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Essentials of Nanomaterials
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Dr. Prasanta Kumar Rath
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Course Name : Essentials of Nanomaterials
Code(Credit) : CUTM 1411 (3-1-0)
Course Objectives
- Understand and use the properties of Nano-materials in diverse fields.
- Gain knowledge about the Nanomaterials, their properties, behavior, interaction and use of them over many discipline of science.
- The emphasis of the course is to understand the physics of Nanomaterials in detail and to explore the wide application.
- Highlights of the course is to provided virtual way of understanding the courses materials. Specially the application based approach.
Learning Outcomes
| COs | Course outcomes | Mapping COs with POs (High-3, Medium-2, Low-1) |
| CO1 | Understand the constituents of matter, Nanomaterials, properties and usefulness.
Able to learn how to understand the basic behavior of Nanomaterials |
PO1-3, PO7-2, PO9-2 |
| CO2 | Able to use the knowledge for higher study and research | PO2-3, PO3-2, PO7-1, |
| CO7 | Able to explore the possible physics research, their applications in society and health care unit. | PO7-3, PO9-2 |
Course Syllabus
Module-I
Fundamentals of Nanomaterials
Introduction to Nanomaterials, Definition of Nano, Atomic Structure and atomic size, significance of nano material over micro/macro, size dependent properties.
Module-II
Material structure and the Nano-surface
Importance of surface at Nanoscale, Significance of Particle shape and Size in Nanomaterials, Surface to Volume Ratio, Particle orientation.
Practice 1: Nanomaterial Synthesis
Module III
Energy at the Nanoscale
Surface energy, surface energy of Liquids, surface energy of solids, Surface energy of crystallographic planes in fcc & bcc, surface energy minimization mechanism.
Practice 2: Surface tension of liquid
Module IV
Nanostructured Materials
Zero Dimensional: Nano particles through homogenous nucleation; Nano particles through heterogeneous nucleation, Quantum Dots; One Dimensional: Nano wires and nano rods, Two dimensional: Fundamentals of film growth; Carbon Nanotubes. hierarchal structure, Quantum size effect and scaling law
Practice 3: Determination of structure and crystallite size of material by X-ray diffraction
Practice 4: UV visible analysis of nano based material
Practice 5: Study the mechanical property of material
Module V
Nano thermodynamics
Classical equilibrium in thermodynamics, Nano Thermodynamics, Modern Nano Thermodynamics,Thermodynamics of surfaces: surface and interfacial energy, uses of Wulff plot.
Practice 6: Seebeck effect
Module VI
Chemical interaction at the Nanoscale
Long range and short range order forces, electrostatic forces, hydrogen bonding, Vanderwaal forces, hydrophobic forces
Module VII
Essentials of nanoscience in diverse Emerging area
Nano-electromechanical systems, Nano sensors, Nano Optics, Nano-electronics, Nano medicine, environmental, health and safety issues.
Text Book:
- Introduction to nanoscience by G.Louis Hornyak
- Introduction to nanotechnology by C. P. Poole
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Session Plan
Session 1
Introduction to nanomaterials, definition of Nano
Session 3
significance of nano material over micro/macro
Session 4
Size dependent properties.
Session 6
Significance of Particle shape and Size in Nanomaterials
Session 8
Practice 1: (Nanomaterial Synthesis ) (2hours)
Session 10
Practice 2: (Surface tension) (2hours)
Session 14
Practice 3: (Determination of structure and crystallite size of material by X-ray diffraction) (2hours)
Session 15
Nano particles through heterogeneous nucleation, Quantum Dots
Session 17
Two dimensional: Fundamentals of film growth; Carbon Nanotubes
Practice 4: (UV visible analysis of nano based material) (2hours)
Session 19
Practice 5: (Study the mechanical property of material) (2hours)
Session 22
Modern Nano Thermodynamics
Practice 6: (Thermo electricity) (2hours)
Session 30
Session 32
Our Main Teachers
Dr Prasanta Kumar Rath has done his M.Sc in Physics having Nuclear Physics Special from Sambalpur University, Odisha, He has done his PhD in Experimental Nuclear Physics from The MSU, Baroda in Collaboration with BARC & TIFR , Mumbai under the guidance of Prof. N.L.Singh and Dr S. Santra. He has also obtained his Postdoc experience from INFN , Italy. His research area focuses on Experimental Nuclear Physics, Nuclear radiation detectors, Accelerator Physics.