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S. No. Title Pg No. 1. A 10V programmable Josephson voltage standard and its applications for voltage

metrology Y Tang, V N Ojha, S Schlamminger, A Rufenacht, C J Burroughs, P D Dresselhaus and S P Benz Metrologia 49 (2012) 635–643

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2. A comparative study of silicon surface passivation using ethanolic iodine and bromine solutions Neha Batra, Vandana, Sanjai Kumar, Mukul Sharma, S.K. Srivastava, Pooja Sharma, P.K. Singh Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 100 (2012) 43–47

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3. A green approach for direct growth of CdS nanoparticles network in poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) polymer film for hybrid photovoltaic R.K. Bhardwaj, H.S Kushwaha, J.Gaur, T.Upreti, V.Bharti, V.Gupta,N. Chaudhary, G.D.Sharma, K.Banerjee, S.Chand Materials Letters 89(2012)195–197

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4. A new class of PANI–Ag core–shell nanorods with sensing dimensions Vineet K. Shukla, Poonam Yadav, Raghvendra S. Yadav, Priya Mishra and Avinash C. Pandey Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 3886

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5. A novel approach for realization of primary vibration calibration standard by homodyne laser interferometer in frequency range of 0.1 Hz to 20 kHz Naveen Garg , Omkar Sharma, Ashok Kumar, Mark I. Schiefer Measurement 45 (2012) 1941–1950

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6. A novel ternary NiFe2O4/CuO/FeO-chitosan nanocomposite as a cholesterol biosensor Jay Singh, Manish Srivastava, Prasanta Kalita, Bansi D. Malhotra Process Biochemistry 47 (2012) 2189–2198

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7. A novel two-phase thermal approach for synthesizing CdSe/CdS core/shell nanostructure A. R. Baby Suganthi, Amish G. Joshi, P. Sagayaraj J Nanopart Res (2012) 14:691

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8. Ab initio study of magnetism in FeSe and FeTe Jagdish Kumar, P. K. Ahluwalia, S. Auluck, and V. P. S Awana AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, 893-894 (2012); doi: 10.1063/1.4710290

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9. Absorption and photoconductivity spectra of Ag2GeS3 crystal: Experiment and theory Ali Hussain Reshak, S. Auluck, M. Piasecki, G.L. Myronchuk, O. Parasyuk, I.V. Kityk, H. Kamarudin Spectrochimica Acta Part A 93 (2012) 274– 279

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10. Acentric Nonlinear Optical 2,4-Dihydroxyl Hydrazone Isomorphic Crystals with Large Linear, Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities and Hyperpolarizability A. H. Reshak, H. Kamarudin, and S. Auluck J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 4677−4683

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11. Amino acid 2-aminopropanoic CH3CH(NH2)COOH crystals: materials for photo- and acoustoinduced optoelectronic applications Ali Hussain Reshak, G. Lakshminarayana, H. Kamarudin , I. V. Kityk , S. Auluck, J. Berdowski, Z. Tylczynski J Mater Sci: Mater Electron (2012) 23:1922–1931

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12. Ammonia Emission from Subtropical Crop Land Area in India A. Datta, S. K. Sharma, R.C. Harit, V. Kumar, T. K. Mandal, and H. Pathak Asia-Pacific J. Atmos. Sci., 48(3), 275-281, 2012

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13. An ab initio density functional study of the optical functions of 9-Methyl-3-Thiophen-2-YI-Thieno [3,2e] [1,2,4] Thriazolo [4,3c] Pyrimidine-8-Carboxylic Acid Ethyl Ester crystals Ali H. Reshak, I.V. Kityk, R. Khenata, Y. Al-Douri, S. Auluck Spectrochimica Acta Part A: 95 (2012) 582–588

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14. An overview of CAWSES-India program with emphasis to equatorial atmospheric coupling processes P.B. Rao, G.Beig, R.S.Dabas, Geetha Ramkumar, S.Gurubaran, Kusuma G. Rao, P.K. Manoharan, A.K.Patra, Sudha Ravindran, Tarun K. Pant, M.Venkat Ratnam, S.C. Chakravarty, R. Sridharan Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics75–76(2012)98–114

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15. Analysis and Development of Ka- and Q-Band Waveguide Impedance Standards K. Patel, P. S. Negi and P. Banerjee MAPAN-(June 2012) 27(2):97–103

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16. Anisotropic Spin-Fluctuations in SmCoPO Revealed by 31P NMR Measurement Mayukh Majumder, Kajal Ghoshray , Amitabha Ghoshray, Anand Pal, and Veer P. S. Awana Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 81 (2012) 054702

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17. Anisotropic spin-fluctuations in SmCoPO: 31P NMR study M. Majumder, K. Ghoshray, A. Ghoshray, A. Pal, and V. P. S. Awana AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, 1171-1172 (2012); doi: 10.1063/1.4710426

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18. Anomalous Low Frequency Dielectric Relaxation in Nanoparticles/Isotropic Fluid Mixed Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals Anu Malik , Gautam Singh, Jai Prakash , Prasun Ganguly, Poonam Silotia & Ashok M. Biradar Ferroelectrics, 431:6–12, 2012

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19. Antimicrobial Activity of Zirconia (ZrO2) Nanoparticles and Zirconium Complexes Sant Lal Jangra, K. Stalin, Neeraj Dilbaghi, Sandeep Kumar, Jai Tawale, Surinder P. Singh, and Renu Pasricha Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Vol. 12, 7105–7112, 2012

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20. Application of conducting paper for selective detection of troponin Kishore Kumar Jagadeesan , Saurabh Kumar, Gajjala Sumana Electrochemistry Communications 20 (2012) 71–74

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21. Aptamer based electrochemical sensor for detection of human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells Rachna Sharma, Ved Varun Agrawal, Pradeep Sharma, R Varshney, R K Sinha and B D Malhotra Journal of Physics:Conference Series 358 (2012) 012001

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22. Artificially Stacked Atomic Layers: Toward New van der Waals Solids Guanhui Gao, Wei Gao, E. Cannuccia, Jaime Taha-Tijerina, Luis Balicas, Akshay Mathkar, T. N. Narayanan, Zhen Liu, Bipin K. Gupta, Juan Peng, Yansheng Yin, Angel Rubio, and Pulickel M. Ajayan Nano Letters 2012, 12, 3518−3525

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23. Assessment of amsacrine binding with DNA using UV–visible, circular dichroism and Raman spectroscopic techniques Deepak Kumar Jangir, Sanjay Kumar Dey, Suman Kundu, Ranjana Mehrotra Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 114 (2012) 38–43

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24. Assessment of emissions from transport sector in Delhi Richa Singh and Chhemendra Sharma Journal Of Scientific & Industrial Research Vol. 71, February 2012, pp. 155-160

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25. Assessment of enteric methane emission of Indian livestock in different agro-ecological regions Sultan Singh, B. P. Kushwaha, S. K. Nag, S. Bhattacharya, P. K. Gupta, A. K. Mishra and A. Singh Current Science, Vol. 102, No. 7, 10 April 2012

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26. Axial Deflection Analysis of a Force Transducer Harish Kumar, Chitra Sharma, and Anil Kumar Sensor Letters Vol. 10, 742–747, 2012

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27. Band gap optimization of p-i-n layers of a-Si:H by computer aided simulation for development of efficient solar cell Sukhbir Singh , Sushil Kumar , Neeraj Dwivedi Solar Energy 86 (2012) 1470–1476

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28. Binding of an indole alkaloid, vinblastine to double stranded DNA: A spectroscopic insight in to nature and strength of interaction Gunjan Tyagi, Sonika Charak, Ranjana Mehrotra Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology 108 (2012) 48–52

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29. Bismuth in gallium arsenide: Structural and electronic properties of GaAs1-xBix alloys Ali Hussain Reshak, H. Kamarudin, S. Auluck, I.V. Kityk Journal of Solid State Chemistry186(2012)47–53

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30. Bulk Superconductivity in Bismuth Oxysulfide Bi4O4S3 Shiva Kumar Singh, Anuj Kumar, Bhasker Gahtori, Shruti, Gyaneshwar Sharma, Satyabrata Patnaik and Veer P. S. Awana J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 16504−16507

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31. Capping Ligand Effect On Charge Transfer Mechanism Of Hybrid Organic(P3HT):Inorganic(PbSe) N anocomposites Aarti Mehta, Kanchan Sharma, Shailesh N. Sharma and S. Chand 2012 12th IEEE International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE- NANO) The International Conference Centre Birmingham 20-23 August 20112, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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32. Carbon nanotubes: Amino functionalization and its application in the fabrication of Al-matrix composites S.K. Singhal, Renu Pasricha, Mamta Jangra, Rajiv Chahal, Satish Teotia, R.B. Mathur Powder Technology 215-216 (2012) 254–263

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33. Carrier localization and out of plane anisotropic magnetoresistance in Nd0.55-xSmxSr0.45MnO3 thin films M. K. Srivastava, A. Kaur, and H. K. Singh Applied Physics Letters 100, 222408 (2012)

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34. Chalcogen height dependence of magnetism and Fermiology in FeTexSe1-x Jagdish Kumar, S Auluck, P K Ahluwalia and V P S Awana Supercond. Sci. Technol. 25 (2012) 095002

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35. Characteristics of black carbon over Delhi and Manora Peak – a comparative study A. K. Srivastava, Sachchidanand Singh, P. Pant and U. C. Dumka Atmos. Sci. Let. 13: 223–230 (2012)

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36. Characterization of Gaseous and Particulate Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Ambient Air of Delhi, India D. P. Singh, Ranu Gadi, and T. K. Mandal Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, 32:556–579, 2012

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37. Characterization of particulate-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and trace metals composition of urban air in Delhi, India (Erratum to) D. P. Singh, Ranu Gadi, and T. K. Mandal Atmospheric Environment 60 (2012) 679

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38. Chemical and biological extraction of metals present in E waste: A hybrid technology Deepak Pant , Deepika Joshi, Manoj K. Upreti, Ravindra K. Kotnala Waste Management 32 (2012) 979–990

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39. Chemical characteristics of aerosols and trace gas distribution over North and Central India Khem Singh, D. P. Singh, C. K. Dixit, Nahar Singh, C. Sharma , S. Sahai , Arvind K. Jha, Z. H. Khan , Prabhat K. Gupta Environ Monit Assess (2012) 184:4553–4564

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40. Chemical characteristics of aerosols and trace gas distribution over North and Central India (Erratum to) Khem Singh, D. P. Singh, C. K. Dixit, Nahar Singh, C. Sharma, S. Sahai, Arvind K. Jha , Z. H. Khan , Prabhat K. Gupta Environ Monit Assess (2012) 184:4553–4564

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41. Chitosan encapsulated quantum dots platform for leukemia detection Aditya Sharma, Chandra Mouli Pandey , Gajjala Sumana, Udit Soni , Sameer Sapra , A.K. Srivastava, Tathagat Chatterjee, Bansi D. Malhotra Biosensors andBioelectronics38(2012)107–113

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42. Comparative study of leaching of silver nanoparticles from fabric and effective effluent treatment Aneesh Pasricha, Sant Lal Jangra, Nahar Singh, Neeraj Dilbaghi, K. N. Sood , Kanupriya Arora, Renu Pasricha Journal of Environmental Sciences 2012, 24(5) 852–859

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43. Comparison of Experimental and Modeled Absorption Enhancement by Black Carbon (BC) Cored Polydisperse Aerosols under Hygroscopic Conditions P. M. Shamjad, S. N. Tripathi, S. G. Aggarwal, S. K. Mishra, Manish Joshi, Arshad Khan, B. K. Sapra, and Kirpa Ram Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46, 8082−8089

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44. Complex impedance studies of low temperature synthesized fine grain PZT/CeO2 nanocomposites Puja Goel , N. Vijayan, Ashok M. Biradar Ceramics International 38 (2012) 3047–3055

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45. Contribution of anthropogenic aerosols in direct radiative forcing and atmospheric heating rate over Delhi in the Indo-Gangetic Basin Atul K. Srivastava, Sachchidanand Singh, S. Tiwari, D. S. Bisht Environ Sci Pollut Res (2012) 19:1144–1158

