PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL SEMINAR on on 12 th September, 2008 Organized by Department of Physics PATNA WOMEN'S COLLEGE PATNA UNIVERSITY NAAC Accredited 'A' Grade 'College with Potential for Excellence' (CPE) status accorded by UGC Bailey Road, Patna 800 001, Bihar (India) Tel. : +91 612 2531186, Fax : +91 612 2531196 E-mail : pwcpat@sancharnet.in ; Website : patnawomenscollege.in Sponsored by University Grants Commission Supported by DST, Govt. of Bihar and Nalanda Open University, Patna
Reception Committee Dr. Sister Doris D'Souza A.C., Principal, Patna Women's College welcoming the Guests Delegates of the seminar Patron Convenor Organising Secretar y Joint Organizing Secretary Dr. Sister Doris D'Souza A.C. Prof. Dr. Girija Gupta Dr. Aprajita Krishna Dr. Rakesh Kum ar Singh Principal Head Lecturer Lecturer Patna Women's College Dept. of Physics Dept. of Physics Dept. of Physics Patna Women's College Patna Women's College Patna Women's College Editorial Board : Dr. Sister Doris D'Souza A.C., Principal, Patna Women's College, Patna University Prof. Girija Gupta, Head, Department of Physics, Patna Women's College, Patna University Dr. Sister Marie Jessie A.C., Head, Department of English, Patna Women's College, Patna University Ms. Shampa Sharma, Head, Department of Mass Communication, Patna Women's College, Patna University Dr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, Lecturer, Department of Physics, Patna Women's College, Patna University Prof. A.K. Ghosh, Head, Department of Botany, A.N. College, Patna, Magadh University Dr. Amrendra Narayan, Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics, Patna University
Editorial : Principal's Voice Patna Women's College a premier Institution for Women's Higher Education in Bihar enters the era of new challenges with a vision of excellence and service to society. The College promotes and fosters self sacrifice, tolerance, understanding compassion love and peace. With diverse academic programmes the College becomes a nurturing ground for individuals holistic development. The curricular and extra curricular programmes enhance the overall quality of Campus Culture. Since the premise of science is to serve humanity, to protect, to improve and to preserve life using new findings, is intrinsic to scientific and technological research. Science, Technology and Society are intrinsically linked and characterized by mutual interdependence. Advances in any discipline inevitably lead to social progress and prosperity. Nanoscience is transdisciplinary in nature since it involves Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Cognitive Science, Life Science and in particular genomes and proteomics. Nanotechnology fuses with other recent technologies. This inter depending nature of this field makes it more viable for research in the present century. Progress is possible only with dedication commitment, hard work and with a greater effort to tread the untravelled path. This will bring change and development. To give a new dimension to Physics education and ignite a passion for research, Patna Women's College is organizing a Seminar on 'Applications of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.' Recently the Department of Physics actively involved in nanomaterials research projects under 'College with Potential for Excellence' (CPE) and 'Basic Scientific Research' (BSR) of UGC Scheme. The outcome of this research projects genuinely creates interest in students to pursue their carrier in higher studies and continue their scientific research projects. There is nothing so powerful than an idea. I, therefore, congratulate the dedicated team of the Department of Physics and especially the Prof. Girija Gupta, Head ; Dr. Aprajita Krishna and Dr. Rakesh Kumar Singh for conceiving and executing the idea of this wonderful event. We hope this small step of ours in the field of Nanoscience research will change into a giant leap for researches in Bihar. I sincerely appreciate the efforts of all the members of various committees, Department of Science and Technology and Department of Information Technology, Government of Bihar, Nalanda Open University, Patna who have contributed directly or indirectly towards organizing this mega event. We have received more than 70 research papers in which 30 papers were selected for the presentation both in oral and poster session. The presented papers (14) were reviewed by the editorial board and accepted for publication in the proceeding. (Dr. Sister Doris D'Souza A.C.) Principal
Editorial Acknowledgements Report CONTENTS Page No. 1. Understanding Nanoscience.. 1 4 Vijay A. Singh and Himansu K. Pandey (i) (iii) (iv) (xvii) 2. Nanophosphour : A Luminiscent Materials... 5 11 A.C. Pandey and Rakesh Kumar Singh 3. Raman scattering from laser-etched silicon nanostructures... 12 21 Rajesh Kumar and A.K. Shukla 4. Structural and Magnetic Characteristics of Cobalt Ferrite Nanoparticles synthesized using chemical route... 22 26 Rakesh Kumar Singh, A. Yadav, A. Narayan, Girija Gupta, A.C. Pandey, R.S. Yadav and Amitabh Ghosh 5. Microbes : Nature's Nano Factory. 27 35 K. Prasad, Anal K. Jha and A.R. Kulkarni 6. Mössbauer and XRD Studies of Electrodeposited Pure Iron Powder... 36 42 Santosh Kumar, B. Pandey and H. C. Verma 7. Quantum size effect and Metal Nanoparticles... 43 47 Sumita Singh, Swetamber Prakash Das & Asutosh Kumar 8. Therapeutic application of Nanoparticle (Nab-Paclitaxel, C 47 H 51 NO 14 ).. 48 54 in the treatment of breast cancer : evidence based review Sumita Singh, Swetamber Prakash Das & Asutosh Kumar 9. The role of carrier mass in two-dimensional quantum dots 55 60 Sangeeta Lal & Birendra Singh 10. Scaling laws for semiconductor quantum dots. 61 66 Pramendra R. Singh, Himanshu Kr. Pandey and Achuta Nand Singh 11. Nanotechnology in ancient times 67 69 Anant Kumar 12. Blue smoke : A modification of Nanofoam Carbon.. 70 73 Bina Rani and Jyotsna Osta 13. Nano thin films : its applications. 74 79 Dolly Sinha, Mona Priya, Manishi Puja Recommendation 80
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