JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Overview

Aim: To synthesize/ prepare the various nano-structured materials by various methods and study them using various characterizations

Course Objective:

The objective of this course is to be familiar with the synthesis and preparation of 0D, 1D and 2D nano-structured materials, understand the chemical background involved in the chemical reactions.

List of experiments:

• 1. Size reduction of soft and hard any ceramics – Cu metals using planetary ball milling
• 2. Room temperature synthesis of cobalt nanoparticles by chemical reduction method
• 3. Synthesis of Zinc oxide (ZnO)nanoparticles by solution combustion method
• 4. Synthesis of Silica (SiO2) nanopowder by Sol-gel method
• 5. Synthesis of cadmium sulfide quantum dots by co precipitation method
• 6. Particle size determination of Ag nanoparticles using DLS technique
• 7. Zeta potential measurement of Ag nanoparticles using Zeta Potential Analyzer
• 8. CdS nanoparticle- Optical absorption spectra; Band gap estimation from the band edge using
• a. UV-Visible absorption Spectroscopy
• 9. Crystallite size determination of ZnO by scherrer formula using X-ray Diffraction
• 10. TG/DTA analysis
• 11. Atomic Force Microscope RERERENCES: Exp No 1: JNTUH, CNST lab manual Exp No 2: Xiaoming Liang and Lijun Zhao, “Room-temperature synthesis of air-stable cobalt nanoparticles and their highly efficient adsorption ability for Congo red”, RSC Advances (CNST lab experiment) Exp No 3: JNTUH, CNST, Synthesis of nanomaterials Lab manual Exp No 4: JNTUH, CNST, Synthesis of nanomaterials Lab manual Exp No 5: JNTUH, CNST, Synthesis of nanomaterials Lab manual Exp No 6: JNTUH, CNST, Characterization of nanomaterials Lab manual Exp No 7: JNTUH, CNST, Characterization of nanomaterials Lab manual Exp No 8: JNTUH, CNST, Characterization of nanomaterials Lab manual Exp No 9: JNTUH, CNST, Characterization of nanomaterials Lab manual Exp No 10: JNTUH, CNST, Characterization of nanomaterials Lab manual Exp No 11: JNTUH, CNST, Characterization of nanomaterials Lab manual R16 B.TECH MSNT.