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46. Control of interstitial Fe and its impact on superconductivity of FeTe1/2Se1/2 V. P. S. Awana, Anuj Kumar, and Anand Pal AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, 869-870 (2012); doi: 10.1063/1.4710278

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47. Copper oxide decorated multi-walled carbon nanotubes/ferroelectric liquid crystal composites for faster display devices Anu Malik, Jai Prakash, Anil Kumar, Ajay Dhar, and Ashok M. Biradar Journal Of Applied Physics 112, 054309 (2012)

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48. Cost Effective Deposition System for Nitrogen Incorporated Diamond-like Carbon Coatings Sushil Kumar, Neeraj Dwivedi, Manas Kumar Dalai Plasma Process. Polym. 2012, 9, 890–903

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49. Crossing point phenomena (T-star=2.7 K) in specific heat curves of superconducting ferromagnets RuSr2Gd1.4Ce0.6Cu2O10-delta Anuj Kumar, R. P. Tandon, Jianli Wang, Rong Zeng, and V. P. S. Awana Journal Of Applied Physics 111, 07e140 (2012)

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50. Crystal growth, optical and thermal studies of nonlinear optical gamma-glycine single crystal grown from lithium nitrate R. Ashok Kumar, R. Ezhil Vizhi, N. Sivakumar, N. Vijayan, D. Rajan Babu Optik 123 (2012) 409– 413

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51. Crystal growth, structural and photoluminescence studies of L-tyrosine hydrobromide semi organic single crystal P. Anandan , S.Vetrivel , R.Jayavel, C.Vedhi , G.Ravi , G.Bhagavannarayana Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids73(2012)1296–1301

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52. Crystal growth, structure, crystalline perfection and characterization of zinc magnesium ammonium sulfate hexahydrate mixed crystals ZnxMg(1-x)(NH4)(2)(SO4)(2) center dot 6H(2)O G. Ramasamy, G.Bhagavannarayana, G. Madhurambal, Subbiah Meenakshisundaram Journal of Crystal Growth352(2012)137–142

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53. Crystalline perfection, Raman, UV-VIS-NIR and prism coupler investigations on Cz-grown pure and Zn-doped LiNbO3 single crystals S. K. Kushwaha, K. K. Maurya, N. Vijayan, Binay Kumar, Rajeev Bhatt, S. Ganesamoorthy and G. Bhagavannarayana Cryst Eng Comm, 2012, 14, 3297

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54. Daytime additional F layer stratification over low-midlatitude station of the Indian sector under geomagnetic disturbed conditions Sneha Yadav, A. K. Upadhayay, and Rupesh M. Das Journal Of Geophysical Research, Vol. 117, A06320,

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55. DC Electrical Conduction and Morphological Behavior of Counter Anion-Governed Genesis of Electrochemically Synthesized Polypyrrole Films Rajiv K. Singh, Amit Kumar, Khushboo Agarwal, Mahesh Kumar, H. K. Singh, Pankaj Srivastava, Ramadhar Singh Journal Of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 2012, 50, 347–360

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56. Degradation studies of organic acids in commercially packed fruit juices: A reverse phase high performance liquid chromatographic approach Ruchika Raghav, Nisha Yadav, Gunjan Tyagi, Deepak K. Jangir, Ranjana Mehrotra, R. Ganesan, E.S. Rajagopal International Journal of Food Engineering Volume 8, Issue 4 2012 Article 16

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57. Dependence of charge carrier mobility of 4,4 ',4 ''-tris (N-3-methylphenyl-N- 456

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phenylamino)triphenylamine on doping concentration of tetrafluoro-tetracyano-quinodimethane Gayatri Chauhan, Ritu Srivastava, Arunandan Kumar, Omwati Rana, P.C. Srivastava, M.N. Kamalasanan Organic Electronics 13 (2012) 394–398

58. Dependence of Superconductivity and Its Weakly Linked Behavior in Bulk LaO1−xFxFeAs on F Doping Anurag Gupta, Hannu Huhtinen, Chandra Shekhar , Kim Schlesier, Pankaj Srivastava, Amit Srivastava, O.N. Srivastava, Reino Laiho, A.V. Narlikar J Supercond Nov Magn (2012) 25:935–942

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59. Design and development of atomic flux controller for cesium Fountain clock at NPL, India Kavindra Pant, Poonam Arora, Suchi Yadav & Amitava Sen Gupta Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics Vol. 50, August 2012, pp. 593-599

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60. Designing of epoxy composites reinforced with carbon nanotubes grown carbon fiber fabric for improved electromagnetic interference shielding B. P. Singh, Veena Choudhary, Parveen Saini, and R. B. Mathur AIP Advances 2, 022151 (2012)

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61. Determination of minority carrier diffusion length from distance dependence of lateral photocurrent for side-on illumination A.K. Sharma, S.N.Singh, Nandan S. Bisht, H.C.Kandpal, ZahidH.Khan Solar EnergyMaterials&SolarCells100(2012)48–52

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62. Development of Transmucosal Patch Using Nanofi bers Harleen Grewal, Sanjay R. Dhakate, Amit K. Goyal, Tanmay S. Markandeywar , Basant Malik, and Goutam Rath Artificial Cells Blood Substitutes And Biotechnology Vol. 40 (1-2 ) 146-150 Feb 2012

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63. Dielectric investigations of pure and carbon nanotube-doped deformed helix ferroelectric liquid crystals Nitin Sood, Samriti Khosla, Darshan Singh and S.S. Bawa Liquid Crystals, Vol. 39, No. 10, October 2012, 1169–1174

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64. Dielectric measurements on urea added ZTS single crystals V.N. Praveen, N. Vijayan, C.K. Mahadevan Optik 123 (2012) 1617– 1622

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65. Dielectric properties and electrical conduction of high-k LaGdO3 ceramics S. P. Pavunny, R. Thomas, A. Kumar, N. M. Murari, and R. S. Katiyar Journal Of Applied Physics 111, 102811 (2012)

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66. Directed nanoparticle reduction on graphene Renu Pasricha, Shweta Gupta, Amish G. Joshi, Nupur Bahadur, Divi Haranath, Kedar N. Sood, Sukhvir Singh, Sandeep Singh Materials Today 15(3) March 2013

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67. Directional anisotropy in the mechanical behavior of friction stir processed and aged AZ91 alloy Vipin Jain, Wei Yuan, R. S. Mishra, Gouthama, and Anil K. Gupta Materials Science Forum Vols. 702-703 (2012) pp 64-67

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68. Dispersion of Linear, Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities and Hyperpolarizability of C11H8N2O (o⁸Methoxydicyanovinylbenzene) Crystals Ali H. Reshak, H. Kamarudin, I. V. Kityk, and S. Auluck J. Phys. Chem. B 2012, 116, 13338−13343

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69. Doping and temperature dependence of thermoelectric properties in Mg2(Si,Sn) J. J. Pulikkotil, D. J. Singh, S. Auluck, M. Saravanan, D. K. Misra, A. Dhar, and R. C. Budhani Physical Review B 86, 155204 (2012)

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70. Effect of 3d Metal (Co and Ni) Doping on the Superconductivity of FeSe Te Anuj Kumar , R. P. Tandon , and V. P. S. Awana IEEE Transactions On Magnetics, Vol. 48, No. 11, November 2012

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71. Effect of alkali metal doping on the properties and crystalline perfection of bis(thiourea)zinc(II) chloride crystals K. Muthu, G. Bhagavannarayana, S. P. Meenakashisundaram, S. C. Mojumdar J Therm Anal Calorim (2012) 108:927–932

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72. Effect of annealing on Bridgman grown organic scintillation material of trans-stilbene N. Vijayana, G. Bhagavannarayana, K.K. Maurya, D. Haranath, Brijesh Rathi, N. Balamurugan, Y.K. Sharma, P. Ramasamy Materials Chemistry and Physics 132 (2012) 453– 457

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73. Effect of Boron substitution on the superconductivity of non-oxide perovskite MgCNi3 Anuj Kumar, Rajveer Jha, R.P.Tandon, V.P.S.Awana Solid State Communications 152(2012)1678–1682

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74. Effect of Co-doping on the resistivity and thermopower of SmFe1-xCoxAsO (0.0 <= x <= 0.3) Gunadhor S. Okram, Netram Kaurav, Ajay Soni, Anand Pal, and V. P. S. Awana AIP Advances 2, 042137 (2012)

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75. Effect of electrode resistance on dielectric and transport properties of multiferroic superlattice: A Impedance spectroscopy study Sandra Dussan, Ashok Kumar, J. F. Scott and Ram S. Katiyar AIP Advances 2, 032136 (2012)

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76. Effect of heat treatment on the structure and stability of multiwalled carbon nanotubes produced by catalytic chemical vapor deposition technique Priyanka H. Maheshwari, R. Singh, R.B. Mathur Materials Chemistry and Physics 134 (2012) 412– 416

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77. Effect of La-doping on magnetic properties of Bi0.6-xLaxCa0.4MnO3 (0.0 <= x <= 0.6) perovskite manganites Kamlesh Yadav, H K Singh and G D Varma Phys. Scr. 85 (2012) 045704 (6pp)

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78. Effect of L-alanine, Mn(II) and glycine dopants on the structural, crystalline perfection, second harmonic generation (SHG), dielectric and mechanical properties of BTCA single crystals V. Ganesh, T. Bhaskar Rao, K. Kishan Rao, G. Bhagavannarayana, Mohd. Shkir Materials Chemistry and Physics 137 (2012) 276e281

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79. Effect of linker on the photosensitization of ZnO layers with CdSe quantum dots Aneeta Kharkwal, Shailesh N. Sharma, S. Chand, A. K. Singh Colloid Polym Sci (2012) 290:49–61

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80. Effect of magnesium chloride on growth, crystalline perfection, structural, optical, thermal and NLO behavior of gamma-glycine crystals G.R. Dillip, G. Bhagavannarayana, P. Raghavaiah, B. Deva Prasad Raju Materials Chemistry and Physics 134 (2012) 371– 376

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81. Effect of magnesium doping on the properties and crystalline perfection of bis(thiourea)zinc(II) chloride crystals K. Muthu, G. Bhagavannarayana , V. Meenatchi , S. P. Meenakshisundaram, S. C. Mojumdar Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry June 2012, V. 108, 3, pp 951-958

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82. Effect of mercaptopropionic acid as linker on structural, thermal, and optical properties of TiO2-CdSe nanocomposites S. K. Arya, Tanvi Vats, Shailesh N. Sharma, Kulvir Singh, A. K. Narula J Therm Anal Calorim (2012) 107:555–560

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83. Effect of Metallic Interfacial Layers on the Properties of Diamond-Like Carbon Thin Films Neeraj Dwivedi, Sushil Kumar, Sreekumar C., Saurabh Dayal, C. M. S. Rauthan, and O.S. Panwar Met. Mater. Int., Vol. 18, No. 2 (2012), pp. 231~236

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84. Effect of Mn(II) doping on crystalline perfection, nonlinear, optical and mechanical properties of KDP single crystals B. Riscob, M. Shakir, N. Vijayan, V. Ganesh, G. Bhagavannarayana Appl Phys A (2012) 107:477–484

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85. Effect of nanocrystalline phase on the electrochemical behavior of the alloy Ti60Ni40 Shubhra Mathur , Rohit Jain, Praveen Kumar, K. Sachdev, S.K. Sharma Journal of Alloys and Compounds 538 (2012) 160–163

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86. Effect of Ni doping on the microstructure and high Curie temperature ferromagnetism in sol-gel derived titania powders Nupur Bahadur, Renu Pasricha, Govind, Suresh Chand, Ravinder Kumar Kotnala Materials Chemistry and Physics 133 (2012) 471– 479

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87. Effect of Oxygen Admittance Temperature on the Growth of ZnO Microcrystals by Thermal Evaporation Technique K.M.K. Srivatsa, Deepak Chhikara and M. Senthil Kumar J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2012, 28(4), 317-320

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88. Effect of pressure on itinerant magnetism and spin disorder in cubic FeGe J J Pulikkotil, S Auluck, P K Rout and R C Budhani J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24 (2012) 096003 (5pp)

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89. Effect of probe beam intensity on all-optical switching based on excited-state absorption Parag Sharma and Sukhdev Roy Optical Materials Express Vol. 2, No. 5 1 May 2012

