History, background and interdisciplinary nature ofnanoscience and nanotechnology, challenges of RechardFeynman, scientific revolutions, nanosized effects surface tovolume ratio, examples of surface to volume ratio, atomicstructure, Bohr atomic model, molecules and phases,introduction to classical physics and quantum mechanics,importance of nanoscale materials and their devices.
Zero dimensional, one-dimensional and two dimensionalnanostructure materials - classification of solids: conductor,semiconductors, insulator, types of semiconductor, doping,diodes, current flow in semiconductors, ceramics andnanocomposites, quantum size effect(QSE) in 1D, 2D, 3Dnanomaterials, quantum dots, nanowires, nanotubes,nanosheets, top down and bottom up approach.
Biomimetics: lessons from nature – Introduction,Industrial significance, Lessons from nature and applications,overview of various objects from nature and their selectedfunctions, Lotus effect, Velcro effect, biologically inspiredmechanisms, Biologically inspired structures and tools,biological materials.Biomaterials:Introduction, Classification of Biomaterials,Biomaterials as implant inhuman body, characterization ofbiomaterials.
Types of nanomaterials: Metal nanoparticles eg Au, Ag, Cu, Ptand their application as FETs. Metal oxide nanoparticles TiO2,ZnO, SnO2 and their application in solar cells, MEMS based gassensors, Semiconducting Cadmium and Selenide quantum dotsbio imaging, Carbon based nanomaterials and theirapplications in FETs , MOSFETS, sensors and actuators , Siliconbased nanostructures and their application in single electronelectronics used as tips for AFM and Field emissionmicroscopy, magnetic and ceramics nanomaterials and theirapplication.
Nanomaterialspollution – Nanomaterials in Environment -Toxicology of Airborne – Effect of Nanomaterials in theenvironment.Safety and pollution Control techniqueshandling,storage, packaging, transportation and disposal.