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nanotubes can potentially store a relatively large amount of chargeTo make carbon nanotube supercapacitors flexible, nanotubes were grown on top of a silicon substrateusing standard chemical vapour-deposition.Then a mixture of plant cellulose and chloride was dissolved and was spread among the nanotubes.After peeling this off the silicon substrate the thing left was a piece of paper a few tens of micrometersthick, with carbon nanotubes sticking out from one side.To create the supercapacitor, two sheets of this paper were stuck back-to-back, nanotube side out,with aluminium foil coating both sides as current collectors. When a current was applied, the paperstored the charge, with the carbon nanotubes serving as electrodes and the cellulose as an insulator.The researchers then used a similar method to create a flexible battery. They used a piece of papercontaining carbon nanotubes as a cathode and evaporated a layer of lithium onto the other side toserve as an anode. Once again they sandwiched it between sheets of aluminium foil, which served ascurrent collectors.Finally, by layering supercapacitors and lithium-ion batteries, they created a hybrid device in whichthe batteries could be used to charge the supercapacitors.Courtesy: www.newscientisttech.comWatch this space for more in the next issue.(Please mail your suggestions and feedback at srkbehera@yahoomail.com orghosh_ankan@rediffmail.com)birthday bash (16 NOV. –15DEC.)NIST e_news wishes a very Happy Birthday to:Ms. Suman Acharya17-NovMs. Sonali Prava Dash 18-NovMr. Atul Kumar Gupta 19- NovMs. Sumtra Ojha25-NovMr. Jagannath Mohanty 26-NovMr. Bhabani Shankar Pattanaik 5-DecMany Many Happy Returns of the Day!!!marriage anniversaryNIST e_news wishes a very Happy JoyfulMarriage Anniversary to:Mr. Bhaskar BandopadhyayMr. Abhro MukherjeeMr. Arabinda PandaDr. Arun K. PadhyMr. Jagannath MohantyMr. M. SureshMr. M. Rajendra KumarMr. Shom P DasDr. M.Reza23-Nov25-Nov28-Nov8-Dec8-Dec9-Dec12-Dec14-Dec19-DecNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 15 of 18
alumni pageContributions for NIST Alumni Scholarship FundMs. Charulata Palai MCA, 2005 Rs.2500/-Mr. Ranjit Behera B.Tech, 2004 Rs.2000/-Ms. M. Aparna B.Tech, 2006 Rs.1000/-Mr. Mrutyunjaya Sahoo B.Tech, 2007 Rs.2000/-Mr. Bhabani Gouda MCA, 2006 Rs.2000/-Ms. Snigdharani Behera B.Tech, 2001 Rs.2000/-NIST Alumni Association renders heartfelt thanks to all the contributors on their noble gesture. Alumniare requested to contact Dr. Arun Padhy to donate to NIST Alumni Scholarship Fund.From MailboxFrom: Dr Partha S Mallick (psmallick@yahoo.com)Sub: Teaching as my career and my studentsTo: nist e_newsThanks Smruti (Smruti Sagarika of Final year) for giving me a chance to write for NIST e_news. Itis always impossible for me to say ‘no’ to my students whether it is a doubt in class or an article fora magazine. I shall never forget the moment when the NIST e_news Team came to meet me on mylast day at NIST. Probably they came to spend some time with me or to get some advice from me.When I saw them in front of me, I could not stop myself weeping and simply told them to leave theroom, “I’ll talk with you later on, etc”. How are you Amit, Pankaj, Sanjit, Kartik, Subhasih, Smruti,Jagannath? I am happy that every year my “e_news Team” leads Sankalp and other extracurricularactivities of NIST and they get the job on the first day of campus placement also. The selectionprocedure of the e_news team was embarrassing initially to you but it works. I still remember manymemorable moments with my students of NIST. From 1998 to 2005 batch B.Tech and 2003 to 2006batch M.Tech, I remember my classes, moments with students. They have played an important rolein shaping my teaching career. I have 100% trust on student’s feedback. After receiving their feedback,I immediately plan for taking action. In our time, there was no student feedback system, an essentialtool for rapid development of teacher’s performance. Now I am a confident, successful and one ofthe best teachers due to YOU only! A big THANKS to all my ex-students who gave constructivefeedback during the starting days. I should add few lines about my M.Tech students. Probably thedifficult job I did there was to unite the team of M.Tech students so that no one leaves the teambefore successful completion of M.Tech. NIST M.Tech students are the Hot Cake for teaching positionsat Orissa. For example, CV Raman engineering college booked our students giving advance salaryfor six months. They got six month salary extra before joining!! Once an BBSR based engineeringcollege was recruiting faculty members, the Chairman of the interview board immediately called meand told “We got one of your M.Tech students (Sreelekha), so now the number of vacant posts are3”(total posts were 4). Another day our Director sir told me that CV Raman college is so happy thatone NIST M.Tech student (Madhusmita) joined them. These are few examples only. Besidesacademics, they have many other professional qualities and ethics. I know about one faculty whojoined a college of Orissa leaving NIST and again joined NIST and a subject was assigned to him toteach. All were waiting for him but in the meantime he joined another college (Trident) where he wasassigned another subject to teach. Finally it was found that he joined in another college! This is aNational Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, 761008 16 of 18
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