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90. Effect of site-disorder on magnetism and magneto-structural coupling in gallium ferrite: A first-principles study Amritendu Roy, Rajendra Prasad, Sushil Auluck, Ashish Garg Journal Of Applied Physics 111, 043915 (2012)

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91. Effect of site-disorder on magnetism and magneto-structural coupling in gallium ferrite: A first-principles study [Erratum to] Amritendu Roy, Rajendra Prasad, Sushil Auluck, Ashish Garg Journal Of Applied Physics 111, 079902 (2012)

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92. Effect of substrate bias in hydrogenated amorphous carbon films having embedded nanocrystallites deposited by cathodic jet carbon arc technique O.S. Panwar, Ishpal, R.K. Tripathi, A.K. Srivastava, Mahesh Kumar, Sushil Kumar Diamond & Related Materials 25 (2012) 63–72

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93. Effect of substrate bias in nitrogen incorporated amorphous carbon films with embedded nanoparticles deposited by filtered cathodic jet carbon arc technique O.S. Panwar, Sushil Kumar, Ishpal, A.K. Srivastava, Abhilasha Chouksey, R.K. Tripathi, A. Basu Materials Chemistry and Physics 132 (2012) 659– 666

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94. Effect of surface plasmons on spectral switching of polychromatic light with Au-double-slit Manish Verma, Stuti Joshi, Nandan S. Bisht, H. C. Kandpal, P. Senthilkumaran,and Joby Joseph J. Opt. Soc. Am. A / Vol. 29, No. 3 / March 2012

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95. Effect of the thickness of carbon electrode support on the performance of PEMFC Priyanka H. Maheshwari , R. Singh, R.B. Mathur Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 673 (2012) 32–37

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96. Effects of exposure to rice-crop residue burning smoke on pulmonary functions and Oxygen Saturation level of human beings in Patiala (India) Ravinder Agarwal, Amit Awasthi, Nirankar Singh, Prabhat Kumar Gupta, Susheel K. Mittal Science of the Total Environment 429 (2012) 161–166

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97. Effects of site disorder, off-stoichiometry and epitaxial strain on the optical properties of magnetoelectric gallium ferrite Amritendu Roy, Somdutta Mukherjee, Surajit Sarkar, Sushil Auluck, Rajendra Prasad, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24 (2012) 435501 (9pp)

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98. Efficiency enhancement of organic light emitting diode via surface energy transfer between exciton and surface plasmon Arunandan Kumar, Ritu Srivastava, Priyanka Tyagi, D.S. Mehta, M.N. Kamalasanan Organic Electronics 13 (2012) 159–165

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99. Electrical transport and EPR investigations: A comparative study for d.c. conduction mechanism in monovalent and multivalent ions doped polyaniline Suresh Kumar Gupta, Vandna Luthra and Ramadhar Singh Bull. Mater. Sci., Vol. 35, No. 5, October 2012, pp. 787–794.

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100. Electrically modulated photoluminescence in ferroelectric liquid crystal Prasun Ganguly, T. Joshi, S. Singh, D. Haranath, and A. M. Biradar Applied Physics Letters 101, 262902 (2012)

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101. Electrochemical and chemical investigations of the co-polymers of 3-aminobenzenesulfonic acid with aromatic amines for their application in electrochromic devices Ritu Saharan, Amarjeet Kaur, S. K. Dhawan J Appl Electrochem (2012) 42:225–232

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102. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy characterization of mercaptopropionic acid capped ZnS nanocrystal based bioelectrode for the detection of the cardiac biomarker-myoglobin Sujeet K. Mishra, Devendra Kumar, Ashok M. Biradar, Rajesh Bioelectrochemistry 88 (2012) 118–126

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103. Electrochromic device response controlled by an in situ polymerized ionic liquid based gel electrolyte Rambabu Sydam, Melepurath Deepa and A. K. Srivastava RSC Advances, 2012, 2, 9011–9021

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104. Electroluminescence from hybrid organic-inorganic LEDs based on thermally evaporated CdS thin films Rakhi Grover, Ritu Srivastava, Omwati Rana, A.K. Srivastava, K.K.Maurya, K.N. Sood, D.S. Mehta, M.N. Kamalasanan Journal of Luminescence 132(2012)330–336

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105. Electromagnetic Macro Modeling of Propagation in Mobile Wireless Communication: Theory and Experiment Tapan K. Sarkar, Walid Dyab, Mohammad N. Abdallah, Magdalena Salazar-Palma, M. V. S. N. Prasad, Sio Weng Ting, and Silvio Barbin IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, Vol. 54, No. 6, December 2012

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106. Electronic and optical properties of free-standing and supported vanadium nanowires Poorva Singh, Tashi Nautiyal, and Sushil Auluck Journal Of Applied Physics 111, 093506 (2012)

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107. Electronic and vibrational properties of vanadium-carbide nanowires Poorva Singh, Tashi Nautiyal, and Sushil Auluck Journal Of Applied Physics 112, 063502 (2012)

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108. Electronic reconstruction and enhanced superconductivity at La1.6-xNd0.4SrxCuO4/La1.55Sr0.45CuO4 bilayer interface P. K. Rout, P. C. Joshi, Rajni Porwal and R. C. Budhani EPL, 98 (2012) 67007 June 2012

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109. Electronic states of self stabilized L10 FePt alloy nanoparticles Rohit Medwal, Neeru Sehdev, Govind, S. Annapoorni Appl Phys A (2012) 109:403–408

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110. Electronic structure and magneto-optic Kerr effect in ferromagnetic titanium oxyphosphates Li0.50Co0.25TiO(PO4): An ab-initio study Ali Hussain Reshak, S. Auluck, H. Kamarudin Journal of Alloys and Compounds 527 (2012) 233– 239

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111. Electronic structure of the electron-doped Ca0.86Pr0.14MnO3 M. K. Dalai, P. Pal, B. R. Sekhar, M. Merz, P. Nagel, S. Schuppler, and C. Martin Physical Review B 85, 155128 (2012)

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112. Electro-optic studies in conventional and pure/ethanol mixed de Vries ferroelectric liquid crystals G. Singh, G. Vijaya Prakash, A. Choudhary and A.M. Biradar Liquid Crystals Vol. 39, No. 2, February 2012, 185–190

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113. Electrophoretically deposited CdS quantum dots based electrode for biosensor application Hemant Dhyani, Md. Azahar Ali, Manoj K. Pandey, Bansi D. Malhotra and Prasenjit Sen J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 4970

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114. Electrophoretically fabricated core-shell CNT-DNA biowires for biosensing Maumita Das, Chetna Dhand, Gajjala Sumana, Avanish Kumar Srivastava, Rajamani Nagarajan and Bansi Dhar Malhotra J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 2727

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115. Electrospun polyacrylonitrile nanofibrous membranes for chitosanase immobilization and its application in selective production of chitooligosaccharides Sujata Sinha, Sanjay R. Dhakate, Pankaj Kumar, R.B. Mathur, Pushplata Tripathi, Subhash Chand Bioresource Technology 115 (2012) 152–157

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116. Elucidation ofMg2+ binding activity of adenylate kinase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv using fluorescence studies Laxman S. Meena, Sanjay R. Dhakate, and Purushottam D. Sahare Biotechnology and Applied Biochemistry Vol 59, Issue 6, 429–436, December 2012

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117. Emission estimates of organic and elemental carbon from household biomass fuel used over the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), India T. Saud, R. Gautam, T.K. Mandal, Ranu Gadi, D.P. Singh, S.K. Sharma, Manisha Dahiya, M. Saxena Atmospheric Environment 61 (2012) 212e220

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118. Emission Estimates of Particulate PAHs from Biomass Fuels Used in Delhi, India Ranu Gadi, D. P. Singh, T. Saud, T. K. Mandal, and M. Saxena Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 18: 871–887, 2012

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119. Enhanced thermoelectric figure-of-merit in spark plasma sintered nanostructured n-type SiGe alloys Sivaiah Bathula, M. Jayasimhadri, Nidhi Singh, A. K. Srivastava, Jiji Pulikkotil, Ajay Dhar, and R. C. Budhani Applied Physics Letters 101, 213902 (2012)

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120. Enhancement in the magnetic, optical and electrical properties of Ti0.97Co0.03O2 and Ti0.97Fe0.03O2 nanoparticles with Ce co-doping Kuldeep Chand Verma, Jaiveer Singh, Mast Ram, Dileep Kumar Sharma, Abhilasha Sharma and R K Kotnala Phys. Scr. 86 (2012) 025704 (8pp)

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121. Enhancement in the thermomechanical properties of carbon fi bre-carbon nanotubes-epoxy hybrid composites R.B. Mathur, B.P. Singh, Pankaj K. Tiwari and T.K. Gupta, Veena Choudhary Int. J. Nanotechnol., Vol. 9, Nos. 10/11/12, 2012

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122. Enhancement of light extraction efficiency of organic light emitting diodes using nanostructured indium tin oxide Arunandan Kumar, Ritu Srivastava, M. N. Kamalasanan, and Dalip Singh Mehta Optics Letters Vol. 37, No. 4 February 15, 2012

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123. Enhancement of structural perfection of alkali halide single crystals by doping with copper D. Joseph Daniel , P. Ramasamy, U. Madhusoodanan, G. Bhagavannarayana Journal of Crystal Growth 353 (2012)95–100

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124. Enhancing the photoluminescence of ferroelectric liquid crystal by doping with ZnS quantum dots A. Kumar, J. Prakash, Abhay D. Deshmukh, D. Haranath, P. Silotia, and A. M. Biradar Applied Physics Letters 100, 134101 (2012)

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125. Establishment of Brinell Hardness Standard at NPL India for Providing Traceability in Brinell Scale R. Kumar, S. S. K. Titus and S. K. Jain MAPAN (June 2012) 27(2):123–127

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126. Establishment of High Pressure Pneumatic Standard up to 40 MPa at NPLI J. Singh, N. D. Sharma and O. Prakash MAPAN (June 2012) 27(2):113–121

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127. Evaluation of depth distribution and characterization of nanoscale Ta/Si multilayer thin film structures B.R. Chakraborty, S.K. Halder, K.K. Maurya, A.K. Srivastava, V.K. Toutam, M.K. Dalai, G. Sehgal, S. Singh Thin Solid Films 520 (2012) 6409–6414

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128. Evaluation of Stability of 5- Fluorouracil under Different Stress Conditions: High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Infrared Spectroscopic Approach Nisha Yadav, Parul Singh and Ranjana Mehrotra Current Pharmaceutical Analysis, 2012, 8, 49-55

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129. Evolution of ferromagnetic and spin-wave resonances with crystalline order in thin films of full-Heusler alloy Co2MnSi Himanshu Pandey, P. C. Joshi, R. P. Pant, R. Prasad, S. Auluck, and R. C. Budhani Journal Of Applied Physics 111, 023912 (2012)

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130. Existence of the multiferroic property at room temperature in Ti doped CoFe2O4 G.D. Dwivedi, Amish G. Joshi , H. Kevin, P. Shahi, A. Kumar, A.K. Ghosh, H.D. Yang, Sandip Chatterje Solid State Communications 152 (2012) 360–363

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131. Experimental Investigation Of Gsm 900mhz Results Over Northern India With Awas Electromagnetic Code And Other Prediction Models M. V. S. N. Prasad, P. K. Dalela, and C. S. Misra Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 125, 559{581, 2012

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132. Fabrication and electro-optic properties of a MWCNT driven novel electroluminescent lamp D Haranath, Sonal Sahai, Savvi Mishra, M Husain and Virendra Shanker Nanotechnology 23 (2012) 435704 (7pp)

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133. Fabrication of amperometric bienzymatic glucose biosensor based on MWCNT tube and polypyrrole multilayered nanocomposite K. Singh, B. P. Singh, Ruchika Chauhan, T. Basu Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 125, E235–E246 (2012)

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134. Fabrication of DC sputtered NbN thick film with high upper critical field of above 400 kOe Rajveer Jha, Anuj Kumar, and V. P. S. Awana AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, 867-868 (2012)

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135. Far field spectrum in surface plasmon-assisted Young's double-slit interferometer Bhaskar Kanseri , Hem Chandra Kandpal, Ramesh Chandra Budhani Optics Communications285(2012)4811–4815

