Advanced Materials and Nano Technology

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Students graduating with interdisciplinary Dual Degree (ID-DD) program in Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology:

Will be equipped with an understanding of the fundamental science behind advanced materials
Will be trained with the practical tools and techniques of fabrication (materials and devices).

Program Outcomes

The program aims to prepare students for placements in national labs as well as private R&D labs and industries. The program also aims to prepare students for academic research in leading universities in India and Abroad.

Program Offers

The ID-DD programme in Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology designed with inputs from Engineering and Science disciplines. Departments currently offering courses towards this program are Applied Mechanics, Chemical, Chemistry, Electrical, Materials and Metallurgy, Physics. It is coordinated by the Department of Physics.

Enrollment

A B. Tech student or a Dual Degree student of IIT Madras in any discipline (except biosciences) is eligible to upgrade/opt for this programme provided the student has a CGPA of 8.0 or above up to 5th semester. Total number of seats will be fixed at 25 and allocation of dual degree specialization and award of the degree will be governed by the rules of the Institute.

Curriculum

The Curriculum is designed with the understanding that the modern field of Advanced materials and Nanotechnology is based on the exchange of ideas between sciences and Engineering branches.

Synthesizing novel materials involves a good knowledge of chemistry, and the physical properties exhibited by these novel materials are studied by the Material Scientist (cutting across Physics, Chemistry and Materials departments). Application of these materials for wider usage needs the involvement of Engineers. Computational material science forms an integral part of the field of advanced materials both in terms of the design and understanding of the physics involved. Application of these materials encompasses a wide range of fields: Energy generation and storage materials, batteries, micro-electronic devices, magnetic materials, water purification, high strength materials, sustainable plastics, sensors, etc.

The curriculum is expected to facilitate both short/long term internships with private and public companies having strong research and development wings. These internships can lead to final-year projects towards the Dual Degree programme. These internships and projects are expected to enhance industry-academia collaboration for development of novel engineering products based on advanced materials and nano systems.

The list of courses to be offered for students opting for DD in Advanced Materials and Nano Technology will have both core courses and electives. The students are allowed to choose four electives out of a total of 38 electives cutting across different disciplines. There will be four core courses that include a course on the Science and Technology of Solid State, two courses on nanomaterials and nanotechnology and a Laboratory course aimed at giving hands-on experience on Advanced materials and nano systems (36 credits of DD core course). Those students who opt for the Dual Degree program will do the courses from their 7th Semester as prescribed below.

Interdisciplinary DD in Advanced Materials and Nano Technology -course curriculum

	Course No	Course Name	L	T	E	P	O	C
	Semester 7
1	PH5011	Core 1: Science and Technology of Solid State	3	1	0	0	6	10
2	PH6022	Core 2: Introduction to Nanoscience	3	0	0	0	6	9
		Total credits	6	1	0	0	12	19
	Semester 8
1	PH6011	Core 3: Nano materials and nanotechnology	3	0	0	0	6	9
2	Elective 1	To be taken from the list of Electives mentioned	3	0	0	0	6	9
3	Elective 2	To be taken from the list of Electives mentioned	3	0	0	0	6	9
4	PH6015	Core 4: Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology Lab	0	0	0	6	2	8
		Total Credits	9	0	0	6	20	35
	Semester 9
1	PH5361	Project-I (Summer)/Summer internship	0	0	0	0	25	25
2	Elective 3	To be taken from the list of Electives mentioned	3	0	0	0	6	9
3	Elective 4	To be taken from the list of Electives mentioned	3	0	0	0	6	9
4	PH5362	Project II (In the institute)	0	0	0	0	20	20
		Total Credits	6	0	0	0	57	63
	Semester 10
1	PH5363	Project III (in the Institute)	0	0	0	0	40	40
		Total Credits	0	0	0	0	40	40

ELECTIVE COURSES

students can choose from 38 electives spread across participating departments.

Sl. No	Course No	Course Name	L	T	E	P	O	C
1	PH5310	Synthesis and Characterization of Functional Materials	3	0	0	0	6	9
2	PH5320	Techniques of Characterization of Materials and Physical Measurements	3	0	0	0	6	9
3	PH5730	Methods of Computational Physics	3	0	0	0	6	9
4	PH5670	Physics and Technology of Thin Films	3	0	0	0	6	9
5	PH5690	Applied Magnetics	3	0	0	0	6	9
6	PH5600	Physics at Low Temperatures	3	0	0	0	6	9
7	PH5680	Superconductivity and applications	3	0	0	0	6	9
8	PH6013	Functional materials, Sensors and Transducers	3	0	0	0	6	9
9	PH5813	Principles of nanophotonics	3	0	0	0	6	9
10	PH5462	Magnetism in solids	3	0	0	0	6	9
11	PH6012	Semiconductor Physics and devices	3	0	0	0	6	9
12	PH5660	Non-linear Optical Processes & Devices	3	0	0	0	6	9
13	EE5347	Electronic and Photonic nanoscale devices	3	0	0	0	6	9
14	EE6500	Integrated Optoelectronics Devices and Circuits	3	1	0	0	6	10
15	ID6102	Principles and techniques of Transmission Electron Microscopy	3	0	0	0	6	9
16	ID5010	Advanced materials and processing	3	0	0	0	6	9
17	ID6050	Chemical Physics of Modern Technical Ceramics	3	0	0	0	6	9
18	MM5210	X-ray diffraction techniques	3	0	0	0	6	9
19	MM5680	Smart Materials	3	0	0	0	6	9
20	MM5700	Topics in nanomaterials	3	0	0	0	6	9
21	MM5017	Electronic materials devices and Fabrication	3	0	0	0	6	9
22	ME7023	Foundations of Computational Materials Modeling	3	0	0	0	6	9
23	CY6380	A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials	3	0	0	0	6	9
24	CH5012	Modeling and Simulation of Particulate Processes	3	0	0	0	6	9
25	CH5021	Molecular Simulation of Soft Matter	3	0	0	0	6	9
26	CH5270	Polymers for Devices	3	0	0	0	6	9
27	CY6118	Experimental methods in chemistry	3	0	0	0	6	9
28	ID6030	Introduction to nano science and nanotechnology	3	0	0	0	6	9
29	EE5343	Solar Cell Device Physics and Materials Technology	3	0	0	0	6	9
30	EE5346	Introduction to plastic electronic	3	0	0	0	6	9
31	EE5340	MicroElectroMechanical Systems	3	0	0	0	6	9
32	EE5312	VLSI Technology	3	1	0	0	6	10
33	CH5190	Introduction to Macromolecules	3	0	0	0	6	9
34	MM5041	Medical Materials	3	0	0	0	6	9
35	MM5460	Physical Ceramics	3	0	0	0	6	9
36	AM5470	Analysis & Design of Smart Material Structure	3	0	0	0	6	9
37	AM6190	Cellular structures and mechanics	3	0	0	0	6	9
38	AM6512	Application of Molecular Dynamics	3	0	0	0	6	9

Project

The student can pursue the final-year project in an area related to the scope of the program with any faculty member in the participating Departments.

Student Placements:

The first (2020) batch of the program had 2 students who are pursuing their careers as PhD student in Material Science Dept. at Stanford University and as employee at Citi-group, respectively.