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njit-etd2000-029 - New Jersey Institute of Technology

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT<br />

The author wishes to express his sincere gratitude to his supervisor, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Roland<br />

Levy, for his guidance, friendship, and moral support throughout this research. The<br />

following ancient hindu saying correctly represents his contribution;<br />

A hundred suns may blaze,<br />

A thousand moons may shine,<br />

In this intense brilliance,<br />

Without my teacher,<br />

There is pitch darkness.<br />

Special thanks are due towards Pr<strong>of</strong>. J. Grow, Pr<strong>of</strong>. N. M. Ravindra, Dr. D. Ivanov, and<br />

Dr. M. Green for serving as committee members and taking time to review my work. I<br />

appreciate their efforts in helping me to refine my thesis. Thanks are also due towards<br />

Mr. Vitaly Sigal, for taking time to fix the problems that I had with the CVD reactor and<br />

to Dr. Roumiana Petrova and Dr. E. Ramos for their encouragement and help from time<br />

to time.<br />

Last but not the least, I would like to thank my friends who have supported me all the<br />

way. Without their encouragement and competitive spirit I would not have been able to<br />

complete my degree in this time frame. Some <strong>of</strong> them such as Krit Aryusook, Kiran<br />

Kumar, Dianhong Luo, Sameer Dharmadhikari, Lim Heechuan, Yew Fong, M. Tungare,<br />

M. Sonnenberg, R. Dhavalikar deserve special mention for their good wishes, time, many<br />

interesting conversations, and good friendship.<br />

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