Emergence in nanotechnology, types of nanomaterials, zero-dimensional, one dimensional, two dimensional, advanced nanomaterials.
Fabrication methods: Bottom-up and top-down approach, solution phase and vapor phase synthesis.
Physical methods- Physical vapour deposition (evaporation, sputtering and plasma processing methods), chemical vapour deposition, epitaxial growth method, ball milling, lithography.
Chemical methods- Sol-gel process, reduction method, self-assembly method, coprecipitation, microemulsion, solvothermal, microwave synthesis, evaporation, template synthesis, sonochemical synthesis, radiation assisted synthesis, chemical etching
Biological methods-Synthesis using microorganisms, biological templates, plants and plant extracts.
Properties of nanomaterials: Structural properties, electronic properties, magnetic properties, electrical properties, optical properties, mechanical properties. Surface energy controlling the different properties of nanomaterials.
Stabilization of nanoparticles: Electrostatic and steric stabilization of nanoparticles, quantum confinement effect.
Carbon nanomaterials: Fullerenes, graphenes, nanotubes.
Principle, Instrumentation and applications of Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, X-Ray powder diffraction in the characterization of nanomaterials.
Basic theory of Fuel cell; Hydrogen production and storage; Photoelectrochemical splitting of water; Electrochemical sensors- Enzyme based sensors, affinity biosensors, gas sensors; Catalysis and electrocatalysis, Pharmaceutical industry, Textile, Cosmetics and pollutant removal. Significance and applications of nanomaterials.
UV: Visible molecular absorption spectrometry (instrumentation and application).
NMR Spectroscopy: Theory and applications of 1H and 13CNMR spectroscopy.
Mass & IR Spectroscopy: Theory and applications.
Structural elucidation by UV, IR, NMR & Mass Spectra.
1. Introduction to Nanotechnology; First Edition; R. Singh and S. M. Gupta; Oxford University Press, 2016.
2. An Introduction to Nanomaterials and Nanoscience; A. K. Das, M. Das; CBS Publishers and Distributors Private Limited, 2014.
3. Spectral Analysis of Organic Compounds; Creswell and Campbell; Longman.
4. Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds, Sixth Edition; R.M. Silverstein and F.X. Webster; John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Singapore, 1991.
Links:
[1] https://my-campus.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/nanotechnology-and-spectroscopy-0
[2] https://my-campus.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2021-2022