Surface Science and Thin Film Technology detail syllabus for Nanoelectronics (Nano), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17NT654), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
For all other nano 6th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit Nano 6th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. For all other Professional Elective-II subjects do refer to Professional Elective-II. The detail syllabus for surface science and thin film technology is as follows.
Course Objectives:
- To learn the science of surface and the technological aspects of thin films
Module 1:
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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:
THIN FILM DEPOSITION: PHYSICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION Introduction to PVD; vacuum thermal evaporation: resistance heating technique, electron beam heating techniques, Advantages and limitations of vacuum thermal evaporation, applications; Sputter deposition: basic principle, magnetron sputtering, advantages and limitations of sputter deposition, applications; Evaporation (deposition): physical principle, equipment, optimization, applications, comparison.
Module 4:
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Module 5:
ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATING, SELF-CLEANING GLASS, AND NANO INDENTATION Anti-reflective coating: Introduction, Applications: Corrective lenses, Photolithography; Types: Index-matching, 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:
Students can understand
- surface science and interfaces,
- thin films and coating,
- thin film deposition,
- atomic layer deposition,
- mechanism of anti-reflective coating and self-cleaning glass, and
- nano indentation.
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA):
- Engineering Knowledge.
- Problem Analysis.
- Design / development of solutions (partly).
- Interpretation of data.
Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten questions.
- Each full Question consisting of 20 marks
- There will be 2 full questions (with a maximum of four sub questions) from each module.
- Each full question will have sub questions covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- S. Grainger and J. Blunt, Engineering Coatings: Design and Application, Woodhead Publishing Ltd, UK, 2nd ed., 1998, ISBN 978-1-85573-369-5
- Functional Polymer Films Eds. R. Advincula and W. Knoll – Wiley, 2011, ISBN 9783527321902.
Reference Books:
- George, S.M. (2010). “Atomic Layer Deposition: An Overview”. Chem. Rev. 110: 111-131. doi:10.1021/cr900056b
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