Metallurgy Syllabus

IIT BHUVANESWAR
ADVANCED THERMODYNAMICS AND KINEICS

Thermodynamics: First law, Second law, Entropy, Heat engine, Cyclic process, Entropy criteria for
equilibrium, Combination of 1st and 2nd laws; Maxwell’s Relation, Gibb’s-Helmholtz equation, Thermal
expansivity and compressibility; Third law: Hess law, Kirchhoff ’s law; Phase Equilibria: Clausius
Clapeyron equation, solid-liquid/vapor-condensed phase equilibria, Fugacity; Solution Thermodynamics:
Raoult’s law, Henry law, Gibb’s–Duhem equation, Configurational entropy, Regular solution, Excess
function, Thermodynamics of point defects; Free energy: Evaluation of phase diagram, Gibb’s phase rule,
Lever rule; Thermodynamics of Metallurgical Reaction: Ellingham diagram, Predominance area diagram;
Kinetics: Laws of kinetics, Theory of reaction rates, Grain growth kinetics, Precipitate nucleation and
growth kinetics, Concept and modelling of diffusion controlled growth.
Texts / Reference Books:
1. David R. Gaskell, Introduction to thermodynamics of materials
2. C.H.P. Lupis, Chemical thermodynamics of materials
3. G.S. Upadhyaya and R.K.Dube, Problems in metallurgical thermodynamics and kinetics
MATERIALS PROCESSING
Solidification processing: Plane front solidification, cellular solidification, cellular-dendritic transition,
Theories of regular and irregular eutectic growth, Rheocasting, Thixocasting, casting of composites;
Powder processing: preparation of metallic, ceramic and composite powders; Sintering and full density
processing; Metal forming processes: Deformation theories, Applications in rolling, forging, extrusion,
machining; Processing of new materials: nanomaterials and biomaterial; Joining of materials:
Fundamentals of liquid and solid state joining, friction stir welding, joining of similar and dissimilar
materials; Processing of minerals, particulate materials; characterization of particles; crushing, grinding and
classification; minerals separation using gravity techniques, electrical and magnetic methods, froth
flotation, de-watering using thickening, filtration and drying operations; effluent processing and tailings
disposal; Processing of ceramics: Crystal Systems, Amorphous Systems - Glass, Phase Equilibria, Sintering
of ceramics, Microstructure of Ceramics, Mechanical Properties, Thermal Properties, Optical Properties,
Electrical and Magnetic Properties, Chemical Properties Traditional Ceramic Raw Materials, Non-
Traditional and Special Ceramic Raw Materials, Glass ceramics, Bio implants, Advanced ceramics;
Material processing from solid waste from metal industry and thermal power plants.
1. Porter, Easterling and Sherif, Phase Transformation in metals and alloys
2. Randall M. German, Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials Processing
3. WD Kingery, HK Bowen, DR Uhlmann, Introduction to ceramics
4. B.A. Wills and T. Napier-Munn, Wills’ Mineral Processing Technology
5. E.G. Kelly and D.J. Spottiswood, Introduction to Mineral Processing
MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION
Importance of characterization studies in materials science – applications in industry and research; Review
of materials science fundamentals; Mechanical waves and Ultrasonic testing; Principles of image formation
and optical aberrations; Sample preparation techniques for optical and scanning electron microscopy;
Optical metallographic – phase contrast, Nomarski contrast techniques; Scanning electron microscopy:
beam-sample interaction, Interaction volume concept, WDS, EDS, EPMA techniques and their application;
X-ray diffraction – application in macro-texture, crystal structure and residual stress determination; Atomic
absorption spectroscopy; Optical emission spectroscopy; X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy; Electron energy
loss spectroscopy; Gas chromatography –application in dissolved gas analysis; Differential scanning
calorimetry; Thermo gravimetric analysis; Surface analysis methods: AES, XPS; Transmission electron
microscopy: sample preparation, bright field and dark field imaging, Kikuchi line formation and selected
area diffraction analysis; Orientation imaging microscopy: sample preparation, application in micro-
texture, phase, residual stress and grain size determination; Mass spectrometry.
1. J. Goldstein, D.E. Newbury, D.C. Joy, C.E. Lyman, P.Echlin, E. Lifshin, L. Sawyer, J.R. M L Sawyer, J
R Michael, Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis.
2. ASM Handbooks Online
3. David B. Williams, C.Barry Carter, Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Textbook for Materials
Science (4 Vol. Set).
4. G. Hohne, W.F. Hemminger, H. –j Flammersheim, Differential Scanning Calorimetry.
5. O. Engler, V. Randle, Introduction to Texture Analysis: Macrotexture, Microtexture, and Orientation
Mapping.
6. B.D. Cullity, C.R. Stock, Elements of X-Ray Diffraction
Characterization Laboratory
Optical microscopy: micro-etching techniques for ferrous and non-ferrous alloys, dark/bright field imaging,
differential interference contrast technique, phase contrast technique; Scanning electron microscopy:
sample preparation techniques, secondary electron and backscattered electron imaging, point, line and area
mapping, X-ray mapping; Transmission electron microscopy: sample preparation, bright/dark field
imaging, weak beam technique; X-ray Diffraction: crystallite size calculation, residual stress calculation;
Optical emission spectroscopy: calibration using primary standards and measurement; Differential
Scanning Calorimetry: sample preparation, determination of thermodynamic parameters, measurements on
precipitation hardened Al alloys.

1. J. Goldstein, D.E. Newbury, D.C. Joy, C.E.Lyman, P.Echlin,E. Lifshin, L. Sawyer, J.R.
Michael, Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray Microanalysis.
2. ASM Handbooks Online
3. David B. Williams, C.Barry Carter, Transmission Electron Microscopy: A Textbook for Materials
Science (4 Vol. Set).
4. G. Hohne, W.F. Hemminger, H. –j Flammersheim, Differential Scanning Calorimetry.
5. O. Engler, V. Randle Introduction to Texture Analysis: Macrotexture, Microtexture, and
Orientation Mapping.
6. B.D. Cullity, C.R. Stock, Elements of X-Ray Diffraction.
Advances in Materials Science
Fundamentals of structure in crystalline solids, Imperfections in materials, Characterization Techniques,
Phase Diagrams (Fe-C, Al-Si, Pb-Sn, Al-Cu etc.), Phase transformations in metals, Solidification in metals
and alloys, Diffusion in solids, Mechanical working of metals, Strengthening mechanisms in metals,
Mechanical properties of materials, Failure in materials, Non-destructive testing of materials, Composite
materials, Corrosion of materials, Electrical properties of materials, Magnetic properties of materials,
Thermal properties of materials, Optical properties of materials, Recycling of materials.

1. William D. Callister, Jr.Materials Science and Engineering
2. V. Raghavan, Materials Science and Engineering: A First Course
Structure of Materials and X-ray Diffraction.
Production and detection of X-rays; Crystallography: lattice, motif, unit cells and crystal structures,
symmetry elements, point groups, space groups, defects; Diffraction: Wave theory and electromagnetic
waves, single crystal diffraction method and applications, powder diffraction method and applications,
indexing of powder diffraction patterns, Bragg’s law and Laue equation, reciprocal space and its
application; Fourier transforms: analysis of diffraction patterns, structure factor and pair distribution
function; Determination of crystal structures from symmetry and geometry; Rietveld method and precise
crystal structures; Qualitative and quantitative phase identification.

1. B. E. Warren, X-Ray Diffraction.
2. B. D. Cullity, S.R. Stock, Elements of X-ray diffraction.
3. Buerger, Martin J, Elementary Crystallography: An Introduction to the Fundamental Geometrical
Features of Crystals.
4. F. C. Phillips, An Introduction to Crystallography.
5. Norman ,F. M., and Kathleen Lonsdale, International Tables for X-Ray Crystallography. Vol. 1
6. International Tables for Crystallography/ Volumes A(2006) / A1(2011) / B(2010) / C(2006)/
D(2006) / E(2010) / F(2012) / G(2006).
Material Recycling and Waste Management.
Recycling of different classes of materials, Solid Waste Regulations, Waste generation, Waste
characterization, Physical properties of Waste, Waste separation and processing, Composting, Landfills,
Incineration.

1. T. Randall Curlee, Sujit Das, William Andrew; 1 edition, Materials recycling and waste
management.
Advanced Physical Metallurgy
Microstructure & Properties: solidification and solidification structures, interfaces, crystallographic texture,
residual stress, structure-property relations. Plasticity and work-hardening: fundamentals, stress-strain
behavior, fracture, creep & deformation mechanisms. Recovery, recrystallization, grain growth. Phase
transformation: thermodynamic basics, nucleation and growth, spinodal decomposition, martensitic
transformations.

1. R. E. Smallman PhD and A.H.W. Ngan, Physical Metallurgy and Advanced Materials,
Seventh Edition.
Materials Design
Physical properties of materials – review; Property measurement techniques and limitations; Ashby
diagrams – interpretations; Materials selection for: stiffness-limited design, strength limited design,
fracture-limited design; Creep behavior of materials: design of materials for high temperature; Materials
processing: classification and choice for design; Phase prediction using first-principles and CALPHAD
approach; Structure-property relationship using molecular dynamics simulation; Processing –
microstructure correlation using finite element and phase field simulation methods.

1. M. Ashby, H. Shercliff & D. Cebon, Materials Engineering, Science, Processing and Design.
2. Sidney Yip, Handbook of Materials Modeling (Vol. 1 & 2).
3. ASM Handbooks Vol. 22A.
Ceramic Materials
Introduction, Ceramic Materials: structure, microscructure and polymorphism, synthesis of ceramics,
ceramic forming processes, silicate and non-silicate ceramics, structural, functional (electronic, optical) and
bio-ceramics, nano-ceramics, Properties and Applications of Ceramics: refractory materials, properties of
refractories, fracture of refractories, corrosion of refractories, different refractory lines, alumina-silica brick,
magnesia refractories, silica brick, doloma refractories, carbonaceous refractories, spinel-containing
refractories, glass tank blocks, ceramic wool preparation and properties, carbide and nitride based
refractories, refractory coatings, refractory castables, unshaped refractory products, surface chemistry as a
tool for the development of advanced refractory castables, thermo-mechanical considerations for refractory
linings, refractory applications in refineries and circulating fluid bed reactors, heating wall refractories,
damage and causes of failure, testing of refractory materials, refractory lining design and manufacture.
1. W. D. Kingery, H. K. Bowen, Donald R. Uhlmann, Introduction to Ceramics, 2nd Edition.
Biomaterials Processing and Applications
urface chemistry and physics of selected metals, polymers, and ceramics, surface characterization
methodology, modification of biomaterials’ surfaces, biosensors and microarrays, bulk properties of
implants, acute and chronic responses to implanted biomaterials, drug delivery and tissue engineering;
Property requirement of biomaterials; Concept of biocompatibility; Cell-material interactions and foreign
body response; Assessment of biocompatibility of biomaterials, important biometallic alloys; Ti-based,
stainless steels, Co-Cr-Mo alloys; Bio-inert, bio-active and bio-resorbable ceramics; Processing and
properties of different bio-ceramic materials with emphasize on hydroxyapatite; Synthesis of biocompatible
coatings on structural implant materials; Microstructure and properties of glass ceramics; Biodegradable
polymers; Design concept of developing new materials for bio-implant applications.

1. TeohSwee Hin Engineering Materials For Biomedical Applications (Biomaterials Engineering and
Processing Series
Surface Engineering
Introduction to surface, Thermodynamics of surface, Surface dependent properties-physical, chemical and
mechanical; Surface dependent degradation and their characteristics, Analysis of surface initiated
degradation; Approaches and classifications of surface engineering techniques; Introduction to surface
cleaning techniques by physical, mechanical and chemical routes; Surface modifications techniques-
conventional surface modification methods applicable to steel, cast iron, and non-ferrous metals/alloys-
shot peening, sand blasting, flame, induction hardening, solid state diffusion assisted surface modifications;
Emerging surface modification techniques- chemical route (electroless deposition, sol-gel coating), electro-
chemical routes (electro-deposition, electro-phoretic deposition); Chemical conversion coatings - hot
dipping, thermal spraying; Surface painting- basic paint technology, polymeric binders, pigments and
extenders, additives, essential concepts of paint formulation and paint properties, paint preparation (pigment
dispersion), surface preparation and paint application techniques applied for film preparation and their
properties; Surfaces in vacuum- ultra-high vacuum techniques and processes; Thin film technologies-
development of metallic and ceramic thin film by physical routes (thermal evaporation, sputtering and ion
implantation) and chemical route (chemical vapor deposition); Directed energy beam assisted surface
engineering techniques (ion, electron beam and laser assisted surface engineering techniques), Economics
and designing of surface engineering processes; Characterisation of surfaces, effect of substrate surface
structure on the over-layer properties, theoretical and experimental evaluation of surface energies, solid-
liquid and solid-gas interfaces, damage of the surfaces by corrosion and wear.

1. M. Ashby, H. Shercliff& D. Cebon, Materials Engineering, Science, Processing and Design.
2. ,D. SrinivasaRao, Shrikant V. Joshi , Daya Publishing House (2010) .
3. W. Gissler, H.A. Jehn, Springer, Advanced Techniques for Surface Engineering.
4. Research Papers.
Powder Materials and Processing
Introduction: development of powder metallurgy, scope of powder metallurgy, characterization of metal
powders, physical properties-particle size and shape determination, technological properties-apparent
density, flow rate etc. and chemical properties, particle interaction and control; Powder manufacturing:
powder mixing and blending, dry and colloidal processing, reduction, electrolysis, and atomization
processes, shaping techniques such as compacting, injection molding; Compaction and sintering: die
compaction and other consolidation techniques, sintering, sintering with liquid phase; Powder metallurgy
products: bearing, filters, friction parts, hard metals, refractory metals, contact materials, magnetic
materials, structural parts, and dispersion strengthened materials.

1. Glaus G. Goetzel, TREATISE ON POWDER METALLURGY in three volumes
2. Volume 1: Technology of Metal Powders and Their Products
3. Volume II: Applied and Physical Powder Metallurgy
4. Volume III: Classified and Annotated Bibliography
Heat Treatment of Materials
Heat Treatment -IT and CCT diagrams in steels, quench hardening and tempering of martensite,
hardenability of steels, surface hardening processes, tool steels and their heat treatments, heat treatment of
aluminium alloys, magnesium alloys, Ni-base super alloys and Ti alloys, Thermo-mechanical treatments;
Hardenability, thermo-chemical and thermo-mechanical and thermo cycling treatments; Failure analysis of
heat treated products.

1. Gregory J. Bonami, Heat Treatment: Theory, Techniques, and Applications (Materials Science and
Technologies).
2. T.V. Rajan, Heat Treatment
Extractive metallurgy
Thermodynamics and kinetics of metallurgical reactions, heat transfer and fluid flow, Methods of extraction
and refining of metals – pyrometallurgy, hydrometallurgy and electrometallurgy; Extraction of non-ferrous
metals such as – U, Th, Cu, Zn, Au, Ag, Al, Pb, etc; Extractive metallurgy of rare earths; Iron making, blast
furnace, blast furnace slag, various zones in blast furnace, controlling of various elements like P, Si, Mn,
S, in hot metal, alternative routes of iron making processes i.e. solid state reduction, steel making principles,
furnaces, modern steel making process, control of various elements in steel by refining the hot metal, slag
property, stainless steel making, Ferro-alloy; Green extraction processes; Current research developments in
extraction processes.

1. A. Ghosh, H. S. Ray, New Age International ,Principles of Extractive Metallurgy.
2. H.S Ray, R Shridhar, K.P Abraham , East-West Private Ltd, ,Extraction of Non-Ferrous Metals.
3. A. Ghosh, A. Chatterjee, PHI Learning Ltd., Iron making and Steel Making; Theory and Practice.
Mineral Beneficiation
Principles of mineral beneficiation, Mineralogy, Colloids and material chemistry Sampling methodology,
Working principles and equipment design for: primary crushers, secondary crushers, grinding, froth
flotation, magnetic separation, electrical separation, Electro and Hydro-Metallurgy processes, Bio-mineral
processing, Discrete element method simulations.