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136. Faster response of NO2 sensing in graphene–WO3 nanocomposites Shubhda Srivastava, Kiran Jain, V N Singh, Sukhvir Singh, N Vijayan, Nita Dilawar, Govind Gupta and T D Senguttuvan Nanotechnology 23 (2012) 205501 (7pp)

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137. Fe-doped ZnO nanoparticles synthesised by solution combustion method P. Dhiman, K.M. Batoo, R.K. Kotnala, M. Singh Micro & Nano Letters, 2012, Vol. 7, Iss. 12, pp. 1333–1335

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138. Ferroelectric–carbon nanotube memory devices Ashok Kumar, Sai G Shivareddy, Margarita Correa, Oscar Resto, Youngjin Choi, Matthew T Cole, Ram S Katiyar, James F Scott, Gehan A J Amaratunga, Haidong Lu and Alexei Gruverman Nanotechnology 23 (2012) 165702 (6pp)

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139. First order phase transition in Sm0.53Sr0.47MnO3 films Manoj K. Srivastava, M. P. Singh, Amarjeet Kaur, and H. K. Singh AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, 125 (2012)

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140. Frequency and Intensity Control of Lasers to Cool and Control Caesium Atoms Ashish Agarwal and A. Sen Gupta MAPAN-Vol.27 (3) Pages: 169-173

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141. Functionalized Multilayered Graphene Platform for Urea Sensor Rajesh K. Srivastava, Saurabh Srivastava, Tharangattu N. Narayanan, Bansi D. Mahlotra, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Anchal Srivastava ACS Nano Vol. 6 No. 1 168–175 2012

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142. Ga induced 2D superstructural phase diagram on trenched Si(5 5 12) surface Praveen Kumar, Mahesh Kumar, S.M. Shivaprasad Surface Science 606 (2012) 1045–1049

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143. Global Water Flow Measurement and Calibration Facilities: Review of Methods and Instrumentations S. K. Jaiswal, S. Yadav, A. K. Bandyopadhyay and R. Agarwal M APAN (June 2012) 27(2):63–76

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144. Graphene Quantum Dots Derived from Carbon Fibers Juan Peng, Wei Gao, Bipin Kumar Gupta, Zheng Liu, Rebeca Romero-Aburto, Liehui Ge, Li Song, Lawrence B. Alemany, Xiaobo Zhan, Guanhui Gao, Sajna Antony Vithayathil, Benny Abraham Kaipparettu, Angel A. Marti, Takuya Hayashi, Jun-Jie Zhu and Pulickel M. Ajayan Nano Lett. 2012, 12, 844−849

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145. Green synthesis of nanosilver as a sensor for detection of hydrogen peroxide in water Vineet K. Shukla, Raghvendra S. Yadav, Poonam Yadav, Avinash C. Pandey Journal of Hazardous Materials 213– 214 (2012) 161– 166

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146. Growth morphologies, phase formation, optical & biological responses of nanostructures of CuO and their application as cooling fluid in high energy density devices Kajal Kumar Dey, Ashutosh Kumar, Rishi Shanker, Alok Dhawan, Meher Wan, Raja Ram Yadav and Avanish Kumar Srivastava RSC Advances, 2012, 2, 1387–1403

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147. Growth of cerium(III)-doped ADP crystals and characterization studies K. Vanchinathan , K. Muthu , G.Bhagavannarayana, SP.Meenakshisundaram Journal of Crystal Growth 354(2012)57–61

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148. Growth of Mixed-Phase Amorphous and Ultra Nanocrystalline Silicon Thin Films in the Low Pressure Regime by a VHF PECVD Process Jhuma Gope, Sushil Kumar, Sukhbir Singh, C. M. S. Rauthan, P. C. Srivastava Silicon (2012) 4:127–135

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149. Growth of N-substituted polypyrrole layers in ionic liquids: Synthesis and its electrochromic properties Shahzada Ahmad, Songul Sen Gursoy, Samrana Kazim, Aysegul Uygun Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells99(2012)95–100

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150. Growth of self-assembled Mn, Sb and MnSb nanostructures on highly oriented pyrolytic graphite S.S. Kushvaha , H.L. Zhang, Z. Yan, A.T.S. Wee, X.-S. Wang Thin Solid Films 520 (2012) 6909–6915

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151. Growth, differentiation, and migration of osteoblasts on transparent Ni doped TiO2 thin films deposited on borosilicate glass Marshal Dhayal, Renu Kapoor, Pavana Goury Sistla, Chander Kant, Ravi Ranjan Pandey, Govind, Krishan Kumar Saini, Gopal Pande Journal Of Biomedical Materials Research Part A 100A(5) 1168-1178 May 2012

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152. Growth, optical, mechanical and thermal studies of diglycine cadmium chloride single crystal B. Riscob, Mohd. Shakir, V. Ganesh, N. Vijayan, M. A. Wahab, G. Bhagavannarayana J Therm Anal Calorim (2012) 110:1225–1232

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153. Growth, spectral, optical, thermal, crystallization perfection and nonlinear optical studies of novel nonlinear optical crystal-Urea thiosemicarbazone monohydrate Redrothu Hanumantharao, S. Kalainathan, G. Bhagavannarayana Spectrochimica Acta Part A 91 (2012) 345– 351

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154. Growth, structural, thermal, linear and nonlinear optical and laser damage threshold studies of Picolinium tartrate monohydrate single crystals G. Peramaiyan, P. Pandi, B.M. Sornamurthy, G. Bhagavannarayana, R. Mohan Kumar Spectrochimica Acta Part A 95 (2012) 310–316

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155. High field (14 T) magneto transport of Sm/PrFeAsO R. S. Meena, Shiva Kumar Singh, Anand Pal, Anuj Kumar, R. Jha, K. V. R. Rao, Y. Du, X. L. Wang, and V. P. S Awana Journal Of Applied Physics 111, 07e323 (2012)

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156. High field magneto-transport and magnetization study of Y1-xCaxBa2Cu3O7-delta (x=0.00-0.25) N.P. Liyanawaduge, Anuj Kumar, Rajveer Jha, B.S.B. Karunarathne, V.P.S. Awana Journal of Alloys and Compounds 543 (2012) 135–141

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157. High field transport and magnetic properties of RECo(P/As)O Anand Pal, S. S. Mehdi, Mushahid Husain, and V. P.S. Awana AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, 873 (2012)

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158. High Magneto-Crystalline Anisotropic Core-Shell Structured Mn0.5Zn0.5Fe2O4/Polyaniline Nanocomposites Prepared by in Situ Emulsion Polymerization M. Abdullah Dar, R. K. Kotnala, Vivek Verma, Jyoti Shah, W. A. Siddiqui, and Masood Alam J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 5277−5287

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159. High yield synthesis of intrinsic, doped and composites of nano-zinc oxide using novel combinatorial method Nahar Singh, Rashmi, Tarushee Ahuja, Sukhvir Singh, Renu Pasricha, D. Haranath Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 369 (2012) 40–45

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160. Highly Luminescent–Paramagnetic Nanophosphor Probes for In Vitro High-Contrast Imaging of Human Breast Cancer Cells Bipin Kumar Gupta , Tharangattu N. Narayanan , Sajna Antony Vithayathil , Yean Lee , Shyny Koshy , Arava Leela Mohana Reddy , Avishek Saha , V. Shanker , V. N. Singh , Benny Abraham Kaipparettu , Angel A. Martí , and Pulickel M. Ajayan Small 2012, 8, No. 19, 3028–3034

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161. Highly sensitive and pulse-like response toward ethanol of Nb doped TiO2 nanorods based gas sensors Sujatha Singh, Harjeet Kaur, V.N. Singh, Kiran Jain, T.D. Senguttuvan Sensors and Actuators B 171– 172 (2012) 899– 906

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162. Humidity sensing exclusively by physisorption of water vapors on magnesium ferrite Jyoti Shah, R.K. Kotnala Sensors and Actuators B 171– 172 (2012) 832– 837

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163. Hybrid 2D Nanomaterials as Dual-Mode Contrast Agents in Cellular Imaging Tharangattu N. Narayanan , Bipin K. Gupta , Sajna A. Vithayathil, Rebeca R. Aburto , Sendurai A. Mani , Jaime Taha-Tijerina , Bin Xie , Benny A. Kaipparettu , Suzy V. Torti, and Pulickel M. Ajayan Adv. Mater. 2012, 24, 2992–2998

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164. Impact of substrate on magnetic phase coexistence in bicritical Sm0.53Sr0.47MnO3 thin films M.K. Srivastava, M.P. Singh, P.K. Siwach, A. Kaur, F.S. Razavi, H.K. Singh Solid State Communications 152 (2012) 138–141

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165. Impacts of future Indian greenhouse gas emission scenarios on projected climate change parameters deduced from MAGICC model Mukti Sharma & Chhemendra Sharma & Abdul Qaiyum Climatic Change (2012) 111:425–443

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166. Impedance spectroscopy and conductivity studies in SrBi2(Ta1-xWx)(2)O-9 ferroelectric ceramics Indrani Coondoo, Neeraj Panwar, Amit Tomar, A.K Jha , S.K.Agarwal Physica B407(2012)4712–4720

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167. Implications of nanostructuring on the thermoelectric properties in half-Heusler alloys A. Bhardwaj, D. K. Misra, J. J. Pulikkotil, S. Auluck, A. Dhar, and R. C. Budhani Applied Physics Letters 101, 133103 (2012)

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168. Implications of nanostructuring on the thermoelectric properties in half-Heusler alloys [Erratum to] A. Bhardwaj, D. K. Misra, J. J. Pulikkotil, S. Auluck, A. Dhar, and R. C. Budhani Applied Physics Letters 101, 169903 (2012)

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169. Improved Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Response of Poly(aniline)-Coated Fabrics Containing Dielectric and Magnetic Nanoparticles Parveen Saini, Veena Choudhary, N. Vijayan, and R. K. Kotnala J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 13403−13412

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170. Improved microwave absorption and electrostatic charge dissipation efficiencies of conducting polymer grafted fabrics prepared via in situ polymerization Parveen Saini, Veena Choudhary and Sundeep. K. Dhawan Polym. Adv. Technol. 2012, 23 343–349

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171. Improvement in Structural, Dielectric, Ferroelectric and Mechanical Properties in Metal Ions Doped Glycine Phosphite Single Crystals K. Senthilkumar, S. Moorthy Babu, Binay Kumar and G. Bhagavannarayana Ferroelectrics, 437:126–136, 2012

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172. Influence of anomalous dry conditions on aerosols over India: Transport, distribution and properties D. G. Kaskaoutis, R. Gautam, R. P. Singh, E. E. Houssos, D. Goto, S. Singh, A. Bartzokas, P. G. Kosmopoulos, M. Sharma, N. C. Hsu, B. N. Holben, and T. Takemura Journal Of Geophysical Research, Vol. 117, D09106 2012

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173. Influence of Fe segregation at grain boundaries on the magnetoresistance of Sr2Fe11dMoO6 polycrystals Nitu Kumar, Vibhav Pandey, Anurag Gaur, and R. K. Kotnala Journal Of Applied Physics 112, 073925 (2012)

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174. Influence of synthesis approach on structural and magnetic properties of lithium ferrite nanoparticles M. Abdullah Dar, Jyoti Shah, W.A. Siddiqui, R.K. Kotnala Journal of Alloys and Compounds 523 (2012) 36– 42

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175. In-plane dielectric and magnetoelectric studies of BiFeO3 Ashok Kumar, J. F. Scott, R. Martı´nez, G. Srinivasan, and R. S. Katiyar Phys. Status Solidi A 209, No. 7, 1207–1212 (2012)

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176. Interaction of Polyethyleneimine-Functionalized ZnO Nanoparticles with Bovine Serum Albumin Soumyananda Chakraborti, Prachi Joshi, Devlina Chakravarty, Virendra Shanker, Z. A. Ansari, Surinder P. Singh and Pinak Chakrabarti Langmuir 2012, 28, 11142−11152

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177. Interdependence of nano grain size, alloying effects and magnetic properties of Ni-Cu-Al alloys N Karar, A K Srivastava & R K Kotnala Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics Vol. 50, October 2012, pp. 727-733

