Material Behavior of Nanostructures

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Dr. Saubhagyalaxmi Behera

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Course Name : Material Behavior of Nanostructures

Code(Credit) : CUTM 1406(3-1-0)

Course Objectives

  • To understand the influence of dimensionality of the object at nanoscale on their properties;
  • To study  size and shape controlled synthesis of nanomaterials and their future applications in industry.
  • To bring out the distinct properties like mechanical, magnetic,  thermal, electronic, optical, and photonic properties of of nanostructures.

Course Outcomes

  • COs Course outcomes Mapping COs with POs (High-3, Medium-2, Low-1)
    CO1 To familiarize about the various properties of nanostructures.

     

    PO1-3, PO23, PO9-2
    CO2 To bring out the differences between nano and macro structures. PO2-3, PO3-1, PO9-2
    CO3 To discuss applications and specific properties of nanomaterials PO6-3, PO7-2

Course outline

Module-I(3 Hours Theory)

Introduction: Peculiarities of nanostructured materials: Introduction,  Extended internal surface, Increasing of surface energy and tension,  Grain boundaries, Instability of three dimensional nanostructured materials due to grain growth,

Module -II                   (5 Hours Theory+ 2 Hours Practice)

Mechanical Properties: Mechanical properties of nanocrystalline metals and alloys, Inverse Hall Petch effect. Types of indentation: Oliver & Pharr,  Vickers indentation process.

Practice-1: To calculate the compressibility of a mild steel using Universal Testing Machine

Module -III   (5 Hours Theory+4 Hours Practice)

Nano thermodynamics: Classical equilibrium in thermodynamics, Nano Thermodynamics, Modern Nano Thermodynamics. hermodynamics of surfaces: surface and interfacial energy, uses of Wulff plot.

Practice 2: Seebeck effect.

Practice 3:  Study of thermodynamical properies of nanomaterials using compitational method.

Module–IV(4 Hours Theory+2 Hours Practice).

Luminescence Properties: Fluorescence/luminescence, Photoluminescence / fluorescence, Optically excited emission Electroluminescence, Laser emission of quantum dot, Phonons in nanostructures.

Practice-4: Photoluminiscene study of nanomaterials.

Module–V(5 Hours Theory+ 2 Hours Practice)

Electronic Properties :Energy bands and gaps in semiconductors,Excitons, Conduction electrons and dimensionality Fermi gas and density of states,  Semiconducting nano particles.

Practice 5-: To study the electonic properties of nanomaterials using computational technique

Module–VI(4 Hours Theory+ 2 Hours Practice)

Optical Properties:  Optical properties , Photonic crystals, Defects in photonic crystals ,  Optical properties of semiconductors, Quantum dots.

Practice-6:To study the absorbance and bandgap of a material using UV-Vis Spectroscopy

Module -VII (4 Hours Theory).

Essentials of nanoscience in diverse Emerging area: Nano-electromechanical systems, Nano sensors, Nano Optics, Nano-electronics, Nano medicine, environmental, health and safety issues.

 

Total theory 30 hours and total practice 12 hours.

 

 Text books:

  1. Introduction to Nano Technology by Charles. P. Poole Jr& Frank J. Owens. Wiley India Ltd.
  2.  Solid State physics by Pillai, Wiley Eastern Ltd.

Reference Books:

  1. Processing & properties of structural naonmaterials ‐Leon L. Shaw (editor)
  2. Nanoscale materials -Liz Marzan and Kamat

Session Plan

Session 1

Peculiarities of nanostructured materials: Introduction

Link-1 https://youtu.be/qzPWTOdE6qk

Link-2 https://youtu.be/603X3H4vvKQ

Link-3 https://youtu.be/I3WccmbuVCc(PPT)

Session 2

Extended internal surface, Increasing of surface energy and tension

link-1 https://youtu.be/aPg7wv4Ifjg

link-2 https://youtu.be/70dOzvhn-8M

link-3 https://youtu.be/70dOzvhn-8M (PPT)

Session 3

Grain boundaries, Instability of three dimensional nanostructured materials due to grain growth

Link.1-https://youtu.be/gdr6EjS5Qjw

Link.2-https://youtu.be/sKJUkFRVKA8

Session 4

Mechanical properties of nanocrystalline metals and alloys.

Link.1-https://youtu.be/G5z9KknF_s8

Link. 2 https://youtu.be/0qh2mPQ6-BE

Link 3 https://youtu.be/b6n0-WU6w3A

link 4 https://youtu.be/SNJc8b22pWw (slide share)

Session 6

Types of indentation: Oliver & Pharr.

Link 1  https://youtu.be/cSPfe77LIGw(PPT)

link 2  https://youtu.be/OP7icuszRBE

Session 7

Vickers indentation process.

Link 1  https://youtu.be/vWFP9SQTqo4

Link 2 https://youtu.be/7Z90OZ7C2jI

 

Session 8

Practice-1  (2 hours)

To calculate the compressibility of a mild steel using Universal Testing Machine

link-1 http://sm-nitk.vlabs.ac.in/exp15/index.html

 

Session 9

Session 11

Modern Nano Thermodynamics

Link-1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUDWK4MGcr0

Session 14

Practice-2 (2 hours)

Practice-2: Seebeck effect.

Link-1 https://vlab.amrita.edu/?sub=1&brch=194&sim=351&cnt=1

Session 15

Practice-3:

Study of thermodynamical properies of nanomaterials using computational  method

Link-1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvjosM6sUr4

Session 16

Fluorescence/luminescence

link 1   https://youtu.be/CcN8NnGGPhs

link 2 https://youtu.be/h7jRcvU6vek

Session-17

Session -18

Electroluminescence

link 1 https://youtu.be/RJ2xGFfrND0

link 2 https://youtu.be/9zCcViTl6Xc

Session 19

Session 20

Phonons in nanostructures,

link 1 https://youtu.be/iY0ulHZcnLA

link 2 https://youtu.be/lo2RTivBc6E   (PPT)

Session 21

Practice-4

Photoluminiscene study of nanomaterials.

Link-1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCPSil8uryg

Session 23

Session 24

Conduction electrons and dimensionality

Link.1 https://youtu.be/dsqbiIW9tEc

Link 2 https://youtu.be/pS4pRxXXLAo

Session 25

Fermi gas and density of states.

link 1 https://slideplayer.com/slide/4976847/

Session 27

Practice 5-:

To study the electonic properties of nanomaterials using computational technique

link-1 https://youtu.be/h9QIwefSrrI

Session 28

Optical properties

Link 1 https://youtu.be/ZLgMyj4cQY8

Link 2 https://youtu.be/jFWVgNI6eGY

Session 29

Photonic crystal

Link 1 https://youtu.be/6ekw9nuicww

Session 30

Session 31

Session  33

Practice-6:

To study the absorbance and bandgap of a material using UV-Vis Spectroscopy

link-1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIfaVTfHMZc

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