The book presents advances in the field of functional materials.

• front matter
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
• 1
  • Coulomb Drag Study of Non-Homogeneous Dielectric Medium: Hole-Hole Static Interactions in 2D-GaAs DQW
    • Introduction
    • Theoretical Formalism
    • Nonlinear Susceptibility Function (NLSF)
    • Interlayer Interaction [,𝑼-𝟏𝟐.,𝒒.]
    • Result and Discussion
    • Conclusion
    • Acknowledgement
    • References
• 2
  • Spectrum Analysis of Mesons using Nikiforov-Uvarov Functional Analysis Method
    • Introduction
    • Formalism
    • Spectrum Analysis of Mesons
    • Concluding Remarks
    • Conflicts of interests
    • Acknowledgement
    • References
• 3
  • Evaluation of Bloch–Gruneisen Function to Determine the Electrical Resistivity for Pure Nano-MgB2 Superconductor
    • Introduction
    • Numerical Solution of Bloch-Gruneisen Model
    • Results and Discussion
    • Conclusions
    • Conflicts of Interest
    • Acknowledgement
    • References
• 4
  • Effect of Various Process Parameter of GTA Cladding on Surface Properties of Mild Steel: A Critical Review
    • Introduction
    • GTA cladding process
    • Influence of process parameters of GTA cladding on surface properties of mild steel
    • Shielding gas
    • Input current and voltage of GTA cladding
    • Coating materials
    • Conclusion
    • References
• 5
  • Theoretical Investigation of Ballistic Electron Transport in Au and Ag Nanoribbons
    • Introduction
    • Simulation and Modeling Details
    • Results and Discussion
    • Summary
    • Acknowledgements
    • References
• 6
  • Structural, Electronic and Optical Properties of 2D Monolayer and Bilayer CoO2
    • Introduction
    • Computational Details
    • Results and Discussion
    • Structural Properties
    • Electronic properties
    • Optical Properties
    • Conclusions
    • References
• 7
  • Role of Plasma-Induced Liquid Chemistry for the Reduction Mechanism of Silver Ions to form Silver Nanostructures
    • Introduction
    • Experimental Details
    • Results and Discussion
    • Synthesis of AgNSs
    • Analysis of reaction mechanisms for the synthesis of AgNSs
    • Conclusions
    • Acknowledgements
    • References
• 8
  • Exploring Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of 2D Monolayer As2S3 by First-Principle’s Calculation
    • Introduction
    • Computational Details
    • Results and discussion
    • Structural properties
    • Electronic properties
    • Optical properties
    • Conclusion
    • Conflicts of Interest
    • Acknowledgements
    • References
• 9
  • Prediction of Electronic and Optical Properties of Boron Selenide BSe (2H) monolayer based on First-Principles
    • Introduction
    • Methodology
    • Results and Discussions
    • Structure properties
    • Electronic properties
    • Summary
    • References
• 10
  • The Performance Study of CIGS Solar Cell by SCAPS-1D Simulator
    • Introduction
    • Cell structure
    • Numerical modeling and parameters for simulation
    • Simulation analysis and result:
    • Effect of CIGS thickness on the performance of Solar cell
    • Grading effect on Performance of CIGS solar cell
    • Performance improvement with EBR:
    • Conclusion
    • Acknowledgements
    • References
• 11
  • Effect of Copper Phthalocyanine Interfacial Layer on the Performance of Mixed Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
    • Introduction
    • Experimental Details
    • Results and Discussion
    • Conclusions
    • Acknowledgements
    • References
• 12
  • Ionization Potentials of Nucleic Acid Intercalators
    • Introduction
    • Computational Details
    • Results and Discussions
    • Summary
    • References
• 13
  • Recent Trends in Surface Cladding on AISI 1045 Steel Substrate: A Review
    • Introduction
    • Surface cladding trends on AISI 1045
    • Summary and Future Outlook
    • References
• 14
  • Exploiting Reducing Ability of DMF for Assembled Gold Nanostructures
    • Introduction
    • Material and methods
    • Experimental procedure
    • Result and Discussion
    • Conclusion
    • Acknowledgements
    • References
• back matter
  • Keyword Index
  • About the Editors