Syllabus

Chemical Bonding and Intermolecular Forces: Ionic, covalent, metallic, and hydrogen bonding, van der Waals forces, dipole interactions, Influence on material properties. 

Semiconducting Materials: Band theory: conductors, semiconductors, and insulators Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors (n-type and p-type)- Materials: silicon, germanium, GaAs, perovoskites-Doping, defects, and their role in conductivity-Applications in ICs, transistors, solar cells, sensors .

Polymers and Conducting Materials: Classification - Conducting polymers and Biodegradable polymers and their electronic applications

Nano and Smart Materials: Introduction to nano and smart materials and their properties Carbon nanostructures: graphene, CNTs, Applications in sensors, electronics 

Material Characterization: X-ray diffraction and Electron microscopy- Principles and Applications in material characterization

Batteries: Introduction to batteries: Li-ion batteries, solid-state batteries, Supercapacitors-Fuel cells: working principles and applications