on partially ordered sets by Punyashloka Biswal S.B., Computer Science (2005) S.B., Mathematics (2006) Massachusetts Institute of Technology Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Septem...

This study presents the electrochemical degradation of methylene blue (MB) wastewater in a synthetic solution using three-dimensional particle electrodes. The novel particle electrodes were fabricated in this work using the lithium modified rectorite (Li-REC). The adsorption property of the fabricated particle electrodes was studied in a series of experiments. The optimum electrochemical operat...

We studied various electrical and optical properties of Europium (1 atomic %) incorporated BaTiO3 film on n-Si(100) substrate. The thin film structure was analyzed by X-ray diffraction. Film thickness and optical refractive index were measured with an ellipsometer. P-E hysteresis measurement shows the remnant polarization of 37μC/cm in BaTiO3:Eu film. C-V measurements on the pure BaTiO3 film sh...

Electrical resistivity describes how much a certain material resists electrical flow. Every material has an associated resistivity, ρ, which is constant. Conductors, such as copper have a low resistivity, while insulators, such as glass, have a high resistivity. Resistivity is an important property of any electrical object because it directly relates to the resistance, which relates to Ohm’s la...

Attention is called to the analogy between linear optical systems and linear two-port electrical networks. For both, the transformation of a pair of oscillating quantities between input and output is of interest. The mapping of polarization by an optical system and of impedance (admittance) by a two-port network is described by a bilinear transformation. Therefore for each transfer property of ...

We present an improvement in the electrical properties of silica nanotubes by coating metal nanoparticles on their surfaces. The silica nanotubes are formed from bacterial flagella bio-templates having a tubular structure. Successive depositions of metal nanoparticles on the silica nanotubes are performed through easily functionalized silica surfaces. The results show uniform metal nanoparticle...