The IUP Journal of Electrical and Electronics Engineering-April 2012

An Explicit Approach to Delay Evaluation for On-Chip RC Interconnects Using Beta Distribution Function with Three Moments
Behavior of XOR Gate Designed Using Top Gated CNTFET
ZVS – High Frequency Series Resonant Converter with High Performance Power Factor Correction
Verifying and Validating Portable Rig Emulating Output Voltage Characteristics of Generator for Testing Generator Control and Protection Unit
Gain Scheduled-Based Analytical Structures of Fuzzy PI Controllers
A Modified Mathematical Morphology-Based Approach for Medical Image Edge Detection and Restoration

The Indian Concrete Journal-86-6-June 2012

	313. Green options for binder system and aggregate in sustainable concrete A. K. Mullick Modelling of tall shear walls for non-linear analysis of RC buildings under cyclic lateral loading Dharanidaran S. and Amlan K. Sengupta Analysis and design of waffle slabs with different boundary conditions Indrajit Chowdhury and Jitendra P. Singh 1
EDITORIAL NEWS & EVENTS INTERVIEW: Mario A. Chiorino on Pier Luigi Nervi - The Grand Master of Concrete Structures PHOTO FEATURE: The work of Pier Luigi Nervi PEOPLE: R. Sundaram BOOK REVIEW: Understanding the rheology of concrete DISCUSSION FORUM: Some studies on the effect of carbonation on the engineering properties of concrete LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE: Thermal behavior of EPS Concrete B. M. Suman and V. K. Sharma ICJ Quiz
IIT Bombay lifetime achievement awards 2012  IIT Bombay conferred the Lifetime Achievement Awards-2012 on Prof. A.W. Date, Department of Mechanical Engineering, and Prof. Tarun Kant, Department of Civil Engineering, in recognition of their outstanding contributions as  teacher, researcher and administrator. Innovations in concrete for meeting infrastructure  The Indian Concrete Institute (ICI) is organising an international conference titled  ‘Innovative World of Concrete’ (IWC) on the theme  of “lnnovations in Concrete for Meeting Infrastructure Challenges” Concrete to be held during December 12-15, 2013 in Hyderabad. Conferences by CI-Premier  New dimensions in bridges flyovers, overpasses & elevated structures. Inspection, appraisal, repairs and maintenance of structures. Our world in concrete & structures. Advance Course on Steel Design IS 800  The Consulting Engineers Association of India (Western Region Centre), Mumbai jointly with Institute for Steel Development & Growth, Kolkata are conducting  an Advance Course on Steel Design IS 800 during June 14th and 15, June 2012 at Mithibai College Campus, Mumbai. Fast Track Construction for the Housing Sector  The Indian Concrete Institute in association with BMTPC shall be organising a one day seminar on ‘Fast Track Construction for the Housing Sector in India’ on 9th June 2012, at Kolkata. Hills Rural and Urban Connectivity  The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organising a technical Seminar / workshop on ‘Cement Concrete Roads’ focusing on hills rural and urban connectivity on June 23, 2012 in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. 2013 fib Symposium  The 2013 fib Symposium with the theme, "Engineering a Concrete Future: Technology, Modelling and Construction", will be held during April 22-24, 2013 at Tel-Aviv, Israel. Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologie  The Third International Conference on Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies (SCMT3) will be held during August 18-22, 2013 at Kyoto, Japan. Concrete Sustainability  The International Conference on Concrete Sustainability ICCS13 to be held during at Tokyo, Japan, from May 27 to 29, 2013, is organized by the Japan Concrete Institute (JCI) and jointly organized by fib, ACI, and RILEM, and will be the first international conference co-organized by the world’s leading academic concrete societies in which there are active committees on the sustainability of concrete. Conference on Cement and Concrete Science  The 32nd annual conference on Cement and Concrete Science is being hosted by Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK on 17th and 18th of September 2012 in Belfast.

