NT4002 Nanocomposite Materials Syllabus:
NT4002 Nanocomposite Materials Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021
UNIT I BASICS OF NANOCOMPOSITES
Nomenclature, Properties, features and processing of nanocomposites. Sample Preparation and Characterization of Structure and Physical properties. Designing, stability and mechanical properties and applications of super hard nanocomposites.
UNIT II METAL BASED NANOCOMPOSITES
Metal-metal nanocomposites, some simple preparation techniques and their properties. Metal Oxide or Metal-Ceramic composites, Different aspects of their preparation techniques and their final properties and functionality. Fractal based glass-metal nanocomposites, its designing and fractal dimension analysis. Core-Shell structured nanocomposites
UNIT III POLYMER BASED NANOCOMPOSITES
Preparation and characterization of diblock Copolymer based nanocomposites; Polymer Carbon nanotubes based composites, their mechanical properties, and industrial possibilities.
UNIT IV NANOCOMPOSITE FROM BIOMATERIALS
Natural nanocomposite systems – spider silk, bones, shells; organic-inorganic nanocomposite formation through self-assembly. Biomimetic synthesis of nanocomposites material; Use of synthetic nanocomposites for bone, teeth replacement.
UNIT V NANOCOMPOSITE TECHNOLOGY
Nanocomposite membrane structures- Preparation and applications. Nanotechnology in Textiles and Cosmetics-Nano-fillers embedded polypropylene fibers – Soil repellence, Lotus effect – Nano finishing in textiles (UV resistant, anti-bacterial, hydrophilic, self-cleaning, flame retardant finishes), Sun-screen dispersions for UV protection using titanium oxide – Colour cosmetics. Nanotechnology in Food Technology – Nanopackaging for enhanced shelf life – Smart/Intelligent
packaging.
REFERENCES:
1. Introduction to Nanocomposite Materials. Properties, Processing, Characterization- Thomas E. Twardowski. 2007. DEStech Publications. USA.
2. Nanocomposites Science and Technology – P. M. Ajayan, L.S. Schadler, P. V.Braun 2006.
3. Physical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes- R. Saito 1998.
4. Carbon Nanotubes (Carbon , Vol 33) – M. Endo, S. Iijima, M.S. Dresselhaus 1997.
5. The search for novel, superhard materials- Stan Vepr¡ek (Review Article) JVST A, 1999
6. Nanometer versus micrometer-sized particles-Christian Brosseau, Jamal BeN Youssef, Philippe Talbot, Anne-Marie Konn, (Review Article) J. Appl. Phys, Vol 93, 2003
7. Diblock Copolymer, – Aviram (Review Article), Nature, 2002
8. Bikramjit Basu, Kantesh Balani Advanced Structural Ceramics, A John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
9. P. Brown and K. Stevens, Nanofibers and Nanotechnology in Textiles, Woodhead publication, London, 2006