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SYLLABUS

Eligibility: B.E./B.Tech. (Any Specialization), M.Sc. (Physics/Material Science/Chemistry/
Applied Chemistry/Bio-chemistry/Biotechnology) with Mathematics as one of the subjects at
B.Sc. level
Duration: 2 years in 4 Semesters

SYLLABUS

NANOMATERIALS SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION
TECHNIQUES

PURPOSE
The intended course covers the whole spectrum of nanomaterials ranging from overview, synthesis, properties, and
characterization of nanophase materials to application including some new developments in various aspects.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1.
Beginners will be able to acquaint themselves with the excited subject though they are novice, whereas
advanced learners will equip themselves to solve the complicated issues further.
2.
To know the importance of the synthesis method addressed in the material properties and give practical
experience of nanomaterials synthesis/properties and characterization; investigations into the various factors
influence the properties of nanomaterials, optimizing the procedures, and implementations to the new designs
3
To provide a sound understanding of the various concepts involved in fabrication of device architectures’ and
able to evaluate them in advance

UNIT - I NANODIMENSIONAL MATERIALS
0D, 1D, 2D structures – Size Effects – Fraction of Surface Atoms – specific Surface Energy and Surface Stress –
Effect on the Lattice Parameter – Phonon Density of States – the General Methods available for the Synthesis of
Nanostrutures – precipitative – reactive – hydrothermal/solvothermal methods – suitability of such methods for
scaling – potential Uses

UNIT - II PHYSICO-CHEMICAL METHODS OF NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS
Solution growth techniques of 1D-2D nano structures:- Synthesis of metallic, semiconducting and oxide
nanoparticles – homo- and hetero-nucleation growth methods – template-based synthesis (electrochemical,
electrophoretic, Melt and solution, CVD, ALD) – Gas Phase Synthesis of Nanopowders: – Vapor (or solution) –
liquid – solid (VLS or SLS) growth – the Need for Gas/vapor State Processing – Main Stages of Gas Phase
Synthesis – Applicability of the methods.
UNIT - III SPECIFIC FEATURES OF NANOSCALE GROWTH
Thermodynamics of Phase Transitions – triggering the Phase Transition – fundamentals of nucleation growth –
Controlling Nucleation & Growth – Size Control of the Nanometric State –Aggregation – Stability of Colloidal
Dispersions – Spontaneous Condensation of Nanoparticles: Homogeneous Nucleation – Spinodal decomposition –
Other undesirable Post-Condensation Effects – Nanoparticles’ morphology

UNIT - IV NANOSCALE PROPERTIES
Magnetism:- Magnetic Moment in clusters/Nanoparticles – Magnetic Order – coercivity – Magnetocrystalline
Anisotropy – thermal activation and Superparamagnetic effects –
Electronics and Optoelectronics:- Quantum
Confinement of Superlattices and Quantum Wells – Dielectric Constant of Nanoscale Silicon – Doping of a
Nanoparticle – Excitonic Binding and Recombination Energies – Capacitance in a Nanoparticle – Diffusion in

Nanocrystalline Materials –Diffusion In Grain Boundaries Of Metals – Nanocrystalline Ceramics – Correlation
Between Diffusion and Crystallite Growth – Other properties: – brief overview of optical properties – mechanical
properties including superplasticity phenomena – reactivity of nanoparticles

UNIT - V CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOPHASE MATERIALS
Fundamentals of the techniques – experimental approaches and data interpretation – applications/limitations of X-
ray characterization: – X-ray sources – wide angle, extended x-ray absorption technique – Electron microscopy:
SEM/TEM – high resolution imaging – defects in nanomaterials – Spectroscopy: – electron energy-loss
mechanisms – electron filtered imaging – prospects of scanning probe microscopes – optical spectroscopy of
metal/semiconductor nanoparticles

PRACTICALS
1. Processing and Development of Nanoparticle gas sensor
2. Magnetic separation/identification studies of thermally-blocked nanoparticles
3. Harvesting of light using nano-solar cells
4. Nano-Forensic analysis to identify, individualize and evaluate evidence using nanophase materials
5. Scratch resistance enhancement study of polymer containing nanoparticles
6. Electrodeposition and corrosion behavior of nanostructured composite film
7. Photocatalytic activity of nanomaterials