Bulletin of Materials Science Volume 35, No. 2, April 2012

CONTENTS

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Development and characterization of new phosphorus based flame retardant tetraglycidyl epoxy nanocomposites for aerospace application
K Shree Meenakshi, E Pradeep Jaya Sudhan and S Ananda Kumar	129
Investigation of superhydrophilic mechanism of titania nano layer thin film––Silica and indium oxide dopant effect
Akbar Eshaghi and Ameneh Eshaghi	137
Effects of particle size and surrounding media on optical radiation efficiencies of spherical plasmonic metal nanoparticles
Vinayak A Dhumale, Preeti V Shah, Rishi B Sharma and Katsuaki Tanabe	143
Surface texture modification of spin-coated SiO2 xerogel thin films by TMCS silylation
Yogesh S Mhaisagar, Bhavana N Joshi and A M Mahajan	151
Synthesis of BiFeO3 by carbonate precipitation
V Kothai and Rajeev Ranjan	157
Purification of cadmium by selective volatilization in vacuum in presence of oxide phase on its melt
N R Munirathnam, K Srinivasa Rao and T L Prakash	163
Structural, optical, photoluminescence, dielectric and electrical studies of vacuum-evaporated CdTe thin films
Ziaul Raza Khan, M Zulfequar and Mohd. Shahid Khan	169
Phase relation of LaFe11∙6Si1∙4 compounds annealed at different high-temperature and magnetic property of LaFe11∙6–xCoxSi1∙4 compounds
Xiang Chen, Yungui Chen and Yongbai Tang	175
Influence of pH and bath composition on properties of Ni–Fe alloy films synthesized by electrodeposition
Xinghua Su and Chengwen Qiang	183
Development of P/M Fe–P soft magnetic materials
S K Chaurasia, Ujjwal Prakash, P S Misra and K Chandra	191
Diffuse phase transition, piezoelectric and optical study of Bi0∙5Na0∙5TiO3 ceramic
B Parija, T Badapanda, V Senthil, S K Rout and S Panigrahi	197
Mechanism for formation of NaBH4 proposed as lowpressure process for storing hydrogen in borosilicate glass–sodium solid system: a hydrogen storage material
Aysel Kantürk Figen and Sabriye Piskin	203
Removal of two ionic dyes from water by MgO-loaded porous carbons prepared through one-step process from poly(ethylene terephthalate)/magnesium carbonate mixtures
A Czyzewski, J Karolczyk, A Usarek and J Przepiorski	211
Investigation of nonionic diazo dye-doped polymer dispersed liquid crystal display
Farzana Ahmad, Muhammad Jamil, Young Jae Jeon, Lee Jin Woo, Jae Eun Jung and Jae Eun Jang	221
Study on crystallization behaviour of co-polyamide 66 containing triaryl phosphine oxide
Yang Xiao Feng, Li Qiao Ling, Chen Zhi Ping, Yang Yong Feng and Zhang Lei	233
Influence of polyols on properties of bio-based polyurethanes
S Gopalakrishnan and T Linda Fernando	243
High resolution X-ray diffraction studies on unirradiated and irradiated strontium hexaferrite crystals
Balwinder Kaur, Monita Bhat, F Licci, Ravi Kumar, K K Bamzai and P N Kotru	253
Crystal growth and magnetic property of YFeO3 crystal
Anhua Wu, Hui Shen, Jun Xu, Zhanliang Wang, Linwen Jiang, Liqing Luo, Shujuan Yuan, Shixun Cao and Huaijin Zhang	259
Structural and spectral properties of 4-phenoxyphthalonitrile dye sensitizer for solar cell applications
P M Anbarasan, K Vasudevan, P Senthil Kumar, A Prakasam, M Geetha and K Lalithambigai	265
Study of MEH–PPV/PCBM active layer morphology and its applications for hybrid solar cell performance
Quynh Nhu Nguyen Truong, Nguyen Tam Nguyen Truong, Chinho Park and Jae Hak Jung	277
Electrochemical impedance study on corrosion of Al-Pure in hydrochloric acid solution using Schiff bases
A S Patel, V A Panchal and N K Shah	283

Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Physics-VOLUME 50 NUMBER 5

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Nuclear Physics
Concentrations of 214Pb, 214Bi in 238U series and 208Tl, 228Ac in 232Th series in granite rock in (Kadugli) Sudan         I A Alnour*, N Ibrahim & I Hossain	285
Pöschl Teller model for the total cross-section of neutron scattering from 232Th J Joseph Jeremiah & B M Jyrwa*	289
Atomic and Molecular Physics
Measurement of natural linewidth of atomic transition using saturated absorption spectroscopy         Poonam Arora*, Pratyush Jha, Ashish Agarwal & Amitava Sen Gupta	295
Vibrational spectra, first hyperpolarizability, HOMO-LUMO analysis of 4-bromo 2-fluro anisole         M Arivazhagan* N K Kandasamy & G Thilagavathi	299
Synthesis, characterization and DFT studies of 6,8-dichloro-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-4H-chromen-4-one Arun B Sawant* & Ramesh S Nirwan	308
Physics of Gases, Plasmas and Electric Discharges
Linear and non-linear propagation of electron plasma waves in quantum plasma         Swarniv Chandra, Sailendra Nath Paul & Basudev Ghosh*	314
Condensed Matter: Structural, Mechanical and Thermal Properties
Synthesis and analysis of LiNbO3 ceramic powders by co-precipitation method         B Jaya Prakash* & S Buddhudu	320
Effect of 100 MeV Ni8+ ion irradiation on nanocrystalline PbS         N Choudhury *, F Singh & B K Sarma	325
Effect of size on cohesive energy, melting temperature and Debye temperature of nanomaterials         Raghuvesh Kumar & Munish Kumar	329
Optical and invitro bioactive properties of sodium silicate glasses         Vishal Kumar, Sachin Tyagi & K Singh*	335
Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties
Study of structural property of n-type indium antimonide thin films         S R Vishwakarma*, A K Verma, R S N Tripathi, S Das & Rahul	339

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Keyword Index

4-bromo-2-fluoro anisole                             299

Analysis                                                       320

Angular distribution                                     289

B3LYP                                                        299

Bioactive                                                      335

CENDL                                                       289

Chalcone                                                      308

Concentrations                                             285

Co-precipitation method                               320

DFT                                                             308

Dislocation density                                      339

Electron plasma waves                                 314

Elements                                                      329

EMPIRE                                                      289

ENDF                                                          289

Evaluated data of JENDL                            289

Flavone                                                        308

Frequency control                                        295

FTIR                                                    299, 308

FT-Raman                                                    299

Granite rock                                                 285

HF                                                               299

HOMO-LUMO                                           308

Hydroxyapatite                                            335

InSb thin films                                             339

Kadugli                                                        285

Korteweg de Vries equation                         314

Laser cooling and trapping                           295

Lattice parameter                                          339

LiNbO₃ ceramic powders                            320

Linewidth                                                     295

Mechanical properties                                  329

Nanocrystalline                                            325

Nanostructures                                             329

Neutron scattering cross-section                  289

Optical band gap                                          335

Particle size                                                  339

Photoluminescence                                      325

Pöschl-Teller potential                                 289

Quantum hydrodynamic model                    314

Quantum plasma                                          314

Radio-nuclides                                             285

Silicate glasses                                             335

Spectroscopy                                               295

Strain                                                           339

Surface properties                                        329

Swift heavy ions                                          325

TALYS                                                        289

Thermodynamic properties                          329

Thorium series                                             285

Total cross-section                                       289

Uranium                                                       285

X-ray diffraction                                          325