1. A. Ghosh, H. S. Ray, New Age International,Principles of Extractive Metallurgy.
2. H.S Ray, R Shridhar, K.P Abraham , East-West Private Ltd,Extraction of Non-Ferrous Metals.
3. Barry A. Wills, Elsevier and Butterwoth – Heineman, Wills' Mineral Processing Technology,
Seventh Edition: An Introduction to the Practical Aspects of OreTreatment and Mineral Recovery.
Principles of Materials Engineering
Introduction: Solid Engineering Materials- their classification and characteristic properties. Structure of
solids: crystal systems/lattices, crystal structure, crystallographic planes and directions, interstitial sites,
crystalline metals, ceramics, semiconductors and polymers. Microstructures and metallography;
Amorphous or glassy state; Solidification of pure metal: homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation
processes, cooling curve, concept of supercooling, microstructure of pure metals. Defects in solids: point,
line, planar and volume defects. Fundamentals of plastic deformation of metals, deformation by slip and
twin, plastic deformation in polycrystalline metals, concept of cold working, preferred orientation;
Annealing: recovery, recrystallization and grain growth; hot working; Properties of materials: Definition,
units and common tests conducted to evaluate important engineering properties like physical, mechanical,
chemical, electrical, magnetic, semi/super-conducting, optical, and thermal properties in engineering
materials; Concept of formation of alloys: Types of alloys, solid solutions, factors affecting solid solubility,
order-disorder transformation; Binary phase diagrams: isomorphous, eutectic, peritectic, eutectoid and
peritectoid systems, effect of non-equilibrium cooling: coring and homogenization; Iron-cementite phase
diagram: Construction and interpretation of Fe-Fe3C and Fe-Graphite diagrams. Microstructure, and
properties of different alloys in steel and cast iron, types of cast iron, their microstructures and typical uses;
Heat treatment: T-T-T and C-C-T diagrams, concept of heat treatments of steel: annealing, normalizing,
hardening and tempering; microstructural effects brought about by these processes and their influence on
mechanical properties. Effect of common alloying elements in steel, concept of hardenability, factors
affecting it; Common alloy steels, stainless steel, tool steel, high speed steel, high strength low alloy steel,
micro-alloyed steel, specifications of steels; Physical metallurgy of common non-ferrous alloys: Cu-,Al-
and Ni- based alloys. Microstructures and heat treatment of common alloys of these systems; Engineering
ceramics and polymers: Structure, properties and application of common engineering ceramics and
polymers.

1. William D. Callister, Jr.Materials Science and Engineering, Wiley India (P) Ltd.
2. V.Raghavan, Materials Science and Engineering: A First Course 5th Ed, Prentice Hall of India,
New Delhi (2000).
3. Sidney H. Avner, Introduction to Physical Metallurgy, Tata McGraw-Hill.
4. Butterworth-Heinemann, Michael Ashby, Hugh Shercliff and David Cebon, Materials
Engineering, Science, Processing and Design
Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Elasticity basics: Stress and strain tensors, tensor transformations, Mohr’s circle representation of stress
and strain, constitutive equations. Origin of stresses in thin films: thermo-elastic mismatch between film
and substrate, lattice mismatch in hetero-epitaxial films, recrystallization, phase transformation,
incorporation of atoms and chemical reactions. Application of the above for designing structures with low
stresses. Experimental techniques for measuring stresses/strains in thin films: Substrate curvature; Stoney’s
equation, methods for curvature measurement and X-ray diffraction. Measurement of mechanical properties
of thin films - nanoindentation, bulge test, 4-point bend test, and micro-tensile test. Models for high stresses,
strain-hardening rates and Bauschinger effect in thin films, influence of grain size, film thickness and
interfaces.

1. Marc André Meyers, Krishan Kumar Chawla, Cambridge,Mechanical Behavior of Materials
Transport Phenomena
Heat, mass and momentum balance, laminar, turbulent flow, concept of boundary layer, friction factor, heat
and mass transfer coefficients and dimensionless correlations; Process
modeling: governing equations, boundary conditions, and some case studies of some
important metallurgical system: packed and fluidized bed, moving boundary problems with melting,
solidifications and reactions, solid-gas reactions. Modeling of electrochemical processes. Numerical
methods applied in transport modeling: control volume method for solving partial differential equations.
Numerical solutions of some metallurgical processes: extraction processes, iron making, steel making gas
stirred ladle, filling ladle, fusion welding, cored wire injection, soaking pits, continuous casting etc.

1. R. Byron Bird, Warren E. Stewart, Edwin N. Lightfoot. Wiley International edition,Transport
Phenomena.
2. D. R. Poirier, G. H. Geiger, Wiley, Transport Phenomena in Materials Processing.
3. Julian Szekely, Academic Press, University of Michigan,Fluid flow phenomena in metals
processing.
Corrosion Science and Engineering
Importance of corrosion, corrosion rates evaluation, thermodynamics of corrosion; Electrochemical
mechanisms: Electrode potentials and corrosion tendency, polarization, mixed potential theory, Evan’s
corrosion diagrams, potential-pH diagrams; Different forms of corrosion including microscopic and
macroscopic forms. High temperature corrosion: Oxidation laws, selective oxidation, internal oxidation and
catastrophic oxidation. Corrosion testing: design principles of corrosion evaluation of materials, accelerated
corrosion tests, common experimental techniques for corrosion rate measurements including
electrochemical methods. Different forms of corrosion and their control viz., uniform corrosion, galvanic
corrosion, selective leaching, crevice corrosion, fill form corrosion, pitting corrosion, inter-granular
corrosion, erosion corrosion, fretting damage, stress corrosion cracking, corrosion fatigue, hydrogen
embrittlement and microbes induced corrosion. Elementary treatment of corrosion testing procedures,
inhibitors and corrosion of steels. Corrosion protection methods -studies on electroplating, cathodic and
anodic protection, protecting coatings, coatings for prevention of high temperature oxidation etc. Some case
studies of real life corrosion.

1. M.G. Fontana, McGraw Hill, Singapore, 1987, Corrosion Engineering.
2. Edward Arnold, London, 1983.A.S. Khanna, Introduction to Oxidation of Metals.
3. Zaki Ahmed, Butterworth-Heinemann Publication, Principles of Corrosion Engineering and
Corrosion Control.
Diffusion in Solids
Introduction; review of basic concepts, Ficks laws; measurement of diffusion coefficients;
formation of defects, movement of defects, random walk; fundamental thermodynamic relations; atomistic
of diffusion, mechanism, effect of pressure, temperature and various driving forces on diffusion, uphill
diffusion, Kirkendall effect, Darken’s analysis; grain boundary and surface diffusion; diffusion along
moving boundaries; applications, theories of creep and design of creep resistant alloys, prediction of creep
life; diffusion theory of sintering, carburizing, nitriding and metalizing; tracer diffusivity, vacancy wind
effect; ternary and multicomponent diffusion.

1. Paul G. Shewmon, Paul G. Shewmon
Advanced Joining Processes

Welding standards and codes; Friction welding: process technology, effect of intermetallic and
low melting phase formation; Diffusion bonding: mechanism of bond formation; Ultrasonic welding:
thermo-mechanical process modeling, mechanism of bond formation; Friction stir welding and friction stir
spot welding: thermo-mechanical and microstructure evolution modeling, multi-scale modeling scope,
friction stir tool design; Dis-similar metal welding; Lead-free solders in electronic packaging technology:
microstructure and mechanical properties.

1. ASM Handbooks Vol. 6A.
2. Eds. R.S. Mishra, M.W. Mahoney, ASM, Friction stir welding and processing.
3. AWS codes and standards.
Granular Materials
Granular materials: the fourth state of matter, industrial importance, granular statics and flow,
antiparticle forces, discrete and continuum models, balance laws, fluid–particle interaction, yield
conditions, shear stress, yield surfaces, flow rules, equation for plane flow, theory for steady and plane
flow, effect of wall roughness, exit condition, smooth wall and radial gravity problem for compressible
flow, constitutive equations involving a yield condition for slow three-dimensional flow, constitutive
equations that do not involve a yield condition, introduction to rapid flow: theory for rapid flow of smooth,
inelastic particles, model for inelastic collisions, thermodynamic description of rapid granular flows, kinetic
theory for a granular gas of smooth inelastic particles.

1. K. KesavaRao and Prabhu R Nott, An introduction to granular flows
Advanced Composites
Synthesis of composites, reinforcements, matrices; Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs), Ceramic
Matrix Composites (CMCs), Special High Temperature High performance Carbon-Carbon composites;
Processing issues in Metal Matrix Composites and Ceramic Matrix Composites, Solidification, Particulate
technology, Sol gel, Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) and Physical
Vapour Deposition (PVD) routes of manufacturing composites; Physico-chemical aspects of interfaces in
composites; Nan composites.

1. Krishan Kumar Chawla, Composite Materials: Science and Engineering.
2. Krishan Kumar Chawla, Ceramic Matrix Composites.
Functional Oxides: Structure and Properties
Introduction: Importance of oxides in functional applications, Revision of basic crystallography: point
group and space group.
Structure: Concepts of ionic bonding, Grouping of ions and structure rules, Radius ratio concept, Structure
of crystalline oxides, Case studies, Demonstration of open-source software package(s) for geometric
construction of oxide structures and determination of structural parameters.
Defect Reactions and Defect Equilibria: Different types of defects in oxides, Rules for defect reaction,
Kröger-Vink notations, Conditions of equilibrium, Thermodynamics, Conditions of stoichiometry.
Electrical conductivity and Conducting oxides: Laws of diffusion,Lattice, grain boundary and surface
diffusion, Theory of ionic conductivity, Solid electrolytes and fast ion conductors, Concepts of
Thermoelectric effect.
Linear and non-linear dielectric oxides: Theory of linear dielectrics, circuit description, Dielectric
constant and polarization, Dipolar polarization theory, Crystallographic consideration towards non-linear
dielectric behavior. Concepts of piezo and ferroelectricity, Case studies.
Magnetic Oxides: Basic Theory, Types of magnetism, Exchange interactions, Case studies, Coupling of
electrical and magnetic orders in oxides.
Texts and References:
1. L.L. Hench and J. K. West, Principles of Electronic Ceramics, John Wiley and Sons Ltd, New
York, 1990.
2. W. D. Kingery, H. K. Bowen (Author), Donald R. Uhlmann, Introduction to Ceramics, Wiley-
Interscience; 2nd edition, 1976
3. M. W. Barsoum, Fundamentals of Ceramics, CRC Press, 2002
4. Per Kofstad, Non-stoichiometry, Diffusion and Electrical Conductivity in Binary Metal Oxides,
Wiley-Interscience, 1972
Modeling and Simulation of Materials
Basics of modeling and simulations, Empirical and phenomenological modeling, Population balance
models, Kinetic models, Stochastic models, Matrix models, Discrete size discrete time models, Discrete
size continuous time models, Continuous size continuous time models, Modeling of flotation networks and
simulation of complex flotation circuits, Material balance over complex minerals flow sheets, Physical
modeling, Mathematical modeling; Data modeling as a new type of modeling, Reverse Monte-Carlo
Analysis (RMCA): Reconstruction of 3-D atomic ensemble from diffraction data, Discrete Element
Modeling (DEM), Finite Element Method (FEM) and its application in materials science, Ab-initio
simulations, Phase-field modelling.

1. K. Janssens, G. Frans, D. Rabbe, B. Nestler, E. Kozeschnik, M, Miodownik, Computational
Materials Engineering- An Introduction to Microstructure Evolution.
2. K. KesavaRao, Prabhu R. Nott, An Introduction to Granular Flow.
3. Dominik Marx, JürgHutter, Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics: Basic Theory and Advanced Methods.
Phase Transformation in Materials
Diffusion and thermodynamics of surfaces and interfaces, Irreversible thermodynamics, Kinetics of phase
transformations, Salient features of solid-solid and solid-liquid phase transformations, Ingot, Continuous
cast and fusion weld microstructure, Defects during solidification, Diffusional transformations in steel,
Precipitation phenomena in age hardened alloys, Order-disorder transformation, Martensitic
transformations.

1. D. A. Porter and K. E. Easterling, Thermodynamics of solids, R.A. Swalin,Phase transformations
in metals and alloys.
2. P. G. Shewmon, Diffusion in solids.
3. R. E. Reed-Hill, Physical metallurgy principles.
4. R. w. Cahn and P Haasen, Physical Metallurgy (4th Ed.)
5. M. P. Allen, D. J. Tildesley, Computer Simulation of Liquids.
6. J. M. Haile, Molecular Dynamics Simulation: Elementary Method.
Modeling and
Simulation Laboratory
General introduction and programming protocols, Discrete element modeling, Contact rule for soft
particles, Molecular dynamics simulation: hard and soft core potentials, Lenard-Jones potentials, Equation
of motion, Conservation laws, Euler method, Runga-Kutta method, Predictor corrector method, Verlet
algorithm; Monte-Carlo methods, Reverse Monte-Carlo analysis and reconstruction of the atomic ensemble
from the diffraction data, Optimization techniques such as Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Simulated
Annealing (SA).

1. K. Janssens, G. Frans, D. Rabbe, B. Nestler, E. Kozeschnik, M. Miodownik Computational
Materials Engineering – An Introduction to Microstructure Evolution.
2. M. P. Allen, D. J. Tildesley, Computer Simulation of Liquids.
3. J. M. Haile, Molecular Dynamics Simulation: Elementary Methods.
4. K. KesavaRao, Prabhu R. Nott, An Introduction to Granular Flow, K. KesavaRao.
5. Dominik Marx, JürgHutter, Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics: Basic Theory and Advanced Methods.
IIT-BOMBAY
Materials & Technology
Classes of materials, their properties and applications. Metals, alloys, intermetallics, oxide and non-oxide
ceramics, polymers, composites, semiconductors. Atomic, molecular, crystal structures and microstructure
of materials. Crystalline (single, polycrystalline) and amorphous materials. Thin films, coatings. Structure-
property correlations in materials. Processing of materials. Environmental degradation of materials. Status
of metallurgical and materials industry in India. Overview of frontier areas in metallurgy and materials
science.
1. W.D. Callister, Materials Science and Engineering : An Introduction, John Wiley, 2003.
2. James F. Shackelford, Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers, Prentice Hall, 1996.
Mechanics of Materials
Ceramic classification based on structure and properties - electrical, magnetic and optical ceramics,
mechanical behaviour, ceramics for high strength, high temperature and structural applications, glass
ceramics, ceramic coatings and composites. Preparation and characterization of ceramic powders, shape
forming, sintering and hot pressing techniques, Joining of ceramics to metals/ceramics.
1. W.D.Kingery, Introduction to Ceramics, Wiley, New York, 2nd Edn. 1976.
2. F.H.Norton and R.E.Huntington, Fine Ceramics : Technology and applications, Krieger Publications,
1978.
3. D.W.Richerson, Modern Ceramic Engineering, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1982.
Transport Phenomena
Space lattice, crystal structure of ionic, covalent and metallic materials. Crystallographic directions and
planes. Points defects, dislocations and twin, grain-boundaries, Structure of silicates and polymers. Solid
solution and intermetallic compounds. Binary phase diagrams of important ferrous and non-ferrous alloys
and related microstructures. Elements of ternary diagrams.
1. K.M.Ralls, T.H.Courtney and J.Wulff, Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering, Wiley Eastern,
1978.
2. V.Raghavan, Physical Metallurgy Principles and Practice, Pretice-Hall (India), 1983.
3. J.F.Schackelford, Introduction to Materials Science for Engineers, 2nd Ed., Macmillan, 1988.
4. V. Raghavan, Materials Science and Engineering: A first course, 3rd ed. Printice-Hall of India, 1990.
Experimental Techniques in Materials Science

