Syllabus

Introduction to materials: Classification of materials: metals, ceramics, polymers and composites; selection of materials, and materials usage in modern technology. [ 5 hr]

Advanced Materials: Smart Materials, Magnetostrictive Materials, Smart Fluids, Superalloys, Nanostructured Materials, Chromogenic Materials, Self-Healing Materials, Self-Cleaning Materials, Bulk Metallic Glass (BMG), High Entropy Materials, Biomaterials, Ultra-light Materials, Metal-Organic Frameworks, and Ultrafine-Grained Materials. [18 hr]

Structure-properties correlations: Basics on Physical and Mechanical Properties, Electronic properties: free electron theory, Fermi energy, semiconductors, Hall effect, dielectric behavior, piezo- and ferroelectric behavior. Band model of semiconductors, organic semiconductors, Fermi level, law of mass action, Hall coefficients for intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, Hall effect devices and electrical conductivity. Magnetic properties: Origin of magnetism in materials, para-, dia-, ferro- and ferrimagnetism, domain theory, magnetic hysteresis, Weiss molecular field theory, Heisenberg's theory, domain walls, Exchange energy. Thermal properties: thermal expansion, and thermoelectricity. Optical properties: refractive index, absorption, and transmission of electromagnetic radiation. [17 hr]

To know the basic knowledge on conventional materials as well as the advanced materials

Can be aware about the advances in materials related to the interdisciplinary application.

To know the current development/advances-in-materials in the metallurgical field.

Able to know device based advanced materials.

To understand the basic working principles of the advanced materials

To gain knowledge on various properties of the advanced materials

To know various materials and their characterization processes

To acquire knowledge about the processing of different grades of modern materials

Identify the various field of applications of the advanced materials

To know about the structure-property-application relationship

Ajit Behera, Text Book: Advanced Materials, Springer , 1st edition, 1550 pages, ISBN: 978-3-030-80359-9, Springer Nature, 2021

Jr. W. D. Callister,, Materials Science and Engineering, An Introduction, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,

S.Suresh, A. Mortensen and A. Needleman, Fundamentals of metal matrix composites, Butterworth Heinemann

M.P. Grover, Fundamentals of Modern Manufacturing, Materials, Processing, and Systems, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.