Thin Film and Nano-Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Thin Film and Nano-Technology (subject code 2182114) as prescribed for Metallurgy · Semester 8 divides the course into 4 units, covering 29 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2182114)Unit 1 Introduction to Thin Film, various methods of thin film preparation, their
- advantages and limitations
- evaporation of alloys
- compounds and mixtures
Unit 2 Nature of thin film, condensation, nucleation and growth of thin films,
- Determination of structure of thin films
- film thickness measurements
- Properties & Application of thin films
Unit 3 Introduction to nanomaterials and nanotechnology, scope & applications
- of nanotechnology
- Classifications and types of nanomaterials
- Basic understanding of various phenomena at nano scale namely size confinement
- interfacial surface phenomena
- Introduction to basic building blocks namely atoms
- carbon nanotubes
- quantum dots
- quantum wires and nanoporous materials
- Functional properties of nanomaterials
- Size dependence of material at nano scale
- Bulk vs nano properties of materials
Unit 4 Synthesis & fabrication techniques
- ‘Top down’ vs ‘Bottom-up’ approach of synthesis
- Review of synthesis methods namely sol-gel method
- chemical vapour deposition
- physical vapour deposition
- plasma deposition process
- microemulsion technique
- inert gas condensation
- mechanical milling
- devitrification of amorphous phases, etc
- Applications of nanomaterials namely nanograined structural materials & nanocomposites
- nanomagnetic materials
- chemical applications etc
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