Recent Trends in Materials Science and Applications

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxiii

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2. Invited and Plenary Talks

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Cavitation Technology—Potential Way of Generating Nanomaterials and Nanoemulsions for Wider Technological Applications

      • Manickam Sivakumar

      Pages 3-7

   3. Ag/TiO2 (Metal/Metal Oxide) Core Shell Nanoparticles for Biological Applications

      • D. Mangalaraj, D. Nithya Devi

      Pages 9-17

   4. Quantum Dots and Their Potential Applications to Device Fabrication

      • A. John Peter

      Pages 19-23

   5. Exploring the Behaviors of Organic and Bio-active Compounds by Spectroscopic and Quantum Computational Techniques

      • S. Xavier

      Pages 25-37

   6. Understanding, Prospects and Constraints of Emerging Nanotechnology

      • Manickam Sivakumar

      Pages 39-48

   7. Electrodeposition—A Simple and Effective Method for the Preparation of Metal Oxide Nanostructured Thin Films

      • D. Mangalaraj, S. Poongodi

      Pages 49-60

3. Nanomaterials

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-61

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   2. Spectroscopic Investigation on rGO:ZnO Composites Nanostructures

      • Thangaraj Pandiyarajan, Ramalinga Viswanathan Mangalaraja, B. Karthikeyan, Héctor D. Mansilla, M. A. Gracia-Pinilla

      Pages 63-69

   3. Supercontinuum Generation in a Silicon Nanowire Embedded Photonic Crystal Fiber for Optical Coherence Tomography Applications

      • E. Gunasundari, K. Senthilnathan, P. Ramesh Babu, J. Ebenezar, K. Nakkeeran

      Pages 71-88

   4. Synthesis and Characterization of CuInSe2 Nanoparticles by Hydrothermal Method

      • Suresh Sagadevan, Jiban Podder, Isha Das

      Pages 89-98

   5. Fabrication of Tin Oxide Nano-fibers by Electro Spinning Generator

      • K. Thangavel, T. Roshini, E. Ranjith Kumar

      Pages 99-108

   6. Hierarchical ZSM-5 Zeolite Nanosurfaces with High Porosity—Structural, Morphological and Textural Investigations

      • S. K. Jesudoss, J. Judith Vijaya, A. Anancia Grace, L. John Kennedy, S. Sivasanker, P. Kathirgamanathan

      Pages 109-118

   7. A Comparative Study on Designing Efficient Pulse Compressors and Pulse Stretchers Using Tapered Photonic Crystal Fibers

      • A. Manimegalai, K. Senthilnathan, K. Nakkeeran, P. Ramesh Babu

      Pages 119-134

   8. Structural, Dielectric and Gas Sensing Properties of Mn-Ni Ferrite Nanoparticles

      • P. Bala Sundari, E. Ranjith Kumar, S. Ramya, A. S. Kamzin

      Pages 135-143

   9. Synthesis and Characterization of Cobalt Ferrite (CoFe2O4) Nanoparticles Prepared by Hydrothermal Method

      • Suresh Sagadevan, Jiban Podder, Isha Das

      Pages 145-152

   10. Generation of Few-Cycle Laser Pulses Using A Photonic Quasi-crystal Fiber

       • M. S. Aruna Gandhi, G. Melwin, P. Ramesh Babu, Abdosllam M. Abobaker, K. Nakkeeran, K. Senthilnathan

       Pages 153-158

   11. Synthesis, Structural, Optical and Dielectric Properties of Cadmium Sulfide Nanoparticles as Photocathode for a Solar Cell

       • F. Michael Raj, A. Jeya Rajendran

       Pages 159-170

   12. Third Order Nonlinear Optical Studies of ZnS Nanostructures Synthesized by Laser Ablation Technique

       • M. C. Divyasree, N. K. Siji Narendran, K. Chandrasekharan

       Pages 171-178

This book gathers the proceedings of the plenary sessions, invited lectures, and papers presented at the International Conference on Recent Trends in Materials Science and Applications (ICRTMSA-2016). It also features revealing presentations on various aspects of Materials Science, such as nanomaterials, photonic crystal fibers, quantum dots, thin film techniques, crystal growth, spectroscopic procedures, fabrication and characterisation of new materials / compounds with enhanced features, and potential applications in nonlinear optical and electro-optic devices, solar cell device, chemical sensing, biomedical imaging, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, energy storage device etc. This book will be of great interest to beginning and seasoned researchers alike.

• Conference Proceedings
• Nanotechnology
• Nanomaterials
• Nanoemulsions
• Quantum Dots
• Single Crystals
• Nanoparticles
• Cavitation
• Core Shell Nanoparticles
• Stober Method
• Reverse Micelle Method
• Reflux Condensation Method
• Thin Film Techniques
• Crystal Growth
• Spectroscopic Procedures

• Department of Physics, Jamal Mohamed College (Autonomous), Tiruchirappalli, India

  Jeyasingh Ebenezar

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