Lecture No.
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Topic
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Reading Material / Reference
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No. of Hours
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Name of the Expert handling the Topic
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Module 1:
Wet Chemical Synthesis: Sol-gel method/ Stoichiometric
calculation/ Process
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1
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Solid state reaction route/ Stoichiometric calculation/Process
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https://www.unf.edu/~michael.lufaso/chem4627/ch3_solid_state.pdf
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2
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Dr. Anand Somvanshi
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2
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Co-precipitation method /Stoichiometric calculation/Process
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https://my.che.utah.edu/~ring/Publications-PDFs/J-156.pdf
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2
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Dr. Anand Somvanshi
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3
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Thin Film preparation methods:
1. Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD)
· Thermal Evaporation
· Electron Beam Evaporation
· Sputtering (DC, RF, or Magnetron Sputtering)
Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE)
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https://www.scholarsresearchlibrary.com/articles/physical-vapor-deposition-pvd-methods-for-synthesis-of-thin-films-a-comparative-study.pdf
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2
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Dr. Anand Somvanshi
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4
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2. Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
· Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition
(APCVD)
· Low-Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition (LPCVD)
Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD)
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http://ecoursesonline.iasri.res.in/mod/page/view.php?id=2798
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2
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Dr. Anand Somvanshi
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5
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Graphene and CNT
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2
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Dr. Anand Somvanshi
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Module 2: Characterization techniques
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6
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Structural characterization: X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform
Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR)
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https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/534/1/012014/pdf
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2
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Dr Easwaramoorthi Ramasamy
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7
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Optical characterization: characterization: UV-Vis-NIR Spectroscopy, Raman
Spectroscopy
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https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1444524/FULLTEXT02
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2
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Dr Easwaramoorthi Ramasamy
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8
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Morphological characterization: Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM),
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
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https://www.scientific.net/MSF.798-799.426
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2
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Dr Easwaramoorthi Ramasamy
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Module 3: Data Analysis
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2
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11
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Installation of basics software: OriginPro 8.5, PowderX, ImageJ, VESTA,
Mendeley, FullProf_Suite
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMtZMCIPACM
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2
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Dr Easwaramoorthi Ramasamy
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12
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Analysis of XRD data using:
· PowderX
· Rietveld refinement
Calculation of crystallite size by Scherrer method and Williamson Hall method
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http://prism.mit.edu/xray/introduction%20to%20xrpd%20data%20analysis.pdf
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4
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Dr Easwaramoorthi Ramasamy
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13
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SEM/TEM micrographs analysis and grain/particle size calculation using ImageJ software
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpl6Q2shQVA
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2
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Dr Easwaramoorthi Ramasamy
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14
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Bandgap calculation/Tauc’s plot, FTIR data analysis
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https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-2654236/v1/869b299f-b5f7-4641-8c17-ab923ad9a98a.pdf?c=1679310939
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2
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Dr Easwaramoorthi Ramasamy
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