Civil Engineering - Shridhar University

vascular system) - Metallic, Ceramic and Polymeric implant materials - Introduction to bio
sensors and tissue engineering.
NANO MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Basic concepts of Nano science and technology - Quantum wire - Quantum well - Quantum dot -
Properties and technological advantages of Nano materials - Carbon Nanotubes and applications
- Material processing by Sol - Gel method, Chemical Vapour deposition and Physical Vapour
deposition - Microwave Synthesis of materials - Principles of SEM, TEM and AFM.
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS
Stress Strain diagram for different engineering materials - Engineering and true stress strain
diagram - Ductile and brittle material - Tensile strength - Hardness - Impact strength - Fatigue -
Creep - Fracture (Types and Ductile to brittle transition) - Factors affecting mechanical
properties.
Band gap determination using Post office box
Dielectric constant measurement
Photoconductivity measurement
Resistivity determination for a semiconductor wafer using Four probe method
Determination of Hall coefficient and carrier type for a semiconductor material
To trace the hysteresis loop for a magnetic material
Magnetic susceptibility - Quincke's method
Determination of thermal conductivity - Lee's Disc method Visit to Nano Technology Laboratory
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TEXT BOOKS
1. S.O. Kasap, Principles of Electronic Materials and Devices, Tata McGraw Hill Edition, New
Delhi, 2002
2. Van Vlack, L.H., Material Science for Engineers, 6th edition, Addision Wesley, 1985
3. Thiruvadigal, J. D., Ponnusamy, S. and Vasuhi.P. S., Materials Science, 5th edition, Vibrant
Publications, Chennai, 2007
REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Rolf E. Hummel, Electronic Properties of materials, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi,
1994
2. Raghavan.V., Materials Science & Engineering - A First Course, 5th edition, Prentice Hall of
India, New Delhi, 2005
3. Khanna. O. P., A Text Book of Material Science & Metallurgy, Revised edition, Dhanpat Rai
Publications, New Delhi, 2006