References:
1) C. N. R. Rao, A. Mu¨ller, A. K. Cheetham, The Chemistry of Nanomaterials :Synthesis, Properties and
Applications, Volume 1, Wiley-VCH, Verlag GmbH, Germany (2004).
2) C. Bre´chignac P. Houdy M. Lahmani, Nanomaterials and Nanochemistry, Springer Berlin Heidelberg,
Germany (2006).
3) Guozhong Cao, Nanostructures & Nanomaterials Synthesis, Properties G;Z: Applications, World Scientific
Publishing Private, Ltd., Singapore (2004).
4) Zhong Lin Wang, Characterization Of Nanophase Materials, Wiley-VCH, Verlag GmbH, Germany (2004).
5) Carl C. Koch, Nanostructured Materials: Processing, Properties and Potential Applications, Noyes
Publications, William Andrew Publishing Norwich, New York, U.S.A (2002).

NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY

PURPOSE
To provide an introduction to the theory and practice of bio-nanotechnology

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1.
Understand the basic knowledge of Nanobiotechnology and DNA structures.
2.
Understand the application of Nanomaterials in biotechnology and acquire the knowledge about the
DNA, proteins, amino acids, drug delivery, biomedicine etc.,
3.
To provide the knowledge in basics of nanotechnology in biotechnology.
4.
To make the students understand about the functional principles of bionanotechnology

UNIT - I BIONANOMACHINES AND THEIR BASICS
Negligible gravity and inertia, atomic granularity, thermal motion, water environment and their importance in
bionanomachines. The role of proteins- amino acids- nucleic acids- lipids and polysaccharides in modern
biomaterials. Overview of natural Bionanomachines: Thymidylate Sythetase , ATP synthetase, Actin and myosin,
Opsin, Antibodies and Collagen.

UNIT - II SYNTHESIS OF BIOMOLECULES & INTERPHASE SYSTEMS
Recombinant Technology, Site-directed mutagenesis, Fusion Proteins. Quantum Dot structures and their integration
with biological structures. Molecular modeling tools: Graphic visualization, structure and functional prediction,
Protein folding prediction and the homology modeling, Docking simulation and Computer assisted molecular

design. Interphase systems of devices for medical implants – Microfluidic systems – Microelectronic silicon
substrates – Nano-biometrics – Introduction – Lipids as nano-bricks and mortar: self assembled nanolayers.

UNIT - III FUNCTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
Information driven nanoassembly, Energetic, Role of enzymes in chemical transformation, allosteric motion and
covalent modification in protein activity regulation, Structure and functional properties of Biomaterials,
Bimolecular motors: ATP Synthetase and flagellar motors, Traffic across membranes: Potassium channels,ABC
Transporters and Bactreriorhodapsin, Bimolecular sensing, Self replication, Machine-Phase Bionanotechnology
Protein folding; Self assembly, Self-organization, Molecular recognition and Flexibility of biomaterials.

UNIT - IV PROTEIN AND DNA BASED NANOSTRUCTURES
Protein based nanostructures building blocks and templates – Proteins as transducers and amplifiers of biomolecular
recognition events – Nanobioelectronic devices and polymer nanocontainers – Microbial production of inorganic
nanoparticles – Magnetosomes .DNA based nanostructures – Topographic and Electrostatic properties of DNA and
proteins – Hybrid conjugates of gold nanoparticles – DNA oligomers – Use of DNA molecules in nanomechanics
and Computing.

