{"title":"Aesthetic improvement of transparent natural quartz by heat treatment at different temperature","authors":"R. Sahoo, B. Dhal, S. Singh, B. K. Mishra","doi":"10.1504/IJNBM.2018.10015469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNBM.2018.10015469","url":null,"abstract":"Attempt has been made by us to improve the aesthetic value of natural gem variety transparent quartz of Odisha through heat treatment with cobalt oxide powder and the results are reported. A series of experiments have been performed at different temperature with cobalt oxide as additive. The change in colour and chemistry on the surface of the treated stones with respect to the untreated one were compared. Visual observation indicated the blue tone and change in its intensity with increase in temperature. Phase change of materials after heat treatment has been analysed using thermogravimetric analysis. Qualitative elemental analysis using electron probe micro analyser confirmed the presence and change in cobalt content in the quartz matrix with variation in the treatment temperature. Moreover, in this work, improvement in aesthetic value of the quartz stone and its consequent change in surface chemical and physical characteristics before and after heat treatment at different temperatures have been compared and described.","PeriodicalId":13999,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials","volume":"7 1","pages":"231"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44811685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of annealing on the physical properties of WO 3 thin films","authors":"M. Babu, D. Dixit, K. Madhuri","doi":"10.1504/IJNBM.2017.10010352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJNBM.2017.10010352","url":null,"abstract":"Tungsten trioxide (WO3) thin films were deposited by electron beam evaporation technique at an oxygen partial pressure of 2 × 10−4 mbar and at different substrate temperatures ranging from room temperature (RT) to 450°C. The films were annealed at 400°C about 2 hours and the properties were studied systematically. The x-ray diffraction studies show the diffraction peak of (320) at 2θ = 44.07° which indicate the orthorhombic phase of WO3 and also the other peaks represent the hexagonal phase of WO3. Due to annealing of the films, the monoclinic phase is also observed. The surface morphology of WO3 thin films was investigated by using atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy, which supports the above data. The energy-dispersive x-ray (EDX) compositional analysis confirmed the presence of W and O. The optical properties were studied by UV-VIS spectrophotometer and hence the bandgap values are calculated.","PeriodicalId":13999,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials","volume":"7 1","pages":"56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43091509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Energy Transfer to Piezoelectric Component Through Magnetic Resonant Coupling","authors":"P. Nayak, D. P. Kar, S. Das, S. Bhuyan","doi":"10.1007/978-81-322-2012-1_52","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2012-1_52","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13999,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials","volume":"1 1","pages":"493-498"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/978-81-322-2012-1_52","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"51443285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}