Subject Code:ML2L006 Name: Advances in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Classification of Nanomaterials: Features of nanosystems; Characteristic length scale of materials and their properties; quantum dots, nanowire/tube, thin-films and nanocomposites; Quantum effects in nanomaterials: Electron confinement in infinitely deep square well; Confinement in 1-D, 2-D and 3-D; Idea of quantum well structure; Variation of density of states and band-gap as a function of length-scale; Structural  and mechanical Characterization of Nanomaterials: Basics of crystallography; X-Ray Diffraction; Scanning electron microscopy; Transmission Electron microscopy; Scanning probe microscopy, Spectroscopy techniques: Raman; Mechanical properties and characterization; Functional properties: Electrical, optical, magnetic and electronic properties and their characterization; Synthesis of Nanomaterials: Ball-milling; Thermo-mechanical processing; Physical vapour deposition; chemical vapour deposition; Electron-beam lithography; Thin films: Introduction to microfabrication techniques; Sol-Gel Processing, Self assembly; Carbon nano-structures: Fullerene, carbon nanotubes: single walled and multi-walled nanotubes; Graphene, Diamond like carbon films.
Texts/Reference Books:
  1. Nanostructures and Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, G. Cao and Y. Wang, World Scientific Publishing Co., London, 2011.
  2. Nanomaterials, Nanotechnologies and Design: An Introduction for Engineers and Architects, Daniel L. Schodek, Paulo Ferreira, Michael F. Ashby, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2009.
  3. Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, Second Edition, A.S Edelstein, R.C Cammaratra, CRC Press.
  4. Nanomaterials: Mechanics and Mechanisms, K.T. Ramesh, Springer, 2009.