Nanotechnology in Plastics
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The official GTU curriculum for Nanotechnology in Plastics (subject code 3172321) as prescribed for Plastic · Semester 7 divides the course into 5 units, covering 34 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 (3172321)Unit 1 INTRODUCTION
- Importance of length scale
- meaning of NANO
- uniqueness of Nano structured materials
- Classification of Nanomaterials
Unit 2 INORGANIC AND ORGANIC POLYMER NANOMATERIALS
- Different types of Nanoparticles: Organic Nanofillers: Cellulose
- Chitin etc. & Inorganic Nanofillers
- Montmorillonite nanoclays
- Carbon Nanofibers
- Carbon Nanotubes
- Nanoaluminium oxide
- nanotitanium oxide, etc
Unit 3 PREPARATION OF NANOCOMPOSITES
- Solvent casting method
- Thermocompression method
- Solution Intercalation
- Melt Intercalation
- In‐situ intercalative polymerization method
- SELECTION OF RESIN MATRIX AND NANOPARTICLES FOR APPLICATIONS: Characteristics of Polymer nanostructures materials.
- Polymer Matrices : Thermoplastic based nanocomposites
- Thermoset based nanocomposites
- Elastomer based nanocomposites
Unit 4 CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYMER NANOMATERIALS
- X-ray Diffraction
- Transmission Electron Microscopy (SEM)
- Small Angle X-ray scattering (SAXS)
- Atomic force microscopy (AFM)
- Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy(FTIR)
- Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
- The Cone Calorimeter (CC)
- The Mass Loss Calorimeter (MLC) 09 Subject Code: 3172321 w.e.f
Unit 5 APPLICATIONS OF NANO MATERIALS
- High temperature applications
- Polymer Nanocomposites for Food Packaging Applications
- Polymer nanocomposite in membrane applications
- Polymer nanocomposite in aerospace applications
- Polymer Nanocomposites for Biomedical Applications
- Polymer nanocomposite biodegradation