The complicated photophysics of wide variety of defects existing in silica (SiO2) layer of
nanometer thickness determines widespread photoluminescence bands of Si/SiO2 based …

The book examines the design, application, and utilization of devices, techniques, and
technologies critical to research at the atomic, molecular, and macromolecular levels …

Agricultural waste has significant potential in composites due to its high strength, availability,
and sustainability. The potential of agricultural waste has sparked a lot of research to find …

Oxidation of silicon nanoclusters depending on the temperature and oxygen pressure is
explored from first principles using the evolutionary algorithm, and structural and …

Agricultural biomass is the organic material left as a by-product after agricultural activities,
particularly in developing countries. Present-day scenario witnesses a declined supply of …

The emission properties of mesoporous silica in the visible and ultraviolet range are affected
by the reaction of the surface centers with different nonpolar and protic/aprotic polar …

Plasmonic nanostructures, of which gold nanoparticles are the most elementary example,
owe their unique properties to localized surface plasmons (LSP), the modes of free electron …

Agriculture is the backbone of India, with more than 60 per cent of the population relies on it
for their livelihood. Science and technology played major role in increasing agricultural …

The macroscopic properties of silica can be modified by the presence of local microscopic
modifications at the scale of the basic molecular units (point defects). Such defects can be …

Green silica nanoparticles were synthesised from Paddy husk. They were amorphous in
shape and zetasizer revealed that average particle diameter of silica nanoparticles was …