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Electro-Optic And Magneto-Dielectric Properties Of Multifunctional Nitride And Oxide Materials, Ambesh Dixit
Electro-Optic And Magneto-Dielectric Properties Of Multifunctional Nitride And Oxide Materials, Ambesh Dixit
Wayne State University Dissertations
ABSTRACT
Materials that simultaneously exhibit different physical properties provide a rich area of research leading to the development of new devices. For example, materials having a strong coupling between charge and spin degrees of freedom are essential to realizing a new class of devices referred to generally as spintronics. However, these multifunctional systems pose new scientific challenges in understanding the origin and mechanisms for cross-control of different functionalities. The core of this Ph.D. dissertation deals with multifunctional nitride and oxide compound semiconductors as well as multiferroic magnetic oxide systems by investigating structural, optical, electrical, magnetic, magnetodielectric and magnetoelectric properties.
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Electroless Deposition Of Superconducting Magnesium Diboride Thin Films On Various Substrates, Khrupa Saagar Vijayaragavan
Electroless Deposition Of Superconducting Magnesium Diboride Thin Films On Various Substrates, Khrupa Saagar Vijayaragavan
Wayne State University Theses
ABSTRACT
ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION OF SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNESIUM DIBORIDE THIN FILMS ON VARIOUS SUBSTRATES
by
KHRUPA SAAGAR VIJAYARAGAVAN
MAY 2010
Advisor: Dr. Susil K Putatunda
Dr. Gavin Lawes
Major: Chemical Engineering
Degree: Masters of Science
Superconducting thin films of magnesium diboride were synthesized by a novel electroless plating process. Electroless plating shares many similarities to electroplating with the major difference being the absence of a continuous bias voltage. Significantly, this work represents the first investigation where electroless deposition has been used to prepare compounds, as opposed to the elemental metals considered in all previous studies. Magnesium Diboride is a recently discovered superconducting …