense 1.6 um fluorescence of Nd3+ doped cadmium bismuth silicate glassesI. Pal, A. Agarwal, S. Sanghi, S. Bhardwaj, and Sanjay 696

Transport properties of lithium- lead-vanadium-telluride glass and glass ceramics

M. Sathish and B. Eraiah 699

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Li2S04-Li20-P205 ionic glass dispersed with [Bmim] [PF6] ionic liquid: Electrical transport

and thermal stability investigationsMunesh Rathore, Anshuman Dalvi, and Anil Kumar 702

Dielectric and ferroelectric properties of AljOj containing lead titanate based glass-ceramics

V. U. Rahangdale, D. K. Gala, R. M. Acharya, and V. K. Deshpande 705

PbTiOj based ferroelectric glass ceramics

J. Shankar and V. K. Deshpande 708

Dielectric spectroscopy in crystalline methocarbamol

Manoj K. Saini 711

Photoluminescence properties of Ho1+ ion in lithium-fluoroborate glass containing different

modifier oxides

A. Balakrishna, D. Rajesh, and Y. C. Ratnakaram 714

Magnetic and optical properties of silico- phosphate glass-ceramics containing Au and iron oxide

K. Sharma, Rakesh Kumar, C. L. Prajapat, and M. R. Singh 717

Effect of thermal annealing on structure and optical band gap of amorphous Se72Te253 thin films

D. K. Dwivedi, H. P. Pathak, Vipin Kumar, and Nitesh Shukla 719

Elastic properties of silver borate glasses doped with praseodymium oxide

G. V. Jagadeesha Gowda and B. Eraiah 722

Analysis of emission spectra of Ho3+:LFBCd glasses

V. Naresh and S. Buddhudu 725

Spectrometric analysis of different fluorophosphate glasses doped with Sm3+ ions

for reddish-orange laser emission

S. Babu, A. Balakrishna, and Y. C. Ratnakaram 728

Thermal and elastic properties of oxy-fluoro zinc tellurite glasses

Shaik Kareem Ahmmad, M. A. Samee, S. M. Taqiullah, and Syed Rahman 730

Effect of CaF2 addition on optical properties of barium phosphate glasses

N. Manoj Kumar, G. Venkateswara Rao, B. E. Akhila, and H. D. Shashikala 733

Elastic properties of Li+ doped lead zinc borate glasses

R. Rajaramakrishna, R. Lakshmikantha, and R. V. Anavekar 736

Study of optical nonlinearities in Se-Te-Bi thin films

Ambika Sharma, Preeti Yadav, and Anshu Kumari 739

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High field conduction in glassy Se90Sb8Ag2 alloy: Applicability of Meyer-Neldel rule

Anjani Kumar and A. Kumar 742

Investigation of Mg and Zn doped 45S5 bioactive materials by XRD, FTIR and SEM techniques

Vikas Anand, K. J. Singh, and Kulwinder Kaur 745

Gamma ray shielding and structural properties of Bi203-PbO-B203-V205 glass system

Kulwinder Kaur, K. J. Singh, and Vikas Anand 747

Synthesis and studies on microhardness of alkali zinc borate glasses

Subhashini, Soumalya Bhattacharya, H. D. Shashikala, andN. K. Udayashankar 749

Collective modes of Ti60Zr16V9Cu3Ali3Be, bulk metallic glass

Prakruti Chaudhari, A. Y. Vahora, B. Y. Thakore, R. H. Joshi, and N. K. Bhatt 751

Effect of heat treatment time on microstructure and electrical conductivity in LATP glass

ceramics

Dhiren Sonigra, Swati Soman, and Ajit R. Kulkarni 753

Conductivity enhancement in PVA-PEO-EC-LiCF-3S03 blends upon swift heavy 07+ ion

irradiation

Prajakta Joge, D. K. Kanchan, Poonam Sharma, Manish Jayswal, and D. K. Awasthi 756

An unusual anomalous relaxation function and ion dynamics of Na4Nb(i.x)Cd2^xP3Oi2 glass

N. S. Krishna Kumar and G. Govindaraj 759

Physical and optical absorption studies on xNa2O-(40-x)Bi2O3-20CdO-40B2O3 glasses

R. Vijaya Kumar, V. Rajashekar Reddy, S. Srinu Naik, and K. Siva Kumar 762

Characterization of radiative properties of Nd203 doped phosphate and silicate glasses

for solid state laser

P. Nandi, R. Shukla, M. Goswami, and V. Sudarsan 765

Ab-initio molecular dynamics simulations of liquid Hg-Pb alloysNalini Sharma, Anil Thakur, and P. K. Ahluwalia 767

