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P. K. Giri • D. K. GoswamiA. PerumalEditors

Advanced Nanomaterialsand Nanotechnology

Proceedings of the 2nd InternationalConference on Advanced Nanomaterialsand Nanotechnology, Dec 8–10, 2011,Guwahati, India

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EditorsP. K. GiriD. K. GoswamiA. PerumalDepartment of PhysicsIndian Institute of Technology GuwahatiGuwahatiIndia

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Contents

Nanoemulsion as a Carrier for Topical Delivery of Aceclofenac . . . . . 1S. Choudhury, S. Dasgupta, D. K. Patel, Y. R. Ramani,S. K. Ghosh and B. Mazumder

Silver Tip Formation on Colloidal CdSe Nanorods by a FacilePhase Transfer Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Tanushree Bala and Kevin M. Ryan

Comparative Study of Lanthanum Based PerovskitesSynthesized by Different Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Shrikant K. Nikam, Dipti V. Dharmadhikari and Anjali A. Athawale

Novel, Fast, Bio-Derivatized Sonochemical Synthesisof Gold Nanoparticles by Using Piper betle Leaf Brothas a Reducing and Capping Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41K. Mallikarjuna, N. John Sushma and B. Deva Prasad Raju

Understanding the Role of Mode of Heating on PhaseFormation of Fe–Pt Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51S. A. Acharya, A. Dani, S. K. Sayyed and V. M. Gaikawad

Effect of Coordination Agent on the Structureand Morphology of ZnS Nanostructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65S. A. Acharya, S. Darulkar and P. Choudhary

Silver Nanoparticles: Novel Synthesis Techniqueand Characterizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Shweta Rajawat and M. S. Qureshi

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Synthesis of Core–Shell Quantum Dots and TheirPotential Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Udit Soni, Vikas Arora, Gurpal Singh,Manzoor Hussain and Sameer Sapra

Water Dispersible Semiconductor Nanorod AssembliesVia a Facile Phase Transfer and Their Applicationas Fluorescent Biomarkers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95Ambarish Sanyal and Kevin M. Ryan

Introduction of BiFeO3 Nanoparticles in 5CB Nematic LiquidCrystal Host: Effect on Texture and the Non ResponsiveBehaviour of the Sample in a Twisted Nematic Configuration . . . . . . . 111Subhojyoti Sinha, Ayan Mukherjee, Sanat Kumar Chatterjee,Ajit Kumar Meikap and Soumen Basu

Magnetic Properties in Multiferroic Bi12xFe11xO3 (x £ 0.5)of Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117T. Karan, S. Ram and R. K. Kotnala

Study of Photocurrent and Dark Current in ZnS NanoParticles Prepared by Precipitation Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125Nitin Pandey, Rajneesh Kumar Srivastava and S. G. Prakash

Synthesis and Photoluminescence Studies of Ni SubstitutedZnO Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133S. Bobby Singh, K. Nomita Devi, Ibetombi Soibamand H. Nandakumar Sarma

Synthesis and Characterization of Linoleic Acid CappedPalladium Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139Ratan Das, Siddhartha S. Nath and Ramendu Bhattacharjee

Preparation and Gas Sensing Properties of NanostructuredZnSnO3 Thin Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143I. G. Pathan, D. N. Suryawanshi, A. R. Bari,D. S. Rane and L. A. Patil

Synthesis and Characterization of Single and Few LayerGraphene for Field Effect Transistor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Pawan Kumar Srivastava and Subhasis Ghosh

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Oxygen Partial Pressure Dependent Propertiesof Nanocrystalline Nickel Oxide Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165A. Mallikarjuna Reddy, Y. Ashok Kumar Reddy,Ch. Seshendra Reddy, A. Sivasankar Reddy and P. Sreedhara Reddy

Observation of Nonlinear Optical Properties of ChemicallySynthesized Cu21 Doped ZnS Nanoparticles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169A. K. Kole and P. Kumbhakar