Techniques of specimen preparation for metallography: grinding, mechanical polishing, electropolishing,
etching. Etchants for various alloys. Metallographic sample preparation of ferrous and nonferrous
specimens for optical microscopy. Microstructural examination and identification of phases in various
ferrous and nonferrous alloys. Quantitative metallography. Indexing of powder X-Ray diffraction patterns.
Demonstrations of thermal analysis and SEM & EDAX. Experiments in Metallography Lab: Preparation
of metallographic samples; Quantitative metallography; Observation of microstructures of standard ferrous
and nonferrous samples; Powder XRD – indexing of diffraction peaks; Thermal Analysis; SEM & EDAX
1. G.F. Vander Voort, Metallography – Principles and Practice, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1984.
2. Metals Handbook, Vol. 9, Metallography and Microstructures, ASM, Ohio, USA, 1985.
Electronic Properties of Materials
Geometry of crystals. Reciprocal lattice, reflection condition and Bragg302222s law. Free electron theory
of metals. Kronig-Penney model. Brillouin zones, Energy bands, energy-wavevector diagrams.
Conductivity in metals and Hall-effect. Semiconductors: intrinsic and extrinsic. Carrier concentration,
effective mass, Fermi energy determination. Dielectric and Optical properties- polarization, types and
mechanisms, macroscopic and local fields, polarizability. Dispersion and complex dielectric constant.
Complex refractive index, Transmission, Reflection, Absorption and Plasma resonance. Magnetic
Properties 302226 Paramagnetism, Curie-Weiss law, Pauli paramagnetism, molecular field theory,
exchange interactions, ferro-, anti-ferro and ferri-magnetism. Soft and hard magnetic materials.
Magnetization. Introduction to superconductivity.
1. M.A. Omar, Elementary Solid State Physics : Principles and Applications, Pearson Education, Delhi,
1999.
2. A.J. Dekker, Solid State Physics, Macmillan, London, 1960.
3. R.H. Bube, Electronic Properties of Crystalline Solids : An Introduction to Fundamentals, Academic
Press, New York, 1974.
4. R.E. Hummel, Electronic Properties of Materials, 3rd Ed., Springer, New York, 2001
5. L. Solymar and D. Walsh, Electrical Properties of Materials, 7th Ed., Oxford University Press, 2004.
Ceramics and Powder Metallurgy
Preparation of metallic, ceramic and composite powders: Mechanical, solid state and solution. Shape
forming extrusion, injection moulding, tape forming, slip casting and sol-gel casting etc. Powder coating
on substrates: Flame and plasma spraying, electrophoresis, electrodeposition, sol-gel coating etc. Sintering:
Solid state sintering, liquid phase sintering, reaction sintering, hot pressing, hot isostatic pressing and self
propagating combustion sintering.
1. W.D. Kingery, H.K. Bowen and D.R. Uhlmann, Introduction to Ceramics, Second Edn.Wiley & Sons,
New York, 1976.
2. W.D. Kingery, Ed. Ceramic Fabrication Processes, Academic Press, New York, 1976.
3. I. Jenkins and J.V. Wood, Powder Metallurgy: An Overview, Institute of Metals, London, 1991.
4. R.M. German, Powder Metallurgy Science, Metal Powder Industries Federation, Princeton, New
Jersey, 1984.
Metal Casting and Joining

Casting: Introduction to moulding and casting process. Casting properties of liquid metals. Casting defects.
Patterns. Gating and risering systems. Solidification: Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation. Rate of
nucleation. Solidification of single phase metals and alloys. Constitutional supercooling. Solidification of
multiphase alloys. The structure of ingot. Control of grain structure. Joining: Principles of fusion and non-
fusion methods of joining metallic, ceramic and composite materials. Arc, plasma, electron-beam and laser
welding processes. Adhesive bonding of metal/polymer and composite systems. Corrosion characteristics
of welds. Automation in welding.
1. P.D. Webster �Fundamentals of Foundry Technology� Porticullus Press, 1980.

2. W. Kurz and D.J. Fischer �Fundamentals of Solidification� Trans. Tech. Publishers, 1986.
3. J.F. Lancaster, Metallurgy of Welding, Chapman & Hall, London, 1993.
4. P.T. Houlcroft Welding Process Technology, Cambridge University Press, London, 1977.
Semiconductor Devices and Processing
Mechanical Working of Metals
Review of stress-strain description and constitutive relationships in elasticity and plasticity. Yield criteria,
normality conditions and the associated flow rules. Ideal plastic work, friction work and redundant work.
Classification of metal working processes. Metal forming equipment: Hammers, Mechanical and Hydraulic
Presses. Open-die and close die forging operations. Classification of rolling mills. Exxtrusion and Wire
drawing processes. Stretching, drawing and bending of sheet metal. Slab analysis of plane strain and
axisymmetric upsetting, rolling, extrusion and wire drawing processes. Novel forming processes like
explosive forming and superplastic forming.
Mechanical Metallurgy, G.E. Dieter, McGraw-Hill SI Metric Edition, 1988.
Metal forming: Mechanics and Metallurgy, W.F. Hosford and R.M. Caddell, Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1983.
Metalworking Science and Engineering, E.M. Mielnik, McGraw-Hill, 1991.
Entrepreneurship in Materials Engineering
Equipment and Processes Design Lab.
Thin Films Lab
Corrosion & Protection of Materials
Electrochemical mechanisms: Electrode potentials and corrosion tendency, polarisation, mixed potential
theory, Evan�s corrosion diagrams, potential-pH diagrams. Different forms of corrosion including
microscopic and macroscopic forms. Corrosion protection methods - cathodic and anodic protection,
protecting coating, coatings for prevention of high temperature oxidation. High Temperature corrosion :
Oxidation laws, selecting oxidation, internal oxidation and catastrophic oxidation. Corrosion Testing :
Basic Principles in selection and design of corrosion evaluation of materials, accelerated corrosion tests,
common experimental techniques for corrosion rate measurements including electrochemical methods.
H.H. Uhlig, R.W. Revie Corrosion and Its Control, Wiley, Singapore 1991.
ASM Metals Handbook, Vol.13, ASM International., Metals Park, Ohio, 1986.
M.G. Fontana, Corrosion Engineering, McGraw Hill, Singapore, 1987.
Corrosion & Protection Lab
Anodic behaviour of active and passive metals. Studies on aqueous corrosion inhibitors, Hull cell studies
on electroplating. Anodizing. Coating thickness measurements. Anodic and cathodic protection. High
temperature oxidation studies.
M.G. Fontana and N.D. Greene Corrosion Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill, 1985.
H.H. Uhlig, Corrosion and Corrosion Control, Wiley-Interscience, 1985.
Computational Laboratory
Examples of computer applications for solving mathematical equations. The lab will involve development
of programs based on numerical methods and statistical techniques for solving variety of common
metallurgical and materials engineering problems. Typical examples: program for solving system of linear
equations; case study based on material and heat balance in a metallurgical process. Program for regression
analysis and curve / function fitting to a given data set; case study illustrating regression analysis. Program
for root finding on non linear equation; case study for root finding. Program for solving differential
equations based on Rungekutta formulation; case study illustrating use of differential equations; Linear
programming problem.
S.C. Chapra and R.P. Canale, Numerical Methods for Engineers, Fifth Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, New
Delhi, 2007.
W.H. Press, S.A. Teukolsky, W.T. Vetterling and B. P. Flannery, Numerical Recipes in C
The Art of Scientific Computing, Second Edition, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1992.
Rudra Pratap, Getting Started with Matlab, Sixth version, Oxford Univ. Press, 2003.
Advanced Concepts in Iron Making
Thermodynamics of C-O, Fe-O, C-O-Fe and C-O-Fe-H2 systems. Models for gas-solid reaction kinetics.
Blast furnace reactions and process dynamics; models for the blast furnace; agglomeration: sintering and
pelletization 302226mechanisms; blast furnace aerodynamics; irregularities.Direct reduction : gas-based
and coal based; reactions in Midrex/Hyl processes, rotary kiln processes and operational difficulties.
Smelting reduction-COREX process.Advances in processes through term papers.
J.C. Peacey, W. G. Davenport, The Iron Blast Furnace: Theory and Practice, Pergamon, 1979.
A. Chatterjje, Beyond the Blast Furnace, CRC Press, 1994.
Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel, Vol.1: Ironmaking, 11th Edition, AISE Steel Foundation, 1999.
A. Ghosh and A. Chatterji, Ironmaking and Steelmaking : Theory and Practice, Prentice- Hall (India), 2008.
Advanced Concepts in Steel Making
Review of thermo : solutions, change of standard states, activity interaction parameters. Reactor models :
CSTR and plug flow reactors, residence time distributions; Structure and thermodynamics of slags.C-O,
Si-O, Mn-O reactions, reactions of S and P, sulphide and phosphate capacities. Oxygen steelmaking : design
parameters for vessel and lance, material and heat balances. Process dynamics, static dynamic and process
models, process control. Electric arc furnace : reaction mechanisms, material and heat balances, equipment
design principles.Ladle metallurgy; Deoxidation : thermodynamic and kinetic analysis, inclusion shape
control. Secondary and alloy steel making: thermo- and kinetic analysis, model building.Continuous
casting: solidification mechanisms and structure, fluid flow and heat transfer in tundish and strand, physical
and mathematical models, understanding defects, recent developments. Refractories and phase diagrams.
Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel, Vol.1: Ironmaking, 11th Ed., AISE Steel Foundation, 1999.
A. Ghosh and A. Chatterji, Ironmaking and Steel-making : Theory and Practice, Prentice- Hall (India),
2008.
F.D. Richardson : Physical Chemistry of Melts in Metallurgy, Academic Press, 1974.
T.A. Engh, Principles of Metal Refining, Oxford Univ. Press, 1992.
Requirement of protective coatings, classification of organic, polymeric and inorganic coatings, conversion
coatings, metallic coatings, electrodeposition and elecotroless coatings. Paint coatings for corrosion
protection, role of resins, pigment, additives and solvents. Application techniques: Surface preparation and
its importance in coating, role of coating selection & design of coating, failure mechanism , maintenance
coatings, industrial paint systems, modern paint coating systems and specific examples. Coatings for
underground pipelines, storage tanks, overhead pipelines, offshore structures, ship hulls, risers, reinforced
bars and concrete structures. Testing and evaluation.
R. Lambourne and T.A. Strivens, Paint and Surface Coatings, Ellis Horwood D, Chichster, 1987.
C.G. Munger, Corrosion Prevention by Protective Coatings, NACE Pub., Houston, 1984.
Surface Finishing, Cleaning & Coatings, ASM Handbook, Vol. 5, 1994.
J. Biesiek and J. Weber Portcullis, Electrolytic and Chemical Conversion Coatings, Red Hill Press, 1976.
F.A. Lowenheim, Electroplating: Fundamentals of Surface Finishing, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1978.
Advanced Ceramics
Introduction to Ceramics structures. Point defect equilibria in ceramics. Space charge layers. Novel
techniques in ceramic powder processing � spray pyrolysis, solgel process etc. Deformation behaviour
and toughening of ceramics. Structural ceramics, wear components, high strength and high temperature
strength components, ceramic substrates, ceramic cutting tools, glasses and ceramics. Ceramic coatings.
Ionic conductors, solid electrolytes, fuel cells. Ceramics for sensors, relaxors and electro-optic applications.
High Tc superconductors.
W.D. Kingery, H.K. Bowen and D.R. Uhlman, Ceramic Science and Technology, John Wiley and Sons,
1976.
C.J. Brinker, D.E.Clark, and D.R. Ulrich, Better Ceramics through Chemistry, North Holland, 1984.
R.C. Buchanan, Marcel Dekker, Ceramic Materials for Electronics, Inc. 1986.
F.F.Y. Wang, Ceramic Fabrication Processes, Academic Press, 1976.
Modelling and Analysis
Role of models in process engineering. Model classification. Modeling procedure. Conservative and
constitutive equations. Dynamic models, lumped parameter and distributed parameter models. Solution
strategies. Sensitivity analysis. Data acquisition, analysis and model validation. Examples from materials
processing.
K.M. Hangos and I.T. Cameron, Process Modeling and Model Analysis, Academic Press, London, 2001.
R. Aris, Mathematical Modelling Techniques, Dover, New York, 1994.
R. Aris, Mathematical Modelling: A Chemical Engineers Perspective, Academic Press, Florida, 1999.
Simulation and Optimisation
Linear programming models and applications, simplex algorithm for linear programming. Geometry of
simplex algorithm, Duality and sensitivity analysis. One dimensional minimization, Febonacci, Golden
section and Quadratic interpolation methods, Unconstrained optimization, Univariate, Conjugate direction,
gradient projection methods. Experimental design-Orthogonal Matrix, Factorial Design, Taguchi
Techniques. Error Analysis. Next event simulation, satistical analysis of results, monte-carlo simulations,
logical and statistical validity. Simulation of heat and mass flow problems, application to metal forming.
Simulation of tensile testing of materials.
S.S. Rao, Optimisation � Theory and applications, Wiley Eastern Ltd., 1978.
R.L. Fox, Optimization Method for Engineering Design, Addison Wesley, 1970.
JM. Kupfer Schmind and J.G. Ecker, Introduction to Operations Research, John Wiley & Sons, 1988.
Fracture Mechanics and Failure Analysis
Fracture criteria, Introduction to linear elastic fracture mechanics, Analysis of simple crack problems.
Nucleation and propagation of cracks. Correlation between microstructure and fracture behaviour in
different materials. Mechanisms of fracture. Evaluation of fracture toughness. Crack behaviour in elastic
plastic materials. Effect of strain rate, environments temperature, irradiation etc. on fracture behaviour of
materials. Conventional approach to fatigue crack growth in reactive environments, static or cyclic loading.
Applications of fracture mechanics to materials selection, alloy design, design of structures and failure
analysis.
T.L. Anderson, Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, CRC Press, Inc., 1995
S.T. Rolfe and J.M. Barsom, Fracture and Fatigue Control in Structures, Butterworth-Heinemann, 1999
S.R. Lampman, (Technical Ed.), ASM Handbook: Fatigue and Fracture, ASM International, 1996
David Broek, Elementary Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Scjtoff & Noordhoff, 1978.
Case Histories in Failure Analysis, ASM, Ohio, 1979.
Brian Lawn, Fracture of Brittle Solids, Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Computational Methods for Metal Forming Analysis
Description of generalized stress / strain behaviour. Principal quantities; Mohrs circle; Elastic vs. plastic
deformation. Theories of yielding; Analysis of metal forming processes by ideal work, upper bound and
slab methods. Analytical modeling approach for simulating axi-symmetric deep drawing process. Concept
of formability and forming limit strains. Applications of computational methods for metal forming analysis.
Application of FE based programs for metal forming analysis. Experimental measurements of loads and
strains during tensile and formability testing of variety of materials (low carbon steel, aluminum and
stainless steel). Development of a computation model for tensile test simulation and its validation.
Simulation of tensile and metal forming tests using computational programs based on finite element
methods. Comparison of computed results with the experimentally measured data. Simulation and
validation of industrial metal formed components.
R.H. Wagoner and L. Chenot, Metal Forming Analysis, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
W.F. Hosford and R.M. Caddell, Metal Forming: Mechanics and Metallurgy, 2nd Ed., Prentice-Hall, 1993.
G.W. Rowe, C.E.N. Sturgess, P. Hartley and I. Pillinger, Finite Element Plasticity and Metal Forming
Analysis, Cambridge University Press, 1991.
C.R. Calladine, Plasticity for Engineers, Ellis Horwood, 1995.
Mechanical Behavior of Thin Films
Elasticity basics: Stress and strain tensors, tensor transformations, Mohrâ€ ™s circle representation of stress
and strain, constitutive equations. Origin of stresses in thin films: thermoelastic mismatch between film and
substrate, lattice mismatch in heteroepitaxial films, recrystallization, phase transformation, incorporation
of atoms and chemical reactions. Application of the above for designing structures with low stresses.
Experimental techniques for measuring stresses/strains in thin films: Substrate curvature; Stoneyâ€ ™s
equation, methods for curvature measurement, X-ray diffraction, nanoindentation, bulge test, 4-point bend
test, and microtensile test. Models for high stresses, strain-hardening rates and Bauschinger effect in thin
films, influence of grain size, film thickness and interfaces.
1. Thin film materials: stress, defect formation and surface evolution. L. B. Freund, S. Suresh, Cambridge
University Press, 2003
2. Materials Science of Thin Films. M. Ohring, Academic Press, 1992.
3. Mechanical Metallurgy. G. E. Dieter, McGraw-Hill, 1986.
Materials & Processes for Semiconductor Devices
Pre-requisite: MM 474 and MM 372 Elemental and compound semiconductor materials, structural,
electronic and optical properties. Theory of basic processing techniques: crystal growth, diffusion,
oxidation, ion implantation, rapid thermal processing, epitaxy, chemical vapour deposition, and physical
vapour deposition, metallization, the physics and chemistry of nonequilibrium plasmas. Emphasizes plasma
etching.The interrelationship between material properties, fabrication techniques and device performance.
S. Cambell, The Science & Engineering of Microelectronic Fabrication, Oxford, 1996.
S.K. Ghandi, VLSI Fabrication Principles, 2nd Edition, Wiley 1994.
Pierret/Neudeck, Modular Series and Solid State Devices, Vols. 1-5, Addison-Wesley, 1984.
J.L. Vossen and W. Kern, Thin Film Processes, Academic Press, 1978.
S.P. Mauraka and M.C. Peckerar, Electronic Materials Science and Technology, Academic Press, 1989.
Diffusion and Kinetics
Introduction. Ficks laws of diffusion. Analytical and numerical solutions. Diffusion in semi-infinite, finite
and composite media. Chemical Kinetics. Order of reactions. Homogeneous reactions. Heterogeneous
reactions Adsorption, gas-solid reactions. Examples: Carburisation, Diffusion in semiconductors, Diffusion
through a stagnant gas film, Diffusion in thin films and multilayers, reactions in CVD processes, oxidation,
reduction, decomposition etc. Atomistic models of diffusion. Random walk model. Diffusion mechanisms.
Kirkendall effect. Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation. Grain growth and coarsening. TTT
diagrams. Precipitation. Spinoidal decomposition. Diffusion in ionic solids. Diffusion along surfaces and
interfaces. Sintering of particles.
J. Crank, Mathematics of Diffusion, Oxford University Press, 2nd Ed., 1979.
J.M. Smith, Chemical Engineering Kinetics, McGraw-Hill, 3rd Ed., 1981.
P. Shewmon, Diffusion in Solids, Minerals, Metals & Materials Soc., 1989.
R.J. Borg and G.J. Dienes, Introduction to Solid State Diffusion, Academic Press, 1997.
R.W. Balluffi, S.M. Allen and W.C. Carter, Kinetics of Materials, John Wiley, 2003.
Plastic Deformation and Microstructure Evolution
Molecular theory of deformation kinetics. Rate theory of plastic deformation. Micormechanistic approach
for deformation behaviour of single crystals and polycrystals. Low temperature deformation of metals and
other crystalline colids. Dynamic strain aging, creep, internal stress. Deformation of intermetallic
compounds. Substructural evolution at large strains. Recovery, recrystallization and grain growth during
high temperature deformation. Formation cells boundaries, slip in a cell structure and composite model of
time dependent flow.
R.W. Cahn, P.Haasen and E.J. Kramer(eds), Materials Science and Technology, Vol6,
Plastic DEformation and Fracture of materials, H. Mughrab i(vol.ed.), VCH,1993.
G. Krasus(ed.), Deformation, Processing and Structure, ASM, 1984.
S. Krausz and H. Eyring, Deformation kinetics, JohnWiley and Sons, 1975. T.N. Baer(Ed.,),
Yield, flow and fracture of Polycrystals, Applied Science Publishers Ltd., 1983.
R.J. Arsenault(Ed.) PLastic Deformation of Materials: Treatise on Materials Science and Technology,
Vol.6, Academic Press, 1975.
X-Ray Diffraction and Electron Microscopy
Introduction: to X-rays, filters. Atomic Scattering factors and structure factor. Intensity Calculations.
Reciprocal Lattice. Ewald spehre construction. Techniques for structure determination. Point groups. Space
groups. Systematic absences due to symmetry elements. Wyckoff Notation. Fourier series methods. Phase
prolem. Patterson Function. Heavy atom methods. Anamolous scattering. Finite size effects. Intensity
distribution in reciprocal space. Particle size determination for polycrystalline samples. Introduction to
electron microscopy, electrons and their interactions with the specimen, electron diffraction. TEM-
construction, contrast mechanisms and some applications. Analytical microscopy. SEM.
L.C. Azaroff, Elements of X-ray Crystallography, McGraw Hill, NY, 1968.
F.D. Bloss, Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY, 1971.
G. Thomas and M.T.Goringe, Transmission Electron Microscopy of Materials, John Wiley, 1979.
M.V. Heimendahl, Electron Microscopy of Materials - An Introduction, Academic Press, 1980.
Topics in Phase Transformations
Gibbs free energy composition diagrams, Analysis and synthesis of phase diagrams. Solid-solid mucleation
theory. Interface and diffusion and kinetics of phase separation. Order-disorder transformations.
Crystallography of martensitic transformation. Transformations of rapidly solidified alloys and glasses.
Phase stability in advanced ceramics. High pressure phase transformations. Phase transformations in Steels.
H.I. Aaronson(ed.) Lectures on the theory of Phase transformation, The Metallurgical Society(AIME),
Warrendale, Pennysylvania, 1975.
J.W. Christian, " Theory of Transformations in Metals and Alloys", Pergamon Press, 1965.
P.Haasen(Ed.), Phase Transformations in Materials, VCH Publishers Inc, New York,1991.
T.J. Gray and V.D. Frechette, "Kinetics of REactions in Ionic Crystals", Plenum Press, 1969.
A.G. Khachaturyan," Thoery of Structural Transformations in Solids", Wiley Interscience Publishers,1983.
A.M. Alper, "Phase Diagrams:Material Science and Technology", Vol6, Academic Press, 1978.
Materials for Corrosion Prevention at High Temperatures
Choice of materials based on their mechanical strength, creep, fatigue and toughness. Microstructural
stability and corrosion resistance. General properties and application of various steels, ODS alloys, rapidly
solidified materials, single crystals, intermetallics, refractories and composite materials. Need for protective
coatings at high temperature, Diffusion coatings, PVD and CVD coatings, ion-plating ion sputtering,
electron beam coatings, laser glazing and laser alloying.
E. Bullock et al, Research and Development of High Temperature Materials for Industry, Elsevier Sci.,
1989.
O. Van Der Biest, Analysis of High Temperature Materials, Appl. Sci. Pub., 1986.
E. Lang, Editor, Coatings for High Temperature Applications, Appl. Sci. Pub., 1983.
Nanomaterials for Advanced Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion
302225 Brief introduction to nanomaterials 302225 Overview of the basic characteristic differences
between nanomaterials and more conventional materials 302225 Brief overview of the electrochemical
interfaces at the nano-level (in more general terms) 302225 Overview of the various types and architectures
of nanomaterials with relevance to applications in energy storage/conversion devices (including carbon
nanostructures, oxide nanostructures, metallic nanostructures, polymer nanostructures, nanocomposites,
various 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D nano-architectures) 302225 Introduction to the working principles and importance
of advanced electrochemical energy storage and conversion devices (Li-ion batteries, supercapacitors, fuel
1 cells)302225 Materials characteristics/properties required for use as electrode and electrolyte materials
(covering aspects right from effects of crystal structures, crystallographic orientations, effects of different
dimensions at different scales, overview of the effects of nanoscaled dimensions, dimensional/structural
stability during operation, surface areas/properties, issues related to diffusivity, relevant mechanical and
physical properties including electrical conductivity)302225 Advantages of nanomaterials with respect to
such characteristics as well as special beneficial aspects of nanostructured materials (improvements in the
relevant material properties and concomitantly performance in terms of energy densities, power/rate
capabilities, cycle life, design considerations, safety aspects and other relevant details)302225 Problems
associated with the synthesis of nanomaterials and their use in electrochemical energy storage/conversion
devices and ways to overcome such limitations302225 Nanomaterials presently in use in the energy
storage/conversion devices302225 Potential nanomaterials and nanostructures deemed to further enhance
the functionalities significantly302225 Current state and necessities for continuing fundamental research
on fabricating/designing nanomaterials for such applications.
Text/References: Since this is an advanced level course that not only deals with the basics but also
elaborates cutting edge research developments, in addition to some text books mentioned here (relevant to
the basics), a significant portion will be covered from various research reports, articles and review papers.
Few review articles are mentioned below, and copies of more research/review articles relevant to the more
specific sections to be covered in the course will be handed over to the students during the course. Text
books: 1) Nanostructured materials for electrochemical energy production and storage; by Leite, Edson
Roberto (Ed.); New York: Springer (2009) (available in Institute library) 2) Fundamental studies connected
with electrochemical energy storage; by E.Buck; Washington, DC: NASA (1975) (available in Institute
library) 2 3) Lithium Ion Batteries302227Fundamentals and Performance;by W. Wakihara, and O.
Yamamoto (eds);Kodansha-Wiley-VCH, Weinheim (1998) 4) Electrochemical Supercapacitors; by B. E.
Conway; Kluwer Academic/Plenum; New York (1999) 5) Fuel cells: from fundamentals to applications;
by Supramaniam Srinivasan; Springer Science + Business Media; New York (2006)Journal (review)
articles (Institute has online access to all): 1) A. S. Arico, P. Bruce, B. Scrosati, J. M. Tarascon, W. V.
Schalkwijk; Nanostructured materials for advanced energy conversion and storage devices. Nature
Materials 4 (2005) 366-377 2) J. M. Tarascon, M. Armand; Issues and challenges facing rechargeable
lithium batteries. Nature 414 (2001) 359-367 3) C. Arbizzani, M. Mastragostino, S. Soavi; New trends in
electrochemical supercapacitors. Journal of Power Sources 100 (2001)164302226170 4) E. Frackowiak, F.
Beguin; Carbon materials for the electrochemical storage of energy in Capacitors. Carbon 39 (2001)
937302226950 5) S. Srinivasan, R. Mosdale, P. Stevens, C. Yang; Fuel cells: reaching the era of clean and
efficient power generation in the twenty-first century. Annu. Rev. Energy Environ. 24 (1999)
281302226238.
MM 673 - Concepts in Materials Science
MM 674 - Materials & Processes for Semiconductor Devices
Pre-requisite: MM 474 and MM 372 Elemental and compound semiconductor

