JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Prerequisite:

• 1. Basic band gap, energy systems
• 2. Mechanics of solids, metallurgy and materials science

Course Objectives:

To familiarize students with material characterization techniques and its importance and to get exposure with various techniques of characterization and interpretation of results including standards etc.,

Course Outcomes:

• To bring out the importance of material characterization and various methods
• To bring out electrical, thermal and other characterization techniques.
• To familiarize about various equipment.

UNIT - I

Compositional and structural Characterization techniques: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Energy Dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX), Principles and applications of X-ray diffraction; electron diffraction, Electron probe microanalysis (EPMA), Ion beam techniques: SIMS & RBS. Case studies.

UNIT - II

Advanced Microscopy Techniques for Nano materials Characterization High resolution microscopy; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM).

UNIT - III

Spectroscopic techniques: UV- Visible Spectroscopy, Photo-luminescence Spectroscopy, Mossbauer spectroscopy, Fourier Transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy techniques: micro Raman and laser Raman. Examples with nano materials.

UNIT - IV

Nano materials Electrical characterization techniques: Measurement of resistivity by 4-prob method, Hall measurement, electron beam induced current measurement (EBIC).

UNIT - V

Thermal and Magnetic characterization: Thermal analysis, Vibrating Sample Magnetometer, SQUID magnetometer

REFERENCE BOOKS:

• 1. Nano: The Essentials -Understanding Nano Science and Nanotechnology by T.Pradeep, Tata Mc. Graw Hill
• 2. Introduction to Nano Technology by Charles. P. Poole Jr and Frank J. Owens, Wiley India Pvt Ltd.
• 3. A practical approach to X-Ray diffraction analysis by C. Suryanarayana
• 4. Electron Microscopy and analysis by P.J. Goodhew and F.J. Humpreys
• 5. Scanning electron microscopy and x-ray microanalysis by J.I. Goldstein
• 6. Characterization of nanostructured materials by Z.L. Wang
• 7. Modern Raman Spectroscopy: A practical approach by E. Smith and G.Dent
• 8. Principles of Instrumental analysis by D.A. Skoog, F.J. Hollen and T.A. Niemann
• 9. Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy: Basic Aspects and Applications by S.Svanberg
• 10. Nanotechnology: Principles and Practices – Sulabha K. Kulkarni – Capital Publishing Company
• 11. Specimen preparation for Transmission Electron microscopy by John & Bravmno et al, published by MRS
• 12. Photoelectron spectroscopy by JHD Eland, Butterworth & Co. publishers, 2nd education.
• 13. Encyclopedia of Nanotechnology by H. S. Nalwa