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 • Conference submission management system: University server • Number of submissions received: 121 • Number of submissions sent for review: 121 • Number of submissions accepted: 58 • Acceptance Rate (Number of Submissions Accepted / Number of Submissions Received X 100): 31/60= 47% • Average number of reviews per paper: 2 times (Plagiarism check, language check, Major Technical review, minor review and formatting) • Total number of reviewers involved: 32 reviewers (21 National and 11 International) • Any additional info on review process: Turnitin and Grammarly software’s has been used • Contact person for queries: Dr. K. Palanisamy, School of Electrical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India. (kpalanisamy@vit.ac.in)