COURSE CONTENT

From cars to medicine, carbon, often described as a 'miracle material'. They (Young’s modulus ~1.5 TPa, Tensile strength ~100 GPa) are stronger than steel and as flexible as plastic, conduct energy better than almost any material ever discovered and can be made from unexotic raw materials

Amazing Materials: Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs)/Graphene and other forms of Carbons

Types

   -Metal/non metal doped nanotube

   -Metal encapsulated nanotube

   -Metal coated nanotube

   -Thread of carbon nanotube  

   -Soluble carbon nanotube

   -Decorated carbon nanotube

   -Y-junction

   -Multijunction

Synthesis

Functionalizations

Defects

Structural Characterization

   -Scanning Electron Microscopy

   -Transmission Electron Microscopy

   -Atomic Force Microscopy

   -Raman Spectroscopy

   -X-ray Diffraction

   -IR spectroscopy

Properties

   Thermal properties

   -Electrical properties

   -Electrical conductivity

   -Mechanical properties

   -Electronic properties

   -Magnetic properties

   -Dielectric properties

   -Optical properties

Nanocomposites

   - Polymer matrix composites

   -Metal matrix composites

   -Ceramic matrix composites

Process Control: Defects of Nanocomposites and their Remedies

Applications

Non-destructive Testing  

Practical/Workshop: Visit to Advanced Nanoengineering Materials Laboratory