dc.contributor.advisor |
Kulkarni, G.U. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Gupta, Nikita |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2021-07-16T10:49:07Z |
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dc.date.available |
2021-07-16T10:49:07Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2020 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Gupta, Nikita. 2020, In-Depth study and applications of 2D functional materials: twisted multilayer graphene and metal wire networks, Ph.D thesis, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru |
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https://libjncir.jncasr.ac.in/xmlui/handle/123456789/3124 |
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dc.description |
Open access |
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dc.description.abstract |
The word “nano” derives from the Latin word nanus meaning dwarf. The term is used in our metric system as a prefix to denote one billionth (10-9) of a quantity such as metre, kilogram, second etc.1 A nanometre is one billionth times smaller than a metre. In perspective, it is analogous to comparing the size of a mustard seed with respect to that of earth (see Figure 1.1). That is how small a nanometre is, so small that unless a powerful microscope is used, it cannot be perceived. A nanometre is used to measure things that are very small such as atoms and molecules, the smallest pieces of everything around us. For example, a human hair is about 100,000 nanometres wide (see Figure 1.2a), red blood cell is ~5000 nm, which is effectively ~5 μm in size (see Figure 1.2b), a DNA is 2 nm wide (see Figure 1.2c) and a water molecule is less than one nanometre. The European Commission defined nanomaterial as a material in an unbound state or as aggregate or as an agglomerate and for 50% or more of particles in the number size distribution having one or more external dimensions in the size range 1 nm – 100 nm.2 |
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English |
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en |
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dc.publisher |
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research |
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dc.subject |
Graphene |
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dc.subject |
2D functional materials |
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dc.title |
In-Depth study and applications of 2D functional materials: twisted multilayer graphene and metal wire networks |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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dc.type.qualificationlevel |
Doctoral |
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dc.type.qualificationname |
PhD |
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dc.publisher.department |
CPMU |
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