materials, structural, electronic and optical properties. Theory of basic processing
techniques: crystal growth, diffusion, oxidation, ion implantation, rapid thermal
processing, epitaxy, chemical vapour deposition, and physical vapour deposition,
metallization, the physics and chemistry of nonequilibrium plasmas. Emphasizes
plasma etching.The interrelationship between material properties, fabrication
techniques and device performance.
S. Cambell, The Science & Engineering of Microelectronic Fabrication, Oxford,
1996.S.K. Ghandi, VLSI Fabrication Principles, 2nd Edition, Wiley
1994.Pierret/Neudeck, Modular Series and Solid State Devices, Vols. 1-5, Addison-
Wesley, 1984.J.L. Vossen and W. Kern, Thin Film Processes, Academic Press, 1978.S.P.
Mauraka and M.C. Peckerar, Electronic Materials Science and Technology, Academic
Press, 1989.
MM 676 - Superconductivity, Materials and Applications
Introduction to superconductivity, Meissner effect, Type-I and type-II superconductors, Correlation
between Tc Jc and Hc, Basic concepts, Coherence length and penetation depth. Alloy and high Tc oxide
superconductors, mono- and multilayered � cuprates. Structure, processing, properties and applications,
organic superconductors. Superconducting magnets, Josephson junctions, SQUID, Magnetic levitation.
A.C. Rose-Innes and E.H. Rhoderick, Introduction to superconductivity, Pergamon press, Oxford, 1969.
C.M. Srivastava and C. Srinivasan, Science of engineering materials, New Age Pub., New Delhi, 1998.
C.P. Pool, Jr. H.A. Farach and R.J. Creswick, Superconductivity, Academic Press, 1995. J.W. Lynn, Lynn
High temperature superconductivity, Springer-Verlag, 1990.
MM 677 - Diffusion and Kinetics
Introduction. Ficks laws of diffusion. Analytical and numerical solutions. Diffusion in semi-infinite, finite
and composite media. Chemical Kinetics. Order of reactions. Homogeneous reactions. Heterogeneous
reactions Adsorption, gas-solid reactions. Examples : Carburisation, Diffusion in semiconductors,
Diffusion through a stagnant gas film, Diffusion in thin films and multilayers, reactions in CVD processes,
oxidation, reduction, decomposition etc. Atomistic models of diffusion. Random walk model. Diffusion
mechanisms. Kirkendall effect. Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation. Grain growth and coarsening.
TTT diagrams. Precipitation. Spinoidal decomposition. Diffusion in ionic solids. Diffusion along surfaces
and interfaces. Sintering of particles.
J. Crank, Mathematics of Diffusion, Oxford University Press, 2nd Ed., 1979. J.M. Smith, Chemical
Engineering Kinetics, McGraw-Hill, 3rd Ed., 1981. P. Shewmon, Diffusion in Solids, Minerals, Metals &
Materials Soc., 1989. R.J. Borg and G.J. Dienes, Introduction to Solid State Diffusion, Academic Press,
1997. R.W. Balluffi, S.M. Allen and W.C. Carter, Kinetics of Materials, John Wiley, 2003.
MM 678 - Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Magnetic order, Weiss molecuslar field, magnetism in metals and insulators, exchange and superexchange,
magnetic anisotropy and magnetostriction, domain and domain walls, magnetic hysteresis and
superparamagnetism. Soft and hard magnetic oxides (spinel, garnet, hexaferrite and perovskite), structure
properties relations, soft and hard magnetic alloys and their properties, dc, low frequency, RF, microwave
and recording applications of oxides and alloys, Colossal magnetoresistance, and Unconventional
applications. Synthesis of single crystal, polycrystalline, nano size and amorphous magnetic materials,
Specific characterisation techniques for magnetic materials.
B.D. Cullity, Introduction to magnetic materials, Addison-Wesley publishing company, California,
London, 1972. A. Goldman, Modern ferrite technology, Van Nostrand, New York, 1990. C.M. Srinivastava
and C. Srinivasan, Science of engineering materials, Wiley Eastern Ltd., New Delhi, 1987. J.P. Jakubovics,
Magnetism, and magnetic materials, Institute of Materials, London, 1994. D. Jiles, Introduction to
magnetism and magnetic materials, Chapman & Hill, London, 1991. B.Lax and K.J.Button, Microwave
Ferrites and Ferrimagnetics, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1962.
MM 680 - Welding Science and Technology
Overview of welding processes, study of welding arc characteristics, metal transfer during arc welding,
heat flow during welding, gas-metal and slag-metal reactions, weldpool solidification, effect of welding
process parameters on the macro- and micro-structure of weld metal. Thermal cycles in the heat affected
zone. Phase transformations in the weld metal and the heat affected zone. Phenomena of hot-cracking and
cold cracking. Residual stresses and distortion during and after welding. Application of above principles to
welding of carbon and alloy steels, cast rions, stainless steels, aluminium and titanium alloys. Fatigue and
fracture of weldments.
K.Easterling, Introduction to Physical Metallurgy of Welding, Butterworths Publication, 1983. Sindo Kou,
Welding Metallurgy, John Wiley, 1987. S.A.David, Ed.; Advances in Welding Science and Technology,
American Society for Metals, Ohio, 1986.
MM 681 - Plastic Deformation and Microstructure Evolution
Molecular theory of deformation kinetics. Rate theory of plastic deformation. Micormechanistic approach
for deformation behaviour of single crystals and polycrystals. Low temperature deformation of metals and
other crystalline colids. Dynamic strain aging, creep, internal stress. Deformation of intermetallic
compounds. Substructural evolution at large strains. Recovery, recrystallization and grain growth during
high temperature deformation. Formation cells boundaries, slip in a cell structure and composite model of
time dependent flow.
R.W. Cahn, P.Haasen and E.J. Kramer(eds), Materials Science and Technology, Vol6, Plastic DEformation
and Fracture of materials, H. Mughrabi(vol.ed.), VCH,1993. G. Krasus(ed.), Deformation, Processing and
Structure, ASM, 1984. S. Krausz and H. Eyring, Deformation kinetics, JohnWiley and Sons, 1975. T.N.
Baer(Ed.,), Yield, flow and fracture of Polycrystals, Applied Science Publishers Ltd., 1983. R.J.
Arsenault(Ed.) PLastic Deformation of Materials: Treatise on Materials Science and Technology, Vol.6,
Academic Press, 1975.
MM 682 - Grain Boundaries and Interfaces
Phenomenology of solid interfaces and solid interfacial energies. Structural models for grain- and
interphase-boundaries. Determination of interfacial energies. Interfacial characterization. Grain boundary
segregation. Role of interfacial phenomena in deformation and failure of materials. Interfacial phenomena
in thin films and composite materials.
L.E.Murr, Interfacial Phenomena in Metals and Alloys, Addison-Wesley, 1975. G.A.Chadwick and
D.A.Smith (Ed.), Grain Boundary Structure and Properties, Academic Press, 1976. R.W.Balluffi, Grain
Boundary Structure and Kinetics, ASM, Ohio, 1980. M.E.Kassner and T.G.Langden (Guest eds), Mater.
Sci. Eng., A, Vol. concepts A166, 1993.
MM 684 - X-Ray Diffraction and Electron Microscopy
Introduction to X-rays, filters. Atomic Scattering factors and structure factor. Intensity Calculations.
Reciprocal Lattice. Ewald spehre construction. Techniques for structure determination. Point groups. Space
groups. Systematic absences due to symmetry elements. Wyckoff Notation. Fourier series methods. Phase
prolem. Patterson Function. Heavy atom methods. Anamolous scattering. Finite size effects. Intensity
distribution in reciprocal space. Particle size determination for polycrystalline samples. Introduction to
electron microscopy, electrons and their interactions with the specimen, electron diffraction. TEM-
construction, contrast mechanisms and some applications. Analytical microscopy. SEM.
L.C. Azaroff, Elements of X-ray Crystallography, McGraw Hill, NY, 1968. F.D. Bloss, Crystallography
and Crystal Chemistry, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, NY, 1971. G. Thomas and M.T.Goringe, Transmission
Electron Microscopy of Materials, John Wiley, 1979. M.V. Heimendahl, Electron Microscopy of Materials
- An Introduction, Academic Press, 1980.
MM 685-Electrical and Magnetic Materials
Free electron theory, Brillouin zones, Energy bands. Magnetic order, Hund’ s rules, direct and
superexchange interactions. Preparation and characterization of elemental, compound, polycrystalline,
single crystal and amorphous semiconductors. Preparation, characterization and properties of BaTiO3,
PLZT, PMN ceramics. Relaxors. Hysteresis loops and factors influencing them. Chemical and
microstructural aspects of ferrites & processing. Superconductors.
C. Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics, 7th Ed., John Wiley, New York, 1996. B.G. Streetman and
S. Banerjee, Solid State Electronic Devices, 5th Ed., Pretince-Hall, New Delhi, 1999. A. Goldman, Modern
Ferrite Technology, Van Nostrand, New York, 1990. M. Ali Omar, Elementary Solid State Physics,
Addison-Wesley, 1993 (Indian print – 2002).
MME687-Surface Science and Engineering
Theory of surface reconstructions, electronic properties of surfaces, interfaces and overlayers.,
Characterisation of surfaces by photons, electrons, ions as probes. The effect of substarte surface structure
on the overlayer properties. Theoretical and experimental evaluation of surfaces energies, solid-liquid and
solid gas interfaces-surface potentials, colloids, sedimentation, adsorption and reaction on surfaces.
Damage of the surfaces by corrosion and wear. Wear mechanisms, and cartegories of wear. Surface
modifications by diffusion, heat treatment and by coatings, surface Processing by laser, electrons and ions.
M. Prutton, Surface Physics, 2nd edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1983. A.W. Adamson, Physical
Chemistry or Surfaces, 3rd edition, Wiley, 1976. K.G. Budinski, Surface Engineering for Wear Resistance,
Prentice Hall, 1988. K.H. Zum Gahr, Microstructure and Wear of materials, Elsevier, 1987.
MME688-Non-Crystalline Materials
Network structure of various oxide glasses, Stevel�s parameters and kinetic criterion of glass formation.
Role of oxides in glass composition. Melting, refining and forming of oxide glasses. Viscoelastic behaviour
and mechanical properties. Thermal, dielectric and optical properties of glasses. Coloured and
photosensitive glasses; glass fibre technology. Glass-ceramics, glasses for electronic applications.
Preparation of metallic glasses by rapid solidification. Synthesis of amorphous alloys by mechanical
alloying. Properties and applications of amorphous alloys. Microcrystalline and nanocrystalline materials.
H. Scholze, �Glass: Nature, structure and Properties� Springer-verlag, N.Y, 1991. J. Zarzycki, �Glasses
and the Vitreous State�, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge 1991. S.J. Schneider Jr., �Ceramics and
Glasses� Engineered Materials Handbook, Vol.4, ASM Int. Ohio 1991. F.H. Froes and S.J. Savage (Eds.)
�Processing of structural Metals by Rapid Solidification�, ASM Pub., Ohio 1987. H.H. Liebermann (Ed),
�Rapidly Solidified Alloys�, Marcel Dekker Inc., N.Y., 1993. C. Arzt and L. Schulte (Eds), �New
Materials by Mechanical Alloying Techniques�, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Metalkunde (DGM) Germany,
1989.
MME691-Topics in Phase Transformations
Gibbs free energy composition diagrams, Analysis and synthesis of phase diagrams. Solid-solid mucleation
theory. Interface and diffusion and kinetics of phase separation. Order-disorder transformations.
Crystallography of martensitic transformation. Transformations of rapidly solidified alloys and glasses.
Phase stability in advanced ceramics. High pressure phase transformations. Phase transformations in Steels.
H.I. Aaronson(ed.) Lectures on the theory of Phase transformation, The Metallurgical Society(AIME),
Warrendale, Pennysylvania, 1975. J.W. Christian, " Theory of Transformations in Metals and Alloys",
Pergamon Press, 1965. P.Haasen(Ed.), Phase Transformations in Materials, VCH Publishers Inc, New
York,1991. T.J. Gray and V.D. Frechette, "Kinetics of REactions in Ionic Crystals", Plenum Press, 1969.
A.G. Khachaturyan," Thoery of Structural Transformations in Solids", Wiley Interscience Publishers,1983.
A.M. Alper, "Phase Diagrams:Material Science and Technology", Vol6, Academic Press, 1978.
MME695-High Temperature Corrosion
Low temperature vs high temperature corrosion. Introduction to oxidation, thermodynamics of gas/metal
reaction, stability of oxides/sulphides. Ellingham diagrams; oxidation kinetics 302226 linear, parabolic,
cubic, logarithmic rate laws, Wagner302222s theory of oxidation. Types of oxidation: general oxidation,
selective oxidation, internal oxidation, breakaway and catastrophic oxidation; defects in oxides (p&n type),
Wagner Hauffe Rules, Kroger Vink notations; oxidation vs sulphidation, hot-corrosion, oxidation of
important metals and alloys; Use of electron-optical techniques in assessing oxidation damage and
understanding oxidation mechanism. Practical examples of high temperature oxidation 302226 power
plants, gas turbines, petrochemical plants etc.
Per Kofstad, High Temperature Corrosion, Elsevier Applied Science, 1988.U.R. Evans, Corrosion and
Oxidation of Metals, Arnold Publ., London, 1981.N. Birks and G.H. Meier, Introduction to Oxidation of
Metals, Edward Arnold, London, 1983.A.S. Khanna, Introduction to High Temperature Oxidation and
Corrosion, ASM International, Materials Park, Ohio, 2002.
MME699-Corrosion Laboratory
Metallographic sample preparation and microstructural examination using optical microscope of steels,
brasses, aluminum alloys, titanium alloys. Potential and pH measurements; weight loss measurements;
determination of electrochemical kinetic parameters (Tafel extrapolation), passivity and pitting studies;
illustration of role of inhibitors, galvanic corrosion, intergranualr corrosion tests: ASTM A 262 A and EPR
techniques; Demonstration of stress corrosion cracking tests : U-bend, slow strains rate and constant load
tests. High temperature oxidation kinetics of Cu, steel & SS at 500oC; characterization of oxide layers using