UNIT - V APPLICATIONS OF NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY
Semiconductor (metal) nanoparticles and nucleic acid and protein based recognition groups – Application in optical
detection methods – Nanoparticles as carrier for genetic material – Nanotechnology in agriculture – Fertilizer and
pesticides. Designer proteins, Peptide nucleic acids, Nanomedicine, Drug delivery, DNA computing, Molecular
design using biological selection, Harnessing molecular motors, Artificial life, Hybrid materials, Biosensors, Future
of Bionanotechnology

PRACTICALS
1. Nanostructed DNA Templates
2. Probing DNA structure with Nanoparticles
3. Fluoroimmoassays using Antibody- conjugated Quantum Dots
4 .Surface- Functionalized Nanoparticles for controlled Drug Delivery
5. Quantum Dot- encoded Beads
6. Ultrasensitive DNA sequence detection using nanoscale ZnO sensor arrays
7. Electrochemical Biosensors for the Detection of Pesticides
8. Membrane-Based Electrochemical Nanobiosensor for Escherichia coli Detection and Analysis of Cells Viability

References:
1. C. M. Niemeyer, C. A. Mirkin, ―Nanobiotechnology: Concepts, Applications and Perspectives‖, Wiley – VCH,
(2004).
2 T. Pradeep, ―Nano: The Essentials‖, McGraw – Hill education, (2007).
3. Challa, S.S.R. Kumar, Josef Hormes, Carola Leuschaer, ‖Nanofabrication Towards Biomedical Applications,
Techniques, Tools, Applications and Impact‖, Wiley – VCH, (2005).
4. Nicholas A. Kotov, ―Nanoparticle Assemblies and Superstructures‖, CRC, (2006).
5. David S Goodsell, “Bionanotechnology‖, John Wiley & Sons, (2004).
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1.
To make the students acquainted with the concepts of Nanophotonics.
2.
To describe the effects of quantization on the optical properties of semiconductors and metals
3.
To determine the areas of opportunity in nanophotonic research


To introduce to the students the basic principles of Nanophotonics.


UNIT - I FOUNDATIONS FOR NANOPHOTONICS
Photons and electrons: similarities and differences,freespace propagation. Confinement of photons and electrons.
Propagation through a classicallyforbidden zone: tunneling. Localization under a periodic potential: Band gap.
Cooperative effects for photons and electrons.Nanoscale optical interactions, axial and lateral
nanoscopiclocalization.Nanoscale confinement of electronic interactions: Quantun confinement effects,nanoscale
interaction dynamics, nanoscale electronic energy transfer. Cooperative emissions.

UNIT - II QUANTUM CONFINED MATERIALS
Inorganic semiconductors, quantum wells, quantum wires, quantum dots, quantum rings. Manifestation of quantum
confinement: Optical properties nonlinear optical properties. Quantum confined stark effect. Dielectric confinement
effect, superlattices.Core-shell quantum dots and quantum-dot-quantum wells. Quantum confinedstructures as
Lasing media. Organic Quantum-confined structures

UNIT - III PLASMONICS
Internal reflection and evanescent waves –plasmons and surface plasmon resonance –Attenuated Total reflection –
Grating SPR coupling –Optical waveguide SPR coupling-SPR dependencies and materials –plasmonics and
Nanoparticles

UNIT - IV PHOTONIC CRYSTALS
Important features of photonic crystals-Presence of photonic bandgap-anomalous group velocity dispersion-
Microcavity-effects in Photonic Crystals-fabrication of photonic Crystals-Dielectric mirrors and interference filters-
photonic crystal laser-PBC based LEDs-Photonic crystal fibers (PCFs)-Photonic crystal sensing.

UNIT - V NEW APPROACHES IN NANOPHOTONICS
Near Field Optics-Apertureless near field optics-near field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM or SNOM)-SNOM
based detection of plasmonic energy transport-SNOM based visualization of waveguide structures-SNOM in
nanolithography-SNOM based optical data storage and recovery-generation of optical forces-optical trapping and
manipulation of single molecules and cells in optical confinement-laser trapping and dissection for biological
systems.

References:
1. H. Masuhara, S. Kawata and F. Tokunga, ―NanoBiophotoics”, Elsevier Science, (2007).
2. B. E. A. Saleh and A. C. Teich, “Fundamentals of Photonics”, John Wiley and Sons, NewYork, (1993).
3. P. N. Prasad, ―Introduction to Biophotonics”, John Wiley and Sons, (2003).
4. M. Ohtsu, K. Kobayashi, T. Kawazoe and T. Yatsui, ―Principals of Nanophotonics (Optics and Optoelectronics)”
University of Tokyo, Japan, (2003).

