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Nanocrystalline tin oxide powder is synthesized using sol gel method. To observe the effect of addition of surfactant on particle size, Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate (SDS) is added during the synthesis. The particle is found to be ∼ 8 nm using TEM. The synthesized nanophase tin oxide powder is used to fabricate thick film sensors using screen printing technique. The sensor performance is tested for 100...
Zn doped cobalt ferrites Co1−xZnxFe2O4 (x = 0.0, 0.1, 0.3) powders were synthesized by chemical co-precipitation method. Phase formation and crystalline nature was verified by using X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. The saturation magnetization (Ms), coercivity (Hc) and remanent magnetization (Mr) was recorded using vibrating sample magnetometer at room temperature. Magnetostriction measurements...
The paper presents theoretical and numerical study of a MEMS vibration gyro based Coriolis effect. Two configurations of the gyro are modeled and simulated here: 1) with assumed control on the excitation axis (a simplified configuration used to validate the second one); and 2) gyro controlled on the excitation axis. Shown are: general dynamic equations of the gyrometer, mathematical models ant the...
The present work is about preparation and characterization of high temperature oxygen sensing composite material consisting of Gadolinium doped Ceria (GDC) together with a relatively low temperature melting, ionic conducting glass to facilitate lower sintering and operating temperature. This paper reports the physical and ionic conductivity properties of this sintered composite as a function of operating...
ATP conferred protection of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) against salt induced aggregation has been used as a simple, sensitive and cost effective tool for detection of acid phosphatase (ACP) activity. In the absence of the enzymes, unreacted ATP protects AgNPs from salt-induced aggregation. Dephosphorylation of ATP in the presence of the enzyme reduces the protecting action of ATP and thus there is...
The present work represents a non contact, machine vision based method to estimate ripeness level of Guava fruit. The fruit under test is classified as green, ripe, overripe and spoiled using a web camera based computer vision system. This simple method uses a combination of digital web camera; computer and indigenously developed GUI based software to measure and analyze the surface color of the fruits...
The nAg/PVP and nAg/PVA composites were synthesized by using chemical reduction method. The neat Poly vinyl pyrrolidone (PVP) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) at different concentrations and their nano metal polymer composites were studied for electrical humidity sensing, ranging from 5–90% RH. The neat polymers and their composites were coated on ceramic rods having built in electrodes by drop casting...
This paper presents the design details of newly developed high accuracy, compact, two axes Micro Digital Sun Sensor (Micro DSS) using linear Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor detector and N-shaped slit mask for Indian Satellite missions. Due to low mass, compact size and low power, the Micro Digital Sun Sensor is very much suitable for future micro/ nano-satellites as well as for communication...
This paper presents the design, simulation and fabrication of dielectrophoretic chip with integrated nickel 3D electrodes for bioparticle separation. Finite element analysis software COMSOL Multyphysics 4.3 is used to measure the electric field distribution and also the temperature profile inside the microfluidic channel. The temperature rise is found to be 0.5 K. Electric field distribution shows...
Herein present study, organic-inorganic hybrids based on WO3/PANI nanocomposites have been synthesized at room temperature, by using oxidative polymerization. The as-synthesized products have been studied by using X-ray diffraction analysis, FE-SEM and optical characterization. The XRD analysis depicts peak broadening and the shift in peak position from standard values, which can be attributed to...
The paper presents Tin oxide (SnO2) based low cost, high temperature operable resistive type low humidity (10–20%RH) sensor. SnO2 thin films were prepared by spin coating 50 μl of synthesized (SnCl2) solution on alumina substrate (1.44 cm2). Material characterization of the synthesized material was carried out using UV-Visible, SEM and XRD. To get films of higher thickness they were coated from 1...
In this paper, we present two-dimensional modeling and simulation of blood vessel using COMSOL Multiphysics. The rationale behind this study is that mathematical modeling and numerical simulation can lead to better understanding of the phenomena involved in vascular diseases. This study assumes that the fluid is laminar, non-Newtonian, viscous and compressible and the arterial wall is elastic. Parameters...
The main intention to present this work is to analyze the theoretical aspect of the optical fiber based relative humidity sensor. The sensor was fabricated using layer by layer (LbL) deposition on the tip of the optical fiber. Corresponding results of fabricated relative humidity sensor using different material like SiO2, ZnO and Hybrid material were compared with theoretical results. A comprehensive...
In this work, the annealing effects of e-beam deposited Ta2O5 films on the pH sensitivities of EIS based sensors are presented. XPS studies confirmed that the films annealed above 700 °C showed the best stoichiometry (Ta1.96O5.04) compared to the as deposited film and the films annealed till 600 °C. XRD spectra confirmed the amorphous nature of the as deposited film, which remained amorphous till...
Measurement of dielectric constant is important because it provides the electrical characteristics of the material which prove useful in research and development fields. A new technique to evaluate the dielectric constant or permittivity of the homogeneous dielectric material using a simple microstrip patch antenna has been developed in present work. The Microstrip patch antenna having resonant frequency...
There is a growing interest in developing efficient and economically viable hydrogen (H2) sensors for the swift detection of leakage of H2 in areas where hydrogen is used. In the present study we have prepared palladium catalysed antimony doped tin dioxide by sonochemical process, as a H2 gas sensing material for 1000 ppm to 8% by volume H2 gas concentration. The electrical characteristics of the...
This paper presents structural, morphological and electrical characterization of the in-house developed ruthenium oxide based thick film resistor pastes for buried heater applications in LTCC. The basic electrical characterization of heater shows that the designed test heater achieved temperature up to 238°C. The required power to raise the temperature up to 238°C was 1.9W. It is found that the in-house...
Fully digital time-domain temperature sensors are designed and placed at five different positions within FPGA. Five tiny pulse-generators are used as five temperature sensors. Using manual floor-planning four sensors are placed at four different corners and one at centre. Single 9-bit Time to Digital Converter is utilized for digital output coding. Vernier Time to Digital Converter with 6 picoseconds...
Cadmium zinc oxide (CdXZn1−XO) thin films were deposited at low substrate temperature using advanced spray pyrolysis technique. Aqueous solution of cadmium acetate and zinc acetate were used as initial ingredients. The films were prepared by keeping optimized preparative parameters constant. Influence of variation of zinc in the ‘CdXZn1−XO’ system on the structural, electrical and gas sensing properties...
Zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorod arrays were deposited on to the soda-lime glass substrates by wet chemical route using zinc acetate as precursor. The structural and surface morphological properties of the ZnO nanorod arrays (ZNAs) were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) respectively. The XRD pattern revealed wurtzite crystal structures of ZNAs, preferentially...
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