Peer review declaration

All papers published in this volume of IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering have been peer reviewed through processes administered by the Editors. Reviews were conducted by expert referees to the professional and scientific standards expected of a proceedings journal published by IOP Publishing. • Type of peer review: Single-blind The received research articles will be peer reviewed by expert researchers in the respective fields. Based on the comments and recommendation of the expert reviewer the paper will be accepted for publication • Conference submission management system: Research articles were received through Google form which was given in the conference website • Number of submissions received 23 • Number of submissions sent for review 23 • Number of submissions accepted 16 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100) : 69.56 % • Average number of reviews per paper 01 • Total number of reviewers involved 07 • Any additional info on review process : Authors were received comments and suggestions from the reviewer for each research articles separately. All received papers were reviewed by the experts in the respective area of research. Authors were received comments related to technical, experimental, grammatical, and analytical aspects of their research. The required modifications were suggested by the reviewers. Reviewers have recommended the manuscripts for publication after incorporation of the suggested changes. Authors were provided with the period of seven days to do the modifications as per suggestions given by the reviewers. Modified papers were sent to the reviewer for verification and papers were accepted as per the report given by the reviewers. Contact person for queries : Dr. M.Ambrose Rajkumar Assistant Professor of Physics Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous) K. Narayanapura, Kothanur Post, Bengaluru-77, Karnataka Mobile: +91- 89733 14608_ ambrose@kristujayanti.com Dr. Anoop Baby. K.B Assistant Professor of Physics Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous) K. Narayanapura, Kothanur Post, Bengaluru-77, Karnataka Mobile: +91- 99626 04867_ anoopbaby@kristujayanti.com