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178. Interplay between charge and antiferromagnetic ordering in Bi0.6-xPrxCa0.4MnO3 (0 <= x <= 0.6) perovskite manganite Kamlesh Yadav, H.K.Singh , G.D.Varma Physica B407(2012)1244–1249

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179. Investigation of dielectric behaviour in ferrofluid–ferroelectric liquid crystal nanocomposites Puja Goel, Gautam Singh, Rajendra P. Pant and Ashok M. Biradar Liquid Crystals, Vol. 39, No. 8, August 2012, 927–932

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180. Investigation of gamma radiation effect on chemical properties and surface morphology of some nonlinear optical (NLO) single crystals M.A. Ahlam, M.N. Ravishankar, N. Vijayan, G. Govindaraj, Siddaramaiah, A.P. Gnana Prakash Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 278 (2012) 26–33

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181. Investigation of properties of Cu containing DLC films produced by PECVD process Neeraj Dwivedi , Sushil Kumar, Hitendra K.Malik, C.Sreekumar , Saurabh Dayal, C.M.S. Rauthan, O.S.Panwar Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids73(2012)308–316

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182. Investigation of radio frequency plasma for the growth of diamond like carbon films Ishpal, Sushil Kumar, Neeraj Dwivedi, and C. M. S. Rauthan Physics Of Plasmas 19, 033515 (2012)

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183. Investigation of structural and magnetic properties of Ni, NiFe and NiFe2O4 thin films Jitendra Singh, Sanjeev K. Gupta, Arvind K.Singh, Prateek Kothari, R.K.Kotnala, J.Akhtar Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 324(2012)999–1005

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184. Investigation of structural, dielectric, and magnetic properties of hard and soft mixed ferrite composites R. K. Kotnala, Shahab Ahmad, Arham S. Ahmed, Jyoti Shah, and Ameer Azam Journal Of Applied Physics 112, 054323 (2012)

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185. Investigation of structural, optical and luminescent properties of sprayed N-doped zinc oxide thin films S.S. Shinde, P.S. Shinde, Y.W. Oh, D. Haranath, C.H. Bhosale, K.Y. Rajpure Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 97 (2012) 181–188

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186. Investigations on growth and crystalline perfection of an organic Schiff base material: 4-Chloro-4 ' bromobenzylidene aniline A. Subashini, G. Bhagavannarayana, K. Ramamurthi Spectrochimica Acta Part A 96 (2012) 716–722

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187. Irradiation induced nanotrack and property modification in Zn3P2 Selvakumar Sudhakar, Mony Nagarajan, and Krishnan Baskar P hys. Status Solidi C 9, No. 7, 1636–1639 (2012)

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188. Large scale magnetic fields and response of dayside Venus ionosphere K.K. Mahajan, Ashok Kumar,Neelesh Lodhi, Sachchidanand Singh Planetary andSpaceScience63–64(2012)24–35

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189. Levels, Sources, and Toxic Potential of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Soil of Delhi, India D. P. Singh, Ranu Gadi, and T. K. Mandal Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, 18: 393–411, 2012

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190. Ligand-dependent transient absorption studies of hybrid polymer:CdSe quantum dot composites Shailesh N.Sharma, TanviVats , N.Dhenadhayalan, P.Ramamurthy, A.K.Narula Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells100(2012)6–15

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191. Linear and nonlinear optical susceptibilities and hyperpolarizability of borate LiNaB4O7 single crystals: Theory and experiment Ali Hussain Reshak, Xuean Chen, S. Auluck, and H. Kamarudin Journal Of Applied Physics 112, 053526 (2012)

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192. Linear optical susceptibilities of the oxoborate (Pb3O)2(BO3)2WO4: theory and experiment Ali Hussain Reshak, Xuean Chen, S. Auluck, H. Kamarudin J Mater Sci (2012) 47:5794–5800

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193. Long Term Uncertainty Investigations of 1 MN Force Calibration Machine at NPL, India (NPLI) Rajesh Kumar, Harish Kumar, Anil Kumar, Vikram Measurement Science Review, Volume 12, No. 4, 2012

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194. Low dielectric loss of Mg doped Ni-Cu-Zn nano-ferrites for power applications M. Abdullah Dar, Vivek Verma, S.P. Gairola, W.A. Siddiqui, Rakesh Kumar Singh, R.K. Kotnala Applied Surface Science 258 (2012) 5342– 5347

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195. Magnetic and charge ordering properties of Bi0.6-x(RE)(x)Ca0.4MnO3 (0.0 <= x <= 0.6) perovskite manganites Kamlesh Yadav, M. P. Singh, H. K. Singh, F. S. Razavi, and G. D. Varma Journal Of Applied Physics 111, 07e128 (2012)

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196. Magnetic Field Dependence of Blocking Temperature in Oleic Acid Functionalized Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Sanju Tanwar, V.P.S. Awana, Surinder P. Singh, Renu Pasricha J Supercond Nov Magn (2012) 25:2041–2045

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197. Magnetic Properties of Ni/NiO Core–Shell Nanoparticles Synthesized by Nanosecond Laser Irradiance of Water Suspended Ni Particles Manish Kumar Singh, Arvind Agarwal, Raj Kumar Swarnkar, Ram Gopal, and R. K. Kotnala Science of Advanced Materials Vol. 4, pp. 532–536, 2012

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198. Magnetization and magneto-resistance in Y (Ba1-xSrx)(2) Cu3O7-delta (x=0.00-0.50) superconductors N P Liyanawaduge, Shiva Kumar Singh, Anuj Kumar, Rajveer Jha, B.S.B. Karunarathne and V P S Awana Supercond. Sci. Technol. 25 (2012) 035017 (9pp)

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199. Magneto-electric properties of Nd substituted BiFeO3 polycrystalline samples Ashish Gautam, K. Singh, K. Sen, R.K. Kotnala, M. Singh Journal of Alloys and Compounds 517 (2012) 87– 91

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200. Magnon Raman spectroscopy and in-plane dielectric response in BiFeO3: Relation to the Polomska transition Ashok Kumar, J. F. Scott, and R. S. Katiyar Physical Review B 85, 224410 (2012)

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201. Measurement Accuracy of Secondary Standards of Sound Pressure in Comparison to Primary Standards N. Garg and O. Sharma MAPAN (December 2012) 27(4):219–229

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202. Measurement of ambient NH3 over Bay of Bengal duringW ICARB Campaign S. K. Sharma, A. K. Singh, T. Saud, T. K. Mandal, M. Saxena, S. Singh, S. K. Ghosh, and S. Raha Ann. Geophys., 30, 371–377, 2012

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203. Measurement of natural linewidth of atomic transition using saturated absorption spectroscopy Poonam Arora, Pratyush Jha, Ashish Agarwal & Amitava Sen Gupta Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics Vol. 50, May 2012, pp. 295-298

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204. Measurement of NH3, NO, NO2 and related particulates at urban sites of Indo Gangetic Plain (IGP) of India S K Sharma, M Saxena, T Saud, S Korpole and T K Mandal Jurnal of Scientific & Industrial Research Vol. 71, May 2012, pp. 360-362

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205. Measurement of Temperature of Atomic Cloud Using Time-of-Flight Technique P. Arora, S. B. Purnapatra, A. Acharya, R. Kumar and A. Sen Gupta M APAN- (March 2012) 27(1):31–39

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206. Mechanical and structural properties of RF magnetron sputter-deposited silicon carbide films for MEMS applications Atul Vir Singh, Sudhir Chandra, Sushil Kumar and G Bose J. Micromech. Microeng. 22 (2012) 025010 (7pp)

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207. Mediator free cholesterol biosensor based on self-assembled monolayer platform Zimple Matharu, Pratima R. Solanki, Vinay Gupta and B. D. Malhotra Analyst, 2012, 137, 747

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208. Metrological characterization of the new 1 MN force standard machine of NPL India S.K. Jain, Harish Kumar, S.S.K. Titus, Falk Tegtmeier, Norbert Prenzlow, Daniel Schwin Measurement 45 (2012) 590–596

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209. Microstructural and magnetotransport properties of La1-xCaxMnO3 (0.45 <= x <= 0.60) thin films Pawan Kumar, R. Prasad, A.K. Srivastava, N. Vijayan, R.K. Dwivedi, H.K. Singh Journal of Alloys and Compounds 531 (2012) 23– 29

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210. Microstructural features and mechanical properties of Al 5083/SiCp metal matrix nanocomposites produced by high energy ball milling and spark plasma sintering Sivaiah Bathula, R.C. Anandani, Ajay Dhar, A.K. Srivastava Materials Science and Engineering A 545 (2012) 97– 102

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211. Microwave sintering of dielectric CaCu3Ti4O12: An interfacial conductance and dipole relaxation effect Ranjit Kumar, M. Zulfequar, V.N. Singh, J.S. Tawale, T.D. Senguttuvan Journal of Alloys and Compounds 541 (2012) 428–432

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212. Mn-induced modifications of Ga 3d photoemission from (Ga, Mn)As: evidence for long range effects J Kanski, I Ulfat, L Ilver, M Leandersson, J Sadowski, K Karlsson and P Pal J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24 (2012) 435802 (4pp)

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213. Modification and designing of electrodeposited polypyrrole film for optoelectronic applications I D Sharma, V K Sharma, S K Dhawan & P K Saini Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics Vol. 50, March 2012, pp. 184-187

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214. Modification of metal–organic interface using F4-TCNQ for enhanced hole injection properties in optoelectronic devices O. Rana, R. Srivastava, G. Chauhan, M. Zulfequar, M. Husain, P. C. Srivastava, and M. N. Kamalasanan Phys. Status Solidi A 209, No. 12, 2539–2545 (2012)

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215. Monodisperse Co, Zn-Ferrite nanocrystals: Controlled synthesis, characterization and magnetic properties Sanjeev Kumar, Vaishali Singh, Saroj Aggarwal, Uttam Kumar Mandal, R.K.Kotnala Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 324(2012)3683–3689

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216. Multifunctional Ferromagnetic Carbon-Nanotube Arrays Prepared by Pulse-Injection Chemical Vapor Deposition Vinay Gupta and Ravinder Kumar Kotnala Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 2916 –2919

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217. Multi-year investigations of aerosols from an island station, Port Blair, in the Bay of Bengal: climatology and source impacts S. Naseema Beegum, K. Krishna Moorthy, Mukunda M. Gogoi, S. Suresh Babu, and S. K. Pandey Ann. Geophys., 30, 1113–1127, 2012

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218. Nano Porous Hematite for Solar Hydrogen Production Praveen Kumarn, Poonam Sharma, Amish G. Joshi, Rohit Shrivastav, Sahab Dass, and Vibha R. Satsangi Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 159 (8) H685-H691 (2012)

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219. Nanobeads of zinc oxide with rhodamine B dye as a sensitizer for dye sensitized solar cell application P.K. Baviskar, J.B. Zhang, V. Gupta, S. Chand, B.R. Sankapal Journal of Alloys and Compounds 510 (2012) 33– 37

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220. Nanobiocomposite platform based on polyaniline-iron oxide-carbon nanotubes for bacterial detection Renu Singh, Rachna Verma, G. Sumana, Avanish Kumar Srivastava, Seema Sood, Rajinder K. Gupta, B.D. Malhotra Bioelectrochemistry 86 (2012) 30–37

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221. Nanoindentation and Wear Characteristics of Al 5083/SiCp Nanocomposites Synthesized by High Energy Ball Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering Sivaiah Bathula, Saravanan M and Ajay Dhar J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2012, 28(11), 969{975.

