Subject Code: CY7L025	Subject Name: Design and Application of Nanomaterials	L-T-P: 3-0-0	Credit: 3
Prerequisite(s): Nil
Introduction: Inorganic Materials Chemistry and Nanochemistry; Basics Nanomaterials Synthesis Methods: Bottom-up vs. Top-down Methods; Nanoclusters and Nanowires; Metal, Metal Oxide, semiconductor nanoparticles, quantum confinement, fluorescent properties, and Carbon Nanotubes. Inorganic Materials synthesis by Templating and Self-Assembly; 2-D Nanopatterns and Self-assembled Monolayers on Inorganic Substrates; Mesostructured and Mesoporous Materials; Inorganic-Organic and Inorganic-Polymer Nanocomposite Materials; Opals and Photonic Materials; Layer by layer self-assembly and core-shell Inorganic Nanomaterials; Biomimetics: Bioinspired Synthesis of Inorganic Nanobiomaterials; Catalysis and Photocatalysis (Environmental remediation); Solar Cells and Nanoelectronics/ Nanophotonics Applications Studying and working with matter on an ultra-small scale. Delivery of anti-cancer drugs.New ethical, health and safety or social issues.
Text/ Reference Books: Hornyak L. G.; Tibbals H. F.; Dutta J. and Moore J. J.  Introduction to Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, CRC Press. Arsenault A.  and Ozin G. A. Nanochemistry: A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials, RSC. Klabunde K. J. Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry, Wiley Interscience. Vollmer M. and Kreibig U. Optical Properties of Metal Clusters, Springer.