MS/PhD in which country?

I am an undergraduate pursuing my bachelor's in Materials science with specialisation in nanotechnology. I want to pursue a MS/PhD from a top university. Should I go by the QS rankings or is it...

03 April 2018 4,235 4 View

Pursue MS or PhD?

I am an undergraduate pursuing B tech in materials science with specialization in nanotechnology. I have a passion for research and innovation. I have a good research profile as an undergraduate....

03 April 2018 359 4 View

Doubts on Summer Internship Availability?

Hello everyone. I am currently in my third year of my B Tech course in Materials Sc. with specialization in nanotech. Considering I have done my second-year summer research work at IIT Bombay and...

09 October 2017 4,818 2 View

Pursue higher studies in Materials Engg/Nanotech

Dear Sir/Ma'am, I am a 2nd year B tech student curently pursuing B tech in materials sc. with spec. in nanotech from UPES,India. I want to do higher studies in materials Engg/Nanotech. Preferably...

05 June 2017 6,542 2 View

It is said that compounds having ABO3 type chemical formula have perovskite structure. So why Gafeo3 is not perovskite according to the rule?

04 May 2017 5,149 5 View

Where from sgould I study about space groups from basics?

I want to do rietveld refinement. So I am learning point group, space groups,etc. Which is the best source to learn space groups from the net from basics to advanced?

01 January 1970 1,591 5 View

Is Gallium Ferrite having a perovskite structure?

Can someone please clarify whther Gallium Ferrite(GaFeO3) has perovskite structure or not?

01 January 1970 7,371 0 View

How to synthesise nanopowders of ZnMgO

Dear Sir, I want to study the electrical,optical and structural properties of ZnMgO thin films. But initially, I am not able to synthesize nanopowders of ZnMgO. I have tried sol gel method with...

01 January 1970 6,258 3 View

I want to understand how thin films are being used to improve the memory storage?

I am making thin films of GaFeO3 and later on I will make thin films of ZnMgO. These films have their applications in solar cells, photodetectors, memory storage, etc.

01 January 1970 2,820 1 View

Physics: Why do we describe light by referring to its wavelength, but microwaves and radar pulses by referring to their frequency?

In physics, the description of the properties of light generally refers to its wavelength (nm), while in the range of microwaves and radio waves we refer to the frequency of a signal (e.g. kHz or...

03 March 2021 1,682 3 View

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

Why almost every element would be metallized in sufficiently high pressure and low temperature?

(This statement is from wikipedia, BTW). What is so special about metallic bond that is limiting high-P low-T state of a matter (as long as individual atoms exist, not white dwarf of neutron star...

02 March 2021 3,309 2 View

What is the density for pva electrospining?

I'm Juan Carlos, a high school student who is working with electropinning, I made an electropinning machine with a 21g needle and a 30kv high voltage source and the distance between my needle is...

28 February 2021 298 3 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

Should we reduce the standard unit of length to 0.31951540592 meter ?

The reasoning behind this question is to align the ratios of the proton potential in energy per charge to the speed of light in distance per time. As these two dimensions appear to be related,...

27 February 2021 947 7 View

How do you mesh a thin solid in Fluent?

Hello, I have used the shell function on SpaceClaim to create thin solids for the model I am studying. These are contained within an enclosure for my study. I chose this approach as it avoids the...

24 February 2021 8,856 3 View

How to prepare a thin polymer film by post-polymerization/crosslinking?

24 February 2021 2,362 5 View

Is is possible to pole with corona poling pellets of the sample material instead of thin films?

As it is highly probable that pellets will have a higher degree of air gaps and voids than thin films, is it possible to pole the samples with corona poling nevertheless? Or is there the...

24 February 2021 1,349 1 View

How to troubleshoot Electrochromic Films and Electrochromic Devices?

I am trying to characterize an electrochromic system. The system uses ITO electrodes on glass, WO3 as the electrochromic film, and NiO as the ion storage layer. When I deposit NiO and WO3 and...

23 February 2021 9,592 2 View