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TEXT BOOKS:

1. Thomas Koshy, ―Elementary Number Theory with Applications‖, Elsevier Publications, New
Delhi, 2002.
2. T. Veerarajan, ― Discrete Mathematics with Graph Theory and combinatorics‖, McGraw Hill
Publications.

REFERENCES:

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1.Kenneth H Rosan, ―Discrete Mathematics and its applications‖, 7 Edition, McGraw Hill
Publications, 2012.

2. Niven.I, Zuckerman.H.S., and Montgomery, H.L., ―An Introduction to Theory of Numbers‖ , John
Wiley and Sons, Singapore, 2004.

OPH1701 MATERIALS SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES L P T C
3 0 0 3

COURSE OBJECTIVE
 Students will be able to understand the various techniques used for synthesizing and
characterizing materials for various applications in Mechanical, Civil, Biomedical,
Electrical and Electronic Engineering fields.

Unit – I Crystal Growth Techniques 9
Solution growth – low temperature -Supersaturation – Nucleation – Seeding – dopants – Melt growth –
Czochralski method – Bridgman method – S-R Method of growing bulk single crystals–NLO crystals -
Applications

Unit – II Nanomaterials Preparation Techniques 9
Two main approaches in nanotechnology -Bottom up technique and top down technique - Ball milling,
Sputtering, Vapour deposition - pulsed laser deposition – chemical vapour deposition, sol-gel -Nano-
structures – quantum wires, quantum wells, quantum dots, quantum clusters - Carbon nano-tubes -
Applications

Unit – III Ceramic Materials Preparation Techniques 9
Types of Ceramics - Crystalline - Non Crystalline - Bonded ceramics, Manufacturing methods - Slip
casting - Isostatic pressing - Gas pressure bonding - Properties - thermal, mechanical, electrical and
chemical - Ceramic fibres - ferroelectric and ferromagnetic ceramics - Applications

Unit – IV Structural Analysis 9
X-ray Diffraction – Single crystal and Powder diffraction – Electron microscopy - SEM – TEM– AFM
– Advantages and limitations

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