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222. Nanoindentation testing on copper/diamond-like carbon bi-layer films Neeraj Dwivedi, Sushil Kumar Current Applied Physics 12 (2012) 247e253

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223. Nanopatterned Cadmium Selenide Langmuir−Blodgett Platform for Leukemia Detection Aditya Sharma, Chandra M. Pandey, Zimple Matharu, Udit Soni, Sameer Sapra, Gajjala Sumana, Manoj K. Pandey, Tathagat Chatterjee, and Bansi D. Malhotra Anal. Chem. 2012, 84, 3082−3089

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224. Nanoscale connectivity in a TiO2/CdSe quantum dots/functionalized graphene oxide nanosheets/Au nanoparticles composite for enhanced photoelectrochemical solar cell performance Remya Narayanan, Melepurath Deepa and Avanish Kumar Srivastava Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2012, 14, 767–778

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225. Nanosize dependent electrical and magnetic properties of NiFe2O4 ferrite Sukhdeep Singh, N K Ralhan, R K Kotnala & Kuldeep Chand Verma Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics Vol. 50, October 2012, pp. 739-743

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226. Nanostructured anatase-titanium dioxide based platform for application to microfluidics cholesterol biosensor Md. Azahar Ali, Saurabh Srivastava, Pratima R. Solanki, Ved Varun Agrawal, Renu John, and Bansi D. Malhotra Applied Physics Letters 101, 084105 (2012)

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227. Nanostructured nickel oxide film for application to fish freshness biosensor Surendra K. Yadav, Jay Singh, Ved Varun Agrawal, and B. D. Malhotra Applied Physics Letters 101, 023703 (2012)

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228. Nanostructured platform for the detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and differential pulse voltammetry Renu Singh, Zimple Matharu, Avanish Kumar Srivastava, Seema Sood, Rajinder Kumar Gupta, Bansi Dhar Malhotra Microchim Acta (2012) 177:201–210

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229. Nanowire Arrays in Multicrystalline Silicon Thin Films on Glass: A Promising Material for Research and Applications in Nanotechnology Sebastian W. Schmitt, Florian Schechtel, Daniel Amkreutz, Muhammad Bashouti, Sanjay K. Srivastava, Björn Hoffmann, Christel Dieker, Erdmann Spiecker, Bernd Rech, and Silke H. Christiansen Nano Lett. 2012, 12, 4050−4054

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230. Near Ground/Floor RF Path Gain Measurements in Indoor Corridors at 2400 MHz for Wireless Sensor Communications T. Rama Rao, D. Balachander, D. Murugesan, S. Ramesh and M.V.S.N. Prasad Procedia Engineering 30 (2012) 836 – 843

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231. Non-planar spin texture driven dissipation in a ferromagnet-superconductor bilayer Gyanendra Singh, P.C. Joshi, R.C. Budhani Physica C 472 (2012) 44–49

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232. Note: Reliable and reusable ultrahigh vacuum optical viewports P. Arora and A. Sen Gupta Review Of Scientific Instruments 83, 046104 (2012)

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233. NTCDA–TTF first axial fusion: emergent panchromatic, NIR optical, multi-state redox and high optical contrast photooxidationwz Deepak Asthana, M. R. Ajayakumar, Rajendra Prasad Pant and Pritam Mukhopadhyay Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 6475–6477

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234. Observation of strong magnetoelectric effects in Ba0.7Sr0.3TiO3/ La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 thin film heterostructures R. Martı´nez, A. Kumar, R. Palai, G. Srinivasan, and R. S. Katiyar Journal Of Applied Physics 111, 104104 (2012)

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235. Observation of superparamagnetism in ultra-fine ZnxFe1-xFe2O4 nanocrystals synthesized by co-precipitation method Nitu Kumar, Geetika Khurana, Anurag Gaur, R.K. Kotnala Materials Chemistry and Physics 134 (2012) 783e788

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236. Opportunities in nano-structured metal oxides based biosensors B D Malhotra, Maumita Das and Pratima R Solanki Journal ofPhysics:ConferenceSeries 358 (2012) 012007

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237. Optical properties of accumulation mode, polluted mineral dust: effects of particle shape, hematite content and semi-external mixing with carbonaceous species S. K. Mishra, S. N. Tripathi, Shankar G. Aggarwal and Anti Arola Tellus B 2012, 64, 18536

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238. Optical, elemental and structural analyses of acetoacetanilide single crystals for nonlinear optical applications N. Vijayan, Neelam Rani, G. Bhagavannarayana, D. Haranath, J. Jayabharathi, M.A. Wahab, S. Das Spectrochimica Acta Part A 93 (2012) 75– 80

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239. Outcoupling efficiency enhancement in organic light emitting diodes via nano-structured indium tin oxide and nano-phosphors Arunandan Kumar, Ritu Srivastava, Priyanka Tyagi, M.N. Kamalasanan, D.S. Mehta Organic Electronics 13 (2012) 2879–2886

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240. Oxygen modified diamond-like carbon as window layer for amorphous silicon solar cells Neeraj Dwivedi, Sushil Kumar, Sukhbir Singh, Hitendra K. Malik Solar Energy 86 (2012) 220–230

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241. Passive noise control measures for traffic noise abatement in Delhi, India Naveen Garg, Omkar Sharma, Vellur Mohanan and Sagar Maji Journal of Scientific & Industrial Research Vol. 71, March 2012, pp. 226-234

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242. Percolation dominated electron transport in Tetracyanoquinodimethane mixed 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline thin films Rakhi Grover, Ritu Srivastava, M.N. Kamalasanan, D.S. Mehta Organic Electronics 13 (2012) 3074–3078

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243. Performance evaluation of force transducers Harish Kumar & Chitra Sharma Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics Vol. 50, February 2012, pp. 86-90

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244. Photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes under UV-Visible light using capped ZnS nanoparticles Manoj Sharma, Tarun Jain, Sukhvir Singh, O.P. Pandey Solar Energy 86 (2012) 626–633

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245. Photoconducting state and its perturbation by electrostatic fields in oxide-based two-dimensional electron gas A. Rastogi, J. J. Pulikkotil, S. Auluck, Z. Hossain, and R. C. Budhani Physical Review B 86, 075127 (2012)

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246. Photoconductivity and characterization of nitrogen incorporated hydrogenated amorphous carbon thin films Neeraj Dwivedi, Sushil Kumar, J. D. Carey, Hitendra K. Malik, and Govind Journal Of Applied Physics 112, 113706 (2012)

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247. Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of oxalic acid by spray deposited nanocrystalline zinc oxide thin films S.S. Shinde, P.S. Shinde, R.T. Sapkal, Y.W. Oh, D. Haranath, C.H. Bhosale, K.Y. Rajpure Journal of Alloys and Compounds 538 (2012) 237–243

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248. Photovoltaic Properties of a-Si:H Films Grown by Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition: A Review Jeyakumar Ramanujam, and Amit Verma Mater. Express, Vol. 2, No. 3, 2012

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249. Physico-Chemical Characteristics of High Performance Polymer Modified by Low and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Nitu Bhatnagar Sangeeta Jha, Shantanu Bhowmik, Govind Gupta, J. B. Moon, and C. G. Kim Surface Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry, 2012, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 117–126

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250. Polarization holographic grating recording in a liquid crystalline azo dye copolymer with hidden helical superstructure P Arora, F Podgornov, M V Kozlovsky, S Kaur, A M Biradar and WHaase Phys. Scr. 85 (2012) 035405 (3pp)

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251. Polarized photoreflectance and photoluminescence spectroscopy of InGaAs/GaAs quantum rods grown with As2 and As4 sources Ramunas Nedzinskas, Bronislovas, Cechavicius, Julius Kavaliauskas, Vytautas Karpus, Gintaras Valusis, Lianhe Li, Suraj P Khanna and Edmund H Linfield Nanoscale Research Letters 2012, 7:609

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252. Polypyrrole/multiwalled carbon nanotubesbased biosensor for cholesterol estimation K. Singh, Pratima R. Solanki, Tinku Basu and B. D. Malhotra Polym. Adv. Technol. 2012, 23 1084–1091

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253. Preface Y. Koyama, A. Sen Gupta MAPAN (March 2012) 27(1):1–2

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254. Probing of Ni-Encapsulated Ferromagnetic Boron Nitride Nanotubes by Time-Resolved and Steady-State Photoluminescence Spectroscopy Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Bipin Kumar Gupta, Tharangattu N. Narayanan, Angel A. Martí, Pulickel M. Ajayan, and Gilbert C. Walker J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 12803−12809

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255. Propagation of Uncertainty in Establishing the Viscosity Scale S. V. Gupta and A. Kumar MAPAN (June 2012) 27(2):83–86

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256. Pulse-like highly selective gas sensors based on ZnO nanostructures synthesized by a chemical route: Effect of in doping and Pd loading Puneet Singh, V.N. Singh, Kiran Jain, T.D. Senguttuvan Sensors and Actuators B 166– 167 (2012) 678– 684

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257. Raman spectra, photoluminescence and ferromagnetism of pure, Co and Fe doped SnO2 nanoparticles Jasneet Kaur, Jyoti Shah, R.K. Kotnala, Kuldeep Chand Verma Ceramics International 38 (2012) 5563–5570

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258. Rare-earth free yellow-green emitting NaZnPO4:Mn phosphor for lighting applications D. Haranath, S. Mishra, S. Yadav, R. K. Sharma, L. M. Kandpal, N. Vijayan, M. K. Dalai,G. Sehgal, and V. Shanker Applied Physics Letters 101, 221905 (2012)

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259. Recent advances in ZnO nanostructures and thin films for biosensor applications: Review Sunil K. Arya, Shibu Saha, Jaime E. Ramirez-Vick, Vinay Gupta, Shekhar Bhansali, Surinder P. Singh Analytica Chimica Acta 737 (2012) 1– 21

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260. Recent progress and future aspects of organic solar cells Pankaj Kumar and Suresh Chand Prog. Photovolt: Res. Appl. 2012; 20:377–415

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261. Ring like self assembled Ni nanoparticles based biosensor for food toxin detection Prasanta Kalita, Jay Singh, Manish Kumar Singh, Pratima R. Solanki, G. Sumana, and B. D. Malhotra Applied Physics Letters 100, 093702 (2012)

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262. Role of ex-situ oxygen plasma treatments on the mechanical and optical properties of diamond-like carbon thin films Neeraj Dwivedi, Sushil Kumar, Hitendra K. Malik Materials Chemistry and Physics 134 (2012) 7– 12

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263. Role of finite element analysis in improving hysteresis error of force transducers Harish Kumar and Chitra Sharma Transactions of the Institute of Measurement and Control 34(8) 1019–1024

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264. Role of surface composition in morphological evolution of GaAs nano-dots with low-energy ion irradiation Tanuj Kumar, Manish Kumar, Govind Gupta, Ratnesh Kumar Pandey, Shammi Verma and Dinakar Kanjilal Nanoscale Research Letters 2012, 7:552

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265. Room temperature ferromagnetism in sol-gel prepared Co-doped ZnO Prateek Varshney, Gunjan Srinet, Ravindra Kumar, Vivek Sajal, S.K. Sharma, M. Knobe, Jeewan Chandra, Govind Gupta , P.K. Kulriya Materials ScienceinSemiconductorProcessing15(2012)314–318

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266. Room temperature magnetic entropy change and magnetoresistance in La-0.70(Ca0.30-xSrx)MnO3:Ag 10% (x=0.0-0.10) R. Jha, Shiva Kumar Singh, Anuj Kumar,V.P.S Awana Journal of Magnetismand Magnetic Materials 324 (2012)2849–2853

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267. Room temperature magnetoelectric coupling enhancement in Mg-substituted polycrystalline GdFeO3 Jyoti Shah and Ravinder Kumar Kotnala Scripta Materialia 67 (2012) 316–319

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268. Self assembled surface adjoined mesoscopic spheres of SnO2 quantum dots and their optical properties Shweta Sharma, A.K. Srivastava, Santa Chawla Applied Surface Science 258 (2012) 8662– 8666

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269. Self-assembled monolayer based electrochemical nucleic acid sensor for Vibrio cholerae detection Manoj K Patel, Pratima R Solanki, Sachin Khandelwal, Ved V Agrawal, S G Ansari and B D Malhotra Journal ofPhysics:ConferenceSeries 358 (2012) 012009

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270. Signatures of spin-glass freezing in Co/CoO nanospheres and nanodiscs D. Srikala, V.N.Singh, B.R.Mehta, S.Patnaik Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 324(2012)2512–2518

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271. Silver catalyzed nano-texturing of silicon surfaces for solar cell applications Sanjay K.Srivastava, Dinesh Kumar,Vandana, Mukul Sharma, Ravi Kumar, P.K.Singh Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells100 (2012) 33–38

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272. Single-crystal oxoborate (Pb3O)(2)(BO3)(2)WO4: Growth and characterization Ali Hussain Reshak, Xuean Chen, S. Auluck, H. Kamarudin Materials Research Bulletin 47 (2012) 2552–2560

