Recent Advances in Materials

Chemical Compositions of Ground and Unground Rice Husk Ash produced by Uncontrolled Burning.- Characteristics Studies of GGBS and Metakaolin based Geopolymer Composite.- Study On A GGBS Based Geopolymer Composites.- Characterization of GGBS Based Geopolymer Blended with RED MUD using EDX and XRD.- Metal Additive Manufacturing Technique in Construction Industry: A Review Paper.- A Study on the Load Carrying Capacity of Shallow Foundation on Reinforced Sandy Soil.- Assessment of Dimapur Sand with Local Sand Found in Manipur.- Effect on Structural and Optical Properties of NiO Thin Film on Ag Incorporation.- Chevronic TiO2 Thin Film Fabrication Using E-beam Evaporation for UV Photo Detection Applications.- Paper Based Capacitive Sensor for Detection of Arsenic in Drinking Water.- Investigation of Optical and Electrical Properties of Au/SiOx/ITO for Optoelectronic Applications.- Study on Structural and Optical Properties of Ta2O5 Nanocluster.- Non-Volatile Memory Application Based on Gd2O3Nanorod.- Improved UV Detection Based on SnO2 Nanowire Fabricated by Glancing Angle Deposition.- Biodiesel Production by Non-Edible Cascabela Ovata Seeds Through Solvent Methods.

Dr. Bibhu Prasad Swain is currently an associate professor at the Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Manipur. He obtained B.Sc. (Physics) from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, M.Sc. (Physics) from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela, M.Tech. (Materials Science) from Barkatullah University, and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. His areas of interests include large bandgap semiconductors, mechanical hard materials, nanostructured materials, graphene-based supercapacitor, photovoltaic materials, biocompatible coating, and modeling of advanced MOSFET. He has published 150 papers in respected international journals. Dr. Swain received the Brain Korea 21 Fellow and Japanese Society of the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellow from Materials Research, Seoul National University and Govt. of Japan in the years 2007 and 2008. Currently, he is an editorial board member of the Nanoscience and Nanotechnology-Asia and guest editor in "Materials" journals in MDPI publications.