optical, SEM/EDS (surface morphology & cross-section); study of bimetallic diffusion couples. Surface
preparation and application of paint coatings; characterization: thickness, impact, hardness, adhesion and
corrosion performance evaluation using salt spray, UV-weatherometer and EIS. References:
MME703-Materials Science for Corrosion Engineers
Classification of materials, Bonding in materials and crystal structure, Phase diagrams : General concepts
in binary diagrams, Fe-Cr, Fe-Ni-Cr classification of alloys, ferrous and non-ferrous alloys, Heat treatment:
concept of hardening, annealing, quenching, tempering, Thermomechanical treatment etc., surface
hardening treatment. Solidification and its effect. Mechanical behaviour of materials; Stress strain concept
of deformation; true stress true strain dislocations, Frank-read source, elastic and plastic behaviour, role of
defects in mechanical properties, treatment of various mechanical tests such as hardness, impact, tensile
tests with theoretical principles. Strengthening mechanism, solid solution strengthening, precipitate
strengthening, work hardening etc. Fatigue of materials: Types and mechanism of creep, Development of
creep resistant materials, low and high cycle fatigue and mechanism of fatigue. Fracture of materials:
Griffith’ s theory and fracture mechanics, fracture toughness, Analysis of fractographs in relation to mode
of fracture.
L.H. Van Vlack, Elements of Materials Science and Engineering, 6th Ed., Addison-Wesley, 1989.S.H.
Avner, Introduction to Physical Metallurgy, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill, 1974.
MME706-Control of Erosion and Wear in Corrosive Environment
Principles of friction and wear. Mechanism of adhesive and abrasive, corrosion and erosive wear. Rebinder
effect Fretting and fatigue, fundamentals of erosion and erosion-corrosion and corrosion resistance,
requirements for high temperature coatings, principles of CVD, PVD, plasma spraying, carburizing, and
nitriding, ion implantation, laser surface alloying, life prediction of coated surface, economic consideration
and future coatings requirements.
Friction, Lubrication and Wear technology, ASM Metals Handbook, Vol 18, 9th edition, Ohio,
1992.Hutchings, I.M., Tribology-Friction & Wear of Engineering Materials, Edward Arnold 226 Great
Britain, 1992.
MME708-Cathodic Protection Engineering
Fundamentals of cathodic protection, types of cathodic protection systems and anodes. Surveys, design of
anode ground beds. Life time calculations, rectifier selection. Stray current corrosion problems and its
prevention. Coating for various cathodic protection system and their assessment.
Applegafe Z.M, Cathodic Protection , McGrowHill, New York, 1960. Morgan, Cathodic Protection, ,
NACE, Houston, 1987.
MME709-Surface Engineering of Engineering Materials
Significance, design of surface layers based on mathematical modeling, rational application of surface
layers, significance of the surface, the surface ? physico-chemical concepts, interphase surface ? a physical
surface, surface energy, surface phenomenon, the superficial surface structure, potential properties,
stereometric-physico-chemical parameters, residual stresses, adsorption, tribological properties, types of
friction, the role of surface in the friction process, electrochemical nature of surface layers ? electrical
structure of surface layer, corrosion resistance, anti corrosion properties, structure of metallic coatings,
adhesion, hardness, ductility (elasticity), service properties, anti corrosion properties, porosity, bulging,
permeability, prevention ? coatings and formation of technological surface layers, techniques of formation
(mechanical, thermo-mechanical, thermal, thermo-mechanical, electrochemical and chemical), electron
beam technology, Laser technology, implantation techniques (ion implantation), glow discharge methods
and CVD technology, vacuum deposition by physical techniques (PVD) for surface modification.
1.011T. Burakowski and Wierzchon, Surface Engg. of Metals Principles, Equipments, Technologies, CRC
Press, Boca Raton London New York, Washington, 1999.2.011Bockris, JOM, Reddy, A.K.N., Modern
Electrochemistry, Plenum/Rosetta Edition, New York, 2000.3.011Fontana M.G., Corrosion Engineering,
3rd ed., McGraw Hill, New York, 1986.
MME710-Fracture Mechanics and Non Destructive Evaluation
Deformation, Defects & Fracture, Detection & Characterization of Defects using, NDT Techniques,
Introduction to LEFM & EPFM, Micro-structural Aspects of Fracture Toughness, Environmental Assisted
Cracking, Determination of Toughness Parameters, Quantitative NDE & Analysis of Engg. Failures,
Fitness for Purpose and Life Extension.
1.011T.L. Anderson, Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, CRC Press, Inc. USA,
1995.2.011D. Hull, Fractography, Cambridge Univ. Press, U.K. 1999.3.011Rechard W. Hertzberg,
Deformation & Fracture Mechanics of Engineering Materials, John Wiley & Sons, USA, 1989. 4.011NDE
and Quality Control Metals Handbook, Published by ASM, Metals Park, Ohio, vol. 17, 1989.
MME712-Advances in Design and Control of Corrosion
Design of field and laboratory experiments, Galvanic, Pitting and Crevice corrosion, Intergranular
corrosion, Stress corrosion cracking and Corrosion fatigue. Application of optical, scanning electron and
transmission electron microscopes, X-ray diffraction, EPMA, Auger and Photo electron spectroscopy.
Influence of composition and microstructure and their control and materials selection. Design involving
Geometry, Fabrication such as welding, piping system and plant layout for corrosion prevention. Treatment
of water for recirculating systems. Cathodic Protection: principle, classification - sacrificial and impressed
current, types of anodes, soil surveys, life estimation of anodes, rectifiers-selection criteria, stray current
corrosion, monitoring of CP - pipelines and offshore structures. Anodic protection : Principles and
applications Failure analysis : Principles and detailed methodology, case studies from various industrial
failures.
C.R. Pludek, Design and Corrosion control, Macmillan, London, 1977. S.K. Couburn, Corrosion Source
book, ed. NACE and ASM Metals Park Ohio, 1984. Corrosion Vol. 13, Metals Hand book 9th edition,
Ohio: 1987. Failure Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 11, Metals Handbook, 9th edition, Ohio 1986.
MME713-Aqueous Corrosion and its Control
Importance and cost of corrosion, thermodynamics of corrosion, passivation, Pourbaix diagram, mixed
potential theory of corrosion and its application to understand the influence of oxidizers, effect of velocity
of the medium, galvanic corrosion: area relationship in both active and passive states of metals.
Computation of corrosion rateDifferent forms of corrosion and their control viz., uniform corrosion,
galvanic corrosion, selective leaching, crevice corrosion, filliform corrosion, pitting corrosion,
intergranular corrosion, erosion corrosion, fretting damage, stress corrosion cracking, corrosion fatigue,
hydrogen embrittlement and microbes induced corrosion.Corrosion testing procedures, inhibitors, cathodic
protection, anodic protection, materials selection.
Corrosion Engineering, 3rd Ed., Mars G. Fontana, * McGraw-Hill, Singapore, 1987.* Corrosion and its
Control, 3rd Ed., H.H. Uhlig and R.W. Revie, John Wiley, Singapore, 1991.* Stress corrosion cracking
302226 Theory and Practice, V S Raja and T Shoji (eds), Woodhaed Publishing Limited, Oxford, 2011,*
Corrosion Failures: Theory, Case Studies and Solutions, K.E. Perumal and V.S. Raja; John Wiley & Sons,
USA 2.
MME714-Fracture and Failure Analysis of Composites
MME717-Electrochemical Materials Science
1. The scope of electrochemistry in development of advanced materials and devices. i) Structure of metals,
single crystal surfaces, metal & semiconductor band structure ii) Electrochemical cell, Electrode potential,
Standard electrode potential, Thermodynamics of electrochemical reaction, Nernst equation, Reference
electrode, Pourbiax diagram, electrochemical efficiency. 2. The electrode-solution interface Ideally
polarizable electrodes ; The Gouy– Chapman theory, The Helmholtz capacity; The potential of zero charge;
The semiconductor-electrolyte interface; Potential profile and band bending; Thermodynamics of
electrode-electrolyte interface; 3. Electrochemical kinetics: Polarization, Butler – Volmer equation, Tafel
equation, Linear polarization, Mass transport effect. 4. Electrochemical processing of Materials: Scope,
state-of-the-art and opportunity. Overview of electrochemical processing methods. i) Electrodeposition,
principles & mechanism, nucleation and growth, Microstructure Control of Plated Films, Additives,
Electrodeposition of alloy, Electrodeposition of metal and semiconductor nanostructures, electrodeposition
into template. Electroless deposition. UPD, EPD, Applications in semiconductor and magnetic recording
industry and corrosion protection. ii) Electrochemical Atomic Layer Epitaxy (ECALE) iii) Electrochemical
dissolution: principle of electrochemical dissolution of metals, formation and properties of anodic Porous
Alumina, AAT synthesis of nanowires and nanotubes, Anodization of semiconductors, nanoporous metals
and semiconductor electrodes, porous Si, TiO2 & ZnO2 iv) Aqueous Processing of Metals: Electrowinning
and Electrorefining 5. Electrochechemical devices: Principle and operation of energy storage and
conversion devices. Efficiency of electrochemical devises, factors affecting efficiency of electrochemical
devices, Electrochemical capacitor, principle and operations; Fuel cell, types of fuel cell, Battery, Dye
sensitized solar cell, Materials requirement for electrochemical devices, Electrochemical sensors and
actuators, detection principles, sensitivity, factors affecting sensitivity, examples and biosensors.
Electrocatalyst.
1. Fundamentals of Electrochemistry, 2nd Edition Vladimir S. Bagotsky (Editor), John A. Wiley & Sons.
2. Electrochemistry for Materials Science; Walfried Plieth; 2008 Elsevier Science 3. Nanostructured
Materials in Electrochemistry, Ali Eftekhari, 2008 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.
MME718-Laser Processing and Nanostructures
Fundamentals of Laser, Continuous and pulsed Laser concept, Laser safety and best practices,
Fundamentals of Laser Material Interactions, Introduction to Nanotechnology, Nanomaterials,
Semiconducting and metallic nanoparticles, Synthesis/fabrication techniques of Nanomaterials, Laser
induced synthesis of nanoparticles, Laser fabrication of Nanostructures for energy and bio applications.
1)Fundamentals of Photonics (by Saleh and Teich, Wiley Interscience, 2nd edition, 2007); 2)Laser
Electronics (by J T Verdeyen, Prentice Hall, 3rd Edition, 1995) 3)Nanophotonics (by P N Prasad,Wiley
Interscience, 2004)
MME719-Introduction to Ab-initio Methods in Materials Modelling
Pair potentials, Variational principles, Born-Oppenheimer Approximation, Hartree Approximation,
Hartree-Fock Approximation, Introduction to Molecular Dynamics, Introduction to Density Functional
Theory, Case studies.
1) Electronic Structure and the properties of Solids: The Physics of the Chemical Bond-Walter A Harrison
(Dover Publications, Inc.) 1989
2) Electronic Structure: Basic Theory and Practical Methods-Richard M. Martin (Cambridge University
Press) 2004 3)Plane Waves, Pseudopotentials, and the LAPW method-David J. Singh and Lars
Nordstorm (Springer) 2nd edition.
MME720-Organic Semiconductors and Devices
Introduction; Fundamental of organic semiconductors (Bonding, Conjugation, Hybridization, Electronic
structure); Charge injection and transportOptical phenomenon (light emission/absorption) and their
processingFilm deposition techniquesStructure-property relationshipsPatterning, Printing,
EncapsulationElectro-optical devices (Organic Light emitting diodes, thin film transistors, photovoltiacs,
memory, sensors)
1)Hagen Klauk, 302223Organic Electronics: Materials, Manufacturing and Applications302224, Wiley-
VCH, 20062)Wolfgang Bruetting, 302221Physics of Organic Semiconductors302222, Wiley-VCH, 2005
MME721-Fatigue, Creep and Superplasticity
Materials response to cyclic loading, Types of fluctuating cycles, Fatigue parameters, Fatigue testing, S-N
curve, Low cycle and high cycle fatigue, Manson-Coffin law, Basquin model, Fatigue crack nucleation and
crack growth, Fatigue damage accumulation theory, Effect of metallurgical variables. Case studies on
fatigue of structural materials and some medical implants. Thermal activation processes, Creep, Creep
testing, Creep curves, Factors affecting creep deformation, Creep mechanisms, Deformation mechanism
maps, Stress rupture, Case studies on creep of superalloys and other high temperature materials,
Superplasticity, Grain boundary sliding, Cavity nucleation and growth, High strain rate superplasticity,
Superplastic forming.
1)T.H. Courtney, Mechanical behavior of materials, 2nd edition (2005), Waveland Press Inc., USA. 2)M.A.
Meyers and K.K. Chawla, Mechanical behavior of materials, 2nd edition (2009) Cambridge University
press, UK. 3)S. Suresh, Fatigue of materials, 2nd edition (1998) Cambridge University press, UK. 4)ASM
handbook, Mechanical testing and evaluation, Volume 8 (2000). 5)D. Caillard, J.L. Martin, Thermally
activated mechanisms in crystal plasticity, 1st edition Volume 8 (Pergamon materials series) (2003)
Elsevier science Ltd., UK. 6)J.P. Poirier, Creep of crystals: High temperature deformation processes in
metals, ceramics and minerals, (1985/Reprint-2005) Cambridge University press, UK (&USA). 7)K.A.
Padmanabhan, G.J. Davies, Superplasticity: Mechanical and structural aspects, environmental effects,
fundamentals and applications (materials research and engineering) (1980) Springer-Verlag, NY, USA.
8)T.G. Nieh, J. Wadsworth, O.D. Sherby, Superplasticity in Metals and Ceramics, (1997/2005) Cambridge
University press, UK. 9)Selected scientific publications/review articles.
MME722-Molecular Simulations for Materials Engineering