NANOLITHOGRAPHY AND DEVICE FABRICATION

PURPOSE
The ultimate aim is to study about nanostructures fabrication and processing in detail and to exercise the learners’
knowledge and imagination of nanoscience and nanotechnology toward engineering applications coupled with
detailed justifications.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1.
Able to define the concepts involved in physics and chemistry of surfaces along with the fundamental
interactions amongst them.
2.
Understand the key concepts of lithographic and microscopic resolution and apply this knowledge to estimate
the intrinsic resolution limits for manipulation and imaging/inspection tools; Redefining the concepts of
contrast and a transfer function for all systems and explain their role in both microscopy and lithography;
3
Evolve how processing tools are applied to transfer nanostructured patterns into useful materials based on
device architectures; analyze and evaluate proposed approaches to material processing to device designs in
advance

UNIT - I THE SCIENCE OF MINIATURIZATION
Moore’s Laws (1,2,&3) and technology’ Roadmap–clean rooms Processing Methods: - Cleaning – Oxidation –
Lithography – Etching- – CVD - Diffusion – Ion implantation – metallization – state of the art CMOS architectures
Photolithography Overview – Critical Dimension – Overall Resolution – Line-Width – Lithographic Sensitivity and
Intrinsic Resist Sensitivity (Photochemical Quantum Efficiency) – Resist Profiles – Contrast and Experimental
Determination of Lithographic Sensitivity – Resolution in Photolithography – Photolithography Resolution
Enhancement Technology

UNIT - II NANOSTRUCTURING BY PHYSICAL TECHNIQUES
Next-Generation Technologies: – State-Of-The-Art (including principles, capabilities, limits, applications) EUV
lithography – Phase-shifting photolithography – X-ray lithography – Electron Beam Direct Writing System –
Focused ion beam (FIB) lithography – Neutral atomic beam lithography – Plasma-Aided Nanofabrication – Soft
Lithography – Nanosphere Lithography – Nanoimprint – Dip-pen nanolithography – key consequences of adopted
techniques

UNIT - III NANOMANIPULATION AND PROCESSING
Conventional techniques: Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) – Atomic force microscopy (AFM) – Near-field
scanning optical microscopy (NSOM) – Advanced Techniques: Embossing and surface passivation, Dimensional
Subtraction and Addition, Multistep Processing, of -Microcontact printing– Molding – implications and applications
of the conventional and advanced techniques

UNIT - IV NANOMETER DEVICES
Material Wave Nanotechnology: Nanofabrication Using a de Broglie Wave-Electron Beam Holography – Atomic
Beam Holography- Nanometer Lithography Using Organic Positive/Negative Resists – Sub-10 nm Lithography
Using Inorganic Resist – 40 nm-Gate-Length Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Emitter-Transistors-14 nm Gate-
Length Electrically Variable Shallow Junction MOSFETs-Operation of Aluminum-Based Single-Electron
Transistors at 100 Kelvins- Room Temperature Operation of a Silicon Single-Electron Transistor

UNIT - V SUB-LITHOGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURES
Fundamental scaling limits to the transistors – Beyond CMOS: Self-Assembled structures – Gravitational field
assisted assembly – Template-assisted assembly- Shear force assisted assembly
- Electroforming and Molding (LIGA) – Fundamentals of Quantum Computing – Quantum Algorithms - Realizing
quantum computers – Physical Implementations (Josephson junction Circuits and semiconductor quantum dots)

