In situ grown superconducting YBCO films on buffered silicon substrates for device applications

Thin films of YBa₂Cu₃O_7– (YBCO) have been grownin situ on silicon single-crystal (100) substrate by using SrTiO₃ as a buffer layer. The deposition has been carried out by on-axis rf magnetron sputtering method. The deposition condition have been optimized by studying the plasma characteristics and correlating them with the superconducting performance of the film. Films deposited at substrate temperature in the range of 680–700°C from stoichiometric YBCO targets in an argon + oxygen mixture (31) are superconducting and showc-axis epitaxy. Compositional confirmation has been carried out using Rutherford backscattering. Scanning tunneling microscopy of the films reveal formation of well-defined layered structure with some defects in the initial stages ofin situ growth of the films. Films grown on SrTiO₃ substrates have excellent crystalline quality (XRD), transition temperatureT _c0=81 K and the critical current densityJ _c >2×10⁵ A/cm² for unpatterned films at 77 K. On silicon substrates using buffer layers thein situ deposited YBCO films shows a higher transition width andT _c0 is also slightly less (71 K).     

Switching Transient Analysis and Characterization of an E-Mode B-Doped GaN-Capped AlGaN DH-HEMT with a Freewheeling Schottky Barrier Diode (SBD)

Journal of Electronic Materials - This paper presents a systematic study of Al0.23Ga0.77N/GaN/AlxGa1?xN double-heterojunction high-electron-mobility transistors (DH-HEMTs) with a boron-doped...     

Two-Way Secure Communication with Multiple Untrusted Half-Duplex AF Relays

Wireless Personal Communications - In this paper, we analyze the secrecy outage probability (SOP) of a cognitive cooperative radio network in a two-way communication in which two secondary source...     

Event-Triggered Sliding Mode Control for Trajectory Tracking of Nonlinear Systems

In this paper, an event-triggered sliding mode control approach for trajectory tracking problem of nonlinear input affine system with disturbance has been proposed. A second order robotic manipulator system has been modeled into a general nonlinear input affine system. Initially, the global asymptotic stability is ensured with conventional periodic sampling approach for reference trajectory tracking. Then the proposed approach of event-triggered sliding mode control is discussed which guarantees semi-global uniform ultimate boundedness. The proposed control approach guarantees non-accumulation of control updates ensuring lower bounds on inter-event triggering instants avoiding Zeno behavior in presence of the disturbance. The system shows better performance in terms of reduced control updates, ensures system stability which further guarantees optimization of resource usage and cost. The simulation results are provided for validation of proposed methodology for tracking problem by a robotic manipulator. The number of aperiodic control updates is found to be approximately 44% and 61% in the presence of constant and time-varying disturbances respectively.     

Secure communication in cognitive radio networks with untrusted AF relays

In this paper, two underlay based cognitive cooperative radio networks, each with one secondary source (SS), one secondary destination (SD), N untrusted secondary amplify and forward relays (USAFRs), one primary transmitter, and one primary receiver (PU‐RX), are considered for evaluating the secrecy performance. The SS sends the information to the SD in two time slots via multiple USAFRs in the absence of direct link between SS and SD. In the first time slot, SS and SD transmit the message and jamming signal to multiple USAFRs, respectively. In the second slot, a selected USAFR amplifies and forwards the combined received signals to the SD. The transmit powers of the secondary nodes are chosen so as to maintain the overall interference at PU‐RX below a specified limit. The transmit power of a selected USAFR is derived using the harvested energy from the RF signals of SS and SD. Two network scenarios of eavesdropping by USAFRs are studied: in one case, all USAFRs eavesdrop; while in the second case, only the selected USAFR eavesdrops the message during forwarding of the signal and power is allocated to secondary nodes on the basis of outage threshold of primary network. We investigate the secrecy outage probability (SOP) in both of the networks under several physical parameters. Analytical framework for evaluating SOP for both the cases are given while SOP in single integration form is given for the second case. MATLAB simulation results are presented for both the cases.     

Nano-SiO<Subscript><Emphasis Type="Bold">2</Emphasis></Subscript>: An Efficient Catalyst for the Synthesis of Some new Benzimidazoles - NMR Spectral Characterization

Some benzimidazoles were designed and synthesized by a new route using nano-SiO₂ as a highly efficient catalyst. Synthesized compounds were characterized by ¹H and ¹³C-NMR spectral studies. The significant features of this nanocatalyst are high yield of products, short reaction times, green reaction media and a vast range of substrates usage. Proton and ¹³C chemical shift of the synthesized compounds were calculated. To further confirm the compound formation single crystal XRD analysis was made and discussed for 2-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl) phenol (1). The crystal packing features four π– π stacking interactions involving the imidazole ring, fused benzene ring and attached benzene ring system [centroid–centroid distances = 3.6106 (17), 3.6108 (17), 3.6666 (17) and 3.6668 (17) Å]. Optimization of compound 1 was performed by DFT at B3LYP/6-31G (d, p) using Gaussian-03. All these XRD data are in good agreement with the theoretical values. However, from the theoretical values it is found that most of the optimized bond lengths, bond angles and dihedral angles are slightly higher than the XRD values.     

Some aspects of modelling an atmospheric dispersion problem

This work deals with dispersion of pollutants emitted from a continuous point source at ground level in unsteady situations under three atmospheric conditions: neutral, stable and unstable atmospheres at low inversion heights. The ground level concentration (g.l.c.) profiles are obtained and allow interpretation when comparative studies are made.     

An approach to improve blasting efficiency in an iron ore mine

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This paper presents an approach to improve overall blasting efficiency in an iron ore mine. The problems existing in the mines were oversize fragmentation, severe backbreak, frequent secondary drilling and blasting operations, sloping bench faces and irregular bench profiles. Thorough analysis of the blasting practices and results was done in the search of key parameters affecting blasting efficiency. The parameters were burden, stemming length, delay period between the rows, placement of booster charge, booster ratio and firing pattern. Optimum blast geometry was evolved by making proper adjustments of the above parameters during trial blasts.     

Coverage and connectivity aware energy efficient scheduling in target based wireless sensor networks: an improved genetic algorithm based approach

Wireless Networks - Energy efficient scheduling of sensor nodes is one of the most efficient techniques to extend the lifetime of the wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Instead of activating all the...     

Synthesis,Characterization and Recyclable Cerium Loaded CuO Nanocatalyst for the Synthesis of 1, 4- Disubstituted 1, 2, 3-Triazoles and Propargylamines

Silicon - Cerium loaded CuO nanoparticles (Ce-CuO NPs) were successfully synthesized by a precipitation-thermal decomposition method. The synthesized Ce-CuO NPs were used as a nanocatalyst for the...