INSULATORS: TYPES, PROPERTIES AND USES -- INSULATORS: TYPES, PROPERTIES AND USES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 FERROMAGNETIC INSULATOR IN THE ELECTRON-DOPED MANGANITES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. FMI IN THE OXYGEN DEFICIENCY LA0.9TE0.1MNOY MANGANITES -- 3. FMI IN THE A-SITE DOPING LA0.9TE0.1MNO3 -- 4. FMI IN THE MN-SITE DOPING LA0.85TE0.15MNO3 -- 5. FMI IN THE DIRECT MN-SITE DOPING OF LAMNO3 -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 INSULATOR INSPECTION TECHNOLOGIES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. BUZZ METHOD -- 2. NEON LAMP-BASED DETECTION METHOD -- 3. POTENTIAL MEASUREMENT METHOD -- 4. ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT METHOD -- 5. RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT METHOD -- 6. FREQUENCY RESPONSE-BASED DETECTION METHOD -- 7. INFRARED CAMERA DETECTION METHOD -- 8. CORONA CAMERA DETECTION METHOD -- 9. CORONA PULSE CURRENT MEASUREMENT METHOD -- 10. HIGH VOLTAGE PULSE-APPLIED DETECTION METHOD -- 11. MANUAL FAULTY INSULATOR DETECTORS -- 12. AUTOMATIC INSULATOR INSPECTION ROBOTS -- REFERENCES -- BIOGRAPHY -- Chapter 3 HIGH-K DIELECTRIC INSULATORS USED IN LOW-VOLTAGE ORGANIC FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. POLYMER MICROFIBER-BASED FET-CHANNEL-PATTERNING -- 3. SELF-CAPSULATED AMBIPOLAR ORGANIC FET -- 4. LOW-VOLTAGE ORGANIC FETS BY USING HIGH-K INSULATORS -- 5. SRTIO3 NANOPARTICLES AND ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- Chapter4QUANTUMNON-MAGNETICSTATESNEARMETAL-INSULATORTRANSITION:ANEWCANDIDATEOFSPINLIQUIDSTATE -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.TheGeneralizedHubbardModels -- 2.0.1.2Dˇ-fluxHubbardmodel -- 2.0.2.TheHubbardmodelonhoneycomblattice -- 3.Metal-InsulatorTransition -- 4.EffectiveNonlinear˙ModelintheInsulatorState -- 5.GlobalPhaseDiagram -- 5.1.Large-NApproximation -- 5.2.GlobalPhaseDiagramofˇ-fluxHubbardModel -- 5.3.GlobalPhaseDiagramoftheHubbardModelonHoneycombLattice.

6.Half-skyrmionasFermionicExcitationinNodalAFInsulator -- 6.1.Half-skyrmion -- 6.2.ZeroModesonHalfSkyrmions -- 6.3.InducedQuantumNumbersonHalfSkyrmion -- 6.4.FermionicStatisticsofHalfSkyrmion -- 6.5.EffectiveModelofHalf-skyrmions -- 7.NodalSpinLiquidState -- 7.1.MutualChern-SimonsTheory -- 7.2.LongRangeAFOrder -- 7.3.NodalSpinLiquid -- 7.4.ExperimentalPredictions -- 7.5.Discussion -- 8.Conclusion -- 9.Appendix:TheDetailedCalculationsofˆsand& -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter5THEORYOFNORMALSTATETRANSPORTINCUPRATESINMAGNETICFIELD -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.LinearResponseandSpecularReflectionModel -- 3.Extendedt−JModelandGreenFunction -- 4.TheDressedHolonSelf-Energies -- 5.TheKernelofResponseFunctionandtheVectorPotential -- 6.ChargeTransport -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter6ELECTRODYNAMICSOFMOTTINSULATORSANDINSULATORTOMETALTRANSITIONS -- 1.Introduction -- 2.TheoreticalFramework -- 2.1.ElectronicCorrelationandInsulatingCompounds -- 2.2.MottInsulators -- 2.3.TheHubbardModel -- 2.4.ApproximateSolutionsoftheHubbardModel -- 2.5.DynamicalMeanFieldTheory:DefinitionoftheHubbardPhaseDia-gram -- 2.6.PolaronsandWignerCrystal -- 2.7.ThePeierlsMechanism -- 3.Methods -- 3.1.InfraredSpectroscopy -- 3.2.DiamondAnvilCell -- 4.VanadiumSesquioxide-V2O3 -- 5.VanadiumDioxide-VO2 -- 6.V3O5 -- 7.NickelDisulfite-NiS2 -- 8.Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 7 LEAKAGE CURRENT ON HIGH VOLTAGE CONTAMINATED INSULATORS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. LEAKAGE CURRENT MEASUREMENT AND RECORDING SYSTEMS -- 3. LEAKAGE CURRENT BEHAVIOUR -- 4. RADIATION EMISSION -- 5. CLASSIFICATION OF LEAKAGE CURRENT USING NEURAL NETWORKS -- 6. MONTELLING -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 SYNTHESIS AND STUDY OF NANOSCALE MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTOR AND MAGNETIC METAL/INSULATOR FILMS: ROLE OF ENERGETIC IONS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION.

1.1. Zinc Oxide Based Diluted Magnetic Semiconductor -- 1.1.1. Diluted magnetic semiconductor: Material aspects and importance -- 1.1.2. Mechanism behind ferromagnetism -- 1.1.3. Important experimental results of ZnO based DMS -- 1.1.4. Role of energetic ions -- 1.2. Metal-Insulator Nanophase Composite Films -- 1.2.1. Material aspects and Importance -- 1.2.2. Role of energetic ions -- 2. SYNTHESIS AND STUDY OF NI DOPED/IMPLANTED ZNO FILMS -- 2.1. Room Temperature Transparent Ferromagnetism in Ni Doped ZnO Films -- 2.2. Studies on DMS Properties of 200 Kev Ni+2 Ion Implanted ZnO Films -- 3. SYNTHESIS AND STUDY OF NI: SILICA NANOGRANULAR FILM -- 3.1. Composition Analysis of Ni-Sio2 Films -- 3.2. Correlation between Properties of Ni:Sio2 Films with Composition and Microstructure -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.