CY60107: Chemistry Of Nanomaterials

CY60107
Course name	Chemistry Of Nanomaterials
Offered by	Chemistry
Credits	3
L-T-P	3-0-0
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Semester	Autumn

Syllabus

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Prerequisite : NilIntroduction: Inorganic Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry; Basics Nanomaterials Synthesis Methods: Bottom-up vs. Top-down Methods; Nanoclusters and Nanowires; Metal, Metal Oxide, semiconductor nanoparticles, quantum confinement, fluorescent properties, and Carbon Nanotubes. Inorganic Materials synthesis by Templating and Self-Assembly; 2-D Nanopatterns and Self-assembled Monolayers on Inorganic Substrates; Mesostructured and Mesoporous Materials; Inorganic-Organic and InorganicPolymer Nanocomposite Materials; Opals and Photonic Materials; Layer by layer self-assembly and core-shell Inorganic Nanomaterials; Biomimetics: Bioinspired Synthesis of Inorganic Nanobiomaterials; Catalysis and Photocatalysis (Environmental remediation); Solar Cells and Nanoelectronics/Nanophotonics Applications Studying and working with matter on an ultra-small scale. Delivery of anti-cancer drugs. New ethical, health and safety or social issues.Books: 1. Nanochemistry: A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials by Andre Arsenault and Geoffrey A. Ozin, RSC, 2005.2. Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry by Kenneth J. Klabunde, Wiley Interscience, 2001.3. Optical Properties of Metal Clusters (Springer) By M. Vollmer and U. Kreibig,1993.