Lecture and Tutorials: (Numbers are an indication of important topics, not of the number of lectures.)
1.Brief overview of statistical mechanics: Equilibrium and ergodicity, Time- and ensemble-averages,
Partition function 2.Statistical ensembles 3.Molecular dynamics simulations: Basic algorithm,
Initialization, Integration of equations of motion, Verlet algorithm, Neighbour-lists, Boundary conditions,
Force-fields, Long-range interactions – Ewald sums, Particle mesh approach, Thermostats and barostats
4.Free energy calculation methods: Umbrella sampling, Thermodynamic perturbation 5.Brief introduction
to coarse-grained simulation methods: Langevin equation, Langevin and Brownian dynamics method
6.Demonstration of ergodic hypothesis: 7.Calculation of radial density distribution function and diffusivity
8.Implementation of a basic molecular dynamics algorithm 9.Implementation of free energy calculation
methods: Examples of umbrella sampling and thermodynamic perturbation 10.Implementing molecular
dynamics simulation using open-source packages (LAMMPS) 11.Examples from different materials
systems emphasizing the role of microstructure in determining materials properties: a.Radiation damage in
metals b.Calculation of grain boundary energies c.Twin boundaries in metal deformation d.Dispersion of
nanoparticles (e.g. carbon nanotubes in water) e.Dynamics.
1)Understanding Molecular Simulations: From Algorithms to Applications by Daan Frenkel and Berend
Smit (Academic Press, 2002) 2)Molecular Dynamics Simulation: Elementary Methods by J. M. Haile
(Wiley-Blackwell, 1997) 3)Introduction to Practice of Molecular Simulation: Molecular Dynamics, Monte
Carlo, Brownian Dynamics, Lattice Boltzmann and Dissipative Particle Dynamics by Akira Satoh (Elsevier
Insights, 2010).
MME723-Thermoelectric Materials
Thermoelectric Effects, Semiconductor Physics: conduction processes, energy spectrum, transport
equations, charge carrier and phonon scattering, Measurement of thermoelectric properties, Thermoelectric
materials and manufacturing processes, Thermoelectric Systems and Applications, Modeling of
thermoelectric transport.
Rowe, D.M., Ed. CRC Handbook of Thermoelectrics CRC Handbook, Boca Raton, FL, USA, (2013). ·
Rowe, D.M., Ed. CRC Handbook of Thermoelectrics: Macro to Nano; RC: Boca Raton, FL, USA, (2006).
· Rowe, D.M., Ed. CRC Handbook of Thermoelectrics. RC, Boca Raton, FL, USA, (1995). · Ioffe, A.,
Semiconductor Thermoelements and Thermoelectric Cooling; Infosearch, ltd.: London, UK, (1957). ·
Fistul, V.I., Heavily Doped Semiconductors; Plenum Press ,New York, 1969 · Ravich Yu.I., Efimova B.A.,
Smirnov I.A., Semiconducting Lead Chalcogenides; Plenum Press, New York-London, 1970 · Putley, E.H.,
The Hall Effect and Semi- Conductor Physics; Dover Publications, New York, 1968. · Tritt, T.M., Thermal
Conductivity: Theory, Properties and Applications, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York,
2004. · Ashcroft, N.W., Mermin, N.D., Solid State Physics., Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1976.
MME724-Plasma Processing of Materials
Science of processing plasmas Introduction to plasmas, plasma parameters, Debye length, plasma
frequence, electron temperature and related physical phenomenon (shielding, plasma oscillations and
interaction with wall), equilibrium and non equilibrium plasmas, Saha equation and LTE Model, elementary
processes in plasmas. Vacuum technology basics Basic terms and concepts in vacuum technology, vacuum
pumps: Rotary pump, roots pump, diffusion pump, pump fluid backstreaming and its suppression (vapor
barriers, baffles), sorption, pumps, adsorption pumps, sputter-ion pumps, cryopumps, turbo molecular
pump, evacuation of a vacuum chamber and determination of pump sizes, vacuum measurement,
monitoring, control and regulation, vacuum leak detection. Production and characteristics of low
temperature plasmas Basic discharge physics, flow discharges, DC, radiofrequency (RF) discharges,
capacitive RF discharge. Inductive RF discharge, matching circuits and applications of RF discharges.
Microwave discharge Electron-cyclotron resonance (ECR) discharge. Surface wave discharge. Production
of arcs and its characteristics, ICP reactor, Helicon and other highdensity sources, dielectric barrier
discharges, atmospheric pressure plasmas, Decontamination of gaseous waste. Surface treatments.
Diagnostics of processing plasmas Probe diagnostics, Langmuir probes in DC and RF discharge, magnetic
probes, electron and ion energy analysers, spectroscopic diagnostics, Interferometers etc. Low pressure
plasma processing Design of plasma sources, plasma assisted CVD, deposition of diamond and diamond
like carbon coatings, superhard coatings, biocompatible coatings, solar cells, plasma assisted PVD
(sputtering), plasma nitriding, carbiding and carbonnitriding, RIE discharge, plasma etching, plasma
polymerization, plasma treatment of polymers and textiles, plasma source ion implantation, atmospheric
pressure cold plasma jets and materials processing. High pressure plasma processing Design of plasma
troches and jet characteristics, plasma devices for different applications, plasma spray deposition process,
coating characterization, applications for ceramics and metal coatings, low pressure plasma spray process,
comparison with cold spray process and high velocity oxy fuel flames, reactive plasma synthesis, inflight
processes, mineral processing, cutting, plasma pyrolysis and applications in metallurgy. Plasma technology
in renewable energy.
Introduction to Plasma physics and controlled fusion : Volume 1 : Plasma physics Francis F. Chen,
Springer, 2nd ed. 1984. Corr. 2nd printing 2006 edition (31 May 2006) ISBN-13: 978-0306413322
Principles of Plasma Diagnostics I.H. Hutchinson, Cambridge Univeirsity Press, 2005. Principles of Plasma
Discharges and Materials Processing Michael A. Lieberman, Alan J. Lichtenberg, 2nd edition, John
Wiley& Sons, 2005, ISBN: 0471724246, 9780471724247 Cold Plasma Materials Fabrication: From
Fundamentals to Applications Alfred Grill, ISBN: 978-0-7803-4714-4, March 1994, Wiley-IEEE Pres
Industrial Plasma Engineering: Volume 1: Principles J.Reece Roth, CRC Press, 1995, 1420050869,
9781420050868 Industrial Plasma Engineering: Volume 2- Applications to Nonthermal Plasma Processing.
CRC Press, 2001, ISBN:0750305452, 9780750305457. Thermal Plasma Torches, Design, characteristics,
Application, M.F. Zhukov, I.M. Zasypkin, Cambridge Int.Science Publishing, 2006, ISBN:1904602029,
9781904602026 Plasma-Spray Coating: Principles and Applications Robert B.Heimann, 2nd edition, John
Wiley & Sons, 2008, ISBN: 3527614842, 9783527614844.
MME725-Tribology of Materials
This course will start with analytical solutions of contact stresses and deformations at surfaces and delve
on various wear mechanisms: adhesive, abrasive, fatigue, impact, chemical and fretting wear.
Macromechanical vs micromechanical tribology processes will be contrasted and ways of quantifying wear
will be discussed. Use of coatings as a way to reduce wear will be discussed in detail with respect to
deposition processes and coating structures, characterization of coatings and selection. Engineering design
for wear, effect of microstructure and wear induced microstructural change will be discussed in detail for
metals, polymers, ceramics and composites. Case studies will be used to highlight critical design criteria
for wear.
Raymond G. Bayer: Engineering Design for Wear, CRC Press, 2004, 2nd edition. Bharat Bhushan:
Introduction to Tribology, Wiley, 2013, 2nd edition. Kenneth Holmberg, Allan Matthews: Coatings
Tribology, Elsevier, 2009, 1st edition.
MME726-Corrosion Management and Modeling
General management approach for effective and economical corrosion control: Basis of corrosion
management, tools of corrosion management, organizational policies and their implementation. Importance
of design, application and implementation of effective corrosion control methodologies, corrosion
monitoring, maintenance and inspection and their importance in corrosion management. Risk based design
and inspection for industrial components. Role of failure analysis and its importance in corrosion
management by using its input in better design and control policies. Modeling tools, mathematics for
modeling, finite element approach. Illustrations in modeling corrosion life prediction. Corrosion modeling
to predict the effectiveness of corrosion control measures. Prediction of current and potential distributions
under different conditions and strategies. Application of corrosion modeling in: oil and gas applications,
cathodic protection design, inhibitors applications, stress corrosion cracking and corrosion fatigue,
electrochemical corrosion, and coatings of components and structures to predict their performance. Design
of corrosion in concrete. Prediction of components life against high temperature corrosion: Fick’ s Law
and its application.
Guidance for corrosion management in oil and gas production and processing, Energy Institute, London,
2008. · Practical Corrosion Management, IDC Technologies, Australia, United States · External corrosion
management Inspection project, A report by the Offshore Division of HSE’ s Hazardous Installations
Directorate · Modeling of Aqueous Corrosion, A. Anderko, OLI Systems Inc., 108 American Road, Morris
Plains, NJ 07950, USA, Elsevier B.V. 2010. · Corrosion Modeling in Research Opportunities in Corrosion
Science and Engineering, National Academic Press 2011.
MME727-Corrosion in Oil & Gas, Refineries & Petrochemical Industry
Definition of highly aggressive environment, sour and sweet environments, materials requirements for
offshore structures, refineries, petrochemical plants, X-40 to X120 steels for pipelines, high corrosion
resistant materials such as superaustenitic, superferritic, Duplex stainless steels and special superalloys,
design of corrosion resistant storage tanks, tank linings and cathodic protection, transportation of crude and
gas, underground cross country pipelines, phenomena of corrosion in crude gas pipelines, complex
combination of pH, water cut, oil, carbon dioxide and H2S, external corrosion prevention by coatings and
cathodic protection, methods of corrosion monitoring of pipelines, PSP surveys, Pearson surveys,
intelligent pigging, ultrasonic and other NDT methods, SCADA system. Corrosion of offshore structures,
corrosion problems during deep well drilling, inhibitor dosing to water injection pipelines. Corrosion
problems in refineries and petrochemical industries: review of typical environments of various units such
as, hydrodesulphurization unit, distillation columns, fluid catalytic cracking units, reformers. Naphthenic
acid corrosion, sulphidation and sulphidic corrosion, carbon dusting. Storage tanks corrosion and
prevention.
Metallurgy and Corrosion Control in Oil and Gas Production, Robert Heidersbach, Wiley 1st Edn., 2011. ·
Corrosion and Materials in the Oil and Gas Industries, Reza Javaherdashti (Editor), Chikezie Nwaoha
(Editor), Henry Tan (Editor) CRC Press 2013. · Corrosion in the Petrochemical Industry, Linda Garverick
(Ed.), ASM International, 1994.
MME728-Topics in Corrosion Research
Passivity and localized corrosion Experimental techniques for Corrosion research Mechanisms of SCC and
hydrogen embrittlement and concepts in materials development against such failures and life prediction
Presentation of recent papers in corrosion research by students Advanced concepts in coatings development
and evaluation Advanced materials for high temperature applications, selection criteria based upon
mechanical properties. Materials for gas turbines, supercritical power plants Advanced concepts in coating
failure, practical approaches to determine life of coatings, failure mechanisms and remedial measures.
Corrosion mechanisms, Florian Mansfeld (Ed), New York: Marcel Dekker, 1987 · Corrosion mechanisms
in theory and practice, P. Marcus and J. Oudar (Eds), New York: Marcel Dekker, 1995 · Electrochemical
techniques in corrosion science and engineering. Kelly, Robert G (Ed), New York: Marcel Dekker, 2003. ·
Stress corrosion cracking – Theory and Practice, V S Raja and T Shoji (Eds); Woodhead Publishing
Limited, Oxford, 2011.
MME729-Characterization of Materials for Corrosion Control
Corrosion fundamentals and characterization techniques, Electrochemical techniques for
corrosionmonitoring, Electrochemical polarization techniques, Electrochemical noise, Electrochemical
Impedancespectroscopy, Gravimetric techniques, Electrical resistance techniques, Sensors for corrosion
monitoring,Cathodic protection monitoring, Localized corrosion monitoring methods 302226 SECM,
SVET, drop cell, SCCmeasurement techniques, Surface analytical techniques.
CB21 6AH, England, 2008.302267 Practical Non-destructive Testing, Baldev Raj, T. Jayakumar and M.
Thavasimuthu, NarosaPublications, New Delhi, 1997.302267 Non-destructive Evaluation and Quality
Control, ASM Handbook, Vol. 17, Ohio, 1989.
MME730-Topics in Mechanical Behaviour of Materials
Metallographic sample preparation and microstructural examination using optical microscope of steels,
brasses, aluminum alloys, titanium alloys. Potential and pH measurements; weight loss measurements;
determination of electrochemical kinetic parameters (Tafel extrapolation), passivity and pitting studies;
illustration of role of inhibitors, galvanic corrosion, intergranualr corrosion tests: ASTM A 262 A and EPR
techniques; Demonstration of stress corrosion cracking tests : U-bend, slow strains rate and constant load
tests. High temperature oxidation kinetics of Cu, steel & SS at 500oC; characterization of oxide layers using
optical, SEM/EDS (surface morphology & cross-section); study of bimetallic diffusion couples. Surface
preparation and application of paint coatings; characterization: thickness, impact, hardness, adhesion and
corrosion performance evaluation using salt spray, UV-weatherometer and EIS.
Electrochemical techniques in corrosion science and engineering, R. G. Kelly, J. R. Scully, D. Shoesmith,
R. G. Buchheit, Marcel Dekker, New York, 2003. · Electrochemical techniques for corrosion engineering,
R. Baboian, NACE, Houston, 1986. · Introduction to high temperature oxidation and corrosion, A.S.
Khanna, ASM International, 2002. · High Performance Coatings, A.S.Khanna (editor), Woodhead
Publication, 2008.
MME731-Experiments in Advanced Materials Processing (Lab)
Induction melting and electroslag remelting, Formability tests, Rolling of metals, Powder processing,
Solgel processing, Thin film deposition, Evaluation of castings and moulding sand.
K.Tien and J.F. Elliott (Eds.), Metallurgical Treatises, Metall. Soc. AIME, 1981. · G.E. Dieter, Mechanical
Metallurgy, McGraw-Hill, 3rd Ed., 1988. · G.A. Higgerson, Experiments in Materials Technology,
Affiliated East-West Press, 1973.
MME732-Structural Characterization of Materials
Optical microscopy – different modes of microscopy, image analysis Scanning electron microscopy –
secondary electron and backscattered electron imaging, EDS/EPMA X-ray diffraction – indexing of XRD
patterns, Intensity calculations, particle size effects, lattice parameter determination.
B. D. Cullity and S. R. Stock, Elements of X-ray Diffraction, Prentice Hall; 3 ed., 2001 R. Egerton, Physical
Principles of Electron Microscopy: An Introduction to TEM, SEM, and AEM, Springer, 1st ed. 2005 R.
Haynes, Optical Microscopy of Materials, Springer, 1984
MME 733-Mechanical Characterization of Materials
Axial (tension and compression) testing of materials. Torsion test. Bend test (bulk and thin films). Hardness
(Macro, Micro and Nano – Indentation). Scratch and wear test. Fracture (Impact test). Fatigue test. Creep
and superplasticity.
Reference/Textbook W.F. Hosford, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Cambridge University Press, 2005.
MME 734-Electrical Characterization of Materials
Conductivity measurements (bulk and thin films) – 2 and 4 probe measurements in metals, semiconductors
and insulators. Hall effect, mobility, carrier concentration measurements. AC measurements – impedance
and dielectric. Various sources – grain, grain boundary, space charge, electron. Activation energy. Optical
measurements – band gap in semiconductors. Absorption measurements, photoconductivity,
photoluminescence for defects. Ellipsometry. Work function measurement – UPS, metal-semiconductor
contacts, Kelvin probe. IR and Raman spectroscopy. Ferro-electric and ferro-magnetic measurements.
Peter Stallinga, Electrical Characterization of Organic Electronic Materials and Devices, Wiley, NJ, 2009
Laszlo Solymar, Donald Walsh, Electrical Properties of Materials, Oxford University Press, 8th Ed., 2010
MME 735-Material Chracterization at High Temperatures
Importance of High temperature measurements-relevance to Materials Processing, Basic principles of
measurements at high temperature: Temperature measurement (thermocouples, optical pyrometers), gas
flow and composition, importance of gas cleaning, detection of trace constituents (e.g. oxygen sensing),
means to attain high temperature, requirement of special atmosphere, choice of crucible/sample container,
Thermal analysis: DTA, DSC, TGA, dilatometry, Measurement of Thermodynamic parameters:EMF
measurement, equilibration with gas mixtures, iso-piestic method, special methods, Concept of “ capacity”
of a slag: e.g. sulphide, phosphate, carbonate, alkali, etc., Thermophysical measurements:density, viscosity,
interfacial tension, thermal conductivity, Particle characterisation: pycnometry, BET analysis, porosimetry,
Case studies.
1. Treatise in Process Metallurgy (3 vol.s): Ed. S. Seetharaman, Elsevier Publications, 2013. 2. O.
Kubachewski & C. B. Alcock, Metallurgical Thermochemistry:, Pergamon Press, 1979. 3. T. Allen, Particle
Size Measurement:, Springer, 1990.
MME737-Physical Metallurgy
Crystal structures of metals and alloys, Defects – vacancies, dislocations, stacking faults, twins, grain
boundaries, Interstitial and substitutional solid solutions, Solidification – Homogenous and heterogeneous
nucleation, Precipitation – JMA growth kinetics, Recovery, recrystallization and grain growth, Case
studies – Age hardenable Al-Cu alloys, Phase transformations in Fe-C etc.
Reza Abbaschian, Lara Abbaschian, Robert E Reed-Hill, Physical Metallurgy Principles, Fourth Edition,
Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 2008
MME738-Physics of Materials
Crystal Structures and Reciprocal Lattice, Free-electron model – electron gas, Fermi-Dirac distribution,
Fermi surface, Band theory of solids – Bloch Theorem , Brillouin zone, Kronig Penney model, Band gap
and Bragg reflection, effective mass, holes, Conductivity of metals Semiconductors – Intrinsic and
extrinsic semiconductors, carrier concentration, electrical conductivity and mobility, Hall effect, direct and
indirect band gap. Dielectric and optical properties – absorption and optical properties of semiconductors,
Dielectric constant, polarizability, sources of polarizaility- dipolar, ionic, electronic. Complex dielectric
constant, dielectric losses,
1. Ali Omar, Elementary Solid State Physics, Pearson Education; First edition (1999)
2. A. J. Dekker, Solid State Physics, Macmillan Publishers India (2000)
MME739-Semiconductor Photoelectrochemistry and Photocatalysis
Semiconductor Surfaces and Solid-Solid Junctions, Solid-Liquid Interface, Theory of Electron and Hole
Transfer, Charge Transfer Processes at Semiconductor-Liquid Interfaces, Photoreactions at Semiconductor
Particles, Electron Transfer Processes Between Excited Molecules and Semiconductor Electrodes,
Semiconductor electrodes and their interaction with light, Kinetic aspects in photoelectrochemical solar
cells, Materials engineering: General considerations, Choosing a photoelectrode, Photostorage of solar
energy in colloidal semiconductor systems, Redox catalysis in photochemical and photoelectrochemical
solar energy conversion systems, Effect of organized assemblies on electron transfer reactions and charge
separation processes, Photocatalytic reactions of organic compounds. Hydrogen generation from organics
and degration of wastes, Heterogenous photocatalysis: overview on the water splitting, CO2 reduction and
dinitrogen reduction.
1. Semiconductor electrochemistry, Rudiger Memming, Wiley publishers, Germany, 2008
2. Photoelectrochemisry, photocatalysis and photoreactors, Mario Schiavello, Springer Science, Germany,
1987
3. Semiconductor photoelectrochemistry, Yuri Pleskov & Yuri Gurevich, Consultants Bureau, NewYork,
1986.
MME740-Silicon Manufacturing Technology Laboratory
Four probe resistivity of silicon, edge effects and possible errors. . Hall measurement: determine dopant
concentration of various silicon samples. . Minoritycharge carrier life time measurement of bulk carriers.
• Photo Luminiscent (PL) mapping of charge carrier life times in wafers and ingots. • Optical defect
visualisation using etching techniques. • Crystal growth from melt – I (effect of pull rate) • Crystal growth
from melt – II (effect of temperature profile). • . Crystal growth from melt – III (impurity effects). • .
Zone refining. • Cleavage of single crystal and determination of cleavage surface morphology, orientation.
• Measurement of average size of the grains and their SDF for the polycrystalline Silicon sample • Safety
and precautions standards measurements of the working lab.
Dieter k. Schroder, SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL AND DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION, A. John
Wiley & Sons, Inc., publication, 2006.
MME741-Introduction to Silicon Manufacturing Technology
Thermodynamics essentials- (2-3L) Gibb’ s phase rule, chemical potential of a gas, chemical potential of
saturated vapor pressure of liquids and solids, dilute solutions, many component solutions, activity and
activity coefficients, law of mass action, phase diagrams, general equation for solidus and liquidus lines. 
Precursor Manufacturing- (5-7L) production methodologies of MG-Si, trichloro silane (TCS),
dichlorosilane, silicon tetra chloride, and silane. Thermodynamic properties, surface tension, viscosity and
thermal conductivity of these precursors. Corrosion rates of materials of constructions. Health hazards and
safety precautions for gases: handling, storage, distribution, uses, exhaust and effluent control, monitoring
and safety systems.  Polysilicon preparation (semiconductor grade)- (5-7L) TCS based process, Bell jar
reactor design and operation, silicon rod based deposition, wire (Re-W, W-Ta, Zr-Nb, Ti-Zr, or carbon
added Molybdenum wires >0.5 mm US Patent 7732012B2) based deposition, advantages and disadvantages
of the two methods, general practices of reactor gas recovery, capital and operating costs, feed stock
considerations, free space reactors, fluidized bed reactors (FBR). • Multicrystalline silicon manufacturing-
(3-4L) Directional Solid System (DSS) method for multicrystalline ingots. • Silicon crystal growth- (10-
12L) Melt growth theory, heat balance, dislocations and point defects, crystal growth mechanisms. Mass
transport of impurities: equilibrium distribution coefficient of impurities, effective distribution coefficient
as a function of pull velocity v and /D ( solid – liquid interface width, D is diffusion coefff.),
microscopic variation in doping, convective instability, macroscopic distribution of impurities.
Constitutional supercooling: reasons, conditions to avoid. Practical aspects of CZ growth- crystal pullers,
melting methods, crucibles, dislocation free growth. Growth forms and habits, diameter control, doping
techniques, variation in radial resistivity, effect of orientation. O2 and C in Si: techniques to control O2 and
C. Semi continuous and continuous CZ: schematic, Magnetic CZ, square ingot growth. Float zone (FZ)
technique Metrology: Course seminars/assignments, applications, charactrerizations • Tutorial
simulations- (12 L) 1-D simulation of CZ growth using MATLAB, problems related to the syllabus.
Ryogo Kubo, THERMODYNAMICS, Nort Holland Publishing Company, Amsterdam 1968.  S.

