Suresh Kumar, P; Thomas Lee, S; Vallabhan, C P G; Nampoori, V P N; Radhakrishnan, P(Elsevier, 2002)
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The design and development of a cost-effective, simple, sensitive and portable LED based fiber optic evanescent wave sensor for simultaneously detecting trace amounts of chromium and nitrite in water are presented. In order to obtain the desired performance, the middle portions of two multimode plastic clad silica fibers are unclad and are used as the sensing elements in the two arms of the sensor. Each of the sensor arms is sourced by separate super bright green LEDs, which are modulated in a time-sharing manner and a single photo detector is employed for detecting these light signals. The performance and characteristics of this system clearly establish the usefulness of the technique for detecting very low concentrations of the dissolved contaminants.
Binu,Paul; Mridula,S; Aanandan,C K; Mohanan,P(Microwave Engineering Group,Department of Electronics, May 20, 2002)
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compact multihand planar octagonal-shaped microstrip
antenna simultaneously suitable for mobile communication and blue
tooth application is presented. The antenna provides sufficient isolation
benveen the two operating bands and an area reduction of -29 % with
respect to a circular patch operating in the same band
Xiong,X Z; Fusco,V F(Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, August 5, 2002)
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In this Letter a new physical model for metal-insulatormetal
CMOS capacitors is presented. In the model the parameters of the
circuit are derived from the physical structural details. Physical behaviors
due to metal skin effect and inductance have been considered. The
model has been confirmed by 3D EM simulator and design rules proposed.
The model presented is scalable with capacitor geometry, allowing
designers to predict and optimize quality factor. The approach has
been verified for MIM CMOS capacitors
Mridula,S; Sreedevi,Menon K; Lethakumary,B; Binu,Paul; Aanandan,C K; Mohanan,P(Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, July 20, 2002)
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A broadband rectangular tnicrostrip antenna utilizing
an electromagnetically coupled L-strip feed is presented. Experimental
study shows a 2:1 VSWR bandwidth of a 10% and excellent
cross-polarization performance with a radiation coverage almost as
same as that of the rectangular microstrip antenna fed by conventional
methods. The variation of bandwidth for different feed parameters is also studied. The proposed antenna is suitable for broadband
communications
Sugunan, S; Renuka, N K(Indian Journal of Chemistry, February , 2002)
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Sm2O3 - vanadia catalysts have been prepared by wet
impregnation method using NH4VO3 solution. The surface
properties of the prepared catalysts have been studied using FTIR.
XRD. surface area and pore volume data. The acid-base properties
of the system have been investigated by titrimetric method using
Hammett indicators. adsorption of electron acceptors as well as
decomposition of cyclohexanol. Phenol alkylation reaction by
methanol has been carried out to investigate the catalytic activity.
It has been observed that the selectivity of the products depends
upon the composition of the supported system
The influence of the chemical composition and silylation of mesoporous MCM-41 materials on the photochromic
behaviour of adsorbed spiropyran (BIPS) and 6-nitrospiropyran was studied. Upon incorporation, the spiropyrans
underwent ring opening to form either zwitterionic merocyanine or its corresponding O-protonated form. In all
silica MCM-41 or in the MCM-41 containing aluminium, the O-protonated merocyanine was predominantly
formed. In the case of MCM-41 modified by silylation of the OH groups, a mixture of zwitterionic merocyanine
and spiropyran was present. The photochromic response was studied by means of steady-state irradiation and by
laser flash photolysis. Steady-state irradiation (λ > 450 nm) of the solid samples gives rise in all cases to an intensity
decrease of the absorption bands corresponding to either the protonated or the unprotonated merocyanine form
(reverse photochromism). In contrast, laser flash photolysis at 308 nm of spiropyrans supported on silylated
MCM-41 allows observation of the photochemical ring opening of residual spiropyran to the corresponding
zwitterionic form (normal photochromism).
Qinghe, Mao; John, Lit W Y(Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, November 20, 2002)
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The transient characteristics of an erbium-doped fiber
(F.DF) laser, which can switch between wavelengths. are investigated.
77te laser has a set of coupled linear cavities. The slow gain dynamics
of EDFs and the cross-gain saturation in the coupled cavities give rise
to delayed switching responses and relocation oscillations, which are
respertively measured to be l ins and 3.5 ms for the worst rase, and
which mar be decreased by increasing the pump power. Thus, the
switching speed of the laser may be higher than 100 Hz