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273. Size and alloying induced changes in lattice constant, core, and valance band binding energy in Pd-Ag, Pd, and Ag nanoparticles: Effect of in-flight sintering temperature Saurabh K. Sengar, B. R. Mehta, and Govind Journal Of Applied Physics 112, 014307 (2012)

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274. Size dependent dielectric properties of Co and Fe doped SnO2 nanoparticles and their nanorods by Ce co-doping Jasneet Kaur, Vinay Gupta, R K Kotnala & Kuldeep Chand Verma Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics Vol. 50, January 2012, pp. 57-63

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275. Solar blind photoconductivity in three-terminal devices of LaAlO3⁄SrTiO3 heterostructures A. Rastogi and R. C. Budhani Optics Letters Vol. 37, No. 3 February 1, 2012

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276. Solar powered lithium-ion battery incorporating high performing electrode materials S. Gopukumar, C. Nithya, P. H. Maheshwari, R. Ravikumar, R. Thirunakaran, A. Sivashanmugam, S. K. Dhawan and R. B. Mathur RSC Advances, 2012, 2, 11574–11577

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277. Sol-gel derived hydrogen annealed ZnO:Al films for silicon solar cell application Firoz Khan, Vandana, S.N.Singh, M.Husain, P.K.Singh Solar EnergyMaterials&SolarCells100(2012)57–60

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278. Some experimental investigations in the WiMAX band and comparison of propagation models in mixed urban environments of Western India Chhaya Dalela & M. V. S. N. Prasad & P. K. Dalela Ann. Telecommun. (2012) 67:559–567

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279. Some features of water vapor mixing ratio in tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere: Role of convection V. Panwar, A.R. Jain, A. Goel, T.K. Mandal, V.R. Rao, S.K. Dhaka Atmospheric Research 108 (2012) 86–103

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280. Space charge limited hole transport in evaporated thin films of -H2Pc Hemant Kumar, Pankaj Kumar, Ramil Bhardwaj, G D Sharma and P Venkatesu Phys. Scr. 85 (2012) 035806 (5pp)

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281. Special correlation of photoluminescent peak of porous silicon with its resistivity Daisy Verma, S.N. Singh, P.K. Singh, S.S. Mehdi, M. Husain Solid-State Electronics 76 (2012) 48–53

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282. Spectroscopic and molecular docking studies on chlorambucil interaction with DNA Sonika Charak, Manish Shandilya, Gunjan Tyagi, Ranjana Mehrotra International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 51 (2012) 406– 411

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283. Spin-glass and cluster ferromagnetism in RuSr2Y1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10 magneto-superconductor synthesized by HPHT Anuj Kumar, R.P. Tandon, V.P.S. Awana Cryogenics 52 (2012) 764–766

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284. Strain induced magnetic domain evolution and spin reorientation transition in epitaxial manganite films Gyanendra Singh, P. K. Rout, Rajni Porwal and R. C. Budhani Applied Physics Letters 101, 022411 (2012)

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285. Structural and Electrical Properties of Gd3+ Ion Substituted CoGdxFe2-xO4 Nano-Ferrites Anu Rana, Vinod Kumar, O. P. Thakur, and R. P. Pant Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Vol. 12, 6355–6358, 2012

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286. Structural and electrical properties of nano structure lead oxide Sk. Khadeer Pasha, K.Chidambaram, N. Vijayan, W. Madhuri Optoelectronics And Advanced Materials Vol. 6(1-2) 2012, p. 110 - 116

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287. Structural and Electronic Characterization of Nanocrystalline Diamondlike Carbon Thin Films Neeraj Dwivedi, Sushil Kumar, R. K. Tripathi, J. D. Carey, Hitendra K. Malik, and M. K. Dalai ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2012, 4, 5309−5316

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288. Structural and magnetization studies on nanoparticles of Nd doped alpha-Fe2O3 Gaurav Goyal, Anjana Dogra, S. Rayaprol, S.D. Kaushik, V. Siruguri, H. Kishan Materials Chemistry and Physics 134 (2012) 133– 138

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289. Structural and Mechanical Studies of Semi-Organic NLO Material: Zinc Thiourea Chloride R. Ezhil Vizhi, R. Ashok Kumar, K. Sathiyanarayanan, N. Vijayan, G. Bhagavannarayana, and D. Rajan Babu Materials and Manufacturing Processes, 27: 53–57, 2012

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290. Structural and optical properties of high quality ZnO thin film on Si with SiC buffer layer A. Osipov, S.A. Kukushkin, N.A. Feoktistov, A. Osipova, N. Venugopal, G.D. Verma, Bipin Kumar Gupta , Anirban Mitra Thin Solid Films 520 (2012) 6836–6840

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291. Structural properties and magnetic interactions in Ni0.5Mg0.5Fe2 (-) xCrxO4 (0 <= x <= 1) ferrite nanoparticles Mohd. Hashim, Alimuddin, Shalendra Kumar, Sagar E. Shirsath, R.K. Kotnala, Hanshik Chung, Ravi Kumar Powder Technology 229 (2012) 37–44

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292. Structural, electrical and magnetic properties of cadmium substituted nickel-copper ferrites P.B. Belavi, G.N. Chavan, L.R. Naik, R. Somashekar, R.K. Kotnala Materials Chemistry and Physics 132 (2012) 138– 144

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293. Structural, electrical and magnetic properties of Co-Cu ferrite nanoparticles Mohd. Hashim, Alimuddin, Shalendra Kumar, B.H. Koo, Sagar E. Shirsath, E.M. Mohammed,Jyoti Shah, R.K. Kotnala, H.K. Choi, H. Chung, Ravi Kumar Journal of Alloys and Compounds 518 (2012) 11– 18

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294. Structural, electrical, thermal and optical properties of the nonlinear optical crystal L-arginine fluoride R. Mohandoss, S. Dhanuskodi,M. S. Jayalakshmy, J. Philip, G. Bhagavannarayana Cryst. Res. Technol. 47, No. 6, 620–629 (2012)

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295. Structural, electronic properties and charge density distribution of the LiNaB4O7: Theory and experiment Ali Hussain Reshak, Xuean Chen, S. Auluck, H. Kamarudin Materials Chemistry and Physics 137 (2012) 346e352

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296. Structural, optoelectronic, luminescence and thermal properties of Ga-doped zinc oxide thin films S.S. Shinde, P.S. Shinde, Y.W. Oh, D. Haranath, C.H. Bhosale, K.Y. Rajpure Applied Surface Science 258 (2012) 9969– 9976

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297. Structural, spectral and mechanical studies of bimetallic crystal: cadmium manganese thiocyanate single crystals M. Manikandan, G. Vijaya Prasath,G. Bhagavannarayan, N. Vijayan, T. Mahalingam, G. Ravi Appl Phys A (2012) 108:1015–1020

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298. Structure and Charge-Transfer Mechanism in Y1-xCaxBa2Cu3O7-delta Through Direct Doping Shiva Kumar Singh, M. Husain , V.P.S. Awana J Supercond Nov Magn (2012) 25:1701–1706

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299. Studies of pure and nitrogen-incorporated hydrogenated amorphous carbon thin films and their possible application for amorphous silicon solar cells Neeraj Dwivedi, Sushil Kumar, and Hitendra K. Malik Journal Of Applied Physics 111, 014908 (2012)

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300. Studies on crystal growth, optical and electrical characterization of pure and Dy-doped bismuth silicate single crystals P. Mythili, T.Kanagasekaran, G.Bhagavannarayana, R.Gopalakrishnan Journal of Crystal Growth 338(2012)222–227

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301. Studies on growth, structural, dielectric, laser damage threshold, linear and nonlinear optical properties of methylene blue admixtured L-arginine phosphate single crystal G. Peramaiyan, P. Pandi, G. Bhagavannarayana, R. Mohan Kumar Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 99 (2012) 27–3

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302. Studies on morphological and optoelectronic properties of MEH-CN-PPV:TiO2 nanocomposites Punita Singh, O.P. Sinha, Ritu Srivastava, A.K. Srivastava, J. Kaur Bindra, R.P. Singh, M.N. Kamalasanana Materials Chemistry and Physics 133 (2012) 317– 323

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303. Studies on synthesis, growth, structural, thermal, linear and nonlinear optical properties of organic picolinium maleate single crystals P. Pandi , G. Peramaiyan, S. Sudhahar, G. Chakkaravarthi, R. Mohan Kumar, G. Bhagavannarayana, R. Jayavel Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 98 (2012) 7–13

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304. Studies on the effect of polymer coating on solution grown hygroscopic non-linear optical single crystal of L-lysine monohydrochloride Neelam Rani, N. Vijayan, K.K. Maurya, D. Haranath, Parveen Saini, Brijesh Rathi, M.A. Wahab, G. Bhagavanarayana Spectrochimica Acta Part A 97 (2012) 871–875

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305. Study of dielectric and ac impedance properties of citrate-gel synthesized Li0.35Zn0.3Fe2.35O4 ferrite R. K. Kotnala, Rekha Gupta, Jyoti Shah, M. Abdullah Dar J Sol-Gel Sci Technol (2012) 64:149–155

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306. Study of hydrophobic finishing of cellulosic substrate using He/1,3-butadiene plasma at atmospheric pressure Kartick Kumar Samanta, Amish G. Joshi, Manjeet Jassal, Ashwini K. Agrawal Surface & Coatings Technology 213 (2012) 65–76

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307. Study of ionospheric TEC during space weather event of 24 August 2005 at two different longitudes Shweta Sharma, P.Galav, N.Dashora, R.S.Dabas, R.Pandey Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics75–76(2012)133–140

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308. Study of total electron content variations over equatorial and low latitude ionosphere during extreme solar minimum Kavita Sharma, R.S. Dabas, Sudha Ravindran Astrophys Space Sci (2012) 341:277–286

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309. Study on water-soluble ionic composition of PM10 and related trace gases over Bay of Bengal during W_ICARB campaign S. K. Sharma, A. K. Singh, T. Saud, T. K. Mandal, M. Saxena , S. Singh,S. K. Ghosh, S. Raha Meteorol Atmos Phys (2012) 118:37–51

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310. Successive spin glass, cluster ferromagnetic, and superparamagnetic transitions in RuSr2Y1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10 complex magneto-superconductor A. Kumar, R.P. Tandon, and V.P.S. Awana Eur. Phys. J. B (2012) 85: 238

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311. Superconducting Mechanism Through Direct and Redox Layer Doping in Pnictides Shiva Kumar Singh, M.Husain, H.Kishan, and V. P. S. Awana IEEE Transactions On Magnetics, Vol. 48, No. 11, November 2012

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312. Superconducting Performance of Ex-situ SiC Doped MgB2 Monofilamentary Tapes G. Romano, A. Vajpayee , M. Vignolo, V.P.S. Awana, C. Ferdeghini J Supercond Nov Magn (2012) 25:311–317

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313. Superconductivity and Ferromagnetism in the Non-Oxide Perovskite MgCNi3 Anuj Kumar, Rajveer Jha, R. P. Tandon and V. P. S. Awana AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, 875 (2012)

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314. Superconductivity in the vicinity of ferromagnetism in oxygen free perovskite MgCNi3: An experimental and density functional theory study Anuj Kumar, Rajveer Jha, Shiva Kumar Singh, Jagdish Kumar, P. K. Ahluwalia, R. P. Tandon, and V. P. S. Awana Journal Of Applied Physics 111, 033907 (2012)

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315. Superconductivity of Fe based Pnictides and chalcogenides: Material aspects, Doping routes, Future prospects and Challenges V. P. S. Awana, Anuj Kumar, Anand Pal, Shiva Kumar, R. S. Meena, R. Jha, Jagdish Kumar, Bhasker Gahtori and H. Kishan AIP Conf. Proc. 1447, 8 (2012)

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316. Superhard behaviour, low residual stress, and unique structure in diamond like carbon films by simple bilayer approach Neeraj Dwivedi, Sushil Kumar, and Hitendra K. Malik Journal Of Applied Physics 112, 023518 (2012)

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317. Surface plasmon enhanced blue organic light emitting diode with nearly 100% fluorescence efficiency Arunandan Kumar, Ritu Srivastava, Dalip Singh Mehta, M.N. Kamalasanan Organic Electronics 13 (2012) 1750–1755

