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Course Learning Objectives:
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Module-1
INTRODUCTION Introduction to surface, classification, importance. Absorption and adsorption; physic-sorption and chemisorption; factors affecting the adsorption of gases on solid; Adsorption from the Solutions and its importance; applications of adsorption. Colloids: Introduction; differences between colloids and suspension; important properties of true solutions, colloids, and suspensions; types of colloidal solutions and their examples; classification of colloids based on the interactions; Applications of colloidal solutions; colloidal silver and its drawbacks; colloidal gold and its applications. Interfaces: introduction, types, surface energy and energetics, surface tension and effect of surfactants, importance of surface tension in case of nanoparticles, atomic structure of clean surfaces and with adsorbates, surface defects (Terrace, Ledges, Kinks and Adatoms), surface property and bulk property.
Module-2
THIN FILMS AND COATING Thin films: Introduction, importance; thin film growth modes: Frank-van-der-Merwe mode, Stranski-Krastanow mode, and Volmer-Weber mode. Coating: Functions of coating; Dip coating: Introduction, process, factors affecting. Spin coating: General theory, applications, advantages and disadvantages, special requirements for nanoparticles, thickness equation, speed, duration, DDSC, and SDSC techniques, ultra-low spin speeds and covered drying, spin coating with solvent blends, two step spin coating and edge/corner bead removal, visible assessment of drying and film uniformity, cleaning and wash steps, avoiding a hole& vacuum warping of substrate, spin coating low viscosity solvents, ambient conditions and changes in drying time, incomplete coating of substrate, common spin coating defects.
Module-3
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Module-4
ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION AND CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION Atomic layer deposition: Introduction; History; Surface reaction mechanisms: Thermal Al2O3 ALD, Metal ALD, Catalytic SiO2 ALD; ALD applications: Microelectronics applications (Gate oxides, Transition-metal nitrides, Metal films, Magnetic recording heads, and DRAM capacitors), Biomedical applications, and Quality and quality control; Advantages and limitations (Economic viability, Reaction time, and Chemical imitations) of ALD. Chemical bath deposition: Introduction, reaction mechanism, advantages and limitations.
Module-5
ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATING, SELF-CLEANING GLASS, AND NANO INDENTATION Anti-reflective coating: Introduction, Applications: Corrective lenses, Photolithography; Types: Indexmatching, Single-layer interference, Multi-layer interference, Absorbing, Moth eye, and Circular polarizer; Theory: Reflection, Rayleigh’s film, Interference coatings, Textured coatings. Self-cleaning glass: Introduction, patterning of hydrophobic surfaces, thin film titania coating, use of titanium dioxide in self-cleaning applications: mechanism, and applications. Nano indentation: Introduction, process, applications.
Course Outcomes:
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Question Paper Pattern:
- The question paper will have ten full questions carrying equal marks. Each full question consisting of 16 marks.
- There will be two full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub question covering all the topics under a module.
Text Books:
- Engineering Coatings: Design and Application S. Grainger, J. Blunt Woodhead Publishing Ltd, UK Second Edition, 1998
- Surface Science and Thin Film Technology DeviprasadR. N., Aparna Nadumane, Prasad Puthiyillam LAP-Lambert Academic Publishers, Mauritius. ISBN: 978-613-9-85635-0 First Edition, 2018
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