Publications by authors named "Preetpal Singh"

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the main cause of chronic liver disease worldwide, affecting one-fourth of the world's population. With more than half of the world's population, the Asia-Pacific region contributed 62.6 % of liver-related fatal incidents in 2015.

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  • Quantum Dots (QDs) are being studied in a hybrid white light LED setup that combines phosphor with a blue LED chip, specifically using Zn doped CdS QDs with a ZnS shell and green light phosphor.
  • The study observes a three-stage degradation process of the LEDs: an initial enhancement in light intensity, a rapid decrease in intensity, and finally a slower decline until the end of testing.
  • Research indicates that the degradation is due to the oxidation of sulfur vacancies in the CdS QDs caused by oxygen from the environment, linked to imperfections in the ZnS coating, leading to a transformation of CdS into CdO and ultimately into CdSO.
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High energy and high flux protons are used in proton therapy and the impact of proton radiation is a major reliability concern for electronics and solar cells in low earth orbit as well as in the trapped belts. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs), due to their unique characteristics, have been considered for the construction of proton and other radiation sensors. Here, a single wall CNT based proton sensor was fabricated on FR4 substrate and its response to 150 MeV proton irradiation was studied.

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The light emitting diode (LED) is widely used in modern solid-state lighting applications, and its output efficiency is closely related to the submounts' material properties. Most submounts used today, such as low-power printed circuit boards (PCBs) or high-power metal core printed circuit boards (MCPCBs), are not transparent and seriously decrease the output light extraction. To meet the requirements of high light output and better color mixing, a three-dimensional (3-D) stacked flip-chip (FC) LED module is proposed and demonstrated.

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Increasing phosphor layer thickness and concentration can enhance the lumen flux of white LED (W-LED). In this work, we found that increasing the phosphor layer thickness and concentration can increase its temperature, and there is also a maximum thickness and concentration beyond which their increase will not lead to lumen increase, but only temperature increase. Higher thickness and higher concentration also results in warm light instead of White light.

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A moisture- electrical - temperature (MET) test is proposed to evaluate the outdoor reliability of high power blue LEDs, with and without phosphor, and to understand the degradation physics of LEDs under the environment of combined humidity, temperature and electrical stresses. The blue LEDs with phosphor will be the high power white LEDs. Scanning acoustic microscopy is used to examine the resulted delamination during this test for the LEDs.

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