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318. Surfactant free hydrothermal synthesis, electrical, optical and ferroelectric properties of BaTiO3 nanoparticles Jaspreet Kaur, R.K. Kotnala, Kuldeep Chand Verma Journal Of Optoelectronics And Advanced Materials Vol. 14,3-4, Apr 2012, 219 - 223

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319. Synthesis and characterization of low-k films for large area imaging applications R. Jeyakumar, Z. Gu, S. Sivoththaman, A. Nathan Microelectronic Engineering 99 (2012) 58–61

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320. Synthesis and characterization of thiophene and fluorene based donor-acceptor conjugated polymer containing 1,3,4-oxadiazole units for light-emitting diodes M.G. Murali, P. Naveen, D. Udayakumar, Vandana Yadav, Ritu Srivastava Tetrahedron Letters 53 (2012) 157–161

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321. Synthesis and electrochemical characterization of myoglobin-antibody protein immobilized self-assembled gold nanoparticles on ITO-glass plate Rajesh, Vikash Sharma, Sujeet K. Mishra, Ashok M. Biradar Materials Chemistry and Physics 132 (2012) 22– 28

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322. Synthesis and evolution of magnetic properties of Ni doped La2/3Sr1/3Mn1-xNixO3 nanoparticles Maneesha Gupta, Wasi Khan, Poonam Yadav, R. K. Kotnala, A. Azam, and A. H. Naqvi Journal Of Applied Physics 111, 093706 (2012)

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323. Synthesis and Superconductivity of CeNi0.8Bi2: New Entrant in Superconductivity Kitchen? Anuj Kumar, Shiva Kumar, Rajveer Jha, V.P.S. Awana J Supercond Nov Magn (2012) 25:723–724

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324. Synthesis of new iridium complexes with substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazole and –diketones as ligands for OLED application Amit Kumar, Ritu Srivastava, Modeeparampil N Kamalasanan & Ishwar Singh Indian Journal of Chemistry Vol. 51A, July 2012, pp. 937-942

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325. Synthesis of optically active silica-coated NdF3 core–shell nanoparticles Anees A. Ansari, S.P. Singh, N. Singh, B.D. Malhotra Spectrochimica Acta Part A 86 (2012) 432– 436

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326. Synthesis of superparamagnetic bare Fe3O4 nanostructures and core/shell (Fe3O4/alginate) nanocomposites Manish Srivastava, Jay Singh, Madhu Yashpal, Dinesh Kumar Gupta, R.K. Mishra, Shipra Tripathi, Animesh K. Ojha Carbohydrate Polymers 89 (2012) 821– 829

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327. Synthesis of ZnTe Nanoparticles by Microwave Irradiation Technique, and Their Characterization Mohd. Shkir, Suveda Aarya, Rajveer Singh, Manju Arora, G. Bhagavannarayana, and T. D. Senguttuvan Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters Vol. 4, 405–408, 2012

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328. Synthesis, characterization and surface properties of Fe2O3 decorated ferromagnetic polypyrrole nanocomposites Swati Varshney, Kuldeep Singh, Anil Ohlan, V.K. Jain, V.P. Dutta, S.K. Dhawan Journal of Alloys and Compounds 538 (2012) 107–114

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329. Synthesis, characterization, and optoelectronic properties of heteroleptic iridium complexes containing substituted 1,3,4-oxadiazole and b-diketone as ligands Amit Kumar, Ritu Srivastava Partap S. Kadyan, Modeeparampil N. Kamalasanan And Ishwar Singh Journal of Coordination Chemistry Vol. 65, No. 3, 10 February 2012, 453–462

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330. Synthesis, charge transport studies, and microwave shielding behavior of nanocomposites of polyaniline with Ti-doped c-Fe2O3 S. Anoop Kumar, Avanish Pratap Singh, Parveen Saini, Fehmeeda Khatoon, S. K. Dhawan J Mater Sci (2012) 47:2461–2471

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331. Synthesis, growth and optical properties of semi organic non linear optical single crystal: L-Arginine acetate N. Renuka, N. Vijayan, Brijesh Rathi, R. Ramesh Babu, K. Nagarajan, D. Haranath, G. Bhagavannarayana Optik 123 (2012) 189– 192

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332. Synthesis, Growth Mechanism and Characterization of Single Crystalline -Fe2O3 Spherical Nanoparticles Manish Srivastava, Jay Singh, Madhu Yashpal, and Animesh K. Ojha Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Vol. 12, 6248–6257, 2012

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333. Synthesis, growth of single crystals and their characterization: L-Alaninium maleate (LAM) N. Vijayan, G. Bhagavannarayana, K.K. Maurya, S.N. Sharma, R. Gopalakrishnan, J. Jayabharathi, P. Ramasamy Optik 123 (2012) 604– 608

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334. Synthesis, growth, structural, optical, spectral, thermal and mechanical studies of 4-methoxy 4-nitrostilbene (MONS): A new organic nonlinear optical single crystal Paul M. Dinakaran, G. Bhagavannarayana, S. Kalainathan Spectrochimica Acta Part A: 97 (2012) 995–1001

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335. Synthesis, growth, structural, spectroscopic, crystalline perfection, second harmonic generation (SHG) and thermal studies of 2-aminopyridinium picrate (2APP): A new nonlinear optical material Mohd. Shkir, B. Riscob, G. Bhagavannarayana Solid State Sciences 14 (2012) 773e776

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336. Synthesis, growth, structure and characterization of nickel(II)-doped hexaaquacobalt(II) dipotassium tetrahydrogen tetra-o-phthalate tetrahydrate crystals K. Muthu, G. Bhagavannarayana, S.P. Meenakashisundaram Solid State Sciences 14 (2012) 1355e1360

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337. Tailoring of electro-optical properties of ferroelectric liquid crystals by doping Pd nanoparticles A. Kumar, G. Singh, T. Joshi, G. K. Rao, A. K. Singh, and A. M. Biradar Applied Physics Letters 100, 054102 (2012)

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338. Temperature and field dependence of thermally activated flux flow resistance inBi2Sr2CaCu2O8þd superconductor Devina Sharma, Ranjan Kumar, V.P.S.Awana Solid State Communications152(2012)941–946

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339. Temperature dependent morphological evolution of Rh nanopyramids Govind, Theodore E. Madey Int. J. Nanotechnol., Vol. 9, Nos. 10/11/12, 2012

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340. Temperature-dependent morphological evolution of clustered gold surface Mukesh Kumar, Govind J Nanopart Res (2012) 14:963

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341. The anticancer activity of chloroquine-gold nanoparticles against MCF-7 breast cancer cells Prachi Joshi, Soumyananda Chakraborti, Jaime E. Ramirez-Vick, Z.A. Ansari, Virendra Shanker, Pinak Chakrabarti, Surinder P. Singh Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 95 (2012) 195– 200

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342. The concentration effects of s-, p-, d- and f-block element doping on the growth, crystalline perfection and properties of KDP crystals G. Ramasamy, G. Bhagavannarayana and Subbiah Meenakshisundaram Cryst Eng Comm, 2012, 14, 3813

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343. The growth of benzophenone crystals by Sankaranarayanan-Ramasamy (SR) method and slow evaporation solution technique (SEST): A comparative investigation M. Senthil Pandian, K. Boopathi, P.Ramasamy, G.Bhagavnnarayana Materials Research Bulletin 47(2012) 826-835

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344. The Role of Ca in Superconducting and Magnetic Properties of Y1-x Ca (x) Ba2Cu3O7-delta (x=0.0-0.30) N.P. Liyanawaduge, Anuj Kumar, Shiva Kumar, B.S.B. Karunarathne, V.P.S. Awana J Supercond Nov Magn (2012) 25:31–37

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345. Time evolution of resistance in response to magnetic field: Evidence of glassy transport in La0.85Sr0.15CoO3 D. Samal, R. Kundu, M. K. Dalai, B. R. Sekhar, and P. S. Anil Kumar Phys. Status Solidi B 249, No. 11, 2190–2193 (2012

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346. Transforming collagen wastes into doped nanocarbons for sustainable energy applications Meiyazhagan Ashok kumar, Narayanan Tharangattu Narayanan, Arava Leela Mohana Reddy, Bipin Kumar Gupta, Bangaru Chandrasekaran, Saikat Talapatra, Pulickel M. Ajayan and Palanisamy Thanikaivelan Green Chem., 2012, 14, 1689

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347. Tunability of optical memory in ferroelectric liquid crystal containing polyvinylpyrrolidone capped Ni nanoparticles for low power and faster device operation Puja Goel and Ashok M. Biradar Applied Physics Letters 101, 074109 (2012)

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348. Tunable emission in surface passivated Mn-ZnS nanophosphors and its application for Glucose sensing Manoj Sharma, Tarun Jain, Sukhvir Singh, and O. P. Pandey AIP Advances 2, 012183 (2012)

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349. Tuning of EMI shielding properties of polypyrrole nanoparticles with surfactant concentration Amarjeet Kaura, Ishpal, S.K. Dhawan Synthetic Metals 162 (2012) 1471– 1477

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350. Two-Dimensional Superconducting Phase in LaTiO3=SrTiO3 Heterostructures Induced by High-Mobility Carrier Doping J. Biscaras, N. Bergeal, S. Hurand, C. Grossete, A. Rastogi, R. C. Budhani, D. LeBoeuf, C. Proust, and J. Lesueur PRL 108, 247004 (2012)

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351. Unidirectional crystal growth and crystalline perfection of L-arginine phosphate monohydrate B. Riscob, Mohd Shakir, N. Vijayan, K. K. Maurya, M. A. Wahab, G. Bhagavannarayana J. Appl. Cryst. (2012). 45, 679–685

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352. Vacuum Encapsulated Synthesis of 11.5 K NbC Superconductor Rajveer Jha, V.P.S. Awana J Supercond Nov Magn (2012) 25:1421–1425

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353. Variation between near-surface and columnar aerosol characteristics during the winter and summer at Delhi in the Indo-Gangetic Basin A.K. Srivastava, Sachchidanand Singh, S.Tiwari, V.P.Kanawade, D.S.Bisht Journal ofAtmosphericandSolar-TerrestrialPhysics77(2012)57–66

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354. Versatile Linear and Digital Optocouplers to Reduce Noise and Ground Loop Errors in Measurements Aishik Acharya, Rahul Kumar, Subhajit Banerjee Purnapatra, Kavindra Pant, Suchi Yadav, Poonam Arora and Amitava Sen Gupta IETE Journal Of Research | Vol 58 | Issue 5 | Sep-Oct 2012 382-389.

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355. White electroluminescence from hybrid organic inorganic LEDs based on thermally evaporated nanocrystals Rakhi Grover, Ritu Srivastava, Gayatri Chauhan, M. N. Kamalasanan and D. S. Mehta EPL, 99 (2012) 17003

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356. White electroluminescence from hybrid organic inorganic LEDs based on thermally evaporated nanocrystals [Erratum] Rakhi Grover, Ritu Srivastava, Gayatri Chauhan, M. N. Kamalasanan and D. S. Mehta EPL, 99 (2012) 49903

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357. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and conducting atomic force microscopy investigations on dual ion beam sputtered MgO ultrathin films Braj Bhusan Singh, Vikash Agrawal, Amish G. Joshi, Sujeet Chaudhary Thin Solid Films 520 (2012) 6734–6739

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358. ZnO decorated luminescent graphene as a potential gas sensor at room temperature Gaurav Singh, Anshul Choudhary, D. Haranath, Amish G. Joshi, Nahar Singh, Sukhvir Singh, Renu Pasricha Carbon 50 (2012) 385-394

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359. ZnO Nanoparticles as an Antibacterial Agent Against E.coli Prachi Joshi, Soumyananda Chakraborti , Pinak Chakrabarti, Surinder P. Singh, Z. A. Ansari, M. Husain , and Virendra Shanker Science of Advanced Materials Vol. 4, pp. 173–178, 2012

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360. ZnS-nanocrystals/polypyrrole nanocomposite film based immunosensor Sujeet K. Mishra, Renu Pasricha, Ashok M Biradar, and Rajesh Applied Physics Letters 100, 053701 (2012)

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