Middleman and A.K. Hochberg, PROCESS ENGINEERING ANALYSIS IN SEMICONDUCTOR
DEVICE FABRICATION, Mc-Graw-Hill, Inc. 1993.  William C. O`Mara, Robert B. Herring, Lee P.
Hunt, HANDBOOK OF SEMICONDUCTOR SILICON TECHNOLOGY, NOYES PUBLICATIONS
1990. • Yoshio Nishi, Robert Doering , HANDBOOK OF SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING
TECHNOLOGY, CRC Press, 2007. • R. A. Bolemen, SEMICONDUCTOR SAFETYHANDBOOK,
Noyes Publications 1998. • P. D. Moskowitz and V. M. Fthenakis, “ A checklist of suggested safe practices
for the storage, distribution, use and disposal of toxic and hazardous gases in photovoltaic cell production” ,
SOLAR CELLS, Vol. 31 (1991) p513-525.
Science & Technology of Electric Furnace Steel Making
1. Introduction to Steel Making & Continuous Casting 2. Melting Process in the EAF 3. EAF Equipment
4. Electric Power in the EAF 5. Heat Balance in the EAF 6. Mass Balance in the EAF 7. DRI & Scrap
Melting Profiles 8. Ideal Slag Compositions 9. Slag basicity & ideal volume 10. De-oxidation of steels 11.
Inclusions in Steel & Clean Steel practices 12. Cooling Water Calculations & Treatment 13. Level 2
automation in the EAF 14. Costing calculations 15. Health, Safety & Environment.
Treatise on Process Metallurgy - Volumes 1, 2, 3A & 3B, Editor-in-Chief: Sheshadri Seetharaman, Co-
Editors in Chief: Alexander McLean, Roderick Guthrie, Sridhar Seetharaman. Publisher: Elsevier, The
Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, UK, 225 Wyman Street, Waltham, MA 02451,
USA, 2014  The Making, Shaping, Treating of Steels, 11th edition, The AISI Steel Foundation, Three
Gateway Center, Suite 1900, Pitsburgh PA15222-1004, 1998  Innovations in Electric Arc Furnace, Yuri
N. Toulouevski, Iilyaz Y. Zinurov, SpringerHeidelberg Dordrescht London Newyork, 2010.
Multiferroic Materials: Fundamentals and Devices
Multiferroics: Brief introduction and defintions,Historical and present development Thermodynamics of
Multiferroicmaterials, Multiferroic/magneto dielectricmaterials : Type I and Type II (Single-Phase
Multiferroic Materials Magnetodielectric Composites),Fabrication of bulk, thick and layered (Tape cast and
thin structures)multiferroics,Characterisation techniques for Magnetodielectrics,  Device structures and
applications to sensors, microwave devices, energy harvesting, photo-voltaic technologies, solid-state
refrigeration, data storage recording technologies, and random access multi-state memories and spintronics.
References: Authors/Organization, Title, Year (if available), URL.) 1.G. Srinivasan, S. Priya and N X Sun,
"Composite Magnetoelectrics- Materials, Structures and Applications", Woodhouse Publishing, Elsevier
(2015) 2. G, Catalan and J. F. Scott, “ Magnetoelectric Coupling and Multiferroic Materials” , Oxford
University Press (2013) 3. M. Vopson " Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Science-
Fundamentals of Multiferroic Materials and Their Possible Applications", (2015) 4. R. Blinc, “ Advanced
Ferroelectricity” , Oxford University Press (2012) 5. K. C. Cao, "Dielectric Phenomena in Solids",Elsevier
(2004) 6. J Wang, “ Multiferroic Materials: Properties, Techniques and Application” , CRC press (2016).
1.Basic English Comprehension 2.Technical Report Writing 3.Summarizing and paraphrasing with
emphasis on avoiding plagiarism 4.Making presentations – short and long, and evaluating them to identify
what makes a good presentation 5.Discussion and Debates 6.Listening and comprehension of audio and
video recording.
EP 427 - Thin Film Physics & Technology
Vacuum technology, gas transport and pumping systems, pressure measurements.