References:
1. Guozhong Cao, Nanostructures & Nanomaterials Synthesis, Properties G; Z: Applications, World Scientific
Publishing Private, Ltd., Singapore (2004).
2. W.R.Fahrner, Nanotechnology and Nanoelectronics – Materials, Devices, Measurement Techniques, Springer-
Verlag Berlin, Germany (2006).
3. R. H. J. Hannink and A. J. Hill, Nanostructure control of materials, Woodhead Publishing Limited and CRC
Press LLC, Cambridge, England (2006).
4. Zheng Cui, Nanofabrication, Principles, Capabilities and Limits, Springer Science + business media, New
York (2008).
5. Hari Singh Nalwa, Handbook of Nanostructured Materials and Nanotechnology (Vol. 3)- Electrical
Properties, Academic Press, San Diego, USA (2000).
6. Huff, Howard, Into The Nano Era: Moore's Law Beyond Planar Silicon CMOS (Vol. 106), Springer Series in
Materials Science, Springer-Verlag Berlin (2009).
7. Marc J. Madou, Fundamentals of Microfabrication: The Science of Miniaturization, 2nd Edition, CRC Press,
California, USA (2002).
8. Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov and Shuyan Xu, Plasma-Aided Nanofabrication: From Plasma Sources to
Nanoassembly, WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA (Weinheim) (2007).

NANOELECTRONICS

PURPOSE
The purpose of this course is to develop broader aspects in understanding the role of nano electronics and its
application.

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
1.
To understand the basic concepts involve in this technology for device architecture and interface
engineering at atomic.
2.
Give a general introduction to different types of conventional and novel nanoelectronic devices for
different applications
3.
Understand the underlying physical processes governing the operation of spintronic devices.
4.
Demonstrate how simulation can facilitate learning of fabrication process and device designing.

UNIT - I QUANTUM DEVICES
Charge and spin in single quantum dots- Coulomb blockade– Electrons in mesoscopic structures - single electron
transfer devices (SETs) – Electron spin transistor – resonant tunnel diodes, tunnel FETs - quantum interference
transistors (QUITs) - quantum dot cellular automata (QCAs) - quantum bits (qubits).

UNIT - II NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES
Electronic transport in 1,2 and 3 dimensions- Quantum confinement - energy subbands - Effective mass - Drude
conduction - mean free path in 3D - ballistic conduction - phase coherence length - quantized conductance -
Buttiker-Landauer formula- electron transport in pn junctions - short channel NanoTransistor –MOSFETs -
Advanced MOSFETs - Trigate FETs, FinFETs - CMOS.

UNIT - III MOLECULAR NANOELECTRONICS

Electronic and optoelectronic properties of molecular materials - Electrodes & contacts – functions – molecular
electronic devices - elementary circuits using organic molecules- Organic materials based rectifying diode switches
– TFTs- OLEDs- OTFTs – logic switches.
–
UNIT - IV SPINTRONICS
Spin tunneling devices - Magnetic tunnel junctions- Tunneling spin polarization - Giant tunneling using MgO tunnel
barriers - Tunnel-based spin injectors - Spin injection and spin transport in hybrid nanostructures - spin filters -spin
diodes - Magnetic tunnel transistor - Memory devices and sensors - ferroelectric random access memory- MRAMS
-Field Sensors - Multiferro electric sensors- Spintronic Biosensors.

UNIT - V NANOELECTRONIC ARCHITECTURES AND COMPUTATIONS
Architecture Principles: Mono and Multi processor systems – Parallel data processing – Power Dissipation and
Parallelism – Classic systolic arrays - Molecular devices-properties - Self-organization – Size dependent -
limitations. Computation: Monte Carlo Simulations- Computational methods and Simulations from ab initio to
multiscale Modeling- Modeling of Nanodevices.

PRACTICALS
1. Process and Device Simulation of Single-Electron Transistor (SET)
2. SOI based nanowire single-electron transistor - Design, simulation and process development.
3. Simulation study of nanowire TFET device.
4. Process design and development of 30 nm CMOS inverter.
5. Characterization and analysis Double gate SOI MOSFET for nano electronic circuits.
6. Process and device simulation of Silicon Nanowire FinFET device.

References:
1. V. Mitin, V. Kochelap, M. Stroscio, ―Introduction to Nanoelectronics‖, Cambridge University Press (2008).
2. Rainer Waser, ―Nanoelectronics and Information Technology: Advanced Electronic Materials and Novel
Devices‖, Wiley-VCH (2003).

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