Effect of heating rate on the glass transition temperature in Se79TelsIn6.A.Pbv bulk alloys

using power-law behaviour

Balbir Singh Patial, Nagesh Thakur, and S. K. Tripathi 770

Structural investigation of *ZnO(25-.x)MnO-15Fe203-6uB203 glassesR. L. Dhiman and Virender Kundu 773

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White light stimulation from Dy3+ doped B203PbO-ZnO-Bi203 glasses for WLED applicationsM. Vijayakumar, S. Arunkumar, K. Annapoorani, and K. Marimuthu 775

Spectroscopic properties of Er3+ doped lead telluroborate glasses for 1.5 um broadband

amplifiers

R. Vijayakumar, S. Arunkumar, M. Vijayakumar, and K. Marimuthu 778

Near infrared and upconversion luminescence behaviour of Er3+/Yb3+ codoped boro-tellurite

glassesK. Maheshvaran, S. Arunkumar, R. Vijayakumar, and K. Marimuthu 781

Study of dynamic properties for NaK binary liquid alloy using first principle and theoretical

predictions of isothermal bulk modulus using elastic constants

Anil Thakur, Nalini Sharma, Rajinder Kashyap, and P. K. Ahluwalia 784

Effect of microwave radiation on Jayadhar cotton fibers: WAXS studies

A. R. Niranjana, S. S. Mahesh, S. Divakara, and R. Somashekar 787

Nonlinear optical properties of quaternary amorphous Sego.sBiLsTeig-yAy (A = Sb, Ag) thin films

Anup Kumar, Pawan Heera, and Raman Sharma 790

Composition dependent light induced crossover from photodarkening to photobleachingin GexAs35_xSe65 thin films

Pritam Khan and K V. Adarsh 793

Effect of alkali addition on DC conductivity & thermal properties of vanadium-bismo-borate

glassesS. Khasa, M. S. Dahiya, and A. Agarwal 796

Effect of Li2S04 addition on structure and ionic conductivity of lithium borosilicotitanate glasses

N. S. Satpute and A. V. Deshpande 799

Preparation and characterization of boro-tellurite glassesNirmal Kaur, Atul Khanna, and P. S. R. Krishna 802

Study of lithium borate glasses containing Bi203

A. V. Deshpande and V. D. Raut 805

Structural, surface wettability and antibacterial properties of HPMC-ZnO nanocomposite

B. Lakshmeesha Rao, S. Asha, R. Madhukumar, S. Latha, Mahadeva Gowda, G. Rajesha Shetty,K. Sharath Chandra, Prashantha Naik, and Sangappa 807

Effect of Sn on the dielectric properties of Te rich Se-Te glassy alloys

Pawan Heera and Raman Sharma 810

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Study of kinetics of crystallization of Ge7Se75Sb18 chalcogenide glass

Naveen Tanwar and Vibhav K. Saraswat 813

Pair correlation studies of CdCl2 doped PVA polymer films using X-ray data

M. B. Nanda Prakash, G. Thejas Urs, H. T. Anand, and R. Somashekar 816

Characterization of montmorillonite doped PVA/SA blends using X-ray diffraction

K. Hemalatha, Mahadevaiah, H. Somashekarappa, and R. Somashekar 819

Invariant bandwidth of erbium in ZnO-PbO-tellurite glasses: Local probe/model

Raj Kumar Ramamoorthy and Anil K. Bhatnagar 822

Molecular dynamics in amorphous ergocalciferolSahra Mohamed, M. Shahin Thayyil, and S. Capaccioli 825

Optical absorption and fluorescence properties of Er3+/Yb3+ codoped lead bismuth alumina

borate glassesK. Krishna Murthy Goud, M. Chandra Shekhar Reddy, and B. Appa Rao 828

Spectroscopic studies of silver boro tellurite glasses

E. Ramesh Kumar, K. Rajani Kumari, B. Appa Rao, and G. Bhikshamaiah 831

Electrical studies on silver based fast ion conducting glassy materials

B. Appa Rao, E. Ramesh Kumar, K. Rajani Kumari, and G. Bhikshamaiah 833

Raman spectroscopic studies on mixed alkali borotungsten glasses

A. Edukondalu, CH. Srinivasu, Syed Rahman, V. Sathe, and K. Siva Kumar 836

The study of thermal and optical properties of Sn added Pb-Se-Ge chalcogenide glass

Vivek Modgil, Prashant Kumar, A. V. Nidhi, and V. S. Rangra 839

EPR and optical absorption by Cu2+ ions in ZnO-Li20-Na20-K20-B203 glasses

Abdul Hameed, G. Ramadevudu, Md. Shareefuddin, and M. Narasimha Chary 842

Comparative study of corrosion and structural properties of FeCoNiCu alloys and FeCoNiCu/Cu

multilayers

Syed Rajak, C. Srivastava, A. C. Bidaye, and S. K. Ghosh 845

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