III YEAR – VI
SEMESTER
COURSE CODE:
4BPHE3C
ELECTIVE
COURSE III (C) – FUNDAMENTALS OF
NANOSCIENCE
Unit I Introduction
Introduction to
Nanotechnology – Background and definition of Nanotechnology – Nano materials –
Size Dependence.
Types: Nanowires, Nanotubes,
Quantum Dots, Nanocomposites – Properties – Ideas about Nano materials
synthesis.
Unit II Carbon
Nano Tubes (CNT)
Introduction to
CNT – SWNT – MWNT – Properties. CNT based Nano
objects- Applications.
Unit III Fabrication
Fabrication methods – Top down
processes – Milling, lithographics, Machining process. Bottom–Up process – MBE
and MOVPE, liquid phase methods, colloidal and sol – gel methods – Self
Assembly
Unit IV Characterization
Scanning Probe
Microscopy – Principle of operation – Instrumentation – Scanning Tunneling
Microscopy – STM probe construction and measurement.
Atomic Force
Microscopy – Instrumentation and Analysis – Tunneling Electron Microscopy–
operation and measurement
Unit V Nano devices
and Applications
Optical memories, Nano materials
applications in magnetism – in electronics. Sensors – in Biomedical field – in
optics – Nano layer applications – Nano particle applications
Reference
1.
Hand book of Nanotechnology – Bharat Bhushan.
2.
Nano technology and Nano electronics – W. R. Fahrner
(Editor).
3.
Materials Science – P. Mani, G. Ranganath, R. N.
Jayaprakash.
4.
Nanotechnology – Mark Ratner, Daniel Ratner.
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