Structural and Optical Study of ZnS Nanoparticles Dopedwith Different Concentration of Co . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Harish Lakhotiya, Gagandeep, Chetan Saini, Ankit Goyal,K. V. R. Rao and S. L. Kothari

Trapping Parameters of Thermally Stimulated LuminescenceGlow Curves in Y2O3: Tb31 Nanophosphor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191S. Som, S. K. Sharma and S. P. Lochab

Statistical Characterization of Flicker Noise Fluctuationof a Nano-Scale NMOS Transistor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Sarmista Sengupta and Soumya Pandit

Structural, Dielectric and Magnetic Propertiesof Nano-Crystalline Ni-Mg Ferrites Preparedby Citrate-Gel Auto Combustion Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215Mohd. Hashim, Alimuddin, M. Wasi Khan, Shalendra Kumar,Sagar E. Shirsath and Ravi Kumar

Acoustical Studies of the Intermolecular Interactionin Copper Oxide-Ethylene Glycol Nanofluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225M. Nabeel Rashin and J. Hemalatha

Fabrication and Characterization of Aluminum NanostructuresUsing Femtosecond Ablation Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231G. Krishna Podagatlapalli, Syed Hamad, S. Sreedhar,Surya P. Tewari and S. Venugopal Rao

Magnetic Resosnance Studies of Nano PhaseConducting Polyaniline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241B. Kavitha, N. Narsimlu, D. Srinivasu, CH. Srinivasmand K. Siva Kumar

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Influence of Co Doping on the Structural and OpticalProperties of ZnO Nanostructures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249S. Chakraborty, A. K. Kole and P. Kumbhakar

Isoelectronic Centers in Quantum Dotsand Photoluminescence Decay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Kiran G. Sonawane, Ch. Rajesh and Shailaja Mahamuni

Structural and Optical Evaluation of Pristine and PartiallyIodized Ag Thin Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271D. Rajesh and C. S. Sunandana

Ground- and Excited-State Dipole Moments of 1, 2-DiazineNanomaterials Using Solvatochromic Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279S. R. Manohara, V. Udaya Kumar, Shivakumaraiah and L. Gerward

Effect of Process Parameters and Post Annealing Temperatureon Structural and Optical Properties of MgTiO3 Thin FilmsDeposited by RF Magnetron Sputtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291T. Santhosh Kumar, R. K. Bhuyan, A. Perumal and D. Pamu

Effect Sulfur and ZnO Nanoparticles on Stress Physiologyand Plant (Vigna radiata) Nutrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301Prasun Patra, Samrat Roy Choudhury, Subhankar Mandal,Anirban Basu, Arunava Goswami, Robin Gogoi, Chitra Srivastava,Rajesh Kumar and Madhuban Gopal

The Effects of Nano-Silver on Egg Quality Traitsin Laying Japanese Quail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311Amjad Farzinpour and Naser Karashi

Evaluation of Electromechanical, Damping and DynamicMechanical Properties of Silver Electrode IPMC Actuator . . . . . . . . . 321Dillip Kumar Biswal, Dibakar Bandopadhyaand Santosha Kumar Dwivedy

Stress Transfer Characterization at Fiber Breakin Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333Sushen Kirtania and Debabrata Chakraborty

Microscopic Analysis of Mechanical Properties of AlignedCarbon Nanotube/Epoxy Composite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347S. Bal, J. P. Borah and C. Borgohain

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Novel Silicone Rubber/Layered Double HydroxideNanocomposite: Preparation and Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367Bratati Pradhan and Suneel Kumar Srivastava

Preparation and Characterization of Polymer Filmsof PMMA and its Composites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377Basavaraja Sannakki and Anita

A Comparative Performance of Oleic Acid and MWNT-CoatedSmCo5/Fe Nanocomposites Processed by MagneticField-Assisted Milling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387P. Saravanan

Novel Porogen Free Porous Hydroxyapatite–GelatinNanocomposite: Synthesis and Characterization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399K. Sangeetha, S. N. Kalkura, Y. Yokogawa,A. Thamizhavel and E. K. Girija