Physical and chemical vapour deposition processes, sputtering and Plasma CVD,
deposition by electron beams, arc plasma and pulsed laser. Molecular beam Epitaxy
and metal-organic CVD. Chemical solution based deposition processes,
electrochemical deposition, Langmuir Blodgett and self assembly processes. Physics
of thin film deposition, adsoption, surface deposition, nucleation growth and structure
development. Surface structure, role of surfaces. Epitaxial growth, lattice mismatch,
strain, growth modes, self organization, self aligned structures, heterostructures,
multilayer superlattice structures. Patterning techniques for IC, MEMS and other
device fabrication. Application of thin films.
K.L. Chopra, Thin Film Phenomena, Mcgraw Hill, 1968. M. Ohring, Materials sciences
of Thin Films, Academic Press, 1992 D.L. Smith, Thin Film Deposition: Principles and
Practice, Mcgraw Hill, 1995. J. E. Mahan, Physical Vapour Deposition, John Wiley,
2000. Surface Science, K.W. Kolasinski, John Wiley, 2002. J.H. Fendler, Nanoparticles
and Nanostructured Films, Springer, 2000.
EP 426 - Physics of Quantum Devices
Junctions: p-n junction in equilibrium, forward and reverse biased p-n junction, I_V
characteristics, break down, transient and switching behavior, Junction geometry and
capacitance, Rectifier, zener and tunnel diodes, BJT, I-V Characteristics, switching
behavior, small signal model, JFET and MOSFET devices # Low dimensional
Semiconductors: Quantum well structures, quantum wires and quantum dots, Exciton
absorption, saturation and carrier transport in quantum well structures # Quantum
Devices: LEDs, Charge and optical confinements, Device response, drive circuits,
Stimulated emission as a basis of lasers, Cavity and modes, Diode lasers, DFB and DBR
lasers, VCSEL lasers, quantum well lasers, quantum cascade laser, Single photon
generators, quantum well modulators and switches, p-n junction solar cells, Junction
photodiodes- PIN APD , Single photon detectors, CCDs and optical imaging,
superconductivity, cooper pair, Josephson junction, SQUID, Magnetic storage devices,
electron spin and spintronics.
Physics of semiconductor devices- S. M. Sze Physics of optoelectrnic devices- S. L.
Chuang Optoelectronics- J. Wilson and J. F. B. Hawkes- Prentice hall of India.
EP 432 - Physics of Nanostructures and nanoscale Devices
Electrons in semiconductor hetero-structures: band offsets, effective mass;
semiconductor hetero-junctions, 2-DEG systems, quantum wires and quantum dots;
Transmission in nanostructures: tunneling in planar barrier, resonant tunnel diodes,
Landauer formula, transport in quantum waveguide structures; single electron
tunneling and Coulomb blockade. Electron transport in devices: Schottky diodes, p-n
junction diodes, short diodes; bipolar and field-effect transistors, MOSFETS, effect of
size reduction, short channels; scaling down to nanosizes, FINFETS; issues with
nanoscale devices.
Sapoval S and Herman C, Physics of Semiconductors, Springer International Edition,
2006. Ferry D K and Goodnick S M, Transport in Nanostructures, Cambridge University
Press, 1997. Datta S, Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems, Cambridge
University Press, 1995. Davies J H, Physics of low Dimensional Semiconductors,
Cambridge University Press, 1998. Colinge J P and Colinge C, Physics of Semiconductor
Devices, Springer International, 2007. Neamen D A, Semiconductor Physics and
Devices, TataMcGraw-Hill, 3rd Edition, 2003. Singh Jasprit, Semiconductor Devices,
Basic Principles, John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2001. Sze S M, Semiconductor Devices, Wiley-
India, 2008. Hess K, Advanced Theory of Semiconductor Devices, IEEE Press, Prentice-
Hall of India, 2000.
EP 411 - Analytical Techniques in Physics
The students will be expected to undertsand the basic principle of working and also
carry out analysis of samples in a few simple cases, with the following techniques.
Atomic absorption and emission. X-ray diffraction and fluorescence. NMR, ESR, ESCA
and Auger. Absorption in visible and infrared. Raman Scattering, Photo-acoustic
detection Nitrogen and tunable dye lasers, Electron microscopy.
EP 425 - Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Structure and bonding in Nanoparticles: Electronic structures in Bulk and
Nanoclusters. Magic clusters; Magic number, Geometric structures, electronic
structures. Theoretical modeling of nanoparticles: Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes and
Graphenes. Free electrons in Bulk and Nanoparticles. Size and Dimensionality effects:
Eelectronic energy bands in semiconductors; electron energy states in quantum
confined systems. quantum wires, quantum dots; excitons in semiconductor particles
and its size dependence. Absorption and Luminisence in nanoparticles. Electron
transport and size scaling in nanoparticles. Size dependence of properties:
Introduction to Mie theory with applications to nanoparticles; surface plasmons in
noble metal nanoparticles, Magnetic nanoparticles, Superparamagnets. Mechanical
properties and size scaling. Nanoparticles in Colloids.
Poole C P and Owens F J, Introduction to Nanotechnology, Wiley-Interscience 2003.
Cao G, Nanostructures and Nanomaterials: Synthesis, properties and applications,
Imperial College Press 2004. Reich S, Thomsen C and Maultzsch J, Carbon Nanotubes
– Basic concepts and physical properties, Wiley-VCH 2004. Bohren C F and Huffman D
R, Absorption and scattering of light by small particles, Wiley Interscience Paperback
series, 1998. Gaponenko S V, Optical properties of semiconductor Nanocrystals,
Cambridge University Press, 1998.
PH 803 - Computer Programming and Numerical Methods
Basics in computing : Basic organization of computer and its functional units; Exposure
to Unix operating system. Fortran 90 programming language : Conditional statements;
Looping; Logical expression and case statement; Arrays; Modular programming using
functions and subroutines; Format specifications and processing strings and
characters; Processing files in Fortran 90 ; Dynamic memory allocation and pointers.
Numerical methods: Statistical description of data: Mean, Variance and Skewness.
Solution of algebraic and transcendental equation : bisection method, the method of
false position, Newton Raphson method. Interpolation. Integration of functions :
Trapezoidal rule, Simpson`s 1/3 method; Least squares fit; Sorting; Matrices : Matrix
inversion and evaluation of determinant by elimination method. Solution of ordinary
differential equation : Runge-Kutta method, Predictor-corrector method. Random
Numbers and Monte Carlo Integration. Elementary Graphics : Using gnuplot and xmgr
packages to visualize data.
V. Rajaraman, Computer Programming in Fortran 90 and 95, Prentice Hall India, 1997.
S. J. Chapman, Introduction to Fortran 90 and 95, McGraw Hill, Int. Ed., 1998 . S. E.
Koonin and D. C. Meredith, Computational Physics, Addison-Wesley, 1990. W. Cheney
and D. Kincaid, Numerical Mathematics and Computing, 4th Ed, Brooks/Cole, 1999.
PH 416 - Soft Matter Physics
Basic phenomenology, Liquid crystals, polymers, membranes, surfactants, colloids,
gels. Phase transitions, Landau theory, order parameter (conserved and
nonconserved), nucleation and spinodal decomposition. Nematic liquid crystals, Mean
field theory for isotropicnematic transition, LandaudeGennes theory, Effect of spatial
gradients, Onsager’ s theory for isotropicnematic transition. Polymers, random walk,
gaussian chain, excluded volume, Flory theory, Deforming polymer chains,
Temperature effects, Field theories and RG approach, solutions, melts, dynamics –
Rouse and Zimm. Membranes and interfaces – Free energy and shape transitions. Flow
and deformation of soft matter, mechanical properties and molecular models, colloids
– rheology and dimensional analysis, viscoelasticity and response functions. Optional:
• Elastic soft matter, Fundamentals, Kuhn theory of rubber elasticity, polymer gels.
Physics of jamming, Supercooled liquids, and search for a transition, Jamming phase
diagram for glasses, foams, and granular matter.
M. Doi, Soft Matter Physics, Oxford University Press, 2013 • P.M. Chaikin & T.C.
Lubensky, Principles of Condensed Matter Physics, Cambridge University Press, 2000
• M. Rubinstein & R.H. Colby, Polymer Physics, Oxford University Press, 2003 • P.G. de
Gennes & J. Prost, The Physics of Liquid Crystals, Oxford University Press, 1995 • M.
Doi & S.F. Edwards, The Theory of Polymer Dynamics, Oxford University Press, 1988 •
P.G. de Gennes, Scaling Concepts in Polymer Physics, Cornell University Press, 1979 •
W.B. Russel, D.A. Saville, W.R. Schowalter, Colloidal Dispersions, Cambridge University
Press, 1989.
PH 432 - Condensed Matter Physics
Crystal structures, reciprocal lattice, X-ray and electron diffraction. Lattice vibrations,
Einstein and Debye models, phonons. Drude and Summerfeld models. Block theorem,
Empty lattice and nearly free electron model, tight-binding model, Density of states
and Fermi surfaces. Semi classical model of electron dynamics. Concept of Effective
mass.
N. Ashcroft and N.D. Mermin, Solid state physics C. Kittel, Introduction to solid state
physics, 7th ed., John Wiley 1997. J.R. Christman, Fundamentals of Solid State Physics.
John Wiley 1988 Holf Finehart and Winston, 1972.
PH 522 - Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
Elementary theory of groups and their representation, application solid state physics.
Electronic state in solids. Hartree and Hartree-Fock approximation. Free electron,
exchange, pseudopotential theory. Cohesive energy of simple metals. Energy bands
and their symmetries. Magnetism: Heisenberg exchange and magnetic ordering,
magnetic resonance and relaxation. Superconductivity: Microscopic theory,
Josephson effect, flux quantization.
W. Harrison, Solid State Theory Tata McGraw Hill. N. Ashcroft and N.D. Mermin, Solid
State Physics, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1972. J. Ziman, Principles in the Theory of
Solids, Cambridge.
PH 810 - Advanced Simulation Techniques in Physics
Basic Numerical Methods and Classical Simulations : Review of differentiation,
integration (quadrature), and finding roots. Integration of ordinary differential
equations. Monte Carlo simulations, applications to classical spin systems. Classical
Molecular Dynamics. Quantum Simulations : Time-independent Schrodinger equation
in one dimension (radial or linear equations). Scattering from a spherical potential;
Born Approximation; Bound State solutions. Single particle time-dependent
Schrodinger equations. Hartree-Fock Theory : restricted and unrestricted theory
applied to atoms. Schrodinger equation in a basis: Matrix operations, variational
properties; applications of basis functions for atomic, molecular, solid-state and
nuclear calculations. Mini-projects on different fields of physics, e.g., Thermal
simulations of matter using Car-Parrinello molecular dynamics; Many-Interacting-
Particle Problems on Hubbard and Anderson model for electrons using Lanczos
method (exact diagonalisation) for the lowest states; Quantum Monte Carlo methods;
Computational methods for Lattice field theories; Microscopic mean-field theories
(Hartree-Fock, Bogoliubov and relativistic mean-field); methods in nuclear many-body
problems.
S. J. Chapman, Introduction to Fortran 90 and 95,McGraw Hill, Int. Ed. 1998. S. E.
Koonin and D. C. Meredith, Computational Physics, Addison-Wesley, 1990. Tao Pang,
An Introduction to Computationl Physics, Cambridge Univ Press, 1997. R. H. Landau
and M. J. P. Mejia, Computational Physics, John Wiley, 1997. J. M. Thijssen,
Computational Physics, Cambridge Univ Press, 1999. K. H. Hoffmann and M. Schreiber,
Computational Physics, Springer, 1996.
NT 401 - Introduction to Nanotechnology
Basic Solid State Physics-Crystal structures, size dependence of properties,
semiconductors, energy bands, excitons Measurement of properties-particle size,
TEM, SEM, STM, AFM, Spectroscopy and magnetic resonance Properties of individual
nanoparticles – Metal nanocrystals, magic numbers and theoretical modeling,
geometric structure, electronic structure, reactivity, magnetic clusters,
semiconducting nanoparticles, molecular clusters, carbon nanoparticles, synthesis
and characterization Bulk nanocrystals- synthesis methods thin film deposition,
multilayers, magnetic nanoparticles, spin valve, giant and colossal magnetoresistance,
ferrofluids Quantum wells, wires and dots – Basic quantum mechanics, Preparation of
quantum nanostructures, size and dimensionality effects, single electron tunneling,
applications- IR detectors, quantum dot lasers Self Assembly and Catalysis – self
assembly process, monolayers, surface area of nanoparticles, colloids, porous
materials Organic compounds and polymers-forming and characterization, size
effects, supramolecules, micelles Biological materials –biological building blocks, DNA
double nanowire, genetic code, biological nanostructures (proteins, miscelles and
vescilles), multilayer films, MEMS, NEMS – design, fabrication and applications.
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