Effect of c-Irradiation on Thermal Propertiesof MWCNTs Reinforced HDPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409Nitturi Naresh Kumar, P. S. Rama Sreekanth and S. Kanagaraj

Evidence of Surface Spin Glass Like Ordering and ExchangeBias Effect in Phase Separated Sm0.5Ca0.5MnO3

Nanomanganites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421S. K. Giri and T. K. Nath

Spin Valve Effect in Mn0.05Ge0.95/p-Si Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433S. Bhaumik, S. K. Ray and A. K. Das

Herringbone Nanostructure and Composition DependentIrreversibility in Martensite Transition Parametersin Ni391xMn50Sn112x (x £ 2.0) Heusler Alloys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441A. A. Prasanna and S. Ram

Magnetic, Electrical and Optical Properties of Nd0.85 K0.15 MnO3

Thin Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449Tribedi Bora, A. Nandy, R. K. Bhuyan, D. Pamu and S. Ravi

Magnetic Properties of Ultra-Thin FePt Films Grownon Oxidized Si Substrates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457Anabil Gayen, P. Saravanan and A. Perumal

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Substrate Bias Influenced Physical Characteristicsof Nanocrystalline Silver Copper Oxide Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465A. Sreedhar, M. Hari Prasad Reddy and S. Uthanna

Doped ZnO Nanostructured Sensor in Electronic Nosefor Detection of Ammonia, Hydrogen and LiquefiedPetroleum Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475Samir Chandra Das, Bipan Tudu, Nabarun Bhattacharyya,R. Bandyopadhyay and Panchanan Pramanik

Electron Beam Evaporated Nano-Crystalline V2O5 ThinFilms for Electrochromic and Electrochemical Applications . . . . . . . . 485P. Rosaiah and O. M. Hussain

Boron Doped Fullerene C60 as Catalyst for NaAlH4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499Deepak Agnihotri and Hitesh Sharma

Synthesis and Characterization of Photoanode of NanostructuredTiO2 Sensitized by Natural Dyes for Application in DSSC . . . . . . . . . 503N. Goswami, D. Saikia and P. K. Gogoi

First-Principles Study of Adsorption of Alkali Metals(Li, Na, K) on Graphene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515B. D. Oli, C. Bhattarai, B. Nepal and N. P. Adhikari

FEM Simulation Study on Mass Loading Sensitivityof High Aspect Ratio Nano-Pillar Sensing Mediumin Saw Sensors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531N. Ramakrishnan, Harshal B. Nemade and Roy Paily Palathinkal

Quantum Breathers in Nonlinear Metamaterials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539Bijoy Mandal, Reshmi Basu, Kamal Chowdhury, Arindam Biswas,A. K. Bandyopadhyay, A. K. Bhattacharjee and D. Mandal

Quantum Breathers in Lithium Tantalatein Klein-Gordon Lattice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545Arindam Biswas, K. Choudhury, A. K. Bandyopadhyay,A. K. Bhattacharjee and D. Mandal

Effect on Shell Thickness on Intersubband TransitionEnergies in GaAs/AlxGa12xAs Inverted Core–Shell Nanodot . . . . . . . . 551Arpan Deyasi, S. Bhattacharyya and N. R. Das

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Spin Transfer Torque Driven Magnetic QCA Cells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561Nilanjana Pradhan and Debashis De

Mechanical Properties of Short Monatomic Gold Chain . . . . . . . . . . . 571Sumali Bansal, Rajiv Bhandari and Keya Dharamvir

A DFT Study for the Structural and Electronic Propertiesof ZnmSen Nanoclusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579Phool Singh Yadav and Dheeraj Kumar Pandey

Novel Waste Water Treatment Strategy Using TitanateNanofibers in Fixed Bed Reactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 589A. Arumugam, V. Ponnusami, C. Narendhar and T. S. Bhuvaneshvari

Structural, Magnetic and Antibacterial Propertiesof Some Biocompatible Nano-Crystalline FerrimagneticGlass/Glass-Ceramics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599G. P. Kothiyal, K. Sharma and A. Srinivasan

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